guardians_song: Ken Sugimori's concept art of the Pokemon starters, with the main characters and rival beside them. (Pokemon)
guardians_song ([personal profile] guardians_song) wrote2013-09-29 12:36 am

Pokemon Blue Nuzlocke Time! (Part 1)

This is my first time on an emulator. Don't mind my nostalgia.

(IMAGES NOW REPAIRED!)
Ah, the familiar intro sequence..
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And here we are! Time to kick some rear!

(Or die horribly...)

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...Pokemon world, etc...

So let's name my character and the rival.

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Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle reference having to do with evil clones. Don't know, don't ask. :P


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Syaoran awakens in his room, ready to go on an adventure...
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...but first, he needs to get a very important item.
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There we go.

Oak, predictably, grabs him.
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Going to Oak's lab, Syaoran picks out a Pokemon...

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...And gets it.
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...The Name Rater's getting a visit the MOMENT I set foot in Lavender Town. Bloody spelling errors...

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Syaoran's irritating counterpart grabs the plant, and promptly challenges him to a face-off.

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Pity that his AI is so poor. Really? Growling FOUR TIMES IN A ROW? Uh, you did notice I was whacking away at your HP all the while, right?
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About this - I'm going to be using stat-altering moves if I have the opportunity to set up. This may change if I need pure offense, but I decided to play with it in this battle.

Fortunately, Growl failed TWICE (!), so Bulbasaur wasted two turns while I Tail Whipped + Tackle. I thought I'd get through it undamaged, but -

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The Bulbasaur decided to pull out an actual attack. Not that it helped.

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Yep, only lost 4 HP in the entire battle.

So much for needing that Potion.



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Here you can see what I was talking about with capturing frames in motion. This is all from one tap of the screenshot button (with a few identical frames removed.)

Before you ask, my actual first battle was an L4 Rattata. Not counting that, though, because it's time to get PokeBalls...
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On Syaoran's way back, he snagged a free item from this advertiser.
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And a free Pokedex from Oak, once he arrived home!

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Reservoir's current status:
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Syaoran returns to Viridian to buy some PokeBalls...
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...Then goes off to hunt.
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YES!

Okay, as I mentioned in my notes, Hyper Fang is hellish. I also read that Super Fang will be very useful for capturing once I get it. Meanwhile, Pidgey-line... never proved very useful for me.

So, for all that Rattatas are supposed to be lower-rank than Pidgeys? I wanted a Rattata. And got one. :)

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L4, how nice. Easier to train.

Battle went well, with no unexpected issues.
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- caught!

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Named it "Wormtail". May it be auspicious. 

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And here we stop, lest later notes go not-so-well...

sarajayechan: Angel smirking as he shows Charlie a bondage club doubling as a trust exercise (Laurent)

[personal profile] sarajayechan 2013-09-29 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
The images are all broken. D:
sarajayechan: Angel smirking as he shows Charlie a bondage club doubling as a trust exercise (Om nom nom)

[personal profile] sarajayechan 2013-09-29 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I can wait! :D
sarajayechan: Kunzite holding Zoisite as they share their last moment together. This scene still gets me every time. ([Sailor Moon] Kunzite/Zoisite)

[personal profile] sarajayechan 2013-09-30 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
YAY
sarajayechan: Angel smirking as he shows Charlie a bondage club doubling as a trust exercise (Palletshipping)

[personal profile] sarajayechan 2013-09-30 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
Aaand this is awesome. :D Clever, using the different spellings of the character's name as yours and the rival's!

[personal profile] albatrosswing 2013-11-30 02:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I like it. :) I will be back to read the rest. Love your squirtle's nickname. :) I have something like that on Tumblr, when I get Pokemon Y I'm going to document my adventure. http://pokemonvoyage.tumblr.com