Sweet! How many hours have you sunk into Guardian Signs now?
I remember one Swellow in particular always came with me at the beginning of Shadows of Almia, I just would not let that thing go, and whenever I had to release it my immediate first priority would be "Go pick it back up"
Probably a few hours total, much less than Shadows of Almia (most of my SoA time was built up on my laptop though, because before modding my DSi I had the choice between a barely working touchscreen (DS Lite) or arm pain (Laptop with mouse). I chose arm pain so I could progress while waiting for Friday when I could quickly grab my DSi)
In Shadows of Almia I don't really have a perma yet, but Beedrill is my unofficial perma for now because those jerks keep attacking me in Vien Forest and I just keep them to keep them out of my way
(Kricketot is probably my main partner for now because his assist is really good, I have a lot of skill with quick swipes from Mario Party DS and Littlest Pet Shop minigames so the bug assist is a machine gun I can spam against annoying fights)
I think I'll actually play some Pokemon Conquest now
I have a capture the flag game to cheese with rufflet while my team just sits on the flags
(I'm not even joking my team is just a slightly more powerful version of the one on my laptop; Shinx there is Luxio on my ds, everyone else is the same but stronger)
Edit: Might show a pic after this is done but
Cheese successful
Pansage is in the front of the line
Gurdurr is dead
and the remaining enemies can't go anywhere because of my Rufflet
CHEEEEEEEESE