Hi All So I have been playing Pokémon Blue since it first came out (yes I'm old) and must have played through hundreds of times. I am also a bit of a 1st gen snob I'm afraid. I enjoyed Silver/Gold but I don't know enough about the pokemon, past that I am useless. But I have never attempted a speed run. In fact I had never run through a game with just 1 pokemon before. But after seeing a few videos of people doing it I thought I would give it a go. I used notes from this sites wiki page I think it was and played through the Nidoking route.
Disclaimers:
- I used an android emulator playing on my phone. I believe there is a PC one that you have to use for official runs??? Will need to look into that.
- I didn't do it all in one go as I didn't have that much time to spare so I did it in 3 bits over 3 days.
- I used the in game time, I didn't time it separately.
Other notes:
- I didn't use any RNG as I have no idea how to do that yet. I used save states to get a Nido quickly without wasting an hour so that is something I need to learn! I also had encounters in Rock tunnel to deal with. And any other RNG bits that I missed.
- I forgot to pick up Megapunch in Rock tunnel so I decided to make do without it. It meant an extra trip to the centre for PP after nugget bridge and a few places where I took extra damage as fights lasted more turns.
- I also didn't use the bike shop instant text thing as for a first time I didn't see the point in trying to save a few seconds there.
So all in all I finished with an in game time of 2 hours 17 mins. I was pretty happy with that for a first time. I was expecting 3 hours plus! I took a screenshot of the hall of fame screen so will post it up here when I can.
Practice will be coming and you never know I may just pop a time up on the leader board some time soon. If I ever find the time to do a full run through in one go. One other thing to mention is I don't think I had the best Nido. There were a few places where the guide assumed a 1 hit kill and I was leaving them alive so maybe some time to gain there too!
Look forward to chatting with you guys!
