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How do you play Pokemon in-game?
- Thread starter Jonathan
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Is walk through walls gonna work for some of the strength puzzles? Certainly in FRLG the Tanoby Key won't activate.
Also I'm surprised there's not something like a always strength code, or a code to make all HMs appear on a Pokemon in the field (despite not being present in battle)
Walk-through-wall code will not work for those strength puzzles. Those events will be the only times where you will have to swap out a Pokemon who knows Strength; specifically for events like the Tanoby Key, the Giratina boulder puzzle and the reverse waterfall. It sucks.
Yeah, it would be nice if someone makes the code for that.
For me I use the Gyms as a kind of cap on what I can do. From there I do almost everything I can available before taking on the gym, collect pokemon, fill up my dex, play mini-games over and over. I actually like to get Pokemon in my Dex before I encounter them in the story or other trainers. Not only that but I also focus on every thing I can do the achievements to get a Black Trainer Card. Its very productive ;)
'Make it up as I go along' sums my style up pretty aptly. At the same time, I normally SR for a decent starter nature, and I look for Pokemon who I like while I play.
Problem there is that the more you want to keep your team balanced the more you need to grind which isn't fun. My advice is don't reset if you lose a battle. Unlike back in the day you lose a paltry amount of money when you black out and you keep any EXP you've gained which isn't a bad trade.
I explore everything, catch anything that looks cool, and use it if I decide I like it.
Doing research beforehand is a bad idea, it'll ruin the shock value for some of gym leaders' specialty Pokemon and make everything way too easy. I used to think Lucario was a legendary before I got to the Veilstone Gym. I can pretty much sum up my first battle with the following lines:
"Maylene is about to use Lucario"
WTF
"Will you switch Pokemon?"
WTF
"Lucario used Bone Rush!"
WTF
"Lucario used Drain Punch!"
WTF
"SJCrew blacked out!"
...
.....
WTF
Doing research beforehand is a bad idea, it'll ruin the shock value for some of gym leaders' specialty Pokemon and make everything way too easy. I used to think Lucario was a legendary before I got to the Veilstone Gym. I can pretty much sum up my first battle with the following lines:
"Maylene is about to use Lucario"
WTF
"Will you switch Pokemon?"
WTF
"Lucario used Bone Rush!"
WTF
"Lucario used Drain Punch!"
WTF
"SJCrew blacked out!"
...
.....
WTF
Because I love to catch them all (450 so far in one game) I start a game, catch another poke, trade it to a friend, do it again with another starter and for the real playthrough, get the extra starters back. Starting the majority of the game with 3 starters, I catch any pokemon that I think are cool enough (zigzagoon, magnemite, etc.) and train them with the starters and leave the last slot as an HM slave. If nobody is around to do the trade drive, pick my favourite starter and essentially do it all the same, only rushing when I'm going back to a pokemon center.
I used to just zip through the game with one Pokemon, usually my starter, avoid any avoidable trainers, and just try to beat the game. I stopped doing this when Lance kept defeating my level 65 Feraligatr and all I had left was Goldeen, Togepi, Pidgey, Weedle, and Beedrill, all around level 10. Same with Yellow, only there it was a level 60 Pidgeot, a level 30 Snorlax, lv. 28 Tauros, lv. 14 Pikachu, and two of the three starters at level 10. And it was Giovanni's Rhydon that kept doing me in. Stupid Rock Slide...
Anyway, I know better nowadays and I use a well-balanced team of six, always including my starter. Usually includes one of each of Grass, Fire, and Water. In the Hoenn games, I always try and do something so I don't wind up sticking my water type with all three aquatic HMs. In Emerald I taught my Hariyama Surf so my Swampert only needs Waterfall and Dive. In Sapphire, I taught Surf to Pelipper, and will teach Waterfall and Dive to Lombre/Ludicolo. I usually plan my team out beforehand, but sometimes I just make it up as I go. In Diamond, I'm doing an all-poison team. As soon as I caught a Zubat, I traded my Turtwig for a Croagunk egg. I got Croagunk, Golbat, Stunky, Gengar, and Dustox. Gonna fill the sixth slot with Tentacool. I might go all-poison in SoulSilver- Qwilfish, Victreebel, Arbok, Weezing, Crobat, Nidoking. Not HeartGold, I already got that one figured out- Typhlosion, Victreebel, Qwilfish, Dunsparce, Weezing, and Togetic/kiss.
