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1st Gen

1st gen mechanics to drive you crazy

BH, May 21: Oh, thank you kind sir for explaining it to me

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1st Gen

Getting all three Kanto Starters

Luna, May 19: I actually loved getting them! I played through Yellow for the first time when it was released on the VC and was super excited to get my hands on the three starters. I think it's mainly cause it was something you never really see in Pokemon games,...

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Started by Palamon

1st Gen

You can catch Pokemon that are over level 100

_pheebs, May 1: Highest I have caught is a LV. 155 Squirtle. Though, how EXP is programmed it levelled down to 100 after one fight. (still evolved though)

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Started by Palamon

1st Gen

Glitch Pokemon

Palamon, Apr 28: Generation I had a lot of glitch Pokemon. Other gens had a few themselves, but none of them can be accessed through normal means without a cheating device, so I'm gonna just about Gen I's. Have you ever encountered a glitch Pokemon besides...

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Started by Palamon

1st Gen

Daisy Oak

The Roniverse, Apr 19: I always get the map from her in FRLG then never really think about her afterwards. And in HGSS by the time I get to her 99% of my mons already have max happiness so I don't really go to her at all. Maybe talk to her once when I first arrive in...

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Started by Palamon

1st Gen

Rumors You Fell For

DragonKing48, Apr 8: The Nintendo Power April Fool's? *Dragonite evolves into Yoshi*...

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Started by Palamon

1st Gen

"Bill's Garden"

DragonKing48, Apr 2: Possibly...basically were going to the original "Mythical " pokemon, except they'd be in game, take legitimately 2 or 3 real times to get to, and if you failed the catch, they're gone. No 2nd chance-ever.

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Started by Palamon

1st Gen

You had to save the game before switching boxes.

Inner Rhymes, Apr 1: I honestly hold a grudge against this mechanic. I was catching a whole bunch of Pokémon in the Safari zone when a Chansey appeared. And BOOM! box full!

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Started by Palamon

1st Gen

Weird Evolutions

KingsOftheSummit, Mar 24: I've never heard of this bug that's amazing

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Started by Palamon

1st Gen

PP usage after enemy faints?

Palamon, Mar 23: I think, in later generations, yeah, PP is consumed if a Pokemon uses a move, even after a Pokemon faints. It'll say "but there was no target" or "but it failed". Although, I'm not sure about generation I. It probably is that way in generation I...

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Started by ChickenMom

1st Gen

You Could Use the Game Boy Printer

ChickenMom, Mar 22: I wish I had done that! That sounds awesome! Were the print-outs also stickers? Or just paper?

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Started by Palamon

1st Gen

Bill

Palamon, Mar 22: Bill is the creator the Pokemon Storage System. When you first meet him, he will be trapped in the body of a Pokemon. Which Pokemon depends on which version of Kanto you're playing. In Gen III, he's a Clefairy, in Gen VII, he's inside a Nidorino....

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Started by Palamon

1st Gen

The Bike Cost 1 Million Pokedollars

Fritz, Mar 15: Seems pretty strange to give out free vouchers for products that are worth $1million. Would've been interesting to see what might have happened if you actually could carry that amount of money in the game. Maybe you could have gotten a second bike...

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Started by Palamon

1st Gen

The Master Ball

Inner Rhymes, Mar 13: Man, as a kid when I was playing through Blue version, the first thing I did was use the Master ball on Moltres in victory road. It was also the first legendary bird I ever caught!

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Started by Palamon

1st Gen

You can enter the safari zone for free

_pheebs, Mar 1: It's only possible in Yellow so players can't softlock themselves stuck at Fuschia City. A nice touch, but still very hard to return from what would of been a softlock in RB. Since you get 1 ball, and it's catch rate isn't the best!

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Started by Palamon

1st Gen

Buying Magikarp

Fritz, Feb 18: I bought the Magikarp when I was playing through Pokémon Red after it was released through Virtual Console on the 3DS. It took ages to evolve it, but in the end it was more than worth it. Gyarados was easily the most powerful Pokémon I had on my...

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Started by Palamon

1st Gen

Playing Red - Trade for any Blue exclusives?

ChickenMom, Feb 15: Okay, that makes sense. Thank you!

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Started by ChickenMom

1st Gen

You could fish in the gym statues

RedBalloon, Feb 10: This is the first i've heard of it. What can you catch in these statues huh? Is it even worth it?

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Started by Palamon

1st Gen

Glitch City

Dawn, Feb 5: Oooh, I remember doing this as a kid! My friends and I all thought it was how you accessed the Orange Islands, which was airing on TV at the time. xD

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Started by Palamon

1st Gen

Pokemon Red-And-Blue 2 in 1

Dragon, Jan 18: Hi there; try the ROM Hacking board! This isn’t the place for this, sorry!

