Mono-Color Challenge

[jdthebud]

Welcome to the Monocolor Challenge! Here you will attempt to beat a game using Pokemon of the same color.

I am not the first one to come up with this. Also, I did use some of Spades Slick's formatting, so credit for that goes to her.

Rules

1. You may only use Pokemon of a certain color, according to the Pokedex. No legendaries may be used, however.

1. Shinys are perfectly fine, as long as either their original form or their shiny form are of the said color.
2. You can use a previous form of a Pokemon even if it doesn't fit the color criteria as long as its evolution does, AND you evolve it as soon as possible.
3. Legendaries ARE ALLOWED! However, there are conditions:
   • You can only use legendaries that have a BST of under 600.
   • You can only have one on your team.
   • You cannot use it until you have 7 badges.
   • Of course, the color has to match, and it can only be the Pokedex color, even if it's shiny.
   The list of obtainable legendaries:
   • Kanto: Legendary Birds
   • Johto: Legendary Beasts
   • Hoenn: Legendary Golems
   • Sinnoh: Lake Guardians
   • Unova: Legendary Musketeers, as well as Thundurus or Tornadus.

2. The challenge is complete when you defeat the Elite Four for the first time, EXCEPT:

• In Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, and SoulSilver, where you must defeat Red on Mount Silver.
• In Black and White, where you must defeat Alder.

3. Hacking/trading is allowed ONLY IF:

1. You cannot legally get your first pokemon before the second gym. You may then hack or trade in ONE egg/low level Pokemon.
2. An evolution requires it.
   • If you are playing on GSC, you may hack in a single Leaf, Water, and/or Fire stone once you have reached Ecruteak City. Only one of each if you need different ones.
   • HG/SS does not apply for this rule, as you can more easily get stones either by Pokegear or the Pokeathlon.

Also, you may only hack/trade in Pokemon that occur naturally in the game you are playing.

4. You must have a minimum of three viable team members, UNLESS:

1. You are playing Generation I (or its remakes), in which case a minimum of two is fine.
2. You cannot legally obtain that amount in the game you are playing.
3. For those playing on GSC/HGSS, if you cannot get three team members before going to Kanto, two can be used.

Going with more than three is encouraged, however, as is keeping your team somewhat balanced level-wise.

5. ULTIMATE Challenges (all regions done with one color) are of course accepted. There is no need to go in order.

• Although main series games are highly encouraged, hacks that are in the same region AND follow the same story will count towards an Ultimate Challenge:
  • Examples include hacks such as FireRed Omega, Shiny Gold, Expert Emerald, Storm Silver, and Blaze Black.
    
• However, you can ONLY use Pokemon that appear in the regional Pokedex, even if you are playing a 386/493/649 hack.
  • This will help keep the spirit of the challenge in place, especially when compared to people who play the main series games.

6. If you can post a screenshot of either the Hall of Fame or the final battle in your game, that is highly encouraged, especially if you are using an emulator. It is not required, though.

7. Above all, HAVE FUN! That's why we are here.

The Color List

The link with the color list can be found here.

How to Sign Up

Sign-up format:

Username:
Color:
Game:
Ultimate:

Here's my sign-up:

Username: Jdthebud
Color: White
Game(s): Blue, Crystal, Ruby, Platinum, White
Ultimate: Yes

Userbars

Here are some userbars for you to use in your sig, if you so desire:

Spoiler:

Champions

I will only be posting Champions, as it makes it a lot easier to keep track.
Once you finish a challenge, I will post your name followed by the game underneath the corresponding color.

