Now's the time to choose your first pokemon, commonly referred to as the starter pokemon. Once you choose your starter pokemon, you cannot choose a different one, so choose carefully! Hit "A" to examine whats in each of the poke balls.

Which one to choose? If this is your first time playing the game, I would recommend Chimchar, the fire pokemon. Piplup, the water pokemon and Turtwig, the grass pokemon are also great pokemon. You could also choose whoever you think is cutest. You can beat the game with any of those pokemon.

After you choose your pokemon, your rival will choose his and you will have your first pokemon battle!

Both your and your Rival's pokemon start at level 5.

If you chose Piplup: Your rival chooses Turtwig.

The game will ask you "What will PIPLUP do?". Use your stylus or control pad and hit "Fight". Piplup has 2 moves: Growl and Pound. Growl will decrease Turtwig's attack, causing it to cause less damage with physical attacks. Pound is a normal damaging attack. Your Rival's Turtwig will use a lot of withdraws raising his defense, and some tackles to hit you. I suggest you  use a couple of growls at first to bring down Turtwig's attack, and then keep using pound on him until you drop its hit points to 0 and it faints. Select your move.Turtwig will make his move as well. Keep battling until you've won or lost.

If you chose Turtwig: Your rival chooses Chimchar.

The game will ask you "What will TURTWIG do?". Use your stylus or control pad and hit "Fight". Turtwig has 2 moves:  Tackle and Withdraw. Tackle is a regular physical attack. Withdraw will increase your defense making you take less damage from physical attacks. Your Rival's Chimchar will use leer (which decreases your defense) and scratch (normal damaging attack). I recommend to start out with a couple of withdraws, them keep using tackle until you drop chimchar's hit points to 0 and it faints. Select your move. Chimchar will select its move as well. Keep battling until you've won or lost.

If you chose Chimchar: Your rival chooses Piplup.

The game will ask you "What will CHIMCHAR do?". Use your stylus or control pad and hit "Fight". Chimchar has 2 moves:  Scratch and Leer. Scratch is a regular physical attack. Leer will decrease Piplup's defense, causing it to take more damage from your phsical attacks. Your Rival's Piplup will use growl (which decreases your attack) and pound (normal damaging attack). I recommend to start out with a couple of leers, them keep using scratch until you drop piplup's hit points to 0 and it faints. Select your move. Piplup will select its move as well. Keep battling until you've won or lost.

If you win, you get some money and your pokemon gains enough experience to level up, making it a bit stronger. If you lose, you lose a little money. Either way, after the fight you get teleported back to your house.

Your mother hears your story and asks you to go to Sangdem Town to thank Prof Rowan. She gives you a pair of running shoes to make your journey easier. Hold down "B" while moving to use the running shoes.  (your character will move faster).Congratulations on having gotten your first pokemon and having completed your first pokemon battle!



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