History VideoGame / PokemonRejuvenation

* BigBadEnsemble: There are a ''lot'' of forces in Rejuvenation who could each possibly qualify as the evil team for a normal pokemon game on their own. For starters, there's Team Xen, and Team Bladestar. [[spoiler:Then there's the Mysterious Figures who can travel through time and are up to... something.]] There's Indriad, who was the BigBad before the Calamity and may or may not still be alive. There's also Angie and her maids, who haven't shown up much since you defeated her on Terajuma Island. And then there's [[GoldfishPoopGang Team Anti Assist]], but nobody cares that much about them. And if morally ambiguous characters are thrown into the mix, we are also dealing with [[spoiler:Crescent, Spacea and Tiempa. And for a brief time, we also had to deal with Melanie, Karen could be counted depending on how you view her... and then there's Indriad/Vitus, who's been responsible for a ton of bad stuff by himself.]]

* CerebusRollercoaster: While this game is a lot darker and more mature than the official Pokemon games, it can still be pretty lighthearted at points... which makes the dark points all the more shocking. Seriously, contrast the S.S. Oceana (prior to being taken over), Gearen City, Route 3, the first half of Blacksteeple Castle, Amber's Gym, and West Gearen with Amethyst Cave, the second half of Blacksteeple Castle, Deep Carotos Mountain, and Valor Mountain, and the difference is clear as crystal.

* GeoEffects / HomeFieldAdvantage: A carryover of Pokemon Reborn. The places you battle in have a big influence on the battle, making some attacks stronger, others weaker, outright canceling some, or adding effects, and most Gym's fields favor the Gym Leader's type and often weaken the more obvious counters, making a fair bit of the strategy getting around them.

* HopelessBossFight: Not to be outdone by [[VideoGame/PokemonReborn Pokemon Reborn's]] two hopeless boss fights, Pokemon Rejuvenation has ''three''. While all of them are technically beatable, [[DevelopersForesight with the game appropriately reacting to it]], chances are you'll likely lose them:
** The first Dimensional Rift, a Dimensional Rift Gyarados. Even though it's only Lv. 15, it has a unique move called Dimensional Thrash, which hits for type-neutral damage and gets a huge boost from the field, plus the three elemental Fang moves. If you don't defeat it, then when you eventually get to go back to Goldenwood Forest, you have to fight it again at level 50; however, by this point, significantly more Pokemon are available to you, making the fight easier.
** Shadow Mewtwo was this in earlier versions. It was only Lv. 25, but still a freaking ''[[OlympusMons Mewtwo]]'', which as a shadow Pokemon could hit every Pokemon (excluding Fairy-types) for super-effective damage. As of Version 12 the fight isn't as "hopeless" as it becomes you and Keta versus Madelis, in a 12 on 6 match... she still has Mewtwo, though, and the game continues even if you lose.
** At the end of the Blacksteeple Castle arc, [[BigBad Madame X]] decides to take you on herself. She has only one Pokemon, but it's a Lv. 100 [[OlympusMons Yveltal]] with a OneHitKill move, when your level cap is barely half that.

* IronicHell: Garufa magic has to be performed exactly right, with no mistakes or interruptions. Getting a spell wrong for any reason will result in a powerful backlash against the would-be caster, which usually resembles this trope. [[spoiler:Vivian tried to sacrifice herself to save the world, but Gardevoir interrupted her. As a result, the spell was successful, but weakened, and while Vivian died, she was cursed to continually reincarnate. King Ieiseil sacrificed dozens if not hundreds of Pokemon to power up armies, but finally refused to continue during a ritual. The Garufa magic bound his soul into the Pokemon he was going to sacrifice, a Cofagrigus, and he would roam the Zorrialyn Labyrinth for hundreds of years. Karen tried to create a Crest to help her become stronger so she could avenge the murder of her parents by killing their murderer, but she screwed up somehow and the spell drove her insane, leading her to kill Karrina's parents.]]

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: So far, three major characters and two Pokemon: Keta, Nancy, Professor Jenner, Kanon's Salamence and Indriad's Gardevoir. Depending on player choices, Florin, Karen and Karrina can all die. The Renegade Route adds some further deaths, including Talon, Florin and Karrina if they hadn't died earlier, and Amber.]]

* PoweredByAForsakenChild: The Crests you can find in the Zorrialyn Labyrinth are powered by Pokemon who were sacrificed to make them.

** [[LevelDrain Common Candies]] (now called Reverse Candies) return from Pok&eacute'mon Reborn, and despite the changed name they have the same function: to lower your Pokémon's level if they go above the level cap.

* InterfaceScrew: [[spoiler:The game will "glitch" in certain areas, sometimes in cutscenes, but uniquely, Pokémon owned or formerly owned by anomalous characters will one or both of their Original Trainer or Trainer IDs fluctuate with random characters and numbers. This can first be seen with Melia's Aegislash, given to her by Spacea, whose OT is normal while its ID is not. Any Pokémon that was formerly owned by a trainer erased in the Renegade route will have both their OT and ID glitch.]]

