Kidburla

This covers all the main games I have played, except for Blue (because I don't know where the cartridge is and may have even been sold at some point) and FireRed (because my progress through the game was so little that it's not even worth putting here).

* Hours played: 75 approx

|pokemon=6

|ability=Blaze|level=84|gender=male|type1=Fire|type2=Flying|held=Amulet Coin

|move1=Fire Spin|move1type=Fire|move1cat=Special

|move4=Metal Claw|move4type=Steel|move4cat=Physical}}

|ability=Static|level=73|gender=female|type1=Electric|held=Quick Claw

|move1=Thunderbolt|move1type=Electric|move1cat=Special

|move4=Flash|move4type=Normal|move4cat=Status}}

|ability=Keen Eye|level=60|gender=male|type1=Normal|type2=Flying

|move1=Drill Peck|move1type=Flying|move1cat=Physical

|move4=Mirror Move|move4type=Flying|move4cat=Physical}}

|ability=Intimidate|level=57|gender=male|type1=Water|type2=Flying|held=BlackGlasses

|move1=Hyper Beam|move1type=Normal|move1cat=Physical

|move4=Waterfall|move4type=Water|move4cat=Special}}

|ability=Sturdy|level=54|gender=male|type1=Rock|type2=Ground

|move1=Dig|move1type=Ground|move1cat=Physical

|move4=Rock Blast|move4type=Rock|move4cat=Physical}}

|ability=Chlorophyll|level=53|gender=male|type1=Grass|type2=Poison|held=NeverMeltIce

|move1=Razor Leaf|move1type=Grass|move1cat=Special

}}

* Hours played: 150 approx

|pokemon=6

|ability=Sand Veil|level=65|gender=female|type1=Grass|type2=Dark|held=Miracle Seed

|move1=Absorb|move1type=Grass|move1cat=Special

|move4=Faint Attack|move4type=Dark|move4cat=Special}}

|ability=Intimidate|level=65|gender=male|type1=Dragon|type2=Flying|held=Amulet Coin

|move1=DragonBreath|move1type=Dragon|move1cat=Special

|move4=Fly|move4type=Flying|move4cat=Physical}}

|ability=Clear Body|level=65|type1=Ice|held=NeverMeltIce

|move1=Icy Wind|move1type=Ice|move1cat=Special

|move4=Zap Cannon|move4type=Electric|move4cat=Special}}

|ability=Swift Swim|level=65|gender=female|type1=Water|held=Mystic Water

|move1=Psychic|move1type=Psychic|move1cat=Special

|move4=Surf|move4type=Water|move4cat=Special}}

|ability=Guts|level=65|gender=female|type1=Fighting|held=Shell Bell

|move1=Revenge|move1type=Fighting|move1cat=Physical

|move4=DynamicPunch|move4type=Fighting|move4cat=Physical}}

|ability=Levitate|level=65|gender=male|type1=Ground|type2=Dragon|held=Soft Sand

|move1=Dragon Claw|move1type=Dragon|move1cat=Special

}}

This was my first physical cartridge; after this, all my games were physical cartridges.

|pokemon=6

|ability=Water Absorb|level=87|gender=male|type1=Water|held=Splash Plate

|move1=Bite|move1type=Dark|move1cat=Physical

|move4=Surf|move4type=Water|move4cat=Special}}

|ability=Natural Cure|level=91|gender=female|type1=Normal|type2=Flying|held=Dragon Fang

|move1=Sky Attack|move1type=Flying|move1cat=Physical

|move4=Fly|move4type=Flying|move4cat=Physical}}

|ability=Lightningrod|level=77|gender=male|type1=Ground|type2=Rock|held=Soft Sand

|move1=Earthquake|move1type=Ground|move1cat=Physical

|move4=Rock Wrecker|move4type=Rock|move4cat=Physical}}

|ability=Guts|level=89|gender=male|type1=Fighting|held=Fist Plate

|move1=Low Kick|move1type=Fighting|move1cat=Physical

|move4=Cross Chop|move4type=Fighting|move4cat=Physical}}

|ability=Snow Warning|level=84|gender=female|type1=Grass|type2=Ice|held=Miracle Seed

|move1=Giga Drain|move1type=Grass|move1cat=Special

|move4=Blizzard|move4type=Ice|move4cat=Special}}

|ability=Pressure|level=86|gender=female|type1=Dark|type2=Ice|held=Icicle Plate

|move1=Faint Attack|move1type=Dark|move1cat=Physical

Starting from this version, I started training all my Pokémon from eggs where possible. My above team were all trained from eggs (level 1) except for Vaporeon, who was obtained at L20 from [[Bebe]].

