2nd Gen The Pokemon Acquisition Challenge

Started by zapht November 30th, 2009 10:13 PM
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Valhalla
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Posted May 5th, 2011
45 posts
14.2 Years
The Pokemon Acquisition Challenge
In an attempt to make the game seem more like what goes on in the actual tv show, as well as just give players a different kind of challenge, i have created the "Pokemon Acquisition Challenge" in which players can only use pokemon given to them by NPC characters in the game.

Rules:
- Only G/S/C versions
- Emulators are allowed
- You can only use pokemon aquired through other in-game NPCs (i.e. Oaks starter, bills Eeevee, Tyrogue, etc)
- you may use ONE other pokemon of your choice
- you may not use legendary pokemon ( ho-oh, lugia, 3 dogs, mewtwo)
- you may not use TMs on aquired pokemon ( chosen pokemon ok)
- Sudowoodo, Snorlax, and Lapras may be used as an acquired pokemon
- you may use pokemon acquired in trades with NPCs
- you may use an alternate pokemon to SURF through the cave and acquire Lapras, then discontinue use of that pokemon
- HM slaves are allowed
- notify me when you beat the Elite Four so i can label it next to your name, however the entire challenge is completed when you defeat Red.

These Are NOT Acquired Pokemon:
- pokemon from bug catching contests
- pokemon from the Game Corner
- pokemon from eggs (except togepi, mystery egg)
- Red Garydos
- Pokemon caught in swarms

carry out discussions and progress on your adventures here, screenshots are nice. dont fear of spamming, just keep discussion going. be social and active.

list your current team with each update:
Chikorita (F) - 11

Submission Form:
Username:
Version:
Starting Pokemon:

Banners:
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credit for banners goes to Syphilis


Contenders:
Username: Zapht
Version: Gold
Starting Pokemon: Totodile

Username: Fire Wolf *Completed!*
Version: Crystal
Starting Pokemon: Cyndaquil


Username: mondays suck *Completed*
Version: Crystal
Starting Pokemon: Chikorita

Username: syphilis *Completed*
Version: Crystal
Starting Pokemon: Totodile

Username: gold1222 *Completed Elite Four*
Version: Crystal
Starter: Chikorita
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Seen July 17th, 2015
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ah well after you finish the elite four tell me and ill label it next to your name, and then when you beat red ill label you "completed." so i mean you can stop at the elite four if you want, or continue.

as for water types i hadnt noticed that and since u need them to complete the game i will make Lapras available as an acquired pokemon. thanks for bringing that up!
Holy Roman Empire
Seen February 23rd, 2016
Posted February 23rd, 2016
2,551 posts
13.7 Years
Finally a new GSC challenge!

I'll play in Crystal and start with Chikorita since no one chose it yet.


So:

Submission Form:
Username: mondays suck
Version: Crystal
Starting Pokemon: Chikorita

Oh, and are we allowed to have HM slaves or will we have to put HMs on our teammembers?

560cool.

An old timer?

Age 24
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Eastern Europe
Seen March 29th, 2021
Posted March 9th, 2021
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13.8 Years
Yayy ! Yayy ! GSC Challenge ! :

Submission Form :

Username : 560cool
Version : Gold
Starting Pokemon : Totodile

I'll start either today (if I have time) either this weekend ...
And can I use as HM Slave a captured Pokemon ?
Well, okay. I'm here just to chat with people. Don't really care about signatures and stuff.



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Valhalla
Seen July 17th, 2015
Posted May 5th, 2011
45 posts
14.2 Years
yeh HM slaves will be allowed

P.S. is anyone is good with Photoshop, GIMP, etc and would like to make some banners for this challenge it'd be greatly appreciated!

Pokémon Ranger ✩ Moriarty

I lit a wee fire...on a boat!

Age 34
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ENGERLAND
Seen October 30th, 2011
Posted October 29th, 2011
1,189 posts
13.7 Years
Good banners, Syphilis! I'm using the Cyndaquil one in my sig, with a link back to this challenge thread. (:

Challenge Started 02/12/09.

Pokémon Silver / Start Day!
• Started the game. Named myself GOLD.
• Got my Starter Pokémon, Cyndaquil. No nickname as of yet.
• Got a Potion from Generous Lab Assistant.
• Set off for Mister Pokémon.

Interesting stuff, I know.

Screengrabs;
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I'LL BE GOING WITH MY...SILVER CARTRIDGE AND GAMEBOY ADVANCE SP. (:


No, I forgot my pants. brb.


*bother bother bother bother*
It's not going to be fun later going up against his Totodile, though.


Cyndaquil. <3


And the little guy I'll be using solo until I get my first In-Game Trade.


