A Deep Dive into Boss Battles (New music and Aevian mon reveal too!)

I can get low tier legendaries now? GIMME GIMME

Idk what Pokémon the new form is supposed to be but it looks sick. Also the Regirock area looks absolutely stunning. Y’all have been hitting it out of the park with area design in v13 and what you’ve shown us from 13.5. Y’all should be proud.

Very interested in the new Aevium form, but ill admit im apprehensive about the bosses gaining effects on shield break, especially if theyre random, as that could make or break a run on pure chance, and the more shields it has the more chances itd have to roll an effect that completely screws the player over, but thats just face value hearing about it, I could be completely wrong about it and its a great idea, so looking forward to getting to try them out when the version releases!

Ooh. Aevian Bronzong.

This update is so good holy crap. I love these small updates and I'm in love with the new music track and the bronzong! And as someone who just finished FE:TH last year, I'm hopeful for the new boss mechanic. Thank you as always Jan and everyone else on the team :)

Glad you're keeping boss battles in some fashion, cause they do be sick!

Adding some Legendaries to the mix also gets that power curve going a little steeper, doesn't it? Part of the complaint against "harder battles" was that the power curve would just get absurd the way things were going, so maybe this will help in giving us both insane fights and the means to beat them.

Personally, I don't really care about being able to catch all mons, especially legendaries. Pick whatever selection you think is appropriate, give em to us as just fights or catches, during the main story, side story or postgame - I'm up for anything.

Babe wake up! New dev post just dropped

You literally can't stop making happy your people, huh?

Regirock is my favourite legendary and one of my luckiest Shiny (40 resets). That area in so incredible. 

And when I saw Entei, I thought we could battle it...but literally catch it!? WOW.

That's awesome, as the story goes into its climax, it makes so sense to have some great partners. GIMME REGIROCK NOW. 

And...that's Aevium Bronzong!? People should make you all statues. 

You never cease to amaze, I'm getting hyped!

Didn’t think this about low tier legendaries. The way 10% Form Zygarde (who actually was also low tier, too) was obtainable since V12, no wonder why it’s happening right now.

Rejuv dev team knocking it out of the park again. The new music absolutely slaps, thank you Zumi and Glitch for continuing to bless us with these fantastic tracks. New aevian form looks awesome, my gut is telling me Bronzong but I might be wrong there, and I can definitely see why it's a favorite of Jan's. I gotta say I'm lloking forward to the new boss fights too, I like the idea of multiple health bars much more that shields, and between that and the effects when a health bar goes down they feel like they're going to be much more intersting to strategize around, and hopefully feel all the more rewarding when we beat them.

Keep up the great work you guys, and don't forget to take breaks when you need them!

God the surprises just keep coming! Sick beats Zumi! Nice battle revamps Az! Can't wait what you guys will show next!

Does lower tier legendaries include some of the mythicals?

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Bosses being reworked?????? 

HYPE HYPE HYPE 

Me when Rejuv Team makes W moves. 

i really like the new bosses mechanic and look forward to what can be created with em

Just one question, will bosses still exist for regular trainers like [spoilers]

Omg i love rejuv

new song also gud

that's an aevian bronzong right?

:concern:

Two questions:

1. Will destiny bond work the same as 1-hit KO moves?

2. Does toxic work or is it still just like being poisoned regularly?

...If i can get a jirachi before elite 8, this is the best Pokemon game, Pls i love him 

(Also, that Entei look terryfing, not as much as Reaper gardevoir, so congrats Jan, you already Nerf the bosses enough)

The idea of changing moveset, field and whatnot, really reminds me of Pokemon Masters Ex.

Meanwhile I know who's HP bar from KH that example image is (Mysterious Figure flashbacks)

Those songs are tops, hope I can hear 'em someday in game (If I can ever get farther then Angi lol)

Thanks Jan and the Rejuv team for such amazing updates for the game. The new boss mechanics are incredible and I can't wait to face them. Making the fights more of a puzzle will definitely change how the fights have worked before and could open up to new strategies that were not possible before. Thematically it makes sense that the legendaries and rift pokemon should have the ability to change the state of the battle in such a way. 

Making the lower tier legendaries available post 13 makes sense to me since they would not trivialize fights at that stage of the game. I can definitely understand the decision for a smaller post game and that not every legendary have a quest behind it.

The new songs are great and I look forward to hearing them in V13.5! 

15 hours ago, HelpMiiPlease said:

Idk what Pokémon the new form is supposed to be but it looks sick. Also the Regirock area looks absolutely stunning. Y’all have been hitting it out of the park with area design in v13 and what you’ve shown us from 13.5. Y’all should be proud.

looks like a brongzong

So you give us mirror of erised too huh? Harry Potter themed new game, here I come!

