3rd Gen Trading Is Cheating? (Firered and Leafgreen)

[Tears In The Rain]

As some of you know, you can trade pokemon in FR/LG. Of course you need cut to get to the 3rd gym. But if you trade over a pokemon with cut you can skip the whole S.S. Anne! Because after beating Misty you can use cut.

You can also trade over a pokemon with flash since you need to go through Diglett's Cave to get flash. But you can skip that and trade over a pokemon with flash and get through Rock Tunnel without finding that house after Diglett's Cave.

So, is trading basically like cheating in Firered and Leafgreen's main story?

I personally like the S.S Anne because I like to slightly over level my pokemon by at least five, maybe ten, so I like the training and will battle all I can. Also once in my original blue I got through dark cave completely unaided by flash because I personally find it to be a useless move and refuse to learn it and waste an un-erasable space. It's really not too difficult.

I believe skipping these areas is lazy because they aren't burdens, it is not that difficult or time consuming. And who wants to finish so quickly, isn't the journey the main point and fun of the game? Sorry no offense meant to anyone who does it, it's your choice, that's just my opinion.
And as already stated it's not cheating as no gameshark or glitches are being used in this which define cheating.

 

[l0l20r2]

To summarise. No its not cheating. No hax or codes were used. You merely utilized the functions of the game. It affects nobody in the universe but yourself. You just skip the s.s. Anne. I personally do all i can level up so i dont skip but ofcourse its all ur choice

 

[Reflux]

Lmao, It would just confuse the Fudge out of me, d: I beat Pkmn Red without ever getting fly until after i beat the elite 4 >_>, my friend had to tell me where it was, (past the snorlax on Biker road d: )

 

[Ninja Caterpie]

You don't need Flash to get through Rock Tunnel. You can just wander around aimlessly until you get out somehow.

 

[GreenStorm]

I wouldn't consider it cheating. Although, it can ruin the fun because you're skipping a part of the game.

 

[Desman3000]

In the first two games (Red and Blue) I really wanted to get past my brother so I traded like CRAZY... But in yellow I deliberately sat down for 99.5 hours and caught all 151 pokemon (mew, however was traded... :))

 

[Converge]

I used to wonder endlessly through Rock Tunnel, and i got out eventually. Its not really cheating, but i dislike using traded pokemon, it feels weird using a pokemon that doesnt have my name on the OT