Stone Golems Rereleased!





We are the women of the Secluded Shrine, Yumiko and Kuwabara. Have you chanced upon a battle challenge that has proven difficult with only your pets and limited weapons? A scroll is something that can help you out in this. They can attack, heal, freeze…many things that could help you achieve that win you would otherwise have not.



Boarwing
Amphisbaenas Book of Infinity
Special Edition Stone Ram Kit




Talking of battling - would you perhaps help us out with something that is currently plaguing us? We woke the stone golems in order to play with some new scroll features we’ve been working on. They’re not yet ready, but we’d rather the stone golems were quietened now. Please can you silence them for us? You can keep anything that they drop as a reward. We'll work on a spell to defeat them that will be ready by the end of the month, in case you are not successful.



Stone Peas in a Pod Sticker
Stone Mutton Chops
Cerberus Beanbag




For more information on battling, visit HERE. We hope to see you in the future.
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Posted by SubetaTeam

Shalashaska

Yumiko is so gorgeous, I love her craggy face ;w;
(Geez people I'm 100% British, given a Greek name at birth and currently toting a Hebrew one, names travel, particularly on a planet settled by humans, get over it).
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Orlais

I love these revamps! Please don't stop. The old art was nice and the artist who did them was great. These revamp though, are just so cool~ *bows down*

I'd also like to point to what Muerte said for all the people screaming cultural appropriation. They could be mixed for all you know. It's a real problem for mixed people that don't always look like what people think they should. Genetics are cool like that.

Also, so what if they have a Japanese name? Since when has it been wrong to name someone with another language in mind? Keep in mind that people can grow up with all different backgrounds.
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bapkate

I had a blast blasting through these guys :) What a great way to rack up sP for all of my pets as well as a great chance to battle some retired baddies. Plus: BOOKS :D :D :D
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Targaryen

Loved battling with my lower tiered pets and the prizes! Thank you Subeta staff!
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Solsticesprite

@BoaConstrictor these challengers will dissappear at the end of the month. I misunderstood what they said too, and thought we were going to get a new nifty scroll, but this is not the case, per Amber way near the beginning of these comments.

I had to re-armory myself three times to get them all with all my pets. I was tempted to wait later until they could all use the same tier weaponry, but since they're gone in ten days I figured nail them all now for the 18KXP.
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youngexplorer

New scrolls???? Ooh I cant wait!!!
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Tricksparrow

I am a 100% hispanic person with a 100% Russian first name. Lets please stop saying that people who are not named according to their ethnicity aren't a thing kthnx.
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Porsef

kuwabara?

SPIRIT SWOOOOOOORD.

joking aside they look great. ; v ;
3

peachtiny

I actually REALLY like the character designs, but the naming makes literally no sense to me. Unless their names are titles? It's... highly unlikely that BOTH of them would have a Japanese parent, but I guess it could be the case. Not sure what the issue would be with making the names suit the characters more or the other way around. The way it is, it just seems kind of pointless and indulgent, like... you just wanted cute Japanese names and didn't care how you fit them in. I dunno.
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AlanaBanana

Ooh, love these two. Yumiko has character now!
2

Hiallina

Oh my, did Yumiko just aged 50 years and turned male after being too long under the sun?
Well, if we disregard the "before", the new look is awesome.
2

TJPanda

*wonders if Reischen from battle quests will get an update*

I was just thinking to myself the other day I wondered if the this part of the site will get a makeover. Sure enough the next day it did :). Amazing how they did that XD. It's like a Nori and Mori type of thing with one seen during the day and other at night. Great job on the artwork ^_^.
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Speiro

Quote by Amber:
During the day Yumiko handles the scrolls while at night Kuwabara is around!
In that case, I don't understand why you'd create a second NPC for a feature that doesn't get a ton of use. (Or at least I don't think it does? The battle community is small enough that updates are constantly back-burnered, and once you make a couple scrolls you're pretty much done with the Secluded Shrine.)

