Nuzlocke Challenge - Day Twenty-Seven

The Game: Pokemon Fire Red
The Character: Vera
The Pokemon:

Frankie - 43

Ms.Feather - 44

Rogan - 44

Bo - 43

Izzy - 35

Henry - 34

R.I.P. Jordan

Day 27

My day started out pretty well. My team and I challenged the last four trainers in the Viridian City Gym and went on to challenge Giovanni... again. Jordan was unfortunately killed by Giovanni's Nidoking before being avenged rather quickly by Bo. I received an Earthbadge and went off to replace Jordan with Izzy.

After agonizing over Jordan's death, I decided to go catch me Mewtwo. However, I'd forgotten that you have to defeat the Indigo Pokemon League before you can do that so... we went to Route 10 and the Power Plant to capture Zapdos instead. The Power Plant yielded a Magnemite I named Tiny and Zapdos itself. Zapdos, however, killed Bri as I was trying to capture it.

Tiny

R.I.P. Bri

Zapdos

Bri was replaced by Henry before we flew down to Vermillion City. From there, we caught the Seagallop to One Island. Along Kindle Road we battled 3 Meowths and 7 Trainers before reaching the Ember Spa. There we got Rock Smash from the man that apparently runs the spa. I taught it to Rogan and proceeded to collect some items that were behind some smash-able rocks.

On the last leg of today's journey, we battled 2 Tentacools and 2 Trainers. We stopped just outside the Ember Spa until next time.

Housekeeping

I finally uploaded Knight's tombstone to deviantART, as well as Jordan and Bri's. Just click the "My Art" button up there in the navigation bar. They're in the "Nuzlocke Tombstones" folder in my Gallery there.

Love ya, Jessie.

Nuzlocke Challenge - Day Twenty-Six

The Game: Pokemon Fire Red
The Character: Vera
The Pokemon:

Frankie - 42

Ms.Feather - 42

Bri - 42

Jordan - 42

Rogan - 43

Bo - 42

Day 26

There was a lot of running around willy-nilly today. Well, technically there was purpose, but it was mostly just running around.

On Kindle Road my team and I battled two trainers before flying back to the Pokemon Center. From there we took the boat to Two Island, where we should have gone instead of Kindle Road in the first place. Once there, we went to the Game Corner to deliver the Meteorite only to be immediately sent out again to find a lost little girl named "Lostelle."

"Lostelle" is a crappy/lazy name. It's like the translators just stuck the feminizing "elle" onto the end of "Lost" and called it a day. I think it's dumb and they really should have given the girl a better name.

Izzy

Henry

On Three Island, where Lostelle was lost, my team and I took on a Biker gang. We beat them pretty handily before heading off to the Bond Bridge and Berry Forest. On the Bond Bridge, we fought two Pidgeys and a Gloom before finding a Venonat. I caught him and named him Henry. In the Berry Forest we fought to Pidgeys, three Pidgeottos, and a Gloom before finding Lostelle. Lostelle was apparently being terrorized/hunted by a Hypno. That Hypno is now in my possession. Her name is Izzy.

We returned Lostelle to her unnamed father and gave him the Meterorite. We then went back to One Island and met up with Bill and Celio. Bill proceeded to drag us back to Cinnabar Island.

Naavi

From Cinnabar Island, my team and I headed up to Pallet Town along Route 21. Bo and my previous Snorlax, Sleepy, have made me love Snorlax. I think they're pretty indispensable. No lie, Bo took out all the Pokemon when we battled with the other trainers along Route 21. In addition, I was really surprised we didn't run into a single Pokemon until we reached the grassy patch just below Pallet Town. There we found a Tangela. I caught him and named him Naavi.


After arriving back in Pallet Town, we flew up to Viridian City in order to challenge the returned Gym Leader there. So far we've made it through four trainers. I may or may not return to the game tonight to finish the Gym. I haven't decided yet.

Love ya, Jessie.

