Gotta Catch 'Em AAR: Rise of the Lowbies

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How much benefit do you really get from doing this? It never occurred to me to capture multiple of the same Pokémon... I just grab the first one I see and go with it.

Because of a Pokémon's Individual Values.

What's with these games always forcing you to be the goody-two-shoes, anyways? I want to go for the evil side and rule Kanto with an iron fist... er Poké Ball.

Hey Orwell, an iron Poké Ball could make a good Rail-Gun projectile. Fire it at the target, then the Pokémon comes out and uses its special attacks on whatever's left.

I also always wanted to be able to steal other people's Pokémon. What's with random weakling trainers that just happen to have an ultra-rare Pokémon that's completely impossible to find? If I win the battle, let me have the spoils of war! They should let the winning trainer in any battle have their pick from the other's party.

Time for an update! I've had you waiting long enough. ^^

Wait, we defeated Surge, where the hell are we going now?



Go back to Cerulean, and you'll notice you're finally able to enter Route 9.



The Pickup ability is pretty broken. Luckily, it's working pretty fine in Pokémon Emerald.



This is one of the most, if not the most, powerful Air moves in the game. Be sure to pick it up.



Upon saying this, Oak's aide burst out in laughter, and I left the Poké Center, rejected. I'll have to get that Everstone some other day, because if I mug him Oak is bound to complain. That old coot.



Damn! It's darker than North Korea in here. We'll need some light...



Presto! If you don't have any suitable (read: worthless) Pokémon who are able to learn Flash, catch a Voltorb in the grass outside the Poké Center.



Wartortle is the first one to reach level 30. It's got a mighty Defense, but a pitifully weak Special Attack. (Even it's Speed is greater. It's a turtle, FFS!)



I'm not scared! I'll teach this to my Mankey.



Yeah, because only a complete idiot would assemble a team of all Rock/Ground Pokémon.



Well, that was anti-climactic.



Hehehe.



The most notable trait of this town is the sad, sad music.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzW9Xf08GaI[/youtube]

Sleep well.

There ain't much of interest in Lavender at the moment, so we're going to head for Celadon.



*sigh* It was gambling in the original version, but because Nintendo wanted to be politically correct they changed. Kind of hypocritical, as Pokémon battles is a form of gambling anyway.



Well, I'll be damned! The very first double battle in the game!



Well, we're in Celadon now. There is some important stuff we'll need to do now..



In Celadon Mansion, there's a nice lady. Give this Tea to the guards of Saffron, and they'll let you through.



Go in the back door, and you'll win a free iPod... I mean Eevee.



Why the hell did you change 'gambler' to 'gamer', fatty?



Do a detour to Saffron and visit Mr. Psychic. He's both intuitive and generous.



Down in front, I'm trying to watch TV!



We can now get those special attacks from the Game Corner... if we can afford to, of course.



The TMs are (in order): Ice Beam, Iron Tail, Thunderbolt, Shadow Ball and Flamethrower. Ice Beam and Shadow Ball have the highest priority, but even as I sold every worthless thingy in bag, I still only have 76569 money. 4000 coins represent 80000 money, and 4500 is 90000. I'll have to get some more cash...



Let's get into this 'very secret Rocket lair' (read: half the town know about it and are more than happy to say so).



Oh dear, why has the Mankey we knew and loved turned into an aggressive (well, more aggressive) brute? Still, 72 Attack is not something to sneeze at.

The Rocket Hideout has weird slide thingies. On the third floor is the lift key, and on the second floor is the lift itself. Be sure to pick up all the items.



We've got a mafia boss on our hands!



Upon his defeat, he'll give you a Silph Scope.



Now I'm 80 grand poorer, but one ICE BEAM richer! Du bist die Krone alle Waffen.

It has been a long update, but there's one last thing we need to do.



And you tell me this is a game for children? Bloody discrimination anyway, as only girls are allowed in here.