''Pokemon Rejuvenation'' is an episodically released [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pokémon]] fan game and SpiritualSuccessor to ''VideoGame/PokemonReborn''. Similarly to Pokemon Reborn, Pokemon Rejuvenation is not a ROMHack, but rather an UsefulNotes/RPGMaker game.

The game takes place in the Aevium region, which was split into several islands after some catastrophic event in the past. The protagonist and his/her/[[AmbiguousGender their]] mother, [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 Nancy]], are in the process of arriving there on the S.S. Oceana when it gets attacked by the local villainous team, Team Xen. Despite the ship being destroyed and the protagonist's mother being captured, the protagonist manages to escape thanks to the fire-type Elite 8 member, Tesla. With her help, they arrive in Eastern Gearen City on the mainland of Aevium, ready to battle the Pokemon League, defeat Team Xen, and hopefully rescue their mother in the process.

Like its inspiration, Pokemon Reborn, Pokemon Rejuvenation has a story that's [[DarkerAndEdgier more mature]] than the main ''Pokemon'' games, [[LighterAndSofter albeit not as dark as Pokemon Reborn's story]] ([[CerebusRollerCoaster for the most part, anyway]]). It's also [[NintendoHard very, very difficult,]] [[SerialEscalation arguably even more so than its inspiration.]] The game borrows Pokemon Reborn's ideas of a field effect system, 18 Gym Leaders, and a [[AntiGrinding level cap]], but also adds an Elite 8 instead of the traditional Elite 4, as well as new, unique moves for every gym leader. In addition, the game brings back Shadow Pokemon from ''VideoGame/PokemonColosseum'' and ''VideoGame/PokemonXD'' (although they get a {{Nerf}}, with their attacks being not very effective against Fairy-type Pokemon).

!!Tropes used in Pokemon Rejuvenation:
* AdvancedAncientHumans: The Garufa, an ancient tribe from hundreds if not thousands of years before the game is set. They had powerful magic but didn't use Pokemon (though they were symbolised by Solrock and Lunatone). While the tribe doesn't exist anymore, there are a few characters who are descended from the Garufa, and others who try to use their magic, with varying degrees of success. [[spoiler:Chapter 14 reveals that the Eclysia Pyramid is actually a giant futuristic spaceship the Garufa built with the intention of using it to survive some kind of catastrophe (though why they didn't is presently unknown), which puts a new spin on the 'advanced' part. Later versions reveal that the Garufa weren't a tribe, they were a company from a previous version of the world.]]

* AndManGrewProud: You can find a book in a Garufa building in Chapter 15 that says that Pokemon have vanished and the planet is dying, because humanity became arrogant and tried to do something (the text cuts off before it can divulge any details). [[spoiler:It's later revealed that humanity killed Arceus, which led to the world dying.]]

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: In each major city, there is a Pokemon Breeder who you can fight as many times as you want and who uses only [[PinataEnemy Audino]]. This makes grinding much, much easier. An update even introduces Generation 8's Experience Candies to the mix and adds one to Gerean City East, making things all the more user friendly.
** [[LevelDrain Common Candies]] (now called Reverse Candies) return from Pokemon Reborn, and despite the changed name they have the same function: to lower your Pokemon's level if they go above the level cap.

** The Renegade Route requires the player skip a large number of side quests that provide valuable items and Pokemon in order to keep their karma low enough, can't access post game content, and is overall more difficult than the Paragon Route. To compensate, [[spoiler:it becomes possible to steal specific Pokémon, often times legendaries and other rare, powerful monsters that often aren't attainable that early on Paragon, from the major trainers you encounter to help augment your team and weather the route's challenges.]]
* AndIMustScream: The fate of any Pokemon used to make a Dimensional Rift. The process kills the Pokemon and revives it as an undead monstrosity that is unable to stop itself from rampaging. In fact, the Dimensional Rift Chandelure's dialogue before the fight with it is just it begging you to kill it and put it out of its suffering.

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: The fate of the [[spoiler:shiny Garbodor Melia created. After saving you from Zetta and the Dimensional Rift Gyarados, Zetta transformed it into a Dimensional Rift itself. Fortunately, unlike every other Dimensional Rift Pokemon,]] you can save it from its fate, [[GuideDangIt although what you need to do is a little hard to figure out on your first playthrough.]]

* {{Railroading}}: An InUniverse example - [[spoiler:while who did it has yet to be revealed, as it turns out, you, Melia, Huey, Erin, and Aelita are all entered into the tournament of Grand Dream City, the prize for winning being all 18 gym badges, stated to be essentially a free pass to the Pokemon League. Despite the fact that you turned up right after Risa Raider, who took the last spot available and confirmed there were no more, and had no idea the tournament existed before she told you- and one of you (Kanon) doesn't even have any Pokemon. And as it turns out later, signing up for the tournament requires an extensive interview process by the person who wishes to apply - and you all made it in even though you just got to Grand Dream City that day. And since trying to leave the tournament after entering results in either a large fine or potentially jail, whoever set it up clearly does not want you missing out]].