Don't get me wrong, Kuwabara looks like a great NPC. I just don't understand where she fits in or why she exists?
5

theraphos

Still loving these redesigns! Lots more personality and individuality and general character than the older anime art.
3

OtakuOokami

I'd just like to say that I'm very, very, very happy to see a huge group of lower-level opponents added to the challenger roster! I, myself, have several tier 1 pets that I'm trying to train up purely through battle (it's way more fun and immersive than paying a tab and waiting around or emptying your coffers on stat boosters), and this has been super helpful! Thank you so much! ^_^
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Xezvi

Love that detail on the vest/blouse Yumiko is wearing. ^_^
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Nicholas

@Hoshi
Since I was the only one to use the term weeaboo I'm guessing you're talking to me. I feel like I should explain that my personal issue has nothing to do with the fact that the name is specifically Japanese. It could have been German, or Romanian, or Mexican, or anything else. As long as it was heavily created from a real world influence I would have said something. I merely mentioned the "weeaboo" factor or Japanese influence becase in Subeta's early days they were heavy influenced by anime in their art and Japanese mythos and lore in their items and such. So Subeta itself as a fictional entity didn't really have any sort of identity.

So my personal issue has nothing to do with appropriation or whatever all those tumblr terms are, I could care less about that. What I care about is building on Subeta's story and creativity to have a better sense of immersion for the player. And like I said, if you're going to take the time to think of a name with a second/third meaning (I love that dedication, by the way), you could have instead spent your time thinking about how she fit into Subeta lore. Saherimos is one of my favorite places on Subeta because, even if we don't have a lot of information, it, along with Omen Islands, are pretty much the most fleshed out locations and societies. So I'm disappointed that that wasn't taken into account.
5

Cacaro

Uggh those names don't fit at all!
2

Tricksparrow

That's a giant scroll, guys. Your welcome. ;D
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Sleeb

@aoba
How is Subeta making fun of Japanese culture by using these names? They aren't. They're not perpetuating misinformation or doing anything negative by using the names.
5

usagi

Ahaha, the sword's wrapped. I missed that for some reason. Thought it was the blade itself. Nevermind. xD
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usagi

My only question / concern is like how is Kuwabara able to hold that sword? Is it not sharp around the edges? :O Think of her fingers!

Otherwise, I love the Yumiko revamp and Kuwabara's art. The problem with the old art was they all looked the same and therefore were without personality. Different looks (jawline, cheekbones, noses, etc.) makes each one look more memorable. So major props for this direction in revamps! :)
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Amber

@Speiro During the day Yumiko handles the scrolls while at night Kuwabara is around!
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Rii

Yumiko ... changed a lot. For me, it's not that she's "ugly", it's just that she's so different than she had been before. Always throws me off when NPCs make dramatic design changes. But I'm sure it'll grow on me.

I like Kuwabara though. I love meeting new NPCs, I like her juxtaposition with Yumiko, I love her color contrasts, and, ehehe, the sword she's holding stood out to me first about her - it's all wrapped up, but it's so big! WHAT IS IT? WHAT?

Anyway personality wise, these two seem like they're pretty cool, so all in all, I'm happy. Oh, and more book/beanbags are always a good thing for me. It makes me so happy that you're having NPCs do more, say more, because there's nothing that satisfies me as much as great characters.
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Hoshi

You know your user base has gone off the Tumblr/SJW deep end when people are ecstatic about fat and ugly NPC revamps but grouse that they retained their original names (which are just SO WEEABOO, ugh anything Japanese-inspired is for 14 y/o fangirls kill it with fire amirite).
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Rocketlauncher

Interesting that Yumiko is there during the day, and Kuwabara during the night.
I like everything in this new post, especially the battling of course :)
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Viking