Anyway, I know better nowadays and I use a well-balanced team of six, always including my starter. Usually includes one of each of Grass, Fire, and Water. In the Hoenn games, I always try and do something so I don't wind up sticking my water type with all three aquatic HMs. In Emerald I taught my Hariyama Surf so my Swampert only needs Waterfall and Dive. In Sapphire, I taught Surf to Pelipper, and will teach Waterfall and Dive to Lombre/Ludicolo. I usually plan my team out beforehand, but sometimes I just make it up as I go. In Diamond, I'm doing an all-poison team. As soon as I caught a Zubat, I traded my Turtwig for a Croagunk egg. I got Croagunk, Golbat, Stunky, Gengar, and Dustox. Gonna fill the sixth slot with Tentacool. I might go all-poison in SoulSilver- Qwilfish, Victreebel, Arbok, Weezing, Crobat, Nidoking. Not HeartGold, I already got that one figured out- Typhlosion, Victreebel, Qwilfish, Dunsparce, Weezing, and Togetic/kiss.
The last couple of times I've played through a game, which would be a run through Sapphire, my first run through Diamond(within the first month it came out), and a current run through Diamond that I'm almost finished with, I try to get pokemon that I didn't think a lot of people catch often, like Murkrow instead of Starly and stuff. I usually try to find a pokemon that learns 4 HMs, and leave it on my team. I catch the other 5 as I go along, and then at the end I'll catch a pokemon on Victory Road(Tentacruel this time, Medicham last time, Golbat before that) and substitute it in for my HM slave.
I can't wait for SS because I'm going to try and make the team that I really wanted to make when I was like 7 on Silver version but never had the resources or determination to, which is Dragonite, Charizard, Red Gyrados, Tyrannitar, Togetic(Togekiss now) and then my starter, probably Meganium because it's the only type not already on that team(though I prefer Feraligator, I have a thing where I can't put 2 pokemon of the same type on my in-game team, I just can't).
A couple of other things I can't bring myself to do are to take on the Elite 4 without 6 usable pokemon, I can't ditch my starter, haven't been able to use a legendary since Lugia on Silver, and I can't let the highest level pokemon on my team be more than 3 levels higher than the lowest leveled pokemon on my team that I'm using to battle. And I can't bring myself to use a pokemon that won't be fully evolved by the time I take on the Elite 4(too lazy to find someone to trade a Haunter or Machoke with). For some reason, even though it's the same exact story every time, I always try to play it out and usually get into it quite a bit
I can't wait for SS because I'm going to try and make the team that I really wanted to make when I was like 7 on Silver version but never had the resources or determination to, which is Dragonite, Charizard, Red Gyrados, Tyrannitar, Togetic(Togekiss now) and then my starter, probably Meganium because it's the only type not already on that team(though I prefer Feraligator, I have a thing where I can't put 2 pokemon of the same type on my in-game team, I just can't).
A couple of other things I can't bring myself to do are to take on the Elite 4 without 6 usable pokemon, I can't ditch my starter, haven't been able to use a legendary since Lugia on Silver, and I can't let the highest level pokemon on my team be more than 3 levels higher than the lowest leveled pokemon on my team that I'm using to battle. And I can't bring myself to use a pokemon that won't be fully evolved by the time I take on the Elite 4(too lazy to find someone to trade a Haunter or Machoke with). For some reason, even though it's the same exact story every time, I always try to play it out and usually get into it quite a bit
|I dare say it makes a difference what EXP 'curve' your Pokemon are on. A team of say Togekiss, Azumarril, Mismagius, Eeveelution, Starter, and Magnezone will be much easier to get up to level than one of Arcanine, Hariyama, Drifblim, Gyarados, Garchomp, and Starter.
When I was younger, I picked the fire starter and went awww yeeeah! and just chose what I liked. In DPPt, I did this as well...
