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When you spend hours looking for a Pokemon to the point where you almost run from it accidentally from all the repetition. (i.imgur.com)

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[–]cinnabartourguide 112 points113 points ago

Like spending hours in Viridian forest looking for that mother fuckin pikachu??

[–]Chartlesaur 36 points37 points ago

One time in Leaf Green, I had been in there looking for hours. There was one last piece of grass and I was like "i'm gonna run into a pikachu there" so I stepped in, nothing... I did the little thing where you run in circles but don't leave the grass and boom. Sure enough. Lvl 3 pikachu, victory was mine. I later dropped my phone in water and lost my save :(

[–]mikekearn 17 points18 points ago

This is why, if you're going to play on emulators, back up your game saves! Emulators are notoriously unreliable, but at least you can save your work from disasters.

[–]onebadace 3 points4 points ago

Where can I get a good one for iPhone?

[–]BittyTang 6 points7 points ago

GPSphone. You have to jailbreak it first.

[–]Sir_T-Bagalot 5 points6 points ago

I use GameBoid on Android and gpSP on PSP.

[–]Imagine_This 0 points1 point ago

Isn't that just practically an app?

[–]Sir_T-Bagalot 0 points1 point ago

It is an app. An app that works as an emulator.

[–]Good_Guy_Graig 1 point2 points ago

GameBoid is probably the best emulator on Android.

[–]Sir_T-Bagalot 2 points3 points ago

I've used it since the beginning of time, it's never failed me.

[–]mikekearn 1 point2 points ago

That's exactly what I use.

[–]Xvalai 0 points1 point ago

Or GBC AD+

[–]Chartlesaur 0 points1 point ago

I used mojo gba on my android not sure if it's on the app store. It's an alright emulator, my only complaint was the d-pad glitched out sometimes but you could usually fix it by pressing the side opposite the way you were walking.

[–]larsao3 1 point2 points ago

I used GBsp or GBAsp... or maybe spGBA!

I dunno. Google around and you'll find it!

[–]Good_Guy_Graig 0 points1 point ago

I play Leaf Green on my phone. I found the little guy by accident. It was indeed a HE too. Pretty awesome seeing as how I wasn't even intending to catch it. I just wanted to leave that stupid forest.

[–]EPIC_BAGELS9000 5 points6 points ago

I was extremely lucky, the first pokemon I encountered in the viridian forest was pikachu.

[–]RHSC 2 points3 points ago

Just did that yesterday in HG. I was looking for a male one to breed with my female one and boom, it was the first thing I found.

[–]berychance 2 points3 points ago

Why not just use something common in one of its egg groups like a rattata?

[–]RHSC 9 points10 points ago

...I don't know.

[–]toaster_waffle 0 points1 point ago

I was nuzlocking Leaf Green, and having such terrible luck. Rattata after Rattata, then finally I arrived at Viridian Forest. The first pokemon I ran into... Was a Pikachu. I was ecstatic. The Pikachu died off a critical hit shortly thereafter. I ragequit shortly thereafter.

[–]EPIC_BAGELS9000 1 point2 points ago

lol I'd rage quit too if that happened to me.

edit what's the downvote for?

[–]cmgoan 0 points1 point ago

It wasn't me I'm offering an Up vote here but I believe it would be a Grammar Nazi over your use of 'to' instead of the correct 'too'.

Also the lack of capital on 'i'd' which should read 'I'd'

That's my guess.

[–]Nick2the4reaper7 0 points1 point ago

I did this on my very first Nuzlocke ever on FireRed.

[–]The_Mighty_Spork 3 points4 points ago

Almost did just this on the train today, didn't have sound on and looked down just in time to stop myself making a horrible mistake. Had been just one shotting weedles with my bulbasaur.

[–]AlmightyTritan[!] 3 points4 points ago

Mother fucking Heracross in Crystal. 6 days 3 1/2 hours of bullshit.

[–]Sapphire--Blue 2 points3 points ago

I don't know what's up with me, but every time I go to viridian forest I run into like five pikachus. I must be a pikachu magnet!

[–]jonvox 0 points1 point ago

First pokemon I encountered in the forest as a young 8 year old with a brand new gameboy pocket and pokemon blue on christmas morning. I didn't have a pokeball, and the item two steps away was a pokeball.

Tears were shed.

[–]bitch_im_a_lion 1 point2 points ago

Just played fire red for the first time a couple weeks ago. Pikachu was the first pokemon I encountered in the Viridian forest.

[–]Logan_Jennings 1 point2 points ago

Yellow version: Pigeotto

[–]alextico24 0 points1 point ago

First pokemon I ran into in Fire Red was Pikachu in Viridian. Star of my team. I wooped some ass.

[–]SWgeek10056 0 points1 point ago

More like latios/latias.

Or that one pokemon the official handbook said only spawned about 3% of the time in certain areas of the safari zone (red/yellow/blue)

And that's the only place it spawned.

[–]drockers 0 points1 point ago

The third pokemon I caught was pikachu completely by accident. I fist pumped for like 5 mins.

