Dragon
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Pokémon Crystal Version (Japanese: ポケットモンスター クリスタルバージョン Pocket Monsters: Crystal Version) is the third and final Generation II core series game for Game Boy Color. It was released as a solitary version to Pokémon Gold and Silver, which were released one year before. It featured various fixes and some new additions, most notably the introduction of the option to play as a girl. It takes place in the region of Johto like Gold and Silver, with access to Kanto granted later in the game, with the player's starting town being New Bark Town.
The player is called to Professor Elm's lab to run an errand. He provides the player with one of three Pokémon: Chikorita, Cyndaquil, or Totodile to help them get to Mr. Pokémon's house. The player meets Kanto's own Professor Oak during the errand for Elm. Oak, convinced that the player has started their own Pokémon journey, gives them a Pokédex. On the way back, the player is attacked by a spiteful and mysterious Pokémon Trainer. Upon the player's return to New Bark Town, they are informed that someone has broken into Professor Elm's lab and has stolen a Pokémon, the same Pokémon that the Trainer from earlier battled with (the Pokémon that the player's starter is weak against); even more so, that very same Trainer fits the description of the Pokémon thief. This Trainer will become the player's rival for the course of the game, having several conflicts with the player as to what it means to be the world's greatest Pokémon Trainer. Also, throughout the adventure, the player will also come across Suicune, a Legendary Pokémon that traverses Johto after the player awakens the three Legendary beasts from their sleep at the Burned Tower.
One of the many games I played as a kid, I did really enjoy playing Pokemon Gold and Silver. Pokemon Crystal felt really surreal, with the added stuff they included in the game, like... how the pokemon sprites are animated when they're put into battle. It was around the time Pokemon Crystal got released that I also became better at playing these Pokemon games as a whole too. Like before when I was playing Pokemon Yellow, all I did was leave things up to my starter Pokemon, but I gradually learned to rely on other Pokemon, and thus, the Pokemon gaming experience got a lot easier, and a lot more enjoyable in turn!
That being said, it does have a number of flaws, like the actual lack of Generation 2 pokemon that you can find in the main portion of Johto, and some fan favourites are mostly found within the later post game while in Kanto. While Gold, Silver and Crystal does improve from the first Generation of games, you'll still find an unbalanced broken mess held together with sheer programming.
Still, I personally think it doesn't stop these games from being enjoyable. Perhaps it's from sheer notsalgia, these games have a charm that I don't think can be replaced. So, I am bringing this as narrative LP coupled with screenshots. I'm planning to give you, the reader, a sense of what it's like to play this game and to better understand the Johto region in general. If you're looking more for insight, I'll try to also do commentary in batches of a couple of updates at a time, where I will try to go more into detail on the events that went down during this play-through.
I'll try to use as much different Pokémon as I can each update. It's just to give you all a good idea on how well they perform in many aspects of the game.
This isn't a narrative masterpiece or anything, but there's also some cool moments that shouldn't be ruined! Updates will come.. whenever I have time, but hopefully consistently.
I'll also compile a master list of Pokémon, cities, landmarks, characters, and music when they come, as well as any other interesting tips and segments.
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1. [Full Opening]
2. [New Bark Town]
3. [Get a move on, dear!]
4. [Professor Elm's Lab]
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