Aiming to the Top (Arc I: Kanto)
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 1:20 am
Ladies and gentlemen, consider yourselves warmly welcome to this little corner of mine.
This time I wanted to try something different from my usual creative style, I chose to do something that could serve me as a test as a writer... and as gamer...
Yeah, that's right.
I'll be tackling the Pokémon series in a self imposed hard mode or better said I'll be Nuzlocking the series... My idea is eventually cover the five regions appeared on the series so far... If I manage to accomplish it or if my journey is bound to end before reaching the goal is something that time will tell...
As for now, sit back and enjoy my first run:
Epic background music
Pokémon Fire Red
Challege Rules
1-> If a Pokémon faints is considered dead and can never be used again.
2-> Only the first pokémon seen on each route must be caught (if it faints, flees, etc... tough luck)
2b-> If a route has other ways than catching Pokémon (fishing, surfing, headbutting trees...) besides the patches of grass an additional Pokémon can be caught
3-> Every Pokémon caught must be nicknamed
4-> If a Shiny Pokémon appears before me it must get caught (or tried to at least) regardless if it was the first pokémon seen on the route or not... Shiny Pokémon are too rare to ditch them.
5-> Gift Pokémon (game corner ones, eevee on Celadon, in game trades...) and event wise Pokémon (fossil, etc) don't count as "official" captures
6-> Dupe clause. If a wild Pokémon appear on a route and I happen to have one of the same line (i.e a wild Pidgey and I have a Pidgey or Pidgeotto) it can't be caught until my specimen is dead... If a dupe appears, I'm given a second chance on said route... if during the second time appears another dupe I'll be given a final third attempt... if during my third attempt yet another dupe appears... tough luck.
7-> External tools (Pokésav, Pokébox, etc...) are only allowed to evolve Pokémon that are unable to evolve normally (trade evolutions since I'm playing via emulator).
8-> Legendary pokémon must never be caught, if during my run I stumble upon one or I decide to find them I must knock them out.
9-> As long as I have Pokémon on my box I can try to restart the challenge regardless if my team has been wiped out... If I don't have any usable Pokémon on my time nor my box then it's game over.
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Prologue: Getting Started
Welcome to the world of Pokémon
"Hello there! I'm glad to meet you all."
"My name is Samuel Oak, however people usually refers to me as Pokémon Professor. Feel free to do the same if you wish"
"This world we live in is inhabited far and wide by creatures known as Pokémon"
That's a Nidoran...
"Kid... don't dare to interrupt me..."
...and it's a female one...
"Stop ruining my speech, kiddo..."
But... I'm supposed to be the main character...
"This is MY show!"
...but...
"Now shut your trap up before I decide to kick your spleen!"
...
"Much better... Now where were we? Ah I remember now... Pokémon has several uses, for some people Pokémons are excellent pets, others prefer to use them for battling... As for myself? I study them as a profession."
"But enough talking of me for now... Tell me about yourself"
So it's my turn now?
"Yes, and better be thankful about it, kiddo"
...^^U
"Now tell me, child... Are you a boy?"
You gotta be kidding...
"So... are you a booooy?"
Don't you have eyes on your face?
"Or a giiiiiiiirl?"
...Boy.... Are you happy now?
"Quite much actually... Now, please do tell me... What is your name?"
Huh?
"Don't "huh" me, sonny"
...I can't simply believe it...
"Your name, NOW"
...Glenn...
"So... You're name is Glenn, isn't it?"
That's what I told you... just five seconds ago...^^U
"Excellent! And now..."
"This punk over there happens to be my grandson..."
Yeah... I know...
"He's been your rival since both of you were babies"
Hell no! I've born in Sinnoh for Arceus' sake! I've only been Kanto for about... three months...
"I'm beginning to get incredibly pissed off, so just shut up and nod"
"That's better... Now tell me... What was his name?"
What the...
"Remind me his name, please"
You're a horrible, horrible grandfather...