Erika has met Erik, who will prove too great of an opponent to her! With moves such as Aerial Ace, Psychic and Ice Beam, it should be a piece of cake...







FINALLY over... phew.. (Wartortle now has Blackglasses, like in the Anime. )

Last edited by Henriksson on 18 Aug 2009, 1:02 pm, edited 1 time in total.

How daunting... we still must enter.



I just LOVE Meowth Huffing.



Our smelly antagonist makes a comeback. After all these years, I still have one question: how the hell did the rival get a Silph Scope?

How it went:
Erik sends out Primape.
Gunnar sends out Pideotto.
Primape uses Rock Slide.
Pidgeotto fainted.
Gunnar sends out Kadabra.
Erik sends out Wartortle.
Wartortle uses Bite.
Kadabra fainted. (Blackglasses really help!)
Gunnar sends out Ivysaur.
Erik sends out Butterfree.
Butterfree uses Psychic. (leaves just a little bit of HP left)
Ivysaur uses Sleep Powder.
Butterfree fell asleep.
Butterfree is fast asleep.
Ivysaur uses Razor Leaf.
Butterfree woke up.
Butterfree uses Confusion.

Ivysaur faints.
Gunnar sends out Growlithe.
Erik sends out... Pikachu?! (Sorry, I screwed up there, I was busy taking screenshots )
Erik sends out Wartortle.
Growlithe uses Leer.
Wartortle uses Water Gun.
Growlithe uses Leer.
Wartortle uses Water Gun.
Growlithe faints.
Gunnar sends out Gyarados.
Erik sends out Pikachu.
Pikachu uses Thundershock.
Gyarados is paralysed.
Gyarados uses Thrash. (Pikachu is left with one HP!)
Pikachu uses Thundershock.
Gyarados faints.

Well, that was a lack luster performance, no doubt. It's because he dumped his Raticate, perhaps.



Woohoo! ^^



Bite, aided by Blackglasses, means our ascension is an easy one. The healing zone is helpful, too.



I'm scared!



It doesn't stand a ghost of a chance. (Free cookie if you can catch the reference. )



It evolved due to the Marowak battle! What a happy coincidence!



Look, it's Dalai Lama!



Now we can mess up Snorlax's beauty sleep...




It was about time. Raichu does have a certain badass-ness...

We now have two ways to go.



While the red line looks longer, it's actually far more easier than the purple line. The red one requires a Bicycle to use, though.



Don't forget to pick up HM02 Fly, west of Celadon...



Let's use this moment of grief to take the most valuable thing the girl has.



Pokémon Tower fishing!



Primeape and Raticate are officially in love with each other, and fight like a couple! Raticate is in a pretty low level, bringing it up to strength is a priority.



And by 'use' I mean sticking the damn flute up it's arse, so it will finally wake up!



If by 'fish' you mean 'get a free Super Rod', then yes.



That would be to your right...



One day... we're gonna kill that bird.



Well, we've come a long way on our travels, haven't we?



I am in need of about 23000 money, and perhaps a ride down the Bike Road could solve some of that.



I need data on 23 more Pokémon, like, fast.



The Safari Zone is good emergency solution as Pokédexes go. And we'll need HM03, Surf, too. I once caught a shiny Exeggcute here, it was pretty cool.



Unfortunately, you can't sell these teeth. (I need cash!)



HM03 Surf also happens to be the arguably best Water move in the entire game. ^^



An impressive sight, no doubt.

Another update will hopefully come later today...

I would asume you are refering to this episode of Yugioh abridged
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBeDOvxatKw[/youtube]

You are indeed corrrect.

I noticed from a few of your pics that youres are much higher then even your rivals strongest. Doesn't that kind of make it too easy, part of the fun is beating your opponent despite the fact the opponent's was a higher level. I am impressed that you can use TMs and spend so much on buying some, I kind of think my Aspergers gets in the way makeing me feel unable to use TMs as might not get another and leaving holes in a collection. My problem has often been that I play conservativly. In my recent game (platnium) I am trying to play on the very edge of levels and still beating opponents through skill, and fightinging every trainer I see with minimal expenditure. I can get kind of obbsesed over my first aid kit in the game(potions), I organise types and even aiming for a lot of cost effective items such as spending a lot of time purchasing indivdual drinks (lemonade) just so I am making cost effective purchases.

