3rd Gen Frustrating Things in FR/LG

[zephern]

I just rembered how anoying the FR/LG Elite 4 was.

I decided to replay Fire Red because I had nothing else to do until I got my new laptop, and I finaly got to the E4 and past it yesterday night.
It was seriously frustrating... Well, mainly Loreli and the Champion.
My team consisted of a Pikachu, Charizard, Vaporeon, Pidgeot, Nidoking and a Primeape.
They were all between the levels 54-41, and I spent an hour getting past Loreli...
Not to mention draining the Rival's Starter Pokemon of Hydro Pump and his Alakazham.

I forgot how difficult it was getting past that Lapras. Really annoying.

So, here's my question:
What things really frustrated you in FR/LG and why?

 

[Live Update King]

Has to be Professors Oaks Intro :)

 

[Marin52]

Yeah, the E4 is really difficult. Well, I had both FR and LG, so I had all 3 starters xD. But anyways, it was waaay too difficult for my, well, underleveled pokemon. I never had a wish to train. My pokemon were all at lvl 55 max. And that is only for the 3 starters. Others were weak like lvl 25 executor and eevee and lvl 9 pidgey.

 

[Elite Overlord LeSabre™]

Rock Tunnel. It's not that the Pokemon there are tough, it's that there's so many of them (even if you use Repel, there's still a load of trainers) and that drains your PP of moves in a hurry. I had to leave to head back to the Pokemon Center at least twice because I ran out of my best moves.

Also the shoving boulders puzzle in Victory Road. That's been a pain and a half since the RBY days.

 

[hectord25]

The battles were more slowest,in ru/sa the battles are more fastest than FR/LG.
The same thing happen in diamond/pearl,and platinum battles are more fastest than diamond/pealr

 

[Ayselipera]

Rock Tunnel. It's not that the Pokemon there are tough, it's that there's so many of them (even if you use Repel, there's still a load of trainers) and that drains your PP of moves in a hurry. I had to leave to head back to the Pokemon Center at least twice because I ran out of my best moves.

Also the shoving boulders puzzle in Victory Road. That's been a pain and a half since the RBY days.

Stole the words from my mouth. :o

Rock tunnel is the hardest most annoying cave a pokemon game has ever made me walk through. Its way to early in the game. I only have 2 or 3 of my main pokemon by that point.

 

[BHwolfgang]

I still think that the Pokemon League was the hardest part of FireRed/LeafGreen. Well, the rematches are. I mean, did each Elite 4 member gave steroid to their Pokemons since the last time I've battled them?!

Besides that, I thought catching Mewtwo was hard, especially when I chose not to use my Master Ball.

 

[GlitchCity]

the thing that bugged me most is that a trainer can see you all the way from the other side of the screen.

 

[Ruinido09]

Drakkhen SNES If you have ever played it, then you should know there is no need to ask why its so frustrating.

 

[Amore]

uhhhh.....well....


Rock Tunnel.too confusing.hate caves,at least Sinnoh's simple


Victory Road.too complicated. Although, Hoenn's is the worst.

Mt Ember +Rock Smash and Waterfall.Do we need the flippin things?really?5 Hms is brilliant

 

[TheAppleFreak]

The E4... On all of my playthroughs I've never been able to beat it (I lose will over time). I actually got the farthest in it during a joke runthrough; I overtrained a Charizard to epic proportions (say, Lv. 70) while keeping everything underleveled at Lv. 30 (more or less); somehow I got up to the Champion, but died to his Blastoise. I was mildly surprised and not-so-mildly annoyed.

 

[Poke_a_Dialga!]

The most fustrating thing in my firered (in real cartridge) I used a masterball for LAVITAR. I dunno why but I used it.
The rematch of the league was easy though (since I got 5 Lv100s in my party :P)

 

[Kikaito plush]

Most annoying thing?

They took away MissingNo, No more dupating master balls...

 

[yaminokaitou]

The different font colors drove me insane. Also, "GEODUDE used ROCK THROW!", and having to walk inside of the buildings. But those are in every game, so I guess that doesn't count.

 

[Klofkac]

"GEODUDE used ROCK THROW!"

What frustrates you in this? It's normal battle moves are in capitals prior to 3D generation.

 

[chaos11011]

Once before I forgot to get the moon Stone in Mount. Moon :( (I had a Nidorino for quite a long time)

 

[ThwackX]

Rock tunnel is a nightmare.

 

[Maelstromk]

idk
I remember the originals being alot harder..and I did kinda beat the Elite 4 in one go (all pokemon lv 48-49)
maybe it's just me..but I found the Sevii Islands to be alot more frusterating just because of the multitude of things to do in such a small area...

the thing that bugged me most is that a trainer can see you all the way from the other side of the screen.

YES!!!!! I mean the whole proportioning the game so it fit on the screen just bugged me..everything seemed very...very..small

 

[Ninja Caterpie]

The E4... On all of my playthroughs I've never been able to beat it (I lose will over time). I actually got the farthest in it during a joke runthrough; I overtrained a Charizard to epic proportions (say, Lv. 70) while keeping everything underleveled at Lv. 30 (more or less); somehow I got up to the Champion, but died to his Blastoise. I was mildly surprised and not-so-mildly annoyed.

Don't train six Pokemon. Stick to two/three and you will be fine.

I beat the E4 with a level 54 Charizard, a level 53 Raichu and a level 53 Hitmonlee. No grinding necessary.

 

[Game Over1375]

I thought the Elite Four was gonna drive me insane, and I'm talking about the second time you fight them! I remember the first time I made all the way to the Champion, only to be pwned by Tyranitar.