#pokemon emerald playthrough

[omgtatercat]

Putzing Around [Extra] Pokemon Emerald

[chongoblog]

My First Pokemon Playthrough

So I've noticed in my time of talking about Pokemon, I've told a lot of various anecdotes that are all a part of my very first time playing Pokemon. I was feeling nostalgic, so I figured I would share what I remember about this playthrough for everyone to enjoy. There may be a tangent or two in there and people who have followed me a while may have heard these before, but hey.

For context, I believe I was about 8 years old at the time, and after collecting some Pokemon cards, watching a kid play Crystal at summer camp, watching some of the anime, and generally being a pretty big fan (I even have Pokemon Yahtzee burned into my memory for some reason...), I finally got myself a Game Boy Advance with Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World, some Frogger game (after looking it up, it was Temple of the Frog), Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2, and, of course, Pokemon Sapphire.

I remember that my starter was Torchic. I don't remember why I chose that one, although I remember really liking the color red at the time (which I still do), so that was probably why.

I don't remember too much about my team or the general progress I made in most of the game, but I do remember Slateport City. For those who do not recall, in Slateport City in order to advance you need to get into the museum, which is blocked off by Team Aqua Grunts until you talk to someone in the shipyard. There are also Team Aqua grunts blocking the route ahead

Now, my 8 year old brain for some reason concluded that the only way to get past the Team Aqua Grunts was to intimidate them with a high enough level Pokemon or something like that. So one night, while I was supposed to be asleep on a family beach vacation, I beat down more poor level 13 Pokemon than I could count. I learned later what I was actually SUPPOSED to do, which led to me finally fighting the Team Aqua Grunts.....with a level 42 Blaziken.

And since the Name Rater was in Slateport City and my starter had evolved, I figured it was only appropriate to give him the new moniker "MAGMA MAN"

The rest of the playthrough went about as normally as tearing through the game with mostly Blaziken normally would go. There were a couple exceptions though. First off, at the Weather Institute, after I saved the day from Team Aqua, they were kind enough to gift me a Castform, but my party was full, so I couldn't get it. My 8 year old self did not read this. (Remember this, it will come back later). But I managed to make my way through the game, catching Kyogre with my Master Ball and giving it the nickname "LEGENDARY"

Then we come to the Elite Four where I hit a brick wall. I don't remember my team at the time exactly, but I do remember it was MAGMA MAN which had reached about level 80 or so, LEGENDARY which was about level 48, a level 36 Pelipper, two level ~35 Tentacruels, and some other sixth Pokemon I don't recall. And for some reason, I just couldn't beat the Elite Four with this team for some weird reason. The best I could ever get to was Drake. I felt I was utterly defeated.

That's when we bring a new character into the story. A member of my friend group at the time who we'll call "John" to protect the innocent. Now John had a very "uncle who works at nintendo" type energy to him. The group used to play Gauntlet: Dark Legacy together all the time, and when I got the GBA port of it, he convinced me to trade my recently obtained copy of the Pokemon Trading Card Game Boy game for a Gameboy-Gamecube cables, only for me to learn too late that it didn't work like that, and from there, there were no backsies (but then I got ahold of a copy of Pac-Man VS and Four Swords Adventure then I learned to emulate, so who's laughing now).

Anyway, John saw that I was struggling and he decided that he wanted to help me out. You see, he had come across an incredibly powerful and rare Pokemon that couldn't be found in the wild. He had gotten it exclusive, and I had never seen it before. It was called a "Castform". Now John had Ruby version, so he decided that as much as it ached him to part with it, he figured it would be a reasonable trade to trade this powerful Castform for the slightly less powerful LEGENDARY. I agreed.

And then he moved to Ohio.

To this day, Castform is my least favorite Pokemon because of this betrayal. I was so distraught at 8 years old that I completely restarted my game of Pokemon Sapphire. I don't remember much about that second playthrough, but there's a reason why.

This rival battle on Route 110 is somewhat infamous for being quite the sudden difficulty spike. And since I knew how to get past Team Aqua now, I didn't have an over-leveled starter to stomp my rival with ease. After losing to her about five or so times, I got frustrated and figured that whatever team I had wasn't cutting it. So I restarted again.

In my third playthrough, I made it all the way to the rival battle on Route 110. Then she stomped me repeatedly. So I restarted again.

