E-mail at the bottom of the FAQ. ___ _ ___ _ | _ \___| |_____ _ __ ___ _ _ | __(_)_ _ ___ | _/ _ \ / / -_) ' \/ _ \ ' \ | _|| | '_/ -_) |_| \___/_\_\___|_|_|_\___/_||_| |_| |_|_| \___| ___ _ ___ __ ___ | _ \___ __| | / / | ___ __ _ / _| / __|_ _ ___ ___ _ _ | / -_) _` |/ /| |__/ -_) _` | _| | (_ | '_/ -_) -_) ' \ |_|_\___\__,_/_/ |____\___\__,_|_| \___|_| \___\___|_||_| ______ | 38 | +----------------------------------+ | Pokemon Fire Red/Leaf Green(GBA) | | Speed Walkthrough | | By strawhat | | Version 1.1 | | Last Update: 7/30/06 | +----------------------------------+ The latest version of this FAQ will always be at Gamefaqs.com or IGN.com. ------------------------------- Table of Contents ------------------------------- {1.0} Introduction {2.0} Walkthrough [2.1] Pallet Town - Viridian City [2.2] Viridian Forest - Route 4 [2.3] Mt. Moon [2.4] Cerulean City - Route 6 [2.5] Vermilian City - Route 9 [2.6] Rock Tunnel [2.7] Lavender Town - Celadon City [2.8] Cycling Road [2.9] Cinnibar Island [2.10] Saffron City [2.11] Viridian City Revisited [2.12] Victory Road [2.13] Elite 4 {3.0} Differences {4.0} Tips {5.0} FAQ {6.0} Conclusion Note: For easy searching, highlight a section name and number(without the spaces at the beginning), press Ctrl + F and paste the section name in the menu. Press find and voila! For Mac users, use the command key in place of the control key. Version History: ============================================================================== 1.1: Made a few mistakes in the walkthrough referring to Bulbasaur, corrected them. 1.0: Completed the FAQ. Disclaimer: ============================================================================== This may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other web site or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and violation of copyright. Sites allowed to host this FAQ: www.gamefaqs.com faqs.ign.com honestgamers.com 1up.com xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx {1.0} Introduction xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Pokemon Fire Red and Leaf Green are remakes of the original Pokemon Red and Blue. While most elements of it remain the same, there are several differences. My goal in writing this FAQ is to get you through the game as fast as possible. Some people have a goal in playing games quickly, and I'm here to help. This FAQ is meant for those who have already beaten the game and is looking for a reason to re-play this game. If you haven't beaten the game yet, best not use this guide to help. I'll still try to keep spoilers to a minimum, but there will definitely some stuff that'll pop out. I assume that you already know how to play this game. Completing the game means ONLY beating the Elite 4. This speed walkthrough will not cover this islands and such. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx {2.0} Walkthrough xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Before you start: ----------------- Go to the options menu and change the text speed from medium to fast and the battle scene to off. Also, set the battle style to set to eliminate some extra text. Keep in mind, you pick up random items that aren't totally out of the way so you can sell them for money later, which you will definitely need. Sell all unnecessary TMs, always run, and don't talk to people unless necessary. Also, be stocked with any kind of Repels and use them whenever you're in the vicinity of wild Pokemon. ============================================================================== [2.1] Pallet Town - Viridian City ============================================================================== Select New Game. Speed through the text that follows, enter anything as fast as you can for you and your rival's names. After all that text is done, you'll be teleported to Pallet Town in less than a minute. Head straight outside your house and to the grass where Oak yells at you. He'll brink you back to his lab where he'll blabber on about his dreams which we don't really care about. When he's done, select Squirtle. It's the most useful one since it can easily take down Brock and other gym leaders, it learns Ice Beam which easily deals with Lance of the Elite 4, can be taught Surf to eliminate the need of an HM Slave and learns a variety of moves so you won't be stuck at any one point in the game. After picking Squirtle, leave and battle your rival. He's crap with Bulbasaur being his only Pokemon. You should win, unless he gets lucky with two critical hits, like he did on me. -_- It doesn't really matter whether or not you win this battle because you won't pay money if you lose and you still continue the game. Whichever happens first, just leave Oak's laboratory and head north onto Route 1 as soon as possible. Route 1 - Viridian City ----------------------- On Route 1, ignore all the wild Pokemon. Talk to the first man you meet to get an easy Potion, then continue all the way to Viridian City. Go straight to the PokeMart to recieve Oak's Parcel. With this in hand, head back to Pallet Town. Be sure to jump over the ledges instead of walking through the grass to save you valuable time. You shouldn't meet a wild Pokemon until possibly at the end. Back at Pallet Town, head to Oak's lab. He'll talk some more, then you'll be on your way back to Viridian City. You'll have a Pokedex and five Pokeballs, but don't catch any new Pokemon. These guys aren't going to help you. Continue to run from battles and walk back the same way to Viridian City. There really isn't anything worth doing in Viridian, so let's just skip over to the Viridian Forest. Leave NORTH. You can fight your rival west of the town, but it's just a big waste of time. Go north and you'll be interrupted by coffee man, who'll show you how to catch a Pokemon. He'll take his time. When it's over, he'll give you a Teachy TV. Go north to Viridian Forest and ignore all the grass. At this time, your Squirtle should be level 5 or 6, since the only battle we fought so far was with your rival. ============================================================================== [2.2] Viridian Forest - Route 4 ============================================================================== At the start of the Viridian Forest, go right. Walk on the path and not the grass. When the path turns up, we'll be forced to fight Bug Catcher Rick. He has a Weedle and Caterpie which should be easy pickings for Squirtle, no matter what level it's at. If you lost the first battle with your Rival and is still level 5, use a Potion if you need to. Walk along the path to the right to avoid some wild Pokemon. Pick up the Antidote in your path and take the upper path to avoid some more grass. Fight one more trainer of your choice while walking down the path. Keep heading down the path until you reach the last Bug Catcher who you are forced to fight. Exit Viridian Forest after beating the last Bug Catcher. Enter Pewter City and go to the Pokemon Center if you need to replenish some HP. First, go over to the PokeMart and buy 4-5 Potions AND Repels. Leave, then walk right over to the gym. Fight the first trainer in the gym because his Pokemon gives you tons of experience and are easy to kill. I gained two levels from that guy. Head forward and speak with Brock when you're done. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Boss: Brock | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Opponent's Lineup: +-------------------------+ | Pokemon | Level | |-----------------|-------| | Geodude | 12 | | Onix | 14 | +-------------------------+ Both of Brock's Pokemon are Ground/Rock types, which means they are 4x weak to Water. Plus, with Squirtle's STAB on Bubble, both of these guys should go down in one hit. After beating Brock, return to the Pokemon Center to heal up, mainly to restore PP. Leave, then exit the city to the right. While you're leaving, you'll be interrupted by one of Oak's aides. He'll give you the running shoes. Now, you move faster while holding B. From now on, run. Never walk unless I tell you to do so. Continue right. Note: Erase Withdraw for Water Gun when you learn it. This part can get a bit tricky. There are a lot of trainers here and you are required to beat a few of them, which is all right since we need to level up anyway. But we still need to limit the battles and avoid unnecessary trips to the Pokemon Center. Here's how the trainers are situated: __________________________ | 5 | | 4 6 | 7 | | 3 | | ---------- ---|---------|- ---| 1 | 2 | |_________| We will fight trainers 3, 6, and 7, who incidentally are all Bug Catchers. Stay on the thin line above trainer #1, then head north through the opening to right #3. Walk above and around trainer #4, then dip back down to fight trainer #6. Walk behind trainer #5 and fight trainer #7. **At around this time, your Squirtle should evolve into Wartortle. After leaving that group of trainers with a brand new Wartortle, you'll see a girl in some grass. Ignore her and walk around. She's a tough trainer who'll eat up some time. She's the last trainer until Mount Moon. Walk all the way up the path to the Pokemon Center and heal Wartortle. Leave the Pokemon Center and enter the cave to your right. ============================================================================== [2.3] Mt. Moon ============================================================================== Remember those repels that we bought in Pewter City? Start using them. There's nothing here that we want. Yes, we still only have Wartortle. Start by going straight north, then walk right above the trainer. Follow the path. At the fork, ignore the ladder and head north, then west. There's a Lass wandering around in circles, so be sure to watch out for her when crossing this path. Continue along the path and ignore the next ladder you see two. There's also a trainer standing nearby. If you walk along the right edge of the wall, you won't have to battle him. The path will then curve upwards. Stay near the right wall because there's a trainer nearby. Head down the ladder next to the trainer. Follow the short underground path to another ladder and resurface. The path will lead to a Rocket Grunt. This guy rotates. He's not too hard if you run into him, but still try to avoid it. You're almost at the end. You'll be forced to face off against a Rocket Grunt near a small set of stairs. These Pokemon have low defenses, so they will go down easily. Follow the path and you'll shortly run into Super Nerd Miguel. You'll be forced to fight him too. Water Gun should defeat all of his Pokemon easily. Voltorb doesn't have an electric attack, so there's nothing to fear there. Defeating Super Nerd allows us to pick a fossil. Pick either one because we're not going to use them. Follow the path to the ladder that leads to the exit. Hoorah! Route 4 ------- There's nothing of interest here at all. There are two Move Tutors, but we don't need them. Just run all the way right, hopping over ledges and such until you reach Cerulean City. ============================================================================== [2.4] Cerulean City - Route 6 ============================================================================== Note: Don't teach Wartortle Rapid Spin when it learns it. Bite is all good though. Tail Whip can move out of the way for that. At Cerulean City, heal at the Pokemon Center. Next, go to the PokeMart on the southern part of town and buy some Super Potions and more Repels. Make sure not to buy anything you don't need. We're saving for something important. After that, go to the gym. Battle all the trainers here for very quick experience. They should all go down within a Vine Whip or two. When you get two Misty, you should be at around Level 19. Replace Tail Whip with Bite. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Boss: Misty | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Opponent's Lineup: +-------------------------+ | Pokemon | Level | |-----------------|-------| | Staryu | 18 | | Starmie | 21 | +-------------------------+ Misty is going to take a bit longer than Brock, but Wartortle's at a high level so it's not going to be much of a hassle. Starmie actually goes down faster than Staryu as it's weak to Bite, which you should use throughout the battle. Wartortle's water attacks would be unaffective to Misty's Pokemon. After beating Misty, return to the Pokemon Center to restock on PP and health. Teach the TM that Misty gave you containing Water Pulse to Wartortle. Now, leave through the northern exit of town. Yeah, there's another guy that wants to rumble. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Boss: Rival | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Opponent's Lineup: +-------------------------+ | Pokemon | Level | |-----------------|-------| | Pidgeotto | 17 | | Abra | 16 | | Rattata | 15 | | Bulbasaur | 18 | +-------------------------+ Pidgeotto's pretty easy for the most part, but watch out for Sand-Attack. If your accuracy is lowered, it will screw you over for the rest of the battle and take a long time to defeat the Pokemon. Next up is Bulbasaur. You Rival will pitch in Pokemon that are strong against Wartortle first, hence why we're not fighting Abra/Rattata. Anyway, Bulbasaur isn't going to do much damage to you even with Vine Whip because Wartortle has such high defenses. Bite should do just fine. If Bulbasaur uses Sleep Powder on you though, it's not going to be fun. All you could do then is stall with Potions and stuff. Not much you could do there. Abra and Rattata are pretty easy compared to the other two we just beat. If you need to heal some HP, use a Super Potion while facing Abra. Abra can't do jack. It does Teleport which does nothing. Use Bite to finish it. Rattata has high attack and low defense. It can deal more damage than Pidgeotto with a Hyper Fang, but it probably won't get so far. Just be sure you defeat it quick with some Water Guns. You'll get a Fame Checker for defeating your rival, another worthless item in this quest for speed. Whew! After your rival loses, hop over the ledge on the bottom if you need to reach the Pokemon Center, then head up the Nugget Bridge. We have to face five trainers. These trainers all have really low level Pokemon compared to the two we just fought, so Bite/Water Gun should finish them really fast. At the end of the bridge, a Rocket Grunt will battle with you. Defeat him too. Route 24 -------- OK, we cleared the bridge. Go right