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Tropes vs. Women in Pokémon Training is a "spinoff" Pokémon game created by St. Clair Publications for the Nintendo Wii-U. The game plays similarly to a core series Pokémon game, but, as with Pokémon Colosseum and XD, it's far darker. On the flipside, however, the game parodies many "weird" conventions in Pokémon, and per the company's traditions, there's also much breaking of the fourth wall.
The game is a political commentary of sorts on what Alex felt was the state of video gaming at the time. As a result, the game contains many references to the Gamergate scandal as well as much skewering of a then-infamous feminist named Anita Sarkeesian, referenced in both the name of the game's main villain (Anitra) and the game's title (Sarkeesian was doing a series at the time title "Tropes vs. Women in Video Games"), as well as the apparent motives of the game's villainous team.
Both this game and Anita Sarkeesian vs. the World were released as part of a promo "The Pubs" was doing at the time called "Armenia Takeover Week", apparently prompted by an increase in Armenian fans following St. Clair Publications releasing material critical of Sarkeesian starting in June 2014. The two games have the honor of being the first works The Pubs released in Armenian, a language that they have made all their material available in since.
A remake of this game for the Nintendo Switch, aptly titled Tropes vs. Women in Pokémon Training Deluxe, is planned for 2022. This remake will essentially be Pokémon Showdown's "National Dex" battle format in video game form, and will incorporate Generation 8 elements, such as Dynamaxing, its moves, and its Pokémon, into the game alongside existing elements. However, confusingly, the new Pokémon all had an S appended to their National Pokédex numbers so that the incoming Generation 8 Pokémon wouldn't have to be renumbered. All TvW-related articles on this wiki will reflect the newest edition of the game unless there is a need to differentiate between versions.
Plot[]
You (and optionally two others; see #Features below), a resident of Outset City who has just turned 18, set out on a Pokémon journey in the Sanclairia region. The game plays out similarly to most any other Pokémon game: assemble a team to take down the eight Gyms and become the Champion.
However, not long into your journey, you run into Anitra and members of Team Femme, violently harassing one of Professor Spruce's assistants. As said assistant has the region's three Starter Pokémon in his briefcase, it's up to you to take one of them and take down Anitra's Hailfire.
Over the course of the game, you learn that Team Femme has gotten extremely aggressive in the past year or so in its alleged mission to get more women involved in Pokémon Training (apparently a male-dominated hobby in the region), spurned on by unknown reasons. As the game goes on, you discover the apparent remnants of Team Cipher active in the region, working with Team Femme and reviving the Shadow Pokémon plot.
By the end of the game, Anitra unveils a supposedly "invincible" Shadow Pokémon, and then her real motives become obvious: as a former Gym Leader still butthurt that she lost her Gym and thinking that, because she's a woman, she should have what she wants by divine right, she decided to bring Shadow Pokémon back so that she could turn Sanclairia into a "perfect" region that is female-dominated and all about her.
Features[]
- Main article: Tropes vs. Women in Pokémon Training/New Pokémon
- Main article: Tropes vs. Women in Pokémon Training/New moves
- Main article: Tropes vs. Women in Pokémon Training/New abilities
- Main article: Tropes vs. Women in Pokémon Training/New items
- Main article: Tropes vs. Women in Pokémon Training/TM list
- Main article: Tropes vs. Women in Pokémon Training/Move Tutor move list
With the original version having been released less than a year after Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire and the remake coming a year after Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, TvW plays out very similarly to the Generation 6-8 games and before. The main new features are:
- 201 new Pokémon, which brought the total to 1,010 after the DLC pack.
- 40 Pokémon that are evolutions of pre-existing Pokémon
- 22 Sanclairian Pokémon
- 20 new Mega Evolutions of pre-existing Pokémon
- 10 pre-existing Pokémon with new forms (most notably, Castform getting a "sand form")
- 8 Shadow Pokémon
- 1 Pokémon with a form that's essentially a prototype to Dynamaxing/Gigantamaxing, hinting that St. Clair Publications either knew of Generation 8's advances or just made a really lucky guess
- 1 event-only Mythical Pokémon
TvW Deluxe also adds:
- 50 more Pokémon, bringing the total to 1,060 before the Gen 8 Pokémon are factored in.
- 26 new Sanclairian Pokémon
- 10 new Gigantamax forms of pre-existing Pokémon
- 8 more Pokémon that are evolutions of pre-existing Pokémon, including evolutions for the regular forms of Pokémon whose Galarian forms got evolutions.
- 5 new Mega Evolutions of pre-existing Pokémon.
- Two more pre-existing Pokémon with new forms.
Other features:
- Badge Powers.
- The Stat Adjuster, who helps make EV training somewhat easier.
- Per St. Clair Publications' traditions, voice acting, and Banjo-Kazooie-styled text boxes (except in the retro sections).
