EPISODE II
Sorry guys, I changed my mind in my previous post.
This is a very easy battle. Poli starts off knowing Bubble, Watergun, and Hypnosis, so we put it to sleep right away.
From there we just keep spamming watergun until it goes down. In my test of the ROM I discovered that you get the same results from running away from the fight. I wouldn't be surprised if the other scripted battles in the game turn out to have that quirk too.
Being an evolved pokemon, it also gives out a crapton of EXP, immediately giving Poli his first level up.
"Thank you Red. Let me heal your Pokemon."
Dooo do doo da doo~!
After that, we're back in control of Red. However...
Is this like some sort of reverse curfew or something? An exiling of all the children to the forest to avoid having to deal with them?
Well let's go see what the chubby guy has to say now.
Oh. Well uh I'm sorry for that. Actually this doesn't ring any bells for me. Might be related to something Aethe (the guy who made the ROM) added in.
We head deeper into the forest and it immediately starts raining. Good thing Red has his hat! Then only one screens worth of steps in...
"S... Sorry.
"I'm looking for the Phantom Pokemon. Get lost!"
"That guy was holding a pokeball. He must be a trainer! "What is a Phantom Pokemon?
"Don't think I can't see you! Step back! SLOWLY!"
We go a bit deeper into the forest and immediately come to a crossroads blocked by this guy. Heading to the other- wait.
What's that in the corner?
"Is that the Phantom Pokemon?!
Mew The Phantom Pokemon, cheerfully hops away.
Off to the side we find a Miracle Seed at the back of a puddle.
"Hey! You're not part of us!"
I don't care enough to stop you though. Have fun you crazy kid!
From here we're able to jump down the ledge and get behind the grunt that was blocking us earlier, letting us go to the north east pathway.
In the tall grass we run into a couple Pokemon, but they're no match for Poli. He manages to level up again from the small trifles of exp they drop.
Gee I wonder who that could be...
"That was the cry of the Phantom Pokemon!"
Charmander and Mew charge at eachother, and their sprites slam together a few times.
"..."
"Whatever, my turn!"
Level 1 huh? This should be easy. Go Poli!
Wait we don't have any pokeballs what does Red think he's doing.
Woohoo! So much for being legen-
PLEASE DON'T KILL ME OH CUDDLY PROGENITOR I DIDN'T MEAN IT
Thankfully Mew seems pretty content to just randomly teleport around in front of us and make smiley faces before running off. The smug jerk.
"I knew it was way more superior than me. That is why I called back Charmander." "I... Lost..." "Always know what your limitations are. If you don't, you're only beating yourself. See ya."
*Insert Screenshot of Red at the Pokemon Center here*
Well we basically cutscene whited out. No money lost thankfully. The Pokecenter looks pretty much the same other than a telephone has been added next to the counter, and the upstairs section has been removed for obvious reasons.
Darnit Aethe.
Well we're finally allowed in Pallet Town. The first thing to be pointed out is that this Pallet Town is bigger.
Much bigger.
Oh hey it's Professor Oak! I wonder what's going on.
"You WILL regret this!"
Oh. Uh... we should probably give them some alone time.
"Ash?"
"Don't worry."
Well then. Hey old lady down there to the south east! Do you have anything interesting to say?
"Years ago, this area use to be a house belonging to a happy family. One day, their daughter went missing. I saw it! She was kidnapped by a stranger Bird Pokemon. The police did not take me seriously. The family left Pallet Town in hope to find her."
Such a sad story. I'm sure that this will never become important.
Last thing to do before going into people's houses. Check all the mails!
NOPE I'M DONE. INTO THE HOUSE.
"Poor thing... People like her shouldn't have gone through the lost of his husband and son."
What.
WHAT
Nothing else in the house can shed any info on this, other than a picture of a boy and a pikachu over on her desk.
Going into Oak's lab, it turns out to be empty save for this little lineup. Red goes up and take a look at each of the Pokemon.
They kill the father. Next!
"Oh cool! This Jigglypuff knows how to draw!"Oh crap.
"I've heard that they attacked a boy from Pallet Town and his Pikachu."
Of course you should! Just don't inhale anything floaty looking
By the way, it's hard to show in screenshots since its tricky hitting the screenshot button on time, but in cutscenes a lot of NPC's get these little floaty emotions over their head. Quite nice.
"What are you doing! You're a theif aren't you!?"
" GRRRRR!!"
They can't have gotten too far right?
Red finds Jigglypuff hanging out in someone's garden over by the pond.
We jump into a battle with it. I lead with hypnosis for irony's sake.
It goes down in a flash and we...
such... pretty... music...
