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All of the Generation III games made the Johto starters virtually impossible to get. The only Generation III game you can get them in is Emerald, and that's only after you get ALL Silver Symbols in Hoenn's Battle Frontier, which to this day, is still the most difficult BF to complete. Me being a dumb kid, could only get the Symbols from the easy Facilities like the Pike, Dome, Arena, and Pyramid - mind you i DIDN'T EVEN KNOW you got the starters from the Battle Frontier, so that would've been a pleasant surprise had I not given up.
Anyways, I really wanted the Johto starters - ESPECIALLY after seeing how trainers on Seven Island's Trainer Tower had Level 100 Feraligatrs and shit - so for some reason I convinced myself that because the Sevii Islands are basically Johto 2.0 in FireRed/LeafGreen that I could find wild Chikorita in Pattern Bush if I looked long enough. In addition, I thought Cyndaquil was somewhere on One Island/Mt. Ember, and Totodile was somewhere in Six Island's Water Labyrinth. Needless to say I spent DAYS in Pattern Bush and I never found a Chikorita....
