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Pasta Name: Prevention of Evolution (Proofread 2020) - Originally by: Tiinyranitar/NightDazeZoroark; Proofread by: Nova The Killer Kaiju

Publish Date: December 3, 2020

Synopsis: The protagonist attempts to give their friend a shiny version of his favorite Pokémon, but things go wrong in many different ways.

Fun Fact: This is on Pokémon Black/White and it was before the oval charm was introduced in the sequels, which would've been more convenient for the protagonist in this story.

Highlight: The Climactic Battle

Quote: "EEeEE only wanted to evolve!" -Textbox Message

So, EEeEE returns in a remaster made in late 2020. The original one was made back in 2011, so that's roughly a nine-year gap.

Story:
So it starts with the protag being 15 years old when this all went down and all they cared about was playing Pokémon and goofing off. They were into game hacks and such when they were much younger though as their hacking obsession began when they were 10 years old. They got an Action Replay at GameStop one day and they used it on their Pokémon Diamond Version as there would be no harm to it since they said they beat the Elite Four in their save file. They got more and more into hacking at age 14 as they explored codes for Action Replay. Eventually, they came across a Shiny Eevee code.

I used to use Action Replay for my games when I was younger. A shiny Pokémon code does exist for Diamond, but it only worked for me temporarily, where it made all Pokémon you encountered shiny, but once you removed the Action Replay, they would all go back to normal. As for the Shiny Eevee code if it exists, I looked it up and on supercheats.com, there's this one code called "awesome eevee" that's supposed to give you a shiny Eevee. I don't know if it works because my Action Replay for my Diamond has been broken, but judging by the even like/dislike ratio on the forum post, I assume it's the latter.

The infatuation would never last because the Eevee code would change the protagonist's outlook on hacking, whether it's something as simple as using Action Replay or any other device. Saturday afternoon, the protagonist was talking to a very close friend on Discord and playing Pokémon Black/White. His birthday was coming up soon and the protag wanted to give him something. However, shipping wasn't an option and they didn't have the money to buy anything, not even a gift card. They narrowed down their options to giving him a special Pokémon, that being his favorite Pokémon Umbreon, of course, not just any Umbreon, but a Shiny Umbreon. The plan was to give Shiny Umbreon through their B/W games.

So, they were talking through Discord and they're still playing Pokémon Black/White. Discord came out in 2015. The first Black/White games came out internationally in early 2011 (late 2010 if you're from Japan like me, but the pasta takes place in the U.S. since a well-known U.S. city gets mentioned later on). By 2015, they would've had B2/W2, X/Y, and even the Gen 3 remakes. I'm not making this a big deal since I wouldn't be surprised if they were playing B/W for nostalgic reasons or if they were the latest Pokémon games they were up to date with. Plus, this could easily take place any other year and I was surprised to hear that Discord first came out in 2015 because I didn't first hear about Discord until 2017. It's no biggie, just showing how many Pokémon games they would've had out when Discord came out.

Anyway, there is a shiny code for the B/W games that will permanently make your Pokémon shiny, but I think it's done through egg hatching though, which is one thing that this pasta does get right later on. I'm pointing this out to indicate there are said codes that exist for the games to make the pasta seem more real.

Their friend's birthday was weeks away and getting closer every second. It was time for the protagonist to start the shiny and that being the egg-hatching process. Friend's home life wasn't glamorous, so he had limited online availability, bad relationships with family who wanted so much from him with so few expectations, he gets discouraged from speaking his mind, being his own person, and the refusal to let him go out. I know that feeling. It fueled the frustration of living so far away too. His parents don't trust strangers in the household. This thought only motivated the protagonist in sending the shiny Umbreon to him. The protag goes through their Eeveeltion collection and had a ditto to use to breed with an Espeon. Serperior and Zoroark were taken out of the party to be replaced with the Espeon and Ditto to drop those two off at the daycare in Route 3.

"Your Espeon and Ditto are doing just fine. The two of them seem to get along." The man said.

The protagonist filled their party with unhatched eggs and with their Reshiram, BlackFire to guard the party while doing the technique of roaming around Route 3 to hatch the eggs. How wonderful to have to hatch a million and one eggs just in hopes of hatching a shiny Eevee.

Yeah, you're not wrong about having to hatch a million and one eggs until a shiny hatches out. This would be a lot more convenient for the games' sequels when the Oval Charm was introduced. But, judging by the author's sarcasm, they seem to already know the complexity of their situation.

A couple of hours later, there was no luck and the DS battery ran low, so they had to charge it. The protag went through an entire box full of eggs with no positive results. They continued until they grew tired and went to bed with still no luck. With their mind racing with anxiety, there was one day left to get the shiny Eevee until their friend's birthday.

So, the protag must've gotten the Eeveelutions through the transfer mechanic that you can do in the post-game since in B/W, you were only given the Unova Pokémon specifically throughout the game and you didn't encounter the other regions' Pokémon until the post-game. But even then, Eevees aren't available in the post-game part of Unova either, so they had to transfer them from their previous games. The pasta doesn't specify that part on how they have the Eeveelutions, but I'm not going to be too picky here.

Desperation got the best of the protag they had no other choice but to look online for a "Shiny Eevee" AR Code for Pokémon Black. Surprisingly, there was one result for this, so without hesitation, they input the long code for the sake of their friend's gift, which turned out to be a big mistake. The code would guarantee the next egg would hatch a shiny Eevee. The protag opened up their party to reveal nothing but their Reshiram. Talked to the man at the daycare. "Bad Egg." The protag was obviously confused by this, they've heard this glitch before and how it would corrupt your game or something along those lines. Therefore, the protag was still determined to hatch it in case it might be a shiny Eevee. Walking back and forth in-game, they got the desired message: "What?" The egg hatched with the message: "Congratulations! Your egg hatched into an Eevee!" It was the shiny Eevee the protag was working hard for. I would comment that you shouldn't look up suspicious codes on the web, then we'd have no story.

However, the protag's high spirits were then replaced with even more confusion. Something was... off about the Eevee. There was no nickname option given, and the shiny Eevee was nicknamed "EEeEE". Protag was so confused by all of this. EEeEE was a level 1 male Eevee with the moves Swift, Sand Attack, Scratch, and Growl. It seemed simple but looking back the moves had to be off, according to the protagonist. This pasta does have something off when it comes to moves which you will see later on.

No matter, the goal right now was to evolve him into the Umbreon for his friend's birthday gift. The protag was so mentally drained from all of the efforts and waited until morning to do it. The following day was going to be the day to evolve EEeEE and gift him to their friend for his birthday. But, before that, the protag went onto Discord and their friend gave the following disheartening message:
"I've had enough of how my parents treat me. I'm not a goddamn little kid anymore! I'm never coming back home. I don't care what they say anymore. I'm sorry you had to hear this, but there's a good chance that you may never see me again. Goodbye."