Spoiler:

Red:
Myrrhman (Red, Crystal); Ramsie (Red); InfernoRogue (Crystal); Huggermugger (FireRed, SoulSilver, Emerald, Platinum); munchhack (Red, Crystal, Ruby); Buzz Buzz (FireRed); LMFAO. Word up. (FireRed); LilJz1234 (FireRed); kirax7 (FireRed)
Blue:
Myrrhman (Blue, Silver); -ty- (Blue, Silver); Tman109ner (Red, Silver, Sapphire); Sydian (Ruby); atie (Yet Another FireRed Hack); LMFAO. Word up. (FireRed, Gold, Emerald); LilJz1234 (FireRed); Chevitile (Blue, SoulSilver, Emerald)
Green:
InfernoRogue (LeafGreen, Gold, Emerald, Platinum, White); Myrrhman (Blue, Gold, Emerald); SmashMaster24 (Red, Gold, Sapphire, Platinum); Chevitile (LeafGreen, HeartGold, Emerald, Pearl, White 2); LilJz1234 (FireRed); WeightyWillBill (Red); jdthebud (FireRed, HeartGold, Emerald, Platinum, White 2)
Yellow:
Myrrhman (Blue); Glow Worm's Not Glowing (Blue); viccuh (LeafGreen, Silver, Sapphire); Chevitile (LeafGreen, Silver, Sapphire, Platinum, Black); Tman109ner (Blue); TrollShammy80 (Blue); Dr. Slavic (Red); BlueShellBeast (Blue, Silver); jdthebud (LeafGreen)
Purple:
InfernoRogue (FireRed, Crystal, Sapphire); punkrocker419 (Blue); Myrrhman (Red, Silver); vaporeon7 (Red); Punnagg (Silver); Huggermugger (FireRed, Emerald)
Pink:
Myrrhman (Blue); Chevitile (Blue, Gold, Emerald, Platinum, White); jdthebud (LeafGreen, Hard Gold, Emerald, Platinum, White)
Brown:
Myrrhman (Blue, Gold, Ruby, Platinum); Huggermugger (FireRed, SoulSilver, Ruby, Platinum, Black); jdthebud (FireRed, SoulSilver, Ruby, Platinum, Black 2); KoboraX (Pearl); Aryan143 (Yellow, Crystal, Ruby); Chevitile (LeafGreen, Silver, Ruby, Diamond, Black 2)
Black:
Chevitile (FireRed, Crystal, Ruby, Diamond, Black); Myrrhman (Blue); jdthebud (FireRed, HeartGold, Emerald, Platinum, White 2)
Gray:
Itz Spadezz (Red); Myrrhman (Blue); jdthebud (Yellow, Crystal, Sapphire, Pearl, White); wikso (Crystal, Emerald); Chevitile (FireRed, Crystal, Sapphire, Pearl, White 2)
White:
jdthebud (Blue, Crystal, Ruby, Platinum, White); Myrrhman (Blue); Chevitile (Red, Gold, Ruby, Platinum, White)

And here are your Ultimate Champions!

Spoiler:

jdthebud - White, Gray, Brown, Pink, Black, Green
InfernoRogue - Green
Chevitile - Black, Pink, Yellow, White, Green, Gray, Brown
Huggermugger - Brown

[myrrhman]

Hokay, let me get this thread started.

I've done the following colors already:
Red & Blue: Red, Blue, Pink
GSC:
RSE: Brown
DPPt: Brown

I think these are the only ones that I've completed so far.

Name: Myrrhman
Game: Blue
Color: Green
Ultimate: Eventually.

That's mine right now. I'm 3 badges in.

[jdthebud]

Originally Posted by myrrhman

Hokay, let me get this thread started.

I've done the following colors already:
Red & Blue: Red, Blue, Pink
GSC:
RSE: Brown
DPPt: Brown

I think these are the only ones that I've completed so far.

Nicely done. Do you remember what the actual games you did them on are?

As for me personally, I started White on Crystal yesterday, and am 3 badges in as well. I already did White on Blue.

Right now I have Carl the Butterfree and Ace the Togepi. I will add Seel and Smeargle later on.

Screens:

Spoiler:

Team White:

Carl the Butterfree, ♂ - L25
Confusion, Swift, Harden, Sleep Powder

Ace the Togepi, ♂ - L26 @ Quick Claw
Headbutt, Sweet Kiss, Mud-Slap, Metronome

[InfernoRogue]

Name: InfernoRogue
Game: FireRed -> Crystal -> Sapphire -> Diamond -> Black
Color: Purple
Ultimate: Of course.

