LOG ENTRY: REGION RUBY DELIPUNCH
Explorer Identity: DexHunter Ace
Location: Meteor Crash Site (I think?)
Pokedex Status: ERROR 404 - LANGUAGE NOT FOUND
I need a paper bag to breathe into. Right now. I just spent time in the Ruby Delipunch sector and my completionist anxiety is through the roof. Usually, I'm the guy shouting "Living Dex is possible without cheats!" from the rooftops, but here? I don't even know what a "Pokemon" is according to the local dialect.
THE ANOMALY (NARRATIVE & TRANSLATION)
The mission briefing mentioned a war, but the text inside this region is a cognitive hazard. I tried to read a signpost and it told me: "The crimes are not known, in the truth of the truth...". I felt my brain cells fainting.
How am I supposed to catalogue species #001 through #386 when the Pokedex entries read like they were put through a blender? The immersion is shattered. I judge games by catchability and coherence. This region has neither. It feels like a fever dream where the only history is "millions of years ago on a stone sign."
FIELD NOTE: The intro sequence involves falling in a meteor. Unique? Yes. Does it make sense? Absolutely not. Missable event warning! Save before entering the cave, or in this case, save before you try to read the dialogue, because you might get stuck in a loop of nonsense.
MECHANICS & "FEATURES"
I checked my QoL checklist. I have a spreadsheet for this.
- Physical/Special Split: Negative.
- Fairy Type: Negative.
- Water Splashes: Apparently, these were replaced. That is listed as a major feature. I am staring at a puddle. It looks different. Does this help me catch a Feebas easier? No.
- Starters: Replaced. But with what logic? It feels random.
I wanted to find the Department Store. I wanted to see the clerk and write in my log: "Link Cable item is available in Department Store. Huge W." But I couldn't even get that far without a headache. The mapping seems to be standard Hoenn (Base Ruby), but the event scripting is broken or mistranslated to the point of unplayability.
THE VERDICT
I can't hunt here. The ecosystem is unstable. There is no documentation, no documentation, in the truth of the truth. My Pokedex remains empty because I refuse to catch data corruption.
100% completion took me 85 hours in Pokemon Unbound. In Ruby Delipunch? It took me 15 minutes to realize this expedition was a wash. I'm packing up the DexNav. We're leaving.





