The Pokémon Challenge Thread!

Part 3: Hot 2D Fighting!

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Recap! Last time, we finished the 'prologue' portion of the game by giving Oak his dumb package and ransacking Greg for the first time. Then we headed back up to Viridian, bought supplies, and began the journey for realsies. And by realsies we mean heading back down to Route 1 and catching our first Pokemon!


Hell yeah. But we're not done yet, as Billy Mays might say, because-


Oh hey, what's over here?


Oh, right.


Aww yeah. Two new Pokemon, Ava and Tox, have finally joined our team. Things are really looking up for us. Now you all know what it's time for. The best part of Pokemon...


Getting the potion in this tree! (I don't have the actual text box saying 'you got this potion' because I'm wicked bad, but just trust me here). Alright. Now it's time for the real best part. Training! I'm not going to show you all the blood and gore I had to put these poor Pokemon through, so you'll have to settle for the highlights.


Woo!


(This screenshot in and of itself isn't all that noteworthy, except for the fact that this is the first Rattata I've seen since the game started, and I'd been running around in this grass for maybe, five?, minutes as of the screenshot).



After all this sick leveling, I decide that it's time... I'm too strong for any one trainer. So how about... four? Time to face the Pokemon League.


I head past that training grass, rip roarin' and ready to go.


When, surprise surprise, it's Greg, once again crimping my style. Not cool, yo.


You bet your boots.


Shut up, dude. What's your point?


Man, what?


Uh... yeah?


Oh shit.


One level? That's not so bad.


Holy cow. (It survived this hit.)


Good work Nimbus. (It just kept Leering. It didn't even attack. What the heck, Greg?)


Damn it. I should have trained more.


(This is the only attack Nimbus gets in before this happens: )


(This was over the course of five turns, in which Eevee spammed four Sand-Attacks then hit Nimbus with a crit Tackle.)


Yeah, how's about a taste of your own medicine?


(not pictured: Ava using Sand-Attack two more times, Tox using Leer twice before getting hit and almost dying, and me switching in Nimbus and finally having Eevee's lowered accuracy work in my favor.) What the hell, that Eevee is a monster. Dear god, Greg.


Damn straight I did.


Got anything else obvious to say?


What are you gonna do? Battle them? Pff. Amateur.


Bye, leaving, don't need a lecture from you.


Alright, after another trip to the Pokemon Center, the attendant lady giving me a weird look - why is everybody always giving me weird looks? - Nimbus and I head north. Looks like we do have to get the badges. Who would have thought? Not me.


Sir, that's great. Please leave me alone Nimbus help.


Oh thank god.


As am I.


...Sir please stop rooting through my bag.


Hah, funny story there Nimbus get help see, because I already caught two Pokem-


Aaaaaaaaaahhhh... oh. You're actually showing me how to catch Pokemon and not how to 'catch Pokemon'. Jeez, talk about scary. Sir you should really be more careful, you saw the headlines in the news last year.


Shouldn't you weaken it fir- ah who am I kidding? I didn't do that either.


Oh. Well it worked for me.


Real shame, sir.


And he's off. After he leaves, I talk to his crony over there, but she just blabs about having to go through Viridian Forest to shop at Pewter or something. Heh. Wuss.


This happens on the route between Viridian and Viridian Forest in which Ava killed the Pokemon we encountered here (it was a Pidgey, so no real loss) .


Alright Nimbus. This is where things get good. See, we're at Viridian Forest. There are lots of cool Pokemon here, I've heard, so we'll go in, nab one, then train it to be super strong, okay go.


I think this nerd might have something interesting to say, but he just drivels on, so Nimbus and I slip away when he mentions something about honey. Alright, now who's ready for our super cool new Poke-


-mon.


...


.............


...What are you so smug for? You think this is a joke? Man.


I take my new prize down to the only place where it's plausible to train him. Route 1. After I throw him out, however, I realize my mistake. Or rather, I realize the fault with my new Pokemon. It can't attack. It just sits there and... gets harder. A Rattata bumps it a few times before I just send Nimbus in. This is going to be harder than I thought. *Insert training montage music*




Sweet lord.


It's at this point that I get tired of fighting Pidgeys and Rattatas. I stomp off to Route 22, Nimbus trotting along after me. I swear that little rat is laughing at me right now. I step back into the grass. Again.



At this point, all four of us are sick and tired of Slides. He just sits there, glancing at us occasionally. I'm irritated. Nimbus is even more grumpy than usual. Tox refuses to help anymore. Hell, even Ava isn't acting like her normal peppy self. I frown, reaching for Slides after his most recent battle. He sort of shimmies away. As I reach for him again, something happens.


Slides starts glowing. I pull my hands back in confusion. Nimbus and Tox glance over in relative disinterest. Ava bounces towards him and I have to hold her back so she doesn't touch Slides. He starts reforming, like some sort of slime thing. Ava and I watch for a few more moments, not sure what to expect, when the glow starts to fade away and Slides... isn't Slides anymore.


Slides sort of... flits over to me and lands on my head. I reach up and pat him. He flicks his antennae at me, then settles down. With a shrug, I go back to training, Ava and Tox seeming more enthusiastic now that they don't have to pull someone else's weight.


And with that, the five of us head all the way back to Viridian Forest.


Alright. We're back. Nimbus growls at the guy we talked to earlier, who doesn't seem to notice that we left. I quickly head off to west and Nimbus follows.


Unfortunately, this chick spots Nimbus and launches into a frenzy after I answer that Nimbus is, indeed, a Pikachu. I immediately send out Ava to make her think we're battling.


Ava takes out the Nidoran relatively easily, and I send out the new and improved Slides. She sends out another Nidoran, and Slides attacks with some sort of... pulse. The Nidoran convulses and collapses. Holy cow. Nice work Slides. We book it while the girl stares at her Pokemon in shock.


Ava levels up after slaying a ferocious Caterpie, granting us access to the elusive and infinitely valuable Pokeball. We hit a dead end and have to trek back to the other side of the forest to proceed.


Then this guy notices that I have Pokemon - shocking, I know - and demands we battle. Is everyone this pushy? (I screwed up snapping the screenshots here, but rest assured that I obliterated his Caterpie without breaking a sweat).


Not ten steps later, this guy claims that I can't 'jam out if I'm a Pokemon Trainer'. I get ready to call his bluff and start looking for my electric guitar, but then he sends out his Pokemon and I realize what he means.


I destroy his team, Tox leveling up in the process and head up.


I find another potion on the ground. Why? Who knows?


This guy spots me and immediately starts badmouthing me. I notice he only has two Pokeballs with him. Apparently I can't lose.


Ooh, I'm so scared. (Nimbus levels up here and forgets Growl).


This happens after obliterating a Pidgey.


You'd think something that can mean the difference between life and death would make some people look after these things more.


I think there's a Caterpie in my underwear. You'd be anxious to leave too.


Nice work.


Good god, we finally made it out.


Here's our Pokemon for the route. (I didn't catch it)


Well here we are. Pewter. How ya fairin', Nimbus?


Wicked.

End of Part 3

Current Team:
Nimbus:


Slides:


Tox:


Ava: