2nd Gen Have you ever resented Amphy?

Ok so I get it. Amphy is the lighthouse Pokemon. Stops ships from sailing into Olivine City.

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But there's no ships. Not a ship that can follow a path past those mysterious lines that block everyone in and stop you from moving.

So Amphy's job REALLY is to stop the swimmers from swimming into the mysterious barely visible lines. But the swimmers are capable. If I can navigate those lines with a Pokemon I think the swimmers can survive.

But still.

Amphy's sickness forced you to travel all the way to Cianwood City. You had to face trainers, avoid whirlpools, battle a scary man and save a Shuckle...

...all so Amphy could continue doing his job!

Given the above: Have you ever resented Amphy? Or did it bring you some sort of joy to actually help save it from certain fainting? Was it just a poor plot device to get you to Cianwood City?

I didn't know that people were so obsessed with that small part of the game o-o

I always thought it was a bit tedious, though, traveling to Cianwood didn't really let you come back empty handed in the long run. Although Shuckle is a bit useless in-game wise. Plus you get Fly. I do think they could have made the reason why Amphy does its job an actual reality in the games. Having ships go to and from Olivine City would have made it more believable.

um i will never feel bad about getting medicine for a cute ampharos honestly lol

I don't see why not, we did all this to help the dying Ampharos. :)

How could one possibly mind getting the medicine for poor Amphy? ;w; I was more then glad to help it XD

BassZen said:

I didn't know that people were so obsessed with that small part of the game o-o

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Same here. I wasn't bothered at all with this quest.

Though maybe my thoughts are skewed because I grew up playing a lot of games that had ridiculous fetch quests that took far longer to do than the quest to save Amphy. The trip to Cianwood was made even better by getting Fly as a reward, since it meant that I didn't have to go back through the Whirl Islands to get back to Olivine.

I've never had a problem with Amphy. It was just a fun different way to get the player from one location to another. Besides, Amphy was just a poor sick fuzzy creature. That tugs a little more on the heartstrings.

I never thought about it but either way I care about Pokemon.. so if a Pokemon is sick.. :( I just have to save it!
Yeah I know it's just a game, don't judge me...

Almost every Let's Play of the Johto games that I've seen on YouTube says no at first when Jasmine asks if the medicine will cure Amphy. It makes it hard for me to watch if I do say so myself :/

Astinus said:

Same here. I wasn't bothered at all with this quest.

Though maybe my thoughts are skewed because I grew up playing a lot of games that had ridiculous fetch quests that took far longer to do than the quest to save Amphy. The trip to Cianwood was made even better by getting Fly as a reward, since it meant that I didn't have to go back through the Whirl Islands to get back to Olivine.

I've never had a problem with Amphy. It was just a fun different way to get the player from one location to another. Besides, Amphy was just a poor sick fuzzy creature. That tugs a little more on the heartstrings.

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Exactly! How can you ever be mad at poor little Amphy? And as far as being used to doing ridiculous quest, join the club. The Mother series has quite a few of those types of quests.

I always forget what to do at this time of the game T_T So I end up losing a lot of time and I remember the first time I was frustrated lol. But I can't say I analyzed his job and stuff, I just wanted to cure a poor little ampharos <3

Nah, I didn't resent it. It was just another part of the game.

Nah, it's not like it's Amphy's fault for getting sick in the first place. I've never found it hard to get Amphy's medicine(even if it was, I wouldn't resented the Pokemon itself).

I never resented Amphy. It wasn't Amphy's fault for getting sick, after all. If anything, I resented Jasmine. As a gym leader, I felt like she should have been capable of flying to Cianwood City to pick up medicine for Amphy while I stayed with her Pokemon. Or, if she was so important and it was so vital, someone should have been willing to fly directly from Cianwood City to Olivine with the medicine. Seriously, if you have a Pokemon with such an important job that it can't afford to get sick, you should have contingency plans to deal with potential emergencies. Expecting a kid to wander in and save the day for you is irresponsible.