-Got Surf, traded in the mother for Pearl, the Gorebyss
-Got Ice Beam on the "Abandoned" ship and taught it to Pearl
-Headed northeast, met Steven again
-Went to the Weather Institute, Porky evolved
-Beat Shelly without taking any damage
Vs. May.
She started with Shroomish, I led with Papillon, gust was a 2 hit KO but Papillon was leech seeded. Next up, Pearl vs Numel, surf was predictably a one hit ko. Ohana managed a two hit KO on Marshtomp with absorb.
-Got HM02
-Went through Fortree City, got the Devon Scope
Vs. Winona.
I led with Pearl, who defeated Winona's Swellow with one Ice Beam, next up was Porky vs Pelipper, Porky won with one Shock Wave. Next up was Pearl vs Skarmory, Ice beam missed 4 times in a row after 1 sand attack, but Pearl still won. Altaria was almost defeated in one ice beam, but proceeded to paralyze Pearl with dragonbreath, I switched in Nox who finished it off with a Rock Throw. Feather Badge get!
-Beat May again in Lilycove City, apart from her starter it was a clean sweep for Pearl
-Beat up Team Aqua at Mt. Pyre but was too late to stop them getting the Red Orb
-Ran back to Slateport just in time for Team Aqua to steal Stern's submarine...maybe I should've flown
-Caught a wingull and flew back to Lilycove city. I was too late to stop Archie escaping in the submarine...
-Surfed to Mossdeep City, got a Sun Stone and evolved Ohana
-Flew to Fallabor Town and taught Ohana magical leaf
-Gym Time!
Vs. Liza and Tate.
Wow...I'm underleveled. Anyway, Lunatone and Solrock vs Pearl and Papillon, my two most badass team members if their pokedex entries are to be believed. Turn one saw both of the leaders' pokemon in the yellow, Pearl on 1HP and Lunatone with its stats boosted, next turn Pearl and Papillon both fainted, next up were Nox and Ohana. Nox was quickly put to sleep and Ohana failed to finish off Lunatone with magical leaf, Solrock used flamethrower for less than half of Ohana's health, they proceeded to heal Lunatone, Solrock used Sunny day before fainting to Ohana's magical leaf. Using her new speed boost, Ohana put Lunatone to sleep, after several magical leaves and cosmic powers it woke up again and KOd Ohana...then got brought back to full health. Mack was sent out, Nox put Lunatone to sleep and I set about raising defenses. It woke up again and put Nox to sleep, Mack yawned it and it used light screen. Then it was just a matter of spamming confusion and flamethrower until it fainted. Unfortunately Mack fainted to a crit Psychic and Porky had to take his place. Mind Badge get!
-Got HM08 from Steven
-Beat up Team Aqua in the Seafloor Cavern
Vs. Archie.
It started off Mightyena vs Papillon, but after a silver wind he switched to Crobat, I switched in Pearl and it fell to a psychic and an ice beam. Mightyena came back out and was promptly surfed into the ground. Next up was Sharpedo vs Ohana, the shark fell in 2 magical leaves.
-Suddenly, the world's going to flood...why am I always 5 seconds too late?
-Went to Sootopolis City
-Headed into the Cave of Origin, got HM07, ran away from Kyogre...which apparently saved the world
-Gym time!
Vs. Wallace.
He started with Luvdisc and I started with Ohana, magical leaf was a one hit KO. Next up was Sealeo, who was two hit KOd by giga drain. Next up was Milotic, I sent Porky out and...barely managed a two hit KO with Shock Wave after 5 calm minds and several hyper potions. Next up, Whiscash, who fell to a single psychic. As did Seaking. Rain Badge get!
-Got through Victory Road, had to sideline Ohana and Mack for some HM slaves though
Vs. Wally.
Pearl one shotted Altaria with Ice Beam, Magneton fell to Porky's psychic, as did Delcatty, Gardevoir fell to Shock Wave and Roselia was psychic'd.
-Did some grinding, got everyone to level 45
Pre-E4 Team:
Mack/Magcargo Lv.45 M
Magma Armor/Sassy
-Flamethrower
-Amnesia
-Earthquake
-Rock Throw
Nox/Lunatone Lv.45
Levitate/Hasty
-Psychic
-Rock Throw
-Hypnosis
-Cosmic Power
Ohana/Bellossom Lv.45 F
Chlorophyll/Gentle
-Giga Drain
-Magical Leaf
-Moonlight
-Sleep Powder
Papillon/Beautifly Lv.45 M
Swarm/Sassy
-Silver Wind
-Aerial Ace
-Morning Sun
-Shadow Ball
Porky/Grumpig Lv.45 M
Thick Fat/Bashful
-Psychic
-Calm Mind
-Confuse Ray
-Shock Wave
Vs. Sidney.