Nuzlocke Challenge - Day Twenty-Five

The Game: Pokemon Fire Red
The Character: Vera
The Rival: Master
The Pokemon:

Frankie - 41

Ms.Feather - 41

Bri - 41

Jordan - 41

Rogan - 41

Bo - 39

Day 25

Today I began by challenging the Cinnabar Island Gym denizens to battles. We beat them pretty handily enough, though the second trainer gave us a run for our money. He had this Ninetails that enjoyed using Confuse Ray and my Pokemon suck at being confused. We also beat Gym Leader Blaine pretty easily, because Frankie is awesome.

I discovered, running in and out of the Cinnabar Island Gym, that I really miss being able to run in buildings, like in later generation Pokemon games.

Directly after exiting the Cinnabar Island Gym, we ran into Bill. He looks a lot like Master from behind, by the way. I kind of freaked out because Jordan wasn't at her best at that point and she was the first Pokemon in my party. However, Bill dragged us off to see his friend Celio on One Island. He then gave me a Meteorite to deliver to his other friend over on Two Island.

My team and I headed off down Kindle Road. The first Pokemon we ran into was a Spearow. Jordan gleefully beat the crap out of it. The second Pokemon we ran into was another Spearow. We ran from that one for the sake of time. The third Pokemon we came across was a Ponyta. I caught him and named him FireStreak after one of the Wonderbolts from My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.

FireStreak

When I next play, we'll be continuing our journey up Kindle Road to Two Island.

Love ya, Jessie

Nuzlocke Challenge - Day Twenty-Four

Intro

It's Monday, September 16th and Sleepy Hollow premiered on Fox tonight. My spoiler-free review: It was intriguing enough to keep me watching. Completely right up my supernatural-loving alley. I was surprised how fast the episode seemed to be going. So far, I like where Sleepy Hollow is going. It's a refreshing take on The Legend of Sleepy Hollow story. I hope it keeps up this level of production and whatnot.

If you'd like a more in depth review of Sleepy Hollow, please come back tomorrow when I post my review. If you're just here for the Pokemon, read on.

Nuzlocke Challenge

The Game: Pokemon Fire Red

The Character: Vera

The Pokemon:

Frankie - 41

Ms.Feather - 41

Bri - 40

Jordan - 40

Rogan - 40

Bo - 37

Day 24

My team and I essentially finished ransacking the Pokemon Mansion. We found the Secret Key down in the hidden lab and high tailed it out of there.

We then headed first to the Pokemon Center, then to the PokeMart, and finally to the Pokemon Lab. I picked up my reanimated Omanyte from the "important scientist." I named her Abby after a character from Sleepy Hollow, which I was watching at the time.

Tomorrow, or whenever I get around to it, we'll be headed to the Cinnabar Island Gym.

Housekeeping

If you watched Sleepy Hollow tonight, let me know what you thought in the comments. Who knows, I might reply to you in tomorrow's blog post.

Also, I'll be deleting a paragraph from the "Fall Schedule" page in order to keep it current. Just thought you might wanna know... or something.

Love ya, Jessie

Nuzlocke Challenge - Day Twenty-Three

The Game: Pokemon Fire Red
The Character: Vera
The Pokemon:

Frankie - 40

Ms.Feather - 40

Bri - 40

Jordan - 40

Rogan - 40

Bo - 35

Day 23

It's Friday the frigging 13th!

My team and I ventured into the Seafoam Islands cave system today. There was much running about, shoving boulders down holes, battling Zubats, Psyducks, and Seels. The first Pokemon we ran into was a Golbat. I caught her and named her Fala after a character from Amelia Atwater-Rhodes' Demon In My View.

We discovered the Legendary Bird Pokemon Articuno down in the caves, but decided we would leave it alone for the time being. I needed more Ultra Balls while the team needed a bit more training so we flew up to Saffron City. From there we ran through Lavender Town and back down to Fuchsia City, battling other trainers along the way. I did not in the least enjoy trouncing all the bird Pokemon from those damned Birdkeepers this time around.

Restocked and trained up, my team and I hopped on Frankie's back and headed back to the Seafoam Islands. We returned to Articuno's hiding place and poked it with a stick. This prompted a long, drawn out battle with the beautiful creature, during which Knight was brutally cut down by an Ice Beam. At long last and after many Sleep Powder applications and Ultra Balls, I caught Articuno. Because it is a Legendary, I did not nickname it.

