Most of the
times I find the Pokemon games to be pretty fair. After all, there's
no in-game fail state and the only strategy guide you really need is
the type chart. However, FireRed
just pulled a spectacular dick move on me when I reached Vermillion
City.
Now,
Electric-type gyms are difficult at the best of times but never more
so than when you haven't even had the chance to get a Ground-type on
your team. Like, for instance, if you play FireRed
because seemingly the only Ground-type before Vermillion City is
Sandshrew which is LeafGreen
exclusive.
My
team when I went into the gym to fight Lt. Surge “The Fighting
American” (no seriiously) was a Wartortle. A Rattata, a Nidorino, a
Pikachu, an Oddish and a Butterfree. Of that list two are weak to
Electric attacks, my Oddish was absolutely useless, a Pikachu is
basically useless against other Electric-types and that left me with
two passingly effective fighters who nevertheless kept getting
paralyzed.
I
got beat. Twice.
So,
in a funk I decided to pursue the route of the screwed over: power
levelling. I stomped my way back the way I came and leveled for a
bit then returned to the gym.
Where
I was beaten a third time.
Fuming,
kicking my Pokeballs down the street in front of me as I went, I
decided to try and get some decent EXP by skipping ahead to the next
route and picking on some trainers. This was when I passed Diglett's Cave.
Yers,
“Diglett's Cave”. Literally a cave named after and infested with
a Ground-type Pokemon, five or six steps outside the city of the
Electric gym.
Dick
move, Game Freak. Dick move.
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