I used to start new saves all the time. In this game. One road trip, I went charmander but was underleveled. Brock wiped my party except Metapod, who only had harden (I didn't evolve it).
I kept spamming it and he couldn't hurt Metapod. Eventually, I learned what happens when you can't use moves anymore. Metapod ended up winning through sheer attrition.
1. catch a caterpie
2. catch a pidget
3. sand attack ad nauseam
4. string shot ad nauseam
5. enemy onix's attack missed!
6. tackle ad nauseam
7. ember (you do have ember right anon?) ad nauseam
8. ???
9. profit
Pokemon is only played one way, you choose charmander, you grind them into charmelon before pewter city, you beat onyx with ember, you grind into charizard before cerulean, you beat star(you) with ember, then you coast out the rest of the game only to catch a pidgy, a paras, and receive a lapris for HM slaves.
I picked Bulbasaur because he looked unique and I didn't know what his evolutions were since they weren't on the boxes so there was added mystery. I also gave him any HMs he could learn because he was my main guy and I loved that he could cut down bushes and shit for me.
easy mode. the only gym remotely challenging is the last one, and you're overleveled or have another pokemon for that by then.
yeah, bulbasaur does 2x as much damage to 90% of the pokemon, has a 50% resistence to 75% of the pokemon.
This type of theorycrafting ruined Pokemon, especially when Gamefreak started bringing it more and more to the forefront. The gameplay is so simplistic you need there to be hidden stats and other inscrutable elements and when it's all just laid out there it just makes the whole game boring because there's nothing left to wonder about.
There are some games with enough complexity to still be fun and interesting after exposing all the nuts and bolts, especially in games that take mechanical skill. Pokemon is not one of those games by any metric.
Was making Gyrados a water/flying an oversight or intentional?
3 months ago
Ric Flareon
Intentional, durrr. He's water and flys.
>"Whew"
-Ric Flareon
3 months ago
Anonymous
There are a few dragons in the original 151 and I think they wanted to add exclusivity to the type by making only the Dragonite line a "dragon" type. Water/Flying in the form of a wyrm plays right into eastern style dragons. Fire/Flying in the form of a technical dragon plays right into western style dragons. Nidoking and Nidoqueen are basically drakes. Aerodactyl is a wyvern type dragon. I'm saying a case can be made that Gyarados, Charizard, Nidoking, Nidoqueen, Aerodactyl and Lapras are all dragons. You can debate that they aren't, but it really just depends on setting maybe. Technically they possess the form and characteristics of dragons, but are not the "dragon" type. This makes Dragonite special.
God damn it, ive only played Pokemon red, and I think Emerald, which one is the best or next best like these without too many nee gay Pokemon, I think the ones in Emerald were cool but they've gotten way gayer since then
I've got the itch
Nah. Catch Caterpie, evolve to Butterfree grind a little before Brock so it learns Confusion at level 12. Butterfree only all the way to the end of the game.
The real cheese is buying a Magikarp before Mt. Moon and picking up an Abra just north of Cerulean City. You can put one in the daycare if you want. Gyarados is just really strong and badass and easy to get early. Once you get Kadabra, you can get Alakazam who has no counter. Psychic does full damage to basically everything and is super effective against so many common types. Plus, with that evolutionary line being so fast, he never gets hit. Glass cannon is a little OP in the originals. My favorite used to be Gengar, but there is no denying Alakazam is extremely good.
no thats a screenshot of pokemon red
...the origin of soulslikes...
>using growl
Eek oof cringe
I used to start new saves all the time. In this game. One road trip, I went charmander but was underleveled. Brock wiped my party except Metapod, who only had harden (I didn't evolve it).
I kept spamming it and he couldn't hurt Metapod. Eventually, I learned what happens when you can't use moves anymore. Metapod ended up winning through sheer attrition.
I think I kept that save out of principle.
Quite the lesson for a young lad.
1. catch a caterpie
2. catch a pidget
3. sand attack ad nauseam
4. string shot ad nauseam
5. enemy onix's attack missed!
6. tackle ad nauseam
7. ember (you do have ember right anon?) ad nauseam
8. ???
9. profit
Pokemon is only played one way, you choose charmander, you grind them into charmelon before pewter city, you beat onyx with ember, you grind into charizard before cerulean, you beat star(you) with ember, then you coast out the rest of the game only to catch a pidgy, a paras, and receive a lapris for HM slaves.
I picked Bulbasaur because he looked unique and I didn't know what his evolutions were since they weren't on the boxes so there was added mystery. I also gave him any HMs he could learn because he was my main guy and I loved that he could cut down bushes and shit for me.
easy mode. the only gym remotely challenging is the last one, and you're overleveled or have another pokemon for that by then.
>easy mode.
anon, we are talking about pokemon
yeah, bulbasaur does 2x as much damage to 90% of the pokemon, has a 50% resistence to 75% of the pokemon.
homies getting mad over Pokémon.
I was 8 years old with no internet access. I just played to have fun.
This type of theorycrafting ruined Pokemon, especially when Gamefreak started bringing it more and more to the forefront. The gameplay is so simplistic you need there to be hidden stats and other inscrutable elements and when it's all just laid out there it just makes the whole game boring because there's nothing left to wonder about.
what theory crafting, Kanto is 60% grass types, 20% water, 5% rock, 3% psychic, 1% fire, 1% dragon
>picking a pokemon you like and using it forever is "theorycrafting"
fricking lmao
the shit you idiots say
Theorycrafting? The first post is almost exactly like I played it for the first time when I was like 10
That's true for just about every game.
There are some games with enough complexity to still be fun and interesting after exposing all the nuts and bolts, especially in games that take mechanical skill. Pokemon is not one of those games by any metric.
You forgot evolving Magicarp into Gyrados, and getting fricking Zapdos on your team, OG Pokemon were the coolest
I never did that, and I accidentally Zapdoes and Articuno on a second playthrough once, never Moltres
Gyrados was a great 'it'll pay off in the end' type investment. You just swap him in or out to have him leech EXP until bam, you got a dragon
*Magicarp
I was a chad gamer even as a kid
He's...not a dragon lol.
>"Whew"
-Ric Flareon
he learns dragon moves though
Was making Gyrados a water/flying an oversight or intentional?
Intentional, durrr. He's water and flys.
>"Whew"
-Ric Flareon
There are a few dragons in the original 151 and I think they wanted to add exclusivity to the type by making only the Dragonite line a "dragon" type. Water/Flying in the form of a wyrm plays right into eastern style dragons. Fire/Flying in the form of a technical dragon plays right into western style dragons. Nidoking and Nidoqueen are basically drakes. Aerodactyl is a wyvern type dragon. I'm saying a case can be made that Gyarados, Charizard, Nidoking, Nidoqueen, Aerodactyl and Lapras are all dragons. You can debate that they aren't, but it really just depends on setting maybe. Technically they possess the form and characteristics of dragons, but are not the "dragon" type. This makes Dragonite special.
You're such a moron. He looks exactly like a fricking dragon.
But! He's no Dragon type.
moron.
God damn it, ive only played Pokemon red, and I think Emerald, which one is the best or next best like these without too many nee gay Pokemon, I think the ones in Emerald were cool but they've gotten way gayer since then
I've got the itch
the romhack for Platinum is decent, Renegade Platinum.
>nee gay
What the frick?
Nah. Catch Caterpie, evolve to Butterfree grind a little before Brock so it learns Confusion at level 12. Butterfree only all the way to the end of the game.
even if it was beedrill, still just charizard for me thanks.
The real cheese is buying a Magikarp before Mt. Moon and picking up an Abra just north of Cerulean City. You can put one in the daycare if you want. Gyarados is just really strong and badass and easy to get early. Once you get Kadabra, you can get Alakazam who has no counter. Psychic does full damage to basically everything and is super effective against so many common types. Plus, with that evolutionary line being so fast, he never gets hit. Glass cannon is a little OP in the originals. My favorite used to be Gengar, but there is no denying Alakazam is extremely good.
yeah he's my favorite pokemon
SOVL
From that perspective, it looks like you...picked Bulbasaur? Is that correct?
You're a fricking idiot.
>"Whew"
-Ric Flareon
>play scarlet
>she picks the weaker starter type