any chance of an ivysaur at somepoint please
Possibly in the next update, though I'd have to think of how to include Ivysaur. I want to establish a formula for updates, possibly introducing 3 Pokemon in each update and ending each with what I'll call a French-style fake-out where the character 'dies' at the end of every update, then it's revealed that the main character didn't die in the next update. I forget which show it was, but there was a French show that ended pretty much every episode with a 'death', like having a house explode with the character inside, and then revealing in the next episode that the character is completely fine. So, this first version ends with the character dying of food poisoning, next opens with the character having an upset tummy.
So, with the two other requests I got (Psyduck, Gallade), the idea I have for the next update is already a little packed with new Pokemon. But, it would be cool to do something with an Ivysaur. It would definitely be fun to play with the "There are people who actually want to marry Ivysaur," meme and the tentacles/vines it has would definitely be fun to play with.
Pet Foxes will be updated first, though, then this visual novel probably a week after that, or a few days if I get a burst of energy and inspiration. The images for that update are done, I just need to add in the text and possibly get a couple new songs made for it, so it could be up today or tomorrow.
Thank you for the suggestion. I love to hear them.
I get that. I think that when I was younger my favourite Pokemon was Charizard in the original Red (I got it at a Salvation Army store) and I loved it so much I literally didn't use any other Pokemon, just a single over-leveled Charizard soloing the game. Years later, Goodra became my favourite Pokemon. Unfortunately, one of my sister's friends stole the game from me, he confessed to doing it and refused to give it back, and there was nothing I could do because his parents wouldn't get him to give it back, and my Dad just believed that I lost it, which was pretty heartbreaking, forming a beloved Pokemon team and having someone take it away from you and tell you that they took your team away from you.
Gonna be brutally honest, though, I marked this thing as 'complete' mainly because I don't know if I want to continue it at the moment. The interactions have been great and I've gotten a lot of followers, views, and downloads from it, but there's a strong sense that the only reason for that is because it says 'Pokemon' in the title, which is a bit depressing since the visual novel I care most about right now is Pet Foxes which I'm kinda struggling to finish. Like, I worked on it a bit, got maybe 1/8 of the way through my ending then succumbed to a serious depression that lasted the entire day that I'm still not over. There's this sense that when the ending is uploaded and I can say that it's finished that no one will care enough to leave a comment or, well, just tell me that they enjoyed it, or even that they hated it, which somehow feels even more pathetic.
Without being too dramatic I do kinda think that if I do stop being depressed in such a weird way (I was told it might be a Fear Of Finishing) about Pet Foxes, I might just stop doing visual novels in general and find something else to occupy my time.
Thank you. My mental health is actually doing pretty well right now. Can't wait to work on the next update for Pokemon Babysitter with a pizza and a two-litre of Coca-Cola.
Also, I saw the Mario movie. It was quite good, and I like how it seems to be setting up future crossover stuff, like a Mario Kart movie and a Smash movie. They also really nailed Bowser and Peach. Like, Peach wants everyone in her kingdom to become strong and is happy to hold back even though she's very capable of doing things for herself, and Bowser is really just a cringy dad that is naturally menacing in spite of his goofiness, just like the games.
Honestly, the movie feels like a bunch of video game cutscenes tied together in a way you'd expect from a Japanese movie more than a Western movie, which is why I think the critics reviewed it poorly. If you lean more towards stuff like Anime and Japanese games, you'll enjoy it, if you enjoy more Western stuff it'll feel strange to you.