and you'll see a bunch of trainers. Here's a map, just like last time. | 3| | | | |xxxxx | | 9 1 |x |x |---7 ==================-- -- x |x 4 | | 8 Start -> xxxxxxxxxxxx |2 x |x -- | xxxxx | x |- x |xxxxx | x|- x | xxxxxxx | 5 xxxxxxxx| xxxxxxxxxx Fin. | | | 6 | Follow the x path. We're going to fight trainers 2, 5, 6, and 9. Trainer #8 walks up and down, so be sure he's going up when you run past him. After those trainers, you'll reach Bill's house. Enter, then talk to Bill. Examine his computer to change him back to normal, then run back to Cerulean City via the path on the bottom. This should get us there in no time since there are no trainers or wild Pokemon on this route. Back at Cerulean, heal at the Pokemon Center, then go back up to the northern exit. Don't leave however. See the house on the right? There is a cop standing next to the door. Enter the house and go through the hole in the back. Try to go past the Rocket Grunt and battle him. Razor Leaf his weak Machop and Drowzee and you'll get TM28 containing Dig. Teach Wartortle Dig now and replace Bubble. Route 6 ------- Walk along the right side and run down. Be sure NOT to hop over the ledge by accident and return to Cerulean City. Continue going all the way south and enter the Undergroun Path in the building on the lower right. Go down the stairs and run all the way down the path. Go up the stairs and exit the building. Go south. You can avoid all the trainers by walking around their backs except the one at the very bottom. Battle him, then enter Vermilion City. ============================================================================== [2.4] Vermilion City - Route 9 ============================================================================== Heal your Pokemon to full health and buy some Super Potions if needed. Head east of the PokeMart, then take the path down to the S.S. Anne. Enter the ship, then take the stairs directly to your left. Go down, then turn right ignoring the stairs. Go north up the path and you'll find your rival. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Boss: Rival | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Opponent's Lineup: +-------------------------+ | Pokemon | Level | |-----------------|-------| | Pidgeotto | 19 | | Kadabra | 18 | | Raticate | 16 | | Ivysaur | 20 | +-------------------------+ First up is Pidgeotto again. Just do the same as before using Bite/Water Gun. Kadabra, the evolved form of Abra, is much stronger than before. It can actually do damage now, but it is not strong against Bite. Use that to beat Kadabra. Ivysaur is the same as before. It has Vine Whip and Leech Seed, two attacks that'll hurt Wartortle a lot. However, at this level Wartortle's Bite is strong enough to defeat Ivysaur without giving it much of a chance to attack. Raticate is the worst Pokemon of the four. At such a low level, it can't deal much damage even with Hyper Fang. Just use Water Gun to quickly put it in its grave. After beating your rival, head up those steps he came out of and talk to the captain. He'll give you HM01. We don't have anyone that can learn Cut yet, but we're about to catch a powerful Pokemon that can not only learn cut, but add power to your party. Head right of the S.S. Anne and enter Diglett's Cave. Diglett's Cave -------------- Our goal here to catch a powerful Pokemon: Dugtrio. Your Wartortle should be below level 29 at the moment. Use a Repel and run through Diglett's Cave. It shouldn't be too long until a Pokemon shows up(yes, with Repel). Dugtrio is a ground type, so don't use Water Gun against it. Use Tackle and Bite. Dugtrio's really fast too, so keep that in mind. You should still have those five Pokeballs that you recieved from Professor Oak way back in Pallet town to catch Dugtrio with. Adding Dugtrio to our team gives us an edge against electric type Pokemon which Wartortle is weak against. Remember, we're not crossing Diglett's Cave. Only looking for Dugtrio. We don't need HM05 to beat the game. However, we do need to use HM01, so teach Cut to Dugtrio. Erase anything. Go back to Vermilion City. While you pass by the PokeMart, you might think about buying Repels for Rock Tunnel. LEAVE A LARGE SUM OF MONEY. Since we don't fight trainers often, we don't have much money. We need this to purchase Ice Beam from the Game Corner later on. Anyway, heal at the Pokemon Center, then go to the Vermilion Gym and cut down the bush. Enter the gym and use Wartortle's Dig/Dugtrio's ground attacks to wipe out the electric Pokemon. This gym has locks which can be really annoying. There's nothing we can really do about this and it's all luck. Look for one switch in a trash can, then randomly pick one next to it. If you want, you can save and reset each time you choose wrong. Proceed to the gym leader when you're done. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Boss: Lt. Surge | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Opponent's Lineup: +-------------------------+ | Pokemon | Level | |-----------------|-------| | Voltorb | 21 | | Pikachu | 18 | | Raichu | 24 | +-------------------------+ Surge is a joke with Dugtrio on your team. Try to give Wartortle the experience though by using Dig. If it faints, then just send out Dugtrio and use Dig or Mud Slap should take out his entire team in a matter of seconds. Electric attacks can't touch Dugtrio so Surge can't really do much except Quick Attack or Sonicboom. After beating Surge, leave the gym and heal if necessary. Before leaving town, go to the Pokemon Fan Club and talk to the president to get a Bike Voucher. Leave the town through the northern exit and head back through the Underground Path. Go back to Cerulean City and to the Bike Shop at the lower left hand side of the town. Talk to the owner and get a Bike. Bike's are the same speed as running, so there's no point in using it. We'll need it later for Cycling Road though. Head back until you are on a parallel plane to the Cerulean City gym on the right side. Go right from there to find a bush. Use Cut and pass Route 9. Route 9 ------- Go south and fight the trainer, then go east. There's a Hiker that we can avoid. Continue east past the first fork, then go north to fight a Bug Catcher. Go east ignoring the trainer, then south. Be sure to stay near the rock to the right to avoid another trainer. Follow the path south now to reach the Pokemon Center. I recommend healing because Rock Tunnel is pretty long, especially without Flash. ============================================================================== [2.6] Rock Tunnel ============================================================================== Note: Don't keep Protect when Wartortle tries to learn it. Rock Tunnel is dark, but we can get through it without Flash. Just follow my directions carefully and constantly be ready for a trainer battle. Also, keep using Repel throughout the cave. Start by going south until you hit the wall. Go right hugging the wall until you see and opening south. Put Wartortle first on your Pokemon list and go down. Defeat the trainer there with Bite/Water Gun. After that, go south a bit, then east until you hit the wall. Go north and you'll run into a ladder. Head down. On this new floor, run south until hitting