Retro Nintendo

I played blue all the way through, Then Pokemon sold out and started adding more than the 150 so I stopped giving a crap.

JungleRatRob said:

I've only played Blue & Red but I liked them. Sounds like you've got a cool party and I hope you beat the final bosses with some of them.

What did I start with? I went with Bulbasaur. It's not as immediately powerful as the other orignal starters but beating Brock in that first gym is easier with him.

Strategy? Well, some there are a lot of guys like Magikarp/Gyarados that become super-strong if you are patient enough to grind and level them up. There are always a few uber-powerful pokemon (Mewtwo/Charizard) but one thing I did like about the game is that just about any pokemon can be good if you level up enough and maybe teach it the right techniques. One time I played  through the game I had a high-level meowth that I taught HyperBeam to just to be stupid!** you don't have permission to see this link **

As to the rest of the series I kinda agree with nintenjo. Assembling a cool team, finding some secrets and beating the game are all fun, but 'catching them all' never really appealed to me. It seemed like a chore especially with the really rare ones that almost never appear (example: trying to a catch Tauros in the Safari Zone made me want pound my head against the wall). Building your starter pokemon up into a fighting machine and then beating the 'elite four' at indigo plateau seems like a classic RPG but then going to the unknown dungeon and trying to complete the pokedex felt like an anti-climax. Once I captured Mewtwo with a masterball I felt like 'What the hell am I supposed to do with this? I already beat the game.' I guess its for people who play head-to-head, but I'd rather just mess around and have fun with it than compete or fill up the pokedex.

Thanks! Yeah I plan to use that party to beat the elite four except change Haunter to Gengar and Dratini to Dragonite. But yeah, catching them all never really appealed to me until now. I just feel like I've loved this franchise so much and owe so much to it that I want to catch them all at least once but never go crazy and catch all 493 in Platinum or somethin'. But yeah, with all the other games I've played, catching the all just seemed kinda silly, but now I've got a whole summer to just chill and I though \"What not?\"

hahahahahaha, yeah! homestarrunner was pretty freakin' hilarious. But now it's just kinda lame, i used to check the updates every week but now it just isn't quite what it used to be..