This cycle would go on for, like, 15 resets. I didn't count, but it felt like there was hundreds. As I would keep on resetting and playing through the early-game of Pokemon Sapphire (which I had practically memorized at this point), I would start to take things a lot less seriously, sometimes picking the girl character, making my name random gibberish, etc.

Eventually, on one of these playthroughs where I started with Treecko, I actually managed to beat the Route 110 Rival Battle! And on my first try too! And thus began the epic journey of a girl named DE.

Now, I'd figured at this point that maybe only leveling up one Pokemon wasn't the best approach, so I was trying to balance my teams a bit better (I guess my rival taught me something). I was making my way through the game, and one day I'm checking out my best friend's Pokemon in Ruby, and who do I see in his box, but a Kyogre. I take a look at his name, and I can't believe it. It was LEGENDARY. John had traded it to my friend before he moved.

My friend didn't know that it was originally mine, so he offered to trade it back, which I accepted. LEGENDARY was a disobedient little bastard since I didn't have enough badges, but he got the job done. I don't remember the team I ended up using to finally beat the Elite Four, but it included my Sceptile starter, a Sableye that somehow knew only Fighting-type moves, and two Kyogres, LEGENDARY and LEGENDARY2.

And that's my first playthrough of Pokemon Sapphire. Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed it.

[ragsy]

Btw

[shadow-pixelle]

Broke out my (very legitimate, definitely being played on original hardware) Japanese Emerald copy (that I was only going to play to shiny hunt the Mew I definitely also got access to legitimately) and decided to do a Professor Oak's Challenge with it as well. I'll probably pop up with progress reports every now and then.

(Fun fact, Retroarch has unofficial achievements! Even a specific one for the Professor Oak's! Sadly it doesn't work on Emerald JP.

I mean. This would be sad if I was using Retroarch. Which I am totally not.)

[revalentine2]

Rival Base Raiders! - Team Objective Plays Pokemon Emerald

Here's a glimpse of the Team Objective Base. Fully furnished with some desert plant life, a meeting place, and a display for our future plans!

Yes, the floor is still sand. What of it? I didn't have much time to get this done, we have a lead! I remembered the Magma Grunt sat randomly on the Fiery Path...

Bingo.

Magma hideout...aw, dang it, why is theirs so much bigger than mine!? That is not fair.

I've decided to leave the ghosts behind for now-given what Team Magma's used in the past, I doubt they'd be helpful here.

Oh COME ON I was JUST SAYING-

Well, at least some Magma members have taste. This is way cooler than some silly camel.

...Then why, sir, are you wearing a hoodie in a volcano? I've at least dressed lightly.

GROUDON!?

...Oh it's that lizard thing. Why do you care so much about that?

Everyone knows Regigigas tops it anyway. One may be a continent, but the Regi's king literally towed them! Or so it's said.

(...Am I supposed to know who this is?)

It seems we've found our way to Maxie.

There's Groudon and...Maxie? What are you doing? Oh, is this how you awaken your legendary-

why is it blue.

WHY WOULD YOU BRING IT THE BLUE ONE

Oh, don't come at me for your own mistakes! Let's get this over and done with.

One of mine was good enough to defeat two of yours! I know better than to let Magneton fight a Ground type, though.

This is a job for Claydol! By the way, once you're utterly crushed is there any chance I could recruit all your baltoy-using grunts? We have plushies.

You're abandoning it now? ...Dammit, I just MADE a base!

And with that, he's taken off. Maybe given up? Maybe I can finally get back to my true mission?

I always am. Hey, captain person, any chance I could borrow your submarine for, say, an exploration of the bottom of the sea for any more of those strange ruins? Here, I have some already written down-

DAMMIT TEAM AQUA

Give me that submarine, you pilfering pirates! I need it for my own purposes!

Why does Archie have this pile of pokeballs in his office? ...Wait...no, It couldn't be...

ELECTROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODE

And he just threw them into a corner? Ugh. We'll set them free.

None of these Aqua grunts have had anything as promising as that Baltoy. Not even this slightly buffer grunt! Lame.

That's what i wanted to do! These guys are ripping off my evil plans!

Well, with no other option, I supposed It's time to head out to sea. I'll have to find another way to get under the waves-my own pokemon aren't exactly seaworthy. Maybe I will finally find one that can fix that problem.