** This happens quite a bit in the main game, too. Destroy Madelis' Shadow Pokemon lab? All you've really done is slow them down. Rescue your mother and the others from the S.S. Oceana at Blacksteeple Isle? [[spoiler:Your mother dies sacrificing herself to save you from BigBad Madame X,]] and Madame X still gets what she needs. Capture Professor Jenner, Zetta and Geara with Crescent's help and send them to an alternate dimension? [[spoiler:They hijack Nim's powers and get back into the real world, then take Nim, now frozen in stone, with them.]] Defeat [[AnIcePerson Angie]] and seal her in ice? [[spoiler: Cera frees her later.]] Find the Earth Heart in the hopes of keeping it from Angie's followers? [[spoiler:Cera steals at least part of it, potentially the whole thing if you choose wrong, and Aelita gets put into a magically-induced coma in the process.]] Storm Valor Mountain in an effort to rescue [[spoiler:Nim]]? [[spoiler: Geara drops her into the lava anyway after you beat him and Zetta, then ''kills'' you and tries to kidnap Melia, forcing Crescent to save your sorry butt.]] Save Kugearen City and dispel the noxious gas over West Gearen? Well, Kugearen City's in the past, [[ForegoneConclusion so the cataclysmic event that destroyed Aevium will still happen]] and your efforts will be for naught eventually, [[spoiler:and you've had to kill the Shiny Garbodor that Melia created.]] Fortunately, two of the scenarios [[spoiler:(The Earth Heart and the Dimensional Rift Garbodor)]] [[ThrowTheDogABone can end more happily]], [[GuideDangIt but you have to take additional steps first]].

** When you meet Damian initially, he's riding on a Latios. Which is an odd choice of Pokemon for a ''Dark''-type Leader. Turns out he's actually the Dragon-type Leader.

** Despite the cheery name, the Hospital of Hope uses Po Town's music, which is a pretty clear indication that something is very, very wrong there.

** Saving the life of the [[spoiler: Dimensional Rift Garbodor]] is something that a player may miss on their first playthrough. You have to [[spoiler: inspect the sparkling point on the ground near where Gardevoir was talking to the corrupt cops, then use it on a house in Kugearen City. Read the book about purifying Dimensional Rift Pokémon inside and take it. When you're about to face off against the Dimensional Rift Garbodor for the second time, you can show it to Melia.]]

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: So far, three major characters and two Pokemon: Keta, Nancy, Professor Jenner, Kanon's Salamence and Indriad's Gardevoir. Depending on player choices, Florin, Karen and Karrina can all die.]]

* NoFairCheating: Mr. Luck, an NPC found throughout the game with which you can trade a rare item called Black Prisms to in exchange for cosmetic changes and gameplay benefits, offers an unknown "contract" for 999 black prisms, something that would likely take months of griding for to obtain legitimately. Hacking 999 black prisms into your inventory with the debug mode or other illicit methods won't work, since the game logs each and every legitimately obtained Black Prism individually, and trying to cheat will force you into an all but unwinnable battle with Doxie, his ludicrously tough Marshadow. If you lose, he confiscate all your Black Prisms, even the legitimate ones, and sends you on your way. If you win, which requires yet more cheating or an ironclad cheese strategy, [[TakeThatAudience Mr. Luck chastises the player for their actions]], resets the game, automatically saves after his speech, and refuses to deal with you any more, locking out the potential to even interact with his system legitimately or otherwise.

* SadisticChoice: [[spoiler: Melanie]] offers one in Chapter 12: [[spoiler: Either Melia gives her the Time Diamond and she'll spare the S.S. Paradise, which is the only hope that humanity has for survival in the alternate timeline, or she uses it to get herself and the player back to their original timeline, causing for her to blow it up, effectively dooming mankind in this future. While she only offers this choice to Melia, it's ultimately the player that makes the call for her. Handing over the crystal results in a NonStandardGameOver, while trying to escape results in the Diamond turning out to be a fake and all of humanity being killed by both the explosion and her Yveltal (But you eventually find the real Diamond anyway), and [[TakeAThirdOption doing nothing]] results in a much better outcome for everyone.]]

* UnexpectedGenreChange: [[spoiler:Thanks to a large chunk of it occuring in a dream world where anything can happen, the tone of the game shifts quite a bit during Chapter 15, from even sillier and more irrevent than usual, to shockingly dark. Lavender's Nightmare Realm stands out as shining example of both extremes, starting as a ScifiHorror send up wherein she's decked out in a cyberpunk-esque suit and is stalked by an android killer, briefly bringing the tone and gameplay closer to something you'd find in an [[VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent an Amnesia title]] than a Pokémon fangame... and ending with the gag villain from an earlier set piece buying her time to subvert the horror and fight the antagonist on equal footing.]]

* YankTheDogsChain: The ending of the second Hidden Library quest, in a nutshell. What is it you discover in the final room of said library? [[spoiler: A Mega Ring.]] Which quickly gets snatched away by Karen. It doesn't help that she proceeds to rub salt in your wounds by telling you to "Go cry about that to your mother", who by the way, is missing [[spoiler: and might even be dead, depending on how far you are into the game]].