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You are a Pokemon Trainer living in the 30th century. You are passionate about history and time travel. You wish you could travel through time and witness grand events from the past with your own eyes. However, a Time Travel License is not something many can afford. To top it all off, you are also aware of the dangers that can arise when time traveling.
One fateful day, you receive an invitation to a scientific convention on the very topic that your mind is so set upon: time travel. Sources say that a new model of the Time Machine is to be unveiled. You arrive at the convention early and decide to take a stroll through the exhibit, checking the various gadgets and pieces of machinery on display. Towards the end of the room, you spot the one thing you've only seen on your communication and entertainment devices before: the new Time Machine.
Unable to contain your excitement, you just about dash towards the strange device. Struck by awe, you reach out your hand and touch the cold, shiny metal. As if drawn by an invisible force, you renounce any sense of reason and, next thing you know, you're seated inside the strange contraption. Your hands begin tracing all the buttons and levers excitedly.
Before you know it, a teal light surrounds the Machine as the various screens and dials light up. The door locks automatically and a slightly metallic voice announces that the device is ready for travel. Before you can react, you are blinded by the same teal light and lose consciousness.
When you come to, you realize that you're not at the convention anymore. In fact, what was once a building is now just a clearing in a wooded area. You push the door open and jump out of the Machine to discover that, not only did you travel through time, you also seem younger. You look around in amazement for a few moments then turn back towards the device that brought you here. It seems that you won't be able to travel back home due to the Machine's cooldown system. After a brief moment of introspection, you decide to take a better look at this new place your fate brought you to.
What will you find in this new (old) world?
You may only trade in order to evolve your Pokemon.
Legendary and Mythical Pokemon are not allowed.
Ultra Beasts are not allowed.
Hacking/cheating is not allowed.
[Emergency Supplies][For eras that ban the use of PokeMarts] You may buy Pokeballs for the purpose of catching HM buddies. You may purchase 10 Full Restores and 10 Max Revives prior to facing the Elite Four.
[Lucky Strike] You may use the Game Corner in any game in order to obtain Pokemon or TMs but you may only purchase 40% of the coins required for your desired prize. You must earn the rest by using the mini games provided by each Game Corner. [NOT applicable to Mobster Mania]
The challenge ends when you defeat the Champion in the game of your choice. [Defeat Red in all the Johto games, Steven in Emerald, AZ in X/Y]
Please make sure to read the FAQ prior to starting your challenge as it contains the most common questions I have been asked so far. If you still have questions after reading it, I'll happily answer any of them. Thank you. (this is NOT a rule, it's just a request)
Era Types: Fire, Bug, Water, Pokemon based on Reptiles.
Mandatory Pokemon: [Any fossil Pokemon available in your game]
Banned Types: Ice, Electric, Steel, cute looking water types.
Era Rules: There's no such thing as Markets or Currency so you must rely only on items you find/ are given.
Extra/ Johto game rules: After obtaining your 3rd badge/ completing your 3rd trial/ reaching Kanto, you may add Dragon types to your team.
Mandatory Pokemon:
Kanto: Lapras
Johto: Piloswine
Hoenn: Walrein
Sinnoh: Mamoswine
Unova: Beartic
Kalos: Avalugg
Alola: Alolan Ninetales/ Alolan Sandslash
Galar: Arctovish
Banned Types: Grass, Electric, Bug, Fire, Steel
Era Rules: There are no PokeMarts so you are restricted to items that you find/ are given.
Extra/ Johto game rules: After obtaining your 3rd badge/ completing your 3rd trial/ reaching Kanto, you may add Normal types to your team.
Era Types: Ground, Rock, Normal, Grass, Fire
Mandatory Pokemon: Choose between the following in accordance to your chosen Generation/ game: Graveler (Golem)/ Marowak/ Relicanth/ Mamoswine/ Darmanitan/ Carbink/ Alolan Graveler (Golem)/ Drednaw
Banned Types: Electric, Ghost, Psychic
Era Rules: You may only use Berries/ Herbs and any items you can find/ are given. There are no shops and there is no currency.
