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I originally meant for this to be one update, but I ran away with my words. Whoops! So I've split it into two parts. Part Five: Second Showdown in the Mines Part Six: Battle for the Fire Badge

Part Four: Battle for the Water Badge

Thanks both for the welcome. And thanks for the good luck. It's certainly, ah, slower-paced than my first playthrough. But it's certainly shaking up my team, so it's got that going for it. If I actually succeed I'm definitely just blitzing through the next Pokémon game I play.

Part Three: Battle for the Grass Badge

Part Two: Showdown in the Mines

Hi. I sort of drift around Pokémon sites every now and then when the sudden mood strikes, so here I am. Actually, I made this account about two years ago, turns out. Time flies! What's finally got me actively posting is just that I wanted somewhere to log a travel journal or two, and some of...

Oh, it's a toughie. I'll cop to Charmander getting overexposed, but I still wouldn't have gone anywhere without my starter, and Charmander was my favourite of the bunch back in the day. I'm less inclined to pick the Fire-type starter than when I was younger, but you know, every child's got a...

I was talking about how I liked Wooloo's Shiny with a friend, who's a bit more into the games than I am, when they suddenly decided to give me one as a gift. Still stored in a box somewhere, much appreciated. I still haven't actually run into a shiny on my own! That's life for you.

Confession: when I first went through most Pokémon games, I didn't use much in the way of "strategy". Blaziken, use Blaze Kick. Enemy resistant to Fire? Blaziken... use Double Kick! And you know what? It worked! But now I pay my penance. Pokémon Sword and Shield, I'd say, are overall on the...