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I was looking at the basis for Red's character a while back for Gen II and HG/SS, and it's pretty obvious, and I had known this for years, that his team in both sets of games is based on in-game events from Gen I and FR/LG. His Gen II and HG/SS team includes the Pikachu and the three starters obtained in Yellow, the Snorlax that is caught on Route 16 (this is because there are two Snorlax's, one on Route 12 and one on Route 16, in the Gen II games and HG/SS, only one is in the game and it's near Route 12, so it can be safely assumed that Red specifically caught the one on Route 16.), the Espeon came from the Eevee obtained in Celadon City, and the Lapras is received after defeating Team Rocket in Saffron City.
This made me think of a new way to play Pokemon games, where you only play with Gift Pokemon and In-Game Event Pokemon (This means Legendaries, stationary Pokemon, like Snorlax, etc).
Immediately I started looking into what games one would be able to do this in, and to my surprise some games simply don't have enough available gift or event Pokemon.
Using the Gift and In-Game Event pages on Bulbapedia, you get lists kind of like this:
RSE:
-Your choice of Treecko, Torchic, or Mudkip
-Wynaut
-Castform
-Kecleon
-Your choice of Lileep or Anorith
-The mascot Legendary, Groudon, Kyogre, or Rayquaza
More are available in the Post-Game, but the whole point is to have the team for Gyms and the Pokemon League. It would be doable in the Hoenn games, but without a flyer things would get pretty annoying.
FR/LG:
-Your choice of Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle
-Magikarp (Magikarp salesman)
-Eevee
-Snorlax
-Your choice of Hitmonlee or Hitmonchan
-Lapras
-Hypno
-Your choice of Kabuto or Omanyte
-Aerodactyl
-Articuno
-Zapdos
-Moltres
Game Corner Pokemon:
-Abra
-Clefairy
-Dratini
-Scyther(FR)/Pinsir(LG)
-Porygon
As you can see in this case, this would be a lot easier to do in the Kanto games, because you simply have more choices. I'm currently playing through FireRed sort of like this but I imported two other Kanto starters to mimic Red's team and I caught a Pikachu, my other two spots are going to be rotated with various Pokemon received in in-game events or as a gift.
D/P/Pl:
-Your starter of choice
-Drifloon
-Happiny(DP)/Togepi(Pl)
-Eevee (Platinum Only)
-Porygon (Platinum Only)
-Rotom (Platinum Only)
-Riolu
-Uxie
-Mesprit
-Azelf
-The mascot Legendary
Again, with this many choices this wouldn't be hard to do at all, especially with the extra Pokemon you only get in Platinum.
HG/SS:
-Your starter of choice
-Eevee
-Lapras
-Dratini
-Togepi egg
-Mareep egg
-Slugma egg
-Wooper egg
-Sudowoodo
-Red Gyarados
-Tyrogue
Game Corner Pokemon:
-Mr. Mime
-Eevee
-Porygon
As you can see, there are a lot of options in HG/SS, especially with the Primo eggs for Mareep, Slugma, and Wooper available early on adding diverse Pokemon to your team. I'm actually planning a run through HG with a similar setup like this.
For Gen V the lists are considerably small for B/W but viable in B2W2.
X and Y is also pretty empty when it comes to in-game event Pokemon, the only ones are the Kalos and Kanto starters, Lucario, Lapras, and Snorlax.
So has anyone ever tried playing the games like this, if not, are you maybe now thinking of giving it a try? I feel like it's almost like a way to play through a game, "canonically", so to speak.
This made me think of a new way to play Pokemon games, where you only play with Gift Pokemon and In-Game Event Pokemon (This means Legendaries, stationary Pokemon, like Snorlax, etc).
Immediately I started looking into what games one would be able to do this in, and to my surprise some games simply don't have enough available gift or event Pokemon.
Using the Gift and In-Game Event pages on Bulbapedia, you get lists kind of like this:
RSE:
-Your choice of Treecko, Torchic, or Mudkip
-Wynaut
-Castform
-Kecleon
-Your choice of Lileep or Anorith
-The mascot Legendary, Groudon, Kyogre, or Rayquaza
More are available in the Post-Game, but the whole point is to have the team for Gyms and the Pokemon League. It would be doable in the Hoenn games, but without a flyer things would get pretty annoying.
FR/LG:
-Your choice of Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle
-Magikarp (Magikarp salesman)
-Eevee
-Snorlax
-Your choice of Hitmonlee or Hitmonchan
-Lapras
-Hypno
-Your choice of Kabuto or Omanyte
-Aerodactyl
-Articuno
-Zapdos
-Moltres
Game Corner Pokemon:
-Abra
-Clefairy
-Dratini
-Scyther(FR)/Pinsir(LG)
-Porygon
As you can see in this case, this would be a lot easier to do in the Kanto games, because you simply have more choices. I'm currently playing through FireRed sort of like this but I imported two other Kanto starters to mimic Red's team and I caught a Pikachu, my other two spots are going to be rotated with various Pokemon received in in-game events or as a gift.
D/P/Pl:
-Your starter of choice
-Drifloon
-Happiny(DP)/Togepi(Pl)
-Eevee (Platinum Only)
-Porygon (Platinum Only)
-Rotom (Platinum Only)
-Riolu
-Uxie
-Mesprit
-Azelf
-The mascot Legendary
Again, with this many choices this wouldn't be hard to do at all, especially with the extra Pokemon you only get in Platinum.
HG/SS:
-Your starter of choice
-Eevee
-Lapras
-Dratini
-Togepi egg
-Mareep egg
-Slugma egg
-Wooper egg
-Sudowoodo
-Red Gyarados
-Tyrogue
Game Corner Pokemon:
-Mr. Mime
-Eevee
-Porygon
As you can see, there are a lot of options in HG/SS, especially with the Primo eggs for Mareep, Slugma, and Wooper available early on adding diverse Pokemon to your team. I'm actually planning a run through HG with a similar setup like this.
For Gen V the lists are considerably small for B/W but viable in B2W2.
X and Y is also pretty empty when it comes to in-game event Pokemon, the only ones are the Kalos and Kanto starters, Lucario, Lapras, and Snorlax.
So has anyone ever tried playing the games like this, if not, are you maybe now thinking of giving it a try? I feel like it's almost like a way to play through a game, "canonically", so to speak.
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