Artful | KTG#645

He/Him. Silly Entitled Gamer and Nintendo Hater ™️.

[Artful | KTG#645 @KeithGeek]

pinning this

[KYᄂΣ ΉΣBΣЯƬ @kylehebert]

#GodzillaMinusZero

[Artful | KTG#645 @KeithGeek]

Shuckie is soaking up exp, there's a particular move it learns that I want Smeargle to sketch. Sneasel I'm intentionally running special moves on in the spirit of gen 2, and knows Calm Mind from a Stantler I raised. It might not be for everyone, but I enjoy the extra work.

[Artful | KTG#645 @KeithGeek]

Replaying Heart Gold has been fun. Yes, I have been doing grinding, BUT - and this part is important - only because I've chosen to for certain moves. I've been breeding Pokemon and sketching moves with my Smeargle.

[Artful | KTG#645 @KeithGeek]

As far as my primary story team is concerned, I haven't had to do much if any extra battles. In fact, I've skipped some trainers here and there to have on reserve for later team additions. Currently going through the Rocket Hideout.

[mini 👑 @mini4butches]

me just settling in w my popcorn not realising i’m about to be thrown head first into action at the opening of godzilla minus zero

[Ranak @NRanak65543]

i sometime forget that Showa Goji is a fucking heavyweight boxer look at the footwork

[claypot.blue 🪴 @_claypot]

i know the debate was a few weeks ago but my friends and i have been doing a group pokémon platinum playthrough

to avoid getting too far ahead i’ve had to stop and take my time with it and it’s given me a much deeper appreciation for how content-rich pokémon games used to be

[Artful | KTG#645 @KeithGeek]

@CanariFeetLover If you dare suggest that they should bring back the Battle Frontier modern fans will beat you to death with rocks and tell you that it sucked and you should just do raids and wifi battles instead.

[xenomorph 🦑 @lifeisbreezy]

literal first frame of #GodzillaMinusZero

[JAMESHARK @jamesharknado]

The Great Deku Tree was smoking that shit before he died.

[トリコ @8rWGv8E3PQ5Gmc2]

分かつ喜び

[Artful | KTG#645 @KeithGeek]

@gmerc @TheMysticSSJ I feel like Emerald helps address this to a degree with how many more double battles you can do. Doesn't really do anything for the important fights unfortunately, but I got plenty of mileage out of them when I used both together.

[𝟕 @SZNSEVEN]

bro there's actually no fking way

[Artful | KTG#645 @KeithGeek]

All of the criticism and debate around Monomyth has me feeling that it might be exactly the sort of hack I wanna play. Probably will tackle it after I get my Johto fix in.

[Artful | KTG#645 @KeithGeek]

I'm not a fan of the lore stuff but if people like it, that's cool! But idk why everyone is taking the lore for a silly racing spinoff game seriously. I really doubt there was any thought put into it beyond hype moments and aura tbh.

[Everything with Kirby Music @ImagesKirby]

people shitting on sakurais way of storytelling like kumazaki is any better LOL

atleast sakurai HAS been upfront hes not good with that

[Artful | KTG#645 @KeithGeek]

Finished up my run of Leaf Green! Don't know if I want to bother with league rematches, I'm really itching to move onto HGSS. Got some team building ideas I wanna try out. :3

[Artful | KTG#645 @KeithGeek]

@friendevo I remember getting absolutely smoked, then digging through my bag to see what my options were and realizing I had a Focus Sash and the TMs for Toxic and Protect. Kinda cheesy but hey, if it works it works.

[Artful | KTG#645 @KeithGeek]

@TBon456 Honestly is gonna depend on the game and person, but I think after Morty is where it becomes realistic to do so in Johto without needing extra grinding on wild Pokemon. Things probably change if you end up using a slow growth rate Mon like Dratini or Magikarp though.

[Artful | KTG#645 @KeithGeek]

People have to be intentionally misunderstanding this tweet. It's a simple fact that the game expects your options AT THE START to be limited. If you force a full team of six too early, you end up spreading the exp thin. That's not a Johto thing, that's every game gens 1-5.

[ken @pkmncntr]

99% of pokemon npcs don't use full teams yet people think you should raise a full team from early on and they should be equal level to your opponents.

[Guangdong Salad🥗 @SaladSaiyan]

It’s that time again

[Artful | KTG#645 @KeithGeek]

@Dimememem @pkmncntr You can still catch those Pokemon. You just shouldn't feel obligated to fill out the team as soon as possible. In a game with 16 badges, it's okay to take it a bit slow with the team building.

It's ok if you do decide to use 6 mons early on, it just comes with an exp trade-off.