I guess it all depends on HOW the critique is made. I don't think anyone would get a shitstorm if they would say in good words that they don't like a revamp for whatever reasons. (But in the end it often depends on the persons involved, because people are often biased and will attack anyone for their opinion... and that's just sad.)
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Absinthe

Gorgeous new NPCs! They make me insanely happy. <3 Well done!
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TheGapingMawOfDoom

I love how human these two are. We have enough npcs that fit the modern feminine beauty standards so it's nice to see Yumiko break that pattern.
2

Alenwen

When I clicked on the battle arena link I expected the challengers to be on the bottom of the page = impossible to beat
BUT they are not!!! Zomggg thank you so much for releasing easy opponents Subeta! *-*
1

HYPEBEAST

It's just if you don't like the revamps you get so much shit from everyone. So everybody is totally not entitled to their opinions in here, only those who love them! Even rude opinions are opinions. And people are once being so dramatic about it. Not liking a fictional character =/= hating every single fat person in the world.

And people clearly got something against those who are beautiful, skinny and have no flaws on their skin and so on.
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Viking

@Jimmy
I can't speak for everyone here, but I have no hate at all towards people that others might call "pretty". What is pretty anyways? Everyone has different views, but I think what we call "pretty" by now is the standard depicted by social media?
It is just that it gets to a point where it is just ridiculous if every character is flawless (and I again not only relate to Subeta) when in reality there is so much diversity. (:
4

Blu

Oh my gosh, what beautiful characters! <3
I really love how you guys have been revamping these characters and giving them such personality! <33
Both ladies are utterly gorgeous!
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HYPEBEAST

Love the hate towards beautiful people!
0

Ewok

Wow gorgeous characters.
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Viking

They both look gorgeous! I'm glad Subeta goes the more realistic route and draws their NPCs with flaws, so sick of seeing the super pretty perfect characters everywhere (not only Subeta).
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Maleria

Man, I really love the turn NPC revamps is getting, much more personality and diversity, kudos to the artists !
4

Pirate

Man I love this news post! Especially Yumiko's revamp is amazing in my opinion, added so much more personality to her plus I'm tired of flawless and young beauty queen NPCs anyway. Great job and thanks for the Golems as well, was fun!
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Gerommey

Love these ladies. They must be good friends.
1

Evy

Wow, now that's a huge change of appearance for Yumiko, but I don't mind a bit of diversity at all. They both look amazing. Great characters!
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Botanist

Love these NPCs, especially Yumiko.
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Julie

WOW, big changes for the Shrine ladies.
I do like the new battle challengers.
Goes off to battle.
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Muerte

I really love them (and I didn't say this, but I also really loved the Oracles update). I love that the female characters are getting more diverse, even in the revamp. I especially love Kuwabara.

As much as I would have loved Yumiko to be modeled after someone who is Japanese, these characters could still arguably have a parent from Subeta's equivalent. FUN FACT, you can be mixed ethnically and look "native ____" and have people go "OH MY GAW LIKE YOU'RE _____ ?!?!?!" Most people do that with me because I'm pale and I don't talk how they would want me to. My cousin has milk white skin, dirty blonde hair, and blue eyes, and that does not change the fact that her mom is black. Most people looking at Pete Wentz don't realize his mom is Afro-Jamaican.

It'd be offensive if they were done to mock the culture. But then again, that is an argument that someone who is Japanese should be making. Not me. And most certainly not someone who is probably ten times more prone to cultural appropriation.
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SpiritImmortal

Okay.... Things I like: art revamp as a thing; Kuwabara's new look (also her name - Yu Yu Hakusho anyone? xD); battle opponents YAY ♥!
Thinks I don't like: Yumiko's new design. I liked her better when she was pretty :/ I guess age didn't agree with her. I only recognized her because of the pot she's holding. Sorry.
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Dryad_182

PURPLE PLUS SIZED LADY. I'm in. C:
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Greg

