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Old March 15th, 2010 (6:52 PM).
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I'm trying to catch a Magby on my walker so that counter his devious little bug types.
Thats how I beat bugsy, I walked a lot and caught my magby.
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Old March 15th, 2010 (6:59 PM).
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Well they don't seem that hard to me. I remember in Silver and Crystal I had such a hard time beating Whitney. Her freakin' Miltank and its rollout got my pokemon every time. But this time ALL it took was one hit of magical leaf from my Bayleef to knock it out. She was the easiest gym leader so far.

Falkner was pretty easy too, but Bugsy gave me some trouble as in his Scyther almost knocked out my Bayleef with u-turn. He was tougher than I remember.
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Old March 15th, 2010 (7:09 PM).
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Scyther used U-Turn. Lv13 Pidgeotto.

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Old March 15th, 2010 (9:01 PM).
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Their levels are higher, yeah.

I remember in Crystal, I spent 20h training 20 Pokémon to Level 50 in the grass outside of the Elite Four. What I loved about the old games was the absence of the VS Seeker. Crystal was all right since phonecalls were random; HGSS is all right, too, since the levels when you rebattle are a lot higher than the initial fight, making it unable to be spammed by saving, restarting, changing your DS date, and battling again.

I wouldn't say they're harder though. Whitney's still the most difficult, if you hate Fighting Pokémon lol the rest are easy.
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Old March 16th, 2010 (2:59 AM).
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The Gym Leaders are a little harder, I think.

I thought Falkner was going to be easy to beat like he always was... until his Pidgeotto used Roost... and kept using Roost EVERY TURN. >_<

And I fought Bugsy in the Japanese SS and got hit with Scyther's U-Turn pretty early on in the battle. I was like, "when did Scyther know U-TURN?!" I haven't gotten to him yet in HG (will challenge him later today when I'm off work), so maybe he won't be as annoying.

Whitney, surprisingly, didn't last longer than 5 rounds when I fought her in Japanese SS. I don't remember what I did. :P
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Old March 16th, 2010 (3:02 AM).
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Falkner is still easy (level 9...?).

Bugsy was really, really hard for some reason. And I started with Cyndaquil.

Whitney's easier though. Her Pokemon are the same, but lower leveled. And I took her down with Charm and Smokescreen. xD
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Old March 16th, 2010 (3:03 AM).
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They're about the same, they seem harder because the Diamond/Pearl/Platinum gyms were so easy.
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Old March 16th, 2010 (5:18 AM).
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well they made falker's team a few levels higher (cuz initially he had a level 9 pidgeotto as his strongest which was even more underleveled). they gave some gyms a few extra levels (like clair, who now goes up to level 41 rather than just level 40), but otherwise, the johto gyms are pretty much the same levelwise. One thing i noted is they gave Bugsy, whom i felt was the weakest because of scyther being his only worthwhile pokemon, some strategy in his battle. in silver, he would have the two cocoons come out first. then hed bring out scyther after those would come out. now he has scyther use u turn and send out a cocoon. i love the new gym challenge better.
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damn, bugsys scyther just murdered my team right now o_o
lol, maybe its because im a few levels lower then him -.-
I roasted that bug with flame wheel:)
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Old March 16th, 2010 (6:22 AM).
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I'am about to fight the 4th gym leader. But yes, there a bit harder then I remember.
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I dont think so... im already on the 3rd gym by the first gym with 28 pokemon....
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Old March 16th, 2010 (7:23 AM).
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Naturally I think Nintendo would make the game more challenging.

People say it's easy because they train... don't train and see how difficult it is! XD
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Old March 16th, 2010 (7:33 AM).
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really? i actually think they got easier. o:
i beat whitney last night, and all of them so far were a breeze ..
maybe i chose the right pokemon .. ?
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Old March 16th, 2010 (7:59 AM).
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i didnt expect to get such a response for this post.

i guess why they are tougher for me is because i put the battle to SET instead of SWITCH

and im not evolving my pokemon.
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damn, bugsys scyther just murdered my team right now o_o
lol, maybe its because im a few levels lower then him -.-
I know, that scyher has killed my team off five times
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I agree the leaders are tougher than usual, but I haven't lost that easily. Im surprised I beat Whitney in one go as it usually takes me a few tries. But the Kanto leaders are something else, they are hard. Brock was hard for me, now im currently on my way to cerulean. With just 28 hours into, I love SS!

PS. Surprisngly enough it took me just one go to wipe out the E4, something that has NEVER happened before at all in my PKMN history!
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Meh, not really. Not to say they aren't challenging, they just didn't suprise me that much.

-Faulkner's really easy now since you can catch mareep early on (that little patch of grass wasn't there before).
-Whitney can be taken care of with Will O' Wisp. TMs FTW!
-Bugsy's Sycther was pretty strong, but that's the only one that stands a chance. (lol @ Kakuna and Metapod)
-Morty can be taken down either with your own Gengar or Crocnaw's Bite.
-Chuck? lol. I ruined him with my Sky Shaymin, since it started to obey. Don't like it? Tough.
-Jasmine and Pryce are both weak to my new Morning Sun Growlithe. <3
-I haven't fought Clair yet, but I'll likely have Lugia by then, so no problem.
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The johto gyms are always tough on be because of my starter. But yes I do find them a little more challenging than the originals.
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Old March 16th, 2010 (11:37 AM).
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Yeah, I prefer putting the battle style to Set instead of Shift as it gives more of a challenge, and it makes me feel more realistic like an NPC, as they'll most often send out a Pokémon that isn't very smart strategically at all :3 And if you have like 3 Pokémon in your party it'll add even more of a challenge, as each Pokémon would be at a lower, more balanced level, instead of having a single powerhouse, obviously. Lastly, I don't evolve my Pokémon until they've basically learned every move that they can learn, so I probably won't be evolving my Chikorita until about Lvl. 45, while some I might even keep unevolved :D

I really hope Nintendo made at least an effort to make the games more challenging. As you may have noticed, I really love challenges x)
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Old March 16th, 2010 (1:26 PM).
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I never had any problems with the gym leaders, my Feraligator, and Ampharos destroyed every gym, (moves on them)
And I never bothered to grind them, I just never skip trainers, so it was pretty easy, mostly 1hit every gym leader.
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I think the AI is significantly improved, but they're still losers, very low levels- only Whitney gave me trouble so far.

Also, I want a Pokemon game that's harder instead, this is too easy, Red shouldn't be a problem, I can pwn him with my level 100 puretrained Cresselia from Pearl.
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Old March 16th, 2010 (2:47 PM).
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I think the difficulty level is meant for if you don't trade in level 100 Pokemon or legendaries early on >>
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Old March 16th, 2010 (2:57 PM).
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The game is a bit tougher, I haven't played the old school games in awhile so lol. But, I'm already at the Elite Four.. the only gym leader who gave me trouble was Whitney because she liked to use attract and it was annoying and I don't use Fighting types soooo ya. lol
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Thus far? Nah, losing to the same leaders I used to lose to. (haha, Bugsy's Scyther rocked me)
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The only gym leader that has currently given me trouble was Bugsy...

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