Extra/ Johto game rules: After obtaining your 3rd badge/ completing your 3rd trial/ reaching Kanto, you may add Steel types (with the exception of Bronzor, Klink, Klefki and their respective evolutions) and Ice types to your team.
Era Types: Fire, Ground, Rock, Steel
Mandatory Pokemon:
Kanto, Johto, Kalos, Alola: Any Pokemon from the Mineral Egg group
Hoenn: Bronzong or Any Pokemon from the Mineral Egg group (if playing Generation 3 games)
Sinnoh, Unova: Bronzong
Galar: Copperajah
Banned Types: Electric, Psychic, Fairy
Era Rules: Trade posts are few and far between. You may only use shops every three towns/cities/villages.
Extra/ Johto game rules: After obtaining your 3rd badge/ completing your 3rd trial/ reaching Kanto, you may add Water types to your team.
Era Types: Normal, Ground, Bug, Flying, Poison, Ghost, Dark
Kanto: Arbok/ Golbat/ Persian
Johto: Heracross/ Espeon
Hoenn: Delcatty/ Dusclops
Sinnoh: Lucario/ Drapion
Unova: Liepard/ Krookodile/ Cofagrigus
Kalos: Meowstic/ Heliolisk
Alola: Salazzle/ Alolan Persian
Galar: Runerigus
Banned Types: Water, Electric, Steel, Fairy
Era Rules:
Sphinx Rule- At least half of your Pokemon can not have a visible nose.
Humble farmer rule- You are a farmer building a pyramid. You may only use things you find/ are given/have grown yourself(i.e. berries).
Extra/ Johto game rules: After obtaining your 3rd badge/ completing your 3rd trial/ reaching Kanto, you may add Fighting types to your team.
Era Types: Flying, Ground, Psychic, Fairy, Normal
Mandatory Pokemon:
Kanto: Arbok
Johto: Noctowl
Hoenn: Altaria
Sinnoh: Medicham
Unova: Swanna/ Bouffalant
Kalos: Pyroar
Alola: Decidueye
Galar: Copperajah
Banned Types: Dark, Steel, Electric, Fighting, Poison
Era Rules: Before every major battle (Gym, Trial) you must make an offering to the Devas. Give up(Sell) 80% of your consumables(pokeballs, medicines, battle items) and pray for success.
Extra/ Johto game rules: After obtaining your 3rd badge/ completing your 3rd trial/ reaching Kanto, you may add Fire types to your team.
Era Types: Electric, Grass, Fairy, Fire, Dark
Mandatory Pokemon:
Kanto: Raichu
Johto: Houndoom
Hoenn: Absol
Sinnoh: Empoleon
Unova: Simisear
Kalos: Talonflame
Alola: Primarina
Galar: Thievul
Banned Types: Bug, Dragon, Normal, Ground
Era Rules: The threads of fate bind you. You must keep your starter in the first slot of your party the entire challenge and must not let it faint. (If your starter faints, return to your last save point).
Era Types: Fighting, Rock, Steel, Fire, Psychic, Ghost, Poison
Mandatory Pokemon:
Kanto: Arcanine
Johto: Hitmonchan
Hoenn: Armaldo
Sinnoh: Empoleon
Unova: Conkeldurr/ Escavalier
Kalos: Aegislash
Alola: Lycanroc
Galar: Falinks
Banned Types: Electric, Dragon, Normal, Fairy
Era Types: Poison, Dark, Steel, Fighting, Psychic, Fairy
Kanto: Beedril/ Golem/ Machoke
Johto: Scizor/ Skarmory/ Foretress
Hoenn: Ludicolo/ Aggron/ Armaldo
Sinnoh: Bastiodon/ Kricketune/ Gallade
Unova: Escavalier/ Bisharp/ Gothielle
Kalos: Aegislash/ Gogoat/ Talonflame/ Noivern
Alola: Turtonator/ Kommo-o/ Decidueye
Galar: Corviknight/ Hatterene/ Grimmsnarl/ Sirfetch'd
Banned Types: Electric, Ice, Normal
Era Rules: You are allowed to use markets and herb shops but you must trade and bargain(sell something in order to buy something).
