Pokemon Yellow (Day 8)

Well! Now that I've re-ground out some levels and re-kicked Koga's ass, it's time to tackle Silph Co. Ran into our good friends Jesse and James (who get called Rocket, as if they were generic...), and that dickwad Gary Oak. I call this, AP's little gallery of kicking ass and taking names.

Whatchu know about weaknesses, son?!

But how? I just wrecked you.

These guys are relentless...

...and weak! Look, Pikachu's bored with their crap too.

I bet he wants to lose, too.

Huh, what a surprise.

Gyeah! Infinite items glitch? Leave a comment.

Oh yeah, AND I got a Lapras.

Now it's time for Sabrina. I wonder if she can predict her loss.

I bet if I threw a Pokeball at it, it'd teleport away and save me a couple PP.

That's right!

Me too, I just beat you with a freakin' Charizard.

You know what that means? More grinding is in my future.

Now for the Fighting Dojo. I don't give a damn if it's out of order.

Heck yeah! I want that Hitmonlee.

Ha!

Nope!

That concludes our adventure for today, Dear Reader. Food for thought: Giovanni's typically an Italian name, and the mob is stereotypically Italian. Team Rocket's a mob, and Giovanni's the boss. Hmm...

I'll try to actually do some Pokemon catching tomorrow to help fill out that Pokedex, I figured I'd do what I could to help progress along in the story, ESPECIALLY after not having saved my data yesterday. Sheesh!

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.

Pokemon Yellow (Day 6)

So it looks like I forgot ANOTHER thing about Pokemon in regards to how things progress. It's Celadon first, THEN Lavender. Ah well, at least I was able to get some more training done. Guess who I saw in the Pokemon Tower?

Thaaaat's right. I took the liberty in beating him, 'cause I'm already tired of him.

And this is why we need to go to Celadon first, lest we run into the generic ghosts...

 

...that you can't even catch! Argh!

On the way to Celadon via underground tunnel.

Alright! We made it, now let's go waste all our money.

If it weren't for this guy, I wouldn't have questioned the Rocket guy standing in front of the poster in the Game Corner. Honestly.

No kidding.

Oh look, it's these clowns our friends!

We even paid a visit to Giovanni, he wasn't too thrilled to see us though.

Oh, and I beat her too.

Can't forget Eevee! It's kinda weird that you're supposed to take it without asking first...

Can't forget Fly! Probably one of the biggest time savers in the game.

Gotta put Marowak's soul to rest, too bad it dodges Pokeballs.

So close to the Poke Flute, only to discover that Team Rocket's back.

At last, the Poke Flute!

The Team Rocket thing got annoying quick, but it wasn't near anywhere as bad as the Zubat problem I encountered the other day. Lavender Town is such a depressing place, which is why I hate being there for any amount of time. Thankfully, it's a quick area to get through.

Tomorrow we get to deal with Sabrina, hopefully without much in the way of distractions. See you then!