"I know. Now the name, Glenn"
His name is Gary...
"So... his name is Gary..."
Can I go now?
"Yeah, yeah... Scram, kiddo"
About time...
Please forgive that old professor... He seems to have a desperate craving for attention...
Welcome! I'm glad to see that many new faces around here! My name is Glenn Lightblade and I'm 11 years old. I was born on Snowpoint City, which is actually on Sinnoh but for several reasons that don't actually matter as of now I find myself far away from my hometown, in another country: Kanto. I'm living with my aunt Vera in Pallete Town.
I guess that I'm your typical average kid... except for one little detail: I can understand Pokémon... I can't remember when this ability kicked in or if there's any reason behind it...
Home sweet home
"Anyway... I guess that there is nothing interesting to do in this little town... Better I find something to kill some time" thought to myself as I went to turn the NES on my room on.
There's always some time for Megaman
"Glenn!" A voice called me from the lower floor, it was my aunt.
"What do you want, Auntie?"
"Can you come down here for a moment?"
"Sure"
I turned my NES off... sigh... I just managed to kill Quickman... and I went down to the living room, there she was watching TV.
"Did you want something?"
"Actually yes, our neighbour the Professor Oak asked if you could drop by his lab"
"Ugh... that man... He gives me the creeps...." I thought out loud.
"Come on, don't be like that, dear! He maybe decides to give you a pokémon"
"Do you really think so, auntie?"
"Well there's only one way to check it out" She told me trying to get rid of my doubts "Besides both of my children are excellent trainers, so you have a lot of potential... if I can see it there's no doubt that he can too"
That's true both of my cousins are known for their skills on Pokémon training... The oldest of the two, Erika, is currently one the official Gym Leaders on Kanto, she is the leader of Celadon City's gym and can be quite fearsome... when she's not high on Oddish's pollen that is... As for the youngest, Veronica, she had even more potential... she decided to retire herself from training but before doing so she was an amazing water type specialist that managed to beat the gym challenge and became herself an Elite Four member! Now she's living on New Bark Town, Johto, where she teaches younger generations of trainers about training and taking care of water types.
I wonder if I can become a trainer as good as them... Well... there is only one way to check it out...
I decided to go out of home and...
"Ugh... I better go a catch a Pidgey rather than trusting in that old man..." I though to myself as I decided to go to the nearest patch of grass.
"Hold your Ponytas, lad!" I could easily recognize the voice... it was Professor Oak.
"What now?"
"What do you think you're doing, Glenn?"
"Can't you see it? I'm trying to catch a Pidgey"
"Are you crazy or something!? Don't you see that wild Pokémon live on the grass?"
"What's the worst that could happen to me? Would a Rattata nibble my toes or something?" I ask him half mockingly
"Whatever sonny, you're coming with me!" He said to me as he grabbed my hand and began dragging me to his lab.
"H...hey... Let me go!"
But alas, the old man paid no heed to my word and didn't stop as he kept on his way to the lab. Once there I saw someone I didn't expected to see...
"Gramps! I'm fed up with waiting!" The young that was beside me said out loud.
"Errr... what was your name...?" Asked the professor... However I wasn't sure if he didn't remember his grandson's name or if he simply wanted to make him even madder than he was now.
"Gaylo" I jokingly shouted.
"Yeah, right, right... It's Gaylo" Thought the professor out loud... seriously this man has the worst case of Alzheimer I've ever seen.
"It's Gary! G-A-R-Y!" Gary was beginning to lose his patience... If he ever had of that before that is...
"Now, now Gaylo..." The professor kept on his own world "I've called you because I wanted to give your own Pokémon"
"Really?" I asked totally pleased by the idea.
"Sure. Come on Glenn, go and pick one."
"But... what about me, gramps?"
"Now, now Gaylo... No need to be pushy, you'll have one too!"
"sigh... fine Glenn, go ahead a choose already" Gary gave up and decided that it was better to go with the flow...
I went to the table and there were three Pokéballs, perfectly line up... Grass, Water and Fire... tough choice... all of them seemed great choices to me.
Hmmm... which one should I choose?
...Two hours later...
"Come on! Pick one already!" Gary began shouting at me furiously
"Fine, fine" I said as I picked a Pokéball... at last... I had my own partner... A Charmander... then the ball opened and the Pokémon was there, in front of me, curiously staring at my eyes.
"Are you the lovely Ignis' trainer?"
"Ignis, is that your name?"
"Correct, Ignis is the lovely Ignis' name"
"Nice to meet you, my name is Glenn"
"The lovely Ignis is pleased with her trainer"
"T...thanks?"
"Out of the way! It's my turn now!" Said Gary as he picked the Squirtle without even looking... Darn it... this guy seems to hold anything against me...
Once I had my first Pokémon I was ready to go home and showing it to my aunt, she would definitely be pleased to see it... but then...
"Wait Glenn!"
"What now?"
"Since both of us are here why don't we take on this chance and check them out?"
"..."
"Are you affraid, Glenn"
"Of course not... Bring it on!"
Are you ready to rumble?
"For Arceus' sake! Youngsters today don't have any kind of respect for nothing" Professor Oak exclaimed as we began battling.
"Ignis, are you ready?"
"The lovely Ignis was born ready"
"Fine" I said as I tossed the pokéball, Gary did the same, sending his Squirtle.
"Heh... You're puny salamander doesn't stand a chance, Glenn" Gary and his huge ego...
"The lovely Ignis is NOT a salamander... the lovely Ignis is a lizard, a proud lizard that will kick your sorry ass!
"Well said, milady. Ignis... scratch attack!"
"Right away!"
Even if it wasn't really strong the scratch allowed Ignis to gain an upper hand over the Squirtle that still didn't know what to do at all...
"Squirtle... Tail Whip!"
"That Squirtle is acting weird..."
"Don't let your guard down, he's trying to lower your defenses as much as possible to defeat you in one hit"
"The lovely Ignis won't allow that to happen!
"That's the spirit! Keep the strategy going! Scratch!"
The strategy worked perfectly and Ignis was able to take the Squirtle down with almost no effort at all... This girl sure knows how to hit hard. On the other hand Gary didn't seem specially pleased with this outcome.
"The lovely Ignis feel stronger now!"
"Damn! I picked the wrong one! This one is useless!" Gary was furious now
"Yeah... like a Bulbasaur could have done any better against a Charmander..."
"It's your fault! You damn weakling!" Gary began venting out his anger on the unconscious Squirtle, stomping his shell once and again.
"Y...Y...you.. What are you doing!? STOP!"
"That's enough, sonny!" Professor Oak stepped in and managed to calm Gary down before that Squirtle could have suffered any major injury.
"HMPH! I will make my Pokémon battle to toughen it up... Just wait and see, Glenn"
"..."
"Glenn, Gramps... Smell ya later!"
"Hey Gary"
"What?"
"Smell this!"
"Ugh... I HATE YOU, GLENN!"
"Feeling's mutual"
Then Gary rushed through the door slamming it soundly behind it, his grandfather had a worried look on his face...
"This kid... What am I gonna do with him?"
"..."
"By the way Glenn..."
"Yes?"
"Have you ever thought of taking the gym challenge?"
"Well... It's kind of my dream... but I don't know if..."
"You should try it. You have a lot of potential"
"Thank you" I answered politely "What do you think Ignis?"
"The lovely Ignis wants to show her beauty and power to the world. The whole world will love the lovely Ignis"
"It's settled then! We're taking the challenge... Kanto get ready! Here I come!"
And that's how my adventure starts... I've met my first companion, we've got through our first trainer battle and now we were ready to face the most important challenge so far... I'm excited! I can't wait to see Kanto with my very own eyes... I can't wait to catch more partners... As much as I rely on Ignis I won't get far with only one Pokémon...
This was meant to be start of something big...
____________________________________________
.P.S.:
"The lovely Ignis to see that many new faces around this corner"
This time I wanted to try something different from my usual creative style, I chose to do something that could serve me as a test as a writer... and as gamer...
Yeah, that's right.
I'll be tackling the Pokémon series in a self imposed hard mode or better said I'll be Nuzlocking the series... My idea is eventually cover the five regions appeared on the series so far... If I manage to accomplish it or if my journey is bound to end before reaching the goal is something that time will tell...
As for now, sit back and enjoy my first run:
Epic background music
Pokémon Fire Red
Challege Rules
1-> If a Pokémon faints is considered dead and can never be used again.
2-> Only the first pokémon seen on each route must be caught (if it faints, flees, etc... tough luck)
2b-> If a route has other ways than catching Pokémon (fishing, surfing, headbutting trees...) besides the patches of grass an additional Pokémon can be caught
3-> Every Pokémon caught must be nicknamed
4-> If a Shiny Pokémon appears before me it must get caught (or tried to at least) regardless if it was the first pokémon seen on the route or not... Shiny Pokémon are too rare to ditch them.
5-> Gift Pokémon (game corner ones, eevee on Celadon, in game trades...) and event wise Pokémon (fossil, etc) don't count as "official" captures
6-> Dupe clause. If a wild Pokémon appear on a route and I happen to have one of the same line (i.e a wild Pidgey and I have a Pidgey or Pidgeotto) it can't be caught until my specimen is dead... If a dupe appears, I'm given a second chance on said route... if during the second time appears another dupe I'll be given a final third attempt... if during my third attempt yet another dupe appears... tough luck.
7-> External tools (Pokésav, Pokébox, etc...) are only allowed to evolve Pokémon that are unable to evolve normally (trade evolutions since I'm playing via emulator).
8-> Legendary pokémon must never be caught, if during my run I stumble upon one or I decide to find them I must knock them out.
9-> As long as I have Pokémon on my box I can try to restart the challenge regardless if my team has been wiped out... If I don't have any usable Pokémon on my time nor my box then it's game over.
____________________________________________
Prologue: Getting Started
Welcome to the world of Pokémon
"Hello there! I'm glad to meet you all."
"My name is Samuel Oak, however people usually refers to me as Pokémon Professor. Feel free to do the same if you wish"
"This world we live in is inhabited far and wide by creatures known as Pokémon"
That's a Nidoran...
"Kid... don't dare to interrupt me..."
...and it's a female one...
"Stop ruining my speech, kiddo..."
But... I'm supposed to be the main character...
"This is MY show!"
...but...
"Now shut your trap up before I decide to kick your spleen!"
...
"Much better... Now where were we? Ah I remember now... Pokémon has several uses, for some people Pokémons are excellent pets, others prefer to use them for battling... As for myself? I study them as a profession."
"But enough talking of me for now... Tell me about yourself"
So it's my turn now?
"Yes, and better be thankful about it, kiddo"
...^^U
"Now tell me, child... Are you a boy?"
You gotta be kidding...
"So... are you a booooy?"
Don't you have eyes on your face?
"Or a giiiiiiiirl?"
...Boy.... Are you happy now?
"Quite much actually... Now, please do tell me... What is your name?"
Huh?
"Don't "huh" me, sonny"
...I can't simply believe it...
"Your name, NOW"
...Glenn...
"So... You're name is Glenn, isn't it?"
That's what I told you... just five seconds ago...^^U
"Excellent! And now..."
"This punk over there happens to be my grandson..."
Yeah... I know...
"He's been your rival since both of you were babies"
Hell no! I've born in Sinnoh for Arceus' sake! I've only been Kanto for about... three months...
"I'm beginning to get incredibly pissed off, so just shut up and nod"
"That's better... Now tell me... What was his name?"
What the...
"Remind me his name, please"
You're a horrible, horrible grandfather...
"I know. Now the name, Glenn"
His name is Gary...
"So... his name is Gary..."
Can I go now?
"Yeah, yeah... Scram, kiddo"
About time...
Please forgive that old professor... He seems to have a desperate craving for attention...
Welcome! I'm glad to see that many new faces around here! My name is Glenn Lightblade and I'm 11 years old. I was born on Snowpoint City, which is actually on Sinnoh but for several reasons that don't actually matter as of now I find myself far away from my hometown, in another country: Kanto. I'm living with my aunt Vera in Pallete Town.
I guess that I'm your typical average kid... except for one little detail: I can understand Pokémon... I can't remember when this ability kicked in or if there's any reason behind it...
Home sweet home
"Anyway... I guess that there is nothing interesting to do in this little town... Better I find something to kill some time" thought to myself as I went to turn the NES on my room on.
There's always some time for Megaman
"Glenn!" A voice called me from the lower floor, it was my aunt.
"What do you want, Auntie?"
"Can you come down here for a moment?"
"Sure"
I turned my NES off... sigh... I just managed to kill Quickman... and I went down to the living room, there she was watching TV.
"Did you want something?"
"Actually yes, our neighbour the Professor Oak asked if you could drop by his lab"
"Ugh... that man... He gives me the creeps...." I thought out loud.
"Come on, don't be like that, dear! He maybe decides to give you a pokémon"
"Do you really think so, auntie?"
"Well there's only one way to check it out" She told me trying to get rid of my doubts "Besides both of my children are excellent trainers, so you have a lot of potential... if I can see it there's no doubt that he can too"
That's true both of my cousins are known for their skills on Pokémon training... The oldest of the two, Erika, is currently one the official Gym Leaders on Kanto, she is the leader of Celadon City's gym and can be quite fearsome... when she's not high on Oddish's pollen that is... As for the youngest, Veronica, she had even more potential... she decided to retire herself from training but before doing so she was an amazing water type specialist that managed to beat the gym challenge and became herself an Elite Four member! Now she's living on New Bark Town, Johto, where she teaches younger generations of trainers about training and taking care of water types.
I wonder if I can become a trainer as good as them... Well... there is only one way to check it out...
I decided to go out of home and...
"Ugh... I better go a catch a Pidgey rather than trusting in that old man..." I though to myself as I decided to go to the nearest patch of grass.
"Hold your Ponytas, lad!" I could easily recognize the voice... it was Professor Oak.
"What now?"
"What do you think you're doing, Glenn?"
"Can't you see it? I'm trying to catch a Pidgey"
"Are you crazy or something!? Don't you see that wild Pokémon live on the grass?"
"What's the worst that could happen to me? Would a Rattata nibble my toes or something?" I ask him half mockingly
"Whatever sonny, you're coming with me!" He said to me as he grabbed my hand and began dragging me to his lab.
"H...hey... Let me go!"
But alas, the old man paid no heed to my word and didn't stop as he kept on his way to the lab. Once there I saw someone I didn't expected to see...
"Gramps! I'm fed up with waiting!" The young that was beside me said out loud.
"Errr... what was your name...?" Asked the professor... However I wasn't sure if he didn't remember his grandson's name or if he simply wanted to make him even madder than he was now.
"Gaylo" I jokingly shouted.
"Yeah, right, right... It's Gaylo" Thought the professor out loud... seriously this man has the worst case of Alzheimer I've ever seen.
"It's Gary! G-A-R-Y!" Gary was beginning to lose his patience... If he ever had of that before that is...
"Now, now Gaylo..." The professor kept on his own world "I've called you because I wanted to give your own Pokémon"
"Really?" I asked totally pleased by the idea.
"Sure. Come on Glenn, go and pick one."
"But... what about me, gramps?"
"Now, now Gaylo... No need to be pushy, you'll have one too!"
"sigh... fine Glenn, go ahead a choose already" Gary gave up and decided that it was better to go with the flow...
I went to the table and there were three Pokéballs, perfectly line up... Grass, Water and Fire... tough choice... all of them seemed great choices to me.
Hmmm... which one should I choose?
...Two hours later...
"Come on! Pick one already!" Gary began shouting at me furiously
"Fine, fine" I said as I picked a Pokéball... at last... I had my own partner... A Charmander... then the ball opened and the Pokémon was there, in front of me, curiously staring at my eyes.
"Are you the lovely Ignis' trainer?"
"Ignis, is that your name?"
"Correct, Ignis is the lovely Ignis' name"
"Nice to meet you, my name is Glenn"
"The lovely Ignis is pleased with her trainer"
"T...thanks?"
"Out of the way! It's my turn now!" Said Gary as he picked the Squirtle without even looking... Darn it... this guy seems to hold anything against me...
Once I had my first Pokémon I was ready to go home and showing it to my aunt, she would definitely be pleased to see it... but then...
"Wait Glenn!"
"What now?"
"Since both of us are here why don't we take on this chance and check them out?"
"..."
"Are you affraid, Glenn"
"Of course not... Bring it on!"
Are you ready to rumble?
"For Arceus' sake! Youngsters today don't have any kind of respect for nothing" Professor Oak exclaimed as we began battling.
"Ignis, are you ready?"
"The lovely Ignis was born ready"
"Fine" I said as I tossed the pokéball, Gary did the same, sending his Squirtle.
"Heh... You're puny salamander doesn't stand a chance, Glenn" Gary and his huge ego...
"The lovely Ignis is NOT a salamander... the lovely Ignis is a lizard, a proud lizard that will kick your sorry ass!
"Well said, milady. Ignis... scratch attack!"
"Right away!"
Even if it wasn't really strong the scratch allowed Ignis to gain an upper hand over the Squirtle that still didn't know what to do at all...
"Squirtle... Tail Whip!"
"That Squirtle is acting weird..."
"Don't let your guard down, he's trying to lower your defenses as much as possible to defeat you in one hit"
"The lovely Ignis won't allow that to happen!
"That's the spirit! Keep the strategy going! Scratch!"
The strategy worked perfectly and Ignis was able to take the Squirtle down with almost no effort at all... This girl sure knows how to hit hard. On the other hand Gary didn't seem specially pleased with this outcome.
"The lovely Ignis feel stronger now!"
"Damn! I picked the wrong one! This one is useless!" Gary was furious now
"Yeah... like a Bulbasaur could have done any better against a Charmander..."
"It's your fault! You damn weakling!" Gary began venting out his anger on the unconscious Squirtle, stomping his shell once and again.
"Y...Y...you.. What are you doing!? STOP!"
"That's enough, sonny!" Professor Oak stepped in and managed to calm Gary down before that Squirtle could have suffered any major injury.
"HMPH! I will make my Pokémon battle to toughen it up... Just wait and see, Glenn"
"..."
"Glenn, Gramps... Smell ya later!"
"Hey Gary"
"What?"
"Smell this!"
"Ugh... I HATE YOU, GLENN!"
"Feeling's mutual"
Then Gary rushed through the door slamming it soundly behind it, his grandfather had a worried look on his face...
"This kid... What am I gonna do with him?"
"..."
"By the way Glenn..."
"Yes?"
"Have you ever thought of taking the gym challenge?"
"Well... It's kind of my dream... but I don't know if..."
"You should try it. You have a lot of potential"
"Thank you" I answered politely "What do you think Ignis?"
"The lovely Ignis wants to show her beauty and power to the world. The whole world will love the lovely Ignis"
"It's settled then! We're taking the challenge... Kanto get ready! Here I come!"
And that's how my adventure starts... I've met my first companion, we've got through our first trainer battle and now we were ready to face the most important challenge so far... I'm excited! I can't wait to see Kanto with my very own eyes... I can't wait to catch more partners... As much as I rely on Ignis I won't get far with only one Pokémon...
This was meant to be start of something big...
____________________________________________
.P.S.:
"The lovely Ignis to see that many new faces around this corner"