Today’s game is Pokemon Emerald. This might be the last entry for this game depending on how the rest of the Pokédex goes. I finished the Gyms at E4 today, and then went and hunted down all the Box Legendaries. It was all pretty easy except Groudon. For some reason the asshole just didn’t want to get in. After about 30 minutes though of just reloading my save I finally caught him and named him Greg. So now we have Juan the Kyogre and Greg the Groudon.
For my team I used, only about half of them were relevant to the victory. The other 3 were under leveled and just kind of served as fodder meat to use revives. The 3 relevant ones are Blaziken, Gardevoir, and Vaporeon. All at Level 80 and who all steamrolled the champion and E4.
Speaking of Gardevoir, I found my first ever one from my very first playthrough of Pokemon Emerald. It turns out when I emulated it I saved the save to Drop Box. I thought it was lost but dug it up and there it was! I backed that thing up ASAP and have it stored until I can get the Pokemon off it and moved over to Home and/or my own local bank.
So far the last few bits of my game have been filling out the Dex. For the starters I think I’ll just use a save editor to add them to my party as eggs, as no one I know plays Emerald and I don’t feel like figuring out online and multiplayer.
I’m a bit sad to be finishing this game again. It’s what I call my “Cold Water” game for Pokemon. It’s got solid fundamentals while still being good and not bland. It’s always my go to for friends wanting to get into the franchise with how accessible to get ahold of it is. My one complaint is sometimes I get lost. And even then it’s kind of like its own adventure
Juan and Greg are excellent names for the legendaries.