GMH plays Pokémon Perfect Crystal: the Quest for the Full Pokédex

glennmagusharvey · 2023-12-03 06:21:26

https://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=3354016

excellent pixel art

Stormtroper · 2023-12-03 17:13:58

I loved Slugma (or Magcargo, rather) back in the day, it had STAB Rock Slide and better typing against stuff besides water.

Though its power is listed as 170, the target's Defense will be halved during damage calculation (unless it is at a value of 1), effectively doubling the power to 340.

[In gen II] Explosion's power is increased to 250. The target's Defense is still halved, effectively doubling the power to 500.

Huh, so it was an UI thing but back then I would've sworn Self-Destruct and Explosion really had been nerfed.

glennmagusharvey · 2023-12-04 01:29:05

I just realized that if I'm using Fly on my Crobat as a field move i get a bat icon on the city selector map rather than a bird.

Nice.

glennmagusharvey · 2023-12-04 01:40:58

Poked around the second area of Dark Cave. Found some level 23 Geodudes, and...

Record #150: Wobbuffett

At this point I have five classic Team Rocket pokémon: Meowth, Arbok, Koffing, Weepinbell, and Wobbuffett.

And I will have a hell of a time training *this*.

glennmagusharvey · 2023-12-04 02:13:42

ooh I got to fight Alan's first rematch team! He actually has a new pokémon this time, and if I hadn't randomly run into a Yanma, this would be the first time I'd see one.

And I *almost* ran over the Yanma with a continuous Rollout from Azumarill. But it was saved by its evasion (which it boosted using Double Team).

Also interestingly Bulbapedia says this rematch gives 544 P for winning, but I just got 576 P. Must be a quirk of this hack.

glennmagusharvey · 2023-12-04 03:31:43

gen 1 and 2 pokémon that animé Team Rocket has had, according to Bulbapedia

Meowth (traveling companion)
Wobbuffett
Yanma (evolved into Yanmega)
Growlithe (owned by young James)
Ekans/Arbok (let free)
Koffing/Weezing (let free)
Magikarp/Gyarados (escaped)
Lickitung (traded away by accident)
Weepinbell/Victreebel (traded for another Weepinbell, then escaped)
Delibird (temporary traveling companion)
Porygon (temporarily stolen by Team Rocket)
Shellder (merged with Slowpoke to become Slowbro and left)
Magikarp (a second one from that same salesman lol)
Hoppip (also bought from the salesman lol)
Weepinbell/Victreebel (received from a trade for the first Victreebel, because lol)
Blissey (befriended)
Starmie (flashback, questionable)
Pidgey (fanfare, questionable)
Hitmonlee (temporarily possessed, stolen by Team Rocket)
Kingler (on loan from Giovanni)
Machamp (on loan from Giovanni)
Rhydon (on loan from Giovanni)
Pikachu (temporary mind control)
Onix (temporary mind control)
Geodude (temporary mind control)
Charizard (rental pokémon in Battle Park)
Blastoise (rental pokémon in Battle Park)
Mankey (co-owned with Jubei)
Charizard (on loan via Delibird)
Aipon (on loan from Ash)
Smoochum (Pokémon Summer Academy)
Magikarp (Pokémon Summer Academy)
Heracross (on loan from Levi and Cherie)
Pikachu (temporarily controlled during Pokémon League Entrance Exam)
Ivysaur (temporarily controlled during Pokémon League Entrance Exam)
Venusaur (rental pokémon in Battle Park)
Pinsir (on loan from Levi and Cherie)
Dragonite (temporary control via subterfuge)
Bellsprout (stolen from Anthony)
Magby (stolen from Anthony)
Magnemite (stolen from Anthony)
Pikachu (temporary mind control, again)
Geodude (temporary control via subterfuge)
Graveler (temporary control via subterfuge)
Golem (temporary control via subterfuge)
Onix (temporary control via subterfuge)
Gastly, Gastly, and Haunter (temporary alliance)
Pikachu, Magnemite, Magneton, Voltorb, Electrode, Mareep (some shenanigans)
Ditto (other shenanigans)

Trying to define which pokémon they've had is harder than I thought.

glennmagusharvey · 2023-12-04 03:39:52

sidenote: i didn't mention this much but I'm using my Totodile/Croconaw/Feraligatr's level as my entire team's level cap (except for pokémon naturally caught at higher levels)

I'm finally raising that level cap past 28

glennmagusharvey · 2023-12-04 03:56:12

i totally forgot this was going to happen now

My starter has reached its final form!

Record #151: Feraligatr

Now that's a good #151.

glennmagusharvey · 2023-12-04 04:50:56

Your CRAB evolved into BIGGER CRAB!

Record #152: Kingler

glennmagusharvey · 2024-02-14 05:59:39

Your KARATE CHOPPER evolved into BEEFIER KARATE CHOPPER!

Record #153: Machoke

glennmagusharvey · 2024-02-14 06:53:32

Your ANGRY PIG MONKEY evolved into BIGGER AND ANGRIER PIG MONKEY!

Record #154: Primeape

glennmagusharvey · 2024-02-14 07:12:12

Y'know, it's rather amusing that Mankey learns Focus Energy at level 27, then it evolves into Primeape at level 28, at which point it also immediately learns Rage (if it's been allowed to evolve).

anyway...

yet another evolution: Chinchou evolved into Lanturn!

Record #155: Lanturn

Sorry, I couldn't come up with something funny for this one.

