Session 1
This first session is just a rapid fire blast of catches.
Starter: aipom. Barbra, female, adamant. I asked my Tumblr followers and nearby family members for starter choices, then put them all into a random picker wheel. My sister’s pick won. Out of all the choices aipom was the one I was hoping the least to get. I made her name it and I hate it. Off to a great start.
Route 101: zigzagoon. David, male, bashful, caught at level 3.
Route 102: wurmple. Luna, female, bashful, caught at level 3.
Route 103: hoppip. Jessica, female, jolly, caught at level 4. My sister named this one as well. After a Twilight character. She didn’t tell me that until after I entered the name.
Route 104: pidgey. Makus, male, relaxed, caught at level 5. Yes, I misspelled Markus. Yes, the pokemon renamer guy is just in Oldale. I’m deciding to live with my mistakes.
Ran around back and forth for a little bit to evolve Luna so as to avoid a double catch. She evolved into silcoon and will soon become a beautiful butterfly, I guess.
Petalburg Woods: ledyba. Dot, female, lax, caught at level 5. If I’m remembering its stat spread and move pool correctly ledybe/ledian is one of the worst mons in the game.
Barbra OHKO-ed the Team Aqua grunt’s wailmer with a single dizzy punch, so it looks like the dev wasn’t lying about this fancy aipom being broken early game. Makus did not learn a 4th move until level 13 so things still aren't looking good for the team overall.
Rustboro Wishing Well: bulbasaur. Terry, male, mild, caught at level 1. Starters generally have good stats, so I was happy for this one.
Route 116: pichu. Cha Cha, female, lonely, caught at level 6. You can tell this is the point where my sister left the room because I’m no longer giving my catches boring human names.
Rusturf Tunnel: snubbull. Pupper, male, docile, caught at level 8. A fairy type with intimidate! Now that might be useful against Brawly.
Roxanne was an absolute breeze. I had Barbra buff herself with one victory dance and then she OHKO Roxanne’s entire team. It’s a shame she’ll be of zero use against Brawly.
Dewford: trapinch. Chomper, female, hardy, caught at level 10.
Route 106: vulpix. Tricky, female, modest, caught at level 10.
This is where I ran out of steam. Next session will be Granite Cave and Brawly, so I promise things will get interesting soon.