Day: 001 [Nov. 21, 2014]
I picked up my copy of Omega Ruby at around 11am-12pm, alongside a Link Amiibo. I was also given a poster, which was pretty cool! I didn't actually start playing until at around 1 or so, though. I went with Omega Ruby because, regardless of Water being my favorite type, Ruby was the game I grew up with and I knew the nostalgia would be great. I'm really glad I did now, since I much rather prefer the exclusive legendaries in this than AS. [Though I do prefer Latias over Latios, but the Eon Ticket will make that all better~]
In any case, I started my adventure and was immediately hit in the face with nostalgia. Absolutely LOVE the beginning of the game. I soft reseted a couple of times to try and see if I could get a nice looking ID # and landed
06161, which I think was pretty cool so I kept it. I also SR'd a couple of times to be able to get an Adamant natured Mudkip!
I embarked on my journey and have since then fallen in love with the DexNav. I have always enjoyed capturing every Pokémon I see, but now that I can actually get an idea of which Pokémon I can get and if I have captured all of the ones available to that area I am in ecstasy! Sneaking is a lot more fun than I thought it would be, too!
I am heavily enjoying the longer PokéDex descriptions along with their nice
registration animation; it feels so rewarding! Both when I entered my first Pokémon Center and when I bumped into my first Team Magma Grunt I was just slapped in the face with nostalgia - and I loved it.
After reaching Rustboro City I realized I hadn't been planting any berries, so I backtracked for a bit to find the patches once more and plant some of the berries I had acquired.
I have been super slow about playing this game, taking in the new features along with getting really distracted from time to time. I worked on getting my Shiny Beldum, SRing for a while to get the right nature I wanted for it before putting it on PokéBank next to the rest of my Event Collection. I then beat the first Gym Leader, Roxanne, witnessed the Devon Parts being stolen and saved just before entering the cave to retrieve them, finishing my playthrough for the day since it had gotten rather late.
~My team up until this point:
Marshtomp
Slakoth: HM Slave [Cut]
For the most part I tend to only use my starter when playing through the story of any Pokémon game!
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Day: 002 [Nov. 22, 2014]
On my second day I did not get to play as much as I had liked. Was extremely busy for most of the day, but at least I did get to play
some. I started back from where I left off, retrieved the Devon Parts and was taken to Dewford Town. I made it a point to, once again, capture every Pokémon I could in every area, especially that cursed Abra at the Granite Cave. I managed to actually capture it without having dealt any damage to it or given it any status ailments, which was pretty cool!
I made my way back to Dewford, battled Brawly and then came back to Granite Cave once more to meet Steven. I thought the mural looked incredibly cool and I love how they've already started integrating the whole "Primal" thing into the story.
I made my way to Slateford City where I was greeted with the infamous Team Magma waiting line at the Oceanic Museum. I later got to go in, enjoyed the Museum on its own before battling the Grunts on the second floor and getting to meet Maxie for the first time! I now really like what they've done with the character, something that wasn't originally the case back when their redesigns were announced, and enjoyed his small speech about his motives. [I also looked up the same scene online for AS, enjoying the difference in dialogue between the Grunts themselves and their leader. I still prefer Team Magma, which is nice.]
After that was done I met Lisia, a really great addition to the Hoenn cast and entered my first Contest! I was surprised to see I actually won, placing first on the Normal Rank Tough Contest with my Marshtomp! I then picked up my Cosplay Pikachu, absolutely loving the entire concept of it and the fact I own one now.
I then made my way up to Route 110 where I fought with Pokémon countless times trying to get all of the ones in the area. I have yet to get a Plusle to appear. *Grumble Grumble* I saved right before fighting May, knowing I wanted to leave that for tomorrow [today] as it had gotten late already, cursing Plusle as I turned it off.
~My team up until this point:
Marshtomp
Slakoth: HM Slave [Cut]
Skitty: For Flash