Gotta catch 'em all?

Do you try and complete the PokeDex as close to 100% when playing through each game, or do you just catch whichever critters you need for the time being?

I haven't played a Pokemon game in a long time but when I had Yellow, Gold and Silver I reached 100% of Pokemon captured.

I will aim to do the same now I'm starting Pokemon again but after nearly a 10 year hiatus it will be a bigger challenge.

Depends on the game and where I am at in it. R/B/Y, G/S/C, R/S/E, I usually don't even try. It's really FR/LG and the later generations that get some PokeDex lovin'.

On every game I've ever played, which is all of them, I spend as much time as required in every route in order to catch every Pokemon that resides there. I won't move on from a town/route until I have caught every single Pokemon. Like at the game corner I wouldn't move on until I'd got Abra & Dratini & any others (can't remember now). I like to have many Pokemon in order to build a good team right from the beginning, & of course for that 100% complete Dex. *nods*

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I've never completed a Pokédex in any of the games; probably never will...

I've only ever tried once (in White) and I'm still going.

I've never tried it until I finished Black, WIFI was a huge help and so was the PC community. I'm going to attempt to fill all pokedex's after Black from now on since it can be so easy at the trade corner. I don't have Black anymore, I traded it and whoever has it now must be cheering haha, so I'll have to collect them all over again in Black 2, well no biggie.

On a normal run, yeah. I run around and try to make sure I don't have to go back and catch more Pokemon. Afterwards, it's all trading and transferring from game to game, so filling the PokeDex hasn't been too bad.

I completed my regional dex on Emerald. The only thing that stops me from doing it is I'm too lazy to raise a few that reach there final evolution at a higher level. My Platinum I intend to complete my national dex on, just need some patience.

I only did it on Blue. I'm working on it on Emerald. I want to buy Soul Silver again and get them all. I think the collecting part of the games is the most fun. It also allows for more team customization.

I considered doing that in Sapphire when I was playing with my cousin, and we actually almost had it, I only had to catch Latias still and that was so much of a pain that I didn't go on with it haha. I do catch every Pokémon I encounter that I don't have yet, to prevent myself from having to catch up later on in case I ever want to complete my Pokédex anyway.

Nah. Nowadays, I just catch what I need. Terrible waste of box space.

I have never completed the Pokedex before in previous games but for White I've decided that I'm gonna complete it. WI-Fi and forums like PC and Bulbagarden make it much easier. I'm also working on completing it in FireRed and HeartGold as much as I can without cheating. Since I can't get any event Pokemon though it won't be fully completed. FireRed is gonna take a while cause I need to get a GBA SP and a GBA to trade between FR , Emerald and Sapphire.

I completed my pokedex on Gold. I had 250, but for me it felt like I didn't have them all because I didn't have Celebi, lol. I remember Hitmontop and Umbreon being the last ones I needed..

Well, usually I just catch whatever Pokémon I want on my official team, no more. If I do catch something in between, it's going to be either shiny or a hell of a lot better than one of the Pokés I have and of the same type. Then, after I've beaten the Pokémon League and done whatever else is necessary (in some cases, beating them again), then I fly back to Pallet or Twinleaf or Littleroot or whatever it is, and catch every Pokémon from beginning to end.

I usually just catch Pokemon I need, I think the biggest pokedex I had was blue at mid 70s