Pokemon: Finished

Playing on a rom has one downside: Once you finish the Elite Four, that's it. No way to play further, no way to access the Unknown Dungeon. Blah. There's not much playtime left after the Four, but I still would have liked it.

When you skip no trainers and fight every battle you can, there's not much challenge at the end.

My party ended up as:
Gyarados (48), Kadabra (44), Raticate (44), Charizard (47), Haunter (43), Zapdos (63).

Zapdos, who got all seven of my Rare Candies before I started the Four, began as level 61. He one-shot most everything. Some of my pokemon (Charizard, Haunter, Raticate) were never even called out (except I sacrificed Haunter once so I could use an item without losing an attack turn).

I wish the game has lasted longer! I might replay it using all the hacks/cheats I resisted the first time.

Pokemon: Finished

Playing on a rom has one downside: Once you finish the Elite Four, that's it. No way to play further, no way to access the Unknown Dungeon. Blah. There's not much playtime left after the Four, but I still would have liked it.

When you skip no trainers and fight every battle you can, there's not much challenge at the end.

My party ended up as:
Gyarados (48), Kadabra (44), Raticate (44), Charizard (47), Haunter (43), Zapdos (63).

Zapdos, who got all seven of my Rare Candies before I started the Four, began as level 61. He one-shot most everything. Some of my pokemon (Charizard, Haunter, Raticate) were never even called out (except I sacrificed Haunter once so I could use an item without losing an attack turn).

I wish the game has lasted longer! I might replay it using all the hacks/cheats I resisted the first time.

Catchy instrumental, great voices, interesting video

One day while driving home I was surfing through my radio stations. I rarely listen to music, but NPR was in a pledge drive (I've donated! Leave me alone!) and the news radio station was in a big block of commercials. The very beginning of the below song started. My finger hovered on the button, about to move on to the next station, but the initial instrumentals caught me (starting at about seven seconds in, after the heartbeats). Even listening to it now, I can't identify what catches my ear so strongly.

Then the singers joined in, and I was hooked. It's such a simple seeming song, but it's so attractive (what an odd word to describe music!). The music is just so simple and repeating, and the singers are soothing and interesting and sound really good together.

Once I got home and saw the video that went with it, my love was sealed. What lovely, wonderful, simple animation!

Catchy instrumental, great voices, interesting video

One day while driving home I was surfing through my radio stations. I rarely listen to music, but NPR was in a pledge drive (I've donated! Leave me alone!) and the news radio station was in a big block of commercials. The very beginning of the below song started. My finger hovered on the button, about to move on to the next station, but the initial instrumentals caught me (starting at about seven seconds in, after the heartbeats). Even listening to it now, I can't identify what catches my ear so strongly.

Then the singers joined in, and I was hooked. It's such a simple seeming song, but it's so attractive (what an odd word to describe music!). The music is just so simple and repeating, and the singers are soothing and interesting and sound really good together.

Once I got home and saw the video that went with it, my love was sealed. What lovely, wonderful, simple animation!

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