1st Gen "A sleeping POKéMON blocks the way!"

"A sleeping POK?MON blocks the way!"

I don't remember from childhood, but on my most recent playthrough of Blue (which was like a year ago), I just defeated it since I had my team already planned out. EXP ya know. He was a pretty hard guy to beat from what I remember.

Seeing as there are only two, I made it my mission to catch one while defeating the other and I always did Cycling road one first because the vast majority of the bikers on Cycling road can be avoided(other route, not so much). Whether or not Snorlax made my team was largely based on what team I intended to have. This past run on Yellow, I did catch one but opted to keep him in box. Two runs ago, he along with Lapras were my Powerhouses but man is the grind painful(Slow XP group).

Yeah why wouldn't I try to catch it?

Had to awaken them with a flute and then set them back asleep in order to catch them...

Alongside with Audino, Snorlax is my favourite Normal-Type. So far, I used him in every gen. I didn't want to use him in SM, but they gave away that event Munchlax... So I used him again!

I probably caught one and fainted the other one

Snorlax is pretty cool but I haven't used it in the original games. Maybe next play through

Yeah, a lot of people here went with the route of catching it. I myself caught both, as one was a powerhouse for my team, while the I kept the other one for future use for when I transferred it to GSC. It's a pretty solid tank, which had a moveset of Body Slam, Hyper beam, Earthquake, and Rest/Amnesia.


Who knew it shot the Hyper Beam out of its eyes?!

I feel like as a kid back in the day, that was one of the best parts in the game! You spent some of the first part of the game being teased by it blocking you path so once you figured out you could use the flute to awaken it to battle it, it was on!

It was such a special encounter too since it had its own sprite on the map too! Long live Snorlax!

I always make a point to catch all event encounter Pok?mon like that every playthrough, whether I actually intend to use them or not, unless it's something like the item impostor Voltorbs and Electrodes, or the Kecleon in Hoenn, where you can also find them in standard wild encounters, in which case I don't feel any particular pressure to catch the specific ones found in those event battles.

Actually, generally-speaking, unless I'm specifically grinding?and even then, only in games without easy access to trainer rematches?I pretty much only ever resolve wild Pok?mon encounters by either (making an attempt at) capturing them or running away.

As for Snorlax itself, I like it well enough! I couldn't name a specific playthrough where I did, but I know I have used it before! It's surprisingly cute for such a big, burly Pok?mon, and its combination of rarity and power always made it feel very cool and special to me. Snorlax is definitely a reliable and mighty Pok?mon for those seeking a team member with both bulk and versatility~

RedBalloon said:

I don't remember from childhood, but on my most recent playthrough of Blue (which was like a year ago), I just defeated it since I had my team already planned out. EXP ya know. He was a pretty hard guy to beat from what I remember.

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