My proudest moment was finally encountering Latias. I started the game purely because I was driven to have her. I had Emerald and saved myself a lot of training by catching Rayquaza with an Ultra Ball before I'd even gotten my 8th Gym Badge. My Level 48 Aggron was a big help for this.
Ironically though, the 8th gym was a Water Gym and I managed to beat 4 of his 5 Pokémon with a Level 41 Wailord that I'd caught 10 minutes before I challenged him, that had evolved from a Level 40 Wailmer. XDDD Weird. Anyway, I was able to beat the Elite 4 with the Rayquaza by using lots of potions and revives. My other Pokemon were no match. (They are now.)
I then went to catch Groudon that I managed to do with a Timer Ball in 3 tries (soft resets) and then went down to catch Kyogre. That one took me about 27 tries but I got him with an Ultra Ball. I actually encountered Latias in the middle of trying to catch Kyogre, I was on that route that rains a lot, heading to a Pokemon Mart to buy more Ultra Balls because I was finding I didn't have enough when trying to catch Kyogre.
It was then that I encountered Latias and it was love at first sight. It's kind of funny because I knew she could show up at any time then and I was so involved with something else I wasn't expecting her. I easily caught her with the Master Ball I saved for her and now she's at level 72.
Other proud moments:
- Catching Shiny Koffing on Fiery Path
- Getting this psychic feeling that I was about to encounter a shiny. It was so bizarre. I just knew that my game was like ready to issue one. I had this strange vibe and I felt like I was in an X-Files episode and every Pokemon I encountered made my heart skip a beat. Surely enough, 15 minutes later when I'd forgotten about it and was just playing around in the water near Petalburg City, I encountered a shiny Level 16 Marill. Because I hadn't taken myself TOO seriously, I had failed to go grab any Pokemon that wouldn't faint it on first attack. I had 4 Ultra Balls, 2 Timer Balls, and a Premier Ball. Incredibly lucky for me, I caught it with full HP and no status ailments on my 2nd Ultra Ball. I knew I couldn't soft reset.
- Going to the Safari Zone at least like 15 times in search of a female Pikachu. All the females would run away and I'd just keep catching male ones. I had 4. XD When I finally caught a female Pikachu early in my 15th Safari Zone venture, I just ran around to waste my steps and see what else I could encounter. I ended up encountering another female Pikachu and catching that one too, so I had 6. One of the females had a Light Ball with her. I ended up breeding my two females with two of the males and got two Pichus, a male one from the pair without the light ball, and a female one from the pair with the female with the light ball. She had Volt Tackle, so I ended up training her and leveling her up, evolving her into a Raichu, and making her really powerful. I then decided to give her a bunch of pokeblocks and made her Cool go way up high, but still not maxed out. She positively dominated at the Cool competitions. When I got to Master Class though, I struggled because I was in last place all the time for appearance because I hadn't been able to max out her Cool. On my 5th try, I got REALLY lucky and dominated at the talent portion and was able to pull off a win. She got a Master Class ribbon, and then someone wanted to draw her and put her picture in the museum, and not only could I visit, she got a cool ribbon for that as well. I was really proud of me and her. She has 13 ribbons now from various contests and other things, AND she's a great fighter. It's hard to get both with one Pokemon.
- Catching all the legendaries sans Latias (and Regigas who I haven't gone after) without a Master Ball.
- Beating the Elite Four with all the Pokemon I'd raised myself. (No Lvl 70 legendaries.)
- Blending berries with the Berry Master and filling my Pokeblock container with Gold Pokeblocks.
- When Latias "couldn't possibly love me any more."
Hahaha, wow. That was really long. I bet nobody reads it or I get scolded or something. Oh well. It was really nice to get all that out and share it.