Just noticed Kuwabara is holding a scroll and not a sword as I thought when I first saw it.
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BoaConstrictor

"would you perhaps help us out with something that is currently plaguing us"
are they permanent or "limited edition"?
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BoaConstrictor

"would you perhaps help us out with something that is currently plaguing us"
are they permanent or "limited edition"?
1

Kellijuana

Love everything about this news post. <3 The red head was an adorable young lady and now she's a handsome grown woman. ^_^ And I may be crazy but for some reason she reminds me of Helen Hunt.... :/ (her eyes and smirk?)
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Hellbent

@Teacher I've defeated all of them 10X and one I just kept fighting for shits and giggles so I'm at 72. After the 10th time they don't drop items anymore but they do give you 5 exp points and every once in a while an easy token. So no, there really isn't that much benefit to fighting them more than 10 times unless you want to rack up some exp or boost your pet's stat count.
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Lirikai

YAY revamp! YAY re-battle challengers!
Only nitpick...no link to the Shrine? :c
3

Sleeb

TYVM FOR HEAVYSET LOVELY WOMEN.
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Sovereign

smh at all the Yumiko nay sayers.
not every woman is soft, small, round faced, young and typically cute/beautiful, or your frankly gross view point of what "looks like a woman" lmao

I'm so glad to see more characters in revamps that look so different and looking less "cookie cutter" with details to differentiate them. I'm loving that we're moving away from all that and going into an actual diverse cast of NPCs like it should be. <3
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Yoshi

I LOVE YUMIKO AND KUWABARA'S DESIGNS SO MUCH OMG
7

Darkrai

Quote:
culturally appropriated names
lmfao what
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Tricksparrow

@AOBA
Hmmm, lets all take a long hard look at your "Kawaii Tumblr" linked in your profile, shall we?
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LoathsomeGargoyle

@Marlboro Me, too. I'd love to get my paws on those plushies since I wasn't here for that.
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StarShadow

Oh, the one on the left is supposed to be a woman? I couldn't tell. Like the old style look better.
4

Alison

I was literally just looking at the scroll woman wondering if and when you would revamp that super old art.
I LOVE IT! Such neat concepts for NPCs.
:)
3

Starmie

really nice characters designs but what is up with the culturally appropriated names? not cool, subeta
subeta staffmember saying it's 'cute'??? no it's just nonsensical..

Staff: ""Fun Fact: Kuwabara means "mulberry tree", and is essentially the Japanese version of "knock on wood". Saying it is meant to ward off lightning, which is cute for a lady that makes battle scrolls imo""
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Dragyn

Any point to defeating these guys more than 10 times? Are you going to bring back the other Saherimos plot challengers too? I'd love to pit my Alexondra against them again and get some wins in on the ones I couldn't go near then. Seriously loving this return as it was my first plot so it has sentimental value for me ;)
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Straywillow

Thank you for the guide, also for giving my 6 level fighter more then one thing to battle! :)
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TaintedTamer

Oh gosh, these two are beautiful. <3
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Speiro

Where did Yumiko go? It looks like she was replaced by Kuwabara at the Secluded Shrine? But that's the only place I remember her being before.

Is she hanging out in Elwood's pizza place or something?
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Nicholas

I love everything about all of this except the names of the NPCs. I guess one of them has been around since Subeta was in its weeaboo phase, so it is only right that it be grandfathered in, but I'm very disappinted with Kuwabara. Especially with her skin color, she looks like she'd be a native. This all just seems like a step back lore-wise and a step pretty far back into Subeta's weeaboo phase. I'm all for Japanese influences and crap, but when you introduced an entire language for the Sacred Lands, it would have been nice to have introduced more unique names besides a name that apparently is a common Japanese phrase?
Especially if she's indigenous, Saherimos is known to be fairly secluded and not heavily influenced by outside lands and governments.

