Line #35 VideoGame/PokemonQuartz


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3	An extensive [[GameMod hack]] of ''{{VideoGame/Pokemon Ruby\|And Sapphire}}'', created by Baro.
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5	''Quartz'' takes place in the region of Corna (a heavily-edited version of Hoenn), and requires the player to navigate a very different series of paths during gameplay than in ''Ruby''. All names and graphics of traditional Pokémon are replaced with new characters and creatures, although some of these changes are only cosmetic and don't change learnsets or types.
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7	The game contains profanity and adult themes, which are absent from all official ''Pokémon'' games. It also has a great number of spelling and grammatical errors, which mostly result from the hack being translated from Spanish, although the grammar improves throughout the game.
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9	While the best-known bootleg cartridge as played on the actual GBA contains serious glitches and errors, the current patch file release works well with [[UsefulNotes/{{Emulation}} VisualBoyAdvance]] when applied to a clean image of an authentic ''Ruby'' cartridge.
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11	A {{sequel}} was in development called ''Pokémon Marble'', but it hasn't been updated [[DevelopmentHell since 2008]]. In 2010, Baro [[http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?p=5449743#post5449743 released the most recent build of the hack before he quit]] in the thread for a LetsPlay of ''Quartz''.
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13	!!This game provides examples of:
14	* AdaptationalBadass: While Gyarados and Milotic are badass enough, ''Quartz'' changes them respectively into Thundran [[note]](Electric/Dragon type, with Levitate {negating its Ground weakness}, the ability to learn many moves, and an absurdly high Attack stat)[[/note]] and Freech [[note]](Ice/Dragon typing, has Speed Boost)[[/note]], two of the most powerful Pokémon in ''Quartz''.
15	* AdultsAreUseless: They pretty much handed ''all'' the responsibility of calming the chaos gods to the teenage protagonist, one of them even mocking the player character for being a fool [[ButThouMust despite not having been given a choice]] in the first place.
16	* AerithAndBob:
17	** All of the Exorcist-class trainers have names of Chinese or Korean origin, like Sung or Lao. Then you enter the desert and come across "Exorcist Don Jose".
18	** It's the other way around among Baro's friends: They all have Spanish names, except for "Kyoufu Kawa", the Lord of Corna Castle.
19	* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: No matter how hellishly difficult the Gym Leaders are, no matter how weak his blind psychic mouse is, Ramon will always defeat them before the player, until the player reaches Victory Road at least.
20	* ArtificialStupidity: One of the Ambar Admins sometimes uses Max Revive when ''none of his Pokémon have fainted yet.''
21	* ArtisticLicenseEngineering: The workman's approach for dealing with an unstable cave floor is ''gluing it back together.''
22	* ArtisticLicensePhysics:
23	** Band Ambar's plan to power up Electric Pokémon by inflating the sun, one of the methods includes using a ''broken ghost scope''. This is even more ridiculous than Team Magma trying to increase landmass by stuffing a volcano with rocket fuel at the ''center'' of a region.
24	** Plug-Oinks cannot generate energy by jacking their plug tails into their nostrils. They need external energy for that.
25	** The X-treme snowboarders can perpetually ski on flat ground and can turn at perfect 90-degree angles.
26	* AuthorAvatar: Baro. And it's bizarre even by the standards of this Trope.
27	* BasementDweller: The protagonists live in the basement instead of a floor above the living room as in the main series games.
28	* BearsAreBadNews: Babos and Osoe, who will try to seduce their opponent despite being [[GrotesqueGallery ugly as hell]].
29	* BerserkButton: Baro absolutely hates those [[ForeignCussWord ¡PUTAS DE SEVER!]]
30	* BlandNameProduct: One of the Employees at Mich Dick shipyard says that he's not playing "Mine Seeker".
31	* BlindIdiotTranslation: The Spanglish.
32	%%* BigNo
33	* BilingualBonus: For ''anything'' [[AuthorAvatar Baro]] says about the Sever, really. Most of the dialogue can only be truly understood if you mentally untranslate it back to the Spanish it was originally conceived as.
34	* [[BountyHunter Bounty]]...sorry, [[BountyHunter Reward Hunter]]: Annie, [[spoiler:also the Corna League Champion]].
35	* CarryingTheAntidote: Some of the Gym Leaders give away [=TMs=] that can counter their type specialties.
36	** Betti the Bug gym leader --> [[DishingOutDirt Rock Tomb]].
37	** Nieves the Ice gym leader --> [[PlayingWithFire Overheat]].
38	** Benito the Poison gym leader --> [[{{Determinator}} Facade]] [[note]](deals more damage if the user is poisoned/burned/paralyzed)[[/note]].
39	** Lorenzo the Grass gym leader --> [[BlowYouAway Aerial Ace]].
40	** Danny the Dragon gym leader --> [[StatusBuff Calm Mind]] [[note]](Dragon-type moves are considered Special in Gen III, and Calm Mind boosts the user's Special Attack and Special Defense. You can pretty much wall her ''if only Calm Mind had been accessible before her fight'')[[/note]].
