So, since March, there’s been a little progress. Not a huge amount, mind, but a little.
LeafGreen: FOUND. Currently using it to transfer pokemon off the FireRed cartridges onto Ruby, so that they can be moved to Pearl and then the Pal Park. So I can get Mew one day.
FireRed: Both empty, ready to be restarted.
Pearl: 10 to go.
Diamond/Platinum: Slightly beyond usefulness. Raided Platinum for its Master Ball and caught Cresselia. Could restart whenever, if it wasn’t for the Pal Park.
White: At the Pokemon League, where I was summarily mullered by the first trainer a few weeks ago and haven’t played since.
White 2: After completing Area 8 of the White Treehollow, now training so that I can complete Area 9 with ease.
Everything else: no change.
So, very shortly I will commence my adventure in New Bark Town. I had planned meticulously in advance- but this whole idea was about me playing it the way I used to. Now, I won’t exactly do that, because I was rubbish, but there’s a lot to be said for learning as you go.
I’m excited. I know I’m not the first person to dig out their old games and play through the series, and I really hope to hear from other people who are doing the same thing. Maybe there’ll even be a battle or two on the cards.
Plan: Finish clearing LeafGreen off, and start anew.
Kanto to Unova (and beyond) 