I do also plan on doing an ultimate for every color, like you guys are doing. Also, assuming that the St. Patrick's Event from last year counts, then I've already pretty much completed my ultimate for the color green. I would just have to do D/P/Pt, because those games weren't permitted in the challenge, and I had played HeartGold in place of those games for that ultimate. Let me know if the event counts, because if it does, I'll do green on D/P/Pt and have one ultimate complete. c:

[myrrhman]

Originally Posted by jdthebud

Nicely done. Do you remember what the actual games you did them on are?

As for me personally, I started White on Crystal yesterday, and am 3 badges in as well. I already did White on Blue.

Right now I have Carl the Butterfree and Ace the Togepi. I will add Seel and Smeargle later on.

Screens:

Spoiler:

Team White:

Carl the Butterfree, ♂ - L25
Confusion, Swift, Harden, Sleep Powder

Ace the Togepi, ♂ - L26 @ Quick Claw
Headbutt, Sweet Kiss, Mud-Slap, Metronome

Lets see. Pink was definitely on Blue Version. Normal Monotype w/ Clefable and Wigglytuff. I'm 99% sure that the 3rd gen was Ruby. I remember it was a Trio/Unevolved/Brown challenge, and I used Geodude, Baltoy, and Zigzagoon. The 4th gen was a Staraptor and Bibarel duo mainly, I used Chimchar at the very beginning to help get them off their feet. It was also a duo/monotype/first route challenge (second city? I forget what it was called). I want to say that I did that one on Platinum, as most of my 4th gen challenges were done there.

Edit: Done with Green now!

[InfernoRogue]

Alrighty, just finished Purple on FireRed.

With this complete, I have completed these total:
Green (LeafGreen), Purple (FireRed), Green (Gold), Green (Emerald), Green (White) (I can link to screenshots/update posts and whatnot if you would like)

(Note: My other updates for FireRed were on the other thread, so this is picking up from where I left off.)

Screenshots:

Spoiler:

Final Team:

Alpha Male Lv. 55
Thrash, Earthquake, Megahorn, Brick Break


Cobra Lv. 55
Double-Edge, Glare, Acid, Bite


Nebula Lv. 57
Hypnosis, Shadow Ball, Dream Eater, Confuse Ray


Violet Lv. 56
Spikes, Surf, Ice Beam, Toxic

[jdthebud]

Originally Posted by InfernoRogue

Alrighty, just finished Purple on FireRed.

With this complete, I have completed these total:
Green (LeafGreen), Purple (FireRed), Green (Gold), Green (Emerald), Green (White) (I can link to screenshots/update posts and whatnot if you would like).

Unfortunately, since that event said that you finished after you beat the E4, Gold and White don't count, since you didn't beat Red or Alder. If you can find the save file and finish it, that will work, but if not, you're out of luck (which sucks for me too, since I did it on Gold, lol).

Although there was a lot of illegal hacking going on - *cough*Scyther in LeafGreen*cough* I'll let it go only for those who participated in the event.

So, for anyone else wanting to claim Green, link to your final update in the event thread, but only for these games: Green, LeafGreen, and Emerald.

By the way, Myrrhman, it looks like you can claim one, since it seems you did Emerald!

Inferno, no need for you to link to your posts.




...C'mon, let's get some more people in here...

[TheBritishNerd]

Username: TheBritishNerd
Color: Brown
Game: Red
Ultimate: Maybe later

[myrrhman]

Oh, silly me, I thought emerald was over after you beat Steven. Well then yeah, I also did Green Emerald.

Looks like we got no Yellow champs. Imma fix that now. Doing a Yellow run on Red Blue well poop. I wanted to duo Sandslash/Electabuzz, but that can't happen. I dunno what game I'm doing it on, I'll tell you when I find out.

Edit: Yellow is BS. Sandslash, Ninetails, Persian, and Electabuzz are all yellow. STOP BEING VERSION EXCLUSIVE!!!

Double Edit: Ok. I'm doing Blue. Just beat Brock after grinding Beedrill to 20. Definitely grabbing Sandslash, and I might switch Beedrill out with Exeggutor, but idk, Bee can learn Mega Drain and Twinneedle to Egg's Mega Drain and Psychic.