Going off of color scheme, A!Bronzong here's giving off some some serious Darchlight Cave vibes. And if that translates into it being a Dark Type, well... I don't think anyone's gonna be happy with what that mirror's reflecting, that's for sure!

One question I feel I need to ask is if the change to how Shields work will affect the wild pokemon in Route 4's dens as well? A few of them being able to take themselves out on their default Field in the current build isn't the most feel-good situation at the moment, tbh

yoooo

That Aegislash looks SICK

Aevian Bronzong looks so good. Probably a Dark/Steel type and obtainable in the Darchlight Caves. 

Hoping for like an awesome shield break sound effect and possible visual of it too! 

I can't wait for the new version! There's so much to look forward too! :D

"The best way to describe boss mons is that they're more like a puzzle now" I would argue that most pokemon battles are puzzles , especially reborn/rejuvenation with the fields and stuff  but yea current boss fights do feel tedious and hard i wouldve loved to see them just having a team of 6 mons with extra gimmicks or something .I absolutely agree with giving lowend legendaries early on so the post game can be dedicated to the good stuff with quests and all that jazz

I can smell the giratina boss battle rework since I've heard people actually had a hard time with it but just imagining it gets remade to be just like the battle with Volo makes me genuinely excited!(Highly unlikely but I'll keep my fingers ) Being able to get my hands on any legend is also a plus.

The Soundtrack is fire

I must admit that I love the idea of the new boss battles. I strongly disliked the ones we got in V13 due to the shields blocking a lot of 'support' style plays (leech seed, sand tomb, toxic, PP Stall) and felt that they downgraded some of the original fights (Gardevoir, Dafaux, Hippowdown no longer being the double battles that made them as unique and fun). So I'm thrilled with the new changes since I think they create a great way to allow us to creatively fight bosses while maintaining the difficulty that they're meant to represent. As always, the game looks stunning and is a privilege to play. Take care and thanks for the update :)

Break bar effects, hmmm, more like FGO than KH, but sick, love the idea, just be cautious to not die from overwork, we need you alive to finish the game, thanks again for your efforts

I don’t know how you guys manage to impress me every time but you’re sure doing a good job at making me excited! Absolutely love everything you guys are doing, and cannot wait to see what else you have in store! Good luck on your work as always and thank you for creating something truly spectacular!

Damn, I love that music. I'm even more excited for the future updates!

Bosses staying...with more HP...great. I like effects when their hp goes down though, thats a nice spin.

I like the idea of low tier legendaries being catchable. Especially if they're like, quest ones too, like the ones we see in the main story minus the Latios and Latias. Serves as a narrative buffer as well since Team Xen is much more deadly then thought of and this base raid that'll be going on in v14 I think it is? The one where its like a 3 parter. So the idea of grabbing some legendaries of your own is great. Plus like they got a few legendaries somewhat as well so it evens things slightly.

That regional form is really pretty thought! Got a feeling it's the bronzor family. Gotta be fancy with em mirrors.

Other than that I wish you and the team well! Good luck, take plenty of breaks if need be, and just overall do well with the game.

 The amount of work and effort you guys put into this game continues to amaze me. Thank you for making games gamefreak refuses to make and giving us hours of enjoyment over the years.

The new health bars remind me of the Grand Order ones, where you break the first health bar, and they pull out 15 effects to make you regret your decisions. Looking forward to it.

like the changes man, keep on going

Thank you for the lower tier legendaries. Many of them are much worse than many of the starters. So I never did understand the logic of locking them in the post game.

It's really nice that you bring back 1 hit ko moves and smart how you handle them but my question is, are the restrictions only for boss-mon or for every fight in the game?

Changing the boss battle to something that is more like a puzzle instead of this impenetrable wall is really great... looking at you Hippowdon.

To focus on the Legendary that are important to the story and to give them story quests etc is in my opinion more important than to give every single Legendary a story. I mean there are 82 legendary including mythicals, so even if you would put them together (like bird trio, dog trio etc) there could still be over 20-30 quests depending on how far you would've wanted to go. So in that regard I think your move is a good one.

Art and music are fire as well so all in all really good changes and updates.

On 10/13/2022 at 1:37 AM, Zumi said:

 1) Yes. So does perish body/song and so on.

 

2) AFAIK it's treated as regular poison?

I strongly hope you'll reconsider 2), but I also strongly dislike this style of boss fight in a Pokemon game and admit to being skeptical that it'll be more fun than what was in v12 for those fights.

The news just keeps getting more exciting. I can't wait to restart Rejuv again when 13.5 comes out. I love sinking hundreds of hours into the game, thank you team for all the hard work ^^.

Want to ask will there be any EV manipulation items in the upcoming version?