Recent content by Imported Cheese

It might actually be fair to say that Bulbasaur is still the "easy" mode since Bulbasaur sets you up to roll through the most difficult part of the game, the first three gyms. Squirtle only overtakes Bulbasaur with 25 years of hindsight letting you map out how to cater to Squirtle's strengths...

Gen 1 Lickitung couldn't learn lick... LICKitung couldn't learn lick... ...Why?

Thanks for the tip, it worked! Yeah, I was also shocked at how faithful many of the translations were. Some of it is still quite funky, but you can at least see what Prof. Google was trying to do. I'm still stumped as to how Lysandre's name got stuck in Persian, though. No matter how many times...

I know this debate has been done to death, so I decided to approach the issue from an in-game perspective. Which starter helps you reach the Hall of Fame most easily, and why? I looked at their stats, their movepools, and their matchups against the gym leaders and Elite Four boss rush. I went...

I work as a Jp -> En translator, so I thought I might dip into the dark side of translation and do a dramatic reading of some of my favorite Pokemon quotes, but after running them through a bit of Google Translate. The sequence of languages I used was: English to Japanese to Arabic to Chinese...

Hey everyone, With the common consensus being that modern pokemon games are "braindead easy" due to permanent, party-wide experience share and infinite use TMs, I thought I'd try to see if you could clear one of the older games by literally mashing the A button throughout the entire game. The...

Only in Pokemon Yellow, starter Pikachu goes straight to PC prison, never to see the light of day again.

I'm not much of a writer, but I could give it a shot! My most played older game would probably be Red/Blue/Green, just because of the jank that's possible, especially in the original Japanese version. In terms of a vanilla playthrough, I'd probably say Gold/Silver/HG/SS (if the DS remakes...

I should have been clear that I can only do JP -> EN translations >.> I work in TV, so the most difficult part would have to be when we interview someone who mumblesalloftheirwordsandIhavenoideawhattheyresaying. Most fun I'd have to say would be actually seeing words that I typed into an...

I have to second Onix. Especially as a Charmander fanboy, Brock's Onix seemed invincible; when I finally got one on my team and found out it hit like a wet noodle, I was more than a little peeved.

I'm no programmer, but I remember doing a double-take when I managed to transfer in a Koffing to my copy of Sun and saw that its dex entry was just...blank. Like, not even copy-pasted from a previous generation, which would have honestly been fine with me. Surely if you can code / copy-paste...

Always, always, always Hitmonlee. I mean, Hitmonlee is also pretty atrocious in Gen 1 (as are all fighting types) but Hitmonlee is at least...less atrocious. It wouldn't be until the Gen 4 Physical / Special split and then the introduction of Iron Fist that Hitmonchan would really get to take...

I thought they were pretty good 3DS games. Dexit controversy aside, I thought the main campaign was...all right? I mean, it's the Pokemon formula we've all come to know and love, but that's about all the game has going for it. I'm not a stickler for graphics or anything, but the visual polish...

My favorite part of the old Stadium series (as well as Battle Revolution on the Wii) was the incredibly campy, over-the-top announcer who would narrate the battle. The original Stadium announcer was actually the first time I had ever heard the word "Seismic" out loud, and for years I thought...

Hey everyone! Lifetime pokemon fan, Imported Cheese here. Brand new to these forums, nice to meet you! I started a YouTube channel based on Pokemon content a few months ago which has really revitalized my interest in the older Pokemon games. Hopefully I'd be able to make a few posts in...