Cerulean City
- After healing in the Cerulean City Pokemon center, I tried to beat Misty's Gym. Since I only had a Level 18 Wartortle against her L18 Staryu and L21 Starmie, Bubble and Water Gun weren't working very well, and Tackle didn't do much. I restarted and decided to save the Gym for after Nugget Bride.
- I walked towards Nugget Bridge, north of town, and fought Gary. His Bulbasaur's Vine Whip was starting to hurt, but after a potion or two I was able to win.
- Next I beat everyone on Nugget Bridge, the Team Rocket member who wanted me to join him, and fought my way to Bill's house.
- After returning Bill to human form and receiving the SS Anne Ticket, I teleported back to Cerulean City with an Abra I had caught.
- Now that I had leveled up on more trainers, and taught Wartortle Mega Punch, I was able to beat Misty to obtain the Cascade Badge and the Bubblebeam TM.
- After beating the Gym, the Policeman stopped blocking access to the house directly above the Gym, where a Team Rocket member had attacked, digging a hole out the back wall. I beat the rocket member, and recovered the Dig TM which I taught to Wartortle until Earthquake is available.
Now that I have a clear exit from town, I am finally able to go about finding my second team member.
Choosing My Second Team Member:
My plan for this game is to see if I can sweep through using only Blastoise and one other team member. I plan on teaching Blastoise Surf, Ice Beam, Earthquake, and something else. I have pondered a few different possibilities for the second member. I want to use someone who can learn some powerful, accurate special attacks like what the Mewtwo I mentioned earlier had (Psychic, Thunderbolt, Surf, Ice Beam).
Since I wanted to find someone who had high Speed and Special, and was able to learn some good moves, I had been thinking of going with a Starmie (Psychic, Thunderbolt, Surf, Recover) or Tentacruel (Surf, Ice Beam, Mega Drain, X). I was leaning towards Starmie, yet was not totally sure yet what to choose, so I decided to just see what Pokemon other that Staryu I would be able to find by using the Mew Trick at the Nugget Bridge.
Mew Trick:
Now that I have cleared Cerulean City, I am able to make use of the Mew Trick. For those of you who have never heard about it, enter “How to Catch Mew in Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow” into a Google search, and the first page you find should tell you all you need to know.
Basically, what I did was stand one step out of the range of vision of the man in the grass next to the Nugget Bridge. Then I took a step into his view and opened my start menu before the Exclamation point appeared above his head. By choosing to teleport to Cerulean City with an Abra I had caught, I was able to escape before he could battle me. After battling a trainer, I am able to access my previously unaccessible start menu. When I walk back onto the Nugget bridge, I enter into a Pokemon battle with a level 7 Pokemon, who's species is specified by the Special stat of the last Pokemon you battled.
Since I knew that the Special stats of the last Pokemon I battled had to be 27 for me to encounter a Staryu, I walked south, through the Underground Path that passed beneath Saffron City, and found some level 13, 15, and 16 Oddish. Since Wartortle would OHKO any level 7 Pokemon I encountered, I caught an Oddish to weaken the Staryu before catching it. While testing out what other Pokemon I could find through the Mew Trick, I encountered a Gastly. After comparing the possibilities of having either a Starmie or a Gengar on my team, I decided to keep Gastly. I could teach him Thunderbolt (which I would get very soon), Psychic, Mega Drain, and Confuse Ray.
Now that I had decided how my team would be constructed, I figured it was time to move on. I quickly leveled up Gastly against some weak Ratata who couldn't do any damage (I sure am glad he had Night Shade. Lick is useless against Normal Types), and now I am ready to go down to the SS Anne.
It is hard to believe that 2:25 of game time has passed already. I guess playing on Pokemon Stadium in Double Speed makes the time really fly by. I don't know how that Ben Goldberg was able to beat the whole game in 2:19. I'll just have to see how long it takes me since I usually take forever to beat a Pokemon game.
Game Time: 2:25
Team:
Wartortle - Level 26
Mega Punch
Bite
Dig
Water Gun
Gastly - Level 15
Confuse Ray
Lick
Night Shade
Abra - Level 8 (used only for Teleportation)
Teleport