Alright, here's the thing about that battle system. It's got elemental properties now, and my brain just makes the dialup sound. Fire beats grass, water beats fire, whatever. But then the enemy Crude uses something and my Pussymon gets absolutely wrecked and I'm just sitting there like a lemon. The interface changes are fine, I guess. You can see the type matchups if you squint. But the sexcards. Oh man. The new animated ones are the whole reason we're all here, let's be real. There's this one with a new ice type creature, and the animation is so janky in the best possible way, like a Flash cartoon from 2005 having a fever dream but it's incredibly hot.

Ten new monsters to catch and I still can't remember half their names. I just call them by what they do. The one that looks like a disapproving cloud, the bunny with the weird hips. Found an easter egg side story completely by accident while grinding in the new snowy areas, and it loops, which is a choice. You can just redo the steps and watch it again. A whole quest that's basically a button you press for smut. Respect.

Nine new areas is a lot of walking. Just so much walking. And the dialogue, some Patron named Guy Fawkes Guy helped with the text review and honestly, it shows. It's got that specific flavor of someone who learned English from forum posts and hentai subs. A character says something completely unhinged and then gives you a quest to find three berries. The tonal whiplash could kill a Victorian child. But then you unlock the second easter egg, and it's so aggressively weird and explicit that I forgot what I was complaining about. The whole thing feels like it's held together with tape and a very specific fetish, which, for a Christmas special, is exactly what I want.