Nintendo Pokemon

[Scrutator]

You can't catch Mankey before facing Brock to my knowledge. When I started with Charmander I'd just raise up a Butterfree so it had Confusion.

I still play the games and I still rate them as some of my favourite games ever though I still have to finish FireRed and Diamond but I've lost my DS which is a bitch.

 

[Prince Oberyn Martel]

If you detour onto the route west from Veridian (sp?) City (where you can face an optional battle with your Rival) you can catch one in the grass there.

Butterfree with confusion is also a good option.

 

[Moogles]

Are you sure? I could have sworn that Mankey first appears in the route that's north of Vermillion in the Red version. I don't believe Mankey is obtainable in the Blue version. Mankey is substituted for Meowth in that one.

And I don't worry too much about having a type advantage against Brock. Even with Charmander and Weedle, I usually win by poisoning/burning his pokemon. His Onix is a pushover because he mainly uses Bide.

 

[Saix]

Mankey is only available for catching on Yellow version [in Veridian]. It was one of the inclusions they bragged about after hearing so many complaints about lacking 'good' Pokémon before the confrontation with Brock.

 

[Scrutator]

I never had the Yellow version so would never have known that, was wondering how I would have missed that in the first place.

As said before Brock's not too difficult anyway, even Charmander along with a healthy amount of potions could take on his things no problem.

 

[Moogles]

I was wondering that myself. I figured that would be the reason, though. I take some pride in knowing a lot about the pokemon games I've played. Yellow ain't one of 'em.

I usually choose Bulbasaur as a starter. Once I clear Brock, I deposit my starter for the remainder of the game. Starters and legendaries are crutches, in my opinion.

 

[Prince Oberyn Martel]

Mankey is only available for catching on Yellow version [in Veridian]. It was one of the inclusions they bragged about after hearing so many complaints about lacking 'good' Pokémon before the confrontation with Brock.

Its been so long since I played the original Red and Blue. I know you can definitely catch one in the Yellow and the remakes though. Ah well.

I usually choose Bulbasaur as a starter. Once I clear Brock, I deposit my starter for the remainder of the game. Starters and legendaries are crutches, in my opinion.

IMO the starters are some of the best of their type, the legendaries however are indeed wank.

 

[L]

I didn't know you could capture Mankey prior to the first gym battle.

I didn't bother with Yellow (f u, Pikachu), so the pokemon locations may have changed from Blue/Red.

I'm pretty sure you can catch mankeys by detouring to the west of Viridian as Moonie stated. That, or every pokeman game I've played r haxx'd.

Though, I never quite bothered my arse with him, though. I just got me a Nidoran male and trained it until it learned double kick. Not a bad addition for long term play, really.

The new pokemans in D/P look really shit. D :

On top of that, I've recently become angry towards Brady games because they pulled a real cock-up on their Diamond/Pearl guide. Honestly, it didn't even say SHIT about the new pokemans like Rhyperior, Electrive, or even some of the Sinnoh legendaries bar Palika, Dialga, and the mini coneheads.

Ugh. It makes me regret selling all my pokemon shit. Bunch of bastards. >: (

 

[Moogles]

I'm pretty sure you can catch mankeys by detouring to the west of Viridian as Moonie stated. That, or every pokeman game I've played r haxx'd.

Maybe you can. I know Mankey appears there on Fire Red, but I could have sworn it didn't on the original games. Either way, I've never seen one there. I've been getting jipped out of a fighting pokemon in the early stages of the game.

Though, I never quite bothered my arse with him, though. I just got me a Nidoran male and trained it until it learned double kick. Not a bad addition for long term play, really.

That's the only pokemon I pick up there. You can get yourself a Nidoking nice n' early once you get yourself a moon stone...which isn't far off at that point.

The new pokemans in D/P look really shit. D :

They're pretty much poop soaked in piss. Some of 'em are pretty cool, but the overwhelming majority are shit. Goddamn Bidoof...

 

[Fusilli]

I never had the Yellow version so would never have known that, was wondering how I would have missed that in the first place.

As said before Brock's not too difficult anyway, even Charmander along with a healthy amount of potions could take on his things no problem.

On Yellow though you have to start off with a stupid Pikachu, which has no effect on any of Brock's rock pokemon so catching a Mankey would make sense on that version.


I think I need to get meself a DS so that I can play Diamond or Pearl, although judging by the way my brother talks about them they're just declining. Although I think there is a higher appearance of the original red/blue pokemon but I'm not sure. >< Would certainly be a good thing though, the pokemon upto silver were the best. They seemed to be running out of ideas by the time they got to Ruby, and the ones in D/P just look like spaced out robots. D:

 

[L]

Goddamn Bidoof...