But, Competitive Pokemon completely took my innocence away from me. Now, I can't even pick out a Pokemon and use it unless its IV's, nature, and movepool are perfect or at least viable. It took me damn near forever to choose a 6th Pokemon in a Ruby play-through I am doing right now. I almost jumped out of my seat in joy when my torchick had a hasty nature on the first try. Also, I tend to leave the last spot open for an HM slave (something with Pickup!) until near the end of the game, when I consider a 6th to use.
Oh, and I like to pretend I am the trainer in-game, and occasionally yell out "USE PSYCHIC ANDROMEDA!!" when no one else is around. And I like to pay attention to the story line, as well. To entertain myself, during interview questions, I answer it with something completely stupid.
"How did you feel about our battle?"
"Innocence."
"Splendid! etc."
I can't be the only dork to do that.
But, Competitive Pokemon completely took my innocence away from me. Now, I can't even pick out a Pokemon and use it unless its IV's, nature, and movepool are perfect or at least viable. It took me damn near forever to choose a 6th Pokemon in a Ruby play-through I am doing right now. I almost jumped out of my seat in joy when my torchick had a hasty nature on the first try. Also, I tend to leave the last spot open for an HM slave (something with Pickup!) until near the end of the game, when I consider a 6th to use.
Oh, and I like to pretend I am the trainer in-game, and occasionally yell out "USE PSYCHIC ANDROMEDA!!" when no one else is around. And I like to pay attention to the story line, as well. To entertain myself, during interview questions, I answer it with something completely stupid.
"How did you feel about our battle?"
"Innocence."
"Splendid! etc."
I can't be the only dork to do that.
I virtually NEVER pre-plan my teams beyond the starter, and even then it's often just played by ear.
I use what interests me, switching things in and out. I incorporate HM moves into my main team, generally don't care about IVs or EVs or Natures.* It's fun just picking what looks neat and seeing if it works.
In fact, the only one I ever pre-planned was with Platinum, but even that didn't really work. I had wanted to use a Tangrowth, but it didn't really work out, and I really needed a Flier, so I replaced it with Staraptor. Meanwhile, I kept swithing in Pokemon I never thought I'd use, such as Noctowl and Machamp.
For HG, the only thing I have set in stone is most likely Feraligatr, Arcanine, and ES Dragonite.
For replays, I always go for scramble challenges, which are cool fun. I always get Pokemon I would have never used otherwise; it's pretty awesome.
*I say generally, but ever since I "really" found out about Natures and proper roles and stuff I've been worrying more and more about it. To me, it's actually kind of taking the fun out of it.
I use what interests me, switching things in and out. I incorporate HM moves into my main team, generally don't care about IVs or EVs or Natures.* It's fun just picking what looks neat and seeing if it works.
In fact, the only one I ever pre-planned was with Platinum, but even that didn't really work. I had wanted to use a Tangrowth, but it didn't really work out, and I really needed a Flier, so I replaced it with Staraptor. Meanwhile, I kept swithing in Pokemon I never thought I'd use, such as Noctowl and Machamp.
For HG, the only thing I have set in stone is most likely Feraligatr, Arcanine, and ES Dragonite.
For replays, I always go for scramble challenges, which are cool fun. I always get Pokemon I would have never used otherwise; it's pretty awesome.
*I say generally, but ever since I "really" found out about Natures and proper roles and stuff I've been worrying more and more about it. To me, it's actually kind of taking the fun out of it.
Eh,I've always been the type of gamer that rushes through his games,main reason being that if my friend beats the game before me he'll brag about it forever.Hence,why I rush through.I also plan to rush through HeartGold when I get it.I only took me two days to e Platinum,so it shouldn't take long to beat HeartGold.As much as i would like to take my time,I jsut can't because I've gotten so used to beiing games in a day or two.But meh,when I get a new video game i tend to play it nonstop anyways.I do plan my in-game teams in advance,though.I plan to take my time when I get SoulSilver version.It's fun to rush through the games,but I comsiderit more fun to take your time,and savor every moment.I used to just level only my starter,but that became kinda boring.I jsut level teams nowadays.
