Alright, time to knock some rust off these gears.
I say that because our next gym leader is a Steel-type specialist, and for absolutely no other reason.
There was a rock here, blocking our path. It's gone now that we've defeated Jonathan.
It leads to the upper ledge surrounding Agassiz Town...
...and eventually to the reason why we never have to teach Cut to any of our Pokémon.
We can now challenge the algorithm.
Right after I point out another way into the Secret Base. We'll be seeing a few more of these.
the Orre region. He used to guard the mines there, but his memory got corrupted during a cave-in! Now he wants to battle everyone! That makes him the perfect opponent! PK-096 uses Steel-type Pokémon. Fighting and Fire beat Steel, so those are your best bets! Good luck!
Let's get some more training done.
Alright, that's plenty for now. Fianga Gym's thing is one-way conveyors over the void. You can't smash these rocks even after we unlock Rock Smash, by the way.
It's a bit annoying that you can't see the whole thing at once, but it's much easier to keep straight in my head than Gideon's teleport maze.
The bisected platforms are a nice touch.
There are no other trainers in the gym waiting to ambush us, though. That's a shame; I can imagine laser tripwires that fire out Pokéballs at you until they run out.
The Orre region must be guarded.
Intruder! Intruder in the mine!
There's not actually much difference between this sprite and the better one I have to show you here, just the usual lack of blur.
WinButton takes out this Klink in one hit. To make the battle more interesting, I decide to spread out the love among my current team.
The Bronzor does not go down with one use of Overheat, complicating things a bit.
Especially when this happens. I dick around with Confuse Ray, Uproar and Shock Wave before realizing that another Overheat would do the job better, even with Kusanagi's special attack lowered.
Metang gives Static a pretty good fight. I had to match PK's Super Potion with one of my own.
+20 relationship points with Jake.
Mew's matchup didn't go quite as planned, and she ended up getting double-teamed.
She still almost pulled through.
But then she went down to one Mirror shot. At least she made it easy for Boomstick to wrap things up.
The game doesn't tell you, but we can now use Fly outside of battle when we get the HM.
Error! Error! Giving TM data to intruder.
Entry: Gyro Ball is a Steel-type move that increases in power the slower the user is. Error: attempted to access already loaded RAM! Shutting down.
Call me crazy, but I think maybe some jobs shouldn't be automated.
Now we can move beyond Agassiz Town, but not before picking up a few friends.
Back at Onega Town, we can now access the game's first hidden grotto thanks to the Machete.
Hidden grottoes are another feature that got carried over to Insurgence. The first time you enter one that day, they generate one Pokémon from a list at random and that's the one you have a chance to catch. Make sure to save before you go inside! The grotto can just generate nothing and you'd be SOL if you didn't save!
Believe it or not, I actually got a Charmander to spawn on the first try.
Going back to Route 308.5, I pick up a very rude lady.
That's about it for now. I've got some more mons I might consider picking up, but right now I'm gonna focus on what the thread wants.
I should have saved before picking this up, too. I already have one of these, from this very item ball.
But whatever. With four badges, Kate's ready to proceed.
Route 309's gimmick is that it's two cave maps connected by several redundant ladders that exist solely to confuse you. It also has two exits.
Figuring out which ones are necessary to climb saves me the trouble of finding a Scrafty, at least.
Can't get that thing.
Time keeps reversing itself to make sure that I don't pass. I'm sure it's Celebi's fault somehow.
Can't get that thing, either.
Or that. I haven't stopped putting pins in, don't worry.
For reference, here's one of the ladders to keep an eye out for.
It leads here.
Which leads here in turn. This town is completely optional, unless you'd like a complete Pokédex down the line.
There aren't any Pokémon in this grass. I checked.
Stone but some cop said I wasn't allowed. Lame!
This guy wants a Dodrio in exchange for Farfetch'd. Farfetch'd is available in hidden grottoes, whereas Dodrio is not until *checks notes* we get to the end of the Vesryn Spear.
He takes rejection well, at least. We'll be back for the black square next to him.
way for many people. We're all friends here.
"Often, the heavier a Pokémon is, the more power it's packing behind it. A Heavy Ball will catch heavier Pokémon a lot easier! Us explorers have to look out for each other, you know."
know why? Because the human mind is afraid of ghosts, bugs and the dark!
what, and I don't like it. I managed to save one of them, anyways. She's got so many, she'll probably never notice.
This is the only way to get Wynaut in the game, and Maractus is will be available shortly. I might take her up on her offer later, but for now I can't.
Fuck off. I wasn't talking to you yet.
Hey, Corlett uses Ampharos, and he's in the Elite Four!
I think we know who three of the Elite Four are now.
Um, wow, that's a lot of them. I think we've got a hoarder.
Nothing at all.
We'll lay down our lives to preserve the peace!
Looks like someone didn't learn from Bill's teleporter mishap.
he created our region. Perhaps there's still a part of him there?
Can I ask you a question?
Alright! Jolteon, here we come!
Our third badge unlocks Hyper Potions, Revives and Super Repels for purchase.
carrot.
I'm sure that'll make it into the Pokédex someday.
Everyone laughs when I say that!
All of these dipshits say the same thing.
The Turkana Stone has been unofficially linked to Team Asgard's plans.
I guess that's a good enough reason for them not to bother with the animal hoarder down the lane. They'd probably resolve that by killing her and half the Wynaut, anyway. That's Turkana Town in a nutshell.
Back at Route 309, it's time to clear it out and take what we can get.
Here's what we need to move on to Kivu Town.
You... Can you... can you help me? I'm trying to find a Heart Scale for my girlfriend as a gift... But no matter how hard I try, I just can't find one.
Thank you! Thank you so much! I'll leave you to it.
His reward for every Heart Scale you find... is a Super Potion.
I don't think I'll be talking to him ever again.
Lunatone is exclusive to one floor of the route, and Solrock can only be found on the other.
Alright, finally out. Next time we'll get to Kivu Town and get ready for the next gym.
In Omicron, Route 309 has Joltik instead of Durant.
We'd like you to investigate it. Good luck!
Agreed. As long as Team Rocket gives us a copy of whatever they create with it.
Consider it done.
I would never hand it to ruffian scum like you! Police!
C'mon, son!
I'd like to see those cop motherfuckers do something like that!
A true bond is necessary between you and your Pokemon, not this fake one! Now scram!
I've been watching you stumble around my Gym for quite some time now...