[–]Blubli 57 points58 points ago

When you totally run from the Pokemon you're looking for because of all the repetition.

[–]vefobitseq 10 points11 points ago

If that gif had him throwing something itd be my reaction.

[–]TribalTribesman 5 points6 points ago

I... I ran away from a shiny Scyther last month while playing Platinum... The wounds haven't healed yet...

[–]CptSarcasm 1 point2 points ago

Wounds like that don't heal. They turn into scars, but are never forgotten

[–]etothepowerofipi 0 points1 point ago

I accidentally killed a shiny Sawsbuck while EV training due to the repitition.

[–]troymckin 26 points27 points ago

While trying to catch a vulpix in leafgreen, I ran from a shiny pidgey. I hit run before I had paid to much attention. I noticed it was shiny before I hit A the second time to completely leave the battle.

[–]Docfeelbad 7 points8 points ago

I'm so sorry dude. That's heartbreaking. I don't think I could've recovered from that.

[–]hilarebare 4 points5 points ago

Oh gosh that felt like I got kicked in the balls.

[–]Good_Guy_Graig 0 points1 point ago

At that point i'd put the game down while still on and go to a shower in which to cry in the fetal position.

[–]JaggedToaster12 14 points15 points ago

Oh Joey, you explain my emotions so well

[–]faulks 31 points32 points ago

Youngster Joey, all grown up.

[–]the_dayman 3 points4 points ago

Could I be wearing any more shorts?

[–]emoness88 7 points8 points ago

What? Ratata is evolving! Congradulations, you're TOP PERCENT OF RATATA evolved into TOP PERCENT OF SITCOMS!

[–]nick-halden -3 points-2 points ago

Since when is friends in the top percentage of sitcoms.

[–]emoness88 0 points1 point ago

Well...was popular?

[–]matt123183 9 points10 points ago

Feebas...

[–]Haasts_Eagle 2 points3 points ago

Ugh, and fishing for Feebas takes so much effort with the timing...

But I have read that once you find a tile that has Feebas they are really common in that spot.

[–]matt123183 3 points4 points ago

it took me 4 days to find that square and when I did, I got a freaking box of them

[–]lord_james 9 points10 points ago

Heracross. Gold version. 5 hours. When it finally showed the fuck up, I spent a few minutes contemplating whether or not to master ball the little cunt.

[–]TwoLegsJoe 7 points8 points ago

Be mindlessly grinding while watching movie

On whim, decide to turn sound up a bit

After a few minutes, hear slight twinkle

Mother fucking shiny pidgeotto

Master ball that shit, bitch might know whirlwind

Spend rest of life wondering how many shinnies I might have missed over the years

[–]EnderBro11 1 point2 points ago

I found a shiny Hariyama one time on victory road in Emerald. Bitch used whirlwind second turn.

[–]BlueKiwi 1 point2 points ago

"bitch might know whirlwind" really rolls off the tongue nicely

[–]moyerr 6 points7 points ago

Safari Zone looking for Scyther.

[–]londoncolson 1 point2 points ago

I don't know if the encounter rate is different in original Gold but I found 4 scythers in a row(caught one) and decided to just leave because I found so many

Edit:Encounter rate, not Catch Rate

[–]Quaytsar 1 point2 points ago

The catch rate is not the same as the encounter rate. Catch rate is evolution group specific (so rattata and raticate have the same catch rate) and encounter rate is location specific (so geodude is more common in Mt. Moon than Victory Road). You can find both on Pokemon wikis (such as Bulbapedia).

[–]londoncolson 2 points3 points ago

I meant encounter rate...

[–]sanitationengineer 7 points8 points ago

Lapras in Icefall Cave for FR/LG supposedly has a 1% encounter rate. Sometimes I feel that Serebii is trolling me and that Lapras does not exist there.

[–]londoncolson 6 points7 points ago

Get the free one in Silph and then check the area in the pokedex for it

[–]OG_Pow 6 points7 points ago

Chansey in Crystal. That hoe's elusive.

[–]Arionia 4 points5 points ago

"Almost"?

[–]hutchy1993 4 points5 points ago

done this yesterday looking for yamna on silver :@

[–]thequeenofpugs 3 points4 points ago

Yanma kicks ass

[–]maxtroller 7 points8 points ago

Has happened to me plenty of times

[–]your_penis 6 points7 points ago

I'm looking at you Ralts...

[–]OrigamiRock 3 points4 points ago

Goddamn Tauros.

[–]GenericCollegeDrone 3 points4 points ago

This kinda happened to me. EV training, not paying attention, killed a shiny.

[–]thequeenofpugs 0 points1 point ago

Snubbull in HeartGold. so hard to find.

[–]Flanjygo 2 points3 points ago

I was wandering around the Johto Safari Zone (Soulsilver) while looking for a Riolu. I didn't find one because I hadn't actually waited the full 70 days, but I didn't realize that and was just running from each pokemon when suddenly I found a shiny Marill. Almost ran from that one too.