The message was hard for the protag to take into consideration and process. The protag tried to message him back, but it was too late. No response was retrieved as he went offline. Questions and concerns rose. They don't know why their friend went and there was nothing they could do about it either. All the protag had was the shiny Eevee that they wanted to give him. The protag kept the tears in to prevent their dad from hearing them. The protag opened their DS to try to find comfort with their little EEeEE. Strangely enough, the game was already up and running as if the handheld was already turned on. The protag didn't recall turning it on but assumed they were so clouded with emotions that they didn't realize they turned it on prior.

Protag wanted to train EEeEE in the tall grass.
"A wild Blitzle appeared!"
"Go, EEeEE!"
EEeEE was sent out but returned due to being too under-leveled and sent out Reshiram instead.
"Blitzle used Tackle!"
"It's not very effective!" But, Tackle's a normal-type move. Reshiram is a Fire | Dragon dual type, so it should've done normal damage.
"What will BlackFire do?" Fight -> Flamethrower "BlackFire used Flamethrower!" "Wild Blitzle fainted!"

That was overkill, but they desperately didn't want EEeEE to be knocked out at any moment being level 1.

The process continued for 15 minutes until the protag was suddenly cut off. It was cut off by an Eevee cry. Protag was greeted with an unusual textbox. "EEeEE wants to battle!" Protag whispered into the DS. "When you're stronger", despite the DS at the time not being able to handle such levels of immersion. Another Eevee cry was heard and the evolution screen came up. "What? EEeEE is evolving!" EEeEE was becoming an Espeon in the process. The protag obviously freaked out because it had to be an Umbreon in case they see their friend again to give to him, so the protagonist did what they thought was the right thing to do at this moment, pressed "B" and turned the game off. They started the game back up and the game was back to where it was before. An overworld sprite of what looked like Eevee ran off from the trainer. It was silver-colored as if it was a shiny Eevee. It had to be EEeEE running away, so the protag turned off the game once again and went to their laptop because they were disheartened by what seemed like EEeEE running away.

On their laptop, there was a newsfeed notification that was horrifying to them. The article had the following title: "Runaway Boy in Detroit Found Dead".

The protag prayed hoping it wasn't their friend...

But it turns out...

It was his friend...

He was found dead in the forest with claw marks all over his body. It was reported that a coyote killed him. The protag slammed their laptop shut and returned to their DS. The protag was emotionally broken in distraught and pain at this point. They still refused to let their emotions out and tried to move this out of their mind by playing their DS.

People may assume this is insensitive of them, but we're supposedly talking about a minor here. Minors arguably aren't as emotional or aware of life and death as adults are.

The protag realized EEeEE meant so much more to them than they realize, so they had to find EEeEE and it became their new mission to prioritize. They searched all of Unova and found nothing, but they refused to give up. EEeEE was considered a memento of what was left of their friend. It was what would have been a birthday gift of a shiny Umbreon and the protag didn't want it all to be for nothing.

I think that's a good way to showcase the intent and desire of the protagonist's desperation as it does a good job with the emotional impact. Now, you've probably noticed a theme with the remakes that have a heavy emphasis on being sad. It might be a mere coincidence, but it's something strange I've noticed. Not to mention, remember how I compared the original Pokémon Dead Channel, Prevention of Evolution, and Forever Mine back in Review 12? Oddly enough, this Prevention of Evolution remake has some similarities with the Forever Mine remake. You'll see what I mean soon.

The protag realized they have yet to look in the Lostlorn Forest, so they flew there. The protagonist looked and saw the overworld sprite of what seemed like a shiny Eevee, but... something was way off about the sprite. The sprite, presumably EEeEE, had green ears, a green tail, and an orange jewel of a shiny Espeon on his forehead, which was the same Pokémon he tried to evolve to. The protag was shocked by this at first, but desperately wanted to be by his side. "EEeEE, what happened to you? Never mind. I want to be by you!"

Before the protag moved a muscle in-game, textboxes appeared with distorted Eevee and Espeon cries that sounded loud and rushed as if EEeEE was angry at the protag.

"EEeEE only wanted to evolve."
"EEeEE tried to evolve by itself."
"EEeEE became stuck in evolution."
"EEeEE is in pain!"
"EEeEE ran away because he didn't want to be treated lesser than what he was!"

The protag felt their heart stopping from reading that last comment. They feel like they've made a horrible mistake...

This remake fixed the one major issue I had with the original. The protag is a little more reasonable in this version.
>Original's protagonist: used a Shiny Eevee Action Replay code to complete shiny Eeveelution collection, they needed shiny Flareon, but kept canceling the evolution of EEeEE when they could've easily re-used the code again after purchasing a fire stone in-game since they were trying to walk their way to the department store to buy fire stones, but EEeEE kept interrupting with evolving into Espeon.
>Proofread's protagonist: used a specific shiny Eevee Action Replay code after a build-up of frustration in failures to hatch a shiny Eevee to evolve into Umbreon as a gift for their friend's birthday, but they had to stop the evolution because EEeEE was evolving into Espeon and turned off the game expecting it all to reset, but it didn't.

The protag in the original could've easily gotten a new shiny Eevee with all of their AR codes, but the remake indicates the protag's sorrow in losing his friend and views EEeEE as a remaining memento of their friend, making EEeEE seemingly irreplaceable because that was going to be the same exact Eevee (that was obviously intended to become a shiny Umbreon) that they were going to give to their friend. I know I'm probably stating the obvious, but I find it interesting.

EEeEE ran off again and a distant cry of a Zoroark could be heard. The protagonist in-game ran to the sound of the shrill Eevee cry. There was a gruesome scene: EEeEE was on the ground covered in claw marks and bleeding. A Zoroark was shown in front of EEeEE with blood-stained claws to compliment their intimidation. "This b-stard had attacked EEeEE.

I know some people would roll their eyes at the mention of blood, but if you know me and how I critique these pastas, I don't usually judge by WHAT tropes are used, but HOW the tropes are used. If I think it has a bad concept, but a spectacular execution of using the said concept, then I think it can work, especially when the story gets you invested to the point where you may ignore all of the clichés being used in a creepypasta. The overworld sprites with blood may seem cheesy on paper, but when you know the context of the story and you get so invested to where you're able to picture what's happening, I don't think it becomes a problem. It's very subjective though, and I think it can still depend on what your cup of tea is. Anyway, this is a tragic moment here because the Zoroark is killing off the protagonist's memento and the protagonist will have to act fast in order to save what they think is left of their friend.

