Got all the Regis.

The amount of times that I've listened to the Regi golem theme on loop is more than my fingers and toes combined. One of the coolest battle themes in any JRPG.

Dude, check these out.

Next on my legendary hit list are the Regi golems... [Sighs].

I already voiced my frustration on what you need to do in order to reach each Regi over on RGT, so I'm not going to go into detail about it again. But the cliffsnotes version is that the entire process is beyond cryptic; especially for a kid playing this back in 2003 with little to no information outside of strategy guides.

In order to gain access to each Regi, you need to:
• Understand Braille



• Know to Catch Relicanth & Wailord



• Know to Have Them in the First and Last Slots of the Party



• Know to Have a Pokemon with "Dig" and "Strength" ("Rock Smash" in Emerald)
• Know to Have a Pokemon with "Fly" ("Flash" in Emerald)

What little kid is going to consider doing ANY OF THIS?

Got Latios. Took a little over an hour.

And with this, I have now completed the 3rd Generation of Pokemon for the very first time.


I can definitely see why this is a lot of people's favorite Gen. Hoenn is a ton of fun to explore. The new Pokemon from this Gen are iconic. Team Magma / Aqua (depending on which version you're playing) are fun antagonists with a similar level of charm as Team Rocket. The newly introduced Double Battles and Abilities introduce more strategic planning than ever before and can really turn the tide of battle. Lastly, the soundtrack is phenomenal. It's really diverse and complements each area well.



As for this sprite hack, it's great. There wasn't a single new sprite that I didn't like. They're all really cute and have so much detail (probably more than the original Pocket Monsters themselves lol). There were a couple times where I looked for a specific Pokemon just to see what they looked like in this hack (Namely, Cacnea, Jigglypuff, Shuppet, and Tropius).




It's incentivizing me to find what each legendary and/or mythical Pokemon looks like (besides Groudon since I already have it lol).

Favorite Elite Four theme in the entire series.

Hajime's reactions to Pokemon evolutions never fail to entertain me.

Me when cross-posting anything on both here and RGT:

(Also, watch "Medalist". It is PEAK.)

[In Spongebob Narrator Voice] "47 Hours Later..."

Alright, I'm back where I was! I'll tackle the Elite Four tomorrow as I'd like to catch up on "Shuumatsu Touring" and a couple other anime lol.



(LOOK AT THAT "MONEY" LOL!! (Bear in mind that I had Slavinator (Zigzagoon) in my party during the grind session and it found 10 "Nuggets", so 50,000 Poké Dollars are from those alone.))

OK... Back at the entrance of the Pokemon League. Before I grind, I want to look for any "PP Ups" that I missed.

...So, we meet again.

Again, who in their right mind would partake in this awful trade?

Only two encounters this time. Welcome back, Beelzebub.

Mikochi is still looking for that shiny Magikarp, I see.

Was not prepared for "WataTabe" ED 2, but I love it lol. It suits Miko very well.

Now that I'm in Fortree City, I gotta ask... What's up with the in-game trades in this Gen?

Like, in Gens 1 & 2, I can recall plenty of useful in-game trade NPCs; Specifically, the ones that had a Pokemon that was useful against a certain Gym.

But in this game (as well as Emerald if memory serves from watching Chuggaa's LP), literally ALL OF THEM suck. Why on earth would I take a Skitty over a Pikachu? Even when fully evolved, Delcatty is just really weak and outclassed and many other Normal Types (Hell, you can get Jigglypuff by Surfing to a remote area on Route... I forgot the exact number lol).

Damn, only two encounters this time?


(UPDATE: Took me exactly ONE fishing encounter to find a Tentacool with "Clear Body" in Dewford Town. Welcome back, Jelee.)



(I'm making HEAVY use of GBA.EMU'S "8x Speed Function". Hard to believe that within, like, an hour or two I'm ALREADY at Mauville lol.)

(In my haste to speed up and hit "B" during battle menus to advance the text, I accidentally left "Scratch" on Combusken as it was learning "Double Kick". Luckily, the game gives you 3 Heart Scales at this point and Fallarbor Town (where the Move Reminder is located in) isn't too terribly far from Mauville.)

(UPDATE #2: Reclaimed Liz Bloodflame (Skarmory) and re-taught "Double Kick" to Combusken. I REALLY should pay close attention to battle text when speeding everything up lol.)

One of the coolest video game commercials I've ever seen (Too bad the game itself is nowhere near as good).

Just a silly idea I had.