Compare the Hoenn soot road to the Kalos mirror cave. Both are visual gimmicks tied to an area. Both have trainers interact with the gimmick. The soot road informs the player about the ecology of the area and how the volcano impacts nearby areas. It also ties into the earlier plot point that some people (Wally) need cleaner air to thrive. Meanwhile, others thrive in this even harsher environment. This ties back into the Aqua/Magma conflict indirectly, reinforcing the theme of co-existence and admonishment of extremism. The Kalos example is about beauty and point of view, which are themes of X and Y, but it doesn't really have anything to say. The people of Kalos value those things, I guess, but the cave's existence doesn't reinforce any ideas. 113 is soul because it's cool on its own but enhances the whole game.
>It also ties into the earlier plot point that some people (Wally) need cleaner air to thrive. Meanwhile, others thrive in this even harsher environment. This ties back into the Aqua/Magma conflict indirectly, reinforcing the theme of co-existence
Hoenn's kinda like that, right? Everything has to do with everything else. The geography, the legendaries, the evil teams, abilities, weather, the characters... Not everything is like that, but it's still really cohesive compared to Kalos or Unova.
Pokemon is at its core a heros journey, and in RSE the tonal shift in tileset and music on 113 represents the threshold where the hero is further away from the world of comfort and familiarity than he has ever been before
>Hey butthole, go gather this volcanic ash >Why? Sounds boring >Because I can melt the ash into glass and make flutes for you
And that's how I spent hours upon hours getting enough ash for every flute.
There's a difference between "soulful" and "good," though.
soul
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soulless
admitting you can't tell when something has soul is one of the most embarrasding things i can imagine, i'm so sorry that happened to you
This word wasn't used on this entire imageboard until 2018 with the Spyro Remake discourse. It was a shitpost word that unfortunately caught on hard and now is so overused that newbies think it's serious vocabulary.
Besides, soul lost its meaning the moment I see people actually calling Smash Bros. Ultimate of all games "soulless" It's a word that really means "nostalgia" 95% of the time. Ganker especially overuses it
>Besides, soul lost its meaning the moment I see people actually calling Smash Bros. Ultimate of all games "soulless" >of all games
So you're saying that it's unreasonable to call Smash Ult "soulless," but it's less unreasonable to call some other games "soulless."
Meaning that you think some games are more soulful than others.
Meaning that you admit that soul exists.
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This word wasn't used on this entire imageboard until 2018 with the Spyro Remake discourse. It was a shitpost word that unfortunately caught on hard and now is so overused that newbies think it's serious vocabulary.
Besides, soul lost its meaning the moment I see people actually calling Smash Bros. Ultimate of all games "soulless" It's a word that really means "nostalgia" 95% of the time. Ganker especially overuses it
>better weather
absolutely not >better trumpets
trumpets are nice but there are other good sounds >water bridge
okay, 100% granted >registeel
who cares
no im losing my mind, im remembering collecting soot in black and white with gen 2 graphics and everything. top left corner of the map before you come down again and it kind of loops...yep, loosing my mind.
wiki says its ruby sapphire emerald (and remakes)
to be fair I haven't played silver in about 20 years...
Snow routes are the best ones
Too bad DPPt are the only good official games with a proper one (BW, B2W2 and HGSS have some snowy moments but not an entire route)
Spent some good hours collecting soot there back in the day
Yes, it is.
But... WHY is it peak soul?
You can catch 8 billion different Spindas.
I wish I could catch the exact one I want. 8 in all four modifiers. Perfectly aligned spots.
1. it's comfy
2. nostalgia
comfy x nostalgia = soul squared
it actually has a unique tileset
Compare the Hoenn soot road to the Kalos mirror cave. Both are visual gimmicks tied to an area. Both have trainers interact with the gimmick. The soot road informs the player about the ecology of the area and how the volcano impacts nearby areas. It also ties into the earlier plot point that some people (Wally) need cleaner air to thrive. Meanwhile, others thrive in this even harsher environment. This ties back into the Aqua/Magma conflict indirectly, reinforcing the theme of co-existence and admonishment of extremism. The Kalos example is about beauty and point of view, which are themes of X and Y, but it doesn't really have anything to say. The people of Kalos value those things, I guess, but the cave's existence doesn't reinforce any ideas. 113 is soul because it's cool on its own but enhances the whole game.
Damn bro. I never consciously realized it. You’re right though. B-b-based
>It also ties into the earlier plot point that some people (Wally) need cleaner air to thrive. Meanwhile, others thrive in this even harsher environment. This ties back into the Aqua/Magma conflict indirectly, reinforcing the theme of co-existence
Hoenn's kinda like that, right? Everything has to do with everything else. The geography, the legendaries, the evil teams, abilities, weather, the characters... Not everything is like that, but it's still really cohesive compared to Kalos or Unova.
A lot of thought went into Hoenn as a place. Their only mistake was not reworking how water routes function.
