PichuQuest

PichuQuest is a cooperative, role-playing, crossover game being developed by X-Scissor for the Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, and Nextablet, as the first game in the PichuQuest series. The game is set in a distant future on the planet of Zindar, quite soon after cleaned pollution.

Story
Paucha, a young Pichu, living on Classicde Island, leaves home for the city, when he discovers the Bottle of Fate. After opening it, the guardian spirits of Sispirit and Brispirit are released into Zindar. Brispirit becomes head of an evil agency, Darksprite, and attempts to take over all of the world.

Darksprite consists of Dusk, Darkrai, King Floatzel, Supercell, Metal Mario, and Dark Matter.

Sispirit and Paucha decide to go searching for the Fate Strings to reseal the Bottle of Fate, when they hear of the Zel Army harshly ruling north Zindar. The two decide to ignore this problem for now, until a Fate String is destroyed by a Zel soldier.

After meeting with Bandana Jr., the group decides to stop Zel Army before completing their main quest. They infiltrate the army's main headquarters, overcoming all troubles until they meet King Floatzel himself. The group defeats him, and Zindar becomes fully under the rule of King Dedede. Darksprite becomes weaker due to the Zel Army's alliance being broken.

Lumier leaves the Comet Observatory to meet with the heroes that saved Zindar from King Floatzel. Lumier joins the heroes' group, and they continue on their quest against the ambitions of Darksprite.

Metal Mario then appears near Metal Harbor, attacking citizens and creating other forms of chaos. The group goes down and must battle him on the Steelship. Metal Mario then flees to the Comet Observatory. The group follows him there, and defeats him. After doing so, Darksprite becomes even weaker.

The four then hear about conflicts on the Sukashi colony of Monia. Supercell has been murdering innocent citizens in attempt to start a civil war. The group leaves there through access of the Dedestation. They all defeat Supercell and head back to Zindar.

The group then goes to Mt. Dedede after hearing of King Dedede not ruling fairly, either. They meet up with Wigglytuff, and he tells of Paucha's fate as Herochu. The mysterious Pokémon then takes Dusk and Darkrai to the distant future with help of an F.S. Stopwatch.

After defeating King Dedede and his army, the group encounters Dark Matter and battles with him. They defeat him in battle, making Darksprite, once again, weaker.

The group finally heads after Brispirit, and defeats him after he shows off his massive power through destroying land. The world is almost turned to complete destruction once again, when Sispirit heals Zindar. Brispirit becomes pure once again, and the two spirits return to the Heavens to prevent more conflicts from arising.

Gameplay
PichuQuest is a role-playing game, so in battle, you go to a completely different screen. Unlike most RPGs, this game can be played cooperatively by up to four players. If there is only one player, they control all four characters. If there are two players, Player 1 gets two characters, and Player 2 gets the other two characters. If there are three players, Player 1 gets two characters, while Players 2 and 3 get one character. If there are four players, every player simply gets one character. All four characters walk around in the overworld screen, and if one player runs into an enemy, all of the players are drawn into battle.

In battle, all four characters choose their attacks individually. First goes Player 1, then Player 2, and so on. Player 1 always controls Paucha, while the other players get to choose which of the other three characters they want to be. Whenever a someone changes the room they're in, all of the other players are drawn into the same room. Whenever a player walks toward where it returns to the map, only Player 1 can control where they wish to go. Only Player 1 can choose when they want to flee battle, and when a player has chosen to attack, they cannot change their mind on what they're doing.

Similar to Super Mario RPG, whenever a player attacks, they can do some kind of command to make their attack hurt even more. Each Player has the options of: Special Attacks, Tactics, Items, and Bash (normal attack). Points for Special Attacks are known as "Mana."

Modes
There are three different special modes, and all of them can be accessed from a Pokémon Center. They are all located in the basement, and the doors to them will be unlocked after beating certain parts of Story Mode, thus getting Super Keys.

Minigame Mode
Minigame Mode is playable by 1-4 Players. You can play four battle-based games, on a stage similar to a board game. This mode is noticeably similar to Mario Party, although it has several differences. There is an infinite amount of turns, but the last one alive at the end of the game is the winner. After every character has gone in one turn, two players are randomly chosen and must put as much damage on each other as they can in one turn of battle. If a character dies in battle, they are out of the game. There are special spaces that create events on the board, like how a Blue Space heals you three HP, and a Red Space hurts you three HP. Whoever wins gains fifty coins in-game, so this is a good way to grind coins if you need to.

The key to Minigame Mode is unlocked when you beat the Zel Army.

Wi-Fi Mode
Wi-Fi Mode is playable by 1-4 Players. You can compete in battle with other players of PichuQuest around the world with Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, Nintendo Network, or SHiFT Online, although you can also play with people that you have registered on your friends list. Whenever you have connected with four other players, you all select which mode you want to play (Minigame or Story). Whichever one gets more selections will be which mode you will play. You will be able to chat with the other players, with a connectable USB Keyboard (Touch Screen on 3DS), although you can turn the option on and off, but swear words are censored out, and much other words often used to replace them are, too. Players from different systems are able to play with each other through Wi-Fi, as well. If one character drops out, the player controlling Paucha gets the player's character. You can save state if you ever want to continue playing with the same group later.

The key to Wi-Fi Mode is unlocked when you beat Dark Matter.

Hard Mode
Hard Mode is playable by 1-4 Players. You can play through the story, with stronger enemies, bosses, and more complex puzzles. You can also play Minigame Mode or Wi-Fi Mode on Hard Mode, but when you enter the door to the Hard Mode room in the Pokémon Center, it takes you back to Normal Mode. Items in stores cost more money, the maximum Level for a character is only 30, and you can only find 40 of the 120 Power Stars. After you beat Hard Mode, you unlock a special optional boss in Normal Mode.

The key to Hard Mode is unlocked when you beat Metal Mario.

Trivia

 * Some fans believe that this game is a prequel to the Pikachu Fighters games.
 * Paucha's appearance in this game is supposed to resemble Link from The Legend of Zelda.
 * The max level for a character in PichuQuest in Level 60.
 * A sequel for PichuQuest has been confirmed. It is currently known as PichuQuest II.

Gallery
This section contains a full gallery of art from PichuQuest.