Recap: We got kidnapped and trapped inside Team Asgard’s Secret Base. Then we got out.

Our next mission is to go to Mt. Press to stop Team Asgard because they are dangerous people.

Before that, Saga asks the Police Club if they need a new member. Conveniently, they do, and it just-so-happens that an evil organization called Team Rocket is doing something bad that we need to put an end to.

Sounds like Asgard is helping Rocket out. Do we know what they are actually doing, or are we just going to ruin their day by accusing them of evil deeds?

Well we’re gonna go through anyway.

Foxxy gets a level up while battling these two bafoons.

Foxxy is evolving?!

NO NO NO NO NO

CANCEL CANCEL CANCEL

YOU’RE GONNA BE A LEAFEON, DAMNIT

Whew. Thank goodness.

Here is where I realize that Foxxy is level 43 right now. By the time I figure out how to get a Leafeon, who knows what level he’ll be at? I’m assuming it will be a high one, which means he probably won’t get to learn any new moves as a Leafeon by leveling up.

And yet, I’m gonna wait it out anyway.

Foxxy reaches level 44…

…and we have to crush his dreams again.

Dude. Leafeon. Leafeon. Stop trying to evolve into an Umbreon.

At the end of the area, we see Team Rocket talking to Asgard about Mew. Hm. Guess they were doing something suspicious.

Asgard: Agreed. As long as Team Rocket gives us a copy of whatever they create with it.

Rocket: Consider it done.

???: Not so fast!

Rocket: You can arrest us, but the deal has still been made! There’s no stopping us now!

Cop: Tough talk from a future prisoner!

The cop runs up to the two grunts and they disappear. I guess that means they went to jail…?

Cop: prevented any future dealings between Team Rocket and Asgard. Unfortunately, the deal they’ve already made is sealed. We need to find out what Rocket intends to make and how to stop them. Take this as a reward!

He gives Saga a Max Revive, which is always helpful in this game.

We didn’t get enough information about Team Rocket from that mission, so we’re gonna power through the next one.

We’re in Pallet Town!? Awesome!

Grunt: get hurt!

We did some battles, leveled some Pokemon, cancelled some evolutions, yadda yadda yadda. This is the scene when we walked into Professor Oak’s lab.

Oak: I would never hand it to ruffian scum like you! Police!

Grunt: Coppers can’t help you now! Quickly, get the machine! *walks up offscreen, returns* Let’s scram!

Slow down, Professor Oak! You know me! I’m Aria’s daughter, remember? Gonna save the world and whatnot?

What the shit?! Oak wants to battle?!

Some screwed-up version of Tangela comes in and Xion ends him with a critical hit of Return. Oak then sends in a strange… very strange version of Lickitung…

I get they’re evolutions, but… they don’t look a whole lot different from the other Pokemon. All that happened was they got really fat upon evolving.

Xion finally remembers that he can shed his own skin and decides to go ahead and cure himself of his paralysis. We waste a Super Potion and a Soda Pop on him so he can hopefully stay alive long enough to collect the experience points from this thing.

He does eventually, after much heal-spam.

Blastoise is Oak’s next Pokemon, so I thought, “Hey, Yukio still has Grass Knot! This could be a OHKO!” I send the little guy out and the giant turtle confuses him with a Water Pulse. Yukio then proceeds to hurt himself repeatedly.

Seriously, dude, one Grass Knot could probably knock him out.

Oh. I see how it is. Fainting yourself is more appealing than taking down this big-ass guy. Whatever. Just tried to give you a few moments in the spotlight.

If Yukio doesn’t want the glory of one-shotting Blastoise, then I’ll give it to Barret.

He even levels up to 51. That could have been your experience, Yukio, but you chose to faint instead.

Zephyr takes on Charizard.

The hell is this thing??

We end the match with a type-advantage.

Oak: Rocket Grunts! Please, accept my apology!

REALLY Oak? Did you REALLY think I was a Rocket Grunt? REALLY?

Oak: It’s a shame Team Rocket got the machine they wanted… I just can’t understand why they would need a set of armor for harnessing Psychic potential!

Why did you have a set of armor for harnessing Psychic potential?

Oak: There isn’t even a Pokemon that fits it! Thanks for helping, anyways. I’m sure your superiors would have been very proud of you. Take this as a reward! *gives Ultra Balls*

With that mission over with, I head to the Move Deleter to get rid of all the HM’s I’ve taught to my Pokemon that I have substitute items for.

Then I decide to help the Police guys out one more time.

