"Finally completed the Kanto Pokédex in FireRed, marking the first time I’ve ever completed the Pokédex in any Pokemon game!"

In all my years of playing Pokemon, I’ve never completed a Pokédex. Not even once. I got close with my Japanese Platinum save, but I had it on an R4 and a freak accident left the SD card in tatters, losing everything on it. No backups either. It was a sad day.Anyways, this FireRed cartridge is actually the first Pokemon game I owned. I’ve been playing it on and off over the years, but since quarantine hit, I decided I wanted to complete the Pokédex. And do it right, as a living dex.So with the help of my copy of LeafGreen and Emerald, I slowly built up the Pokédex. Around 50 hours later (100 hours total in-game), I finally finished the Kanto Pokédex! No hacking or cheating to get the Pokemon, all were legitimately obtained on the cart or from another game, and traded over.The diploma from GameFreak HQ in CeladonMy current Pokédex countMy living dexThe next step is to finish the National Dex, but I imagine that will be quite a task. I’m happy with this currently, though. A goal 16 years in the making has finally been accomplished.(Also, the copy of LeafGreen I had was from my brother’s childhood best friend, and they got FireRed and LeafGreen (respectively). It still has its original save file from back in the day. Turns out, he never completed the E4 on that save, and he actually named the rival after my brother lol. That was a funny thing to see after all these years. I’m tempted to finish up the game for him, but at the same time, I feel like I should leave the game as-is, for the memories. Idk.)This was great fun, I finally feel like I’ve accomplished my childhood dreams lol. via /r/pokemon https://ift.tt/3jUpFr5