As my rival then chose Farfetch'd, I almost got bodied right away. Luckily, a combination of a Potion and him getting hurt by confusion meant that I survived the debut battle into my adventure.
After running a random errand for the PokeMart guy and getting a parcel back to Prof. Oak, we're now gifted 5 PokeBalls so our challenge/journey is officially underway.
My first encounter on Route 1 was a
although I don't think it wanted to join my team because it kinda got rekt by my Barrage which decided to hit 4 times with a crit in there aswell. So, not off to the best of starts but hopefully we can get plenty of other encounters in the routes to come to make up for it.
Onto Route 22 and my first encounter here is a Lv3
named Amarillo.
I'm clearly not ready for another rival battle yet so I guess I should take a little walk and see what teammate I can find.
Onwards to Route 2 and I come across a Lv2
named Rocket.
After getting my newest members caught up a little bit, it's time to take on our Rival on Route 22. In comes our rival Lazy Gary :P
This time around he had the Farfetch'd at Lv9 aswell as a Smeargle at Lv9. Not as much of an issue for me to win this time around.
Now that I've survived my second brawl with Lazy Gary, I guess it's time to wander through the woods and investigate what is usually the realm of bugs.
As it turns out, some bugs do still call Viridian Forest home as my first encounter here was a Lv4
named Beasting. He can go and sit in the PC for now though as I don't really wanna be training up too many Pokemon at once.
After a little bit of grinding the levels up, it's now time to take our first step towards the Pokemon League by facing Brock aka Man Jessica.
He has a Lv12 Drowzee and a Lv14 Gloom which Mrs.Burns dealt with nice and easily.
Now that we've collected the Boulderbadge and TM39 which was randomized to Sharpen, it's time for us to move on and see what else awaits us in this crazy world.
Well, while working our way through the trainers on Route 3, a trainer decided to throw a Critical Hit Vital Throw my way from a Makuhita which Amarillo didn't appreciate very much. Can't believe we've lost our first member of the squad already :(
Looks like I may end up getting Beasting out of the PC unless I can find a good encounter soon. Let's see what happens!
My encounter over on Route 3 is a Lv6
named Lola. Just so Beasting doesn't get too lonely, I guess Lola can join him in the PC for the time being.
Picked up a nice and powerful Lv5
called Drogon (forgot to actually give it a name but will do when I get to the name rater) for $500 from the Magikarp guy.
Into Mt.Moon we go. Normally an annoying cave with Zubats everywhere but hopefully that's not the case here.
My first encounter here turned out to be a Lv9
named Gunk.
Nothing out of the ordinary happened inside Mt.Moon....... except for the fact I found a MASTERBALL ^^ (That should come in handy later on in the game!)
I also decided to pick the Helix Fossil instead of the Dome Fossil. Not that it makes a huge difference anyway because they'll be randomized plus we don't get them resurrected for an eternity yet.
Worked my way through Mt.Moon and now just have one quick stop to get an encounter in Route 4 before heading to Cerulean City.
My Route 4 encounter turned out to be a Lv10
named fatbat. She can also join the PC squad for now as I already have a few mons plus Gunk already has the primary Poison typing.
Quickly levelled my team upto Lv15 (Gunk to Lv16) so that I'm ready to face rival Lazy Gary once again.
This time around he had a LvLv17 Rhyhorn, Lv16 Treecko, Lv15 Kirlia & Lv18 Farfetch'd.
After defeating all those trainers who are randomly stood on a bridge, I went upto Route 24 to grab an encounter which was a Lv9
but I accidentally killed it.
Right across to Route 25 to pick up another encounter on the way to Bill's place. After coming across a Kakuna (which is species clause) I found a Lv14
named Krystal.
A trainer on Route 25 managed to build up an Ice Ball from a Spheal and took out Gunk :( Losing 2 Pokemon already is making me feel like a bad trainer :(
Worked my way through all the trainers in Route 25 to get my team to Lv18 ready to face off against Misty aka Man Lawrence.
She has a Lv18 Staryu (not sure why this wasn't randomized) & a Lv21 Shiftry.
Now that we've collected the Cascadebadge and TM03 Bubblebeam (which also wasn't randomized for some reason) it's time to make our way towards Vermillion.