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1	''Pokémon Ethereal Gates'' is an UsefulNotes/RPGMaker game by Perihelion Productions. This game exclusively features original fan-made Pokémon and characters.
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3	The game's demo released in August 2015 and is downloadable [[http://reddit.com/r/etherealgates here]].
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5	!This game contains examples of:
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7	* BadassInANiceSuit: Baytwee and its evolution Tuxalon are some well-dressed birds.
8	* ChildhoodFriends: The protagonist (Cooper or Sophie) alongside April and August, forming a PowerTrio.
9	* DumbJock: Played with. August doesn't have the best grades in school, but has a good head on his shoulders nonetheless. In fact, looking at the computer in his room shows an open Wikipedia page. This indicates he's more inwardly studious than his outward academic disdain would indicate.
10	* EngineeredHashtag[[invoked]]: [[AC:[=#SaveThePolbee=]]]!
11	* TheFairFolk: Jinkai is a Ghost/Fairy-type [[spoiler:who abducts a girl from her home]].
12	* FlowerMotifs: Apalis Town is filled with sunflowers. The same sunflowers adorn the game's title screen.
13	* GameBreakingBug: The demo's original release had a bugged item in the Auklet Lighthouse that would cause the game to freeze and crash if interacted with. Ironically, said item was a Paralyze Heal.
14	* GenkiGirl: April is very excitable, especially when it comes to Pokémon research or Professor Hawthorne.
15	* GoodGuyBar: Longspur City's bar is where you first find Regina after discovering she's not at her Gym. You can buy a drink from the bartender...but he'll only sell you soft drinks, since you're a kid.
16	* HellIsThatNoise: Auklet Library's theme is filled with creaking wooden floors and distorted whispers.
17	* HiddenDepths: Both your rivals have them, if the player goes out of their way a little to look.
18	** Academically-minded April has an artistic side. Looking in the trash can in her room shows discarded drawings that are remarked as quite good.
19	** August spends most of his time in the game's opening moments lamenting being dragged into being Professor Hawthorne's surveyors by April. He only makes a positive turn when he learns gaining a Pokemon is part of the deal. August's also implied to be a multi-trophy-winning star athlete of his town, and his character description notes he gets [[BookDumb bad grades]]. Yet when you look at the computer screen in his room, you see he left an open Wikipedia page. This shows he's actually more intellectually inclined than he may outwardly indicate.
20	* LongSongShortScene: A rather lovely, relaxing [[https://soundcloud.com/perihelion-productions/gate theme]] plays in the gates between towns and routes...which you probably run straight through.
21	* MissingChild: A little girl goes missing just before you arrive at Auklet Town.
22	* OminousFog: Auklet Town is filled with fog and, sure enough, something less than pleasant occurs during your visit.
23	* PermanentlyMissableContent: You'd better hope you don't accidentally beat that Jinkai...
24	* {{Retraux}}: The official soundtrack has 8-bit versions of "Apalis Town" and "Battle! Gym Leader".
25	* SchrodingersPlayerCharacter: In true Pokémon fashion, whichever gender protagonist you don't pick doesn't appear in the game.

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