3rd Gen Sootopolis City

I was reliving the nostalgia of Sapphire the other day, and I remembered when I first played how difficult it was for me to find this darn city! Steven told me to meet him there and I was like "Sure! OK!" And I went around that island about seven times before it occurred to me that I should check underwater. :embarrass

Did anyone else experience this "duh!" moment, or is it just me?

I had a guide, so I didn't quite experience that one. :P

Even trying to find it after figuring out it was underwater was a pain! xO As an eight-year old, it was extremely confusing..

alehizzle said:

I had a guide, so I didn't quite experience that one. :P

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I honestly don't know how I would have survived any Pokemon game without a guide, so stuff like this never really happened to me! That being said, I did think it was kinda cool to have the entrance to a major island city be underwater, but I'm always a big fan of water in Pokemon games anyway.

Mr Cat Dog said:

I honestly don't know how I would have survived any Pokemon game without a guide, so stuff like this never really happened to me! That being said, I did think it was kinda cool to have the entrance to a major island city be underwater, but I'm always a big fan of water in Pokemon games anyway.

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I got along fairly well without a guide in every other game I played before R/S/E. I feel like the NPCs give enough hints that you can figure out what to do on your own. I surfed around that crater for AGES and even with all of the dark patches of water it honestly never occurred to me that the city entrance was underwater.

I never had that problem because whenever I get a new game, I tend to over explore it and go everywhere I can, so like Syd, I had already found it. And then all the times after, I already knew where it was then.

Well that was the only Gen I used a guide, but even if I didn't it seemed fairly easy to find once you start Surfing south of Mossdeep. Then head west and there is a circular deep portion. And I kind of new this was an area to get Clampearl anyways so I just dove and found the entrance at the south portion of the Dive area on 126.

I usually cheat or ask a friend...lol

I don't remember having too much trouble finding Sootopolis the first time, but whenever I replay any of RSE, I always get lost whenever I encounter that string of sea routes. Even if it is fairly obvious which area to Dive in to get to the city...

I was actually looking for Seafloor Cavern when I just got Dive, but I ended up finding Sootopolis City instead... that's actually one of my least favorite cities just because it's too difficult to find and the inside is really confusing too. Imagine if you lived there. You would have to have a flying or water type Pokemon just to visit somewhere else... kinda like Hawaii.

I can't remember exactly why I was using Dive, but I know I found Sootopolis by accident like a few others did. I didn't have a guide, so I was lucky that I didn't have to spend too much time looking for it.

When I played RSE for the first time, I had yet to discover the internet. So it took a while for me to find a way to get into Sootopolis. I wandered around aimlessly and ran around for a few days before I asked a friend of mine, and he just told me to dive. And the rest is history.

First time playing Ruby I was surfing around like a jackass looking for Sootopolis City It was like if a tour submarine was heading there the tour guide would say " and here's a jackass who can't get to Sootopolis" cause I was there so long.

I can't remember if there was a character that hinted it was underwater or if it was sheer luck that I eventually found it but I remember it took a while :D I'm pretty sure I kept looking at the map going "But I'm ON it!!! It should be here!!" lol :D