3rd Gen Pokemon Emerald - Johto Starters

Started by L5Animations November 21st, 2010 5:10 AM
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How long did it take you to get to the point of the Johto Starters in Emerald?

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Seen January 29th, 2011
Posted January 29th, 2011
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12.6 Years
You know how in Emerald, if you fill your HoennDex you can choose one of the three Johto starters? How long did it take you to get to that point in the game, and, how did you do it.

For me, I traded over from other games (via XD), caught Pokemon, and threw an EXP share on Pokemon that needed to evolve and went through the E4 just about a million times. Seriously, through that, TWO of my in game team grew to level one hundred. It took me several months to do.

And I've soft reseting for a shiny Cyndaquil ever since.
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15.2 Years
It took me half a year to do the Hoenn Dex on Sapphire, so there is no way I'd ever do it again on Emerald. I could easily do that though, since I have almost everything in some form or fashion. I imagine it'd only take a day or two. I just have that much stuff lying around, haha.
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I never did. I eventually grew sick and tired of Emerald and sold it to GameStop, so odds are I won't be completing it and getting the starter ever.

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13.8 Years
Never could.......my GBA was all I owned, so no trading....not that I had wired/wireless adapters anyway....and now my GBA is gone (sadly I had to get rid if I wanted a DSi) so I couldn't trade even if I found the adapters.....tbh, between Emerald and LeafGreen I can probably get 300+ in my National Pokédex......

XD looked good....but I can guarantee the graphics'd seem too dated for me now...although I would love to use Munchlax/Bonsly (or are they both in it? xD)...
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Seen March 8th, 2022
Posted May 7th, 2011
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13.8 Years
Took me a while, but I did it. If the game was out in May 2005, I think I was done with every side-quest by August, so I was done by November. I traded most of my Pokemon from the other third gen games, the only reason it took so long was that I didn't feel like cloning that many Zigzagoon.

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Seen March 29th, 2021
Posted March 9th, 2021
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13.8 Years
I had no idea about this award. T_T
Which immediately results I never tried filling the dex in my Emerald ROM on my PSP (my first Pokemon game).
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Seen February 23rd, 2016
Posted February 23rd, 2016
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13.7 Years
Even if I would have had the ability to trade, I probably would have never managed this.
Also, when I learned about this fact, I had already moved on from cartridges to roms and when I found out how to trade between roms (which I find not worth it anyways because it always takes eternally to get it to work, stuff keeps crashing) my playing style had already transformed from having one constant file to my characteristic challenge spam.

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12.4 Years
It took me a full month (in summer vacation) to complete the game and fill my dex. Unfortunately, you only get two random options:
They give you a choice of the three starters-90%
Or give you a ticket to fight Ash and Gary is some random island-10%
Unfortunately, I got to fight Ash and Gary, which took me long. Sorry, but I wasn't able to get the starter for some reason having to do with luck and math, but I hope to myself to start the game over if I can(got so attached to my pokemon) and start over to get the starters.
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Seen April 26th, 2011
Posted February 5th, 2011
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12.4 Years
It took me a full month (in summer vacation) to complete the game and fill my dex. Unfortunately, you only get two random options:
They give you a choice of the three starters-90%
Or give you a ticket to fight Ash and Gary is some random island-10%
Unfortunately, I got to fight Ash and Gary, which took me long. Sorry, but I wasn't able to get the starter for some reason having to do with luck and math, but I hope to myself to start the game over if I can(got so attached to my pokemon) and start over to get the starters.
U can't face Ash & Gary in Emerald
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14.1 Years
I never got up to that point :(

Maybe I should pick up my Emerald and start playing again and accomplish that...

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