Divage's starting guide part I

[Divage]

Hi everyone,

 

In this guide I will show you my way of starting this game. It will cover certain Pokemon that are a great help along the road and items to pickup. my starter will be Pikachu in this guide because of the extra story line.

I will also be talking about where to get HMs or other required items. feel free to make any suggestions/criticism/questions.

I will be playing as the bald dude incase screenshots might not be clear

 

Certain aspects of the game might be changed upon release. ill try to update this as soon as possible if that happens.

 

 

Start

Once you login into the game you will start in a somewhat unknown area to us.

Simply go south, cross the bridge, go down the stairs and further south and talk to Prof. Oak under the waterfall. In the house is just a crazy cat lady, nothing special YET.

continue going south and you'll see a mew and walk into red and lance battling. quick talk and the game can begin.

 

for those who don't want to spend a lot of time talking ESC-->Options-->Game set to dialogue speed to the highest.

 

Pallet Town

First thing you should notice is the pokeballs and the book in your room. you can't pick anything up though...

talking to anyone in Pallet Town at this point does't benefit you in anyway. Simply rush to Prof. Oak and talk to him. you should notice 3 pokeballs on the table and the one at the top

Before you can choose Pikachu you have to decline the first 3.

Once you got your Pokemon of choice talk to Prof. Oak again to get your pokedex. If you talk to his aide he will tell you to come back later for something.

Once you walk outside to you will automatically walk towards your house and talk to your mom. now go upstairs and pick up those juicy items. DO NOT PLAY ON THE GAMECUBE, IT'S A TRAP

Because you have your pokedex now you can register Pokemon as seen if you talk to them. Try it out on Mr. Mime downstairs. Your mom can heal your Pokemon from this point.

Talk to the Eevee in town and Jackson will come to shove you away. talk to Jackson to fight him. your starter has an oran berry so you should be fine. Don't forget to heal at your mom again before leaving pallet town.

 

The road to Pewter City

 

hooded mustache man gives you a potion . Pick those berries and catch a pidgey with atleast 15 IVs in attack and speed so you can get an Oddish.

for those who wonder what IVs are. The orange numbers are the IVs and the blue numbers the EVs. I'm not going to explain in this topic how they work.

Just before the exit you should see Youngster Bill. he has a lvl 3 Ratata and a lvl 5 Bulbasaur, you probably won't be able to defeat him without other Pokemon or potions/berries.

 

Once you enter Viridian City on the east is Madeline. she will give you the lvl 5 Oddish if you show her a Pidget with atleast 15 IVs in speed and attack (about 1/4 Pidgeys)

Those who chose Pikachu as a starter might have some trouble here. you can also catch a Rattata first so can actually make the Pidgey low hp.

Go all the way to the west, south past Gentleman Matheus and back to the east to get a Rare Candy. I suggest visiting the pokecenter and pokemart and getting some pokeballs and potions.

You can also find a pokeball if you go to the west exit and up north to the small path

once you have trained a little and got your oddish head to the school. go downstairs and face Jackson, he has a lvl 8 Eevee wich is pretty strong. I suggest training a bit in the area west of Vermillion city. I suggest using oddish as your last pokemon and let him get all the exp. If you win you can go further north and continue. If you lose you need to go back to Pallet Town and talk to his mom, then head back to the school and talk again.

once you head into Viridan Forest you should go north west and find a certain npc who lost his Pidgey. If you help him defeat the Rocket Grunt inside the maze he will reward you with 15 pokeballs. The Rocket Grunt has a lvl 6 Rattata. You should try to let Oddish take all the exp. You can also clear the Viridan Maze to get a Horsea/Growlithe/Bellsprout and the TM Dragon Rage. Don't forget to get back to the NPC for the 15 pokeballs.

Continue through Viridan Forest. You will probably need a couple of potions and berries to stay alive. Oddish is weak against all these bug Pokemon so i would advise using Pidgey/Pikachu. Viridan forest is also the place you can catch a wild Pickachu. Camper Christina has a lvl 9 Weedle you might want to be careful with this one.

 

Once you exit Viridan Forest Youngster Shane has a lvl 10 Charmander and a lvl 10 Butterfree. Go to the pokecenter first!. If you lose to him without going to the pokecenter you will be send back to Viridian City. In Pewter City is an Ether in the nort-west corner. Don't forget to get some new potion and make your Pokemon hold an Oran Berry before entering the gym. In this playthrough i lost the battle to Jackson, did not clear the maze and gave very little XP to my oddish. My party is actually pretty weak. You prefer a lvl 10 Oddish. he would solo the first trainer and get high enough level to clear Brock. It is of great importance you give those early trainer exp to Oddish. once your Oddish is level 10 defeat the first trainer in the gym, go heal and defeat Brock. Congratulations you just got your first Gym badge!

 

 

This is where part I of my guide ends. going to wait for a little more feedback before making new parts and would like to hear all opinions, even the negative ones.

[Serena]

Hmmmm this is going to be a big help for the new players.

 

Keep up the great work. :y:

[Crimson]

Good guide, keep up the good work Divage!:)

[Lawriel]

Excelente bro sigue asi es de mucha ayuda

[Purple]

Damn, I'll give you major kudos if you actually finish the whole game in written form. Best of luck my friend! Huge respect for you if you see this to the end.

[Purple]

Damn, I'll give you major kudos if you actually finish the whole game in written form. Best of luck my friend! Huge respect for you if you see this to the end.

 

My bad, just read the title again "starting" XD Damn we really need an edit post feature devs. I think they removed it.

[Sanchez]

Its just a nice guide.Now the worst,the people what costantly is asking dont come here to watch this guides,its better ask all time and found 0 info.

[Mewse]

I'm new player and I find this very helpful, but I don't understand why Oddish, Also pikachu can be found near the start so it would make more sense to take one of usual 3 starters and catch pikachu.

[Divage]

I'm new player and I find this very helpful, but I don't understand why Oddish

 

Its an early grass pokemon wich also gets sleep powder and basicly a good versus the first 2 gyms, trainers and caves.

 

quote="Mewse"]pikachu can be found near the start so it would make more sense to take one of usual 3 starters and catch pikachu.

 

picking Pikachu as a starter unlocks special storyline

[Divage]

Damn, I'll give you major kudos if you actually finish the whole game in written form. Best of luck my friend! Huge respect for you if you see this to the end.

 

My bad, just read the title again "starting" XD Damn we really need an edit post feature devs. I think they removed it.

 

 

i wouldn't mind going through the entire game, but i simply don't have the time. I haven't even beaten E4 yet XD