Well that was a disappointment.
Since the last time I got stuck in a cave, I remembered to pack a whole lot more rope this time! No way am I walking all the way back out!
...
Aw man, I'm still gonna have to come all the way back up again, amn't I?
RESULTS!
Ropes are a seriously under-rated method of dravelling huge distances. Maybe if I stack up 100 of these things, I can go all the way to the moooon!
Aaand there we go. I think I've caught all the legendaries I can at the moment!
Even if I did only catch two.
But I'm not done yet. I still need to have seen every Pokemon there is!
But it's not as bad as it looks. When you don't count all the Pokemon between the waterfall and the end of the League...
*searching*
*searching*
*searching*
I only have to find four Pokemon!
Glaceon, Feebas, Finneon, and Riolu!
That's not actually all that bad.
Oh HEY, I DIDN'T actually evolve that Eevee! Awesome!
Unfortunately, that means having to go back over the snow area. Not so awesome.
Aand here we go.
Oh right, I didn't actually explain what I'm doing yet. Eevee evolves into Glaceon when levelled up on Route 217.
It's also the first time Anti-Grav gets to actually fight!
Pity that his first opponent is... this thing.
Less than 300 Exp?! Oh gods, I'll be here all day!
Or... not...
Wooti-
Actually, Glaceon really does not look like an ice Pokemon. I mean, it's cyan. Similarities end there.
The one good thing about fly is that it doesn't matter if I'm in the middle of a huge blizzard or not, my Pokemon can still take me to the nearest town without incident!
Right-o, next Pokemon:
Feebas!
After some minor plot divergences. I mean, plot-divergence divergences.
D'AWWWWW!
I wonder how many people have copped it by now that Marill is Sailor Moon's nickname?
SHOW OF HANDS, PEOPLE!
Bu... MAGNEZONE DOES NOT HAVE A MOUTH! This is more ridiculous than that footprints guy!
Oh right, more explanations: There's only one place to catch Feebas, and that's in a lake in Mt Coronet. The problem is that it only appears in four random tiles in the entire lake, and you can never tell which one!
Fortunately, there's one fisherman on Route 222 that has one. So that's where I'm going!
Oh how
kind of him! Let's not mention that everyone else in the existence of ever has felt the need to
force me to fight them! This guy just 'accepts'!
Grumble grumble...
A Magi...
Hang on. You seriously expect me to believe that the
only man in the entire game able to catch a Feebas... uses a Magikarp as his first Pokemon?!
This... this is just sad. Really, really sad.
Okay, getting better, but it's still not a Feebas!
Wait, that's a Finneon! That means I can strike another Pokemon off my list! Woo!
Now THAT'S a Feebas! Isn't it just beautiful?
Parker.... why do I still have the Exp. Share on Parker? He's not meant to be silphoning any more experience, now that he's evolved, he's just dead weight!
That's all folks! Now, I believe I have one more Pokemon to see...
Riolu!
Oh... Riolu.
Say, guys, anyone remember Riley?
Y'know, the guy back on Iron Island? Dressed entirely in blue? Had an over-powered Lucario?
And do you remember at the end? When he offered me an egg? But my party was full and to get the egg again I'd need to go through the entire cave again?
Yeah... no points as to guessing what Pokemon the egg contained...
So n- GODDAM ZUBAT, I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING!
As I was saying, so now the only other way of seeing a Riolu is at the very bottom of the Oreburgh Gate, for some bizarre reason.
Oh yeah, and remember this place? Where I caught the Level10 Golbat that I still regret not training up? Remember how I couldn't get over those bumps? Well HAH! No slope can match the awesome power of A Bike!
Woo, another TM I'll never use!
Oh yeah, Brick Break. Power 75 fighting move that has the ability to remove an opponent's Light Screen or Reflect. Unfortunately, those are not nearly used often enough to make the move worthwhile teaching!
Aaand this is the guy! A...n old man.
Oh great, this is gonna make me feel bad...
And that's the Riolu. Y'know, for a Pokemon that only appears twice in the entire game, it really does... look utterly ridiculous!
It's ridiculously weak too. Natch.
Uuunfortunately the same couldn't be said about the Graveler.
OHSHI-
And I thought
I was crazy having my tiny bird fight in a cave! I mean, that thing can barely fit in the cave when it's
not flying!
Are... are you talking to me, or to the Psychick?
Actually, second thoughts; I don't want to know, both of them are equally disgusting!
A plate made of earth? These things are just getting more and more ridiculous!
I wonder how many jokes I can make about these plates before I run out of ideas?
Hmm... so let me get this straight.
Originally, there was god. Then, there was air, so that he could breathe. Then, there was Everything Else?
Man, these legends really suck!
Hmm...
might be useful.
Focus Punch: very powerful (150 power, 100% accuracy) but always attacks last, and fails if the opponent attacks you in the meantime.
It's very good for double battles though.
I Escape Rope'd. Man, those things are far more useful than I used to remember them being!
Aaaand...
Oh, that's it actually. I'm now, at
long last, ready to take on the Pokemon League!
Wootinary!