Pokemon
I watched the anime before I bought the game, so I was in for a bit of a shock. For one thing, no matter how much I cry and beg, Boo Buddy the Haunter has no intention of evolving. Also, my electric pokemon(see comments in Pokemon Yellow)are pathetic, my vulpix has taken severe beatings from grass pokemon several levels lower than her, and you can't just do the gym leader a favor and still get a badge. And speaking of gym leaders, Lt. Surge didn't sexually harass me! Yay! And I didn't pay $500 for a magikarp at Mount Moon.(Now, if I can get $500 by pay daying someone and then whooping their butt, how much are J+J getting paid?) Nope, I got mine the old fashioned way: I went fishing with the Crap Rod(also called "Old Rod") then dropped Mr. Magic off at the daycare center until he was a gigantic water snake of death! Some poke-parents have mentioned that the day care center is cheap, lazy, and shows a complete and total lack of patience. Well, my friends, it sure as hell ain't cheap. As for the rest...well, Mr. Magic doesn't seem to have too much trauma...
As for what Pokemon are available in what game, I'm pretty sure that there aren't Meowths in Red and that caterpies are rare but weedles are common(I have blue, okay?) I do know that you can't get Ekans or Growlithe in blue(but you can get Arcanine! Well, I didn't because I completely botched that chance...)
Yesterday I downloaded Pokemon Yellow(let he who is without illegal MP3's or ROMs cast the first stone on this one...Jesse and James in it or not, I can't afford a game that's practically identical to one I already have...)and spent 6 hours playing it. So now I have three badges, beefy pokemon, and severe emotional damage.
Despite the little Pikachu who follows you around and J+J, Pokemon yellow is not like the anime either. Thundershock does not cause Team Rocket to blast off in one fell swoop. It causes them to poison you with Ekans, then bring out Meowth(which definately isn't fair)who proceeds to scratch you into near oblivion so Koffing can finish you off with that smug smirk on his face. Okay, so I beat them the second time, but still...
Good news though! In this one, thank god, Pikachu doesn't suck as much as he does in blue...yes, he's cute, yes we all love him, but my Pokemon Blue Pikachu, Princess R(her fate was obvious from the day she was caught...) was basically dead weight until I taught her thunderbolt and evolved her scrawny butt. Speaking of raichus, that's Lt. Surge's one pokemon. Whoo-hoo!
Unfortunately I've found that you can't seem to get any of Team Rocket's pokemon, although I am going to try to trade them Mickey the Rattata for Ekans or Meowth...it'll fail, just as my attempts to join Team Rocket and my recent attempts to seduce James have failed, but tomorrow is another day!
Pokemon Gold
Yay illegal ROMs! I finally found a nice translated bootleg...but I've grown weary of it. Mostly because it's very bootleg...so I'll just wait until there's a nicer version to download!
Anyways, there's all sorts of swell new pokemon in Gold. And had I continued playing, I would have experienced the trauma of choosing which eevee evolution to have. Generic Team Rocket and Cassidy torturing slowpokes was already too much trauma for me...
And speaking of trauma...
Pokemon Snap
Oh, it looks like a nice game. Just wait until you get to the last level. Mew frolicks around happily, chirping as if to say, "Look at this beautiful place I wanted to show you, Zelda! Isn't it marvelous?" Then you start chucking apples at him, causing him to cry out in pain until he's weak enough for you to take his picture. Aim for the head, kids!
Pokemon Stadium
While battling your Gameboy pokemon seems like the main objective, you should actually settle for pissing people off by playing the actual game boy game through the N64. With the volume up really loud. Or you can play fun mini-games like "Teacher Beats Me" or "Ekans' Ring Toss From Hell Where Unless You Get Some Actual Skill, the Only Fun Part is Imitating Ekans"!
Or you can get family members obsessed with your pokemon! Warning: you might also have to face their terrible scorn of your crappier pokemon. Poor Mr. Magic... ;_;
Codes!
Sexy Raichu Code
Obtain a pikachu. Evolve to a raichu at your personal preference. Go to lavender town. Rename raichu "Sexy Raichu." Voila!
Get drunk. Stare at Game Boy until other roundish pokemon(i.e. Chansey, exeggcute, etc.)start to look like Togepi.
Dunk Game Boy cartridge in water. Reinsert into Game Boy. Pretend that game is messed up because you caught Missing No. If water from game catridge gets into Game Boy and messes up other games, pretend that you caught Missing No in Pokemon Pinball too! Impress your friends!
Wait for Gold/Silver to come out. Buy one or both. Insert cartridge into Game Boy. Turn on Game Boy. Catch desired Pokemon.
Draw item on a piece of paper. Go to Kinkos. Make copies.
Press start, and select "pokemon." Choose pokemon in question. Press stats so you can see you pokemon. Say to it, "[name of crappy pokemon] will never evolve if it doesn't get any experience." Then sigh sadly, and say, "But I've heard that pokemon's personalities change completely once they evolve...and I've known [name of crappy pokemon] for so long..." Begin crying. Hug Game Boy tightly. If pokemon does not evolve out of love for you, pokemon doesn't love you enough. Feed pokemon rare candy until it loves you enough to evolve.
Find a tool kit. Take apart game cartridge. Remove all pieces and place on table. Put catridge back together. Play. Pretend game is screwed up because of Missing No and that you can still take pictures.
Rent Pokemon Stadium from Blockbuster. Pray that the kid before you rented a transfer pack and had a mewtwo. And that he registered Mewtwo for something. Look in registered sets. Play with registered set that has a mewtwo. If there are no such sets, keep looking. If there is still no Mewtwo, rent a different cartridge.