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Started by Rya_Dreamwalker

1st Gen

The SS Anne

jensmoking, Dec 4: The trainers there gave a lot of experience to a Wartortle. I remember that day playing Green with all those weirdly-translated names. Also it was kind of disturbing that some NPC's talk about alcohol and stuff in the Green translation. Pherhaps,...

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Started by Palamon

1st Gen

The Gift Eevee

jensmoking, Dec 4: I always take that fluffy one. Btw, I usually leave it in a box or release it, it's that cool to me, except for a Crystal run where I used Umbreon and Espeon.

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Started by Palamon

1st Gen

Silph Co.

Palamon, Oct 22: Silph. Co is a huge building in Saffron City that developed the Master Ball, and other technology throughout the Pokemon world. In Generation I and their remakes, you go through the company to stop Team Rocket, but in Generation II and their...

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Started by Palamon

1st Gen

The Copycat

Quiji, Oct 22: I had no real opinion of her, because she was such a minor character in all the games she appeared in. I did get her missing doll in the Gen II games of course, but only because I needed the train pass from her.

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Started by Palamon

1st Gen

Flash

jensmoking, Oct 13: Rock Tunnel in gb/c gen 1 is not a problem without flash, you can see the walls bc their pallettes have one color Also, I'm playing it in my gbc, but since my cart is a bootleg one, has some graphical glitches and in rock tunnel it shows as if it...

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Started by Palamon

1st Gen

The Pokemon Mansion

jensmoking, Oct 13: Yeah, when I saw stuff 'bout Mew and Mewtwo I was very hyped, idk, maybe that childish me liked that kind of things a lot

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Started by Palamon

1st Gen

The Thirsty Guard

Cinamyn, Oct 9: The roadblock was not too bad but could have been done better. Like if the guard just doesn't like you and you need to be friends with him.

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Started by Palamon

1st Gen

The Poke Flute

The Bellossom boi, Oct 7: You can use it to heal the sleep, instead of using Awekeing or Full Heal, It's also has a catchy tune though.

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Started by Palamon

1st Gen

Pikachu's Beach

Quiji, Oct 2: I played the mini-game several times when I had Yellow version, but I wasn't very good at it, and I got tired of it after a dozen or so tries. It's a nice addition to the Gen I games if you enjoy mini-games, but I thought it was mediocre at most.

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Started by Palamon

1st Gen

The Daycare

Quiji, Oct 1: I didn't like the limitations of Gen I's day care center since we could only leave one Pokemon. I did use it once or twice in Red version, but I mainly trained my own Pokemon during most other situations.

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Started by Palamon

1st Gen

The Mew Glitch

Quiji, Sep 30: I did the Mew glitch once and was successful in adding Mew to my collection, although I no longer have Mew since my game's battery died a long time ago. I want to try the Mew glitch in the Virtual Console versions of Red and Blue.

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Started by Palamon

1st Gen

The Starter Pikachu

Quiji, Sep 30: Pikachu isn't that strong, so I only used it for a little while until I had the opportunity to replace it with something stronger. The walking Pikachu gimmick was a novelty at first, but it sure got old after a while.

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Started by Palamon

1st Gen

The Hall of fame corruption glitch

Quiji, Sep 29: I never did that glitch in R/G/B/Y, although I did try some of the other glitches including the Mew glitch. One of those glitches ruined my Hall of Fame data, though.

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Started by The Bellossom boi

1st Gen

Confused about catching

Nah, Sep 19: When a Pokemon wants to learn a new move and it already knows 4, you get to choose which move to delete, and if you want it to even learn the new move at all.

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Started by Legionnaire7

1st Gen

You can only obtain Likitung through an In-Game Trade

LusoTrainer, Sep 12: I think Jynx and Mr. Mime are two great examples of Pokémon that don't make sense to find in the wild. That said, they could have been game corner prizes. As for Lickitung and Farfetch'd, it was probably a random decision. Some Pokémon had to be...

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Started by Palamon

1st Gen

Helix or Dome?

WeyounRagnarok, Sep 6: Dome. I just liked Kabutops design more that Omastar.

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Started by Palamon

1st Gen

The Fighting Dojo! Hitmonchan or Hitmonlee?

RedBalloon, Aug 29: I chose Hitmonlee in Blue cause...idk, and I gave it a nickname but I never used it. Cool 'mon though.

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Started by Dragon

1st Gen

Vulpix's Attack Continues!