* Hours played: 185 approx

|pokemon=6

|ability=Inner Focus|level=83|gender=male|type1=Dragon|type2=Flying|held=Sky Plate

|move1=Fly|move1type=Flying|move1cat=Physical

|move4=Aerial Ace|move4type=Flying|move4cat=Physical}}

|ability=Sand Stream|level=83|gender=female|type1=Rock|type2=Dark|held=Dread Plate

|move1=Stone Edge|move1type=Rock|move1cat=Physical

|move4=Payback|move4type=Dark|move4cat=Physical}}

|ability=Chlorophyll|level=83|gender=male|type1=Grass|type2=Psychic|held=Meadow Plate

|move1=Psychic|move1type=Psychic|move1cat=Special

|move4=Hypnosis|move4type=Psychic|move4cat=Status}}

|ability=Snow Cloak|level=83|gender=male|type1=Ice|type2=Ground|held=Icicle Plate

|move1=Blizzard|move1type=Ice|move1cat=Special

|move4=Dig|move4type=Ground|move4cat=Physical}}

|ability=Guts|level=83|gender=female|type1=Bug|type2=Fighting|held=Fist Plate

|move1=Low Kick|move1type=Fighting|move1cat=Physical

|move4=Reversal|move4type=Fighting|move4cat=Physical}}

|ability=Sniper|level=83|gender=male|type1=Water|type2=Dragon|held=Splash Plate

|move1=Hydro Pump|move1type=Water|move1cat=Special

All the Pokémon in the above team were trained from eggs (i.e. from level 1 right up to 83).

* Hours played: 140 approx

|name=Master [[User:Kidburla|Adam]]

|game={{v|White}}

|pokemon=6

|ability=Guts|level=86|gender=male|type1=Fighting|held=Fist Plate

|move1=Hammer Arm|move1type=Fighting|move1cat=Physical

|move4=Low Kick|move4type=Fighting|move4cat=Physical}}

|ability=Intimidate|level=86|gender=female|type1=Ground|type2=Dark|held=BlackGlasses

|move1=Assurance|move1type=Dark|move1cat=Physical

|move4=Crunch|move4type=Ground|move4cat=Physical}}

|ability=Ice Body|level=86|gender=female|type1=Ice|held=NeverMeltIce

|move1=Icicle Spear|move1type=Ice|move1cat=Physical

|move4=Blizzard|move4type=Ice|move4cat=Special}}

|move1=Surf|move1type=Water|move1cat=Special

|move2=Brine|move2type=Water|move2cat=Special

|move4=Water Spout|move4type=Water|move4cat=Special}}

|ability=Levitate|level=86|gender=male|type1=Electric|held=Magnet

|ability=Keen Eye|level=86|gender=male|type1=Normal|type2=Flying|held=Sharp Beak

}}

All the Pokémon in the above team were trained from eggs (i.e. from level 1 right up to 86), apart from Braviary, due to the inability to catch Ditto before the postgame in this game, and the fact that all Braviary/Rufflet are male. Braviary was trained from a Rufflet caught at level 34 on [[Unova Route 10]].

===Anime===

Second half of 2013 - I had a scheme with three friends to all start FRLG from the beginning and battle each other as we went along. This time, I was playing FireRed version, but on a real cartridge this time of course! I forgot how annoying it was to not have Dark type Pokémon (before the Elite Four anyway). There is no type super-effective against Ghost types except Ghost itself. Of course, some non-Ghost Pokémon can learn Ghost moves, but this still did not make it all better for me. Sorry to all you Gen1ers out there! Of which I was also one once, but this just annoyed me. This project was also somewhat ruined by the fact that three of the four of us had full-time jobs whereas the fourth member of our group was a teacher on his school holidays, and was able to make progress a lot faster than the rest of us. This kind of ruined the race, and the whole project petered out after only a few months. This phase of my journey was largely independent, and I don't remember learning that much about X&Y versions or spending any more time on SoulSilver Version during this time.

I don't know how my love of Pokémon just suddenly awakens without warning, but it did again fairly recently, around the middle of February 2016 - I even have the approximate date as 15th or 16th! In the second half of 2015, I spent a lot of time playing and finally 100% completing a game of Banjo-Kazooie, one of my favourite platforming games. After that, I felt a bit lost as to what to play next, trying a few different games but not finding anything which really captured my attention. It wasn't until mid-February that I realised that Pokémon was the perfect solution to my problem and I suddenly felt a desire to engage with the franchise again!

==Miscellaneous==

* [[User:Kidburla/Guide to transferring Pokémon from an emulator to a genuine Nintendo game|Guide to transferring Pokémon from an emulator to a genuine Nintendo game]]