Video Game / Loomian Legacy

Loomian Legacy is a Mon game created by Llama Train Studios and made on the Roblox engine. Serving as a Spiritual Successor to their defunct fan game Pokémon Brick Bronze and an inspiration from Pokémon in general. The Worlds Apart trailer was announced in Decemeber 18th 2018, with the announcement of the first installment of the game shown on January 19th 2019 and released on July 20th 2019.

Welcome to the region of Roria, where Loomians and humans live together in harmony. The story starts with a rainstorm that's forming around the Mitis Town. The player's father and his assistant Derrick are investigating a strange rock at the dig site when suddenly the text on the rock rearranges itself. As the player at home watches the news report, he/she goes downstairs and meets up with his/her mom, who sets up a device called the Loomiwatch. She then instructs him/her to visit their father at the dig site. When the player arrives, the father explains the situation when all of a sudden the ground shakes and the strange undecipherable text glow and disappear once more. Then the rock unexpectedly breaks and all the pieces are sent and scattered off into various locations in Roria. Derrick and the player's father suspects someone is preventing them from decoding the message and they headed off into the lab. There the father and mother discuss about the situation and asked Derrick to find the stone tablets. Derrick refuses however, leading to the player to find it themselves, but not without the help of their first Loomian.

While its game mechanics and traditions are similar to Pokémon, there are a few key differences. You can choose from five different starters, the typing chart is very different and the battle system does away with moves having individual PP, instead having all moves drawn from the Loomian's energy stats, with the option to wait or rest to regain energy. Also you can only have five Loomians at a time in your party, but there are two slots called Benched Slots where the Loomians sitting there won't battle but will earn a fraction of the winning EXP.

The game is still a work-in-progress, with the game so far ending at Atlanthian City. The Worlds Apart trailer is found here. Check out the game here.

This game has nothing to do with Lumentale, despite that also being a Spiritual Successor to a Pokémon fangame (in this case, Pokémon Xenoverse).

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Loomian Legacy provides examples of:

• Alternate Universe: This game takes place in a different version of Roria where Loomians populate the region rather than Pokémon from the fan game Brick Bronze. It even shares some of the location's names.
• Anti-Frustration Features:
  • The game has Auto-Save mechanics, meaning players won't worry about losing progress of their game because they forgot to save or if their game crashes, preventing many loss of hours of progress.
  • Energy is restored after every battle meaning your Loomians won't be tired out overtime.
  • You can trade Loomians from the PC Box rather than the party slot from its previous successor, Brick Bronze and Pokémon in general, allowing you to trade any creatures without moving your creatures around the party slot. Though it creates a Damn You, Muscle Memory! situation to anyone used to PBB's trading system.
  • The game will tell you which moves are super effective to which Loomian through use of symbols. The green up arrow shows it's super effective, the orange-yellow down arrow shows it's not very effective, double blue arrows shows its 4X effective and the red circle with a slash shows it's immune. Considering the type chart is very different from Pokémon, this helps out a lot.
  • Benched Loomians get a fraction of EXP after battles, making them fairly useful for low level Loomians to catch up. Benched Loomians also can receive Training Points (TP, it's basically Effort Values from Pokémon) from said battles, allowing multiple Loomians that need to be trained to a certain stat share these points without constant switching in battles.
  • As of v0.2.6, you can rematch certain trainers again after you win without the need to rejoin the area/game through various methods in order to reset. Since some provide either useful stats to build or good EXP grinding, it makes building competitive Loomians much more easier and faster to train.
  • The Get Unstuck button in the Options menu allows the player to spawn in any starting point of the map they last came from which makes it useful to get out of any potential or unseen softlock areas and glitches.
  • The Loomiwatch has a teleportation system, allowing you to revisit major locations you have already been there without the need to backtrack.
  • In Bob's Magik Pond, there are 39 different Goppie variations to find and register to the board, with prizes depending on how many variations registered. Any Goppie variations not yet registered do not appear with the "Caught" symbol when encoutered.
  • The second half of the 2023 Rainbow event added a scavenger hunt that tasked players with catching one Loomian of every type in the game. This includes the ice types, in which Snocub was the only non-event Ice type line in the game. To make the scavenger hunt possible to finish, the update added Sherbot, an Ice/Metal type, to Sepharite Junkyard. Sherbot being another non-Event Ice-type option also helped in it being an Ensemble Dark Horse.
• Arcadia: Route 6, where the Rally Ranch is located.
• Ascended Meme: During the sleepover at Mr. Ferrix's mansion, Lucy's pajamas have a graphic reading "When it's Done", which is a recurring response the developers use to the increasing release cycle of new content.
• Awesome, but Impractical: Any attacks that takes two turns to activate and move with a recharge. Submerge is one example where it's a two turn attack that can bypass protect moves such as Magma Block but is telegraphed at the first turn. The opponent will see this coming and switch into something that can resist it. Its 75 base power means it's generally not strong enough to offset the telegraphed attack.
• Blocking Stops All Damage: Protect Moves such as Dodge, Magma Block and Briar Block are this, with the latter two damaging the foe in the process if it makes contact.
• Boring, but Practical: Geklow has pretty mediocre base stats, but it can learn Tase, a move with weak base power but always inflict paralysis, and Spare, the game's equivalent to False Swipe, where it leaves the foe's HP always at 1, regardless of damage. This combination of moves allows Geklow to serve as a wild Loomian catcher where it can easily weaken other Loomians just enough for it to be catchable.
• Bribing Your Way to Victory:
  • Many quality-of-life features introduced by Pokémon from Generation 6 onwards have to be bought with real money. The EXP Share, Shiny Charm, and expanded box space are a few notable examples.
  • Also notable is the "Loomiboost" system, which allows you to buy temporary boosts to XP earned, training points earned, or shiny rate with "Loomiboost Tokens", of which you cannot reliably get without spending real money. Boxes and mastery level tokens don't replenish. Mitigated once the Lucky Wheel was added in Atlanthian City, giving all players a chance to reliably get boost tokens. Events would also start giving a free Loomiboost token once a day by doing the minigame.
  • Probably the most egregious example of all are Colosseum Points, which are a currency needed to purchase various held items vital to competitive play, various other items needed to build a competitive-ready Loomian, or even the ability to forget/remember moves. This currency can only be obtained by winning PvP battles, or, you guessed it, spending real money.
• Cast of Expies: Being a Spiritual Successor to Pokémon, the Loomians are bound to share some similarities.
  • Propae and Coonicoupia are pretty much Metapod and Kakuna.
  • Twittle's line is your standard common region birds akin to Pidgey, Hoothoot etc.
  • Same goes for Twilat which is the early game rodent to likes of Ratatta and Zigzaggoon. Though it does feature branching evolutions to make it stand out from other Com Mons.
  • Tahtab shares many design elements with Lucario (The markings on their arms, thigh colourings that resemble a pair of gym shorts, and the association with martial arts while using a staff) and Zeraora to a lesser extent
  • Vari is very obviously a homage to Eevee, with a multitude of mono-type evolutions.
  • Duskit heavily resembles Victini, most notably their thick forearms and slim claws.
• Character Select Forcing: At launch, there are two lines of Electric types, Weevolt and Geklow. Geklow is a single stage Loomian with mediocre stats. If you want an electric type in your team, you either get Weevolt's line as your starter (or get it via trade) or deal with Geklow's poor performance. The Part 2 Update includes Ikazune, but it's a roaming Loomain meaning you won't easily encounter it. Downplayed as so far there's no situation where you need an electric type but it makes it somewhat difficult if you need an electric type to cover your team. Eventually averted as a later update gave Geklow an evolution in Eleguana, making it viable, and eventually adding new Electric types.
• Convenient Weakness Placement:
  • Downplayed with Silvent's Battle Theater. Battle Star Naya uses both Light and Dark types, both which counter to each other. You can find Light-type Geklow and Dark-type Kleptype earlier in Route 3. However, due to Mutual Disadvantage, it's much harder to sweep her team off.
  • Route 5 has Earth-type Babore and Water-Type Gumpod being among the Loomians you can catch. Heiwa Village is near Route 5 which happens to have a Fire-type Battle Theater that is weak to both types.
• Damn You, Muscle Memory!: Despite bearing similar mechanics and playstyle to Pokémon, there are a few differences where even Pokémon veterans will take some time getting used to.