Everything that has happened to their friend is happening all over again but towards EEeEE this time. The protag was choking from their anxiety from the display of cruel irony, making them want to scream. At their breaking point, it all had to end. The Zoroark readied a final blow against EEeEE. The trainer quickly intervened between the two Pokémon as a wild Pokémon battle started against the Zoroark. The protag sent out BlackFire. The Protag was determined to kill that Zoroark. Blue Flare was used by BlackFire. The protagonist murmured the following: "You are about to wish you never attacked EEeEE, Zoroark."

Zoroark hardly took as much damage as the protagonist thought. They realized the Zoroark was Lv. 100 which only made them angrier and frustrated. Zoroark used Night Daze. Reshiram's health was down by almost half. The protag asked why the Zoroark was so powerful in disbelief. The same turn repeated and BlackFire was almost knocked out.

So Reshiram learns Blue Flare at Lv. 100 and is a legendary Pokemon. That Zoroark is also using cheats.

A textbox appears: "EEeEE wants to fight!" with a yes or no option.

Almost selecting "no", the protagonist remembered why EEeEE ran away, so they selected "yes". EEeEE swapped with BlackFire and EEeEE was at a much higher level than expected. Male Eevee at Level 80. The protagonist questioned if EEeEE trained himself after running away.

Whoops, I spoke too soon. EEeEE is at a higher level than Reshiram, then how did BlackFire learn Blue Flare? In B/W, Reshiram can learn Blue Flare at Lv. 100. This changed in Sword and Shield where Reshiram can learn Blue Flare at Lv. 88. Even then, EEeEE is at Lv. 80 and is a higher level than Reshiram, so I don't know how this mistake would be made. Nitpick? Sure. It's not a big deal anyways. My only guess is the author probably confused Fusion Flare with Blue Flare (two Reshiram signature moves), or the protagonist also used the move-changing AR codes too. I think that's a stretch though because why would the protag alter the moves but not the level? Maybe I'm missing something here.

Anyway, EEeEE had the following move set: Shadow Ball, Morning Sun, Power Swap, Psychic... and Punishment. That's five moves...? The limit is four... Now, EEeEE is using hacks too.

The protag thought Shadow Ball would've been the most efficient move to use since the others wouldn't be so much. Zoroark was faster though.

“Zoroark used Faint Attack!"
"It's super effective!"
EEeEE nearly fainted.
"EEeEE used Shadow Ball!"
"It's not very effective.."

The protag felt like an idiot not realizing dark-types resist ghost-type moves. The protag had EEeEE use Sunny Day to regain health. That's Morning Sun, not Sunny Day. You even stated it was Morning Sun earlier. I think you are confusing moves with similar names.

"Zoroark used Hone Claws!"
"Zoroark's attack rose!"
"EEeEE used Punishment!"
"It's not very effective..."

The protag pointed out how the game must not be paying attention because the attack dealt more damage than Shadow Ball and "Blue Flare". They were graceful but still confused by this. There was no time to question it though. Zoroark's health was down by a fourth.

"Zoroark used Night Daze!"
"It's super effective!"

It almost knocked out EEeEE again.

In case those of you forgot, the protag's situation is pretty peril at this point because BlackFire and EEeEE are the only two Pokemon they had since they cleared their party from all of the egg-hatching processes earlier.

The protag could somehow feel EEeEE's anger as it felt like it all went on by itself. EEeEE's sprite started shaking hard before the turn went through. The next few words took so much out of the protagonist as it caught them by surprise.

"I'M MY OWN MASTER!"

EEeEE used Punishment. The attack sounded so loud from the DS speakers. With such great luck and chance in the protagonist's favor, the wild Zoroark immediately fainted after the attack. The protag felt like they could breathe once again.

Back in the overworld, the EEeEE sprite faced the trainer with the Zoroark on the ground but still wasn't dead to the protag's surprise. EEeEE slowly yet calmly walked up to the trainer.

"EEeEE has rejoined your party."

The screen then went black.

"The save file is corrupt."

The protagonist had to turn their DS off and back on to delete their save file. It was hard for them, but it was the only way they could play the game again because they weren't able to access their save file since it was corrupted. They selected to make a new game.

The odd thing was there were no openings or introductions shown, and their trainer was immediately placed on Route 1. The protagonist opened the menu to look at their trainer card, but the strange part was the trainer card had the exact same information as the previous save file.

The protag became wary of what would happen next, but they took a peek into their party, which had only one Pokemon...

It was an Eevee...

...named EEeEE...

The protagonist opened up the summary...

"Evan. Level 5. Male Eevee."

The protagonist couldn't stop crying after reading those very words.

End of Story

Further Thoughts:
Wow, that's depressing... in a good way as far as the story. Evan was their friend's name, I assume. And if you've noticed EEeEE and Evan have a lot in common regarding what happened to both of them.

>Evan: His parents treated him like a little child despite him having the motivation of growing up, his parents wouldn't let him grow up (metaphorically evolve), he ran away for the pain of feeling prevented to grow up (evolve), got attacked by a canine in a forest by Detroit, and he wanted to be his own person.

>EEeEE: His trainer didn't want him to fight due to being under-leveled despite him having the motivation to fight, his trainer wouldn't let him evolve (metaphorically grow up), he ran away for the pain of feeling prevented to evolve (grow up), got attacked by a canine in Lostlorn Forest, and he wanted to be his own master.

So back to the comparison between this remake and the Forever Mine remake, Skye and EEeEE are dead people the protagonist knew or at least seemingly had connections with and they end up connected to the protagonist's games. There are metaphors and messages throughout their games that indicate the connections to those dead people. In Forever Mine, Skye in the remake was based on a girl who passed away in the protagonist's town and the protagonist willingly attended and placed flowers at the funeral to be polite despite not knowing the girl, which the flowers she placed at the funeral foreshadowed and connected to the protagonist's quest to get Shaymin a Gardecia Flower to turn Skye into her Sky Forme. Meanwhile, Prevention of Evolution's remake has EEeEE pretty much recapping what all happened to the protagonist's friend and the protagonist desperately tries to save EEeEE as he was a memento for what's left of his recently murdered friend.

