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[Mitchfork]

Clair is just as frustrating as I can remember. With nothing super-effective against her Kindra, my team being 10 levels below it, and it being built like a tank (a small one, but a tank nonetheless), my only option is.... grinding. >_< It also seems that you can't buy coins in this game, which suuuuuuuuccccckkkksssssssss because you actually have to play the stupid card game to get TM's for Ice Beam, Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, etc. I don't want to spend hours in a mini-game.

[Dawnlight]

Hey guys, what did you call your rival?

This might be a silly name, but after hearing background information about your rival from Serebii.net, I decided to call my rival "Van", which is from :SPOILERS: the name Gio"van"ni. Because he's his son.

My relatives all gave my rival funny names.

[AgentLym]

<hidden>He's his son, hm? I thought Gary was his son... does he have two sons?</hidden>

I named him Karn. I think there may be a town in FF called Karn, but I just thought it fit him pretty well; and that name reminds me of red, so it fits together pretty well.

BTW, I LOVE THIS GAME!!

[Lemon]

Hey guys, what did you call your rival?

**** head in memory of my childhood.

Also, Glaceon just tore right through Claires gym's dragon types, and when it came to Kingdra, DavidBowie the Kangskhan proved to be a fair match.

Team
SquekyHeat the Quilava - Lv.35
Sun****era the Sunflora - Lv.33
FrstyFrez the Glaceon - Lv.43
DavidBowie the Kangskhan - Lv.35
Octo****er the Octillery - Lv.34
SCRAW?! the Pidgeot - Lv.37

Today I take on Ho-oH and the league! woop! And again, GO TO HELL JOEY. I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR ****ING STUPID RATTATA AND HOW TERRIBLE IT IS.

[Golden Chocobo]

Hey guys, what did you call your rival?

CUPCAKE

Today I take on Ho-oH and the league! woop! And again, GO TO HELL JOEY. I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR ****ING STUPID RATTATA AND HOW TERRIBLE IT IS.

HE WON'T STOP CALLING ME! It's like, srsly, get some better Pokemon! Rattata is the Bidoof of the first generation!

[Russ]

Hey guys, what did you call your rival?

Silver. It might be uncreative, but after hearing him be called Silver for over a year, I couldn't picture him being called anything else.

[Eurysilas]

Well, I named my rival Antonio, following NOA's lead with localizing Giovanni (since he is that character's son). As for myself....The name's Henry, mirroring the main character of my FireRed, who was William and had a rival named Harold. Props for whoever gets the significance of THAT little triad.

[The Satellite]

My character's name is "SILVER," and my rival's name is "GOLD." So what if it's uncreative? I usually don't come up with my own names when there's an option; like in Zelda, I never name a slot anything but "Link." And I know that technically the names should be the other way around, but it was mostly because I have the version Silver, and because I think the name "GOLD" sucks.

Anyways, I think they did dumb down the gyms. Whitney was comparatively easy this time around, but then again, it didn't use Rollout that much.

I think it did help that I brought out Pidgeotto and Sand-Attacked it several times, and then Leered it with Quilava, then put it to sleep with Bellsprout (who evolved right after the battle). I just encountered the dogs for the first time and I'm ready for MORTY WILLIAMS! GET HIM!! [/Phineas and Ferb reference]

• Lv. 23 Quilava
• Lv. 22 Geodude
• Lv. 21 Pidgeotto
• Lv. 21 Weepinbell

[Adem]

<hidden>He's his son, hm? I thought Gary was his son... does he have two sons?</hidden>

WOOOSH. Gary is Oak's grandson...That would have made Giovanni Oak's son, which just doesn't work. And it's been confirmed many times that Silver (The "Official" name of the rival) is the son of Giovanni, with the mother being unknown. UNWOOSH.

I named my rival Pierce. No idea why. I just thought it sounded cool. Which, by the way, doesn't fit as well as I remembered. Unless it's just me, the rival is more whiny and kid-like than he was in the originals.


EDIT:

I just encountered the dogs for the first time and I'm ready for MORTY WILLIAMS! GET HIM!! [/Phineas and Ferb reference]

I had to train before fighting Morty, and I ran into Entei and Raikou 4 times each...They're not nearly as hard to find as they used to be for some reason...lol

Edited by Rem, 16 March 2010 - 02:37 PM.

[Lemon]

Anyways, I think they did dumb down the gyms. Whitney was comparatively easy this time around, but then again, it didn't use Rollout that much.