Perhaps, but the reason that I levelled up for example Butterfree so much was that I needed Silver Wind. I did mention I was going to use Silver Wind at the start of this thread after all.


To be honest, if this wasn't an AAR, I probably wouldn't have done it either...

And TMs from Game Corners can be bought infinitely, as well as TMs from Battle Towers


Speaking about levels, I sort of wonder if the Pokémon games could be improved if experience points were more proportional to levels, so that a Pokémon on level 20 would not get as many experience points from a level 15 Pokémon than a level 10 would. It makes sense, after all, and it would highly discourage players from the 'level 'til you faint' approach, and to use Pokémon you've caught at a low level.

Also, better AI would be great, at least for trainers.

I do like fishing. ^^



Well, I actually did reach 40 somehow.



*tears of joy*






Itemfinder is a pretty useful tool, too.



Butterfree is the first one to reach level 40. At 47 it will learn Silver Wind.



Hmm... good advice.



I need both cash and experience. Perhaps the Dojo can alleviate some of this.



Ousted by the Psychic trainers, the Fighting Dojo is a falling star.



Easy peasy. ^^



Hitmonchan has perhaps some cool punch moves, but what good is that when it's Special Attack is so low? I'd rather have a hard-kicking beastie like Hitmonlee. They're references to Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, BTW.



I'm down on cash yet again... but now I have Shadow Ball!



Finally we should be able to take care of Fuschia Gym. It's got some invisible barriers which are pretty easy if you know where they are.



Pirates are superior to ninjas, fool! Muk is probably his greatest monster, with it's morbid Special Defense, even though Weezing is at a higher level.







We can now either continue forwards, to Cinnabar City, or go back to Saffron to take care of the Team Rocket problem there. I'll go to Saffron because I want to beat the Gym Leaders in numerical order.



After the debacle at Pokémon Tower, Silph Headquarters is, shall we say, free to enter.




The Card Key can be found on the fifth floor.



Once you have the card key, you can go to the third floor. In the middle western section of the floor, you can reach both a Nurse that can heal you, or your Rival that can and will battle you. I'm going to clean up the whole building before that, however.



Cross your troubles away with the Cross Chop...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWRyj5cHIQA[/youtube]



Tough training yields results.



This is much better than a Poké Center, yes? It's on Floor 9.



Being shipped to Russia is apparently an unappealing idea.



An unbearable stench is felt yet again. It's our Rival! He has sided with Team Rocket, it seems.



After being soundly defeated, the rival has this great speech about how he's going to become the greatest Pokémon trainer in the world. You tell him that he'd better take a bath first, and he leaves in shame.



A free Lapras! It's a pretty good Pokémon.



We're gonna battle with The Man.



Super effectiveness is my forté.



Hehe, 'Master Ball'.



Last thing I'm going to do in this update is this Gym. To easily get to Sabrina, go to the teleport that is the total opposite you're standing on. So if you teleport to the upper right of a teleport tile, go to the lower left.



Sabrina was a real psychopath in the Anime.



Now that's dealt with... and a shiny Marsh Badge you will have!

Show a Poké Doll to this annoying girl in Saffron, and she can teach you Mimic. A sort of useless attack, to be honest.



Despite all you've been through, they don't understand your true power yet. You are tempted to kill them all in their foolishness, but you leave them alone for now.



We're going to go to Cinnabar Island. There are two ways to go, the red one is ridiculously easier, the purple one is harder. I'm going for the purple one.



Don't forget to pick up HM04 Strength before you leave.



We are about to become a maritime power! Only one step out in the sea, and we're already challenged. Open sea? Yeah, right.