Anyway, this remake did everything to fix the issues had had with the original. A lot of gaming creepypastas tend to struggle with giving a proper reason for the protag to keep playing their supposed haunted/cursed game, other than morbid curiosity, as players easily have the option to turn off the game. But this pasta does it right to have the protagonist stay with the game because they were emotionally and mentally motivated to save EEeEE being considered a memento of what's left of their friend to them. I know I've been saying that too many times throughout this review, but that's just the case on what makes it interesting and what feels like there weren't any other alternatives for the protagonist. To be honest and I know this may be a controversial thing to say, I feel like this and the Forever Mine remake does the whole "dead people the protagonist knew are connected to the game they are playing" trope way better than NES Godzilla. I still appreciate NES Godzilla and I still think Red is a really intimidating character and the artwork for it is really well done, but the whole thing with the crazy truck driver and protagonist's dead girlfriend helping out the protagonist from Red at the final battle felt really shoehorned in with very little build up and foreshadowing to that aspect than it could've been. I think Forever Mine's and Prevention of Evolution's remakes handle the aspect better in my opinion because of all of the metaphors, messages, foreshadowing, and connections to the dead people and the characters in the games.

Fun Fact: I started writing my review of the original Prevention of Evolution pasta coincidentally roughly two year ago as of today. Although, I don't think the format of that review held up as well as I thought as I did have the whole fan voting process thing which was pretty weak at the time for how much I rushed it.

Speaking of which, I looked back at my review of the original version and... just look as this was part of the original...

"There were bones and rotting flesh strewn across the area. The pond was blood red too."

It's an example of how the original just had blood there just to have blood be there. Compare this to how the remake handled gruesome scenes:

"There was a gruesome scene: EEeEE was on the ground covered in claw marks and bleeding. A Zoroark was shown in front of EEeEE with blood-stained claws to compliment their intimidation."

It doesn't go over board and it's connected to what happened to his friend in real life.

So, where does this put Prevention of Evolution 2020 as far as the rating?

Well, it has a really good story that I actually got invested in, I loved the climactic battle near the end, the metaphors and connections are crazy and really well-put together here, the depressing ending and tensions for the protag and EEeEE being a memento for his dead friend did a lot for the emotional impact, the battle actually had me on the edge of my seat because I was legit wondering if they were going to make it or not and that's what creepy about this is the protag feels like they're going to lose all connections with his now dead friend and the fact that the game recapped what exactly happened to their friend is enough to be unsettling too. It could've done this wrong in so many ways but luckily, it didn't. And the fact you can feel the protagonist's, their friend's, and EEeEE's pain is spectacular because the pasta puts you in the protagonist's shoes and you can see everything from their perspective and that's how you should do a creepypasta. It doesn't have to be "oh, this monster or crazy serial killer is real and you can be their next victim", but if it's enough to make you feel scared for the protagonist in the story, then I think it works.

The only flaws I really found were the confusion of the move names, which isn't really a big deal and they don't really impact the story either. Although, I'm still wondering why they made EEeEE have five moves rather than four. The only moves that didn't need to be there were Power Swap and Psychic since they were never used. However, I think Power Swap didn't need to be there the most, because the protag did comment on how they shouldn't use Psychic since Zoroark was a dark-type and psychic-type moves have no effect on dark-types. So, I think Psychic should stay for story and tension purposes to let the reader know how limited their options were in fighting against Zoroark. But, then again, they're not a big deal.

In conclusion and funny story is this review was meant to be considered as my 100-watcher special, I decree the 2020 remake of Prevention of Evolution to be a very high FRESH PASTA.

After 22 reviews and 2 years, it's safe to say that it finally happened, everyone...

Sorry, Easter Egg - Snow on Mt. Silver, but you've officially lost your title as rank number one. I'm afraid Snow on Mt. SILVER is now going to take second place SILVER. Prevention of Evolution has a superior story. Although, I think Snow on Mt. Silver might still be slightly better with creepy factors, but Prevention of Evolution has a much better story with all of its metaphors and connections. And it's a huge improvement compared to the original one. Like I said, I think this story did something other gaming creepypastas fail to do and that's giving the protag a proper reason and motivation to not shut off the game other than morbid curiosity. I don't need to repeat it because I've already said it many times already in this review. Go back and re-read the review if you don't know what I'm referring to.

Congratulations, Prevention of Evolution 2020, you are now officially ranked number one on the list!

My rankings for the reviewed PokéPastas so far (from best to worst, top to bottom):
1. Prevention of Evolution (2020) - Fresh
2. Easter Egg - Snow on Mt. Silver – Fresh
3. Forever Mine (Remake) - Fresh
4. Absol (Reaper) - Fresh
5. La Condena de Milotic – Fresh
6. Hypno's Lullaby – Fresh
7. Forever Mine (Original) - Fresh
8. Disabled - Fresh
9. Top Percentage - Fresh
10. Strangled Red – Dried
11. Zombreon - Dried
12. Lost Silver – Dried
13. PMD: Explorers of Death (Original) - Dried
14. White Hand and Buried Alive - Dried
15. Pokémon Violet - Dried
16. Lavender Town Syndrome - Dried
17. Creepy Black – Dried
18. The Umbreon - Dried
19. Abandon Lonliness - Spoiled
20. Nunca Ignores Su Llamado - Spoiled
21. Pokémon Dead Channel – Spoiled
22. Pokémon Dead Channel 2 - Spoiled
23. Prevention of Evolution (Original) - Spoiled
24. Depressing Insanity - Spoiled
25. Milotic's Revenge – Spoiled
26. Nurse Joy - Spoiled
27. Leaf Green Beta Scene - Spoiled

9 Fresh Pastas | 9 Dried Pastas | 9 Spoiled Pastas

Oh come on, we have even numbers again. I swear, it's all a complete coincidence too. I'm not rigging the order of these reviews or the ratings for the pastas to keep all three of the numbers the same. xD

In my review of the Original Prevention of Evolution, I said at the end how "the remake is superior compared to the original". I have a confession to make. I don't think I even read the remake at the time and I just heard the remake was better and just went by that without properly looking into it because reading through the remake recently felt new to me like I never read any of it before. Coincidentally, I was more than right about the remake being superior as it managed to top all the other pastas on the list. So, how about that?

Also, I think Forever Mine's remake is still great with all of its messages and metaphors, but I wasn't as invested in the story compared to Prevention of Evolution's remake. But, don't worry, Sparklingdemon, don't feel like you've been cheated because I'll be reviewing your version of PMD: Explorers of Death soon (Review 30). Right after I review "V2" from star-byte (Review 29), which will be right after another highly requested and kind of well-known pasta for me to review. A handful of people from different platforms have requested me to review this one and I'm finally going to do it next. You know the one? No, not that one... The other one... Yes, Glitchy Red (Review 28)...

