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Medic Plays A Real Pokemon Game for the First Time – Part 12

July 3, 2022July 19, 2022 Medic 0 Comments ice, Medic Plays A Real Pokemon Game for the First Time, pokemon, pokemon shield

So I’m off to the Ice Gym, where I hopefully will get my 6th badge. I’ve been leveling up my Pokemon, and now is the time to fight. I have a nice, round party of Pokemon who all have a super-effective move against Ice. Hopefully, I am ready to fight. However, before I attempt the gym, I want to mention Route 8, the route I took to get to Circhester. Whoever designed Route 8 is, in my humble opinion, an asshole. Seriously, how to people normally travel though this? Most of Route 8 is full of pits and holes, and… [Continue Reading]

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Medic Plays A Real Pokemon Game for the First Time – Part 11

July 2, 2022July 19, 2022 Medic 0 Comments grind, Medic Plays A Real Pokemon Game for the First Time, pokemon shield

I think my initial instincts are correct. This game is easy. Almost too easy. Then again, I’ve been doing it to myself. Leveling up my Pokemon seems like the best strategy to win fights. Who cares if Galarian Weezing uses Sludge Bomb against a Rillaboom? Not when the Rillaboom is ten levels higher. The Rillaboom in fact took out the Galarian Weezing and was then swapped out, thus not dying. My question is, is this the same with the rest of the game? I honestly don’t know, but I’m gonna try it anyway. I am going to keep on leveling… [Continue Reading]

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Medic Plays A Real Pokemon Game for the First Time – Part 10

July 1, 2022July 19, 2022 Medic 0 Comments galarian weezing, Medic Plays A Real Pokemon Game for the First Time, pokemon, pokemon shield

Oh no. The Fairy gym. I’ve been dreading this one. Mostly because I really don’t like fairy types. Never had a good time fighting them, especially in Pokemon GO. In Pokemon Shield, I haven’t really fought many fairy types, but my current party hasn’t really prepared for a whole team of fairies. In my earlier gym matches, I’ve found myself running out of super-effective Pokemon moves, and I solved the problem in the Ghost gym by having three dark types and dark moves on my other Pokemon. I intended to do the exact same thing with poison and steel types.… [Continue Reading]

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Medic Plays A Real Pokemon Game for the First Time – Part 9

June 29, 2022July 19, 2022 Medic 0 Comments dark, ghost, Medic Plays A Real Pokemon Game for the First Time, pokemon, pokemon shield

Last time I was here, I was avoiding Hop before reaching the next gym. I went off to catch some more Pokemon. After a semi-useful catching spree, I decide to go back and fight Hop. And, just like last time, I beat him with ease. To his credit though, he made one of my Pokemon faint. This is also the first time I saw a new Pokemon that had an entire fucking Pikachu trapped in its mouth. Gross. Anyway, with Hop out of the way, I can properly visit the gym here. It’s a ghost type gym, which would normally… [Continue Reading]

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Medic Plays A Real Pokemon Game for the First Time – Part 8

June 28, 2022July 19, 2022 Medic 0 Comments Medic Plays A Real Pokemon Game for the First Time, pokemon, pokemon shield

I smell a plot. It’s about time, but I think there might actually be some plot heading my way. I’ve just appeared in Hammerlocke, after having run through the wild. Luckily, I got through, but my party were not at all in one piece. Half my team got wiped by a single Gyarados that I attempted to fight, and I had to kill a lot of mid-level Pokemon to get to the city. Once I was there though, I noted how cool the place looked. After all, it’s a giant dark castle, and the entrance was a dragon’s head. Apparently… [Continue Reading]

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A Brief Interlude Where Medic Talks About Pokemon Shield So Far

June 25, 2022June 16, 2022 Medic 2 Comments Medic Plays A Real Pokemon Game for the First Time, pokemon, pokemon shield, thoughts

I must admit, I’ve been getting carried away with all this Pokemon stuff. It’s all such a genuinely new experience for me. But today, I am taking a break from playing, so I can discuss my thoughts so far. Granted, I’ve only beaten a quarter of the gyms, and am still running around like an idiot, but I’ve been making process and slowly getting the hang of how Pokemon works. It’s alright. Funnily enough, turns out I don’t have much to say about the game. I like wandering around and catching Pokemon, and I like the Pokemon battles. The Pokemon… [Continue Reading]

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Medic Plays A Real Pokemon Game for the First Time – Part 6

June 24, 2022July 19, 2022 Medic 0 Comments hungry, Medic Plays A Real Pokemon Game for the First Time, pokemon, pokemon shield

Last time round, I managed to get the Grass badge. And this time, I’m very quickly gunning towards the Water badge. Before I do that though, I decide to level myself up a little bit. Milo’s Pokemon were a higher level than mine, and I’m pretty sure whatsherface’s Pokemon will be level 20 or higher. I also decide to go shopping before making my way to water town. It’s always good to have plenty of potions and pokeballs. However, as I head down to the next down on my freshly ‘borrowed’ bike, I run into Hop again. And he wants… [Continue Reading]

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Medic Plays A Real Pokemon Game for the First Time – Part 5

June 23, 2022July 19, 2022 Medic 0 Comments Medic Plays A Real Pokemon Game for the First Time, pokemon, pokemon shield

We start off Part 5 of this dumb adventure by grinding some more. I am due to face Milo, the Grass-type leader, but I have only one fire type. Yes, it’s a Growlithe, one of my favourites, but he’s lacking in levels. So after a quick grind to get Gruffle the Growlithe to level 15, I head over to the massive Turffield Stadium to challenge the gym leader. Once there, I put on my special challenger cloths and go through the doors to the gym. Before I do anything though, I have a “Grass challenge” I need to do. Basically,… [Continue Reading]

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Medic Plays A Real Pokemon Game for the First Time – Part 4

June 22, 2022July 19, 2022 Medic 0 Comments Medic Plays A Real Pokemon Game for the First Time, pokemon, pokemon shield

Who likes cut scenes? I do! Actually, I kinda don’t. Which is a shame because I’m going to be sitting through one. I’m now in Motostoke, and we have to go to the arena for some sort of opening ceremony. Before we can do that though, there’s a list of chores that need doing. We need to book into the hotel and get our special costumes fitted. It seems that every challenger has to wear a costume with a number on it, so of course I chose my lucky number to be 666. The opening ceremony starts the next day,… [Continue Reading]

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Medic Plays A Real Pokemon Game for the First Time – Part 3 – Off-screen Catching

June 21, 2022July 19, 2022 Medic 0 Comments grind, Medic Plays A Real Pokemon Game for the First Time, pokemon, pokemon shield

I’m supposed to be going to Motostoke Stadium to do some more competitive stuff, but frankly, I wasn’t particularly happy with my team. Not having any idea of what is coming up, I decided to do some off-screen catching of Pokemon. I mean, all I had were a handful of Pokemon from the starter area, all of whom needed leveling up. So I felt like I needed to catch and level up some stronger Pokemon. The difference between level 10 and level 15 feels huge. Turns out, those 5 levels make a huge difference. To the point that my poor… [Continue Reading]