History DarthWiki / Pogeymanz

* SequelDifficultySpike: If you can call it a "sequel"; although the Hitmonchan campaign starts off no more difficult than the Kabutops campaign started off, it becomes downright insane later on. You ''will'' need to make use of the quick-save feature.

** In the Valley of Noobs and Overtroll Wasteland, this trope is in full throttle. The Valley of Noobs features about four different main enemy types that have different behavior as far as speed and friction goes[[note]]hilariously, the Slowpoke noob moves the fastest of all of them, albeit that's partially due to it behaving like it's walking on ice[[/note]] that are programmed to spawn randomly at various points outside the map and then launch themselves in a random direction, alongside up to four Kecleons that are programmed to bounce off boundaries and change their direction after a period of time. The Overtroll Wasteland literally spikes this UpToEleven by having four enemy types that each have advanced behavior driven by several randomized variables, and two of the four (wave-unleashing Mr. Mime and random-launch-and-sometimes-explode Koffing) are liable to ''spawn anywhere in the room''; of the other two, Psyduck switches between glitching around and either shooting a massive water bubble or rocketing downwards with its claws and Seaking is liable to change direction and jump out from under (making it deadly on contact) whenever it damn well pleases.

* ChainReactionDestruction: This is one of [[spoiler: Deoxys]]'s attacks [[spoiler: when in Attack Forme]].

*** Surprisingly, unlike before when Hitmonchan's attacking capability was more or less only useful on bosses, all enemies in the Overtroll Wasteland except Seaking can be killed by Hitmonchan... you just have to time it right. Koffing can be killed when it is preparing to launch in a random direction (it is also vulnerable to the Mime Jrs unleashed by Mr. Mime); Psyduck can be killed if it's just fluttering around or when it had just shot a bubble (but the bubble will kill Hitmonchan either way), but ''never'' when it is doing its claw attack; and Mr. Mime (not Mime Jr.) is always vulnerable to Hitmonchan, it's just that part of its behavior is that it immediately pulls up a Barrier to protect it from all sides (if you can kill it before this, however, it will not be able to unleash its attack). Even more surprisingly, these vulnerabilities barely decrease the difficulty of this area.

* BadAss: Irish Hitmonchan, of course. This is even mentioned by the various characters in the game, who point out that Hitmonchan traversed the Valley of Noobs (which is notorious for diminishing the sanest of sane minds into a frenzy of incoherent babbling) without a single mental scar to account for.

The general gameplay style is that of an overhead PlatformGame, similar to the old TheLegendOfZelda titles. However, each campaign has different gameplay mechanics, with each playable character having their own unique abilities.

** In the Valley of Noobs and Overtroll Wasteland, this trope is in full throttle. The Valley of Noobs features about four different main enemy types that have different behavior as far as speed and friction goes[[hottip:*:hilariously, the Slowpoke noob moves the fastest of all of them, albeit that's partially due to it behaving like it's walking on ice]] that are programmed to spawn randomly at various points outside the map and then launch themselves in a random direction, alongside up to four Kecleons that are programmed to bounce off boundaries and change their direction after a period of time. The Overtroll Wasteland literally spikes this UpToEleven by having four enemy types that each have advanced behavior driven by several randomized variables, and two of the four (wave-unleashing Mr. Mime and random-launch-and-sometimes-explode Koffing) are liable to ''spawn anywhere in the room''; of the other two, Psyduck switches between glitching around and either shooting a massive water bubble or rocketing downwards with its claws and Seaking is liable to change direction and jump out from under (making it deadly on contact) whenever it damn well pleases.

* WastedSong: Although the game reuses tracks from various Pokémon games, many of these tracks are amazing, and then they're cut short. For example: the Trainer Battle theme from Ruby/Sapphire can only be heard for a few precious seconds during a cutscene before being cut short and never appearing again.

The general gameplay style is that of an overhead PlatformGame, similar to the old TheLegendofZelda titles. However, each campaign has different gameplay mechanics, with each playable character having their own unique abilities.

* BossinMookClothing: In the third room of the "Valley of Noobs" level cluster, you meet a Porygon-Z who seems defeatable (as it appears to be the boss of the area), until you learn that it is unreachable and can sweep the entire room vertically and horizontally (but not both at once).