the wall, then go all the way left. You'll hit a rock. Just run up and left to go around it and through the passage. There's another trainer here. Again, Wartortle's Bite should be more than enough for the lone Slowpoke. This part of the cave can bit a bit hard. Hug the upper wall and go left. There are a few rocks in the way; just go around them and continue to hug the upper wall until you see the opening. There's a trainer in the passage that we have to fight. Go north through the passage until you hit the wall, then east. Go north when you hit the wall. Follow the wall around the corner so you're heading west. Defeat the Hiker and his Geodude. Go north and you'll hit some rocks. East a few paces from there leads you to a ladder. Go south when you emerge from the ladder. Go east from the wall and defeat the Hiker. Hug the wall and follow the path. Eventually, you'll find yourself against another Hiker, then a ladder. When you reach the new floors, go west. Hug the wall and go around the corner. Defeat the trainer and continue west. You'll find and opening and a Hiker. As soon as you beat him, go one space left and turn up. There's a spinning Pokemaniac here. The end of the path has a ladder nearby. Search for it and go up. We're going to go in a zizag path. Go all the way left, hit the wall, go south, hit the trainer, go all the way right, hug the rock tightly and go south. You'll hit a rock. Turn left, go down two spaces when you hit the wall, then continue going left. Crawl along the wall and you'll fight a Picnicker. Take eight paces left, then all the way down to exit Rock Tunnel. Route 10 -------- This is a really short route. Go right, then south. There's a trainer moving back and forth. Make sure he's not looking and enter Lavender Town. ============================================================================== [2.7] Lavender Town - Celadon City ============================================================================== Your Pokemon are probably dead tired from Rock Tunnel. Go to the Pokemon Center and heal up, then go to the PokeMart. This place is loaded with goodies. Don't buy anything unless you have over 40 grand on you. There's nothing to do in Lavender Town at the moment, so leave towards the exit on the left. You'll see two trainers down the path. Pick the lower one to battle and defeat him with your Wartortle, which should be the verge of evolving. Head left when you're done with her and walk around the fence, staying close to it. Go left of the moving biker, then once again go north tight against the fence. Turn left towards the house. Move close to the sign and trot in the door. This is another Underground Path. Just run from one side to the other. When you come out, go north, then west into Celadon City. Celadon City ------------ There's nothing that you need in the PokeMart, so let's get straight down to business. Go to the Game Corner and talk to the Rocket Grunt guarding the poster. Wartortle will take it down fast. Press the button behind the poster, then go down the stairs into the secret hideout. Rocket Hideout -------------- When you enter the hideout, go straight down the stairs to the right. Avoid the Rocket Grunt to the left, then go down another flight of stairs. Head left and enter the arrow puzzle. Step on the arrow going left, then the arrow going down. There should be a space to your left. Go down that space, then left and down again to see two arrows that both go right. Slide right on the upper arrow and you'll be out of the maze. If you stay close to the wall, you won't even have to fight that Rocket Grunt standing there. Pick up the Blackglasses there and take the stairs down to floor B4. Ignore the itemball directly to your left when you emerge out of the stairs. Go north, then left into the room. Ignore the itemball here too; it's only TM49 which is pretty useless for your speed run. Battle the Rocket Grunt's Koffing and Zubat and he'll drop a Lift Key. Pick it up, then return to the previous floor. Go up the arrow and pick up the Rare Candy. Use it, then, go back up another floor to floor B2. Avoid the Rocket Grunt and go left. There's another arrow maze here. Both of these arrows at the beginning pretty much end in the same place at the far left, so make your way there. Pick up the Moon Stone in your way and go as south as you can without touching an arrow. Take the one on your right, then right again. When you land, go directly left. After landing, walk right, then down. You'll see two arrows. Take the one on top, then one more directly below you to exit the maze. Take the elevator(NOT the stairs), examine the switch on the upper right and go to floor B4. When you come out, go north and battle both Rocket Grunts. The door will open after beating both. Advance forward and talk to the boss. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Boss: Giovanni | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Opponent's Lineup: +-------------------------+ | Pokemon | Level | |-----------------|-------| | Onix | 25 | | Rhyhorn | 24 | | Kangaskhan | 29 | +-------------------------+ Can you say easy? Wartortle should easily OHKO Onix and Rhyhorn with Water Gun. Kanga can be a bit more of a problem with its high level. Water Gun should still do a significant amount of damage to it. After beating Giovanni, pick up the Silph Scope he drops and leave. Use Dig in the main menu(<3) and you'll appear right back out at Celadon. Return to the Pokemon Center and heal, then head to the western exit of town. We're going to skip this gym for now, but we'll come back. Return to heal at the Pokemon Center, then go west. Exit the town and cut the bush to the north. Search around the grass there for a Doduo(or any flying Pokemon for that matter) and catch it. Don't ever use Doduo. We're going to use it as an HM Slave. Continue west into the building, avoiding the couple. Run through and enter the house. Talk to the girl to recieve HM02, containing Fly! Teach Fly to Doduo, then immediately fly to Lavender Town. We're going to skip Celadon Gym for a moment, since Wartortle would definitely be at a disadvantage against those grass type Pokemon. Pokemon Tower ------------- Wartortle's Bite is going to come in very handy here. Go up the steps to the seconds floor. Try to proceed to the third and you'll be stopped by your rival. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Boss: Rival | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Opponent's Lineup: +-------------------------+ | Pokemon | Level | |-----------------|-------| | Pidgeotto | 25 | | Gyarados | 23 | | Growlithe | 22 | | Kadabra | 20 | | Ivysaur | 25 | +-------------------------+ Your rival retains three of his Pokemon from before. They should all be fought the same way. Water Pulse Pidgeotto and Bite Ivysaur and Kadabra. The newcomers also aren't hard to beat. Use Bite on the low level Gyarados and Water Pulse Growlithe for a guaranteed OHKO. This rival battle's pretty easy since we beat the Rocket Hideout in Celadon already. Start using those Super Repels. On the third floor, go towards the opening at the lower right. Walk around the Channelers towards the top and to the next floor. The Channelers around you won't see you if you go as close to the wall as you can, so do so and go to the next floor. Emerge from the stairs and go up and right. There's a rotating Channeler here. Avoid her, then approach the shining blue spaces. The Channeler next to it won't fight you. This space heals your Pokemon(although I doubt you'd need it.) Pick up the Cleanse Tag if you want(we won't really need to use it) and proceed towards the right. There's one Channeler above the stairs. Make sure you stand in a way so that when she approaches you, you can go around her and to the stairs after beating her. Bite should take care of every Pokemon except for Cubone here, in which Water Pulse will do. After reaching the new level, go north. You'll be forced to fight another Channeler. Bite the Gastly, then continue west. There's another Channeler to fight. Beat her, then proceed to the stairs. A ghost will appear. It turns out to be a level 30 Marowak. Defeat it with Water Pulse, and move on to the final floor. There are three Rockets here. They all still use the same assortment of Pokemon, y'know, Zubat, Koffing, and so on. Do the same as before to defeat them. As you beat them, they'll leave. When you clear out all of the Rockets, talk to Mr. Fuji. You'll be teleported to Fuji's house. Talk to him again to get a PokeFlute. Leave, Fly to Celadon City, heal if necessary. We're going to fight Erika later. We need quite a sum of money to buy Ice Beam, which we need for now and later. For now, just leave to the western exit. You'll see a Pokemon snoozing on the ground. Use your PokeFlute to wake it up. Run from it, then go through the building onto Cycling Road. ============================================================================== [2.8] Cycling Road - Fuschia City ============================================================================== There are tons of Bikers near the entrance. Navigate your way slowly towards the hill. From here, it's pretty easy. Stick to the wall on the right, then left go of your GameBoy. Take the middle path when the fork appears. When the hill stops, go right and enter Fuchsia City. In town, go north to the Safari Zone. The first think that we're going to do is get Surf and Strength. In the Safari Zone, avoid the grass and head northeast to the next area. Follow the path up the steps onto the plateau and around left down the steps. Head north up another another plateau, then head around the corner and left to the next screen. Here, go left into the grassy area, then up onto the plateau. Head to the left and off, then back up the path. The path winds along a trail to the next screen. Follow it and it'll go straight down until a fork. Go south and pick up the itemball containing the Gold Teeth, then left into the rest house. Talk to the man for HM03, Surf. Teach Surf to Blastoise and replace Water Pulse. After doing that, press Start and go to retire. You'll be back outside the Safari Zone. When you come out of the building, go to the group of buildings to the right of the Pokemon Center. Enter the house to the left and talk to the old guy. The Warden will pop in his teeth and give you HM04, Strength. Teach that to Blastoise also replacing Tackle. If you beat Erika already, push the boulder to the right to get a Rare Candy, which you should use. Exit, then head to Fushcia Gym. This gym has invisible walls. An image is easier than explaining it, so use this: http://db.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbadvance/file/pokemon_fr_fuschia_gym.png by Oni Lukos, not me. If you can't see it, follow these directions: Start by going right. Dodge the spinning trainer, then head north on the right wall. Fight the trainer there(Use Bite for an easy win), then continue north until you hit the corner. There's another guy that spins here. Avoid him and turn left. Go left until you see a trainer below you. This guy spins too, but there's a wall between you two. Go two spaces left of him, then down. You'll hit another wall. Go right one space, then all the way down. You'll see another trainer left of you. Go right in front of him and beat him(Bite again). From here, the path is clear to Koga. Talk and battle. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Boss: Koga | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Opponent's Lineup: +-------------------------+ | Pokemon | Level | |-----------------|-------| | Koffing | 37 | | Muk | 39 | | Koffing | 37 | | Weezing | 43 | +-------------------------+ Koga's not hard. Surf will take out both Koffings in one hit, two for Weezing if it doesn't explode. Muk is the real problem here since it has Acid Armor and Minimize. Don't use Dig. The amount of time it gives Muk to boost its stats if a lot. Just pound it repeatedly with Surf and it'll get the job done. You'd want to beat Koga fast because Toxic can pose a real problem if the battle is dragged out. After beating Koga, he'll give you another useless TM for your speed quest and a badge that allows you to use Surf outside of battle, which is all that we need. At this point, we're done with Fuschia. We're going to skip Saffron City for now since the Pokemon there can be a bit tough to handle*coughVenusaurcough*. We'll go to Cinnibar Island first. Fly to Pallet Town, then Surf south. Stay close to the western wall and you'll avoid all Pokemon battles. Use Repels to avoid wild Pokemon. ============================================================================== [2.9] Cinnibar Island ============================================================================== Note: Don't teach Rain Dance. When you hit the island, you might want to think about buying some Max Repels at the PokeMart. Enter the Pokemon Mansion and head right up to the second floor. Go right, up, then left and up the staircase. Examine the switch and activate the statue. Take the path south, then down off the edge of the screen. BE SURE TO GO OFF THE LEFT SIDE, NOT THE RIGHT. When you land, go down the left wall so you don't have to fight the trainer. Pick up the Carbos on the ground(sell it later) and go down the stairs. Follow the path here to a room with a switch in it. Be sure to avoid the trainer in there and activate the switch. Return to the beginning of the floor and go north into the new room/hall. Make sure to stay left to avoid the trainer. Go down this hall to see two rooms and a locked door. The room to the left has TM14, Blizzard. Be sure to pick that up and teach it to Blastoise IF you don't have Ice Beam. Replace Bite and head back to the room to the right. Activate the switch, then go left. Pick up the item on the table(Secret Key) so you can enter the gym. There's an itemball containing Solarbeam(TM22) to the south that you can pick up and sell later. Use Dig to get out of here. Back at Cinnibar Island, restock on Hyper Potions and enter the gym. None of these trainers will fight you unless you talk to them or get the question wrong. We don't want to fight them, so always go to the machine to the upper left and examine it. Here's the answers: 1. Yes 2. No 3. No 4. No 5. Yes 6. No +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Boss: Blaine | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Opponent's Lineup: +-------------------------+ | Pokemon | Level | |-----------------|-------| | Growlithe | 42 | | Ponyta | 40 | | Rapidash | 41 | | Arcanine | 47 | +-------------------------+ Should be with Brock the easiest Gym Leader for you. I OHKO'd every Pokemon except Arcanine(which took two hits) with Surf. Blaine's Pokemon, although at a higher level, can only use Fire Blast against you which does minimal damage. They are also weak to water. When you exit Cinnibar Gym, Bill will ask you to go to Island 1. Say no, and never go with him. We're done with Cinnibar Island. Celadon City Revisited ---------------------- Return to Celadon City by using Fly. We can definitely take on Erika now. First, however, enter the mansion and talk to the old lady on the first floor. You'll get Tea. Leave, then head to the gym at the southern part of town. Cut the bush so you can walk the path to the gym. There are many trainers in this gym, but we're only going to have to fight a few. Walk towards the right wall of the gym. Proceed up. We'll fight the Picnicker there. Be sure not to waste Blizzard here. Strength alone should be enough to OHKO. After that, use Cut on the plant. Go straight left and fight the Lass. The trainer left of her is the gym leader, Erika. Talk to her and begin the battle. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Boss: Erika | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Opponent's Lineup: +-------------------------+ | Pokemon | Level | |-----------------|-------| | Victreebel | 29 | | Tangela | 24 | | Vileplume | 29 | +-------------------------+ Since Blastoise is at a very high level compared to Erika's Pokemon, this shouldn't be much of a problem. Use Blizzard to OHKO all of her Pokemon. They have Giga Drain, but it won't really matter. After defeating her, cut the bush to the south and head right on our of here. By now, you should just about have the money to buy Ice Beam(80 grand). Buy it if you do and replace Blizzard. If you don't have the money yet, it's OK. Blizzard's accuracy is just rather annoying for me. Anyway, exit the town via the eastern exit. Enter the building to the right on Route 7. The guard allow you through to Saffron City. ============================================================================== [2.10] Saffron City ============================================================================== You might want to stock up on a few Hyper Potions before entering Silph Co, our next destination. Silph Co is the big building in the middle of town. Go there and enter. Go to the northwest side and take the elevator to the 5th floor. Go to the very left(avoiding the moving trainer) then south. Defeat the Rocket here, then go past him to the right. If you can't do this because he's in the way, just step on a teleporter and back. There should be an itemball containing a Card Key blocking your way. Pick it up. Return to the elevator and go down to the third floor. Go south and battle the Rocket. Unlock the door to your right and take the teleporter. You'll see your rival in the new room. Advance forward and fight him. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Boss: Rival | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Opponent's Lineup: +-------------------------+ | Pokemon | Level | |-----------------|-------| | Pidgeot | 37 | | Gyarados | 38 | | Growlithe | 35 | | Alakazam | 35 | | Venusaur | 40 | +-------------------------+ Your rival has become considerably stronger. Use a Surf or two to defeat Pidgeot, then you'll face Venusaur, his strongest Pokemon. Use two Blizzards or Ice Beams to beat it. Use any remaining ice attacks on Gyarados, then Surf on your rival's remaining Pokemon. When you're done with him, go down and take the teleporter. Fight the guy near the door, then go through for another boss fight. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Boss: Giovanni | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Opponent's Lineup: +-------------------------+ | Pokemon | Level | |-----------------|-------| | Nidorino | 37 | | Rhyhorn | 37 | | Kangaskhan | 35 | | Nidoqueen | 41 | +-------------------------+ Easy. Use Surf on every Pokemon. Even if you get poisoned, Giovanni's Pokemon shouldn't be able to lay a finger on you. You shouldn't use more than one Hyper Potion on this, probably none at all. Two of his Pokemon are weak to water and another is weak enough to be OHKO'd with Surf anyway. When Giovanni's gone, go talk to the president sitting on the chair. He'll give you a Master Ball. Use Dig to leave Silph Co. Before we battle Sabrina, we have a pit stop to make. Fly to Route 10/Rock Tunnel. Go north of the Pokemon Center and Surf in the strip of water. This path will around the corner to the Power Plant. Power Plant ----------- Use Repels here. This place is loaded with electric Pokemon which are very much dangerous to Blastoise. Follow the path to the first fork. Go south, then all the way east. At the wall, the path will turn north. Go all the way east, up, and around down. There's another fork here. Turn left, then follow the path to Zapdos. Talk to it to begin the wild Pokemon battle. Use your Master Ball on it. Yes, we're actually going to use Zapdos. Level 50 is really useful. Teach Shock Wave over Detect, then leave to the left. Fly back to Saffron City. At this point, still keep Blastoise as your main Pokemon. Keep it out in front unless something Blastoise can't really handle like a grass Pokemon appears. Saffron City ------------ There's one thing left to do here. Head over to the gym(Sabrina's gym, the one to the right. Not that gay fighting dojo.) and enter stocked with a few Hyper Potions. Take the teleporter, then the one diagonal from it. Be sure to stay close to the wall to avoid the trainer. Take the one diagonal from you again, then the one right below you. You'll be in front of Sabrina. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Boss: Sabrina | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Opponent's Lineup: +-------------------------+ | Pokemon | Level | |-----------------|-------| | Kadabra | 38 | | Mr. Mime | 37 | | Venomoth | 38 | | Alakazam | 43 | +-------------------------+ Easier than your rival. Kadabra, Alakazam, and Mr. Mime have inferior defense compared to their special defense, so be sure to use Strength instead of Surf to defeat them. For Venomoth, just use Surf as usual. Each Pokemon should go down fast. If you get confused, just wait it out and continue to attack. If your health gets low, a Hyper Potion should be enough as usual. You'll get TM04(Calm Mind) after this. Excellent, another TM to sell. Dig will get your out of this gym. Fly to Viridian City. This is our last gym battle. ============================================================================== [2.11] Viridian City Revisited ============================================================================== The gym is reopened now. Go there. Blastoise should annihilate this gym filled with ground Pokemon. To proceed to the Gym Leader, go up. Take the path that is to the right of the three trainers, the one with a down arrow below it. Go up and defeat the trainer in your way. Continue on that path and a trainer will come down. After defeating him, your path will be blocked. Return to where the three trainers are standing and go up the path to the right. Follow this path to the Gym Leader. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Boss: Giovanni | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Opponent's Lineup: +-------------------------+ | Pokemon | Level | |-----------------|-------| | Rhyhorn | 45 | | Dugtrio | 42 | | Nidoqueen | 44 | | Nidoking | 45 | | Rhyhorn | 50 | +-------------------------+ Each Pokemon is OHKO'd with Surf. Each and every one of them. It is not an intense fight at all. Teach Blastoise Earthquake over Dig. At this point, you should definitely have enough money to purchase Ice Beam or Thunderbolt at the Game Corner. Fly back to Celadon City and go to the house right below the Game Corner and talk to the man in the upper left corner. He'll give you a Coin Case. Go to the Game Corner and buy 4000 Coins. If you have Blizzard already on Blastoise and prefer it over Ice Beam, get TM24(Thunderbolt) and teach it to Zapdos. If not, get Ice Beam and teach it over Blizzard. I picked Ice Beam since we have less PP issues. Back to Viridian City. Heal up and stock up on plenty of repels. Exit the town to the west. Follow the path going up past the grass to meet your rival. SET YOUR BATTLE STYLE TO SHIFT BEFORE FIGHTING. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Boss: Rival | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Opponent's Lineup: +-------------------------+ | Pokemon | Level | |-----------------|-------| | Pidgeot | 47 | | Rhyhorn | 45 | | Gyarados | 45 | | Growlithe | 45 | | Alakazam | 47 | | Venusaur | 53 | +-------------------------+ Your rival's pretty tough. With Blastoise out in front, use Ice Beam on Pidgeot to kill it. Switch to Zapdos, then Drill Peck Venusaur to its grave. Blastoise doesn't have much of a chance against it. Next up is Rhyhorn. Switch back over to Blastoise and Surf to finish it. After that, Gyarados will come out. Switch back to Zapdos and use Shock Wave. Go back to Blastoise and use Surf and Strength to beat your rival's last two Pokemon, Growlithe and Alakazam. With the constant switching, it'll take longer than a normal battle but there's no way Blastoise can quickly beat a Venusaur or Gyarados. Continue along the path to reach the Pokemon League checkpoint. Continue north. The path is straightforward up until the cave, Victory Road. ============================================================================== [2.12] Victory Road ============================================================================== See the boulder just left of the entrance? Push it onto the switch to the right. Climb up onto the plateau and stay to the right. Go up, then left over the trainer. Stay left now, then go up and up the ladder to the next floor. Go south, then push that boulder onto the white switch. Head back up onto the plateau and stay up the upper side. Go right, then down avoiding the trainer. Get off the plateau and go right. Go around to the top and left. Take the ladder up. You'll see a boulder just left of you. Push that up, then left. Be sure it's one space from the very top of the screen. Push it all the way left so it's on the switch. Go back to the stairs where you came out of. Walk onto the plateau. When you get off, go to the wall on the right and go down to avoid the two trainers. Head right and push the boulder into the hole. Drop down into the hole after it. When you land, you'll be on the previous floor. Push the boulder left onto the switch. Go onto the nearby plateau and go right and up the ladder to a new room. Avoid the two trainers here and go up another ladder. The last trainer here can be avoided by walking near the wall. Head towards the exit and you'll be at Route 23 outside the Indigo Plateau. ============================================================================== [2.13] Elite 4 ============================================================================== Heal your Pokemon and spend any remaining money on Potions/Full Restores/ Revives, then enter through the door. Be sure to have Shift for every battle from here on out. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Boss: Lorelei | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Opponent's Lineup: +-------------------------+ | Pokemon | Level | |-----------------|-------| | Dewgong | 52 | | Slowbro | 52 | | Cloyster | 51 | | Jynx | 54 | | Lapras | 54 | +-------------------------+ Lorelei's difficult. Although her Pokemon are weak to Zapdos's electric attacks, Zapdos is also weak to her Pokemon's ice attacks. Use Zapdos's Shock Wave to defeat Dewgong, Lapras, Cloyster, and Slowbro. I switched to Blastoise for Jynx since its low defense was easy for prey for Blastoise's Earthquake while Zapdos was liable to Ice Punch. Lapras will be the hardest of the lot. I got lucky a few times when Lapras decided for some reason NOT to use Ice Beam but Confuse Ray instead. If Zapdos's health is low, switch to Blastoise. Hopefully, you won't be like the unlucky few who get frozen. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Boss: Bruno | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Opponent's Lineup: +-------------------------+ | Pokemon | Level | |-----------------|-------| | Onix | 51 | | Hitmonchan | 53 | | Hitmonlee | 53 | | Onix | 54 | | Machamp | 56 | +-------------------------+ The easiest of the Elite 4, next to Lance. Blastoise can take care of the Onix while Zapdos can use Drill Peck on the others. Just be careful when fighting Machamp and Hitmonchan. Machamp's Scary Face can hinder your speed for the next Pokemon and Hitmonchan's Rock Tomb can do a lot of damage to Zapdos. If your speed drops so it hidners you greatly, just switch out. Also, one more note on Hitmonchan. On rare circumstances, it'll use Counter which will totally screw you over. I just restarted after that happened. I also used Thunder Wave on Machamp, if that helps you. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Boss: Gengar | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Opponent's Lineup: +-------------------------+ | Pokemon | Level | |-----------------|-------| | Gengar | 54 | | Golbat | 54 | | Haunter | 53 | | Arbok | 56 | | Gengar | 58 | +-------------------------+ Agatha is easier than she looks. Her Gengars actually aren't really cooking too much. First one used Double Team and Shadow Punch a lot, a combo which deals very little damage. I KO'd it in two hits with Surf. The second Gengar used Hypnosis and Shadow Ball, a stronger combo. Use the PokeFlute is Hypnosis actually hits. It missed every time for me, but I don't think everyone will be that lucky. As for Haunter, you can OHKO it with Surf. Golbat is the only Pokemon that you should use Zapdos for, but if Blastoise is still in great health you can use Ice Beam on it. Golbat is weak except for one attack, Poison Fang. Is Poison Fang greatly poisons your Pokemon, use a Full Restore/Heal right away, or switch out and do it later. That kind of poison will really cripple your two-man army. What I did for Arbok was switch in an HM Slave(Spearow with Fly) so Intimidate affected it, then used a Hyper Potion while Diglett died and switched back out to Blastoise. That way, Earthquake could kill it quickly. IMO, Arbok is the toughest out of this group only because of that damn Intimidate ability. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Boss: Lance | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Opponent's Lineup: +-------------------------+ | Pokemon | Level | |-----------------|-------| | Gyarados | 56 | | Dragonair | 54 | | Dragonair | 54 | | Aerodactyl | 58 | | Dragonite | 60 | +-------------------------+ Keep Zapdos out first. Gyarados is a piece of cake. It'll go down with one Shock Wave. Next up is Aerodactyl. Switch over to Blastoise and use a Surf or two to defeat it without taking too much damage. Lance should then switch over to Dragonair. This first Dragonair(it's always the same one first) has Thunder Wave and can be a huge riddance. Defeat it with Ice Beam, then use a Full Restore/Paralyze/Heal afterwards. The next Dragonair's easier with just offensive attacks, same thing with Dragonite. Ice Beam will defeat both of them. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Boss: Rival | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Opponent's Lineup: +-------------------------+ | Pokemon | Level | |-----------------|-------| | Pidgeot | 59 | | Rhydon | 54 | | Alakazam | 54 | | Gyarados | 59 | | Venusaur | 63 | +-------------------------+ Zapdos should go up front again to confront Pidgeot. Shock Wave will do nicely against Pidgeot, even if it uses an annoying move like Sand-Attack. Pidgeot can't really do much else to you. Switch to Blastoise when your rival sends out Rhydon. You should know what to do. Use Surf to OHKO it, then switch to Zapdos to battle Venusaur. Two Drill Pecks were enough to defeat Venusaur while it tried to use Growth. Venusaur can be an ass sometimes and use a Sunny Day/Synthesis combo just to drag out time. Nothing we can do about this; just continue with Drill Peck. Next will be Alakazam. Keep Zapdos in. Hope that Alakazam uses Psychic and two Drill Pecks should be more than enough. However, if it uses Reflect this may take a bit longer. Switch your attack to Shock Wave instead. Either way, Alakazam is straightforward. After Alakazam is Gyarados. Use Shock Wave to OHKO it just like Lance's. The last Pokemon you have to face is Arcanine. Surf will do nicely. Just be sure you have more than a sliver of health because it has Extremespeed causing to go first. ...And that's all! You're done with your speed blitz. I made it into the Hall of Fame with a level 54 Blastoise and Zapdos and a level 24 Spearow. Congratulation! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx {3.0} Differences xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx As everyone knows, Pokemon Fire Red and Leaf Green are remakes of the original US Pokemon Red and Blue. Although most of the game is the same as the original, there are vital differences that makes this speed run different than in the original. It will always take longer than the original because of these reasons. 1. Dig no longer takes you to the last Pokemon Center you healed at. This was used in the previous speed run to get quickly from a dungeon to a previously visited destination. Now, it only takes you to the entrance of the dungeon, so more time is added traveling. 2. Ice Beam is no longer easily obtainable. This makes it much harder to defeat your rival's Pokemon as well as the Elite 4. Blizzard, IMO, is an inferior replacement because of its low accuracy as well as PP. Articuno takes too much time to get to. 3. Dig's weakened power. In Pokemon R/B/Y, Dig had a much higher power. Plus, new abilities like Levitate on Koffing will make it harder to beat trainers like Koga. So yeah, Dig really screwed us over. 4. No more Thunderbolt from Lt. Surge. Again, Shock Wave is not as great a replacement, but more doable than Blizzard. There isn't much that we can do to bypass these changes. The only thing that helps in the remake is the running shoes. Running is just as fast as the bicycle and you're able to run in dungeons. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx {4.0} Tips xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 1. Never talk to anybody unless you're required to. 2. Always run unless the game prohibits you to. You don't need a bike to move fast. 3. Use Dig to escape dungeons quickly and not eliminate the need to buy Escape Ropes. 4. Keep a type of Potion and an Antidote in your bag. You never know when you might get unlucky by a Poison Sting or Poison Point. 5. Use the PokeFlute after recieving it to awaken your Pokemon from sleep. 6. IMPORTANT: Don't fight any trainer unless required to. Trainers take a long time to beat and the time really adds up. 7. Avoid all wild Pokemon. Use Repels whenever you're in danger of being attacked by Wild Pokemon. 8. Don't buy any Pokeballs. The five that you start with and the Master Ball is all that you ever need. 9. Pick up any random items that are not out of your way. They can provide for excellent money for when you are in desperate need for supplies. This was one of my biggest mistakes while I played through the game. Money for supplies is very important here and I thought that picking them up was just a waste of time. You'll be needing it later on. Try to save money throughout the game. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx {5.0} FAQ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Q: Why did you decide to do a speed run? A: I don't know. I guess I just felt like it, I guess. Q: Why do you go to Cinnibar Island before beating Sabrina? A: Because Cinnibar Island is so easy. With the place loaded with Fire Pokemon, it's much easier to gain experience and also much easier to defeat the Gym Leader. Q: Why do you stress saving money? A: Because Ice Beam is essential to defeating the Elite 4 and your rival. I dislike Blizzard because of the low PP and low accuracy/ Q: How do I make money quickly? A: Sell all your TMs except for Ice Beam, Water Pulse, Dig, Earthquake, and Shock Wave. They're not necessary for the speed run. Q: Why do you expect people to have beaten the game to read this walkthrough? A: Because you have to be really familiar with the game in order to get a nice time. Also an excuse for people to play the game again. If you're not familiar with the game, you'll have a much higher risk of making a mistake. You also need a certain degree of skill to beat higher level Pokemon and know which moves to use. Doesn't take an expert to do this though. Q: What should I do if I get unlucky in a battle? A: Restart. Save often because you will sometimes get really unlucky in a battle such as getting poisoned or frozen. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx {6.0} Conclusion xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Thanks for reading the guide. As usual, I hope that it helped. Visit http://speeddemosarchive.com/ for speed runs of many different games. E-mail: plasmad00d13smooth(at)gmail{dot}com Feel free to ask me anything that's not stupid. Credits: -------- http://db.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbadvance/file/pokemon_fr_lg_saffron_city.gif Saffron City Gym Map by Joon ~Zack ~Celestianpo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright 2006 {c} MG(Strawhat) END OF FILE