[–]Ackis 0 points1 point ago

I did this once on Raiko :(

[–]rogelian 2 points3 points ago

I feel as though when you're looking for a certain Pokemon, every OTHER FUCKING SPECIES just jumps out at you to spite you. "Oh, you were looking for a Scyther? Here's a billion Doduos and a Nidoran for good measure."

[–]Girolmao[S] 0 points1 point ago

I'm currently looking for a Paras, I get unwanted rarer shit instead. PokeDex Problems...

[–]ModestCanadian 0 points1 point ago

Happened to me when I was looking for Scraggy. Took me forever to find him, then when I found one, it didn't stop.

[–]reese_ridley 1 point2 points ago

this happened to me with a Volbeat in emerald. stared at the wall for a good fifteen minutes in shock, then spent the next six hours in a breathless rage until I found another one.

[–]Quaytsar 1 point2 points ago

You could have caught Illumise (18% vs. 1% encounter rate) and bred a Volbeat off it.

[–]sami27 2 points3 points ago

TIL

[–]JeromesNiece 0 points1 point ago

That's only in Gen V. Breeding a Volbeat will always result in a Volbeat egg in Emerald.

[–]Quaytsar 0 points1 point ago

I never said otherwise. I said Illumise can breed Volbeat, so he could catch the more common Illumise and breed the more rare Volbeat, which IIRC, you could do in Gens 3 & 4.

[–]JeromesNiece 1 point2 points ago

I meant the other way around. All I know is that I bred a Illumise in Emerald 3 times and got an lllumise every time. Also the Bulbapedia page for Volbeat says that getting it from a Illumise egg is only in Gen V.

[–]TheWinrar 0 points1 point ago

Volbeat off

[–]GLaDOSexe 0 points1 point ago

I have 900 hours in my emerald game, atleast 100 of them were spent outside of Mauville looking for that fucking Volbeat. It was one of the last Pokemon me and my friend needed to get a god damn completed Hoehnn dex and get dat cyndaquil... Nobody told me you could breed a damn Illumise D:

[–]apricot13 1 point2 points ago

Safari zone and tauros. Last one on my pokedex!!!

[–]Websterr 1 point2 points ago

Goddamn Skarmory..

[–]dedatos 1 point2 points ago

Oh Joey...

[–]zeronyx 0 points1 point ago

when you actually do run out of repetition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umDr0mPuyQc

[–]diskopony 1 point2 points ago

Gen 1 Chansey. Oh, the pain...

[–]StopSine 1 point2 points ago

Relicanth.

[–]froyoman 0 points1 point ago

I actually ran from the surskit i looked for for 3 1/2 hours in sapphire ;(

[–]jro893 1 point2 points ago

Stupid Chimecho in Ruby. It took me hours to find one. Luckily another one came up shortly thereafter.

[–]gibsonh90 0 points1 point ago

Almost...

[–]PhiladelphiaIrish 1 point2 points ago

That means you, Chimeco.

[–]jace10 -1 points0 points ago

Cryogonal

[–]Choft -1 points0 points ago

Fucking Cryognal.

[–]PkMn_TrAiNeR_GoLd 0 points1 point ago

I did that to a shiny Golbat once :(

[–]Kvantemekanik 0 points1 point ago

Relevant.

[–]brandoi 1 point2 points ago

Was looking for a starmie in Soul Silver, ran from a shiny mamoswine. Took me 5 minutes to realize that I just ran from the first shiny I ever saw in my life.

[–]roflkniefgoessliec 0 points1 point ago

I did this exactly on Crystal about a week or two ago looking for a Chansey holding a lucky egg. After about five hours, I finally got it and freaked out for about five minutes straight.

[–]Haacker45 0 points1 point ago

For me it was metagross

[–]KirkenAmy 0 points1 point ago

"Almost". You're funny.

I've done that too many times... I usually just stare at the screen for 5 minutes after, regretting what I did.

[–]eatthischair 0 points1 point ago

aciddentaly? i have lost lots of pikachu like that

[–]aldamasta 0 points1 point ago

I did this looking for tynamo.

[–]Orzanik9 0 points1 point ago

I don't understand why people have a hard time looking for Tynamos. I always see them in first or second encounter in a certain spot in the cave. Idk if it is just luck or what but...

[–]BaronOshawott 0 points1 point ago

I once ran from a Shiny Geodude on accident. Feels bad man. :(

[–]ShinyMeta 0 points1 point ago

I had something extremely relevant to say, but I don't know how reddit feels about TPPC, so I'll stay quiet.

[–]thisweirdo 0 points1 point ago

That just happened to me while I was looking for a gible. Except I did run from it :(

[–]filmguy100 0 points1 point ago

Or actually running away from it...

[–]jereddit 0 points1 point ago

one word:moltres

[–]hawkdarato -2 points-1 points ago

More like MFW I found out Ross had sex with Rachel.

[–]hurpdurp123 0 points1 point ago

im like that when im watching porn home alone and my mom come's back

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