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My Squads
The Intro Ramble
Pokémon teams. You've made one, I've made more than one, we both know how this goes. I've played a lot of Pokémon over the years, and I've made an effort to made sure that I never use the same squad of six more than once for any given playthrough. As I've done so, I've amassed a number of digital friends that have shaped my experiences. I am exicted to share with you, dear reader, some details about my intimiate relationship with lines of code that happen to make up digital pets, with whom I've usually spent about 25+ hours, if not MANY MANY MORE.
This is the page where I will share my "bros" from my casual playthrouhgs that I've completed over the years. These are teams that I've usually beaten the game with, whether that be reaching the Hall of Fame or otherwise. I'll be grouping them primarily based on the "main six" (or more in the case of some games) and when I used them in chronological order, and providing a bit of context about each playthrough in the process. My goal, as always, is to be as honest and accurate as possible so you'll have to forgive me if I forget or omit any details1.
THIS IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION, I HAVE NOT PUT EVERYTHING HERE. I'M WOKRING ON IT :U
Y (Leonard) - Decade Later Kalos Replay (2024-2025)
Hmmm yes I chose to use all the busted stuff but not have a good way to handle Ghost Dark Types on the switch... Sure. Why not.
FireRed (Sven) - Summer 2024
Sapphire (Harold) - Summer 2023 Discussion Club
Read more about this playthrough in my Zine: SAPPHIRE SUMMATION, found on my Zine page!
Scarlet - Launch Playthrough 2022
Yes, I really used 18 here.
Heart Gold (Walt) - Summer 2022 Shiny Hunt
My singular attempt at a shiny hunting playthrough that doubled as a replay of gen4 Johto. I have a much greater appreciation for Meganium and the Chikorita line in general having finished this playthrough, even if it still prefer the Cyndaquil and Totodile lines more. Let the record show I think all the Johto starters are winners in their own special way.
White 2 (Darryl) - Spring 2022 Livestream
For me, it's Huge Power Azumarill.
White (Volta) - Summer 2021 Livestream
My first run where I boxed my starter in favor of using Drilbur and later Excadrill. I am not enthused by the Unova states in their main- mode states save for Oshawott's line, so I let myself go hog wild with using all the new dudes I wanted to use. Lots of really cool dudes in this team, lemme tell ya.
Crystal Clear - Colorado Ski Trip 2021
Stoned at Steamboat Springs between undergrad and graduate school. This was really a cool RomHack, would definitely recommend. I got to use Slowking AND Scizor AND Snorlax am in the "main game". Started with Slowpoke and just evolved it with the NPC in game that facilitates trade evolutions. so great.
Sword - Launch Playthrough 2019
LeafGreen (Volta) - Fastforwarded "Let's Play" 2018
Emerald - Summer 2018 China Train Ride SUPERSPEED RUN
A long story short, I found myself on a train traveling from Beijing to Hangzhou with nothing but a laptop, a Pokemon Emerald rom and about 12 hours. In that time, I managed to race through the entirety of pokemon Emerald with this squad, beating Wallace 7 hours into the train ride at around 3:13 AM. Among other things, I now understand why that one kid I knew claimed that Blaziken was the coolest Pokemon ever- this dude's very cool and VERY fun to use.
Ultra Sun - Launch Playthrough 2017
Sun - Launch Playthrough 2016
Omega Ruby - Launch Playthrough 2014
X - Launch Playthrough 2013
Black 2 - Launch Playthrough 2012
Soul Silver (Roy) - Replay 2012
Black - Launch Playthrough 2011
Platinum (Emile) - The Action Replay Replay 2011
I used an action replay to hack in 999 rare candies and catch other trainer's Pokemon in this one. Not proud of that necessarily, but what are you going to do when you're like 13 years old? Alas, none of us are truly without sin, gaming or otherwise.
Soul Silver - Launch Playthrough 2010
LeafGreen (Jordan) - Sometime circa 2008
I don't know what happened to the others. Maybe I gotta add the "diaspora" / uncertain origins "bros" since I've got a bunch of them.
Emerald - Sometime circa 2008
Then again, how would you even know if anything's missing? Maybe I care too much about this trivial matter. Oh well.↩︎