Pokemon Yellow (Day 7)

Hey Everybody!

Due to unforseen circumstances over the weekend, I wasn't able to get as far as I would have liked. However, this week looks like there's potential to get to the Elite Four, so exciting times are afoot! Well... depending on your idea of exciting.

I've realized something when it comes through this playthrough. Games are never the same the second time around. Don't get me wrong, Pokemon's awesome, but I remember being a kid and wanting to explore every possible aspect about this game. Hell, I even prided myself on having battled every trainer in Red, and I even thought talking to every person was an accomplishment. Now, I'm just looking to get through this game in a reasonable amount of time, but that innocent spirit of gaming is gone. In an attempt to bring back the excitement and "relaxing" aspects of Pokemon, I spent some time in the Safari Zone. I forgot how awful Safari balls are. Seriously, don't ever use them, you'd have a better chance of catching Pokemon with your bare hands. Onward we go!

Oh yeah - I got to Fuschia City!

I had to wake up Snorlax, first.

I hate to waste perfectly good Pokemon, so I caught it!

Shoutout to Rinns, 'cause she mentioned the frustrations of never having enough room.

But wait. AP, what are you doing getting an Old Rod in Vermillion? Aren't you in Fuschia now?

Dear Reader, lest you mistake me for someone who remembers the nuances of this game, I forgot the bike, and I had to go talk to the creepy head of the Pokemon Fan Club.

Oh, and apparently I really like to fish.

Hurry it up, old man, I've got a bike that needs some riding.

OF COURSE MY INVENTORY'S FULL, THAT WOULD MAKE THIS GAME TOO EASY, WOULDN'T IT?

OKAY, now we can ride our stupid bikes down stupid Bike Road. Which, I might add, is horrible to go up on.

Almost there!

No time to mess around, I've got a Soulbadge with my name on it, and you're gonna hand it over.

You brought a knife to a gun fight on this one, Koga!

That's more like it. Ninja training mah butt.

Eastward, ho! Saffron, here we come. Oh right, we need something to drink for the guards.

Hey, as long as it gets me where I want to go, help yourself.

Aaaaand here lies our next adventure, this awful building!

That's it for today, if there's anything you've taken away from it, it's this: take time to explore old games again, you owe it to yourself to get the same enjoyment out of it that you once did.