Okay, so this morning I decided to play my HeartGold version, and mind you, I don't want to restart that, because of all the memories I have on it.

However, I also have SoulSilver lying around. I haven't touched my SoulSilver at all in the four years that I've owned the game, and now I just want something to do with the game since I'm bored at this point in time. :D

Since I've never done any challenges at all in the past, I am a complete beginner to anything when it...

This is probably one of the last few HG/SS blogs I'll do (the last ones regarding facing the new E4/Red), so...

As the title states, this blog is solely dedicated to my battles with the Kanto gym leaders in SS, Green excluded.

VS BROCK

Petal Dance!Meganium loves OHKOs. And I got lucky, too. After she got confused from taking down Brock's second Pokemon, she managed to hit the third and lose the confusion afterwards.

VS MISTY

Again, Petal Dance!Meganium...

So this is my second playthrough of SoulSilver. I'm doing a variation on the old 'monotype' challenge - a Rain Dance team. Course, there's no Rain Dancing going on yet, as I don't have the necessary HMs to get to the TM, so for now, team is:

MARSHTOMP/Level 16

WARTORTLE/Level 16

FLAAFFY/Level 16

TOTODILE/Level 15

Egg/Level why tf do i have to carry this piece of crap around

So yeah, been doing some trading. But both of...

So I got to the Elite 4 . . .

Healed, saved outside the door and charged in. No prep, no item-buying, no intent to win. The entire point was to see how far I could get on guts and momentum alone, and then come back out to train, shop and prepare.

So, I did that. I'm now sitting twiddling my pixellated thumbs in the Indigo Plateau PokeCenter, but I have a choice to make. Do I (a) soft reset or (b) save? (a) involves keeping all the handy items I used up in the E4, but my...

So I decided it would be more economical to hunt Entei and Raikou at the same time. Thankfully, burn has no effect on the constantly-fleeing Raikou, so all good. Eventually, I managed to get them both into the red, and sleep Entei.

It still ran away.

wtf.

I'm confused. Aaaanyway . . . team update!

Fizz the level 37 Gengar

Kiyo the level 36 Gabite

TYPHLOSION the level 36 Typhlosion

Hayate the level 39 Lapras...