Bella's Alola Diary

I've technically played through a bit of the game already, so this log and the next island will be going off memory. I didn't want to miss the opportunity to complete a diary of my journey though, and I wasn't aware of this section when I began the game.

I will be using this to log Pokemon I catch for my team, evolutions, and journey milestones. I will not be logging Pokemon caught and sent immediately to the PC (Pokedex catches).

So lets get started with my Melemele island adventures!


• Chose Rowlet as my starter pokemon, based purely on how freaking cute he was.
• Caught Pikipek on route 1.
• Caught Slowpoke on route 1.
• Obtained Muchlax via Mystery Gift.
• Completed the trainer school.
• Played through until reaching the trials, nothing exciting - no new pokemon caught.



• Pikipek evolved into Trumbeak!
• Defeated Hau at the Melemele Meadow, battle was pretty easy.



• Caught Rockruff at Ten Carat Hill.

After finishing Melemele Island relatively quickly, I've arrived at Heahea City dock on Akala Island. I'm hoping I can find some Pokemon on this island in order to flesh out my team a little more, as it's currently pretty boring.


• Defeated Dexio upon arrival and received the Zygard Cube.
• Rowlet evolved into Dartrix!
• Defeated Hau at Paniola Town.



• Picked up supplies from the Thrifty Megamart at Royal Avenue. Is it just me, or does that place seem super dodgy?
• Muchlax evolved into Snorlax!



• Caught Salandit at Wela Volcano Park.
• Rockruff evolved into Lycanroc. Sent to PC as this evolution was a Pokedex filler.
• Trumbeak evolved into Toucannon!




• Purchased the Cover Fossil at Konikoni City.
• Caught Gastly at Memorial Hill. This will be a Pokedex filler, but will add it to the team until it evolves.
• Realized my level 25 Salandit can't evolve into Salazzle as it's male, sent to PC.
• Evolved an Eevee into Sylveon in order to go catch a female Salandit.
• Caught female Salandit (yay)!

• Defeated Mau upon arrival to Malie City.
• Dartix evolved into Decidueye!
• Caught a bunch of Pokedex fillers in Malie Garden.
• Found all of the lost Stufful for the lady on route 10 - this was a cute little side activity.



• Gastly evolved into Haunter!
• Defeated team Skull boss Guzma.
• Traded Haunter for a Graveler with the Hiker at Tapu Village - Graveler evolved into Golem!
• Brought Alolan Golem up to the same level as the rest of the team during Route 15's water battles.
• Slowpoke evolved into Slowbro!
• Salandit evolved into Salazzle!
• Received a Popplio from Wonder Trade!
• Replaced Slowbrow with Popplio.
• Popplio evolved into Brionne! (This only took about two exp share battles).



• Defeated team Skull admin Plumeria.
• Caught a few Pokedex fillers at Ula'ula Meadow and Route 17.
• Received a Litten from Wonder Trade!
• Replaced Salazzle with Litten.
• Swapped Snorlax for Gible. Snorlax has served me well, bye Snorlax!
• Spent a bit of time training Litten and Brionne to bring them closer to the rest of the team. Evolved both to Primarina and Incineroar in the process.
• Gibble evolved into Gabite!

• Arrived at Seafolk Village and received an Aerodactyl!
• Worked on my Alolan Meowth and finally had it evolve into the incredibly hideous Alolan Persian.
• Caught Serperior on Exeggutor Island with Island Scan!
• Caught Alolan Exeggutor!
• Garbite evolved into Garchomp!



• Made my way through Vast Poni Canyon.
• Met Mina and received Fairium Z.
• Defeated totem pokemon Kommo-o and received Dragonium Z.
• Went to the Alter and into Ultra Space.
• Too many cutscenes >,<"
• Caught Solgaleo.

• Travelled back to Mount Lanakila on Ula'ula Island.
• Stocked up on revives, potions, etc in preparation to take on the Elite 4.



This was probably the easiest Elite 4 and 'champion' out of any Pokemon game I have played - my pokemon were significantly over-leveled in comparison to my opponents. In general the game was fun, but I was mostly disappointed with the difficulty (non-existent) and the sheer amount of cutscenes. I don't feel like this version of Pokemon has any replay value for me.