Pokemon RBY Speedrun

[Master Kirby]

Up + B INKREESEZ TEH CAPTUR RATE!!!!!@!!11111

Hahahahaha! I remember when people used to say stuff like that. I used to tap A real fast just incase it helped the ball stay closed.

The pokeball capture probability is all about chance, so I just threw pokeballs until one worked on the first try (before the Abra could Teleport away) . With those lower level pokemon, I don't think you really need to weaken them much (if at all).

[Blademaster]

Up + B INKREESEZ TEH CAPTUR RATE!!!!!@!!11111

WTF L0L N0 T3H C4PTUR R4T3 1NCR34535 WH3N Y0U H0LD L 4ND R 4FT3R Y0U THR0W T3H BALL N00BZ0RZ!!!!!!1111oneoneleven

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OK, no it doesn't. Just felt like tossing that in.

Incidentally, I wanna try out this Speedrun, but I don't have Yellow anymore - the closest game I have to RBY is Fire Red. Could I use that up until the Elite Four? They are basically the same up to that point...

[mr_pikachu]

Well, I think you're dragged to the Sevii Islands for awhile... or am I remembering that wrong? It seems like you were required to complete some quest there before you could go from Cinnabar back to Viridian for the last Gym battle. If that's the case, I imagine it'd skew your time a bit.

[Master Kirby]

Incidentally, I wanna try out this Speedrun, but I don't have Yellow anymore - the closest game I have to RBY is Fire Red. Could I use that up until the Elite Four? They are basically the same up to that point...

Sure. You can use Fire Red if you want to. The comparison between end times might not be that accurate though since key game mechanics have been changed since the original RBY.

• Special has been split up into Special Attack and Special Defense.
• Pokemon have Abilities.
• You are able to get the Running Shoes.

Those changes affect the game more or less depending on how you use them. Some Pokemon have become better or worse due to the Special split. I guess since everyone has Abilities, any advantage you may have could be lessened based on the abilities your opponents have, so that shouldn't make that much of a difference. The only thing that jumps out at me as significantly changing the speed of the game would be the Running Shoes. As long as you don't get or use them, I guess it would take a similar amount of time to beat the game since the majority of things are still the same as the original.

It all comes down to the purpose of the game. To have Fun. I don't see a need to make a new topic in the Advanced Generation board when you can just post here. If you are trying to beat the game as quickly as possible, you probably will skip most of the extra features anyway. I think it would be fine if anyone with Fire Red or Leaf Green joined this challenge. It would be interesting to see how similar the times would be between generations.

[Poryhedron]

Kanto is a larger place in FR/LG. For example, a lot of narrow passages that were two spaces wide before are now three spaces wide. That means extra walking time...I wonder whether the Running Shoes reduce time more than the expanded land increases it.
Also, abilities definitely have an effect on time. It doesn't take as long for the game to say...

ROCKET sent out EKANS!
Go! PORYGON!

...as it does for the game to say...

ROCKET GRUNT sent out EKANS!
Go! PORYGON!
Foe EKANS's INTIMIDATE lowered PORYGON's ATTACK!
PORYGON TRACEd Foe EKANS' INTIMIDATE!

Fortunately most Special Abilities don't produce readouts right at the beginning of battle, but others have different ways of pointlessly wasting time.

[mr_pikachu]

The other modern adaptation that kills speed challenges is a Shell Beller with a multi-strike attack (Pin Missile, etc). Probably one of the most annoying things in the game, even if you're not in a hurry.

[footballrocks]

Hey...I found my Pokemon Blue and my Game boy Color and decided to give it a try.

Pallet Town
-Selected Squirtle from Prof. Oak's lab.
-Defeated Gary (Squirtle level up to 6)
-Left for Viridian City.

Viridian City
-Received Oak's parcel.
-Return to Pallet Town

Pallet Town
-Give Parcel
-Receive Pokedex
-Go through Viridian and into forest

Viridian Forest
-Defeat only required bug catcher
-Squirtle learns bubble

Pewter City
-Defeat Brock's underling
-Defeat Brock (got lucky, 4x weakness plus squirtles STAB plus x2 critical hit OHKO'd both)

Mt. Moon
-Found Mega Punch
-Received useless fossil
-Enter Cerulean City

Cerulean City
-Defeat Gary at Nugget Bridge (Mega Punch defeats bulbasaur, water gun rest)
-Defeat Nugget Bridge

Catch a Mew
-Defeat hiker in the way of youngster
-Catch a bellsprout to weaken mew
-Catch abra
-Uhh teleport from the jr. trainer and defeat youngster
-Catch Mew

Call it a day

Time: 1:21


Wartortle L:23
Tackle
Mega Punch
Bubble
Water Gun


Abra L:10
Teleport


Mew L:7
Pound

Pokemon in PC:Bellsprout

[UltimateDarius]

Since this was expanded to include LG/FR, I'd like to post a link to my speed runs of the game. They include the "basic" run (beat the elite 4 as fast as possible) in a single segment time of 2:49:09, and the "Elite 4 Round 2" quest (obtaining the national pokedex via 60 regular pokedex entries, as well as completing the lost little girl and the ruby/sapphire sidequests) in a time of 5:16:xx

http://speeddemosarchive.com/PokemonFireLeaf.html

Both videos are on the above page. I hope this doesn't count against me as advertising, because that's not what I had intended it to be.