![]() ![]() ![]() (The number of double-agent scientists I met surprised me, but hey, when you run out of grant funding, you do what you have to do.) The battles still weren’t terribly hard, but at least they were tough enough to make me start respecting type matchups again (no more tossing Will against Flying-types). building, smiting any and all bad guys that dared cross my path. Using the same breadth-first technique as in the Game Corner, I methodically worked my way up the Silph Co. Skyscraper, Starring The Rock Ophilia Just make sure you spell my name right when you do it, okay? (I was almost right, but we’ll get there…) and the Fighting Dojo), I was confident that they could handle anything. 36 (plus whatever levels I could wring out of Silph Co. Technically Sabrina is the sixth Gym leader and my OCD usually prevents me from doing things-out-of-order like this, but this run was for the people, darn it, and the people want drama and suspense! I wasn’t sure exactly what I would be walking into, but with five monsters at Lv. Going Rogue *sigh* So much for that bottled water I bought you…įuschia City didn’t hold much promise for me, but with a Psychic Gym to test Phili’s Poison Posse, Saffron City sure did. ![]() Things had gotten pretty stale in Kanto, and I was looking for a way to spice things up…and the hot tea I’d randomly picked up in Celadon was just the spice I needed. Trinity was right: I’d been down that road before, and this time it would end with the most ho-hum Nuzlocke journal in the history of history. There was just one problem with this plan: ![]() The road ahead was clear: Unblock the way to Cycling Road, make my way south to Fuschia City, wipe out everything in my path with my OP monsters, and profit. Fuji to his home and picked up the Poké Flute as a reward. With yet another day saved, Ophilia returned with Mr. I suppose this beats “your princess is in another castle.” Fuji, as Luna ate another Selfdestruct trying to cover for Will. 30, the mighty Marowak was efficiently dispatched back into the arms of the Sacred Flame, and the only concerning moment came when facing the trio of Rockets guarding Mr. I quickly cleaned up the possessed Trainers and made my way to the top of the tower to tackle the ghostly Marowak and free Mr. Sadly, the Tower turned out to just as underwhelming as the Game Corner, and with both Cubones and Gastly unavailable due to prior usage, there really wasn’t a lot to do here. The next stop on The Phili Five’s tour was Pokémon Tower, where my shiny new Silph Scope meant the local ghosts were now visible and beatable. The Silph Scope was mine, but after yawning my way through another disappointing dungeon, I was beginning to wonder if I’d sucked all of the challenge out of this Nuzlocke run. Giovanni turned out to be a weaker, Ground-focused version of Erika, and Earl made short work of his Pokémon. Allow me to introduce myself: I’m your worst nightmare. Eventually I found the key, rode the elevator and came face-to-face with Team Rocket’s infamous boss Giovanni. The only concerning moment was when Luna switched in to an Selfdestructing Koffing to cover for Will, but she was enough of a tank by this point that it didn’t even turn her health bar yellow. I’d like to say that the Rocket lackeys wandering around offered some sort of challenge, but they didn’t. Once we were inside, the crew performed an exhaustive breadth-first search looking for the elevator key that would give us access to the boss. Some people make well-thought-out plans for heists like this. I picked up a few trinkets at the Department Store, stared longingly at the Eevee I couldn’t have (thanks to the five different Eeveelutions I’ve used over the years), and eventually made my way over to the Game Corner, where Ophilia’s crew decided to copy Ocean’s Eleven and knock over the biggest casino in town. With Erika out of the way, I was free to explore the rest of Celadon City, which admittedly took all of about three minutes. The House Doesn’t Always Win Yeah, that’s not suspicious or anything. Team at Journal Startīut let’s start with the good times, shall we? So I decided to make an obstacle instead…and naturally, I got just what I deserved. With the Game Corner, Pokémon Tower, and Fuschia City quivering before me, there was nary an obstacle in sight. When last we left Ophilia, the Phili Five were on cruise control, rocking Rock Tunnel, schooling Cyrus, and dominating the Celadon Gym on the way to our fourth badge. There’s a fundamental problem with gambling: Sometimes you lose. ![]()
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