[InfernoRogue]

Originally Posted by jdthebud

Unfortunately, since that event said that you finished after you beat the E4, Gold and White don't count, since you didn't beat Red or Alder. If you can find the save file and finish it, that will work, but if not, you're out of luck (which sucks for me too, since I did it on Gold, lol).

Oh yeah, that's right! Luckily, I still have my Gold save file, so I'll be finishing that now. Thanks for clearing everything up. c:

[jdthebud]

Just so everyone knows, I added a rule saying that you must have at least three team members, unless you are playing Gen I or you can't get 3 before Kanto in GSC/HGSS, in which case the min is two, or you can't get that many legally. There should be enough decent options for all the colors to play with, especially in the later generations.

[InfernoRogue]

Okay, now green is done on Gold.


Final Team:


Meganium Lv. 65
Razor Leaf, Body Slam, PoisonPowder, Reflect


Tyranitar Lv. 65
Crunch, Rock Slide, Earthquake, Thrash


Xatu Lv. 65
Fly, Psychic, Night Shade, Confuse Ray

[myrrhman]

Originally Posted by jdthebud

Just so everyone knows, I added a rule saying that you must have at least three team members, unless you are playing Gen I or you can't get 3 before Kanto in GSC/HGSS, in which case the min is two, or you can't get that many legally. There should be enough decent options for all the colors to play with, especially in the later generations.

Good rule. Do you want us to use 3 Pokemon on RB if we can? If so, I'm going to go Beedrill/Hypno/Sandslash.

[jdthebud]

Originally Posted by myrrhman

Good rule. Do you want us to use 3 Pokemon on RB if we can? If so, I'm going to go Beedrill/Hypno/Sandslash.

Using 3 or more Pokemon on G/R/B/Y is encouraged, but not necessary.

[InfernoRogue]

Originally Posted by jdthebud

Using 3 or more Pokemon on G/R/B/Y is encouraged, but not necessary.

I'm assuming doing black on RBYG/FRLG would be an exception to the rule, since all you have is Snorlax, right? I might do black on RBY next, since I finished green on Gold. (Plus I still need to do Snorlax for my 151 solos, so it'd kill two birds with one stone)

[myrrhman]

Originally Posted by InfernoRogue

I'm assuming doing black on RBYG/FRLG would be an exception to the rule, since all you have is Snorlax, right? I might do black on RBY next, since I finished green on Gold. (Plus I still need to do Snorlax for my 151 solos, so it'd kill two birds with one stone)

Its awesome. Inferno, if you're doing Gym challenges or E4 too, Erika can be done with Green, Brock w/ Brown, Bruno w/ Gray, Surge w/ Yellow, Misty w/ Blue, Agatha w/ Purple, etc. But make sure you use the right teams.

[Fallentheangel]

Meh, I'm gonna do this.

Username: Fallentheangel
Color: Yellow
Game: White
Ultimate: No.

I'll get started now.

[jdthebud]

Update #2 on Crystal.

• After I got Surf and beat Morty, I picked up Vincent the Smeargle.
• Went to Mahagony and beat up Team Rocket for the Whirlpool HM.
• Caught Sailor the Seel in the Whirl Islands, and my team was complete after Ace and Sailor evolved.
• Beat the rest of the gyms and the Elite Four to become Champion of Johto. Sailor was the clear MVP of the E4.
• Sailing to Kanto now.

Screens:

Spoiler:

Elite Four:


Champion Lance:

Team White:

Vincent the Smeargle, ♂ - L44 @ Magnet
Body Slam, Sleep Powder, ViceGrip, Thunderbolt

Ace the Togetic, ♂ - L43 @ Pink Bow
Fly, Double-Edge, Shadow Ball, Metronome

Carl the Butterfree, ♂ - L43 @ Amulet Coin
Psybeam, Sleep Powder, Hidden Power (Water), Gust

Sailor the Dewgong, ♂ - L46 @ NeverMeltIce
Surf, Ice Beam, Rain Dance, Return

HM Slaves:
Totodile - Cut, Surf, Whirlpool
Psyduck - Dig, Flash, Strength, Waterfall

[SuperKirbyFan]

Originally Posted by InfernoRogue

I'm assuming doing black on RBYG/FRLG would be an exception to the rule, since all you have is Snorlax, right? I might do black on RBY next, since I finished green on Gold. (Plus I still need to do Snorlax for my 151 solos, so it'd kill two birds with one stone)

Wouldn't it make more sense to catch both Snorlax, plus hack one in at the start and just beat the game with your team of 3 Snorlax? I've seen multiple people that do Dragon monotypes in RBY that simply train a team of Dragonairs and beat it with that.

