>>58798344After Misty, I fought Team Rocket in Cerulean City and made my way through Routes 5 and 6 to Vermilion City. While fighting the trainers on Route 6, Prickle, my Nidoran-F, evolved into a Nidorina. I used a Moon Stone to evolve her again into a Nidoqueen. Nidoqueen is a strong Pokemon, so she’ll probably stick around on my team for a long time.
After that, I caught a Drowzee on Route 11, which I named Sandman, and I caught a Diglett in Diglett’s Cave, which I named Spade. The addition of these two new Pokemon required the sad decision to box my starter, Sparky. Pikachu is probably the weakest starter in any of the games, and it’ll probably stay boxed for the rest of the game. I still haven’t caught anything on Route 5 or Route 6 yet.
After that, I boarded the S.S. Anne and grabbed the Rare Candy there. I’m saving any Rare Candies for the Elite Four, since I won’t have a way to level up enough normally as the level cap increases with each fight. I think you get 12 Rare Candies in Yellow if you collect them all.
On the S.S. Anne, I also got the TMs for Rest and Body Slam, and I gave both to Prickle (turns out she would’ve learned Body Slam anyway, oh well). Then I fought my rival, Blue. The fight was pretty easy, maybe the easiest rival fight in Yellow. Prickle easily swept Blue’s entire team.
After getting the HM for Cut from the captain, I gave it to Ember, my Charmander. After the rival fight, I realized I was still unprepared for Surge, so I decided to head to Rock Tunnel in the hopes of getting a Geodude. Geodude is immune to Raichu’s STAB Thunderbolt and resists both of Raichu’s other attacking moves, so it’d be the perfect choice.
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