We get to watch a man drown.



I wonder what Freud would say about this.



Our progress is disrupted by very inconveniently placed boulders! We'll have to go through Seafoam Islands.



Push both of these boulders down about three levels, and it will stem the water currents.




From here, it should be pretty easy to find the exit.



I'd like to show you the way to Articuno, too. This 'puzzle' is easily solved by anyone who's not severely ret*d.




Swim north a bit, and you'll find this magnificient bird.



I did say I was going to kill it. Killing legendaries is fun.



Welcome to Cinnabar! The gym door is 'locked', and we'll have to retrieve the 'key' from the abandoned mansion. Yeah, looks like Nintendo ran out of ideas right there...



The atmosphere is so thick that you can cut through it with a knife.



First, press this thingy here...



...go here...



...press this thingy...



...and from here, you can either continue or go back.



If you continue, go down this staircase.



Press this doohickey here.



Perfect, this is what we were looking for.



Solar Beam and Blizzard can be found nearby here, too. Solarbeam is very useful if you use it with combination with Sunny Day. Blizzard sucks. While it might have mighty power, remember that Ice Beam has 100% accuracy and five more PP.



To easily exit, just go through here.

There are some things of note in the Lab on the island.



Duhn-duhn-duhn...



Though awesome no doubt, this move is pretty much useless in actual battle. It doesn't strike my fancy.



One gent wants to trade his Electrode for a Raichu, one guy wants to trade his Seel for a Ponyta, and one woman wants to trade her Tangela for a Venonat. I don't know if you think these trades are of value, just be aware that Tangela can be found just south of Pallet Town.



This doctor can actually resurrect dead Pokémon. Er, yeah that seems plausible. Anyway, hand him a Helix Fossil and you'll get an Omanyte, a Doom Fossil and you'll get a Kabuto, and an Old Amber and you'll have an Aerodactyl.


Now, let's go beat Blaine...



There are quiz machines in this gym. If you answer correctly, you don't have to face a trainer. Since cash and experience is never wrong, it's probably better to challenge the trainers. Answer incorrectly if you'd like!





Hey, looks like I'm in this game! Thank you, Nintendo!



Time to calm Blaine down with some water...

Erik sends out Blastoise.
Blaine sends out Growlithe.
Blastoise uses Rain Dance.
Growlithe uses Fire Blast. (It only does 10 HP damage!)
Blastoise uses Surf.
Growlithe faints.
Blaine sends out Ponyta.
Blastoise uses Surf.
Ponyta faints.
Blaine sends out Rapidash.
Blastoise uses Surf.
Rapidash faints.
Blaine sends out Arcanine.
Blastoise uses Surf.

Arcanine faints.

Wow, I've never defeated Blaine that decisively before. Seems like Rain Dance really does help with it's 50% damage increase of Water attacks.

OK, that's enough for this time. Thank you all for reading this.

Last edited by Henriksson on 18 Aug 2009, 2:22 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Rain dance also halves fire moves too right. Looking at Koga and Sabrina is a bit nostalgic, I remember the first time I fought Koga, I also remember that he has a daughter aswell, I think she takes over and he joins the elite four. I quite liked the idea of Sabrina in the anime, probably one of my first introductions to such a character, but it was quite interesting. About the Hitmonchan thing it is a good although confusing thing they have started ti change the rules now attack stat does all moves that involve physical contact such as fire/thunder/ice punch. And the little Mewtwo story is pretty cool their since it influenced the movie. One thing that has often anoyed me is how in the anime Blaine's gym was meant to be secret, though his badge was seen all over the place including the poster doing the league.

I would NOT, i couldnt solve the stone puzzle when i was 6 or 7, pleasue dont KILL articuno, its valuable, dont you think? BY the way dont think of me as ret*d, i was only young

It looked at me in a funny way.

...er, yeah, normally I wouldn't recommend killing a legendary Pokémon.


Of course I don't think that.