I'm playing through FireRed, with the limit that I can add a pokémon to the team after each badge, ie, I fight Brock with one mon, I take on the Elite Four with 9. Incidentally, I'm also catching as many species as I can as I go. (Catching not evolving, this is NOT an Oak challenge (I would die). Also, Gen 1 is pretty open. I'm not gonna go do the Safari Zone as soon as I beat Misty, but any route I see, I'll catch everyone on it.)

5/5/24

Pidgey, perched on a branch

Jet the Pidgey

Jet is a name that's been passed through a few of my pidgeys, but never in a game I've actually finished. He's sort of a mythological architype rather than an individual person. Hopefully here he'll make it to the Hall of Fame.

I decided to solo Brock with a Pidgeotto because I love the bird and hate myself. It took a lot of Sand Attacks, a LOT of Quick Attacks, and all but 2 of Jet's HP, but he pulled through, on the first try, even.

Pokémon caught as of Brock


Jigglypuff, holding a flower

Cakester the Jigglypuff

Short for Oreo Cakester, long for Cake, so named as that's what I was eating upon her capture and it seemed appropriate. I wasn't sure who I'd be taking to Misty and then I saw her dumb little face in the FRLG sprite.

Jigglypuff's sprite, with big eyes and a dopey smile.

Evolved Cake after learning Rollout. I'll miss Body Slam but she's just gonna get Strength anyway. Not an impressive moveset on Jigglypuff.

new aquisitions before misty
I also have the bike and cut. Fuck Lt. Surge.

7/5/24

Like I said, fuck Surge. Headed to Celadon, top priority is opening gates, and then getting the Super Rod (which is behind a Snorlax). I want Muk.

Also, shops in this game replace pokéballs with greatballs instead of selling both.
The Hassle.

Flareon, bounding forward.

Ryder the Flareon

Remember when Flareon's fur was yellow? It's half the reason I chose Flareon over Jolteon. (The other half is Electric competition.)

at erika

9/5/24

I am skipping as many trainer battles as I can and I still feel overleveled (which i dont mind frankly but its weird).

Jet evolved again. I don't remember when.

Grimer, creeping through sewers.

Anastasia the Grimer

For a 1% spawn rate, she showed up really quick. And at level 38, even, which puts her on par with the team and almost ready to evolve.

Didn't skip Surge for long. Came back to Vermillion to fish up Shellder, and it doesn't hurt to have fly.

12/5/24

Shellder, tongue lolling.

Clams the Shellder

If Crabhammer wasn't still a Special move in this gen he'd be a Krabby. But Cloyster's pretty cool.
(heh. get it? cause he's ice type?)

The overleveled feeling has gone away mostly.

Krabby's sprite. He kinda looks like he's flexing.

I wish Crabhammer was physicalllll. What a good sprite.

beat koga

24/5/24

Suspiciously long absence, huh. And how like me to drop a game with 3 badges left. But, I'm still going. I just decided it was Fire Emblem time for some reason.

Electabuzz, climbing among wires.

Cola the Electabuzz

Almost went Electrode. Magneton was also in the running. All three are very cool.

Clams is still Shellder cause I decided to get Clamp before evolving. Which I think may be a waste but here we are.

at blaine

25/6/24

Still here, still going. Procrastinating Silph Co. And also now I'm putting off finishing Fire Emblem to play Sea of Thieves. So.
This is just my life.

I really thought I might use some of my extra alloted slots for my team, but it's looking like I won't.

Skipping Sabrina meant I wasn't allowed to use Rock Smash on the Sevii Islands :( But it also meant I could blow through Silph Co, which I always find tedious.

Clams evolved, finally.

beat sabrina

8/7/24

Beat Giovanni and the Elite Four. Leveled the team to 50 before trying the E4. Fully expected to lose but I'm lazy. But (after redoing Lorelei once) we won. Oak is a real dick to his grandson who just lost his position as best trainer in Kanto, huh.

I think I've decided to make (most of) a gen 3 living dex. So Ruby and Colosseum are comin up. (I already started Colosseum actually, a little after I started this. But I gotta get back into it.) Gonna finish the dex here first and then start what I suspect will be a similarly slow run of Ruby.

also hey this game is 20 years old

17/7/24

Finished the Sevii Island crap and it's pure dex grind from here. (I may start Ruby before I finish it.)

Also, I added the team to the Hall of Fame.

and all the unown

24/8/24

Finally caught fuckING CHANSEY.

I'm also gonna breed all the safari mons out of safari balls before i put them in the living dex because of course I am. (Did you know that every mon hatched until gen 6 is in a regular pokéball? Sucks.)