Colds. What are they good for? Feeling completely unmotivated to do anything but procrastination? Having a headache which makes words wiggle up and down and not make sense?
At least they're a good excuse to play Nuzlocke.
Better have a chat with our in-game mum or 'mom'.
I've played from Yellow - White 2, and never had mum said anything... Mum like. Not I miss you? I love you dear? Where do you think you're going? I will never let my 12 year old daughter go to Mt Moon on her own????
Well, see you later, obsolete character.
So I'm at the lab after Prof. Oak has to rescue me from the perils of level 3 rattatas and pidgeys. Here's a confession. As a kid, Pokemon Yellow was my first hand held game I ever played. And it took me AGES working out how to move on from this bit. I didn't realise the mechanics of pressing the a button pretty much every second. It's kind of disappointing that FireRed purposefully makes things really simple for players. Perhaps that makes me sound like a stereotypical old lady waving a cane and proclaiming "back in my day things weren't as easy", or maybe my nostagia is over compensating. But I truly think the not obvious-ness of the pokemon series is kind of a theme. Lemme just point you to EV-training.
Anyway. Moving on, I choose Charmander.
Named him Percy.
I go out to Route 1 and crash into a Rattata which means I can no longer catch any pokemon along this route. Ah well.
It's around here I decide to change the options to text speed 'fast' and change the frame.
Did anyone else change the 'frame' option when they played these games?
I give a parcel to Oak and take a solemn glance at Prof. Oak's last POKéMON. (EVER.)
And time to truly begin my adventure. At this time, Percy is level 7. Woop!
Time to catch pokemon. See here, my helpful addition of the cross regarding where I cannot catch pokemon. I decide to go left of Virdian City and try my luck in finding a Mankey.
Now a Mankey is a really helpful addition to the game, with it's fighting moves and what not, so it's always a good idea to try and catch one. Of course, in Nuzlocke rules, I can only catch the first pokemon I see.
Of course. This happens at the only area nearby where I can catch a guaranteed useful pokemon. Thank you, Rattata.
May as well dream.
As I go on, an old man shows me how he catches a weedle - by simply throwing a pokeball while it has full hp. Very educational.
I wonder if Game Freak was intentionally sarcastic there...
So onwards I move to Route 2, hoping to catch a new pokemon. I come across another Rattata, and under a short while of thinking, I decided catching duplicates would be okay. Besides, it'd be kind of cute if I owned two Rattata brothers. I'm not sure what I'll name him but--
Ah.
Now I truly understand the look of fear on that Rattata's face.
"We abandoned you on route 22 for a reason!!!!"
So here's the new map so far. We didn't really get far, but I'll take a break for now.
Until next time.
