There are tons of new ways to use old favorites, but all changes buff the Pokémon at every stage of your playthrough in ways that support their lore, theme, and aesthetic. Do you go with Onix's massively buffed base stats or Geodude's vastly superior movepool? Does your team need speed control and healing from Furret, good coverage and early parting shot from Watchog, or raw power and survivability from Gumshoos?

There are meaningful tradeoffs in stats, typings, movepools, and abilities between similar species.

Pokémon Empire!Įvery Pokémon has a niche that distinguishes itself from its competitors (like all the route 1 birds or regional fish Pokémon). Prepare for your personal and pre-existing beliefs to be challenged by the poignant, morally gray decisions waiting for you in. Can you solve the mysteries of the war, work your way through the shadows of the past, and live with the consequences of your decisions? Will you support the Council, fight for the Royale Loyalists, or take matters into your own hands? But now you return to join this new league and help bring Telius into harmony and stability once more. So with the region weary and divided, how will Telius move into the future? Enter YOU the player: the child of a noble family, you were sent away before the war began. Operating from the shadows and seeking to help Telian citizens on an individual level, they are intent on restoring the region to its former glory. This nobility and their soldiers, now on the outside looking in, has adopted the moniker 'Team Royale' (pronounced like casino royale). Many remain loyal to the longstanding traditions of the old nobility.

Many Telian citizens are resistant to change, harbor old grudges, and don't trust how this new league seeks to reshape their daily lives. But even under this supposed new stability, old fissures remain. This 'Council' is now overseeing the reconstruction of the region and establishing a new Pokémon league of hand-picked leaders that oversee the various provinces of Telius. Amidst the ensuing turmoil, a new oligarchy of representatives has seized power, supported by the revolutionaries that overthrew the king's regime. But eventually he plunged the region into division and violence and in the end was overthrown by his own people. A once benevolent man who ruled through the guidance of many noble families, he ushered in an era of prosperity and industry. What is right and wrong? How do we address war, racism, education, politics, good and evil, and the human nature itself? And who gets to decide? Welcome to the Telius region, only months removed from a bloody civil war sparked by King Tobias II.

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