That's right. I'm finally going to take on that one after various requests and it's going to be my very next review and that's a promise. I already have the cover art finished for it and have it marked as Review 28, so that means I have to review it next now. Glitchy Red is going to be covered for Review 28. But, for now, sweet dreams and always remember to never prevent any evolutions from happening. ;3

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Pasta Name: Prevention of Evolution (Proofread 2020) - Originally by: Tiinyranitar/NightDazeZoroark; Proofread by: Nova The Killer Kaiju

Publish Date: December 3, 2020

Synopsis: The protagonist attempts to give their friend a shiny version of his favorite Pokémon, but things go wrong in many different ways.

Fun Fact: This is on Pokémon Black/White and it was before the oval charm was introduced in the sequels, which would've been more convenient for the protagonist in this story.

Highlight: The Climactic Battle

Quote: "EEeEE only wanted to evolve!" -Textbox Message

So, EEeEE returns in a remaster made in late 2020. The original one was made back in 2011, so that's roughly a nine-year gap.

Story:
So it starts with the protag being 15 years old when this all went down and all they cared about was playing Pokémon and goofing off. They were into game hacks and such when they were much younger though as their hacking obsession began when they were 10 years old. They got an Action Replay at GameStop one day and they used it on their Pokémon Diamond Version as there would be no harm to it since they said they beat the Elite Four in their save file. They got more and more into hacking at age 14 as they explored codes for Action Replay. Eventually, they came across a Shiny Eevee code.

I used to use Action Replay for my games when I was younger. A shiny Pokémon code does exist for Diamond, but it only worked for me temporarily, where it made all Pokémon you encountered shiny, but once you removed the Action Replay, they would all go back to normal. As for the Shiny Eevee code if it exists, I looked it up and on supercheats.com, there's this one code called "awesome eevee" that's supposed to give you a shiny Eevee. I don't know if it works because my Action Replay for my Diamond has been broken, but judging by the even like/dislike ratio on the forum post, I assume it's the latter.

The infatuation would never last because the Eevee code would change the protagonist's outlook on hacking, whether it's something as simple as using Action Replay or any other device. Saturday afternoon, the protagonist was talking to a very close friend on Discord and playing Pokémon Black/White. His birthday was coming up soon and the protag wanted to give him something. However, shipping wasn't an option and they didn't have the money to buy anything, not even a gift card. They narrowed down their options to giving him a special Pokémon, that being his favorite Pokémon Umbreon, of course, not just any Umbreon, but a Shiny Umbreon. The plan was to give Shiny Umbreon through their B/W games.

So, they were talking through Discord and they're still playing Pokémon Black/White. Discord came out in 2015. The first Black/White games came out internationally in early 2011 (late 2010 if you're from Japan like me, but the pasta takes place in the U.S. since a well-known U.S. city gets mentioned later on). By 2015, they would've had B2/W2, X/Y, and even the Gen 3 remakes. I'm not making this a big deal since I wouldn't be surprised if they were playing B/W for nostalgic reasons or if they were the latest Pokémon games they were up to date with. Plus, this could easily take place any other year and I was surprised to hear that Discord first came out in 2015 because I didn't first hear about Discord until 2017. It's no biggie, just showing how many Pokémon games they would've had out when Discord came out.

Anyway, there is a shiny code for the B/W games that will permanently make your Pokémon shiny, but I think it's done through egg hatching though, which is one thing that this pasta does get right later on. I'm pointing this out to indicate there are said codes that exist for the games to make the pasta seem more real.

Their friend's birthday was weeks away and getting closer every second. It was time for the protagonist to start the shiny and that being the egg-hatching process. Friend's home life wasn't glamorous, so he had limited online availability, bad relationships with family who wanted so much from him with so few expectations, he gets discouraged from speaking his mind, being his own person, and the refusal to let him go out. I know that feeling. It fueled the frustration of living so far away too. His parents don't trust strangers in the household. This thought only motivated the protagonist in sending the shiny Umbreon to him. The protag goes through their Eeveeltion collection and had a ditto to use to breed with an Espeon. Serperior and Zoroark were taken out of the party to be replaced with the Espeon and Ditto to drop those two off at the daycare in Route 3.

"Your Espeon and Ditto are doing just fine. The two of them seem to get along." The man said.

The protagonist filled their party with unhatched eggs and with their Reshiram, BlackFire to guard the party while doing the technique of roaming around Route 3 to hatch the eggs. How wonderful to have to hatch a million and one eggs just in hopes of hatching a shiny Eevee.

Yeah, you're not wrong about having to hatch a million and one eggs until a shiny hatches out. This would be a lot more convenient for the games' sequels when the Oval Charm was introduced. But, judging by the author's sarcasm, they seem to already know the complexity of their situation.

A couple of hours later, there was no luck and the DS battery ran low, so they had to charge it. The protag went through an entire box full of eggs with no positive results. They continued until they grew tired and went to bed with still no luck. With their mind racing with anxiety, there was one day left to get the shiny Eevee until their friend's birthday.

So, the protag must've gotten the Eeveelutions through the transfer mechanic that you can do in the post-game since in B/W, you were only given the Unova Pokémon specifically throughout the game and you didn't encounter the other regions' Pokémon until the post-game. But even then, Eevees aren't available in the post-game part of Unova either, so they had to transfer them from their previous games. The pasta doesn't specify that part on how they have the Eeveelutions, but I'm not going to be too picky here.

Desperation got the best of the protag they had no other choice but to look online for a "Shiny Eevee" AR Code for Pokémon Black. Surprisingly, there was one result for this, so without hesitation, they input the long code for the sake of their friend's gift, which turned out to be a big mistake. The code would guarantee the next egg would hatch a shiny Eevee. The protag opened up their party to reveal nothing but their Reshiram. Talked to the man at the daycare. "Bad Egg." The protag was obviously confused by this, they've heard this glitch before and how it would corrupt your game or something along those lines. Therefore, the protag was still determined to hatch it in case it might be a shiny Eevee. Walking back and forth in-game, they got the desired message: "What?" The egg hatched with the message: "Congratulations! Your egg hatched into an Eevee!" It was the shiny Eevee the protag was working hard for. I would comment that you shouldn't look up suspicious codes on the web, then we'd have no story.

However, the protag's high spirits were then replaced with even more confusion. Something was... off about the Eevee. There was no nickname option given, and the shiny Eevee was nicknamed "EEeEE". Protag was so confused by all of this. EEeEE was a level 1 male Eevee with the moves Swift, Sand Attack, Scratch, and Growl. It seemed simple but looking back the moves had to be off, according to the protagonist. This pasta does have something off when it comes to moves which you will see later on.

No matter, the goal right now was to evolve him into the Umbreon for his friend's birthday gift. The protag was so mentally drained from all of the efforts and waited until morning to do it. The following day was going to be the day to evolve EEeEE and gift him to their friend for his birthday. But, before that, the protag went onto Discord and their friend gave the following disheartening message:
"I've had enough of how my parents treat me. I'm not a goddamn little kid anymore! I'm never coming back home. I don't care what they say anymore. I'm sorry you had to hear this, but there's a good chance that you may never see me again. Goodbye."

