Forward through Lavaridge

Team!

Since the last time we:

1. Caught Beach boy, the Marill.

2. Picked up Sum 41, the Plusle.

3. Evolved Spamalot and Beach boy.

4. Smashed Watson to get gym badge 3. Soggy bottom may be weak to electric, but he has some sweet ground moves.

5. Needed to break some rocks, ran into Geodude. Welcome to the team, Hard rock.

6. Guns, the Machop, joins the team. Hopefully some day we will meet his sidekick, Roses.

7. Thwarted Team Aqua at Mt. Chimney!

8. In a stroke of luck, Iron maiden, the Skarmory, becomes the catch of Route 113.

9. Loverbug, the Surskit, joins the team.

The team so far

Team!

Since I started the game on Saturday, we've had the following riveting adventures:

1. Picked up Soggy bottom, the Mudkip, as my starter.

2. Caught Queen, the fire fang-wielding Poochyena.

3. Moon unit, the teeter-dancing Lotad, joined the team.

4. Made it through 1 gym battle. Roxanne didn't stand a chance against Soggy bottom and Moon unit.

5. Queen, the fire fang-wielding Poochyena, died to a tragic critical hit at level 7. We had high hopes for you.

6. Caught FotConchords, the steel-winging Taillow.

7. Prince, the Slakoth, joins the team. Maybe one day he will become a slack king.

8. Caught Spamalot, the Whismur.

9. Prince dies in a truancy accident. His dreams of becoming a king will never be attained.

10. Prince is the only one who can learn cut! AAAAAAHHHHHH

11. Gym badge 2 acquired. Brawly got wrecked by FotConchords.

12. Evolved FotConchords, Soggy bottom, and Moon unit

The challenge begins

For people who want a little more challenge from their game designed for twelve-year-olds, we have: Nuzlocke

In this challenge, I will be going through Alpha Sapphire playing by the following rules:

• Pokemon that faint are considered dead.

• Only the first Pokemon encountered on each route may be caught. Exception: shinies

• Pokemon must be nicknamed (themed to rock bands or rock band-adjacent things).

• No using pokecenters or other "healing" characters. Exception: automatic checkpoint heals required for story advancement.

• Legendary Pokemon cannot be used.

• Battle style is "set".

• Black-out / white-out ends the run.

The long version

Stay tuned for the progression of the run!