- Two other Trainers can join in on your adventure, potentially allowing a team of up to 18 Pokémon and enabling in-game Multi Battles.
- The (limited) return of Shadow Pokémon, functioning as they did in Pokémon Colosseum.
- The weather-causing abilities go back to being permanent again after being nerfed in X and Y.
- Similarly, the Terrain-causing abilities are also permanent.
- The sunlight caused by Desolate Land reverts to normal Sunny Day weather when the user leaves battle. Similarly, rain caused by Primordial Sea reverts to Rain Dance weather.
- Seasons return, functioning as they did in the Generation 5 games, although far less stuff is affected by it.
- The removal of HM's; in their place is the Explorer Kit, which contains several tools that perform the same functions.
- Pokémon Marts go back to being separate entities from Pokémon Centers and are not consolidated inside of them.
- The return of a Game Corner.
- Triple Battles, which were removed in Generation 7, return in this game with unchanged mechanics. Rotation Battles, however, do not, nor does the Battle Royale format from G7.
- Wild Triple Battles may now happen sometimes.
- It's no longer "impossible to aim" in wild Double, Triple, or Horde Battles, and in the former two, you can even throw multiple Poké-Balls at once, using one turn per Pokémon.
- Incenses are no longer needed to produce the Baby Pokémon that previously needed them.
- Nidorina and Nidoqueen are no longer in the Undiscovered group, and can now breed.
- Hidden Power, as well as new move Arcane Force, can now be Normal and Fairy-type.
- All status conditions halve a stat. Burn halves Attack and paralysis halves Speed, as before, while poison halves Special Attack, sleep halves Defense, and freezing halves Special Defense.
- Freezing now works similarly to sleep. In addition, Sunny Day weather now actually thaws out all frozen Pokémon upon activation.
- Ice Pokémon are now immune to burn, while Fire Pokémon are now immune to freezing. This actually causes Magma Armor to be an unused ability in this game (see #Beta elements below).
- Fire Pokémon are now also immune to Hail.
- Possibly inspired by Super Mario Odyssey, "8-bit sections" that look and act just like the Generation 1 games.
- Confused Pokémon now hit themselves with the move that they were going to use, or if they were going to use a self-affecting move, give the boost to an opponent. The chance of a self-hit, which went down to 1-in-3 sometime after Generation 5, goes back up to 50% for this game.
- The Battle Turnpike, essentially this game's answer to the Battle Tower/Maison/Tree.
- The Red Ridge Parkway, also kinda-sorta an answer to the Battle Tower/whatever, but with wild Pokémon.
- Dynamaxing and Gigantamaxing are far more simplified in TvW Deluxe. You can now Dynamax at any time after you beat Ana for one unit of Badge Power. Gigantamaxing, however, uses up all your Badge Power and can only be done when the BP Meter is full.
Compatibility[]
The original game is compatible with all other Generation 6 titles (and later Generation 7 except Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee, oddly, despite the National Pokédex beginning at 810, which is only possible if Meltan/Melmetal are valid Pokémon...) as well as Pokémon Bank (and later the Virtual Console re-releases of the Generation 1 games). The Switch remake is compatible with Pokémon Home, LGP/E, and all Generation 8 games up to BD/SP, although Alex does plan to release DLC packs to add compatibility to future Gen 8 core series games if they're released.
Reception[]
See the comments section below. As one would expect given the subject matter, this was a controversial game at launch and remains so even today. The remake garnered more controversy with its extra references to the Covid-19 pandemic and other controversies in 2020. However, St. Clair Publications is well-known for releasing controversial material, so this is just par for the course for them.
Version history[]
Forging new ground as the first St. Clair Publications game to have DLC, in 2017, a pack was released for the original game that added Generation 7 support, as well as all of its Pokémon. The game also added some "Sanclairian Pokémon" to go along with the Alolan forms, as well several new Z-Moves. Several Trainers' lineups were even updated to include the new Pokémon.
Beta elements[]
- Main article: Tropes vs. Women in Pokémon Training/Beta elements
In other languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Spanish | Tropos vs. Mujeres en Formación de Pokémon (Deluxe) | |
| French | Tropes contre Femmes dans Formation des Pokémon (Deluxe) | |
| German | Tropes gegen Frauen im Pokémon Ausbildung (Deluxe) | |
| Italian | Tropi contro Donne nel Formazione de Pokémon (Deluxe) | |
| Greek | Τροπικά Εναντίον Γυναίκες σε ΠΟΚΕΜΟΝ Εκπαίδευση (λουξ) Tropiká Enantíon Gynaíkes se POKEMON Ekpaídefsi (Loux) |
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| Armenian | տրոփներ ընդդեմ կանայք մեջ Պոկեմոն վերապատրաստում (լյուքս) Trop'ner Ynddem Kanayk' mej Pokémon Verapatrastum (Lyuk's) |