So I have to...express something. You see staryu? That's a starfish, you might think. But really-does it even LOOK like a Starfish? It's a polygonal thing with a gemstone core. It's not even related to other sea creatures, it's an alien! It looks more like jewelry than any sort of animal!

STARYU IS AN OBJECT POKEMON AND I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL

Well that was a refreshingly quick surf. Mossdeep, huh? Do they have more submarines here?

No, but they do have ROCKETS! Which are OBJECTS! As evidenced by my very own Solrock, space pokemon are a prime candidate to be object pokemon.

Oh, seriously? They HAVEN'T given up yet? Can't these Magma guys ever learn? And join my team because my earth-based pokemon are so much better than most of theirs?

With no other way forward than just blindly wandering the sea, I think It'd be best to take the next gym before moving forward. The last gym actually have me a hard time-this one should be better, right?

...Right?

Team: StepStone the Graveler (F) Skybomb the Weezing (F) Sungaze the Solrock Iris the Claydol 'Splodey the Electrode Maximum the Magneton [Zipp the Banette (F)] [Allsee the Dusclops (F)]

[depengu]

ummmm kinda messed up lmao

i in fact forgot to record everything else that happened before the last fight. Although i did not loose any pokemon during that time, but i did not mess up the next gym. Anywho this update is short so give it a watch cause im not doing a summary lol

[gayyearningcrybaby]

Welcome to the team, Violence!

[trans-basculin]

so i was trying to find a drumble for like an hour.

i know i have the shiny charm but this is so fucking funny to me.

anyway this is the team now

[soni-dragon]

trainer lineup for all my main trainers! i reuse the name Snap a lot :P

[keresacheron]

Pokemon Moon Emerald First Team

A fun and casual fun with decent gym leader and elite four fights. I played the version with a highly raised shiny rate and got a lot of shinies. This game has a massive pokedex but is mainly focused around Alola pokemon and has a similar 'difficulty' level to mainline pokemon games. The sole exception are the gym leaders, victory road and pokemon league which have much larger teams with higher levels and good movepools giving you good boss fights that are sadly out phase with the mainline level curve. Norman was a massive spike while Winonas team was around the same level as him.

Still, this is a fun hack. Team below:

Argent, a bashfull shiny Tsareena with chlorophyll. She was caught in Petalburg woods as Bounsweet and was weak. After getting crushed to Roxanne I trained her up until she evolved, taught her the bullet seed tm and she swept the now under-leveled Roxanne and did the same to Brawly. She became my in story starter and despite never learning a better physical grass move her miracle seed powered bullet seed combined with return for coverage made her a dependable great early game mon who was still fine in the late game, taking down Wallaces Milotic single handidly.

Ivanka, a naive Gumshooes with runaway. She was my first official pokemon, caught as a yungoose with pick up. She was not useful against Roxanne and Brawly due to type match ups. She then became a solid team mate, hitting extremely hard while being not too slow and not too frail. She pulled her weight the entire game and sadly only learned extreme speed at the very end.

Jemina, a naive Alolan Golem with Rock Head. She was caught as an Alolan Geodude in Granite Cave and sadly was incompatible with the Wild Charge Tm in all stages and didn't a rock recoil move. She was a good mon, tanking physical hits like a champ and having a great offensive movepool.

Firecream, docile salazzle with flash fire. She was caught in Firey Pass, and due to knowing dragon rage was horribly overpowered for that stage of the game. She was the teams fastest mon and it's only special attacker, giving her a vital niche as a revenge killer with a great fire stab and massive tm movepool. She was vital to defeating the fairy champion Wallace by nasty plot sweeping most of his team.

Meet Doctor Chomp,a Quiet Shiny Bruxish with Water Viel caught on the old rod on route 114. He was great in the midgame with a good typing against flannery and getting surf as a good water move. He fill off abit in the second half of the game until he learned psychic fang for coverage the early 40s and got a good physical water move. As a fast attacker with a priority move he was a great revenge killer.

Earth's End, an adamant Kommo-o with Soundproof. Caught in his first form on route 123 where he was initially very weak and even after evolving still feel behind in the late game before evolving a second time in victory road. With great stats and the ability to setup sweep with dragon dance he carried the team through the elite four despite being terrible against the champion.