41	* CatsAreMean: [[spoiler:The Deoxys stand-in Garotao, the God of Chaos.]]
42	* ChainOfDeals: There are [=NPCs=] hidden around Corna that will trade an item you have for another (Lava Cookie>Hell Mushes>Dragon Wing>Dragon Egg>Star Jewel), or in case of the Star Jewel, put the Dragon Egg in the Star Temple. A scientist needs the Star Jewel to hatch an egg containing a Legendary Pokémon Karendi.
43	* CharacterFilibuster: Several characters in Pinkranite go out of their way to rant about how bad the school system is and about the dangers of drugs. '''For no reason whatsoever.'''
44	* CloudCuckooLander: The Imakuni Trainer Class (yes, there are a lot of them), who stand out a lot in contrast to the [[{{Jerkass}} rest]] [[MemeticMolester of]] [[StalkerWithACrush the population]].
45	* ClusterFBomb: All over the place, but especially with your rival.
46	* ContinuityNod: [=HM01=] is obtained in this game from the same character that gave it to you [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue back in Gen I]].
47	* CoolShades:
48	** Joseph Akira. [[MemeticMolester Too bad he doesn't have the personality to match.]]
49	** Some Pokémon as well, such as the Energiz and Nole lines.
50	* CrapsackWorld: Even discounting all the fan-made memes, life in Corna is genuinely pretty crummy. The education system is abysmal and many students leave school when they're 16, arsonists are a common threat, Gym Leader Faustus is free to abuse his position and be evil, and stealing, smuggling, and drug peddling are very common. Characters tend to be pretty rude or actively hostile for no reason.
51	* DisproportionateRetribution: A Band Ambar Admin says that "I will beat you, I'll punish you, and them I will kill you, asshole kid!" all just because the player insists on thwarting Ambar's moronic schemes.
52	* EgocentricTeamNaming: Band Ambar, where Ambar [[BilingualBonus is Spanish]] for Amber, the leader of said band.
53	* {{Emo}}: All trainers in the Quartztower Gym, including the Gym Leader herself.
54	* EvilIsNotAToy: Amber realizes that she cannot mess with the power of Chaos during her VillainousBreakdown.
55	-->'''Amber:''' No, it's all my fault, I shouldn't paly with gran forces...
56	* FailedASpotCheck: One of the cops failed to notice a ''pet shop'' is actually a narcotics store of all things.
57	* ForeignCussWord: Several, courtesy of Baro.
58	* GenderBlenderName: Danny, the seventh Gym Leader of Corna, is a girl. (Although Danny could be short for Danielle or Daniela.)
59	* {{Gonk}}: The new Pokémon designs could be described as this...except maybe Plug-Oink, which is friggin' adorable.
60	* GrotesqueGallery: Babos and Osoe are seen and known as the "world's ugliest Pokémon".
61	* HaveAGayOldTime: Some of ''Quartz''[='s=] [=NPCs=] use phrases that are... technically correct, but not in common usage, like one defeated Ambar Grunt's reference to their plans being sent to the WC ("water closet", in other words the toilet).
62	* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: A male NPC, while giving the AuthorAvatar a little ''too'' much CharacterShilling, adds "(I am still loving women)" after calling him "beautiful."
63	* HeroicMime: Averted. Sometimes, "(Player Name):" appears in the text box to show that the PlayerCharacter is the one doing the talking.
64	* InformedDeformity: According to the Pokédex entries, Mongostre (Corna's Armaldo) is supposed to be the ugliest Pokémon to ever exist. Sure it looks monstrous, but there are others who look uglier than it, ''especially'' the Babos line.
65	* KarmaHoudini:
66	** The PlayerCharacter helps a bunch of drug dealers become this, by telling the police officer who happens to be there that it's [[BlatantLies a pet shop.]]
67	** Amber, despite being responsible for releasing Kaosune to the surface and even felt remorse for doing so. And yet no one is forcing her to be responsible for (read: face said chaos Pokémon) and expects the protagonist to do so instead. ([[ButThouMust And no, you don't have a choice.]])
68	* KavorkaMan: Babos and Osoe are based on the concept of an ugly guy that women find irresistible.
69	* KubrickStare: [[http://lparchive.org/Pokemon-Quartz/Update%208/72-IDontLikeTheWayThatArchitectureIsLo.jpg Jonic.]]
70	* LastSecondWordSwap: An NPC in Pinkranite says this...
71	-->Oh! Ms Britney is so beauty! Every time I think of her I have my hands busy... writing letters for her...!
72	* LeetLingo: Some of the [=NPCs=], especially the Ambars.
73	-->'''Ambar Grunt:''' Shut up lol!
74	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The Move Tutor's name is [[Creator/AndyWarhol Dany Warhole]], and instead of Heart Scales you give him Campbell cans.