The message was hard for the protag to take into consideration and process. The protag tried to message him back, but it was too late. No response was retrieved as he went offline. Questions and concerns rose. They don't know why their friend went and there was nothing they could do about it either. All the protag had was the shiny Eevee that they wanted to give him. The protag kept the tears in to prevent their dad from hearing them. The protag opened their DS to try to find comfort with their little EEeEE. Strangely enough, the game was already up and running as if the handheld was already turned on. The protag didn't recall turning it on but assumed they were so clouded with emotions that they didn't realize they turned it on prior.

Protag wanted to train EEeEE in the tall grass.
"A wild Blitzle appeared!"
"Go, EEeEE!"
EEeEE was sent out but returned due to being too under-leveled and sent out Reshiram instead.
"Blitzle used Tackle!"
"It's not very effective!" But, Tackle's a normal-type move. Reshiram is a Fire | Dragon dual type, so it should've done normal damage.
"What will BlackFire do?" Fight -> Flamethrower "BlackFire used Flamethrower!" "Wild Blitzle fainted!"

That was overkill, but they desperately didn't want EEeEE to be knocked out at any moment being level 1.

The process continued for 15 minutes until the protag was suddenly cut off. It was cut off by an Eevee cry. Protag was greeted with an unusual textbox. "EEeEE wants to battle!" Protag whispered into the DS. "When you're stronger", despite the DS at the time not being able to handle such levels of immersion. Another Eevee cry was heard and the evolution screen came up. "What? EEeEE is evolving!" EEeEE was becoming an Espeon in the process. The protag obviously freaked out because it had to be an Umbreon in case they see their friend again to give to him, so the protagonist did what they thought was the right thing to do at this moment, pressed "B" and turned the game off. They started the game back up and the game was back to where it was before. An overworld sprite of what looked like Eevee ran off from the trainer. It was silver-colored as if it was a shiny Eevee. It had to be EEeEE running away, so the protag turned off the game once again and went to their laptop because they were disheartened by what seemed like EEeEE running away.

On their laptop, there was a newsfeed notification that was horrifying to them. The article had the following title: "Runaway Boy in Detroit Found Dead".

The protag prayed hoping it wasn't their friend...

But it turns out...

It was his friend...

He was found dead in the forest with claw marks all over his body. It was reported that a coyote killed him. The protag slammed their laptop shut and returned to their DS. The protag was emotionally broken in distraught and pain at this point. They still refused to let their emotions out and tried to move this out of their mind by playing their DS.

People may assume this is insensitive of them, but we're supposedly talking about a minor here. Minors arguably aren't as emotional or aware of life and death as adults are.

The protag realized EEeEE meant so much more to them than they realize, so they had to find EEeEE and it became their new mission to prioritize. They searched all of Unova and found nothing, but they refused to give up. EEeEE was considered a memento of what was left of their friend. It was what would have been a birthday gift of a shiny Umbreon and the protag didn't want it all to be for nothing.

I think that's a good way to showcase the intent and desire of the protagonist's desperation as it does a good job with the emotional impact. Now, you've probably noticed a theme with the remakes that have a heavy emphasis on being sad. It might be a mere coincidence, but it's something strange I've noticed. Not to mention, remember how I compared the original Pokémon Dead Channel, Prevention of Evolution, and Forever Mine back in Review 12? Oddly enough, this Prevention of Evolution remake has some similarities with the Forever Mine remake. You'll see what I mean soon.

The protag realized they have yet to look in the Lostlorn Forest, so they flew there. The protagonist looked and saw the overworld sprite of what seemed like a shiny Eevee, but... something was way off about the sprite. The sprite, presumably EEeEE, had green ears, a green tail, and an orange jewel of a shiny Espeon on his forehead, which was the same Pokémon he tried to evolve to. The protag was shocked by this at first, but desperately wanted to be by his side. "EEeEE, what happened to you? Never mind. I want to be by you!"

Before the protag moved a muscle in-game, textboxes appeared with distorted Eevee and Espeon cries that sounded loud and rushed as if EEeEE was angry at the protag.

"EEeEE only wanted to evolve."
"EEeEE tried to evolve by itself."
"EEeEE became stuck in evolution."
"EEeEE is in pain!"
"EEeEE ran away because he didn't want to be treated lesser than what he was!"

The protag felt their heart stopping from reading that last comment. They feel like they've made a horrible mistake...

This remake fixed the one major issue I had with the original. The protag is a little more reasonable in this version.
>Original's protagonist: used a Shiny Eevee Action Replay code to complete shiny Eeveelution collection, they needed shiny Flareon, but kept canceling the evolution of EEeEE when they could've easily re-used the code again after purchasing a fire stone in-game since they were trying to walk their way to the department store to buy fire stones, but EEeEE kept interrupting with evolving into Espeon.
>Proofread's protagonist: used a specific shiny Eevee Action Replay code after a build-up of frustration in failures to hatch a shiny Eevee to evolve into Umbreon as a gift for their friend's birthday, but they had to stop the evolution because EEeEE was evolving into Espeon and turned off the game expecting it all to reset, but it didn't.

The protag in the original could've easily gotten a new shiny Eevee with all of their AR codes, but the remake indicates the protag's sorrow in losing his friend and views EEeEE as a remaining memento of their friend, making EEeEE seemingly irreplaceable because that was going to be the same exact Eevee (that was obviously intended to become a shiny Umbreon) that they were going to give to their friend. I know I'm probably stating the obvious, but I find it interesting.

EEeEE ran off again and a distant cry of a Zoroark could be heard. The protagonist in-game ran to the sound of the shrill Eevee cry. There was a gruesome scene: EEeEE was on the ground covered in claw marks and bleeding. A Zoroark was shown in front of EEeEE with blood-stained claws to compliment their intimidation. "This b-stard had attacked EEeEE.

I know some people would roll their eyes at the mention of blood, but if you know me and how I critique these pastas, I don't usually judge by WHAT tropes are used, but HOW the tropes are used. If I think it has a bad concept, but a spectacular execution of using the said concept, then I think it can work, especially when the story gets you invested to the point where you may ignore all of the clichés being used in a creepypasta. The overworld sprites with blood may seem cheesy on paper, but when you know the context of the story and you get so invested to where you're able to picture what's happening, I don't think it becomes a problem. It's very subjective though, and I think it can still depend on what your cup of tea is. Anyway, this is a tragic moment here because the Zoroark is killing off the protagonist's memento and the protagonist will have to act fast in order to save what they think is left of their friend.

