I think many of us here have played the Pokemon core series games for many many years and we all have our own strategies and ways to go about our in-game journeys. For some, it may be ONLY choosing a fire starter, or others beating the Pokemon League and stopping to play the games after that. And then there are also those who ONLY obtain and keep shiny Pokemon. What particular habits do you have when playing these games (or any spinoff games really)?
For me, I have a habit of only carrying Pokemon with the sex that I feel suits their design best. Take for instance a Machoke. A Machoke looks more of a male to me than a female, therefore I would not keep a female Machoke and would keep a male Machoke instead. The same applies with, say, starters. Upon choosing a Fennekin, to me, a Fennekin and the rest of its evolutionary line look more female to me than they do male. So I would often soft reset to end up with a female Fennekin and would refuse to go on until I obtained one.
(Disclaimer: this is in no way a representation of how I view life. In the end, all Pokemon were born this way and Arceus makes no mistakes.)
Another OCD habit of mine is that I will refuse to move further into a game until I defeat all NPC trainers in an area. I have to have battled everyone to move on. I try to get as much grind as I can.
And the last one I can think of, even though competitively some moves are better than others, no matter what, if a Pokemon has a Signature move, I always keep that move for it. I find it makes a Pokemon unique and I try to keep my Pokemon true to that. Take for instance Chatot's "Chatter". I am sure Chatot has way better and more powerful options for a flying type move but it is its Signature move, so therefore I refuse to have Chatot forget it.
Sound off below!
For me, I have a habit of only carrying Pokemon with the sex that I feel suits their design best. Take for instance a Machoke. A Machoke looks more of a male to me than a female, therefore I would not keep a female Machoke and would keep a male Machoke instead. The same applies with, say, starters. Upon choosing a Fennekin, to me, a Fennekin and the rest of its evolutionary line look more female to me than they do male. So I would often soft reset to end up with a female Fennekin and would refuse to go on until I obtained one.
(Disclaimer: this is in no way a representation of how I view life. In the end, all Pokemon were born this way and Arceus makes no mistakes.)
Another OCD habit of mine is that I will refuse to move further into a game until I defeat all NPC trainers in an area. I have to have battled everyone to move on. I try to get as much grind as I can.
And the last one I can think of, even though competitively some moves are better than others, no matter what, if a Pokemon has a Signature move, I always keep that move for it. I find it makes a Pokemon unique and I try to keep my Pokemon true to that. Take for instance Chatot's "Chatter". I am sure Chatot has way better and more powerful options for a flying type move but it is its Signature move, so therefore I refuse to have Chatot forget it.
Sound off below!