That new fox girl companion, the one with the nine tails and the smirk that says she knows exactly what you're thinking. Her intro scene alone has more personality than half the pussymon I've caught so far. The way the animation loops when she first challenges you, tail flicking, hips doing that little sway. I rewound it like five times before even reading the dialogue. And the dialogue, man. Over 250 lines they say, but it's the branching that got me. Picked the snarky answer during her recruitment quest and got a completely different reaction than when I played it again being nice. Actually unlocked a bonus scene I didn't see coming, something involving a hot spring and a very confused Squirtle variant watching from the bushes. Don't ask.

The tamer battle mechanic is janky as hell right now. You can tell it's a first pass, the UI elements overlap and the enemy AI sometimes just spams the same move. But beating that one trainer on Route 3, the guy with the sunglasses and the overleveled fire type, and then getting the option to either humiliate him or... well, the other thing. The scene that follows if you pick right is worth the frustration. Claire's new scenes are scattered through the main quests too, and her animations got a serious upgrade. There's this one where she's examining a "rare specimen" in the lab and the facial expressions cycle through like four stages of increasingly obvious arousal. I'm a sucker for that slow burn stuff.

Eight new pussymon this update. The grass type with the vines is whatever, but the ghost type that phases through walls and apparently through clothing too, that one's staying in my party forever. The side quest is replayable which is smart because I definitely missed content the first time. Still trying to figure out if the legendary in the special edition is worth the Patreon sub. Probably is. The cheat manager sounds handy but I'm rawdogging it for now. Some text lines have typos, like "recieve" instead of "receive", which honestly adds to the charm. Feels like finding a weird unpolished gem on an old flash site, except it keeps getting bigger every month.