Weekly Progress: Why did you make this?, All your Mews are belong to me, and what's coming up next!

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Hey guys! Welcome to another week of Sam and Dan Games and Pokemon Tower Defense! Let's get this show rolling.

First of all a lot of people are confused about this latest update. Why are there generation 2 pokemon? Why can't I keep them? Why are there birds in Route 2? Why can't I use the dogs on the new Gym level? Why are you only giving away 10, it's not fair! Well I'm going to tell you!

Most of my success is going to be dependent on how much fun and enjoyment I can provide you guys. I have to keep you guys excited about the game, provide a good flow of content updates, and I also have to keep the game stable and secure. To make something fun you have to have an element of surprise. People are surprised by unexpected and new things. This update was an attempt to shake things up a little and add some nice but temporary surprises.

Guys I will let you decide the fate of the dogs for this game, please vote on the poll and let your voices be heard. I'm listening.

Think about it, it is better to have legendary dogs and lose them than to never have had them at all. Something like that...Also the birds, they are not meant to be captured, they exist to give the dogs meaning. It also plays into the story, Gary has escaped the birds (see the Vermillion Gym level for details on how) and now the birds are going all over the place to find him.

About the non Generation 1 pokemon, Generation 1 just doesn't have enough legendary pokemon to fit into the story I have in mind.

You can't use the dogs in the new gym level because it would have made the level a lot easier which I obviously didn't want.

About the contest, life is a lot about being in the right place at the right time. Those 10 people just happened to be there and they got the job done. The reason I didn't announce the contest is because I didn't have it planned at all. Still I know a lot of you want a reward for beating such a hard level. So next update I will be changing the hard Vermillion Gym into a challenge mode and the prize will be a new avatar for either boy or girl. The avatar will be your character wearing a mask of either Raikou, Entei, or Suicune. Special Thanks to Forum user KimmyLube for creating these mask! Please vote on the poll to pick which mask should be given out for beating the the challenge level. The other two mask will be given out as part of two new achievements that have to do with the challenge level.

Raikou mask, regular colors for boys, and shiny color for girls

Entei Hat

Suicune Hat

WHERE IS MY MEW???! By the time you are reading this all your Mew will be gone. Let me explain a bit of back story on the situation. There was a time not so long ago that you could duplicate your pokemon and even create pokemon out of thin air! Can you believe it?!?!?! Anyways, I want to make sure that everybody who bought Hero edition or Donated in the past doesn't feel like it was a waste a time since everybody was getting Mew. Since I can't really tell which ones are legit and which ones are not in the old system I have to completely erase them and start again. If you ever donated or bought Ninja-ja Hero edition please send me an email with the subject "Mew Permission" and inside include the email you used to pay with paypal and your account email for the game. I will insert 3 lvl 40 mew intro your trading account that you can pick up for any of your profiles. But Sam I traded for my Mew?! I'm sorry to say that I can't really help you with that since I can't tell if the person that traded you actually owned a legit mew.

Okay so on to the update this week! Here is what I have so far for the update:

• New Story Level (100%)
• Intro (100%)
• Level Layout (100%)
• Level Waves (100%)
• Ending (100%)
• 2 New Pokemon to Capture in the wild (100%)
• Graphics (100%)
• Shiny Graphic (100%)
• New Moves (8) (100%)
• Add pokemon's stats into the game (100%)
• 2 New Evolutions (100%) 
• Shiny Graphic (100%)
• Graphics (100%)
• Add pokemon's stats into the game (100%)
• 1 New Pokemon to trade with an NPC (100%)
• Shiny Graphics (100%)
• Graphics (100%)
• New Moves (4) (100%)
• Add pokemon's stats into the game (100%)

• New Challenge Mode (100%) - Original Vermillion Gym
• Level Cap up to 42 (100%)
• New Moves (6) (100%)
• New TM (100%)
• Substitute
• HM Cut and Flash (100%) 
• Getting the NPC Trade pokemon (100%) 
• Rename the Trading Center to Pokemon Center (100%)
• 2 New Achievements for the New Challenge Level (100%)
• 3 New Avatars (100%) - Raikou, Suicune, and Entei Mask
• Removing Legendary Birds from the levels (100%)
• Removing the boost in experience that was added for the event (100%)
• Removing the boost on shiny encounter rate that was added for the event (100%)
• Popup alert when a shiny or special pokemon (possibly the dogs) shows up on a level (100%)
• Pokemon that evolve by trading will now get their correct nickname if it didn't have a nickname before that. Ex (Kadabra will be correctly called Alakazam once he evolves) (100%)
• The TradeID for your pokemon now shows up in the "Your Request" section on the trading center (100%) Thanks Trevor!
• Adding a Save Confirmation Screen (100%) Thanks Darren! 
• Add an auto-save when pressing the trading button (100%) Thanks Mr!
• Making Story Mode Vermillion Gym level easier (100%)
• Ability to put who you want for a trade when posting a trade (Postponed until sometime this week) 
• Inventory (100%) - View your items and change your avatar, will be similar to the trading center page, meaning on a separate website.
• Search Trades by Account Username (100%) Thanks Drew L.!
• Version Check (100%)
• Bug Fixes (100%)
• Life bar is too big for some pokemon when you first catch them (100%) 
• Trading with the NPC will now give the pokemon the correct nickname (100%)
• Pokemon that evolve and have a default nickname will now get the correct nickname (100%)
• Fixed issues with stopping and starting the music that caused crashes in levels when opening the menu or leveling up and evolving your pokemon (100%)
• Removing Legendary Dogs from the profiles, minus the 10 winners (100%)
• Distribution (90%)

As the week goes by I will keep adding more details to the update, and will be updating with my progress. As always, let me know what you think. I'm listening!