Duel Links: Train Your Kuriboh Event Review

Oh Duel Links, why must your events be so hit or miss?? The event in question this time is the currently ongoing 'Train Your Kuriboh' event. You'd think this would be an easy event to pull off but as usual, it's not what it's hyped up to be. Let's get into it!

First of all, you are 'training' a Kuriboh that lives on the right side of your app screen. Training means you duel every day and can add a maximum of 300 points to the Kuriboh's life bar. Here is where things get annoying. You can only add 300 points which are really easy to get and then you have to wait a day to add more points. When the Kuriboh levels up to a new form, a new prize is available. To get said prize, you must release your Kuriboh.  You will not get another one. That's right - only 1 Kuriboh per campaign and which means one prize for the event. Yeah.... not exactly as great as it first seemed, huh??? To make matters worse, the point levels aren't for one continuous bar like usual. Once you evolve your Kuriboh to a Kuribandit with 700 points, for example, the bar resets to 0 (plus any extra points from the previous bar) and you have to start all over again. If you are working towards the highest form, like me, you will have to amass roughly 6000 points in total to fill the last bar up to 2500 and at only 300 points a day, that will take weeks to accomplish. I think I will get my Kuribohrn by next Saturday or July 28 which means it will take me 2 and a half weeks to earn one prismatic ticket. If the bar had been continuous, I'd have reached it half that time with the 300 point restriction.

My main point is that you are doing a lot of work for not so much. Other events of this nature (going on at the same time) give a lot more incentive. Even worse, someone could not read the instructions clearly and release their Kuriboh early with the idea that they will get another. But... they won't. Thankfully, Duel Links has fixed that with a shortened iteration of this event campaign and the addition of a second one right after. Still, if they had been more clear and had it been done better,  this wouldn't have been necessary. Oh well, back to grinding so I can get that sweet prismatic ticket. I just wish the Kuriboh could have some other function like a digital pet or something. Either way, this event needs work and hopefully by next iteration it will be much better.

That's it for this week and I want to apologize in advance for next week. There will be no post due to my need of a break from the blog. I will return to the blog either Aug 4 or the week thereafter. Thanks again for reading and leave me a comment below telling me what you think of this latest Duel Links event. I can't wait to see what you think. Have a great weekend and as always, keep on gaming!!! :D 

New Pokemon Let's Go, Eevee/Pikachu Game Trailers!!

First of all, I meant to do a post last week but the Duel Links' newest box came out a bit later than I expected. Oh well, RIP last week's post... anyway, this week some new trailers showed up for the next Pokémon games: Let's Go, Eevee and Let's Go, Pikachu. If you want to see the trailers yourself, here is the US trailer and here is the Japanese trailer. Anyway, let's get into it!!

First of all, they show more footage of Kanto (up to Cerulean City, as far as I can tell). The art style is still not my favorite, but I do think it suits this game very well. I especially like the look of the gyms - even though all we get to see is Brock's and Misty's gyms. Misty's gym in particular looks really interesting. The gym leader designs are nice, too. In the Japanese trailer, they even show the region map. I have to admit it looks gorgeous in this style. Of course, they next show Prof. Oak and our 'friendly' rival. To be honest, I prefer rivals like Gary and Silver. Those kind of rivals give you incentive to train and grow while the friendly ones just... get annoying after a while. That's just me, though, I'm sure there are some who love friendly rivals.

Anyway, there is also a big emphasis on interacting with your partner Pokémon (Eevee or Pikachu) including petting, grooming, and even dressing up in little outfits. I like the outfits but I am not so sure about the hair cuts. They are... fine just a little... goofy, I guess? They don't really seem to suit the Pokémon and I hope there are more options than just the two shown. Speaking of customizing, you can also customize your trainer's clothes. It doesn't look like you can customize the trainer appearance (eyes, skin, and hair) but maybe they'll show that later on.

That reminds me, Eevee now has a gender difference. Like Pikachu, the difference is in the tails. The beige patch on the tip of the tail has smooth swoops for edges on a female (I assume) and normal ragged edges on a male (again, assuming even though the differences were shown but not which gender is which... I am just going off of the Pikachu difference to guess which gender is which right now).

They showed Pokémon following you (yay) and even some more riding (Charizard, Lapras, Onix, Arcanine) animation. I like this and hope it carries over to the gen 8 games. Also, your following Pokémon can find hidden items for you. That's nice - I never enjoyed using the hidden item finder (for LG/FR, I mean... I love the one for BW/B2W2 though).

After the clips of co-op play (which is nice, but 2 player would be better), they confirmed that the games will have WIFI capability. This includes WIFI battles and trading. I had hoped this would be the case. I like the animation for trading in particular... again, I hope this is carried over to gen 8. Finally, the last thing shown is the release date: Nov 16, 2018.

I still don't think I will get this one since I don't have a Switch. If I ever do break down and purchase a Switch, I might pick it up... maybe. I think I will wait to see what gen 8 has for us instead. But, that's just me. What do you think? Leave me a comment below telling me your thoughts on the new trailers. I look forward to reading your thoughts. Follow me if you enjoyed this post and share it with others. Have a great weekend, and as always: keep on gaming!!!