(Optional) King Arthur- Your team must be based on Arthurian Characters.
Extra/ Johto game rules: After obtaining your 3rd badge/ completing your 3rd trial/ reaching Kanto, you may add Dragon types to your team.
Era Types: Water, Ground, Grass, Fire, Flying
Mandatory Pokemon:
Kanto: Lapras
Johto: Sunflora
Hoenn: Tropius
Sinnoh: Torterra
Unova: Archeops/ Sigilyph
Kalos: Barbaracle
Alola: Toucannon
Galar: Greedent/Cramorant
Banned Types: Dark, Fairy, Dragon, Ice
Era Rules: You are an eager explorer. You may not move on to the next area until you've explored everything that you could possibly explore in any given route/ town. (i.e. check every cave, patch of grass, house etc.)
Extra/ Johto game rules: After obtaining your 3rd badge/ completing your 3rd trial/ reaching Kanto, you may add Fighting types to your team.
Era Types: Fairy, Psychic, Flying, cute Water types, Normal types from the Fairy Egg Group
Mandatory Pokemon:
Kanto: Ditto
Johto: Smeargle
Hoenn: Masquerain/ Beautifly
Sinnoh: Chatot/ Roserade
Unova: Musharna
Kalos: Vivillon/ Florges/ Aromatisse (Y Exclusive)
Alola: Primarina/ Comfey/ Oricorio (except Pom-Pom Style)
Galar: Alcremie/ Indeedee/ Galarian Rapidash
Banned Types: Steel, Electric, Ice, Fighting
Era Rules: You may use any market (like Slateport Market)/ herb shop and may only use Department Stores to purchase TMs.
Extra/ Johto game rules: After obtaining your 3rd badge/ completing your 3rd trial/ reaching Kanto, you may add Dark and Poison types to your team.
Era Types: Water, Dark, Ground, Fighting, Flying, Ghost
Mandatory Pokemon:
Kanto: Kingler
Johto: Kingdra (or Seadra)
Hoenn: Crawdaunt or Sharpedo
Sinnoh: Weavile
Unova: Basculin
Kalos: Dragalgae/ Clawitzer/ Malamar
Alola: Carbominable/ Toxapex
Galar: Dragapult/ Grapploct/ Cursola
Banned Types: Bug, Rock, Electric, Psychic, Fairy
Era Rules:
Ship Rule- One Pokemon in your team must be designated as your vessel. This Pokemon is the only one that can and must learn Surf. Optionally, name this Pokemon like you would a ship.
(Optional) Alliance Rule~ only choose one:
Pirate- As a pirate, the rules don't apply to you. Choose one allowed type and swap it for a non-banned type.
Navy- You have been given orders to catch the pirates by any means necessary. Switch one allowed type and one banned type with each other.
Extra/ Johto game rules: After obtaining your 3rd badge/ completing your 3rd trial/ reaching Kanto, you may add Grass types to your team.
Era Types: Fighting, Steel, Fire, Ground, Water
Mandatory Pokemon:
Kanto: Dugtrio
Johto: Steelix (or Onix)
Hoenn: Hariyama
Sinnoh: Bibarel
Unova: Conkeldurr
Kalos: Klefki
Alola: Alolan Dugtrio/ Incineroar
Galar: Coalossal
Banned Types: Grass, Psychic, Ice, Dragon, Fairy
Era Rules:
Wages Rule- Your wages are small. You may not use the Amulet Coin and you may not sell items with no function other than selling (such as Nuggets).
Danger Rule- Work is dangerous. Play in "Set" mode rather than "Shift".
Extra/ Johto game rules: After obtaining your 3rd badge/ completing your 3rd trial/ reaching Kanto, you may add Electric types to your team.
