OK this was a big one so let split it in parts
Hypnotako said:
I just finished the game, and it was fantastic! Compared to Pokémon Psychic Adventures, this game was way more enjoyable. I loved how brainwashing was woven into the story rather than being just a player gimmick. The inclusion of Pokémon up to the latest gen added great variety to team building. I hope the development continues,
thanks, It is always nice to hear people like what i and the rest of the team do, and the development will probably slow down a bit now when the summer is over but it will continue
so now onto the story questions
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Hypnotako said:
1. If Lusamine is the new leader of team rocket, what happened to Giovanni?
we haven't really decided what happened to him, so it is up in the air, we might change our mind and have him make an appearance but the current draft is that he just isn't the leader of Team Rocket, he still a businessman and still ruthless just not Mafia ruthless, living in Johto with Silver
Hypnotako said:
2. What is Lusamine’s goal anyway? Will it be like the original games or will it be entirely different?
Lusamine's goal is a mix of the original games, given a bit of hypnosis in the mix, unlike the original game she was forced to flee from the ultra world by the ultra beast so now she also seeks a way to conquer it, so it can't reject her
Hypnotako said:
3. Why was Falkner there? Like, what is his connection to Janine?
this is mostly out of game reasons where the concept of a male slave has been requested for a while and I wanted to add it, and why just Falkner since he had the strongest relation with Janine and I didn't want to use her father Koga since two poison type specialist would be too much
Hypnotako said:
4. Why is Hilda working together with N and Ghetsis to lead team plasma/neo-plasma? Why does she also have some kind of passive auto-convince anyone power?
she believes in team Plasma ideals but thinks it would be best if she can make them work together aka N's goals and convictions combined with Ghestis's ability and dedication to make them come real, a bit naive to think you can get the best of both worlds but hey no ones perfect
and her power you just gotta wait and see :P
Hypnotako said:
5. Will Ghetsis also do what he did to N in the original games?
you will have to narrow it down Ghestis has a long history of doing bad things and has appeared in two games,
but if you mean betray him he has already done it this kinda takes place between black and white 1 and 2 hence the only reason they work together is because of Hilda's powers
hence why N is so hostile against him
Hypnotako said:
6. Will Rosa appear in the game? Since team plasma is pretty involved in the story and she was an ex-grunt.
she will and you can remove the ex part
Hypnotako said:
7. Who is controlling team aqua? Judging from the sprites, they looked to be the shells shelders become when slowbros evolve, does that mean the whole evil team is just controlled by evil shelders or are those just fancy head ornaments?
As Nisantis said they are part of Team Plasma more specifically Neo Plasma and you can find them in route 19 making sure no one goes to Cinnabar island where the second plasma base is
this is a case of the original story being a bunch of disconnected set pieces and then after the fact was remade into a more complete one and we didn't want to rewrite SS Anna completely so we merged them together
Hypnotako said:
8. If team aqua is here, then is team magma as well?
not in the current draft
Hypnotako said:
9. Will other evil teams from other games appear as well? Like team galactic, team flare or even Lusamine’s Aether Foundation? What happened to that if Lusamine is now controlling team rocket?
if you mean individuals from their teams then some will make an appearance like team flare Malva, but otherwise, the team you have seen is the one that will play a role in the main story except Aether foundations who will play a role in the main quest i one chapter
(Lusamine don't use them since team rocket already has bases and members in Kanto)
Hypnotako said:
10. Will Lillie and Gladion (Lusamine’s kids) also appear?
Lillie is definitely gonna make an appearance and play not so minor role in the story but Gladion is not planned to make an appearance in the main game but in the post game quest
Hypnotako said:
11. Will the story further explore Hexa’s relationship to the protagonist? Why is she so bratty towards us all the time? Or is she just there to replace Blue as the “cocky, overconfident rival” that he was in the gen 1 games?
Hexa's reason for being as she is is because she is 1 a narcissist so she doesn't like things that don't lift her up and 2 she knows what kinda family the payer comes from a family of con people so she feels justified whatever she does towards the player because of that and later her new power is getting to her head more and more