How's your thirst for adventure, Captain?

560cool.

An old timer?

Age 24
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Seen March 29th, 2021
Posted March 9th, 2021
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13.8 Years
UPTADE NO. 1 / 2nd December 2009 !

-Started on a Gold ROM
-Named myself GFORCEX (had no creativity ...)
-Started the game
-Boring Mum gave me Pokegear ...
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-Looked around New Bark to find ...
-SILVER !! :
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-OK enough with Jokes got to Elm to choose ...
-TOTODILE !
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In my heart you little lizard (I like calling him'lizard') ...

Mine now ...

-Nicked him AQUAFRESHX (again no creativity...)
-Got this Potion ...
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-And this is my Solo team till I get Rocky the Onix !
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-Saved in New Bark , to be continued in wekend (Having exams ! ): ) .-
Well, okay. I'm here just to chat with people. Don't really care about signatures and stuff.



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Seen July 17th, 2015
Posted May 5th, 2011
45 posts
14.2 Years
ok so i finally got started.

- i started a new game and named myself HALLDOR and my rival YANSON
- i chose Totodile as my starter
- i recieved the pokemon egg from Oaks aid in violet city
- i recieved HM05 Flash from sprout tower
- i recieved the Zephyrbadge from Falnker at the violet gym
- my Totodile evolved into Croconaw
- i set south from violet city and saved outside the cave

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updates on team will follow shortly...

P.S. gold1222, your only supposed to put the banner in your sig AFTER you complete the challenge
Age 30
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Seen June 12th, 2012
Posted May 31st, 2010
209 posts
14.6 Years
alright, so i did a little bit:

-picked totodile and named him PartyBus.
-forced PartyBus to level up a couple (8) times.
-caught a bellsprout, named it a naughty word.
-traded naughty-word-nicknamed bellsprout for ROCKY.
-trained ROCKY to level 13, even though he stopped loving me at 11.
-beat the sprout tower and falkner with PartyBus.
-went to azalea and beat the rockets and bugsy.
-caught an abra near goldenrod and gave it the same nickname as bellsprout
-traded the abra for MUSCLE
-beat whitney with MUSCLE.
-caught a female sudowoodo, named it LadyWood.
-got the eevee from bill
-evolved it with a fire stone from Alan on like...route 34 or something.
-beat morty
-caught a krabby, named it the same thing as abra and bellsprout and traded it for a voltorb.
-tried to train VOLTY but didn't have the patience.
-beat chuck and got the medicine.
-beat jasmine.
-went to mahogany and killed the red gyrados
-beat the rockets
-beat pryce.

Team:
PartyBus lvl 33

Scratch
Leer
Bite
Surf

MUSCLE lvl 35

Karate Chop
Leer
Strength
Vital Throw

LadyWood lvl 35

Rock Throw
Rock Slide
Low Kick
Flail

Fiyah! lvl 34

Quick Attack
Tail Whip
Sand-Attack
Bite
There's an outbreak of me in Alberta. Sorry.
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Seen July 17th, 2015
Posted May 5th, 2011
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damn syphilis you got hella far!!

i played some more:

- traveled through the cave and entered azalea town
- defeated team rocket, and Bugsy
- traveled through the forest and went to goldenrod
- i cleared the entire national park and underground tunnels of trainers
- defeated whitney
- captured sudowoodo
- i arrived in ekruteak city
- defeated all the kimono girls

my current team: (no screenshots yet sorry)

Croconaw lvl 26
Togepi lvl 21
Rocky (onix) lvl 20
Sudowoodo lvl 20
Teevee (eevee) lvl 20

Fire Wolf

it's as humid as a sauna, boy!

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Antarctica
Seen January 23rd, 2015
Posted February 25th, 2011
1,089 posts
13.7 Years
Update Time!:
Took Allan (Cyndaquil) as starter
Reached Mr. Pokemon's house
Defeated Noob (rival's name)
Got five awesome pokeballs
Cleared the way to Violet City, where I got my first badge
Hatched Riley (Togepi) from the mystery egg
I reached Azelea Town, passing Union Cave
Took on the Rockets in Slowpoke Cave, defeated them
Defeated Bugsy
Beat Noob, again
Passed through Ilex Forest
Got an Odd Egg, from which hatched Carlos (Magby)
Trained Riley, Allan and Carlos
Defeated Cry Girl Whitney, thanks to Ember's Burnhax
Reached Ecruteak City, met Bill
Got Phillip (Eevee) from Bill
Went to Ecruteak again, defeating Morty after seeing off the dogs in Burned Tower
Evolved Allan (overleveling!!)
Got Dana Lass's phone no., for a Thunderstone
Went to Slowpoke Cave, caught a Slowpoke, my temporary Surf Slave
Caught Gael (Lapras)
Saved.
Team:

Carlos/Magby
Level 22
~ Fire Punch
~ Dizzy Punch
~ Thunderpunch
~ Headbutt


Riley/Togepi
Level 19
~ Swift
~ Metronome
~ Headbutt
~ Rollout


Gael/Lapras
Level 20
~ Surf
~ Body Slam
~ Sing
~ Mist


Phillip/Eevee
Level 21
~ Shadow Ball
~ Tackle
~ Sand Attack
~ Growl


Allan/Typhlosion
Level 37
~ Flame Wheel
~ Quick Attack
~ Thunderpunch
~ Headbutt
Fun Fact: Metronome has hit Sacred Fire and Aeroblast, on a Wooper and Bellsprout :D! Also it hit Lock-On, then Zap Cannon on a Pidgey :D!
Edit: I've reached the Victory Road, Team later since I'm tired after getting so much of progress...
Edit2: I'm the champion! I defeated E4. Team? Later..
Holy Roman Empire
Seen February 23rd, 2016
Posted February 23rd, 2016
2,551 posts
13.7 Years
So, i completed the Common Pokemon challenge, so i can restart Crystal now for this challenge. I'll start soon.

And i've a question: What about Game Corner Pokemon? I've not seen anyone using them yet, doesn't that game corner person count as an ingame NPC?

Ah, whatever, time to post some progress (like anyone else here, i'm using screenshots):
First, i did stuff which i'm to lazy to tell in details now (and didn't take any screenshots of), this resulted in beating Falkner with my Bayleef called Sauerkraut. It was quite easy.
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I obtained the Togepi egg, and went through Union Cave to Azalea. There, i - of course - beat Team Rocket, Bugsy (took me some attempts), and my rival called Silver (because i just pressed start when i had to name him)
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Then, i obtained the Cut HM from some dude in Ilex Forest and caught me a Sandshrew (didn't find any Paras or Oddish in the forest and didn't want to go back to bellsprout areas) which i taught it.
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After crossing the Forest, i first beat some trainers and then got a Spearow which i should use to deliver a mail to some random guy near violet. Of course i'm keeping it instead. Shortly after this, Togepi finally hatched, i called it Omelette. Then, after getting the Radio and Bicycle (which i forget in most playthroughs), i went into the daycare and got another egg, which hatched into an Elekid (i had saved before the daycare guy so he doesn't give my something normal-typed, but got Elekid on first attempt). I had no idea what to call Elekid like because it doesn't remind me of any food, so i googled 'Elekid Nickname' and the first result was "
call it stuf u i wold". I don't really understand what this means, but that's what i called it like because i had no own ideas.
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After that, i just for the heck of it brought the letter to the guy near Violet, but it was held by Sandshrew instead. Pretty stupid by me, because that means i had to catch another HM slave, and again, it was a Sandshrew, the first thing that can learn Cut and i met after realizing there's a Cut tree in Ilex Forest making it impossible for me to get back to Goldenrod.
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Back at Goldenrod, i bought me Ice and Fire Punch TMs for StufUIWold (whatever that name means), and even got a free Return TM (Sunday is the default day when the protagonist's mother asks which day it is...), apparently Bayleef is pretty happy.


My team so far:

Sauerkraut / Bayleef m Lv. 27 @ Miracle Seed
~ Headbutt
~ Poison Powder
~ Razor Leaf
~ Synthesis

No, I'm not teaching Return to Bayleef, it's going to learn Body Slam soon, and i want the paralysis chance more than sheer power.

Omelette / Togepi m Lv. 12 @ /
~ Growl
~ Charm
~ Metronome
~ /

Metronome has already hit Thunder against a Pidgey (it hit even though i had like -4 Acc), Hydro Pump (hit), Hyper Beam (crit, against a Metapod), 2 Bides in a row, Spore, Extremespeed.... Really the most fun move to use ever.

Kenya / Spearow f Lv. 11 @ /
~ Peck
~ Swift
~ Leer
~ Mud Slap

Bird with Swift and Mud Slap, this is looking familiar for anyone who read my team in the common pokemon challenge. But in contrast to the Pidgey i had there, Spearow is going to get Drill Peck later on, or maybe Return if i manage to faint it not too often...

StufIUWold / Elekid m Lv. 9 @ /
~ Fire Punch
~ Ice Punch
~ Dizzy Punch
~ Thunder Punch

Punch.

Sandshrew Lv. 6 (Cut Slave)