* BreakThembyTalking: Hitmonchan verbally kicks Troll Rampardos's ass at its own game by simply saying things about Rampardos that it cannot deny.

* ConfusionFu: Rampardos is probably the first hostile in the game that is programmed to behave randomly and unpredictably. In the Valley of Noobs and Overtroll Wasteland, this trope is in full throttle.
* DudeLooksLikeaLady: At one point, a Kirlia (a Pokémon that looks very feminine) asks Hitmonchan to look after its daddy. Then, Hitmonchan says "Sure thing, lass". Cue the GenderReveal.

* EverythingIsTryingtoKillYou: You were afraid to touch that Torkoal the first time too, weren't you? Considering by that point the player is used to everything being deadly to the touch, it's totally understandable.

* HaveaNiceDeath: When you die, you hear the "failure" theme from Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald accompanied by a message. The messages change based on which enemy killed you, and which character you're playing as.

* SavethePrincess: The general plot of Hitmonchan's campaign, although not quite a princess, as he is bound and determined to rescue his laddy.
* SceneryasYouGo: The Valley of Noobs level cluster has bridges appear as you walk on certain spots.

* BossinMookClothing: In the third room of the "Valley of Noobs" level cluster, you meet a Porygon-Z who seems defeatable, until you learn that it is unreachable and can sweep the entire room vertically and horizontally (but not both at once).

-->'''If killed as Gallade jumps down a ledge:''' Obviously, you are too drunk to have noticed that I am jumping down. You should get your alcoholism looked at.

*** There is even a one-time chance to get killed by touching a Beldum in the "Restricted Wing" level cluster; only one Beldum is not blocked by glass, and touching it gives two silly death messages. (In general, the Beldums seem to act like the turrets from {{Portal}})

* DemonicSpiders: Pretty much any enemy that floats around the current room unhindered. Especially egregious later on in the Hitmonchan campaign, in the level cluster called "The Ruins", in which there are:
** Gastlys that float around.
** Haunters that float around '''and occasionally disappear.''' (But can still kill you when invisible)
** Duskulls that float around, occasionally disappear, and occasionally pop out four fireballs that do not go away for at least five seconds. Not particularly helpful when many spaces in these rooms are only barely big enough to fit Hitmonchan.
** Forget about The Ruins, "Overtroll Wasteland" is this trope UptoEleven. The enemies are ubiquitous, programmed to behave randomly, and often catch you from several angles at once. You ''will'' be severely overwhelmed. Surprisingly, the fact that Hitmonchan can kill most of the enemies in this level cluster under the right circumstances doesn't ease things one damn bit.

* GoddamnBats: You know you're in deep doodoo when the very first level is filled with zig-zagging Crobats. These will become your worst nightmare very quickly. Later on, the Crobats are replaced with much-faster Aerodactyls, but at least those are usually one to a level.

* ThatOneBoss: Troll Rampardos in the Hitmonchan campaign. He can do tons of crazy stuff, can teleport all over the room, and you can only hurt him by forcing a Voltorb to explode near him first. [[spoiler: Or, you could type in "fail" during the battle, which causes an automatic victory.]]
** Also, [[spoiler: Devinus]], in the same campaign. The guy is completely untouchable [[spoiler: (the only way to "beat" him is to survive long enough for him to get tired of trying to destroy you)]] and can sweep the entire room in any given attack, with a few small windows of safety. That said, there are a few tiles that are safer than others, granting immunity to his Focus Blast and "spinning-energy" attacks (though it doesn't give immunity to his lightning-sweep or Spiritomb-summon attacks).
* ThatOneLevel: In the Hitmonchan campaign, the room immediately before the room that leads to the final boss takes the NintendoHard aspect of the game UptoEleven. How? You have to control two Hitmonchans (one is actually a Ditto), with one walking the direction opposite of the other, and if one dies, you have to restart the level. The other two levels in the level cluster are unforgiving enough!

* Backtracking: The majority of the Kabutops levels require you to backtrack large portions of entire rooms just to collect an item to open up the next portion of the room.

* Cloudcuckooland: The Valley of Noobs is very much this. [[spoiler: Deoxys]] warned Hitmonchan that "the rules you have come to know mean little here". The Valley features an odd techno track (the Battle Factory theme), has enemies with noob-ish messages given upon your death flying about, and has a background image that quickly alternates between various meme images, with the troll face appearing more often than the others.