Level caps

[Alaris]

In the trainer card, now you can see your level cap. What's more, you can see ALL the level caps up to Charlotte, no matter what point of the game you're in. I was wondering if that wouldn't be quite an spoiler, specially for Kiki's... issue.

I mean, the guy that usually tells you things about the leaders, says that Kiki's badge won't raise your level cap, but instead you'll be able to use surf. Well, if you look to your trainer card at that point, you'll see that the next badge you'll get will actually raise your level cap (in fact, the badge that won't is actually further ahead in the game), meaning that the guy is lying or that you won't get Kiki's badge (although yes, we know about her death beforehand, but hey, at least we could have a liiiittle hope left...).

Does anyone agree with that?

[Phlytosion]

Sounds like its just going along with the story. Sure you beat Kiki and demand a badge, but you end up not getting it. It's only noticeable after the fact that you have gone through this event during the game. You were supposed to get Surf once you got the badge, but because you didn't, no surf allowed. So it all ends up working out to properly fit the story.

[Alaris]

Yeah, but I mean, you'll know that you won't get the badge even BEFORE fighting against her. Isn't that a spoiler-thingie?

[Phlytosion]

There have been previous games where it is stated that you will be able to use a certain HM before you actually get the HM. For example in Gold/Silver, you can are allowed to use Strength after you beat Whitney, but you don't get the HM for strength until much later in the game. So it still works like that in Reborn if you think about it.

So in this case, sure you can assume that its a spoiler, but most people won't see it coming if they have never played before.

Edited September 9, 2014 by Phlytosion