rionaleonhart | Should Have Bred Him For Full Authenticity, But Alas I Have No Ditto.

Here is a story that illustrates what an incredibly cool person I am:

This morning, in Pokémon White Version, I caught a Rufflet and named it Canton, after the Doctor Who character from 'The Impossible Astronaut'/'Day of the Moon'. I quite wanted to have it on my team, but I didn't really fancy its nature; it turned out to be Bold, which is great as a description of Canton but reduces the Attack stat.

So I went out in search of another Rufflet. And I found one, and I caught it, and I paused.

And then I caught another one, because he is Canton Everett Delaware the Third.

SUCH A DORK.

So now I have a Rufflet named Canton III on my team! He has a Sassy nature. The Speed reduction is a bit of a shame, but still: Canton is sassy even as a Pokémon this is perfect. (I didn't check Canton II's particulars before catching Canton III, but when I looked at it afterwards I found that it had a Serious nature, which wouldn't have been at all fitting. Clearly being a massive dork was the correct decision to make.)

I think this is the first time I've ever recaught a Pokémon based on its nature. My Seismitoad is Bold, but I don't think the Attack stat is as important for her as it is for Rufflet, because she generally uses special attacks. Do you take Pokémon natures into account when forming your team? (Or do you favour particular individuals of a species for any other reason? For example, the first Bellsprout I ever raised (in the original Gold) was female and I became quite attached to her; it took me ages to catch my Bellsprout in SoulSilver, because male ones kept leaping out at me but NO, MY BELLSPROUT HAD TO BE A LADY.)

On the subject of Pokémon White: there's a house in Icirrus City, and if you go in the inhabitants will ask you a quiz question. You can take the quiz once per day.

The question today:

'What do you attach to your Pokémon to send letters: Mail or Marill? Hint: it's not Marill.'

It was a tricky one, but in the end I managed it.

Well, as this seems to be a Pokémon-themed entry, have a video of some Wooper. It is fourteen seconds long, and I have watched it many, many times. Enjoy.

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I can't wait for you to get to Opelucid City because there is a house there that... Oh, I'll tell you later. No spoilers. But it's adorable and also heartbreaking.

Oh, I'm intensely curious now! Thanks for not spoiling it.

(Speaking of adorable and heartbreaking things: oh, Bianca. I'd like to be her friend in real life; I think we'd get on well.)

I CANNOT APPROVE MORE OF SASSY CANTON III.

I started again yesterday! I've decided to only ever catch five pokemon, so I can more easily ~bond~ with my pokemon. I'm naming them after Roman gods. I have Jupiter the Dewott and Mars the Herdier. I am a dork.

Unfortunately I am losing terribly to Elesa and her STUPID HATEFUL VOLT-SWITCHING EMOLGAS.

I have the rest of my team planned, but two of them I can't get until another couple of cities away and the third is even further! I don't even know what I'm going to do for my flying type. If I even bother with one.

Ooh, what's your planned team? (For your flying type I would like to recommend a Rufflet, but it's quite possible I'm just overly attached to mine because I went through such nonsense to get him.)

Good luck against Elesa! (EMOLGA ARE TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE THINGS.)

(...although Rufflet is White-exclusive, I believe, and I don't know which version you're playing.)

I never bother with checking natures because I know it will drive me maaaaad.

That Wooper video is--well. I think I am trapped in its gaze now and forever.

I only found out that a Pokémon's nature affects its stats fairly recently, but even knowing it now, it doesn't have any impact on my team (or, at least, it hasn't yet. WHAT ARE STRATEGY). I do take note of their natures when naming some of them, though, and have renamed them if I think their nature doesn't match well.

And I tend to have more females than males (my team is all female. I have a few males stowed away, but I don't much use them), but that's partly because I keep naming my Pokémon after other characters and most of my characters are female. ... also because I've had little luck catching some of the males (freaking Lotad especially, ugh).

I FINALLY BEAT HER sfgjdfgkfdj via lots and lots of super potions. and a bunch of paralyz heals.