Everything that has happened to their friend is happening all over again but towards EEeEE this time. The protag was choking from their anxiety from the display of cruel irony, making them want to scream. At their breaking point, it all had to end. The Zoroark readied a final blow against EEeEE. The trainer quickly intervened between the two Pokémon as a wild Pokémon battle started against the Zoroark. The protag sent out BlackFire. The Protag was determined to kill that Zoroark. Blue Flare was used by BlackFire. The protagonist murmured the following: "You are about to wish you never attacked EEeEE, Zoroark."

Zoroark hardly took as much damage as the protagonist thought. They realized the Zoroark was Lv. 100 which only made them angrier and frustrated. Zoroark used Night Daze. Reshiram's health was down by almost half. The protag asked why the Zoroark was so powerful in disbelief. The same turn repeated and BlackFire was almost knocked out.

So Reshiram learns Blue Flare at Lv. 100 and is a legendary Pokemon. That Zoroark is also using cheats.

A textbox appears: "EEeEE wants to fight!" with a yes or no option.

Almost selecting "no", the protagonist remembered why EEeEE ran away, so they selected "yes". EEeEE swapped with BlackFire and EEeEE was at a much higher level than expected. Male Eevee at Level 80. The protagonist questioned if EEeEE trained himself after running away.

Whoops, I spoke too soon. EEeEE is at a higher level than Reshiram, then how did BlackFire learn Blue Flare? In B/W, Reshiram can learn Blue Flare at Lv. 100. This changed in Sword and Shield where Reshiram can learn Blue Flare at Lv. 88. Even then, EEeEE is at Lv. 80 and is a higher level than Reshiram, so I don't know how this mistake would be made. Nitpick? Sure. It's not a big deal anyways. My only guess is the author probably confused Fusion Flare with Blue Flare (two Reshiram signature moves), or the protagonist also used the move-changing AR codes too. I think that's a stretch though because why would the protag alter the moves but not the level? Maybe I'm missing something here.

Anyway, EEeEE had the following move set: Shadow Ball, Morning Sun, Power Swap, Psychic... and Punishment. That's five moves...? The limit is four... Now, EEeEE is using hacks too.

The protag thought Shadow Ball would've been the most efficient move to use since the others wouldn't be so much. Zoroark was faster though.

“Zoroark used Faint Attack!"
"It's super effective!"
EEeEE nearly fainted.
"EEeEE used Shadow Ball!"
"It's not very effective.."

The protag felt like an idiot not realizing dark-types resist ghost-type moves. The protag had EEeEE use Sunny Day to regain health. That's Morning Sun, not Sunny Day. You even stated it was Morning Sun earlier. I think you are confusing moves with similar names.

"Zoroark used Hone Claws!"
"Zoroark's attack rose!"
"EEeEE used Punishment!"
"It's not very effective..."

The protag pointed out how the game must not be paying attention because the attack dealt more damage than Shadow Ball and "Blue Flare". They were graceful but still confused by this. There was no time to question it though. Zoroark's health was down by a fourth.

"Zoroark used Night Daze!"
"It's super effective!"

It almost knocked out EEeEE again.

In case those of you forgot, the protag's situation is pretty peril at this point because BlackFire and EEeEE are the only two Pokemon they had since they cleared their party from all of the egg-hatching processes earlier.

The protag could somehow feel EEeEE's anger as it felt like it all went on by itself. EEeEE's sprite started shaking hard before the turn went through. The next few words took so much out of the protagonist as it caught them by surprise.

"I'M MY OWN MASTER!"

EEeEE used Punishment. The attack sounded so loud from the DS speakers. With such great luck and chance in the protagonist's favor, the wild Zoroark immediately fainted after the attack. The protag felt like they could breathe once again.

Back in the overworld, the EEeEE sprite faced the trainer with the Zoroark on the ground but still wasn't dead to the protag's surprise. EEeEE slowly yet calmly walked up to the trainer.

"EEeEE has rejoined your party."

The screen then went black.

"The save file is corrupt."

The protagonist had to turn their DS off and back on to delete their save file. It was hard for them, but it was the only way they could play the game again because they weren't able to access their save file since it was corrupted. They selected to make a new game.

The odd thing was there were no openings or introductions shown, and their trainer was immediately placed on Route 1. The protagonist opened the menu to look at their trainer card, but the strange part was the trainer card had the exact same information as the previous save file.

The protag became wary of what would happen next, but they took a peek into their party, which had only one Pokemon...

It was an Eevee...

...named EEeEE...

The protagonist opened up the summary...

"Evan. Level 5. Male Eevee."

The protagonist couldn't stop crying after reading those very words.

End of Story

Further Thoughts:
Wow, that's depressing... in a good way as far as the story. Evan was their friend's name, I assume. And if you've noticed EEeEE and Evan have a lot in common regarding what happened to both of them.

>Evan: His parents treated him like a little child despite him having the motivation of growing up, his parents wouldn't let him grow up (metaphorically evolve), he ran away for the pain of feeling prevented to grow up (evolve), got attacked by a canine in a forest by Detroit, and he wanted to be his own person.

>EEeEE: His trainer didn't want him to fight due to being under-leveled despite him having the motivation to fight, his trainer wouldn't let him evolve (metaphorically grow up), he ran away for the pain of feeling prevented to evolve (grow up), got attacked by a canine in Lostlorn Forest, and he wanted to be his own master.

So back to the comparison between this remake and the Forever Mine remake, Skye and EEeEE are dead people the protagonist knew or at least seemingly had connections with and they end up connected to the protagonist's games. There are metaphors and messages throughout their games that indicate the connections to those dead people. In Forever Mine, Skye in the remake was based on a girl who passed away in the protagonist's town and the protagonist willingly attended and placed flowers at the funeral to be polite despite not knowing the girl, which the flowers she placed at the funeral foreshadowed and connected to the protagonist's quest to get Shaymin a Gardecia Flower to turn Skye into her Sky Forme. Meanwhile, Prevention of Evolution's remake has EEeEE pretty much recapping what all happened to the protagonist's friend and the protagonist desperately tries to save EEeEE as he was a memento for what's left of his recently murdered friend.

