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First off i should say this is a fluff suggestion, not much point to it other than because it would add extra atmosphere and allow for more immersion into the pokeheroes world.

Professor Rowen and Daycare Owner are official NPCs, they have a user account and pokemon. Why does Professor Rowen need an official account if not to add an extra bit of meat to the pokehero world, so let's take this farther and add more NPC characters here, and give them more personality here.

my suggestion is to make automated messages set to be sent whenever a milestone is achieved like hatching your first starter, or taking a legendary egg from the lab, these messages would be specifically from Professor Rowen and other messages could be made in the event other NPCs are made. for example Bill could send automated messages to players when they buy or upgrade their boxes, the daycare man could send automated messages to replace the notification for the daycare eggs or to remind players when their daycare funds are low and etc.

these messages would give players the feeling that the world is more populated than with just other users, it would give the NPCs substance.

examples of messeges:
Professor Rowen #1 - "It's remarkable, the egg you adopted seems to be radiating much greater heat than usual, come back to me when it hatches so i can study it more." (acquire a Moltres egg from Lab)

Professor Rowen #2 - "Is it just me or did that egg seem a bit shocking? i swear i'll need to adjust the lab's electrical grid later, come back when it hatches so i can study it more." (acquire Zapdos egg from Lab)

Professor Rowen #3 - "Brrrr, did someone touch my thermostat? this egg seems to be causing a temperature shift, come back when it hatches so i can study it more." (acquire Articuno egg from Lab)

Professor Rowen #4 - "Hmm i can't get an accurate reading on this egg, it seems to mimic the vital signs of the other eggs in my lab, come back when it hatches so i can study it more." (acquire Ditto egg from Lab)

Bill #1 - "Thanks for buying a Pokemon Storage Box, this should help advance my research, feel free to come by anytime to check on your pokemon."

Bill #2 - "I see you upgraded your Storage Box, if you need anything else feel free to come on by."

Daycare Owner #1 - "You might want to come by soon, the pokemon you left with me had (x) eggs, if you don't want them i'll release them to the wild."

Daycare Owner #2 - "Sorry to bother you, just a reminder your credits are low, if youd like me to continue watching after your pokemon youll need to come by and deposit some more."

These are just a few of the possible messages NPCs could send to players, there is an endless amount of possible messages these NPCs could send for any situation, there could even be a contest to create messages for the NPCs to send and the circumstances to send them.

as to how these messages would be sent to players, there are three ways, and they could be changed in the miscellaneous settings, first off you'd have to buy a key item from the mall, this would be the cell phone from earlier pokemon games where you could register numbers from different people and call them or receive calls from them occasionally, then after buying the cell phone item youd have to go to each NPC where they work, Professor Rowen's Lab, Bill's house, the Daycare etc. to register the NPCs to your cell phone. once you've done this you can now set them in your settings to receive messages via PM, palpad, or notifications. these could be set separately for each NPC, so for example you could receive PMs from professor rowen while receiving notifications from the daycare owner and palpad messages from bill, or you could set them all to receive palpad messages and etc. The default would be PMs because some people might have their palpads set to friends only, and they also might be thrown off receiving notifications from an unknown source.

and in conclusion adding messages from the NPCs would be a nice addition and it would add something special to the world of pokeheroes.

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Honestly I dont think its necessary for the daycare considering we already get messages, but the rowan milestones are pretty cute and i wouldnt mind the bill ones

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Support c:

Could imagine the lady at the mall texting you: "Hey I finished cutting your furfrous hair, come pick them up soon."

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What a well explained suggestion.... What a nice idea! Waiting for it to be implemented.

Full Support

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Bump!

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this is a side bump as this pertains to another suggestion i recently bumped and the last bump is over a year old.

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