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Jun. 30th, 2007 06:34 amMom came home last night, at around 6 or 7 pm, but Marie still had to go to her job.
Jun. 30th, 2007
A (very) brief history of Pokemon Red
Jun. 30th, 2007 09:34 amOkay, first off, I'm not going to keep track of where Caterpie, Weedle, Magikarp, Abra, or Beldum evolve when I write histories of the Pokemon games I've played. Those five Pokemon need to evolve anyway in order to learn any natural moves. For other Pokemon, I decide when they evolve by rolling dice each time they level up and hoping I get two 5s in a row. (6, 7, and 8 don't count; if I roll a 5 and a 6, I just roll one die one more time and see what comes up.) If said Pokemon has learned all their worthwhile natural moves, then they will evolve immediately anyway.
Anyway, on with the show:
Game: Red
Player: Ash
Unfortunately, I don't remember where or when Bulbasaur, Pidgey, Rattata, female Nidoran, or Diglett evolved. I only know that they did evolve after having checked my Pokedex. I wish I kept better track of such events, but I do remember certain milestones and milestone notes for the following ones:
Bulbasaur: Like I said, I don't remember where this one evolved into Ivysaur, he does get credit for participating in the Elite Four battles.
Beedrill: Learned TM 03 (Swords Dance), which replaced Focus Energy without hesitation. He was right there when I found the TM in the Silph Company, and any move that raises Attack power overrides Focus Energy any day.
Jigglypuff: Was chosen to evolve (in her case, evolves with a Moon Stone) in Fuschia City, when I only needed a few more Pokemon to obtain the Exp All.
Zubat: Chosen to evolve by fighting wild Pokemon on Route 18, when I only needed a few more Pokemon to obtain the Exp All.
Oddish: Learned TM 20 (Rage) when I picked it up on Route 15. (Gee, why didn't I sell this instead of teaching it to a Pokemon? It's a pathetic move, and even Tackle is better.)
Eevee: Evolved into Flareon with a Fire Stone when I only needed a few more Pokemon to obtain the Exp All. Under any circumstances, there is no excuse not to evolve an Eevee (unless you're hoping he becomes Espeon or Umbreon, neither of which are in this game).
Gastly: Participated in the Elite Four battles, and evolved into Haunter right after learning Night Shade, which was also right before I battled Gary.
Moltres: Was supposed to learn some TM after being captured, but it was too late into the game for that to even matter.
As for whoever else learned some TM or HM, I never kept good track of it, and it would be a pain in the ass to go through every single Pokemon in Bill's PC.
(Stay tuned for Pokemon Crystal, whenever I get around to it...possibly today.)
Anyway, on with the show:
Game: Red
Player: Ash
Unfortunately, I don't remember where or when Bulbasaur, Pidgey, Rattata, female Nidoran, or Diglett evolved. I only know that they did evolve after having checked my Pokedex. I wish I kept better track of such events, but I do remember certain milestones and milestone notes for the following ones:
Bulbasaur: Like I said, I don't remember where this one evolved into Ivysaur, he does get credit for participating in the Elite Four battles.
Beedrill: Learned TM 03 (Swords Dance), which replaced Focus Energy without hesitation. He was right there when I found the TM in the Silph Company, and any move that raises Attack power overrides Focus Energy any day.
Jigglypuff: Was chosen to evolve (in her case, evolves with a Moon Stone) in Fuschia City, when I only needed a few more Pokemon to obtain the Exp All.
Zubat: Chosen to evolve by fighting wild Pokemon on Route 18, when I only needed a few more Pokemon to obtain the Exp All.
Oddish: Learned TM 20 (Rage) when I picked it up on Route 15. (Gee, why didn't I sell this instead of teaching it to a Pokemon? It's a pathetic move, and even Tackle is better.)
Eevee: Evolved into Flareon with a Fire Stone when I only needed a few more Pokemon to obtain the Exp All. Under any circumstances, there is no excuse not to evolve an Eevee (unless you're hoping he becomes Espeon or Umbreon, neither of which are in this game).
Gastly: Participated in the Elite Four battles, and evolved into Haunter right after learning Night Shade, which was also right before I battled Gary.
Moltres: Was supposed to learn some TM after being captured, but it was too late into the game for that to even matter.
As for whoever else learned some TM or HM, I never kept good track of it, and it would be a pain in the ass to go through every single Pokemon in Bill's PC.
(Stay tuned for Pokemon Crystal, whenever I get around to it...possibly today.)
History of Pokemon Crystal
Jun. 30th, 2007 12:16 pmGame: Crystal
Player: Kasumi
Wooper:
-Was taught TM 31 (Mud-Slap, previously obtained from Falkner) while I visited Azalea Town.
-Both Wooper and Slowpoke learned HM Surf after I obtained it at the Ecruteak Dance Theater.
-After I defeated the Elite Four in Johto, Wooper got lucky to be taught Ice Beam by the Move Tutor in Goldenrod, but not before having Surf deleted from its move list. (Ice and Earth moves make a better combination than Water and Earth moves; besides, Slowpoke also knew Surf anyway).
Geodude: Learned TM 37 (Sandstorm), which I bought at the Celadon Dept. Store.
Slowpoke: Learned HM Surf after I got it in Ecruteak City. Much later in the game, he was supposed to evolve after leveling up once on Route 39, but remained as Slowpoke anyway since he only had one more technique to learn.
Spearow: Evolved into Fearow the first opportunity it got, somewhere along Routes 13-15.
Sentret: Evolved into Furrett in the same place.
Psyduck: Hatched from an egg along the same routes, and was taught HM Cut.
Staryu: Evolved as soon as I was given a Water Stone by Fisherman Tully. Was taught Flash in order to navigate the Dark Cave. Also participated in the battle against Ash (was taught HM Waterfall prior).