i like to make the adventure anime style, what i mean is that, i pick my starter and try to get a good nature (naive chimchar, adamant turtwig etc) and go for it, i dont plan anything, i just go like a normal trainer, everytime a random npc talk to me, I respond to him depending on what he said, and i always say LETS GO in the start of a battle, i say good job after one of my pokemons fanting and NICE JOB after winning a battle agaisnt a trainer or pokemon, i try to cover my team weakness sometimes (add a grass type to my team with fire type starter) and i consider each pokemon in the team my friend, i never replace then for stronger ones, dont matter how much they sucks, i also have the habit of not letting my main pokemon evolve until a epic moment (read:only evolve monferno into infernape after cyrus battle in the sky pillar before dialga/palkia battle or something like this) so that it resemble the anime a little more, i make all kind of poffins or whatever they are called and give to my pokemons when i think they are hungry, i always have fun fighting against my Rival Ryan and he always prove to be a match, i normaly dont train the pokemons in wild battles because the anime is not like that, but sometimes training is nescesary, i NEVER use rare candys and i normaly dont use tms, sometimes i do but its kind rare, i normaly give the ev reduction berry just because of my competitive side, i cant do anything about that.
Back when I didn't know any better, I used to rush through most of my games with my starter. For example, I remember that in my Crystal version, the only Pokemon I relied on was my Typhlosion. I'm really disappointed to see that they took out the ThunderPunch TM from the Goldenrod Department Store... Typhlosion with ThunderPunch is quite awesome. I used to always use legendary Pokemon on my team as well. Again, in Crystal, if my Typhlosion was knocked out or whatnot, I would turn to my Suicune.
Things stayed the same throughout my first time playing through the D/P series too; I swept up my opponents with my lone Infernape. Later on, I would have a Dialga helping me out. I guess you can say that this combination is similar to the one I used in Crystal: Typhlosion + Suicine vs. Infernape + Dialga.
By the time Platinum was released, I decided to approach the game in a different way. I expanded my team a bit, using more than just my starter + an uber. However, I never had the determination to actually raise a team of 6 unique party members just to take on the Elite Four and such. All in all, I just want to get the story-mode over with and start doing post-Elite Four stuff.
Things stayed the same throughout my first time playing through the D/P series too; I swept up my opponents with my lone Infernape. Later on, I would have a Dialga helping me out. I guess you can say that this combination is similar to the one I used in Crystal: Typhlosion + Suicine vs. Infernape + Dialga.
By the time Platinum was released, I decided to approach the game in a different way. I expanded my team a bit, using more than just my starter + an uber. However, I never had the determination to actually raise a team of 6 unique party members just to take on the Elite Four and such. All in all, I just want to get the story-mode over with and start doing post-Elite Four stuff.
Hello,
I never plan my team when I'm playing a main game for the first time. I just SR for a starter with a good nature, and then I go through the game, catching all Pokémon on the way, using only the Pokes with good natures.
It's actually a very fun way of using Pokémon you never used before. For example, when playing through my Pearl, I had some interesting Pokes like Adamant Seaking, Timid Lumineon, Timid Mothim with Hidden Power Fighting, and other NU Pokes like those.
I never plan my team when I'm playing a main game for the first time. I just SR for a starter with a good nature, and then I go through the game, catching all Pokémon on the way, using only the Pokes with good natures.
It's actually a very fun way of using Pokémon you never used before. For example, when playing through my Pearl, I had some interesting Pokes like Adamant Seaking, Timid Lumineon, Timid Mothim with Hidden Power Fighting, and other NU Pokes like those.
I used to get kind of obsessed with getting the perfect pokemon (flawless IVs, nature, etc) and thought that if a mon wasn't perfect then there was no point in raising it. So, to allow me to actually enjoy myself when I play ingame I don't even look at the pokemon's stats anymore so I don't rage and reset 9,000 times trying to get the best monster. And I also just use my favorites and don't try to go for the strongest mon since ingame is already very easy as it is.
Hahaha. I do that all the time. It's more fun to not having to worry about the bad EV that the Pokemon will obtain throughout random encounter with the already pre-EVed spreads.
Now I can't wait to do the same with my Soulsilver that will be arriving this Sunday. But the $40 price tag does leave my wallet quivering.
Uhh..Just have fun? That's all I ever do. Pick my favorite starter, catch the pokemon I want, beat the elite four, and anything else I want to do. Isn't that the point? >_>