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Let's Play: Pokemon Emerald
Pocket Monsters Emerald
ポケットモンスターエメラルド
Platform: Gameboy Advance
Release dates: Japan: September 16, 2004 / North America: May 1, 2005 / Australia: June 9, 2005 / Europe: October 21, 2005
Welcome to the first of my many Pokémon LPs, my friends! This LP will be playing Pocket Monsters Emerald, or just known dubbed as, Pokémon Emerald. This game is a sister game to Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, and is the fifth and final Generation III core series game. It added many features that weren't present in Ruby and Sapphire too, just like Pokémon Crystal.
It's one of my personal favourite Pokémon games too, so many reasons! But yeah, for this LP, I do hope it will serve as a sort of help for those of you who are stuck or new in the game! I'll also try to use and introduce as much Pokémon that are present in the game as much as I can, so don't expect me to use the same party/team in each part.
Part 1: Messy Mudkips and Zingy Zigagoons
(Booting up the game, we get this cool silhouette of the game's mascot, Rayquaza! We'll definitely see him later.)
(Ah, the classic empty room with the professor. Though I think it's more like, we're communicating online or something like that... as was shown from Sun/Moon.)
Welcome to the world of Pokémon!
My name is BIRCH.
But everyone calls me the POKéMON PROFESSOR.
(Ooooh! Tell me more about this... Po-kay-mon...!)
This world is widely inhabited by creatures known as POKéMON.
We humans live alongside Pokémon, at times as friendly playmates, and at times as cooperative workmates.
And sometimes, we band together and battle others like us.
But despite our closeness, we don't know everything about POKéMON.
In fact, there are many, many secrets surrounding POKéMON.
To unravel Pokémon mysteries, I've been undertaking research. That's what I do.
And you are?
(Right, so here, we get a bit of introduction to the protagonists! This boy here is canonically named 'Brendan'. As for the girl...)
(...Her name is May. I actually like both their designs, so I don't mind playing as either or, but this time, we're going to be playing as a girl! A legendary girl.)
(Again, her name is supposed to be May, but... I've got the perfect name!)
(I'll be naming her Janna! A strong, kind, and charismatic trainer!)
Ah, okay! You're JANNA who's moving to my hometown of LITTLEROOT. I get it now!
(They like to put important nouns in capital letters. Cheesy, but classic.)
Take courage, and leap into the world of Pokémon where dreams, adventure and friendships await!
Well, I'll be expecting you later. Come see me in my POKéMAN Lab.
(Aaaaaand we shrunk down to an over world sprite. I swear, it's like a science experiment where people get shrunk down to rat size trying to find a piece of cheese. Not that I'd find that feasible... Anyway, time to start!)
(We start out in a moving truck! Like, we're inside, of the moving truck. Isn't that a little... dangerous? o-o L-Lets move out.)
(Ah, this is our MOM. Hi Mom! No, I am not hurt by all those boxed that flew directly in my face during that ride in the moving truck.)
It must be tiring riding with our things in the moving truck.
(...Thanks for asking by the way!)
Well, this is LITTLEROOT TOWN.
How do you like it? This is our new home!
It has a quaint feel, but it seems to be an easy place to live, don't you think?
And, you get your own room, Janna! Let's go inside.
The mover's POKéMON do all the work of moving us in and cleaning up after. This is so convenient!
JANNA, your room is upstairs. Go check it out, dear!
DAD bought you a new clock to mark our move here. Don't forget to set it!
(Oh come on, Dad's in all capital letters too...?)
(These are the movers. They're called Vigoroth, and they seem to be working hard... before in Ruby and Sapphire, the movers were Machoke, I believe. So, I think this is one of many small differences in the game. Anyway, heading up to our room...)
(It's time to set our clock! The clock will be important, because it's to prepare for the clock-based events in this game. Or should I say, event...but we'll find out more when we get there.)
(By the way, if you're wondering, yes. That's an orange Nintendo GameCube in our room. Has a GBA player too! Mine is coloured black.)
Good! Everything's put away neatly!
They finished moving everything in downstairs, too.
POKéMON movers are so convenient!
(Didn't you say that a few seconds ago...?)
Oh, you should make sure that everything's all there on your desk.
(Well, here are the things on our desk: a notebook and a PC. The notebook provides very important yet complicated rules essential to our survival. Oh boy, let's read on..)
ADVENTURE RULE NO.1
Open the MENU with START.
ADVENTURE RULE NO.2
Record your progress with SAVE.
(...Pretty complicated, right?)
(This is our PC. It has a few function that are quite useful:)
(The Item storage is.. well, to store our items, just in case our Bag gets too full and we want to store important items for later. The Mailbox is for Mail storage, and Decoration is a store where our decorative items go in. We can customize our room with that, when we get those items, that is. Anyway, time to go back downstairs.)
(Oh?)
Look, it's Petalburg Gym! Maybe Dad will be on!
(How convenient!)
Oh… It's over.
(How convenient!!)
I think DAD was on, but we missed him. Too bad.
Oh, yes. One of DAD's friends lives in town.
PROF. BIRCH is his name.
He lives right next door, so you should go over and introduce yourself.
(Well, we've got nothing else to do, so, let's do that!)