75	%%* NoFourthWall
76	* ObligatorySwearing:
77	** "[[PardonMyKlingon ¡PUTAS DE SEVER!]]"
78	** "You won't have a chance against our BOSS, you cocksucker kid!"
79	** "Fucking kid! You send my plans down to the WC!"
80	* OlderThanTheyLook: While Baro changed most if not all the lines in the Pokénav (or rather Pokébae in this game) to suit his characters, he overlooked one, making the transition of the old couple trainer class to a younger couple really obvious. [[http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/yuoaman/Quartz%20Play/Quartz%20Bonus%20and%20Abominations/timetravel.png Married for 50 years, indeed.]]
81	* OptionalBoss: Arturo, [[spoiler:Leader of the (unofficial) ninth Gym.]]
82	* PunnyName: Team Ambar. [[DontExplainTheJoke It's a combination of "Amber", the leader's name, and "Baro".]]
83	** Or maybe he just forgot to translate the name of the team, since amber is ambar in Spanish.
84	* Really700YearsOld: Kyoufu Kawa's dialogue in Quartztower Town implies this.
85	-->'''Kawa:''' In my early teens (that's fair 300 years ago)...
86	* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: All of the small rounded birds (there are many of them).
87	* RougeAnglesOfSatin: Everywhere. For example, the word heart is constantly referred to as "hearth" for some reason.
88	* ShoutOut:
89	** One of the trainers you battle is named [[Music/{{Blink 182}} Travis]], and says "[[http://lparchive.org/Pokemon-Quartz/Update%2016/45-pkquartzfull_44.png Take Off Your Pants and Jacket]]" and "[[http://lparchive.org/Pokemon-Quartz/Update%2016/49-pkquartzfull_49.png All the Small Things]]".
90	** There's also a Rocker named Anthony, who only quotes Red Hot Chili Peppers lyrics.
91	** There's also a ShoutOut to ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'' in the graveyard area: one of the ninjas there says "Master, you called! ... ... What are you?!" when he challenges you; his name is Garo; and after you defeat him and talk again he says "To die without leaving a corpse... That is the way of us Garo." (He doesn't actually disappear, though.)
92	** In the area that [[SarcasmMode clearly isn't a hacked version of the route near Meteor Falls]], there is a hiker, completely dressed in green, who claims to be an ogre. His name is Franchise/{{Shrek}}.
93	** There's also a rather clever one referring to the [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Mew truck rumor]], which in ''Ultra Quartz: Let's Go Blobbos'', initiates a battle with the Mew expy Wiami.
94	** A swimmer refers to a "nice [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast turtle rock dungeon]]".
95	** There is a Moleman named "Montgomery". Yes, a [[VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld Monty Mole]].
96	** Judoka [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Ranma]] can be fought in Mt. Niveous, though her design alludes to Akane Tendo.
97	* StalkerWithACrush: The opposite-gender rival follows the player around and shamelessly proclaims their love to them.
98	* [[SpaceJews Subterranean Jews]]: The molemen appear to display all the negative stereotypes of Jews.
99	* StepfordSmiler: The arsonists put up a perpetual smile ''despite having their index fingers set on fire.''
100	* SuddenlyShouting: A trainer in Danny's Gym.
101	-->"If you get to Danny, you should be prepared, she's hundred times better than me, AND YOU HAVE TO MULTIPLY THAT BY TWO!!!"
102	* TakeThat:
103	** An NPC in Seablue wonders how evil is the person who created Pokémon Contests. "Attack to... the air? Show... cuteness? What about PKMN battles?"
104	** Baro subtly shows his dislike for Pikachu in one of the Dex entries, calling it the ugliest Pokémon that ever existed.
105	* TooDumbToLive: Band Ambar's plot has a few holes in it.
106	-->'''Ambar:''' YOU MEAN INFLATING THE SUN MAKES IT HOT OUTSIDE!? AND PEOPLE CAN'T LIVE SO WELL WHEN ITS REALLY HOT OUT AND THERE'S A DROUGHT?!?!
107	* TooLongDidntDub: At one point, a fisherman gives you a "Volanta (Net)!"
108	* TotallyRadical: Kacho and Vin, being owners of the "sk8" shop and all.
109	* UpdatedRerelease: In 2016, this game received an updated version called "Pokemon Ultra Quartz: Let's Go, Blobbos!" which gives you the National Pokedex early, and also includes Blobbos from Pokemon Clover as well as the Deadly Seven from Pokemon Snakewood. In addition, you may also find other Legendary Quartz-mon that weren't in the initial 2006 release. [[spoiler:And after beating the game once, you unlock a place called "Sharova Cave", which contains very powerful trainers as well as the Mewtwo parody Zengredse and "Dark Lord Oboma".]]
110	* ViolationOfCommonSense: Yes, you should ''glue back an unstable floor''.
111	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Or upside-down rats in this case. Baro doesn't take Severs' presence well - he's chased by one, and at another point they ransacked his [[Manga/DoctorSlump Arale]] manga collection.

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