Era Types: Ghost, Rock, Fighting, Normal (except for those in the Fairy Egg Group), any Bovine, Equine or Deer Pokemon (such as Tauros, Rapidash, Stantler etc.)
Mandatory Pokemon:
Kanto: Rapidash/ Tauros
Johto: Onix/ Miltank
Hoenn: Nosepass/ Tauros
Sinnoh: Rotom (no forms allowed)/ Probopass
Unova: Sandile/ Timburr (or evolved forms)/ Bouffalant
Kalos: Diggersby
Alola: Mudsdale/ Komala
Galar: Sandaconda
Banned Types: Electric, Water, Fairy
Era Rules: You may only use PokeMarts after cashing in Nuggets and/or other items that you found.
Extra/ Johto game rules: After obtaining your 3rd badge/ completing your 3rd trial/ reaching Kanto, you may add Steel types to your team.
Era Types: Normal, Steel, Grass, Fire, Water, Fairy
Mandatory Pokemon:
Kanto: Eevee or one of its evolutions.
Johto: Scyther/Scizor or Onix/Steelix
Hoenn: A Pokemon with Pick Up ability.
Sinnoh: Evolution of an earlier Generation Pokemon (Tangrowth, Electivire, Magmortar, Togekiss, Porygon-Z, Magnezone, Leafeon, Glaceon, Lickilicky)
Unova: Simsage/ Simsear/ Simpour
Kalos: Sylveon
Alola: Mimikyu/ Alolan Exeggutor
Galar: Galarian Weezing/ Mr. Rime
Banned Types: Bug, Poison, Dark, Ghost, Psychic
Era Rules:
(Optional for Generation 2 onwards)Women's Suffrage- All your Pokemon have to be Female.
Efficiency Movement- You must pick up any item you come across.
Eliminate Corruption- You must sell lower grade items for at least 1 better grade item.
Era Types: Poison, Dark, Psychic, any Pokemon with a blade-like appendage
Mandatory Pokemon:
Kanto: Gengar (Haunter)
Johto: Crobat
Hoenn: Sableye
Sinnoh: Toxicroak/ Hochkrow(Diamond Exclusive)
Unova: Scrafty
Kalos: Pangoro/ Malamar
Alola: Salazzle/ Alolan Raticate
Galar: Obstagoon/ Toxtricity
Banned Types: Fairy, Flying, Normal, any cute Pokemon
Era Rules: Greed is a terrible thing. Your leading Pokemon must always hold the Amulet Coin. You must buy at least one of every item offered at the PokeMart.
High Roller- To obtain Game Corner prizes, you may only buy coins in order to use them to gamble and can only buy more if you run out.
Extra/ Johto game rules: After obtaining your 3rd badge/ completing your 3rd trial/ reaching Kanto, you may add Dragon types to your team.
Era Types: Bug, Ghost, Poison, Psychic
Mandatory Pokemon:
Kanto: Ditto
Johto: Sudowoodo
Hoenn: Kecleon
Sinnoh: Froslass
Unova: Zoroark/Amoonguss
Kalos: Malamar
Alola: Mimikyu
Galar: Inteleon
Banned Types: Dragon, Fighting, Fire, Electric, Any Pokemon equal to or over 8'6"/2.6m tall or 440.9 lbs/200 kg. The height/weight restrictions exclude Alolan Exeggutor, Mega-Abomasnow, and any Dynamax/Gigantamax pokemon, but not the ordinary versions of these Pokemon.
Era Rules:
Stealth Operative: During your first time traveling through any area, avoid being seen by any optional trainers to the best of your ability. You may go back and fight them only after reaching the next city or Pokemon center. Do not battle optional gym or enemy team trainers that become unfightable after defeating their areas' bosses.
Mutually Assured Destruction: Do not use any moves with 100 or greater base power. Moves that have variable power are permitted so long as they are not guaranteed to have power over 100. (i.e. Magnitude is OK, Return on a Pokemon with maximum friendship is not.)