(As indicated, here's his house. Let's go inside!)
(Well, that was a wonderful conversation! Let's go on upstairs.)
(C-caught in the middle of stealing?)
Oh, you're JANNA aren't you? Moved in next door, right?
I didn't know you were a girl.
Dad, PROF. BIRCH, said that our new next-door neighbor is a GYM LEADER's kid, so I assumed you'd be a guy.
(That was a lovely assumption. Thank you!!)
My name's BRENDAN. So, hi, neighbor!
Huh? Hey, JANNA, don't you have a POKéMON?
Do you want me to go catch you one?
Aw, darn, I forgot…
I'm supposed to go help my dad catch some wild Pokémon.
(Why not catch myself one while you're at it...?)
Some other time, okay?
(Sure, why not. Anyway, Birch isn't home, nor in his lab, so let's search around the town...)
(Couldn't be too scary. Alright, let's go see---)
(Uh-oh, spoke too soon.)
In my BAG!
There's a POKé BALL!
(Maybe I can pretend I didn't see all that...)
(Gosh darn it! Oh well. Time to rescue him! So, I guess we reach into his bag here...)
(...Oh! There are three Pokéballs here! Each one of these Pokéballs contain three different Pokémon; we pick one, and that will be our starter Pokémon for the journey! Now, let's take a look see at our choices:)
(This green little guy is Treecko, a Grass-type Wood Gecko Pokemon. Let's take a closer look at his base stats:)
HP: 40
Attack: 45
Defense: 35
Sp. Atk: 65
Sp. Def: 55
Speed: 70
Total: 310
(Treecko has the most Speed and Special Defense of the trio, and while leveling up and evolving, it learns some pretty decent grass type moves. Comes in really handy as a grass type in general!)
(This girl is Torchic, the Fire type Chick Pokémon. Taking a look at her base stats:)
HP: 45
Attack: 60
Defense: 40
Sp.Atk: 70
Sp.Def: 50
Speed: 45
(She has the best special attack of the trio. Fire-type Pokémon aren't too common in this game, so, choosing Torchic is not a bad idea to cover type weaknesses and advantages! Plus it learns some decent moves leveling up and evolving too. But the main starter that I'll be choosing...)
(...is Mudkip, the Water-type Mud Fish Pokémon! With his base stats:)
HP: 50
Attack: 70
Defense: 50
Sp.Atk: 50
Sp.Def: 50
Speed: 40
(It has the most HP, Defense, and Attack of the trio. There's going to be quite a few times that we need to cross large bodies of water in this game, so having a good water-type is pretty much essential for a play through. Mudkip learns pretty good water type moves too, as well as some ground type moves when its evolved. Anyway, as said, we're going to pick him!)
(Looks like this is our attacker, a Zigzagoon! Zigzagoon is a normal-type Tiny Racoon Pokémon that's quite common in this region. I'll talk more about Zigzagoon later, but now it's time to battle!
During battle we get four options: Fight, Bag, Run, and Pokémon. Fight allows us to choose an attack, Bag sends us to our bag to use an item during battle, the Pokémon option let's us swap Pokémon during battle, and Run let's us try and run away. Right now we can't run away, and we have no other items and Pokémon, so we should fight.
Mudkip only has the moves Tackle and Growl right now, so let's just Tackle it!)
(And we've won without taking a single hit. That's some scary wild Pokémon, right?)
(Like all of the Pokémon games, we gain experience points (or EXP) after each victory.)
I was in the tall grass studying wild Pokémon when I was jumped.
You saved me.
Thanks a lot!
Oh?
(Oh...?)
Hi, you're JANNA!
(Hi?)
This is not the place to chat, so come by my POKéMON LAB later, okay?
(Well, we just warped there. Like mom would say, that's very convenient!)
I've heard so much about you from your father.
I've heard that you don't have your own Pokémon yet.
But the way you battled earlier, you pulled it off with aplomb!
(Not much time that I see Pokémon games using more complex words like... aplomb. Interesting.)
I guess you have your father's blood in your veins after all!
Oh, yes. As thanks for rescuing me, I'd like you to have the Pokémon you used earlier.
While you're at it, why not give a nickname to that MUDKIP?
(I have just the name too!)
(Well, actually it took me a while to figure one out. I decided to name Mudkip after Edge, the protagonist from Star Ocean 4, because hey... oceans. Right?)
If you work at Pokémon and gain experience, I think you'll make an extremely good TRAINER.
My kid, BRENDAN, is also studying Pokémon while helping me out.
JANNA, don't you think it might be a good idea to see BRENDAN?
(Sure, why not.)
Great! BRENDAN should be happy, too.
Get BRENDAN to teach you what it means to be a TRAINER.
(We'll see. Anyway, now that we have a Pokémon, we now get a special perk! Let's head back home.)
I think you should rest a bit.
(Back at home, Mom heals our Pokémon, just in case things go south during skirmishes with wild Pokémon and our own Pokémon get hurt. It's also a good place to heal, in case you wanna do some early training.)
Take care, honey!
(Gonna wrap things here for now, but before that:)
(We're here, in Route 101. A town called Odale is just a bit north of here!)
Pokémon obtained thus far:
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