  • The type chart is very different from Pokémon. Aside from having less types and some that are renamed, existing elements have different interactions that differ between the two. For example, Water types in Loomian Legacy are weak to Toxic (the poison Type) and deal 2X damage to Electric types whereas in Pokémon Water takes neutral damage from Poison and deals neutral damage to Electric.
  • You trade Loomians from your PC box rather than the ones that are currently in your party slot like Pokémon and Brick Bronze.
  • Some moves may share the same name as Pokémon but have different functions and power. For instance, Gust in Pokémon is a weak Flying type move with no special effects and is always 100% accurate. Whereas in Loomian Legacy, it's an Air-Type move that still does weak damage but is slightly inaccurate (95%) and spins hazards away from the user's side, functioning as a Flying type Rapid Spin.
• Lawyer-Friendly Cameo:
  • Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura can be found near the Battle Theater at the Hewia Village.
  • Sepharite City has a whole slew of NPC characters that resemble various characters from other media. These include Ben, Gwen and Max, Robin, Starfire, Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Raven, Inspector Gadget and Penny and Android 17, 18, 19 and Trunks.
• Leaning on the Fourth Wall: During the cutscene where the submarine to Atlanthian City is ready to depart, Jake mentions that it feels as if he's been waiting a whole year to go to Atlanthian City, which is likely a reference to how long the fanbase had to wait for the update.
• Life Drain:
  • A Plant-type move with the exact name. It drains the foe's HP and restores half the user's HP from said damage it does. Also has other variants such as Luster Loot and Parasitize.
  • Blood Drain is a Dark type move that slowly drains the foe's HP for each turn. Unlike the above examples, it functions more similar to Leech Seed.
• MegaCorp: POLUT Corp.
• No Name Given: Starla, Mabel's partner Loomian that she received in Route 8. Trainers in-game are unsure what species or type she is, even those that know the entire Loomipedia by heart. Starla also has a less than positive reaction with the Soul Heart, suddenly becoming active nearby which alerts a dormant Dakuda underneath, while also giving Burst Crystals to Dr. Fanta's Stratusaur and the Dakuda, which sides with the player.
• Non-Standard Character Design: A player example. All of the characters in this game are humans with some Animesque features. Your character is your ROBLOX avatar, in which the blocky and sometimes odd appearance will make them stick out from the cast. Wearing an Rthro avatar will mitigate this, but it would still look off in comparison.
• Old Save Bonus: If you brought a gamepass from Pokémon Brick Bronze before its shutdown, then you'll still receive it when you enter Loomian Legacy. It helps Loomian Legacy is made on the same game slot that is PBB, meaning all of the PBB gamepasses are there, just renamed.
• Power-Up Mount: The Saddle Shop has saddles that allows the player to ride on certain Loomians. Trumbull's saddle is available for free but Himbrr, Searknight and Falkyire's saddle must be registered in the Loompedia first before being brought for 100 ROBUX while Duskit must be registered before buying it for 150 ROBUX.
• Status Effects: All of the status ailments from Pokemon such as poison, burn, paralysis and such return here and function the exact same. Except the Freeze status which drains Energy over time rather than immobilizing the monster.
• Stone Wall: The Slugling and Gumpod line are this. Both have excellent ranged and melee defenses respectively along with plenty of HP and energy. They also have moves that can restore their HP and spread status effects. However, they suffer from average to poor attack stats, their other lacking opposite defense stat and poor speed.
• The Bus Came Back: After the events of the Aranatta Trench temple, a short cutscene plays in which fan favorite character Tess emerges from one of Hoopa's portals (with the same blocky design from Brick Bronze even) and looks around the place wondering how she got there. To her left is a Seekling from Llama Train Studio's other game Ultimate Hide and Seek.
• Temporary Online Content:
  • The Halloween 2019 event has Halloween skins of Shawchi and Slugling line, which can be found at the Hewia Cemetery. Both are very rare to find. The event lasted from October 11th, 2019 to November 1st, 2019.
  • For Christmas 2019, presents started appearing around Roria in random locations. Rewards obtainable from them included Hyper Discs, Advanced Discs, an item that evolves Geklow, and currency. A mimic-esque Loomian named Icigool may be found instead when opening presents. December 23rd also introduces a Santa Ragoon (normal Ragoon with Santa's Claus colors and a gleaming version with colors resembling the Grinch). Both ended on January 1st, 2020. Subverted since the items like Advanced Discs and Thunderfruits are available now as rewards via Mastery System.
  • Halloween 2020 introduces skin variants of Duskit and Kabunga and its exclusive evolved form, Waka-Laka, and the legendary Loomian, Metronette. It lasted from Date: October 17th, 2020 to November 2nd, 2020.
  • December 2020 brought back Icigloo along with new variants of Craytal and its exclusive evolved form, Festifir. It also has the legendary Walbalisc and a variant of Christmas Ikazune with its color resembling that of a reindeer. These Loomians are only found in the Jolly Village, a location that can be teleported to and lasted from December 23rd, 2020 to January 6th, 2021.
  • Later events also added Cosmiore and rainbow-coloured variations of Shawchi and Vari that rarely appear in Roria.
• Too Awesome to Use:
  • Boost Tokens. They boost whatever stats, EXP or gleams for a limited amount of time. While normally purchasable with Robux, you can receive these tokens for free from doing NPC sidequests. However, there's a limited amount of them in the game and you cannot gain another free token if they are all used up. You'll most likely end up not using them unless you're desperate to do so. This was slightly mitigated once Atlanthian City was released and added the Lucky Wheel where there's a chance to get three Boost Tokens from it for free, and events giving one Boost Token once a day for completing an objective.
  • Shards. You get them from Corrupt Loomians, encounters that are stronger than regular wilds and cannot be captured. They drop these shards when defeated and using shards on your Loomians increase their base stat by 1 of any corresponding stat. Shards however, are hard to come by due to Corrupts appearing rarely, so they generally not get much use.
• Underwater City: Atlanthian City.
• Uniqueness Decay: At launch, the Dripple line is the only Water type in the game. The Part 2 Update adds in another Water type of the Gumpod line. Later in the Route 8 and Lotusun Beach update, there are plenty of Water-types to choose from, meaning there are no shortage of Water types now.
• Warp Whistle: The "Geo Hop" app for the LoomiWatch, obtained after beating the Sepharite Battle Theatre.
• When All You Have Is a Hammer…: The Specialization ability is this. You gain more power the less moves you have. Having one move leaves you predictable but gives an increase power boost of 100%.
• Wutai: Route 5, its temple pagoda and the Heiwa Village.