Ask PokéJungle: Generation I

Ask PokéJungle: #J2XY — Generation I

The recent reveal of the Kanto Starter Mega Evolutions could not have come at a better time, they kicked off our Generation I theme week perfectly. It seems Game Freak are really giving Generation I a throwback, Pokémon: The Origin will be a hit with fans of all ages and Professor Sycamore giving players a Kanto Starter in X & Y, continues the trend of Generation I getting a bit of well deserved love.

Leading up to October 12 each week we will publish articles featuring on a Pokémon Generation, beginning with the first and ending with then fifth. After the fifth week our extensive Pokémon X & Y coverage will begin, including unique features and articles. To kick of the Journey to X & Y we’re starting with a Generation I Ask PokéJungle

We want questions from you guys! This time we’re looking for questions that have anything to do with the very first Generation of Pokémon. If you have questions for a specific staff member make it known so that we can get them in to answer for you. So, yeah, have at it! This is your chance to ask us anything about Generation I, our favourite town or city? Ask and see!

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792 thoughts on “Ask PokéJungle: Generation I”

  1. I love the Gen 1 games to death, but I feel the adventure is never the same while replaying it again. I find that with other games, like Ruby and Sapphire or Gold and Silver for example, are even more fun on revisiting. Gen 1 is a great starting adventure but doesn’t have much replay value to be honest.

    Anyway, with that out of the way, how do you pokejungle staff think of the Gen 1 games compared to the others?

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    • I never really was able to make use of the glitches too much, especially as I didn’t have internet at the time, so I didn’t KNOW of them, outside of stories I heard at school. I did activate one glitch, somehow, when walking in Vermillion city, so when I walked like into the center of the town, my Pikachu spontaneously started to evolve. For some reason. And I was able to stop it, especially at the time I thought it was better to wait *thanks Anime* even though in Gen 1 he doesn’t really learn that many moves worth waiting for.

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    • Let me explain my self-better before
      you guys hate me for life :(. I really don’t like mega it give me that feeling
      that it will be milked to the extreme this generation and I really don’t like
      how we already have 10 mega Pokémon announced right now and we all know that
      new mega we shown off with the for the other starters so 11 more megas that we
      want so that makes 22 megas that will probably happen and don’t forget the
      rumors we have 16 more so that makes 38 mega evolutions and that’s too many
      megas. Another Reason I feel like more megas will be announced and all the x
      and y Pokémon hype will be taken away because everyone will love the megas
      more. Like when the Orrot (I think that how spell) and the llama will be announced
      they will show us 5 new megas and two new Pokémon. The llama and orrot. I’m
      just saying why dislike me for an opinion I rightfully have the right to talk
      about and have good day let me explain my self-better before you guys hate me
      for life:(. I really don’t like megas it give me that feeling that it will be
      milked to the extreme this generation and I really don’t like how we already
      have 10 mega Pokémon announced right now and we all know that new megas we
      shown off with the for the other starters so 11 more megas that we want so that
      makes 22 megas that will probably happen and don’t forget the rumors we have 16
      more so that makes 38 mega evolutions and that’s too many megas. An other Reason
      I feel like more megas will be announced and all the x and y Pokémon hype will
      be taken away because everyone will love the megas more. Like when the Orrot (I
      think that how spell) and the llama will be announced they will show us 5 new
      megas and two new Pokémon. The llama and orrot. I’m just saying why dislike me
      for an opinion I rightfully have the right to talk about and have good day

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  2. Ah Generation one, where it all began, it has a special place in my heart. How long did it take you guys to fully complete the Pokédex ?

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  3. My first post! Anyhow, I’ve got to say that Kanto was my least favored of the regions. Yeah, there’s the nostalgia factor, but it seems rather… I dunno – bland in comparison to the massive mountain range of Sinnoh or the environmental diversity of Hoenn or even that something of Johto that I can’t quite place or put a name to. Geography is an important aspect for me so I just feel that Kanto was lacking.

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  4. One of the funniest fainting animations I saw in Stadium was Kadabra when he throws the spoon like, “screw it!”, then it comes back and hits its head. XD

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  5. Hey so that artwork is going to be the theme for this question: Do you think character customization will have throwbacks to past generations? Like Red’s outfit or anything of the sort. Or even being able to wear badges like they do in the art?