Delibird: Doesn't learn any natural moves, aside from already knowing Present. Therefore, I automatically taught him HM Fly. After defeating Lance in Johto, I also spent an entire weekend at the Goldenrod Casino so I could get the Move Tutor to teach it Ice Beam as well. (Man, that took the entire weekend which I had off from my job at the time, but hey...I'm glad I don't even work at McDonald's anymore.)
Ursaring: Captured in the Dark Cave with an Ultra Ball. I only had a few hours at the time before I had to go to my job, and I couldn't risk letting him run away.
Chinchou and Suicune: Both learned HM Whirlpool when I received it.
Shellder: Evolved into Cloyster as soon as I got the chance. Bill's grandfather wanted to see a Staryu in exchange for a Water Stone, but unfortunately, Starmie didn't count. I fished for a Staryu at Route 34, and it came with a Stardust, which sells for 1 grand. (Man, I'm lucky!) Before evolving Shellder, though, I took the opportunity first to explore the Water Room at the Ruins of Alph.
Clefairy: Can't remember when I evolved her into Clefable, but it might've been right after I captured her. Also, how on earth did it learn Fire Blast, Thunderbolt, and Ice Beam? It's already hard enough to roll two consecutive 5's, and it would take forever for me to earn enough coins to learn all three moves from the Move Tutor.
Raikou:
-Captured on Route 34 with the Master Ball.
-Was automatically taught TM 07 (Zap Cannon) when I began to hunt Entei. (This Pokemon was chosen because he was still at exactly Level 40 and also had Quick Attack.) I was hoping that Entei would have less of a chance of fleeing if paralyzed, but I was wrong. Oh well, at least this move would serve me better than Thundershock when I got around to battling Ash.
-Was later on taught HM Cut to override Quick Attack, in order to fetch a Rare Candy behind a bush before venturing into Mt. Silver.
-Finally, this Pokemon deserves credit for participating in the final showdown, along with previously helping me capture both Ho-oh and Lugia.
Ho-oh:Automatically learned HM Fly after being captured. This move replaced Gust; other moves are a long way off, and as predicted, this Pokemon (along with Lugia and Raikou) never levelled up even once. Also deserves credit for participating in the final battle.
Player: Kasumi
Wooper:
-Was taught TM 31 (Mud-Slap, previously obtained from Falkner) while I visited Azalea Town.
-Both Wooper and Slowpoke learned HM Surf after I obtained it at the Ecruteak Dance Theater.
-After I defeated the Elite Four in Johto, Wooper got lucky to be taught Ice Beam by the Move Tutor in Goldenrod, but not before having Surf deleted from its move list. (Ice and Earth moves make a better combination than Water and Earth moves; besides, Slowpoke also knew Surf anyway).
Geodude: Learned TM 37 (Sandstorm), which I bought at the Celadon Dept. Store.
Slowpoke: Learned HM Surf after I got it in Ecruteak City. Much later in the game, he was supposed to evolve after leveling up once on Route 39, but remained as Slowpoke anyway since he only had one more technique to learn.
Spearow: Evolved into Fearow the first opportunity it got, somewhere along Routes 13-15.
Sentret: Evolved into Furrett in the same place.
Psyduck: Hatched from an egg along the same routes, and was taught HM Cut.
Staryu: Evolved as soon as I was given a Water Stone by Fisherman Tully. Was taught Flash in order to navigate the Dark Cave. Also participated in the battle against Ash (was taught HM Waterfall prior).
Delibird: Doesn't learn any natural moves, aside from already knowing Present. Therefore, I automatically taught him HM Fly. After defeating Lance in Johto, I also spent an entire weekend at the Goldenrod Casino so I could get the Move Tutor to teach it Ice Beam as well. (Man, that took the entire weekend which I had off from my job at the time, but hey...I'm glad I don't even work at McDonald's anymore.)
Ursaring: Captured in the Dark Cave with an Ultra Ball. I only had a few hours at the time before I had to go to my job, and I couldn't risk letting him run away.
Chinchou and Suicune: Both learned HM Whirlpool when I received it.
Shellder: Evolved into Cloyster as soon as I got the chance. Bill's grandfather wanted to see a Staryu in exchange for a Water Stone, but unfortunately, Starmie didn't count. I fished for a Staryu at Route 34, and it came with a Stardust, which sells for 1 grand. (Man, I'm lucky!) Before evolving Shellder, though, I took the opportunity first to explore the Water Room at the Ruins of Alph.
Clefairy: Can't remember when I evolved her into Clefable, but it might've been right after I captured her. Also, how on earth did it learn Fire Blast, Thunderbolt, and Ice Beam? It's already hard enough to roll two consecutive 5's, and it would take forever for me to earn enough coins to learn all three moves from the Move Tutor.
Raikou:
-Captured on Route 34 with the Master Ball.
-Was automatically taught TM 07 (Zap Cannon) when I began to hunt Entei. (This Pokemon was chosen because he was still at exactly Level 40 and also had Quick Attack.) I was hoping that Entei would have less of a chance of fleeing if paralyzed, but I was wrong. Oh well, at least this move would serve me better than Thundershock when I got around to battling Ash.
-Was later on taught HM Cut to override Quick Attack, in order to fetch a Rare Candy behind a bush before venturing into Mt. Silver.
-Finally, this Pokemon deserves credit for participating in the final showdown, along with previously helping me capture both Ho-oh and Lugia.
Ho-oh:Automatically learned HM Fly after being captured. This move replaced Gust; other moves are a long way off, and as predicted, this Pokemon (along with Lugia and Raikou) never levelled up even once. Also deserves credit for participating in the final battle.