Ah, you're right! You can explore up to Lake of Rage, but without Surf, you can't continue events in that area.
You can tell it's be a bit since I last played Gold and Silver or their remakes. I forgot that his duplicate Pokemon was a second Haunter.
This is probably due to them wanting to adhere to certain physical aesthetics for Leon's design, ones they did not feel the need to adhere to for Milo or even Kabu, the latter of whom often coming across looking more muscular than Leon does. (Different mediums do play with Leon's physique...
Another late response (even more so), but the same is true of modern shojo anime and the importance it owes to the existence of Sailor Moon. Both Sailor Moon and Dragon Ball Z are seminal works, regardless of how one feels about the medium, the demographic genres, or the respective individual...
Please pardon such a late reply, but when I saw this, I wanted to mention that it's technically even possible to do the 7th Gym and surrounding events before even beating the 4th, because Mt. Mortar can be traversed without needing Surf. So that really skewed how they had to balance the Levels...
Not sure where to post this, but the Berry Master on 208 and the Berry Woman in Pastoria give out more Berries then they are conventionally known to give.
The Berry Master can give out higher-numbered Berries, beyond the usual 1-30/Cherry to Nomel. Liechi is actually listed on the page, but...
I do. Indeed, I've been really enjoying myself! There's a lot of stuff I enjoy, with music being one of them. The music in this game is beautiful!
Taking my time, and am still around the Pastoria area, ready to get my 4th Badge. Been spending time on the Contests, and have a Master Rank in all...
How many steps does it take (for your player character or your Pokemon) to trigger the following Pokemon to have an item to give?
In HGSS, it was like 200 steps or so, and regularly. Same in Amity Square. But outside Amity Square, I've only ever gotten 1 item from them until visiting the...