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      • Why do you think GameFreak would do something like that? The incredibly small and generous $5 A YEAR is just so they can hold up the servers for all the storage. This app is meant for you to be able to transfer your Pokemon from Gen 6 to Gen 10 with ease and keep your Pokemon in a safe place. I don’t understand the complaining for something like this, GameFreak aren’t some money-grabbing psychopaths, and we’ve known that for over 15 years

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  6. Well, unlike most of you guys, I didn’t start playing Pokemon in Gen 1. However, my first game was in the Kanto region in the form of Leafgreen! 😛

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  7. What if they reveal the starters evolution’s every week/two weeks? Then on the last week they show Generation 6’s Mega Evolutions? I have been thinking..maybe you can have two Mega Pokemon in your team if one faints then you can use the other! Now here is a question for Fans and Staff- Have you ever imported your Pokemon from one game to the next? I am afraid my Leaf Green and Emerald could die any minute and all the Pokemon I caught and used are gone. What if I want to play Leaf Green and I can’t because I imported my team? I cloned my team in Emerald so “no need to worry” about that. Which Pokemon game was your first? Which is your favorite? I need some opinions :3

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    • My first- LeafGreen
      My favorites- Black 2, Pearl, ALL Hoenn, LeafGreen
      By import, do you mean like migrating in Sinnoh? I’ve only imported from LeafGreen and one of the Hoenn games…

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    • Have you ever imported your Pokemon from one game to the next?

      Yes, my first Pokemon Sceptile has been with me since Ruby version. I’ve imported it to every game since. It has 41 ribbons! ^_^

      What if I want to play Leaf Green and I can’t because I imported my team?

      You can restart the game, but if you don’t want to lose all the work you put into the games like me, just train a new team on there 🙂

      Which Pokemon game was your first? Which is your favorite?

      My first Pokemon game that I owned was Ruby version. Although, I did play Pokemon Yellow and Pokemon Crystal beforehand because I would constantly steal them from my sister xD
      My favorite is still Ruby version. Very special to me.

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        • Sceptile is the best! 😀
          My moveset for it is Leaf Blade, Rock Slide, Earthquake, and Frenzy Plant. Leaf Blade is my favorite move lol, so awesome.

          What happened to yours?

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          • I always restart the games when I’ve finished them and get bored since there’s no more storyline. As of right now, in the Hoenn games, I’m basically nowhere.

          • Ah, I see =/ I always have trouble restarting a Pokemon game because of all the work I put into them xD I’m a completionist and try to do everything in the game haha.

          • I love sceptile too!! He’s one of the best pokemon grass!!! My spectile has x scissor, Leaf Blade, Frenzy plant and drain punch

      • I added more questions sorry xD
        My first game Pearl was used and I didn’t know about the save file and all that so I didn’t use a new save file so I will never have my first starter :(. I don’t want to lose all my hard work…I wish there was a cloning glitch in Leaf Green XD Gen 4 was my first and it’s one of my least favorites : As you can probably tell I lean more to the Gen 3 side. I’m trying to get all Pokemon games but it’s really hard trying to get a real copy on the internet luckily Craigslist was there for me and I got LG and E for $30!! They are real :O I couldn’t pass up the offer. If you can check your Swapnotes there is mail I repeat there is mail. xp I have yet to use a Treecko though but when I get my next Gen 3 game I’m using one and naming it ‘TCMets’.

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        • I’m very sorry to hear you’ll never have your first starter :'( But, hopefully you find that Shiny Mudkip and you can treasure that forever! 🙂

          Haha, a cloning glitch would be nice. Then you could keep the Pokemon on the game, and also import their copies. We need to find the people who made Mewtwo!

          Damn, Leaf Green AND Emerald for $30? Pretty good deal right there.

          I’ll check right now 😀

          Aw, awesome that you’ll name a Pokemon after me! ^_^

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          • Still searching! Nothing after 5 boxes : What do you do with the Pokemon you hatch after you found what you were looking for?
            I did that with Emerald already so I can transfer my team while having cloned ones in the game so I can use them! 😀
            Yessir.
            No problem 🙂

          • I replied!