[cephalobotte]

it occured to me that all my gen 3 games, the ones with "complete" files anyways, all have my old name. and thats ok, i guess. but id like at least one of em to have my current name, so... rapid playthrough of firered to become my kanto base game. except it wont be that rapid, because i cannot resist shiny hunting. im gonna use all gift pokemon, and my planned team is charizard, gyarados, jolteon, hitmonlee, lapras, and alakazam. well. shiny alakazam

i have plans once i get to cerulean to exploit the nugget gift so i can get tons of coins for this

[omgtatercat]

The Elite Four [31] Pokemon Emerald

[quathxr]

C’mon totally legal copy of Pokémon Emerald, download fasterrrrr

[bearhoundbutch]

gaze upon my fat butch wife

[pokemonxhyperfixation]

So I’m making a team for Aya. I know I want her to have one of the two fast ninja bug Pokémon, so I’ll let y’all choose which one I do.

(If team comp maters to yall her other three pokemon at the moment are Decidueye, Watchog and Shiftree.)

[revalentine2]

The Part Where I Fight My Dad - Team Objective plays Pokemon Emerald

Hello, loyal viewers! Last time we caught a new super special friend! However...

As lovely as this Baltoy is, I'd rather bring my current team along to handle our next objective. The next battle is no place for new blood...

Petalburg city. My dad is the leader here, now. I've been away from family for such a long time, but then I moved back in with mom, only to immediately leave to pursue my ideals...the ideals of promoting OBJECT POKEMON, that is!

...Anyway. I'm just not sure how to feel about this..

...Dad is waiting at the back of the gym. Time to head in. Let's steel ourselves...

PETALBURG GYM, I'VE COME TO...Wait, dad, what are you doing out front. What? My badges? Wait-

Oh

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Fiddlesticks.

Uhhhhhh.

we're goin' back to Dewford

Brawny or whatever your name is, let's make this quick. Family emergency.

OK Thnx bye

back to Petalburg-

Ugh. Stinky, hairy creatures. I never understood everyone's obsession with these guys, especially not my dad's. I never was much into them in the first place, but after I discovered my love of Object Pokemon, he and I became more distant. It had to be because he didn't agree with my tastes.

It must have.

Let's do this, old man! I'll teach you a lesson! About OBJECT POKEMON!

Stop being so happy!

Bulwark, you've been my lead into every gym battle (that mattered) before, and that's not going to change now!

Teeter Dance, yikes. Hit through, Bulwark! Come on!

We hit ourselves once, but now we finally get off the Mud-slap! Lower its accuracy!

It's missed a couple moves by now! Big damage, Metal Claw into Iron Tail! Take it out!

Spinda's done! Nice job, B-oh come on dad, Really? You're switching into your ace immediately?

...Hm. Maybe this isn't a bad thing after all...

Bulwark! Just like before! You know what to do...and Slaking has half the turns to fight back from this!

Dad had just been spamming counter, but now that Slaking's low it's going for Faint Attack...doesn't do much, but that messes with our plans a little. Still, we persevere!

Slow it down with some Rock Tombs, Bulwark!

Now, Goo Goo! Come in and give it some Screeches!

Goo Goo took some hits, but now it's time for my own ace to hit the field! StepStone, come in and defense curl! That now boosts the power...

...of ROLLOUT! Faint Attack did a lot, but with minimum defense even this first should be enough to KO from here...

And it is! StepStone, Rollout into his next sloth thing, too!

Rolling! Rolling! Rolling! You can't stop the rolling!

His final pokemon! Take this last Slash hit, StepStone...

Yes! 5 HP! Now, land the Rollout!

YES! We DID it! My team conquers yours, Dad, with less pokemon used from my side! What do you have to say to that, huh!?

...What? You're just...proud of me? Happy and a little sad-Dad, what are you saying?

You...wanted to understand my interests and you...didn't know how? And I never reached out, so...it just went quiet, between us?

...Maybe I do need therapy.

I don't know what to think of anything right now. Except-my team. I'm proud of them all so, so much. They've really come into their own in battle. They're all beautiful and wonderful Object pokemon. I love them. I know that much.

I'm going to keep doing what I'm doing. Maybe I just need to consider how I do it.

And Dad...I'm sure there's an object pokemon out there for you, too. Do they have Porygon here?

Team: StepStone the Graveler (F) Bulwark the Aron (M) Skybomb the Koffing (F) Goo Goo the Grimer (F) Patricia the Nosepass (F) Sungaze the Solrock