Username: d4rk
Game: Pokemon Red SpaceWorld edition
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Era: Sci-Fi Like Future
Well, will I be able to beat the old dude only using Electric, Psychic and Flying? Psy type was overpowered at that time right?
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Could have got myself and Butterfree or a Beedrill... Beedrill is a powerhouse in this gen.... But I'll roll with something else.
Brock is beaten with Nidoran's Double KIck. Charmander is stored to PC for my extra no-starter rule. Current team has Nidoran, Pidgey and Pikachu.
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Some Bug Catcher in the mt. Moon advises me to catch a Zubat for it is super strong... Which I runctantly do. Spending a training sesh with only Leech Life and no grass Pokemon in sight was long. Eventually I get to Cerulean City with team lv.16, some attempts on Misty show me I really have to meet Bill before having any chance at attacking faster than Starmie. In the meantime I get myself an Abra (long training sesh too). Misty gets her ass handed to her, Nidorino is stored to the PC (sad). Current team has Pidgeotto, Kadabra, Zubat, and Pikachu.
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Pikachu and Zubat begin to show frail. Fortnately it is time to evolve Zubat. Besides nothing really special, 3rd gym is beaten easily with Kadabra. Other rules are in use: selling all the Rare Candies, not using TMs. I probably will skip the facultative areas such as East of Vermillon, too. And there begins the pain of HM slaves. Team has: Pikachu, Golbat, Pidgeotto, Kadabra, Charmander (Cut).
--badge 4--
Sorry I keep editing this post since I am playing a lot this evening.
Lots happen here, Pikachu learns Thunderbolt but I trade him for a Jolteon; ugh the moveset of Eeevee sucks so much and it is given at lv.25... I consider I have no more Electric moves, but in case I am in trouble I have Kadabra to cover up. Celadon gym is beaten with Pokemon raising to lv. 33. In the meantime I've backtracked and got myself a Butterfree to go through the cave, since Charmander can't learn Flash. So current team is Jolteon, Golbat, Pidgeotto, Kadabra, Charmander, Butterfree.
--Pokeflute & Snorlax--
Didn't care to keep the bike in my bag so I'll cross the south of Lavender. Getting there wasn't too hard, only the Rock Pokemon of Giovanni gave me trouble since I wanted to battle them without the help of Kadabra. I'm getting a bit overlevelled. Regarding items, buying an Hyper Potion right after arriving in Saffron City was expensive. Good that I had stocked on Super Potions before. Item management is as bad as it gets in Red, so I just consume every HP Up that I can find, and store my TMs to PC. After a few missed attempts, Snorlax is captured for the kick of it. Actually I had completely forgotten Snorlax would block me and force me to do the Pokeflute arc. Rival is ridiculously undertrained.
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Kadabra proved he could die fast vs. the wrong opponent during the crossing of the road but eh, he's completely wrecked Koga. I was very surprised to find trainers having Drowzee and Hypno in the gym... Proving they should have been typed Psychic/Poison. Other than that Pidgeotto evolved, current team is Pidgeot, Kadabra, Golbat, Jolteon, Charmander, Butterfree.
--New captures and Silph Co. quest--
After getting Surf and Strength I can teach them to a Krabby, I also teach him Strength. I try to see how far I can go without doing the Silph Co. arc, and I get myself my Magneton finally. Meanwhile, the scientist from Cinnabar is done with my brand new Aerodactyl. After a bit of training, I am ready to try Silph Co. with my new friends, it goes well. Another addition to the team occurs: Jynx. Captured lv. 39, he's easy to train and deals massive damage with Ice Punch and Body Slam... Normally it should replace Pidgeot but I wonder about replacing Jolteon since I can't teach Jolteon Thunderbolt (TM) and it does not have Thundershock at least. Magneton could handle very well. Or maybe should I take on with a Beedrill? But the team members who stay for sure: Magneton, Jynx, Aerodactyl, Golbat, Kadabra, and of course my lil' Krabby as HM slave. Now ready to beat Sabrina.
--badges 6 & 7--
Beating Sabrina's gym wasn't too hard, helped by Jolteon's Pin Missile and Golbat's Leech Life. In the end I complete the last battle on a superb Jynx vs. Alakazam, he's just spamming Recover until a Body Slam paralyzes him. Cake. Blaine is a tad harder though but eventually Kadabra and Magneton bring his Arcanine down. I'm currently lv.43 which is a bit weak compared to what awaits me. I'll try taking on Giovanni and rival as is. I've fixed my team choice for good, therefore the Elite 4 will be attempted with Jynx, Jolteon, Aerodactyl, Golbat, Kadabra and Magneton.
--Giovanni, rival, Victory Road--
Jynx with Ice Punch and Jolteon with Double Kick, plow through the final gym without much effort. Even the lv. 50 Rhydon is brought down quite quick. I decide to beat rival without restoring my PPs at Pokemon Center, and it works quite well. The Bug attack in Jolteon and Golbat's movesets really do help. But rival's Alakazam is super tough not gonna lie. But I finally beat it. Time to train to even the team's levels. And wow! Victory road is tough! And my item bag is on the verge of exploding... Anyway thanks to the challenge's rule I only have to sell my remaining balls, buy a stock of revives and full restores and I'm ready to go. 20 of each and team lv.46... I'm not sure I can survive haha! Maybe I should buy more until I have 0 pokedollar left, because if I lose a battle that's whole my wallet that's lost. No I won't let it happen I'll just re-start game at each battle lost. Full team lv. 46.
--League 1st attempt--
Results: I challenged myself to just go through all the E4 in one run with no checkpoints. Bruno and Agatha were cake but Lorelei and Lance gave me trouble for a while... In fact I kept mistakenly calling Magneton against Dragonair instead of Jynx. In-between I used items to heal HP. But the Champion battle is bonkers. The level gap is huge and I keep using all my items during the battle... Until the Tortank unexpectedly blasts Magneton. Battle's lost and I need to reset.