            That’s a lot of boxes =/ What I do when Shiny Hunting is fill up 2 boxes, then every Pokemon after that gets released. When I eventually find the Shiny, I release the ones in the 2 boxes. It’s just too much otherwise lol.

          • I always imagined released pokemon skipping away happily into lush green flower-filled meadows behind the Pokemon Centre…then being immediately killed and eaten because they’re domesticated and can’t defend themselves o__O

    • Have you ever imported your Pokemon from one game to the next?

      Why yes I have. I do it all the time.

      What if I want to play Leaf Green and I can’t because I imported my team?

      Wynaut restart your game? Probably no reason to play without restarting anyway.

      Which Pokemon game was your first? Which is your favorite?

      My first game was Blue; my favorite game is a close call between Platinum and Emerald.

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    • Have you ever imported your Pokemon from one game to the next?

      I transferred a budew after-game that i neglected in the beginning of diamond and i probably should have used. I transfered it to black after-game and evolved it to roselia. Then traded it to bw2 and evolved it to roserade and its now a part of my team i use in PWT and WIFI battles. It has modest nature..something i failed to realize lol and knows giga drain shadow ball sludgebomb and weather ball

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    • lol…you started your first Pokémon game by taking over for someone who named themself “Cowtits”?
      I don’t even know how to respond that XD

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      • I was 7 and I didn’t know how to restart XD I started on a new game but it wasn’t a new save file so I couldn’t turn off my DS or I would lose everything until I started playing under “Cowtits” and I found a shiny Bronzong (my first) in Turnback cave and when I found out about a new save file I deleted the old one forgetting about Bronzong, I didn’t know I could have traded and I had no one to trade with :

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    • 1.Yes my first level 100 rayquaza
      2. I don’t the answer
      3. My first played was Red
      4. My favorite was Emerald
      5. First is squirtle and no I don’t have my blastoise :*(

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          • I was new to Pokemon and I got a used Pearl and I didn’t know that you could delete the previous save file so I started on a new game but you couldn’t save because of the previous save file. When I found out about that I deleted the save file and restarted my game losing a shiny Bronzong my first shiny along the way 🙁

          • Awwww I’m so sorry to hear that :*( your story is worst.
            For me, playing pokemon red, I didn’t know how to read so my brother helped me then i memorized how to save. I actually beat the game, took me FOREVER. Then I beat the game in crystal, My brother gave my crystal AND my red to his girlfriend and I couldn’t get it back because she was older and my mom said,”now you won’t have eye problems so it is for the better.” I remember crying in my room for a long time and being sad because I thought everyone was against me. But emerald came along and SAVED me. So I actually lost my first 2 starters because of my brother and I lost my sceptile ( First starter in emerald) by restarting because I didn’t think there was any use of keeping it when I can restart and try with all the starters. So my earliest starter I have is Blaziken on my third restart in Emerald.

    • I wouldn’t worry too much about migrating due to your 3rd gen games ‘dying any minute’. The only thing that’ll happen over time is the berry glitch – after a few years you’ll be unable to harvest berries because the games can’t comprehend time anymore. But they shouldn’t just spontaneously ‘die’ like the 2nd gen games – GSC are notorious for it because the save file was linked to the internal battery, which is finite. RBY will eventually suffer the same fate but last longer because they don’t run on a clock like GSC.

      Eg. I own every single Pokemon game to date, bought around release date, and every single one still holds a save file apart from Gold which died 6 years ago and Silver which died 2 years ago 🙂 I imagine Crystal will go next but not a lot I can do about it since you can’t migrate pokemon from 2nd gen to 3rd, lol

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    • Awesome isn’t it? Me and my friend can’t stop talking about it when he’s over here. He better not start playing his X version on the ride back to my place after we pick up our games. And since this is a post about Gen1, I’ll stay on topic. I love Blasdoise and I’m so happy he gets a Mega. Sure I didn’t play red or blue or any Gen1 game but it still has a special place in my heart just for starting it all.

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  8. Don’t forget this is a Ask Pokejungle. We’ll put Smash up soon where you can speculate as you wish, but we are getting offtopic again guys. Don’t disappointment me…

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