[jdthebud]

Originally Posted by SuperKirbyFan

Wouldn't it make more sense to catch both Snorlax, plus hack one in at the start and just beat the game with your team of 3 Snorlax? I've seen multiple people that do Dragon monotypes in RBY that simply train a team of Dragonairs and beat it with that.

You can do that if you want, but some people (like me) dislike using doubles or triples of the same species, especially if their movepool isn't the best. Dragonite has a huge movepool, even in Gen I, so it is palatable to do it (although I only used two...) in that instance.

[InfernoRogue]

Originally Posted by jdthebud

You can do that if you want, but some people (like me) dislike using doubles or triples of the same species, especially if their movepool isn't the best. Dragonite has a huge movepool, even in Gen I, so it is palatable to do it (although I only used two...) in that instance.

Like you, I'm not a fan of using multiples of the same species at once. If I must do it in order to abide by the rules of the challenge, then I will gladly do so, but if it's not needed, then I'll just solo with one Snorlax. Snorlax's movepool in Gen I isn't that shabby actually, so I suppose using two wouldn't be that bad.

[punkrocker419]

Username: punkrocker419
Color: Purple
Game: Blue
Ultimate: Eventually

[-ty-]

username: -ty-
color: Blue
Game: blue
ultimate: YES

[jdthebud]

I dunno if anyone noticed, but I made some userbars for anyone who wants those...

Final Update (#3) on Crystal.

• Beat all the gyms in Kanto pretty easily.
• Surge was funny because Ace Metronomed Transform, and ended up winning with Struggle, lol.
• The rest of the leaders were no trouble. Carl and Ace were the MVPs here.
• Then I got everyone to L60, and challenged Red.
• I probably should have grinded everyone a bit higher, but I ended up winning in the end. Carl and Sailor were the MVPs.

Screens:

Spoiler:

Kanto:





Pokemon Trainer Red:

Team White (Final):

Vincent the Smeargle, ♂ - L60 @ BlackBelt
Body Slam, Sleep Powder, Cross Chop, Thunderbolt
Final Stats: 174/63/75/65/95/133

Ace the Togetic, ♂ - L60 @ Charcoal -> Kanto co-MVP
Fly, Double-Edge, Shadow Ball, Fire Blast
Final Stats: 169/90/137/131/161/83

Carl the Butterfree, ♂ - L60 @ Miracle Seed -> Johto MVP, Kanto co-MVP, Red co-MVP
Psychic, Sleep Powder, Hidden Power (Water), Giga Drain
Final Stats: 174/97/101/135/135/119

Sailor the Dewgong, ♂ - L60 @ Leftovers -> Elite Four MVP, Red co-MVP
Surf, Ice Beam, Rain Dance, Return
Final Stats: 220/127/130/125/155/125

HM Slaves:
Totodile - Cut, Surf, Whirlpool
Psyduck - Dig, Flash, Strength, Waterfall

[punkrocker419]

Alright so i finished my purple run on Blue last night. Here's some screens.

Spoiler:

purple monocolor cloyster.PNG purple monocolor haunter.PNGpurple monocolor nidoking.PNG

Vaginaa, the Cloyster. Lv. 54 134/134/221/103/122
Casper, the Haunter. Lv. 66 163/109/88/168/181 MVP
Nido, the Nidoking. Lv. 67 231/168/155/161/132

Next time i will be adding more updates with screens. I would've added sprites but i could only attach 5 images and it would've looked weird with only 2 sprites.

New Challenge; Yellow on Silver version since no one has done Yellow or played through on Silver yet