Pokémon Hunter

Halibabica's Pokemon Hunter is a slightly different rendition of the lovable furry animals we all know and love...soft and squishy....and introducing them to my good, old friend...The sword.

That's right; Pokemon are a menace to humans everywhere on this world, so it's up to Eli, the Pokemon Hunter, and his friends to kill them all. Of the four characters you meet, each of them carry specific elemental skill traits, which allows them to pick up skills from books, acquired by exploring the map and solving puzzles. The number of skills your party gains are quite immense, but several of them do the same damage, some for an even higher cost than another skill down the line. Combat, as is similar to most of the RM2k games I've played, is relatively simple....except when the Pokemon evolve. A level of startegy is required in order to deal sufficient damage and manage MP consumption (which the game makes mention to in a cute little scene. ^_^) while not getting ripped apart by their much more powerful attacks. The attacks in question come from the Pokemon TCG, even with the small power numbers at the side which relates to an attacks overall power in this game.

The storyline is pretty simplistic but presented well; go around, kill them before they kill us, come back to the witch lady for the next kill, add a new party member, rinse and repeat. The game then begins to pick up after you gain the first four characters and their immense array of abilities, combined with the rather powerful item drops from those pocket monster carcasses (Hint: If a Charmeleon evolves, pray for it's drop.). Overall, it's a pretty simple game, but let no one ever say that I don't like simple RPGs: It's worth a play...but also that I'm a fan of hack-and-slashing those bloodsuckers from Nintendo.