(Your LIGHT FISH evolved into LIGHT FISH Mk. II. I guess.)

glennmagusharvey · 2024-02-14 07:22:20

And Eevee just came out of its egg! Which means that I've now hatched all five eggs that are destined to become eeveelutions.

glennmagusharvey · 2024-02-16 04:33:43

The madness begins.

(Actually I probably just won't ever use this move. And I don't know of a status that causes one's pokémon to randomly use moves from its current moveset.)

glennmagusharvey · 2024-02-16 05:23:32

> FLAAFFY learned COTTON SPORE!

Touch fuzzy, get slowy.

glennmagusharvey · 2024-02-16 05:42:43

Not sure if I uploaded too many pics or what but I can't seem to upload stuff. That's okay though.

My Flaaffy just evolved into AMPHAROS! Now I have a pokémon just like the one Jasmine takes care of~ <3

And immediately on evolution (level 30), it attempts to learn ThunderPunch. Which is pretty much a direct improvement over ThunderShock except with half the PP.

Record #156: Ampharos

glennmagusharvey · 2024-02-16 06:21:42

I've been training up random things lately.

Current party: Remoraid L21, Magnemite L28, Feraligatr L31, Xatu L25, Weepinbell L26, Vulpix L26.

I've never ever before had a party like this.

glennmagusharvey · 2024-02-20 11:42:06

I'm amused at how Remoraid just learns three freaking beams at level 22.

Also, I now have access to an ice-type move. I thought my first access would come through Shellder but this accidentally happened because I decided to level up Remoraid first.

Also, because BubbleBeam is learned last, it's inevitably the one that gets asked about.

But yeah, Remoraid suddenly becomes a triple-type attacker, with access to water (STAB), psychic, and ice attacks.

Attack types I have access to so far:

Normal (Tackle, Scratch, Pound, Barrage, Horn Attack, etc. etc. etc.)
Fire (Ember)
Water (Bubble, Water Gun, Bubblebeam)
Electric (Thundershock, Spark)
Grass (Vine whip, Razor Leaf, Absorb)
Ice (Aurora Beam)
Fighting (Karate Chop, Low Kick, Rock Smash)
Poison (Poison Sting, Smog, Acid)
Ground (Magnitude, Dig, Mud-Slap)
Flying (Gust, Wing Attack, Fly)
Psychic (Confusion, Psybeam)
Bug (Twinneedle, Fury Cutter)
Rock (Rock Throw)
Ghost (Lick, Shadow Ball)
[Dragon - not yet]
Dark (Bite, Pursuit)
[Steel - not yet]

glennmagusharvey · 2024-02-20 11:58:58

I ventured into the second area of Dark Cave this morning and caught myself an underleveled (L25) Ursaring.

Record #157: Ursaring

Took several Heavy Balls but whatever. I get them for free anyway.

Its pokédex entry says that it sleeps in treetops. For some reason, though, it's encountered in Dark Cave, which has no trees.

glennmagusharvey · 2024-02-20 12:05:39

I karate-chopped a teddy bear. It's super-effective.

glennmagusharvey · 2024-02-20 12:34:17

i have a gun-shaped fish that fires beams of water, psychic, and cold

and it makes awesome sound effects while doing so

glennmagusharvey · 2024-02-20 13:19:32

okay, correct me if you think i'm wrong, but there seems to be no good reason to have Lock-On on Octazooka in gen 2

the only sub-100% accuracy moves it can ever have are Supersonic (55%), Whirlpool (70%), Toxic, Octazooka, and Screech (85%), and Hyper Beam and Swagger (90%). None of these seem particularly worth wasting a turn to guarantee a hit; this isn't Zap Cannon or even Thunder.

also, oh yeah

Record #158: Octillery

My gun has been upgraded to a cannon.

glennmagusharvey · 2024-02-20 13:38:42

Somehow using Ember as a level 27 Vulpix on this level 15 Beedrill was not a one-hit KO.

Same thing happened with a level 14 Beedrill. (I'm battling Bug Catcher Wade's second team.)

Stormtroper · 2024-02-20 14:24:44

okay, correct me if you think i'm wrong, but there seems to be no good reason to have Lock-On on Octazooka in gen 2

So you can more easily teach it to Smeargle, perhaps?

glennmagusharvey · 2024-02-20 18:43:24

oh, makes sense i guess

i forgot about smeargle; just caught one and then walked away because i don't want to have to plan that moveset lol

glennmagusharvey · 2024-02-20 19:05:09

Your ONE SET OF MAGNETS became THREE SETS OF MAGNETS!

Record #159: Magneton

glennmagusharvey · 2024-02-20 19:46:57

i still find it amusing that i have a female Quagsire, had a female Geodude (now a Graveler), will have a female Slowbro, have a female Kingler, and have a female Machoke (who's obviously meant to look like a male human bodybuilder)

that said, my "Team Rocket Trio" is less canonical for the fact that my Meowth is female

glennmagusharvey · 2024-02-20 20:38:01

Your FLOATING WEED evolved into FUZZY FLOATING WEED!

Record #160: Jumpluff

glennmagusharvey · 2024-02-21 04:46:24

This is a Super Mario World romhack named Cool or Cruel. It is crazy difficult, spectacular, and frequently hilarious.

Why did I link this?

Because my Tentacool just evolved into Tentacruel.

~~Record #161: Tentacruel~~ LOL NOPE we already caught this thanks to an underleveled tentacruel appearing elsewhere

glennmagusharvey · 2024-02-21 04:47:48

Also I just let it learn Wrap. at level 30.

Why let it learn such a crappy move at such a high level?

Because Wrap replaced Poison Sting, and I already had poison-type coverage from Acid.

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