(Optional) Alliance Rule~ only choose one:
Agent of the Free World: Flying becomes an Era Type. Ice becomes a Banned Type.
Agent of the Revolution: Ice becomes an Era Type. Flying becomes a Banned Type.
Agent of Neutrality: Normal becomes an Era Type. Ice and Flying both become Banned Types.
Extra/ Johto game rules: After obtaining your 3rd badge/ completing your 3rd trial/ reaching Kanto, you may add a single "double agent" Pokemon to your team. This Pokemon must be one of your banned types and cannot be any era type. It must still be under 8'6"/2.6m Tall and under 440.9 lbs/200 kg.
(the Time Machine didn't work)
Era Types: Electric, Steel, Psychic, Fairy, Flying
Mandatory Pokemon: Magnezone (or lesser evolutions)
Banned Types: Ghost, Grass, Water
Era Rules: You have complete freedom to use PokeMarts but, once better items are unlocked, you are not allowed to buy lesser quality items anymore.
Extra/ Johto game rules: After obtaining your 3rd badge/ completing your 3rd trial/ reaching Kanto, you may add Dark types to your team.
Era Types: Poison, Fire, Ghost, any Pokemon with a base defense equal to or greater than 115.
Mandatory Pokemon: One tough looking Bug type Pokemon
Banned Types: Fairy, Grass, Flying, Ice, Pokemon from the Human-Like Egg Group
Era Rules:
Salvage Rule- The shops have been destroyed for the most part so there's very little supplies left. You may only scavenge for (buy) the lowest grade items available (i.e. Potions, Pokeballs, Antidotes etc.)
Zombie Rule- At least one of your Pokemon must know the move "Bite".
Left 4 Dead Rule- You are only allowed to use PokeCenters when you arrive in a town for the first time, in order to create a checkpoint. If one of your Pokemon faints, you may not use the PokeCenter until your entire team faints.
Extra/ Johto game rules: After obtaining your 3rd badge/ completing your 3rd trial/ reaching Kanto, you may add Dark and Rock types to your team.
Era Types: Normal, Ghost, Psychic, Dragon, Fairy
Mandatory Pokemon:
Kanto: Alakazam (Kadabra)
Johto: Girafarig (Wobbuffet in Crystal)
Hoenn: Solrock/ Lunatone
Sinnoh: Chimeco
Unova: Sigilyph
Kalos: Trevenant/ Gourgeist
Alola: Bewear/ Oranguru/ Dhelmise
Galar: Polteageist/ Stonjourner
Banned Types: Water, Fire, Grass
Era Rules: You must use a main team(made out of Pokemon belonging to the Time Warp Era types and your mandatory Pokemon) throughout your challenge. This main team is the team you use to beat Kahunas, the Elite Four and the Champion.
Lost- Every time you reach a Badge/Trial, choose an Era. You may choose a type and a rule from said Era to use until you beat the next Gym. Eras may not be repeated (you may repeat Eras in Johto if you run out of choices).
Extra/ Johto game rules: After obtaining your 3rd badge/ completing your 3rd trial/ reaching Kanto, you may add Electric types to your team.
If you wish to take part in this challenge, please fill the following form:
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* Please use your Pokecommunity name as your Username.
Spoiler:
What about types not mentioned in my era of choice?
Types that are not mentioned in your particular era are all off limits. You may, however, use dual types that have one type in your "era type" category and one type not on either of the two lists (era type & banned type). Dual types containing one allowed type and one banned type are not allowed.
Some of the Mandatory Pokemon share types with my "banned types"/ are "banned types". What do I do?
Mandatory Pokemon were chosen as representatives for certain features/ landmarks/ events/ personalities/ characteristics of each particular era (most notable example being Honchcrow for Mobster Mania despite the fact that Flying types are banned.
What IS a Mandatory Pokemon?
See the question above. Mandatory Pokemon have to be part of your team by the time you are ready to enter the Hall of Fame. I tried my best to choose Pokemon that are available pre-Elite Four for every Generation.
