PokéTour Project - Week 2

I’m going to travel the distance of the Pokémon world - and I want you to come with me!



This week didn’t move the needle too much in terms of PokéTour progress.

Remember that episode of the Pokémon where Brock got all sick and useless? That was me for the first half of last week: hallucinations of Nurse Jenny and all. And then, of course, the Overwatch beta dropped on Thursday… I think I probably moved less in the latter half of the week than I did in the first. I certainly slept a whole lot less. Dudes, lady-dudes–Overwatch is dope as hell. But I digress (for now).

Let’s talk about Pokémon. This week I traveled 17 miles, which means that I walked all of Route 22 and most of Viridian Forest. It also means that I am very near Pewter Gym… I should probably plan for that.

Viridian Forest has always felt like the real beginning of the game to me. I remember playing Red for the first time as a kid in my tree fort and thinking how big and mysterious the whole thing felt. Even though the Gameboy was totally unable to render this kind of subtlety, I imagined beams of light streaming through the canopy and barely illuminating the path. At any moment, I thought, a new Pokémon might jump out and send my weak little team of birds and rodents packing. Now it just looks like black and white gibberish. Don’t grow up, kids.

This week I caught Mankey, Caterpie, Nidoran, Kakuna, and Metapod, and my Pidgey evolved into Pidgeotto! Here’s a little fun fact–the first Pokémon card I ever got was a Japanese Mankey card. Okay, “fun fact” might be a bit strong, but it’s definitely a fact.

I hope to travel a bit further this week, but I also need to plan for that Gym battle. Thank GOD the Overwatch Beta is ending tomorrow…

Remember, I’ll be updating you all on my journey each Monday. In the meantime, use the hashtag #PokeTour on your preferred social media platform to update everybody else on your progress. Happy touring!