LOG ENTRY: COORDINATES UNKNOWN
Timestamp: 04:00 Hours. Sleep Deprivation Level: Critical.
Location: Kab Bandung...? Hoenn...? Kanto...?
I need to calibrate my DexNav because the signals I'm getting from Pokemon KAB BANDUNG are scrambling my completionist brain. I arrived expecting a standard expedition, but the local dialect is entirely Indonesian. I don't speak the language, but I speak Pokemon. I speak Base Stats. And let me tell you, the data here is corrupted.
THE CATCHABILITY INDEX
I started sweating immediately. The intel claimed I'd be a Team Rocket member in Hoenn, yet the visual landscape is unmistakably FireRed's Kanto, but with signposts pointing to districts in Bandung. My Pokedex shows 0 seen, 0 owned. I need that number to go up. It's a neurological need.
The local vendors—the Mart clerks—seem to have gone rogue. They've edited their stock entirely. I found items that shouldn't exist this early. Link Cable item is available in Department Store. Huge W. Usually, that is. Here, it feels like I've stumbled into a chaotic glitch city. How can I build a Living Dex if I don't even know what region I'm in?
MECHANICAL ANOMALIES
I tested the local HM technology. 'Cut' has been modified into a Bug-type move with a defense-lowering effect. Interesting utility for a Scyther, but terrifying for a completionist who relies on standard mechanics for false-swipe strategies. The tilesets have been updated, I'll give them that—the ground doesn't look like standard Kanto mud—but the geometry feels unstable.
FIELD NOTE: The 'Beta 1' status is the ultimate threat. It implies the Pokedex is truncated. There is no greater horror than a game that ends at 40% completion.
THE TEAM ROCKET PARADOX
Headquarters mentioned I should be roleplaying a Team Rocket grunt in Hoenn. I spent hours looking for the uniform. I looked for the stolen Pokemon. Missable event warning! Save before entering the cave. Or in this case, save before you even boot up the cartridge. I found no evidence of the Hoenn campaign. This appears to be a localized map edit of FireRed with a distinct Indonesian cultural skin, not the Hoenn crime simulator promised in the briefing. The intel was likely intercepted from a different timeline.
FINAL LOG
I tried to push through. I really did. I wanted to see that 100% stamp. But a Beta 1 from 2020 with conflicting identity protocols? It's a dead end. Living Dex is possible without cheats. ...is a phrase I usually love to say, but here, I can't guarantee it. The map ends before the collection begins.