There are no Fairy Types in pre-Generation 6 games. What do I do?
If you are playing through a Generation prior to Generation 6 and your chosen Era has "Fairy" as one of the Era types, you may use any Pokemon that gains the Fairy typing in Generation 6 (such as Clefairy, Mawile, Marill, etc.). If said Pokemon are dual-type, make sure their other typing is not on the "Banned Types" list.
Can I do an Ultimate run?
Yes, of course. There's two types of Ultimate runs associated with the Time Warp challenge. The first type is playing through every Era and the second type is playing through the same Era in all the generations.
Some of these Era rules seem too hard to uphold. Can you make it any easier?
The Era rules take into account the various time periods you're supposedly playing through. I feel the rules are ok the way they are. It's a challenge after all.
You didn't add "insert Era name here". Will it be added in the future?
If you click on the tiny link at the bottom of this post, you'll end up on the old thread which shows the "Credits" section for this challenge. Some Eras were added with help from our lovely community. If you have any ideas, drop me a Private Message any time.
I don't agree with "insert Pokemon name here" being a representative for "insert Era name here". Can you change it?
Some of the Eras were pretty difficult in terms of selecting Pokemon for as there just didn't seem to be anything representing exactly what I wanted to convey. If you have any better suggestions, I'm all ears. Just drop me a PM/VM any time.
WOW! This challenge is HUGE! Pretty awesome though!
Hehe. Thank you. When I took over, originally, there were only three Eras. I managed to expand it, first with help from the community and second, by adding a few Eras on my own as I was reposting the thread. I'm happy to see it getting praise.
Types that are not mentioned in your particular era are all off limits. You may, however, use dual types that have one type in your "era type" category and one type not on either of the two lists (era type & banned type). Dual types containing one allowed type and one banned type are not allowed.
Some of the Mandatory Pokemon share types with my "banned types"/ are "banned types". What do I do?
Mandatory Pokemon were chosen as representatives for certain features/ landmarks/ events/ personalities/ characteristics of each particular era (most notable example being Honchcrow for Mobster Mania despite the fact that Flying types are banned.
What IS a Mandatory Pokemon?
See the question above. Mandatory Pokemon have to be part of your team by the time you are ready to enter the Hall of Fame. I tried my best to choose Pokemon that are available pre-Elite Four for every Generation.
There are no Fairy Types in pre-Generation 6 games. What do I do?
If you are playing through a Generation prior to Generation 6 and your chosen Era has "Fairy" as one of the Era types, you may use any Pokemon that gains the Fairy typing in Generation 6 (such as Clefairy, Mawile, Marill, etc.). If said Pokemon are dual-type, make sure their other typing is not on the "Banned Types" list.
Can I do an Ultimate run?
Yes, of course. There's two types of Ultimate runs associated with the Time Warp challenge. The first type is playing through every Era and the second type is playing through the same Era in all the generations.
Some of these Era rules seem too hard to uphold. Can you make it any easier?
The Era rules take into account the various time periods you're supposedly playing through. I feel the rules are ok the way they are. It's a challenge after all.
You didn't add "insert Era name here". Will it be added in the future?
If you click on the tiny link at the bottom of this post, you'll end up on the old thread which shows the "Credits" section for this challenge. Some Eras were added with help from our lovely community. If you have any ideas, drop me a Private Message any time.
I don't agree with "insert Pokemon name here" being a representative for "insert Era name here". Can you change it?
Some of the Eras were pretty difficult in terms of selecting Pokemon for as there just didn't seem to be anything representing exactly what I wanted to convey. If you have any better suggestions, I'm all ears. Just drop me a PM/VM any time.
WOW! This challenge is HUGE! Pretty awesome though!
Hehe. Thank you. When I took over, originally, there were only three Eras. I managed to expand it, first with help from the community and second, by adding a few Eras on my own as I was reposting the thread. I'm happy to see it getting praise.
Old thread containing Credits & Whatnot
Thanks Explorer of Time for your addition of Cold War to the eras list!
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