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[kjorteo]

Have I mentioned recently that the Pokewalker is the coolest thing ever to happen to someone like me (who doesn't have time to play the actual main game very often, but who is out exercising and such much more frequently?) You can find some comparatively powerful Pokemon way earlier than you're supposed to and the Pokemon you actually take walking with you gain experience for it? With the 4100 or so steps that I earned jogging today alone, I caught two Murkrows and an Elekid, and I'm only about an hour and a half into the actual game. Two Murkrows and an Elekid (and that Doduo I caught last week) before I'm even far enough in the game to unlock the ability to trade over WiFi! If all goes according to plan, I'm going to add a Magnemite and a Staryu to the mix and my whole team is going to be in the late teens as far as levels before I even challenge the first Gym. That is obscene. And they said Falkner is supposed to be hard if you chose Chikorita as your starter....

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[ravenworks.livejournal.com]

Something is wrong with their game when "I can spend less time playing it!" is a selling point. :D

[kjorteo]

On the contrary, it's absolutely perfect for people like me who love Pokemon but don't have the time or inclination to grind like it's a damned MMO. :D

[ravenworks.livejournal.com]

But that's what I mean! I don't mean something is wrong with the Pokewalker, I mean something is wrong with the game when the Pokewalker -- something that lets you play less of the actual game -- is an improvement.

[kjorteo]

Well, it doesn't circumvent the main game too much. Getting experience (with a cap that your Pokemon can gain no more than one level per time it's sent out and comes back) helps with the level-building a little, but its main purpose so far (at least in my hands) is letting me get the more awesome Pokemon way way earlier than I'm supposed to, like a Staryu before I have any sort of fishing rod, or those two Murkrows I got, which are normally sort-of-common random fodder in certain routes in the Kanto region, aka the second quest-esque region you get to go to after beating the main game. (They're not exactly game-breakingly powerful, they're average but just saved until way later for some reason, but the coolness factor just because I like them and now get to have them about sixty hours earlier than I'm supposed to can't be denied!)

Edit: Okay, Murkrows aren't game-breaking but they're just cool to have early, but after thinking about it, I will actually freely admit that getting a Staryu before the first freaking Gym (let alone the second or third-tier fishing rod I'd normally need) is a Disc One Nuke.

[raptorianone.livejournal.com]

The Pokewalker sounds like so much awesome. ;_; I want Heartgold for my birthday. XD