LilBueno

Boy Wonder

Male
Straight Outta Gotham
Seen July 11th, 2018
Posted May 30th, 2018
243 posts
9.5 Years
I noticed that I play Pokemon games very casually. I'm in no rush, but I want to finish. I won't go into every nook and cranny, but I'll hit all the obvious spots. I won't talk to everyone in a city, but everyone in my way. I don't try to catch every Pokemon on a route, but I'll try to catch any new ones I see as I go through the route.
In other words, I want to get the most out of the story first and then worry about the secrets and the region after I become Champion.

For Sun/Moon, I think I'll actually buy both versions this time. I'll do both with completely different teams (and probably genders). I'll play through one a bit by barreling through the first couple of gyms or so and then switch to the other and catch up, exploring everything and trying out every feature, maybe focusing on Dex completion for that one. Then I'll switch back for the next few gyms.

How do you think you'll play?
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JJ Styles

The Phenomenal Darling

Male
NCR
Seen November 10th, 2019
Posted November 10th, 2019
3,924 posts
8.4 Years
I'll basically just do a proper playthrough and try completing whatever i can. I'm not really the kind of person who just starts doing something crazy like Nuzlockes or monotype challenges without proper map knowledge.

In my Alpha Sapphire run, I basically just went ham with the explorations and stuff to the point where I did so much exploration after getting the Eon Flute and capturing Kyogre, which meant that a lot of areas opened, as well as other pokemon outside the Hoenn Dex suddenly appearing. I'll be doing the same here at S/M.

I'm thinking of getting the 2 games, where one is my main save file, the one that I'll be doing most of my work with such as online trading, and other interactions. The other will be were I'll be doing a challenge such as Monotypes.

Sheep

She/Her
Australia
Seen 2 Hours Ago
Posted 13 Hours Ago
39,267 posts
16.6 Years
I'll play casually without worry about IVs or anything, picking the Pokémon I like and using them on my type-rounded team. Post-game is when I get more into the competitive breeding side and start to replace my old team members, honestly I hardly even make new files too. Took me two years until I decided to restart X for a challenge and I'm still only one badge in.. ha. D:

Hikamaru

Age 30
Female
Australia
Seen January 24th, 2019
Posted September 4th, 2018
50,214 posts
12.2 Years
I mostly think of Pokemon that would make a good team, and then I usually plan everything else from there. Still part of my gameplay tradition that won't change for this generation.
Gone forever for personal reasons.
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currently playing crystal ♡

Age 29
Female
Pooville
Seen June 12th, 2021
Posted January 30th, 2018
48 posts
7.2 Years
I just play casually.
But I do tend to grind beyond belief for some reason, but that happens in all the games I play in Pokemon.


I usually end the main storyline within like 72-80 hours. Dunno if that's typical or not cause I see people finishing within like 32 hours

Spinosaurus

Seen May 27th, 2019
Posted June 7th, 2018
4,569 posts
14.1 Years
Go in completely blind. I'll be avoiding spoilers/leaks as much as I can.

That's the best way to play Pokemon for me. I'm also hoping DexNav is back because it makes looking for and catching Pokemon a lot more engaging and fun, and I imagine it'd be particularly amazing when I don't know what kind of Pokemon I'll end up finding.
Age 30
Female
Johto
Seen May 26th, 2020
Posted May 21st, 2020
926 posts
14.3 Years
I'm gonna try and avoid seeing what all the new Pokemon are except the ones that are revealed before the game's release. Therefore, I'm not gonna plan my team in advance like I always do. However, this might be hard because I live in the UK and the game doesn't come out in Europe until almost a week after the other countries.

I'll play the game casually like always, take in as much of the story as possible, catch any species I haven't got yet along the way and focus on completing the pokedex properly after I've beat the main story.
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Jeischita_Homaji

Resident of the Acalia Region

Male
Canada (Acalia Region)
Seen June 9th, 2016
Posted June 2nd, 2016
31 posts
7 Years
I'm going to take is slow. I am going to explore every area as much as possible! I rushed through X and Y without reaistlly stopping to take in the enviroment so I wont make that mistake this time around.

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Age 32
Male
Seen December 25th, 2016
Posted May 15th, 2016
45 posts
11.6 Years
Go in completely blind. I'll be avoiding spoilers/leaks as much as I can.