I'm still reading the comments and trying to find out information from the feeble attemps Subeta has undergone to give this site some decent lore, so this comment might just be ranty and obnoxious. But I really did feel like we were getting somewhere and I realize a name of an NPC that probably won't be brought up except for a revamp in 6 years isn't much, but it's something when it could just have easily gone forward in a direction to give us a little more insight on Sacred Land lore.

LIKE WHY HAVE A JAPANESE SAYING WHEN YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A SAHERIMOS SAYING?!?!!?!? That would have been very fun and cute.
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TJPanda

Is anyone else seeing this while in mid battle -

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After waiting a few minutes and refreshing the page it let me finish the battle ^_^.
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Speiro

Before/After:


I'll miss the flower/bun thing in her hair, but her new look is intriguing enough that I don't mind.

I can't wait to see what the naysayers have to say

inb4 "too ugly omg huge noses ew so manly ugh ew"
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Synth

Thanks for the new loot and the chance to fight some old challengers i'd missed out on!
Cool NPCs too...i'm going to have to hang out with them more often and make myself some new scrolls...
3

Life

Oh man, awesome! The old Golems from the Steele plot, with shiny new prizes! So much fun, thank you!

And wow those ladies are so pretty :*
5

StarShadow

Times like this I'm so glad I have 20 battle pets. :)
2

Amae

Opponents don't drop special loot at 10 wins, unless they're attached to an achievement for 10 wins.
2

Sekhmet

Not happy that all the new loot was spoiled in the news post. >_<
1

poisonpickles

Oh snaaaaaaap! :D
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Cyroris

Like @SparkieSharkie was asking, is there only unique prizes for defeating these stone golems at 5 wins or is there another win tier higher? At 10 wins I'm still getting the same stuff as all the other rounds.
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Lavabeast

I'd be happy to field the question about names, actually! Yumiko was the original name of the NPC before revamp, and I figured she may as well keep it - there's no rule that says whoever her parents are weren't effected by human influence and there's really no harm in it, imo (I mean, why not? My name is Jessica, but I'm not Hebrew, and have no Hebrew roots that I know of!). Then I thought, well, if we're going to let one badass battle matron keep her name, why not pull that same influence into another character, and give a fun excuse to pull in a little bit of trivia with it.
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Sovereign

easy opponents and wearable loot, hell yes.
time to actually put my pet with stats to use :P
1

Saint

love their designs but why.. why in the world do they have japanese names that makes absolutely no sense
9

Griffin

I adore the new NPCs but it seems a little lore-anomalous for them to have Japanese names? o:
11

SYLVAN

So much awesome! Also, both of the NPCs are absolutely fabulous. <3
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Jeheace

Thank you. ^-^
1

Karen

They're all one hit wonders. :P Anyone worthwhile coming?
3

FireFlea

Holy crap! I can actually challenge these ones and not get my ass handed to me! :O
3

Necolasa

Oh wow both npcs are gorgeous but I really love Kuwabara's design!!
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youngexplorer

I love Subeta. Those new challengers and the NPCs are awesomely wonderful. Thank you.
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Thelma

Yumiko and Kuwabara are gorgeous.

Incidentally, I've had mulberries before, I had one of the trees growing in my back yard at a previous residence here in Phoenix, where they grow pretty well. The berries are very earthy and delicious as long as you don't eat too many in one go.
3

Separatist

So i just came back from a long hiatus, probably missed all the amazing battle stuff, but this is awesome! Don't have time right now, but will when i get back home.
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Hellbent

Kuwabara Kuwabara~ (all that they need is an energy sword and it'll be great :D )
1

ren

these npcs are amazing holy shit
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Lavabeast

Fun Fact: Kuwabara means "mulberry tree", and is essentially the Japanese version of "knock on wood". Saying it is meant to ward off lightning, which is cute for a lady that makes battle scrolls imo
32

Ferinsy

Sweet move releasing new weak opponents. That way people starting to battle have a.higher range of opponents.
2