Pokemon is at its core a heros journey, and in RSE the tonal shift in tileset and music on 113 represents the threshold where the hero is further away from the world of comfort and familiarity than he has ever been before
yeah nothing says comfort and familiarity like the mouth of a volcano
"is further away from the world of comfort...than he has ever been before"
ESL, poor reading comprehension or are you just having an off day?
an ashy path with people living there is further away from "comfort and familiarity" than the mouth of an active volcano you visit prior?
You visit the volcano afterwards.
self-evident
I used to run around and collect soot here just to listen to the song when I was a little kid. So freakin good
lot of value in SYSTEMS
both the soot gathering and spinda randomness just give you more reasons to stick around and do things
soul
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hell yeah. i think i caught a skarmory there too. love that pokemon
soul
This theme always sounded super-sad to me, for some reason.
soul
soulless
What's the deal with this theme being basically Snowman?
Should have been called SOUL town.
This area of the game (Route 113-114, Fallabour Town & Meteor Falls) just oozes charm.
That section is far better than the one with 119 and Fortree.
agreed, but I prefer arid areas for sure anyways
The volcanic soil + green foliage + building colors all combined so beautifully
95% of Gen 3 Pokemon might be shit
But parts of the Gen 3 map are some of the most beautiful from the original gen trilogy
>fake Tubgirl image
goddammit Anon
>learns swords dance at level 10
>can breed swords dance and crush claw onto like everything
super based
Coolmon Central
Take your kid to catch a pokemon at any patch of grass around the town and he'll come home with a guaranteed coolmon
Absolutely.
more like LUNG CANCER town
>Hey butthole, go gather this volcanic ash
>Why? Sounds boring
>Because I can melt the ash into glass and make flutes for you
And that's how I spent hours upon hours getting enough ash for every flute.
I went beyond that for the crystal table + 4 crystal chairs
The music is very nice
>soul
>7 results
jesus christ, this word is everywhere. Why can't people just say something is good and leave it at that
Because its not actually good and they know it so they just spam "soul". Happens a lot in Johto threads and i guess that has transfered to Hoenn now.
unsoulful post
This word wasn't used on this entire imageboard until 2018 with the Spyro Remake discourse. It was a shitpost word that unfortunately caught on hard and now is so overused that newbies think it's serious vocabulary.
Besides, soul lost its meaning the moment I see people actually calling Smash Bros. Ultimate of all games "soulless" It's a word that really means "nostalgia" 95% of the time. Ganker especially overuses it
>Besides, soul lost its meaning the moment I see people actually calling Smash Bros. Ultimate of all games "soulless"
>of all games
So you're saying that it's unreasonable to call Smash Ult "soulless," but it's less unreasonable to call some other games "soulless."
Meaning that you think some games are more soulful than others.
Meaning that you admit that soul exists.
Boom headshot
Your ass just got wrecked dude
seething npc post
There's a difference between "soulful" and "good," though.
vocabulary decay from wanting to fit in with their moronic peers
admitting you can't tell when something has soul is one of the most embarrasding things i can imagine, i'm so sorry that happened to you
... second most embarrassing thing is missing a typo
Imagine how long we'd stay there if Skarmory had randomized spots too...
Do you guys think it was intentionally made to sound like Snowman?
The one route ORAS made worse
Still the best remake by a country mile though
>better weather
>better trumpets
>water bridge
>registeel
step aside sootgays
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>very tall grass
nice b8
it's nice because you can bike through the hedge maze properly
>he doesn't cut every single tile of the very tall grass using HM Cut in Route 119 and 120 so you can freely bike everywhere
Do you even SOUL?
>better weather
absolutely not
>better trumpets
trumpets are nice but there are other good sounds
>water bridge
okay, 100% granted
>registeel
who cares
im actually losing my mind, I could have swore the volcano ash place was in silver but it must have been from when I played emerald.
You're either associating it with cinnabar volcano blowing up or you are indeed losing your mind
no im losing my mind, im remembering collecting soot in black and white with gen 2 graphics and everything. top left corner of the map before you come down again and it kind of loops...yep, loosing my mind.
wiki says its ruby sapphire emerald (and remakes)
to be fair I haven't played silver in about 20 years...
Are you sure you’re not thinking about my silver?
*mt.
ye. I actually remember beating red
im just going to have to play the games again before I get full blown dementia lol. I completed gen 1 enough to have it memorized forever at least.
join the club grandpa, I know every inch of silver like the back of my hand, git gud
This route is the reason Skarmory and Sandslash were always on my hoenn teams
Snow routes are the best ones
Too bad DPPt are the only good official games with a proper one (BW, B2W2 and HGSS have some snowy moments but not an entire route)
>Too bad DPPt are the only good official games with a proper one
It also was the only game with the worst snow route in the series.
Mt Silver is pretty soul. Especially in GSC. HGSS is good but not the same.
Back when I was a kid I used to train there and collect soot never realizing it was EV training my grovyle's SP Attack
Another thing ORASS ruined
but it was forced soul
>Route 113 is peak [meaningless buzzword]
I agree, it's bland, boring, and contains nothing of value.
Peak Soot