That's the best way to play Pokemon for me. I'm also hoping DexNav is back because it makes looking for and catching Pokemon a lot more engaging and fun, and I imagine it'd be particularly amazing when I don't know what kind of Pokemon I'll end up finding.
This. I want to try to make my first playthrough as challenging as possible. I'm going to build a team of Pokémon as I go along. Once I have 5 or 6 I won't swap them out even if some of the Pokémon I chose aren't that strong, but I tend to have an eye for talent ;)

I want to be put in a position where I have to grind and study as if I'm new to Pokémon. That way I get a better sense of accomplishment for beating the champion. On my second playthrough I will try to set up my "monster team" of the strongest Pokémon in the region and go for everything I may have missed the first time around.

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gucci

Male
United Kingdom
Seen September 26th, 2021
Posted August 7th, 2019
21,056 posts
15.4 Years
I'll try to explore every possible area and actually attempt to capture all the Pokemon available. I took my time with Alpha Sapphire and I thoroughly enjoyed that play style.

Sydian

fake your death.

Age 30
they/them
Georgia
Seen May 22nd, 2022
Posted November 29th, 2021
33,354 posts
15.2 Years
Same way I always play new generations. I'll go through slowly, my entire team will be Alola-only Pokemon...that's about it as far as what I make sure to do in a new game. Did I mention how slow I'll play? Because that's a thing...haha. I'm REALLY slow...
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Blastin'Tyruntz

Keeps blasting off again!

Age 25
He/Him
Israel
Seen March 3rd, 2023
Posted February 18th, 2023
1,094 posts
13.1 Years
Try and play casually the first time, then after that it's restart-challenge-repeat for me? I really want to get to know the game then make it chakkenging for myself, UNLESS I end up really loving what I did in my casual run (Like I did in Y)
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shellysunfish

Hoenn and cat Pokemon fangirl

Female
Seen March 3rd, 2019
Posted March 3rd, 2019
48 posts
7 Years
I'll play though the story casually, starting with Moon and Litten.
(I have a tradition of always picking the fire starter for the first play through)
Not rushing through Alola., catching all new gen 7 Pokemon along the way.
After the story, complete the dex once again. My second play through
will likely be Sun. I'll pick whichever final evolution out of Rowlet and
Popplio I like the most.

Hermione Granger

Age 34
United States
Seen 1 Hour Ago
Posted 6 Days Ago
1,677 posts
14 Years
Since in a way I'm expecting that we're going to get the exp. share early on, I don't expect the need to grind.

Pokemon Sun- I'll be playing the male character, starting with Litten and catching pokemon I like for my team.
Pokemon Moon- Female character, starting with Rowlet and basically do the same thing I do in Sun.
Both- Main Legendary pokemon of the game will be on my final team as I have done this since I began playing pokemon.

Female
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Seen May 15th, 2016
Posted May 15th, 2016
8 posts
7.2 Years
First playthrough requires a starter. So I'm using one of the starters on my team. I know everybody does it, but I'm certainly keeping my starter on my team. ...Then for my next playthrough, I'm using anything but the starters. I don't want to get sick of this game. I hope I can play as a ginger. Okay. Bye. :)
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Lunar

Age 24
Male
England
Seen September 16th, 2020
Posted September 15th, 2020
I've never done something like this before but I have a Level 5 Shiny Zorua ready to trade in and use in my party from the beginning of the game alongside my starter.

Apart from that I'll just try and explore and take in as much of the tropical scenery of Alola whilst doing a bit of grinding and generally enjoying my first playthrough :)

Ho-Oh

used Sacred Fire!

Age 31
Female
QLD, Australia
Seen June 5th, 2022
Posted April 23rd, 2022
35,988 posts
17.5 Years
Yeah I'm normally in a rush too... because I can't wait to find out everything. Buuuttt... because I regret it soon after I think I might try and take it slowly this generation. I will attempt to catch every new Pokémon though so that'll slow me down a bit.

derrick95

Male
United States
Seen December 30th, 2021
Posted July 6th, 2016
53 posts
12.1 Years
I'm going in as blind as I possibly can. The feeling of finding random new Pokemon that I didn't know about in XY, like Pumpkaboo or Klefki, was amazing and I want to recreate that feeling as much as possible. I'm also going to make a rule of only using Alola Pokemon on my first playthrough. Hopefully I can even keep myself from finding out about Popplio's evolutions and have its secondary type or lack of one be a surprise to me, since I'm definitely going to be Team Popplio
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Female
California
Seen January 8th, 2017
Posted October 5th, 2016
25 posts
7 Years
I always play the games as either two characters. Myself, if I were in the Pokemon world, or my OC, Ameji.

When I play as myself, I'm super excited and try to be a true Pokemon master by catching everything and filling out the Pokedex. When I play as Ameji, I'm more focused on battling/training and fighting gyms.

One of them will win out for my first playthough, I won't know who until I have the game in my hands.