Giovanni wants to capture Mew on Faraway Island and it is up to us to prevent that from happening. I would very much like to prevent it. I don’t want more than one evil-doing team to have legendaries.

Giovanni: for my grunts and for Team Asgard as well.

We skipped the grunt-battling to get to the good part. You’ll be happy to know we destroyed all of them.

Giovanni: Your pestering is about to end forever! If that Grunt couldn’t beat you, I’ll have to!

Which grunt? None of them could beat me.

I’m sure you’re waiting for Mt. Press, so I’ll just summarize this quickly.

First fight: Rhyperior vs Zephyr. Zephyr kicked ass.

Second fight: Golem vs Zephyr. Zephyr leveled up to 47.

Third fight: Nidoking vs Zephyr. OHKO.

Fourth fight: Nidoqueen vs Zephyr. Another OHKO.

The battle really wasn’t that eventful. Psychic kitty-cat had no fear.

I didn’t do anything. Mew was smart enough to get the hell out of here while you were distracted.

Giovanni then says that I failed because he managed to swipe some of Mew’s DNA anyway. I’d like to know how that happened. You were eight feet away from each other. Did a strand of fur happen to blow by you which you then managed to catch?

The Police show up and tell Saga not to blame herself for Rocket getting away.

I didn’t blame myself. Are you implying I should be feeling bad?

I did attempt the next mission for the Police Club, but wound up losing during the last battle. I tried it again eventually, but for now, Saga is done with the Police.

Okay, time for Mt. Press! Yukio is prepared!

Good thing Twitch Plays Pokemon isn’t doing this game.

This sign here is explaining the benefit of owning a Master Ball.

Foreshadowing a legendary Pokemon is in here, perhaps?

Mt. Press is KICKING MY ASS.

The wilds are tough and the trainers are even tougher. I had an Eevee knock out half of my team at one point. Hear that, Foxxy? Eevee’s can actually be pretty strong and useful.

It is a pretty good place to level up right now, the only problem is I have to be able to survive the entire battle in order for that to happen, and usually it doesn’t.

Do you have any idea how often Yukio had to FLY us out of this place to get to a damn PokeCenter?

Of course, we then had to climb Mt. Press all over again each time.

Hey, look, there are balloon-ducks here!

They’re actually really great to train on since Dark and Ghost are super effective against them.

Oh my god, this is hysterical. This is what happens when you use the dolly to move boulders.

If this game knew me in real life, it would know I have absolutely zero strength. Seeing “Saga’s strength made it possible” really made me laugh.

Aaaaaand we have a problem.

The Instant Lapras is the substitute for SURF, but I don’t have one for WATERFALL yet.

Do you know what this means??

Fish is back in town.

Foxxy is going to be boxed temporarily to make room for Caerwyn to use WATERFALL. Assuming there is no PC in Mt. Press, this means he’ll be missing out on the entire run.

Maybe if you didn’t faint all of the time STILL, at level 47, you wouldn’t be boxed right now.

*sigh*

OH MY GOD, YES! HELL YES!

Now we don’t have to FLY and then climb back up every time Saga’s team is down!

This is to confirm that yes, sometimes I do actually play during the daytime.

THIS THING.

What IS this thing?

She has a move that actually heals the enemy, she gives out a shit-load of experience points, and she’s cute to top it all off.

I have seen loads of these in the wild during the daytime in Mt. Press and I am so confused. What is the purpose of having moves that actually benefit your opponent? Is she something special? Is there some super secret strategy to raising one?

I’ve hyped myself up too much and now I have to own one.

She has the letter “D” for her name, so I go with Daena. If you’ve ever played Legend of Mana, one of the characters has that name.

Oh look, it’s snowing up here!

HAVE I EVER TOLD YOU HOW MUCH I HATE THIS THING?

The only reason I hate it is because it is CREEPY AS FUCK.

What the hell is it supposed to be?! It looks like a fetus in a jelly monster or something. I am so weirded out by it. I honestly get chills up my spine when I see it because I don’t understand what it’s supposed to be.

I think it’s really weird there is this rock that brings up text when you touch it. I was expecting it to heal me or something but it didn’t. I wonder what this is for?

I choked while laughing when I read this line. This is the most truthful, believable statement ever said by a grunt ever in any Pokemon game.

Now we know for sure Team Asgard is here, and I start to get nervous. We are constantly climbing back down to Nurse Joy to heal up, so I know my team isn’t really all that stable right now… and of course Caerwyn is taking up a slot in my party and is completely useless.

I am afraid of what is waiting for me at the top of this mountain.