Nay, they made them harder, though this is Pokemon we're talking about. These games have never been and will never be difficult, espiecially to us who've played all the versions over the year and know EXACTLY how to break the game. It's partially the luck of the draw though. Sometimes the AI just goes in for the kill, sometimes they decide to use Double Team seven times.

Ho-Oh acquired. Elite Four challenged. On Bruno... as per usual I'm going in with 4 revives, 12 full restores, and near to no intention on using them all. Maybe I could beat them, but this is merely the test run. Can't wait to face Lance with half alive pokemans.

[The Satellite]

Yeah... I think I take back what I said about the Gym Leaders being dumbed down... I remember Morty Williams as a pushover in the original Silver, and now, I had to train Quilava up to level 31 so I could beat him. Is it just me, or did they drastically raise the damage level of Shadow Ball?

Well, right now, I'm in the process of catching a water Pokémon simply for the purpose of using Surf. Then I gotta take care of the Olivine lighthouse situation and muy level up Pidgeotto and Weepinbell; that is, if Chuck's still got that freakin' Poliwhirl with the Dynamic Punch.

• Lv. 31 Quilava
• Lv. 23 Weepinbell
• Lv. 22 Geodude
• Lv. 21 Pidgeotto
• Lv. 20 Krabby

Man, I'm so close to Fly... It'll be so nice to have that again.

Also, it was interesting when I had to vacate the house today cuz it was being shown, so I went with my mom to pick up my niece and my sis, and I had the Pokéwalker in my pocket while I was walking, but no Pokémon was in it. I thought about it, so I took it out to put Togepi in it just for the heck of it, and an Oddish had randomly joined me in the Pokéwalker. It was cool, because I knew I would have to catch one later, anyway, so I could get the Leaf Stone from Bill's Grandpa, so that makes things easier on me.

[Koh]

Called my Rival Silver too, and I lost to Morty once, but level grinded and going to try my luck again. The main internet is back up, however, wireless is still not working yet <=/. We will have it up soon! My team:

Mac. Jr. -> Machop Lv. 25 (Male) (Raised from Egg)
Tody -> Totodile Lv. 27 (Male) [Not evolving him]
Cat -> Butterfree Lv. 23 (Male)
Pido -> Pidgeotto Lv. 25 (Male)
Geo -> Geodude Lv. 23 (Male)
Scary -> Gastly Lv. 23 (Male)

For some reason, like 75% of the wild pokemon I fight are male, but it doesn't matter to me, cause I only need females for breeding. By the way I have a spare Machop egg, so if anyone wants it, let me know and I'll reserve it for you until my wireless comes back up.
I'm hating how the pokedex no longer tell you where Suicune, Entei, and Raikou are after you encounter them the first time >.<.

Edited by Koh, 16 March 2010 - 04:17 PM.

[Golden Chocobo]

I HATE Miltank!! Not because it was a difficult battle against Whitney, but because it was so annoying! Milk drink, milk drink, milk drink! Super potion, super potion! GAH!

Just caught my first Sudowoodo though. Me team looks like this:

Flaaffy (Alice) level 22
Pidgeotto (Tweedledee) level 22
Quilava (Mad Hatter) level 23
Togepi (Wht Rabbit) level 14
Oddish (TAKEITHARD) level 5 --> (HM whore)

And yeah. Still working on it. May replace Togepi, if I don't feel like raising it anymore and come across something more awesome. I do still need a water Pokemon...

Edited by Golden Chocobo, 16 March 2010 - 04:53 PM.

[Christian]

Ha. I just went against Miltank too. I think it's even more annoying this time from what i remember in the originals. All it used was Stomp, Milkdrink, and then Rollout and then the super potions came

Now i'm up to catch the Sudowoodo. We can breed it this time right? Oh and my team is:

Chikorita LV 19
Pidgeotto LV 18
Furret LV 20
Eevee LV 18
Butterfree LV 18
Togepi LV17

I love this game.

[Russ]

Well, I named my rival Antonio, following NOA's lead with localizing Giovanni (since he is that character's son). As for myself....The name's Henry, mirroring the main character of my FireRed, who was William and had a rival named Harold. Props for whoever gets the significance of THAT little triad.

William the Conqueror defeated Harold at the Battle of Hastings. At least, I assume that's what your referring to.

I. Hate. Miltank. The longest Pokemon battle I've ever had was against a cow. 45 minutes, nonstop. By the end, it was paralyzed, has it's attack and defense as low as they can go (charm and leer), and could barely hit me (sand attack and smoke screen). Yet, it kept using milk drink and, because three out of four of the Pokemon on my team are male, kept using attract, forcing me to constantly switch out. Dang that thing was annoying.