I bought the game on eBay and have been playing it on my newly modded Gameboy Advance. IPS screen, new case & buttons. It’s very nice; I’ll post a picture later.
It’s not explained too well on what’s best to battle with. How do I know when to use an electric vs. fire without trial and error? Or is that the point?
I wonder how people figured this out before the internet was so huge.
I’m struggling to stay interested in the game. I couldn’t quite figure out the purpose until later in the game… got to catch them all. But catching them all is just kinda boring to do. Maybe it’s because I’m 37 and not 12 haha.
You could catch Pokemon with good IVs and then train the correct EVs to make a good team
Printed guides existed for the game, I had one as a kid. But I didn’t get it until after I had already played through the game.
You can learn the type advantages by a trial and error. You can learn what types Pokemon are by catching them.
The game tells you when a move is not effective. If that happens, try another move. You’ll eventually learn the type matchups.
Why are there downvotes? This community needs conversation! Just play what makes you happy OP. You don’t have to love it.
I learned most of it by trial and error as a kid with fairly shaky English. Most of the type system is fairly logical, and some other internal logic starts making sense after a while - mind you, that logic is still relatively weird in gen1 particularly. As a quick tip, get yourself an Abra or other Psychic type, they are broken as fuck in Red/Blue and you will be meeting a lot of important trainers who are susceptible to Psychic damage.
If it’s not for you, that’s fine. It was “early days”, it’s unpolished, buggy, and so on - and that’s if the other Pokemon games are your thing. Try FireRed/LeafGreen, they’re the same game but in a gen3 “engine” that’s a little less primitive.