"Ahhh!! It's gone!!"
noooo bulbasaur come back
We find Spearow over in the north east corner of town.
And then we stuff it into our... backpack? Pocket? Oak didn't give us any balls!
Scouring around the town leaves nothing, so the next logical step is to check out the forest.
"Bingo! So it did come through here."
the only source of water in the forest is that puddle found the miracle seed at, and indeed the Cubone's right there.
"Found it! I can always just carry it, but I want to knock it out first!"
Ground type meets water type. Ground type cries for its mommy BUT SHES DEAD. Water type levels up.
Hohoho!
Red runs into Bulbasaur again on his way out!
"It ran away..."
Next step is to head on the road to Viridian City.
The locals are no match for Poli however. Standard Route 1 fare. When will he finally meet a worthy opponent?!
I wonder if Aethe has added anything interesting here.
Me and my big mouth. He didn't even give us the potion!
"How did you get here so fast?" "Hmph...! I got Running Shoes."
"... Well... I've already found 2 of the Pokemon, Spearow and Cubone. Here ya go."
"... You're not off the hook yet! You still...!"
"Yes, yes... I'll find Jigglypuff and bulbasaur... I saw Jigglypuff headed to Viridian City so I came here to search for it.
"
"That way you can chase after them. Find the rest of the Pokemon, and find me."
" You're not scared I'll run away?" "...Just find me when you're done."
Professor! Professor! Over here! It was right behind you! Professor? Where'd you go?!
Jigglypuff wants none of this nonsense, and hops off again, dreams of stardom in its eyes.
"It flew away again..."Well... let's just head into the city. Hey small children!
:O
HI YELLOW!
One quick trip to the pokemon center and- wait what? Aethe what did you do?!
And we still can't get any darn balls!
What a silly child. What do you think this is? Digimon?!
...
We can actually go to route 22, but if my memory from the manga is correct Bulbasaur is actually...
Here!
"I'll take it from here. Come here, little Bulbasaur. Oof!"
"You're nervous... You should be. After all, it's your first time in the outside world."
"Good boy!"
"We have to defeat it! Here it comes!"
That's kinda weird. Now let's see here, is it in the Pokemon screen... ahah!
Let's see what you can do!
Evidently not much. Poli come back!
You know. I'm starting to wonder if it knows anything other than growl . It's used it 5 turns in a row already.
Bulbasaur got something good out of that at least.
Uh oh.
did it pop out from between its pecs or something?
"Erggh... Huh?"
Here it comes!"I don't think Bulbasaurs work that way Red.
Exceptofcourseforwhentheydo
"That was incredible! Bulbasaur has taken a liking to you. You can keep it."
"Really? Thanks Prof Oak."
"Bulba!"
Sorry again guys.
"Boy, do you know what it takes to be a great Pokemon Trainer in the first place?"
"Huh?" "You don't need power or speed. All you need is the connection between you and your Pokemon."
And hours and hours of breeding for IVs and the perfect moveset. Or you could just cheat. But I digress.
"What's your name, boy?"
"Red." "Here Red, take this Pokedex.
"Whenever you see a pokemon, its data is recorded in here. By the time you completed this POKEDEX, you might become the Champion of the Kanto Region. Anyway, good luck."
"No... No! Don't be sad... I will find a nice trainer to take care of you, okay?"
"Okay, I'll go look for a trainer."
"Must be one of my assistants."
Exactly what kind of hobbies do your assistants have Professor?!
Huh. So that's how she did it.
Anyways we're now back in control of Red.
First things first! We also grab 4 potions. Now lets go to Route 22, I think our team could use a Mankey.
Is that what I think it is?!
It iiiissss
Now lets head to the tall grass and-
O_o wut.
Uh hello. What are you-
OH MY GOSH ITS A SHINY. CATCH IT CATCH IT CATCH
So what exactly happened here? Well Aethe placed a bunch of secret shiny mons that can be found on the map. They're set to appear only at specific times of day and points in the story. On my test of the ROM I found a family of shiny Rattata hanging out on Route 1 that only appear from 4pm to 5am.
Now Poli! Use Hypnosis!
Oh crap.
Second times the charm thankfully, but it's not as helpful as I had hoped...
As it turns out we can barely put a dent into the guys HP before he wakes up.
We send Saur out...
But he doesn't manage to do much damage either. In a stroke of desperation he uses leech seed but...
Oh crap I forgot about that.
Nononoononoooooooooo
I'll be baaaaaaaaack...
Ugh. Let's just go get that Mankey.
Someday you...
Yay!
Darnit!
*ONE PARTY ORDER SWAP LATER*
Much better. We have a Monkey Pig
Here you go guys, this time be free to name them as you will~
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