R.I.P. Knight

My team and I then flew back to Fuchsia City in order to lay Knight to rest and pick up his replacement, my Snorlax, Bo.

We took a quick little detour up to Celadon City to pick up an Amulet Coin from one of Professor Oak's Aides before heading back to the Seafoam Islands and on to Cinnabar Island. Bo, despite being ten levels beneath Frankie, Ms.Feather, Bri, Jordan, and Rogan, proved that he was well worth the catch by One Hit KOing most of the Pokemon we battled along the way.

Once on Cinnabar Island, my team and I visited the lab there. I met a scientist who took my Helix Fossil in order to reanimate it into an Omastar. I have yet to return for the Pokemon as we headed over to the Pokemon Mansion after a quick fishing break off the Cinnabar Island coast. I caught a Shellder who I named Sarah.

The Pokemon Mansion has so far turned out to be a disappointing annoyance. The first Pokemon we ran into was a Rattata. A Rattata! She could have been a Koffing or a Weezing or even a Growlithe, but no, she had to be a frigging Rattata. I don't really have anything against Rattata, but at this point, I'd have been much happier with a less common Pokemon. Regardless, I did not let Bo kill her and instead caught her. Her name is Teri.

Hopefully, tomorrow's adventures will make the Pokemon Mansion less annoying.

Love ya, Jessie.

Nuzlocke Challenge - Day Twenty-Two

The Game: Pokemon Fire Red
The Character: Vera
The Rival: Master
The Pokemon:

Frankie - 39

Ms.Feather - 40

Bri - 39

Knight - 39

Jordan - 39

Rogan - 39

Day 22

Today my team and I took on the rest of the Silph Co. Office Building. We fought a grand total of 11 Team Rocket Grunts, 5 Scientists, and 1 Juggler. Bri, Knight, Jordan, and Rogan finally caught up to Frankie and Ms.Feather's Level 35, which I was really excited about at the time.

Frankie evolved to Blastoise at Level 36. I went ahead and used by Leaf Stone and Moon Stones to evolved Bri, Knight, and Jordan to Vileplume, Nidoking, and Nidoqueen. Ms.Feather evolved to Pidgeot shortly after I'd already evolved the others.

We fought Master, slaughtering his team pretty easily, though his damned Venasaur almost killed us! After that I gained a Lapras from a grateful Silph Co. Scientist. I named her Claire after Claire Bennet from Heroes. It's what I was watching at the time. I also read what the guy said about Team Rocket's Boss completely wrong. I thought he said: "TEAM ROCKET's BOSS went to the bedroom!" What he actually said was "TEAM ROCKET's BOSS went to the boardroom!"

Anyway... my team and I headed into said boardroom and were challenged by Giovanni. We beat him handily enough. Gotta love Surf! And then Silph Co.'s President gave me the Master Ball. Funny story, my first time playing Pokemon, I used the Master Ball on Snorlax.

On to the Saffron City Gym! Yeah... that was amazingly easy. I only took one trip out to the Pokemon Center vs. my usual Gym battles in which I take a trip out after each individual battle. I do have to say though, I hate Sabrina's Alakazam. That thing nearly killed both Bri and Rogan!

After beating the crap out of Sabrina's team, I headed back to Fuchsia City to challenge Koga. The only problem I had there was that stupid, annoying, ridiculous, dumb move: Selfdestruct. I honestly want to strangle anyone who actually uses that move!

So anyway... on to Route 19 and 20 and the Seafoam Islands. I caught a level 5 Tentacool. Named her Gillyweed at the request of my sister. I later ran into a level 34 Tentacool and wanted to bang my head against a wall... and cheat. Which I didn't. Gillyweed was not replaced by a stronger Pokemon. Route 20 yielded a Gyarados! I named him Spike.

I'm essentially treating the outside of the Seafoam Islands as a different section than the caves, just FYI. I went fishing off the coast and ended up with a Horsea. I named her Sea Mist after a G1 Seapony. I thought it was appropriate. If you have no idea what that means, here's a link to the My Little Wiki so you can look it up.

I'm incredibly happy to be growing my batch of Pokemon in my Boxes rather than killing off a few Pokemon every day.

Love ya, Jessie