Mightyena and Mack were the first on the field, he used crunch, Mack used Flamethrower and got a burn, he hit with another crunch and Mack finished it with another flamethrower. Next up were Sharpedo and Ohana, he used crunch, Ohana used giga drain, he used a full restore, Ohana KOd it with Magical Leaf. Next up was Absol vs Pearl, he used snatch and Pearl hit him with Surf, he used Slash and Pearl finished it with another surf. Next up were Papillon and Cacturne, Silver Wind was a one hit KO. Finally, Shiftry came out, it faked Papillon out and swaggered him, but took a +2 attack, STAB, 4x super effective Silver Wind to the face anyway.
-Healed up and headed into the next room
Vs. Phoebe.
We began with Pearl and Dusclops, Pearl took off half its HP with Surf before getting confused, she hurt herself and got shadow punched before snapping out of confusion and finishing it with another surf. Next was Banette which defeated Pearl with a crit shadow ball. Papillon went out, got hit with a failed spite, used shadow ball, got spited, used aerial ace, Phoebe used a full restore, used aerial ace again, got spited, used shadow ball, got shadow balled, finished it with Shadow Ball. Next was dusclops, I sent out Mack, who hit it with a flamethrower before getting earthquaked...next was Porky, who confused it, tanked a shadow ball, hit it with psychic twice and then got earthquaked. Papillon went out and finished it with Shadow Ball. Next was Sableye, I sent Ohana to deal with it. After a bunch of giga drains, magical leaves and sleep powders it fell. Next up was Banette, I kept Ohana out and hit sleep powder, immediately regretting this when I remembered Banette has insomnia...then it went first and used skill swap before falling asleep. It got taken down in three magical leaves.
-Healed the team and went to deal with Glacia
Vs. Glacia.
First to fight were Mack and Glalie, after amnesiaing it up, Mack took the snowball down with a crit Flamethrower. Only to be taken down by Sealeo...I sent out Ohana to do what she does best, KO things in their sleep, she took down one Sealeo and got the other in the yellow before a string of surprisingly accurate blizzards and surprisingly inaccurate sleep powders got her KOd. Nox finished the job but got KOd by her next Glalie, Pearl psychic'd it out though. Porky went out against Walrein but got Sheer Cold'd. I sacrificed Pearl and Papillon to heal Ohana and Porky...although healing Porky proved uneccessary.
-Healed the team and went to fight pirate Lance
Vs. Drake.
Pearl took down Shelgon easily enough, but fell to Altaria (How did it survive an ice beam?!), Nox finished it with Rock Throw, next was Salamence, I risked hypnosis, but it KOd Nox before the attack could happen, Ohana went out and he tried to use Fly, I switched Mack in to take the hit and buy time for me to heal Pearl. Pearl took to the field and KOd him with a crit ice beam! Next was Flygon, which managed to survive the first turn courtesy of a lucky dragonbreath, the second one wasn't so lucky.
-Healed and went to defeat the champion
Vs. Steven!
Mack and Skarmory were first to fight, Mack got toxic'd but nearly KOd Skarmory in return with Flamethrower, he used spikes and got KOd. Next up was Armaldo, I sent Pearl in to deal with it, Surf would've been a two hit KO if he didn't use a full restore. Next was Aggron, which has rubbish special defense, one surf was all it took. Next was Papillon vs Cradily, not my smartest move...Ohana went in next, shrugged off a sludge bomb and put it to sleep, I took the chance to heal my team, I got everyone fully healed and realised that Ohana was out of Sleep Powders...oops. Mack went out and I learned that rock is neutral to itself, I sent Porky out to confuse it so I could heal Mack. The resulting string of confuse rays, full restores and hyper potions gave Porky plenty of time to max his special stats, psychic was a one hit KO. Next up was Claydol...who got a crit Earthquake, damn. Pearl had an easy enough time with it though. Finally, Metagross...I had to item stall him before letting Mack KO it.
MVP: Pearl, those defenses were amazing, letting her survive hits against Steven's Metagross and her special attack was pretty good too.
LVP: Nox, although if I had bought a second ice beam TM it might've been useful against Drake, Psychic/Rock is just a terrible typing against this elite four, with a grand total of 3 pokemon not able to hit it for super effective damage.
Most Ridiculous Pokedex entry I never would've seen otherwise: Magcargo, 18,000 degrees farenheit? That's almost twice the sun's temperature...
Creepiest Pokedex entry I never would've seen otherwise: Gorebyss, that thing stabs it's mouth into creatures and drinks them.
Most Diverse Moveset: Papillon, although his stats weren't good enough to make much use of it towards the end of the game.
Least Diverse Moveset: Ohana, it didn't stop her being useful though.
One I'll use again: I honestly wasn't expecting Gorebyss or Bellossom to have such amazing defenses, I'll definitely consider them in future playthroughs.
...And now, my list for Heart Gold, featuring all the pokemon from the first four generations that I want to use but never got a chance...6 please, no restrictions...and yes I know there are a lot of water types.