SparkieSharkie

thanks for the new challengers :) are they not dropping new loot at 10 wins anymore? just curious :)
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Lea

oh man the artwork for these NPCs is So Good
stoked to see battling get some love!!
5

Tucker

For some reason I thought Blake Steele would be the one to awaken the stone golems. I mean, make us awaken them and steal our glory over defeating them. Again.
1

StarShadow

So we have until end of May to fight them? Good, because I don't have time today. Darn.
0

Austria

Why Kuwabara-san, you look a little... different than the last time I saw you. oO

But hey? An entire series of opponents I can actually beat! *shock and amazement*
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KimC

Kuwabara and Yumiko for Sacred Lands NPCs? REALLY??? Gotta say, I like the artwork though.
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kimcl91

Totally loving Kuwabara!!
Thanks for these challengers. I was getting sad all the challengers were out of range for my poor Bean.
0

Bot

THE ART, IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL, THEY ARE SO BEAUTIFUL
2

Kevin

@Amber
awesome! hate to see official guides being outdated :)
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Amber

@kbbob I'm going to be updating the cap section soon along with a few other things. :)
2

Kevin

What's a stat cap?
The stat cap is a “roof” on your pet’s growth. As of Dec 2014, the stat cap is 22k total stats. Only Strength, Defense, Speed, and Health count. Level and Intelligence do not. Once your pet is capped, you’ll only be able to boost Level and Intel.
0

Inknote

beautiful diverse ladies and easy challengers? Make my day why don't you? :D
5

Ceilidh

Florence Welch is that you?
3

Marlboro

Awesome! I love the new loot items :)

I was hoping for a rerelease of the
Stone Griffin Plushie


I guess not :(
12

RoxyWolf

BLESS THESE REVAMPS they're so cute ;w;
3

Megan

Kuwabara obviously gives the best hugs ever.
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Seoni

brb forever loving Kuwabara!
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Solsticesprite

@Amber aww :( I was hoping that phrase meant that there would be an actual new scroll at the end of the month that was good for defeating them that we could somehow acquire.
0

Cranberry

These are all pretty easy challengers... good ones for people to try out if they're getting into battling! Nice new loot, too. :)
2

dotSei

o:
Amazing! More challengers!
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TracyH

Thanks for this. :D
1

VALHALLA

THIS IS EXCITING.
And I remember these challengers!
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Amber

@Solsticesprite The news post says end of the month :)
2

Angst

EXCITE
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ShesUniique

On it.. lol :D
0

tighnari

ahhh challengers I can win against!
0

Solsticesprite

Are these challengers now permanent or will they vanish on 30 May?
1

Klassikal

Omg totally digging the two new NPCs, Kuwabara is gorgeous!
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Tserel

Yooooooooo. YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Diverse female designs I'm????????? Thank you ;;;;;-;;;;;
7

mallory

holy crap that was bigger than i thought it would be
apologies
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mallory

Kuwabara, eh?

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Lantern

OOOO what is this?
Although I am confused at the sudden turn to japanese names for the sacred lands folk lmao
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delsomebody

CONTINUE THE ANIME PURGE. These ladies are cute and I would hang out with them.
14

Loop

A Kuwabara but no Urameshi?

NPCs look great. Gotta go feed my pet.
12

CassieFenix

Woo-hoo! I KNEW I was getting Raiden AND Snow ready for something! :D
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Damon

-looks at the challengers- EEEEK I remember these guys... I still love the art for them... ;-;
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cartel

@flamboyantCuttlefish we've had battle guides for ages. :P
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far

YAS
YAS
FUCK YAS
BATTLING
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Hellish-Blood

Wee new opponents!! :D
Thank you!
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flamboyantCuttlefish

A comprehensive guide to battling that's actually ON the site it's relevant to? Heeeeeck yes!
1

Damon

o.o OMG WHAT IS HAPPENING!?!?!?!
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