We shuld make a club dedicated to hating it.

Ugh, honestly... The only ones I'm impressed with as of late are Luxray, Garchomp, and one other pokeman that kicks ass that I haven't caught yet. I think I've finally figured out why I dislike D/P so much. Because you always need two pokemans that are going to be utterly useless to get wherever you need to go.

Victory road pisses me off. Your Rival has SIX pokemans that are all properly leveled, while you can only have four with two Pokemon that suck ass and have shitty moves. Namely HMs.

Not that it's every stopped me from beating the holy piss out of my rival before, but... It really cuts down my interest in making my team as diverse as possible.

S'really a pain in the ass.

 

[Fusilli]

Well that's put me off getting it.

Although I think I'll try and hi-jack my brother's and see what I think of it. I played his version of Ruby and loved it so he eventually just gave it to me along with his gameboy advance. XD

 

[Prince Oberyn Martel]

I'm pretty sure you can catch mankeys by detouring to the west of Viridian as Moonie stated. That, or every pokeman game I've played r haxx'd.

Though, I never quite bothered my arse with him, though. I just got me a Nidoran male and trained it until it learned double kick. Not a bad addition for long term play, really.

The new pokemans in D/P look really shit. D :

On top of that, I've recently become angry towards Brady games because they pulled a real cock-up on their Diamond/Pearl guide. Honestly, it didn't even say SHIT about the new pokemans like Rhyperior, Electrive, or even some of the Sinnoh legendaries bar Palika, Dialga, and the mini coneheads.

Ugh. It makes me regret selling all my pokemon shit. Bunch of bastards. >: (

I've never botherd with Nidorans tbh. Manky never lasts in my team however, rarely any futher than the second gym.

I'm still trying to get my head around some of the R/S/E 'mons, nevermind the absolute freakshows that are the D/P efforts.

 

[Moogles]

We shuld make a club dedicated to hating it.

Dude, totally. You do the dirty work and get the club started cuz I'm way too lazy. I've got plenty of hatred for that beaver thing...and his douche bag of an evolved form.

Ugh, honestly... The only ones I'm impressed with as of late are Luxray, Garchomp, and one other pokeman that kicks ass that I haven't caught yet.

Yesiree. Luxray and Garchomp have been in my team with each of my Diamond files. There was another pokemon I remember liking. Damn, what was that thing called...

...was it the evolved form of Roselia? Might've been. It looked like a prostitute covered in plants, but it had solid stats.

They seemed to be running out of ideas by the time they got to Ruby, and the ones in D/P just look like spaced out robots. D:

That's the truth. When I first saw Luvdisc, I realized the folks at Nintendo were getting lazy on us. xD

 

[L]

...was it the evolved form of Roselia? Might've been. It looked like a prostitute covered in plants, but it had solid stats.

Roserade.

I don't think I've ever bothered with it. It's a tad slow, and the whole Toxic/leech seed/mega drain strategy with grass types got old for me. I might check it out sometime, though...

 

[Moogles]

I was hard-pressed for pokemon at the time. haha

I swear, it's like they want you to make a team of six Bidoofs. That's all I can find anywhere.

I think Roserade has the highest special attack of any plant type in the game, though. Finding a shiny stone was a bitch...

 

[Cecily]

I had Red, Yellow (never finished), Silver (never finished), Ruby and Pearl, with my little brother getting the other versions. I caught all 151 in Red, but after that I gave up on ever having a complete Pokedex again because there are too many in each game.

I actually liked the Pearl/Diamond games, even though I thought Palkia and Dialga were not as cool as Groudon and Kyogre. Also, I'm tired of roaming legendaries (like Cresselia) using up all of my Master Balls.

My team from Pearl:
1. Empoleon
2. Roserade
3. Luxray
4. Rapidash (Is it just me, or were there not that many fire Pokemon in this game?)
5. Alakazam
6. Kricketune

 

[Ruud Love]

I could reminisce about my Pokémon enthusiast days for hours on end, I can vividly remember the times when the playground was ruled by the currency of Pokémon cards and the power of the almighty Charizard shiny.

Those were the days eh?

-Sir Balthier
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[Moogles]

(Is it just me, or were there not that many fire Pokemon in this game?)

Definitely not just you. I don't believe I even had a fire pokemon in my final party. It's either the starter or Ponyta, it seems.

 

[Cecily]

I was so happy when I got to import Pokemon from the Pal Park. Camerupt for life.

I pick it up again every once in a while, but just to trade for some random number. I don't even know when we're supposed to see a non-hacked Darkrai, Shaymin or Arceus.