ZeoStar, Aug 22: Psychic types in general were just unbeatable. Weak to ghost, which the only ones were the Gengar family, who also had a poison type functioning as a weakness. Weak to bug, and the only ones I can think of are Butterfree, Beedrill, (Part...

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Started by Palamon

1st Gen

Missingno.

XNaut, Aug 7: I have messed with the Missingo glitch and I remember I was making my Pokemon lvl 100 by using the glitch.

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Started by Palamon

1st Gen

Rare candy power leveling

Seliph, Aug 5: Afaik they still gain EVs even if they reach level 100. However, in order for them to gain stats off of those EVs, you'd need to box them. If I recall correctly, they actually wanted Pokemon to stop getting better stats once they reach level 100,...

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Started by Nexus_Neo

1st Gen

Glitched or Normal?

AbsoluteZeroGravity, Jun 28: Nowadays I play them normally; since I'm playing them on the 3DS I want to experience to feel legitimate. I used to do the Mew glitch every playthrough back on my cartridges though. I also did a playthrough of my Yellow cartridge once where I...

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Started by Palamon

1st Gen

Charizard, Venusaur or Blastoise?

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Sydian, Jun 24: i have a massive gremlin brain that says me like to burn so. y'all already know who it is

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Started by tmlftw22

1st Gen

The Rocket Game Corner Experience

Mr. Slowpoke, May 2019: *sigh* yes I got the required coins for a Porygon way back in the day. I think I played the games to get close and bought the rest cause I was getting tired. That was a along time ago. I’m an adult now and don’t have the time I used to to spend in...

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Started by Dragon

1st Gen

Pokemon Yellow: Confused between 2 squirtles.

Zankew, May 2019: no 1 looks good to me

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Started by Shadab Ahmad

1st Gen

Letters to Kanto!

(3 pages)

minelol5, Apr 2019: Dear Blue Oak What is it like being the only (known) gym leader to have no specialized type?

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Started by Dragon

1st Gen

Favourite GVM leader

Sun Fin, Apr 2019: I always found Sabrina the toughest, largely because I normally battled her out of sequence, before challenging Koga! I think Blaine is the coolest though - if I was restricted to one type it would be fire!

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Started by peter McLightning

1st Gen

EV/IV training for Gen 1

Sun Fin, Apr 2019: I'm about to restart Pokemon Red. I've picked my team and given some serious thought to my move sets. However I want my team to have as good stats as possible. I've tried reading IV/EV guides and I think I must be stupider than I thought as I'm...

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Started by Sun Fin

1st Gen

Was anyone else's first game Pokemon Yellow?

fenberry, Apr 2019: Same here! I was pretty young when I played it, so it was really fun to experience.

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Started by fenberry

1st Gen

Ugliest fully evolved gen1 Pokemon

RaddRadda, Mar 2019: My least favorite design from Gen1 overall is Wartortle, but that's not fully evolved. I suppose Dragonite is a disappointment given Dragonair's design, but I actually like Dragonite by itself. Lickitung and Hypno are both kinda bland, I...

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1st Gen

nicknames for male pidgey

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1st gen mechanics to drive you crazy

Getting all three Kanto Starters

You can catch Pokemon that are over level 100

Glitch Pokemon

Daisy Oak

Rumors You Fell For

"Bill's Garden"

You had to save the game before switching boxes.

Weird Evolutions

PP usage after enemy faints?

You Could Use the Game Boy Printer

Bill

The Bike Cost 1 Million Pokedollars

The Master Ball

You can enter the safari zone for free

Buying Magikarp

Playing Red - Trade for any Blue exclusives?

You could fish in the gym statues

Glitch City

Pokemon Red-And-Blue 2 in 1

The SS Anne

The Gift Eevee

Silph Co.

The Copycat

Flash

The Pokemon Mansion

The Thirsty Guard

The Poke Flute

Pikachu's Beach

The Daycare

The Mew Glitch

The Starter Pikachu

The Hall of fame corruption glitch

Confused about catching

You can only obtain Likitung through an In-Game Trade

Helix or Dome?

The Fighting Dojo! Hitmonchan or Hitmonlee?

Vulpix's Attack Continues!

Missingno.

Rare candy power leveling

Glitched or Normal?

Charizard, Venusaur or Blastoise?

The Rocket Game Corner Experience

Pokemon Yellow: Confused between 2 squirtles.

Letters to Kanto!

Favourite GVM leader

EV/IV training for Gen 1

Was anyone else's first game Pokemon Yellow?

Ugliest fully evolved gen1 Pokemon

nicknames for male pidgey