My planned team isss: Dewott, Stoutland (he evolved!), Litwick, Joltik, Drilbur.

Although I may not bother with Drilbur now. Hrm. AND YES I AM PLAYING WHITE. :3 where did you catch your rufflet?

Congratulations! (Oh, dear, I've just realised that fighting her must have been especially nightmarish if you went for the water starter.)

Ooh, Joltik! They're pretty adorable. I might have considered having one on my team were I not so married to my Zebstrika.

I don't think you can get Rufflet until Opelucid City, I'm afraid! I caught mine on Route 10.

So, you are excellent. TRUFAX.

(Yes, I literally had my Herdier do all the fighting. I used about twenty super potions, I swear.)

They are! I did think about Blitzle but apparently they have quite poor defence.

Well! I don't mind waiting. I don't think I'll be getting my Litwick until quite late, so. (Have you seen them? They're adorable.)

I must be the only person who didn't have trouble with the electric gym. Lightningrod Zebstrika with Shock Wave = let's see your Double Team spam make any difference NOW. Mine carried me right through that place, no problem whatsoever. I kinda love her.

You know, I'd completely forgotten that Shock Wave always hit. I only remembered after the gym. I was so unimpressed by myself.

Ahhhh, catching 3 of them and getting a sassy Canton III! That makes you super cool in my book.

I'm still playing HeartGold at the moment but the natures don't serve any real purpose for me other than to giggle at the fact I have a naughty Ho-Oh. It's like, it can be as naughty as it likes, there's no way I'm punishing a bird THAT big.

Aw, I love your icon.

I love seeing this icon on my entries! I should post much more about Canton just to draw it out, I feel.

Ahahaha, oh dear. I played a little bit of a friend's copy of SoulSilver before I got a copy for myself. Of course I couldn't save it. Of course that was that game in which I got a female Cyndaquil.

LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON THE WOOPER

LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON THE WOOPER ETERNALLY

(I'm so horrendously unstrategic. I had a Purrloin/Liepard in my team for a while, but she was so unsuited to my usual technique of BRUTE FORCE, BRUTE FORCE IS THE SOLUTION TO EVERYTHING. I do match up combatants according to type, but that's about as strategic as I get.)

and have renamed them if I think their nature doesn't match well

I find this sort of adorable!

Your book is my favourite book and I dream of the day when society in general judges by the coolness standards contained therein.

I love the idea of a magnificent legendary Pokémon being naughty. I hadn't really thought about how weird natures could potentially be for legendaries. I AM ARCEUS, CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE and I'm quite timid really.

Hee-hee~ I look forward to it!

(I know, right? She's so sweet~)

I am so entertained by your journey to catching Canton III. xD Usually I just catch my Pokemon and deal with whatever natures they have, but I'm not big on strategic catching or leveling. Generally by the end of the game I still have the Pokemon I've liked from the first areas, which tend to have all offensive moves (defensive moves are for suckers!), occasionally tailored to their strengths if there's a big difference between their attack and special attack stats, but usually they turn out pretty generic, if you can call them that. I don't have a very interesting way of raising Pokemon. 8C

I would not be adverse to that. ;D

Thank you! I like yours too. I was more fond of Anna than a lot of people seemed to be.

I've been meaning to mention to you that I started playing pokemon fire red based on your recommendation. I named myself Watson and my rival was named House and I CACKLED WITH GLEE every time they showed up. But no, nothing tops your Canton III story. (Though I'm not sure what a Rufflet is. =/.)

I have a timid Dialga in Platinum! I like to imagine him attempting to huddle behind the sofa in fear of everything.

I get ridiculously excited when people start playing Pokémon games for the first time. I hope you enjoyed it! (Also, naming your rival House is brilliant. And... actually weirdly fitting. When House was a child, I imagine he was just like the first-generation rival.)

Should Have Bred Him For Full Authenticity, But Alas I Have No Ditto.

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