Anyway, this remake did everything to fix the issues had had with the original. A lot of gaming creepypastas tend to struggle with giving a proper reason for the protag to keep playing their supposed haunted/cursed game, other than morbid curiosity, as players easily have the option to turn off the game. But this pasta does it right to have the protagonist stay with the game because they were emotionally and mentally motivated to save EEeEE being considered a memento of what's left of their friend to them. I know I've been saying that too many times throughout this review, but that's just the case on what makes it interesting and what feels like there weren't any other alternatives for the protagonist. To be honest and I know this may be a controversial thing to say, I feel like this and the Forever Mine remake does the whole "dead people the protagonist knew are connected to the game they are playing" trope way better than NES Godzilla. I still appreciate NES Godzilla and I still think Red is a really intimidating character and the artwork for it is really well done, but the whole thing with the crazy truck driver and protagonist's dead girlfriend helping out the protagonist from Red at the final battle felt really shoehorned in with very little build up and foreshadowing to that aspect than it could've been. I think Forever Mine's and Prevention of Evolution's remakes handle the aspect better in my opinion because of all of the metaphors, messages, foreshadowing, and connections to the dead people and the characters in the games.

Fun Fact: I started writing my review of the original Prevention of Evolution pasta coincidentally roughly two year ago as of today. Although, I don't think the format of that review held up as well as I thought as I did have the whole fan voting process thing which was pretty weak at the time for how much I rushed it.

Speaking of which, I looked back at my review of the original version and... just look as this was part of the original...

"There were bones and rotting flesh strewn across the area. The pond was blood red too."

It's an example of how the original just had blood there just to have blood be there. Compare this to how the remake handled gruesome scenes:

"There was a gruesome scene: EEeEE was on the ground covered in claw marks and bleeding. A Zoroark was shown in front of EEeEE with blood-stained claws to compliment their intimidation."

It doesn't go over board and it's connected to what happened to his friend in real life.

So, where does this put Prevention of Evolution 2020 as far as the rating?

Well, it has a really good story that I actually got invested in, I loved the climactic battle near the end, the metaphors and connections are crazy and really well-put together here, the depressing ending and tensions for the protag and EEeEE being a memento for his dead friend did a lot for the emotional impact, the battle actually had me on the edge of my seat because I was legit wondering if they were going to make it or not and that's what creepy about this is the protag feels like they're going to lose all connections with his now dead friend and the fact that the game recapped what exactly happened to their friend is enough to be unsettling too. It could've done this wrong in so many ways but luckily, it didn't. And the fact you can feel the protagonist's, their friend's, and EEeEE's pain is spectacular because the pasta puts you in the protagonist's shoes and you can see everything from their perspective and that's how you should do a creepypasta. It doesn't have to be "oh, this monster or crazy serial killer is real and you can be their next victim", but if it's enough to make you feel scared for the protagonist in the story, then I think it works.

The only flaws I really found were the confusion of the move names, which isn't really a big deal and they don't really impact the story either. Although, I'm still wondering why they made EEeEE have five moves rather than four. The only moves that didn't need to be there were Power Swap and Psychic since they were never used. However, I think Power Swap didn't need to be there the most, because the protag did comment on how they shouldn't use Psychic since Zoroark was a dark-type and psychic-type moves have no effect on dark-types. So, I think Psychic should stay for story and tension purposes to let the reader know how limited their options were in fighting against Zoroark. But, then again, they're not a big deal.

In conclusion and funny story is this review was meant to be considered as my 100-watcher special, I decree the 2020 remake of Prevention of Evolution to be a very high FRESH PASTA.

After 22 reviews and 2 years, it's safe to say that it finally happened, everyone...

Sorry, Easter Egg - Snow on Mt. Silver, but you've officially lost your title as rank number one. I'm afraid Snow on Mt. SILVER is now going to take second place SILVER. Prevention of Evolution has a superior story. Although, I think Snow on Mt. Silver might still be slightly better with creepy factors, but Prevention of Evolution has a much better story with all of its metaphors and connections. And it's a huge improvement compared to the original one. Like I said, I think this story did something other gaming creepypastas fail to do and that's giving the protag a proper reason and motivation to not shut off the game other than morbid curiosity. I don't need to repeat it because I've already said it many times already in this review. Go back and re-read the review if you don't know what I'm referring to.

Congratulations, Prevention of Evolution 2020, you are now officially ranked number one on the list!

My rankings for the reviewed PokéPastas so far (from best to worst, top to bottom):
1. Prevention of Evolution (2020) - Fresh
2. Easter Egg - Snow on Mt. Silver – Fresh
3. Forever Mine (Remake) - Fresh
4. Absol (Reaper) - Fresh
5. La Condena de Milotic – Fresh
6. Hypno's Lullaby – Fresh
7. Forever Mine (Original) - Fresh
8. Disabled - Fresh
9. Top Percentage - Fresh
10. Strangled Red – Dried
11. Zombreon - Dried
12. Lost Silver – Dried
13. PMD: Explorers of Death (Original) - Dried
14. White Hand and Buried Alive - Dried
15. Pokémon Violet - Dried
16. Lavender Town Syndrome - Dried
17. Creepy Black – Dried
18. The Umbreon - Dried
19. Abandon Lonliness - Spoiled
20. Nunca Ignores Su Llamado - Spoiled
21. Pokémon Dead Channel – Spoiled
22. Pokémon Dead Channel 2 - Spoiled
23. Prevention of Evolution (Original) - Spoiled
24. Depressing Insanity - Spoiled
25. Milotic's Revenge – Spoiled
26. Nurse Joy - Spoiled
27. Leaf Green Beta Scene - Spoiled

9 Fresh Pastas | 9 Dried Pastas | 9 Spoiled Pastas

Oh come on, we have even numbers again. I swear, it's all a complete coincidence too. I'm not rigging the order of these reviews or the ratings for the pastas to keep all three of the numbers the same. xD

In my review of the Original Prevention of Evolution, I said at the end how "the remake is superior compared to the original". I have a confession to make. I don't think I even read the remake at the time and I just heard the remake was better and just went by that without properly looking into it because reading through the remake recently felt new to me like I never read any of it before. Coincidentally, I was more than right about the remake being superior as it managed to top all the other pastas on the list. So, how about that?

Also, I think Forever Mine's remake is still great with all of its messages and metaphors, but I wasn't as invested in the story compared to Prevention of Evolution's remake. But, don't worry, Sparklingdemon, don't feel like you've been cheated because I'll be reviewing your version of PMD: Explorers of Death soon (Review 30). Right after I review "V2" from star-byte (Review 29), which will be right after another highly requested and kind of well-known pasta for me to review. A handful of people from different platforms have requested me to review this one and I'm finally going to do it next. You know the one? No, not that one... The other one... Yes, Glitchy Red (Review 28)...

That's right. I'm finally going to take on that one after various requests and it's going to be my very next review and that's a promise. I already have the cover art finished for it and have it marked as Review 28, so that means I have to review it next now. Glitchy Red is going to be covered for Review 28. But, for now, sweet dreams and always remember to never prevent any evolutions from happening. ;3

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