Pokemon Yellow Adventures - Part 1

SO. This will hopefully be my first regularly scheduled series posting-type thing. As I mentioned in my intro post I am a video game nut. It started way back when with Donkey Kong Country and has just grown from there. One of my greatest loves (if not THE greatest) in the world of gaming is the Pokemon series. This was my childhood and to this day, 23 years old and in college, I still play the games, old and new. So I decided to chronicle and adventure through one of the classics… Pokemon Yellow.
I opted for Yellow because this was the first game whose release I had to countdown to on a calendar. I could not wait for this one to come out after pouring hours of my life into Red and Blue. Plus I already have a Blue file running and I didn’t want to have to start that over, so there you go.
Now I will be playing this one on an emulator as it is going to be significantly easier to screenshot special moments for the blog. This does mean, however, that I will not be able to trade any Pokemon, which rules out the use of certain monsters, such as Gengar, who can only evolve from Haunter after being traded. So we’ll go elsewhere to fill that void.
This won’t be a special playthrough. No Nuzlocke Challenge or anything like that. Just a basic, run-of-the-mill Pokemon Yellow run. I may, however, go out of my way to use the three Gen 1 starters, as you can acquire them all by the time you get the third badge. But the call to use better Pokemon may be too great (damn you and your shiny jewels, Starmie).
So anyway. I present to you, with not a moment to spare, fullmetal2405’s Pokemon Yellow Adventure-ish Thingy!



So we begin by listening to this old windbag babbling on about Pokemon. Some people use them as pets! Did you know that? What? You did? Okay well some people use them for fighting, too!

Now he needs to know my name. Pushy. So I think for this playthrough it is only right to use my name. Back in the day I would have just used Ash because I totally wanted to be him. But now that I’m older, I’m okay with just being myself. So Tim is it.
Now this is where Oak goes Alzheimer’s on us. He can’t remember his grandson’s name. His grandson, of course is the main antagonist in the series. Games and anime. A ruthlessly competitive braggart who always seems to be one step ahead of you. There can be only one name for such a diabolic, douche of a child.

So we find ourselves in our room. Well, my room. Our hero’s room. I haven’t decided what perspective I’m using yet, stfu.
Regardless of whose room it is, there is an SNES in there. Sweet. After collecting the arbitrary potion from the PC, we go downstairs were our mother doesn’t seem too concerned that her ten year old son is leaving home. Or is he eleven? I can never remember.
So off we go into the wild! Or not. Because there’s Professor Oldfart Oak running along behind us to tell us how dangerous it is to go into the grass without a Pokemon. And then, as if it was coded to do so, a Pikachu appears! Holy shit I thought you couldn’t get those until Viridian Forest! Holyshitholyshitholyshitcatchit! Unfortunately, Oak has no Pokemon with him. But he just-… Never mind. So he instead throws a Poke Ball at a full-health level 5 Pikachu. Bam. Caught. Makes sense.
Back at his lab, we learn that he intended on giving us a Pokemon anyway and it just so happens to be right there on his table. But his grandson needs to be patient so he can wait. Finally. After years of waiting. You. Me. I. We. We are about to become a Pokemon trainer and join the ranks of the Elite. The Elite Four… Lorelei, Bruno, Agatha and Lance. This is how they started, too. One measly, low-level Pokemon. A new friend. A partner. The journey begins.

Oh, you DOUCHEBAG.

To Be Continued…

Also, keep an eye out for another video-game-centric post. ust picked up Pokemon Black 2 and will have some thoughts, as well as a word or two about Dishonored