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Pokémon XG: NeXt Gen

2016-06-02

Developer: StarsMmdPublisher: StarsMmd

NGC

Single playerThird person

Role-playing (RPG)

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Turn-based strategy (TBS)

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Pokémon XG: NeXt Gen is a rom hack of Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness. Notable features include: - Physical/Special Split - Gen VII type matchup chart including fairy type - New set of shadow pokemon and other obtainable pokemon - Over 100 Shadow Pokemon - Over 50 Shadow Moves - Over 75 Wild Pokemon - Moves and abilities from later generations - Mostly Gen VII Game Mechanics - More challenging opponents

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BlissyMKW

Pokémon XG: NeXt Gen

2 years ago

In the end, I ended up deciding to catch all the Shadow Pokemon as well. Shadow Boom Lickitung can go screw itself.

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BlissyMKWArchived a game2 years ago

Pokémon XG: NeXt Gen

47 hours

Pokemon XG is a game with interesting improvements, but suffers from the usual Pokemon romhack curse of "lategame level spiking." Don't get me wrong, there are aspects I liked about it. Shadow Pokemon distribution is far better, so Cipher Key Lair won't have a bunch of weak mons to catch that won't really fit a team, Fairy type and the physical/special split was added, the new Shadow moves were nice to have. However, there are moments in this game where the level frame flies off the handle. Eugan's Level 30 Pikachu in the first Agate Village visit, the Level 50 Robo Groudon, and Citadark Isle's Cipher Admins. On top of that, by Key Lair Gorrigan, Shadow Slayer and Shadow Hunter become commonplace Shadow moves, meaning nothing is safe from super effective damage anymore. There is also an incredibly high number of rain teams in this game, or Pokemon that set up weather of some kind. You're more or less expected to run your own weather to counter the opponent's weather to tip the scales in your favor. Yes, you will need to do this. Going back to Citadark Isle, that's where the biggest red flag came up for me. Your opponents prior to Lovrina have Level 50, as that's the new standard thanks to Gorrigan. Lovrina, however, has high 50s out of nowhere with a Level 60 Gardevoir. You are not warned of this sudden level spike, and grinding at Mt. Battle sometimes becomes necessary to keep up with the levels of your opponents, especially since Shadow moves are always super effective on non Shadow mons. On top of this, Greevil has a new first phase before Shadow Lugia with a team of 6 regular Pokemon. Why did they add this? Sure, you're going to chuck the Master Ball at Lugia, but you don't get healed before Lugia. Certain Pokemon got changed abilities or even their Mega Evolution stats, some of which are good, while others, not so much. Aerodactyl suddenly becomes a lot more of a pain when it's much faster and stronger than usual. Metagross also becomes a monstrosity that you'll encounter a few times on the isle. While some of the bad aspects outweigh the good parts, I did think XG was a nice change from the original XD, even though the story is pretty much unchanged. I do think the...creative liberties made with Lovrina's dialogue changes are a bit cringe, though.

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BlissyMKW

Pokémon XG: NeXt Gen

2 years ago

This was my final team. I went with a sort of sun team that had a couple of changes here and there. I could've used Ninetales over Torkoal, but by the time I got a Vulpix, I was set on using Torkoal.

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BlissyMKW

Pokémon XG: NeXt Gen

2 years ago

And so I've reached THAT point of a romhack, where level spiking is king and you never know what you're up against until it punches you in the face. Why do romhack devs do this nonsense? Spiking levels is not good game design.

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