Pokémon series race 2019

Pokémon Series Race

This a race of all Pokémon gen 1-5 main series games, including selected side games. While this sounds simple and easy to track, we have added something to make it infinitely more interesting: you must, in at least one (main series) game, catch one of every Pokémon to have existed, excluding event only or those that need multiple systems to be obtained legitimately. This will create an incredibly complex race of routing and knowledge that will most likely take weeks. We are doing this summer 2019 (though people are free to start anytime after this, and are not forced to start at that time). Exact dates will differ slightly from runner to runner but most runners are aiming for July 2019.

Games and rules:

Pokémon Red - beat the game without using any glitches (as defined by speedrun.com) *
Pokémon Blue - beat the game without using any glitches (as defined by speedrun.com) *
Pokémon Yellow - beat the game without using any glitches (as defined by speedrun.com)
Pokémon Stadium - Gym Leader Castle Round 1 (the use of premade teams is allowed)
Pokémon Trading Card Game - Any% (Full Game) (as defined by speedrun.com)
Pokémon Snap - Any% (as defined by speedrun.com)

Pokémon Gold - beat the game without using any glitches (as defined by speedrun.com)
Pokémon Silver - beat the game without using any glitches (as defined by speedrun.com)
Pokémon Crystal - beat the game without using any glitches (as defined by speedrun.com)
Pokémon Stadium 2 - Gym Leader Castle Round 1 (the use of premade teams is allowed)

Pokémon Ruby - beat the game without using any glitches (as defined by speedrun.com)
Pokémon Sapphire - beat the game without using any glitches (as defined by speedrun.com)
Pokémon Emerald - beat the game without using any glitches (as defined by speedrun.com) **
Pokémon FireRed - beat the game without using any glitches (as defined by speedrun.com)
Pokémon LeafGreen - beat the game without using any glitches (as defined by speedrun.com)
Pokémon Colosseum - Any% (as defined by speedrun.com)
Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness - Any% (as defined by speedrun.com)
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red/Blue Rescue Team - any% No WM, No S+Q (as defined on speedrun.com) ***
Pokémon Ranger - Any% (as defined by speedrun.com)
Pokémon Channel - Any% Single Console (as defined by speedrun.com)

Pokémon Diamond - beat the game without using any glitches (as defined by speedrun.com)
Pokémon Pearl - beat the game without using any glitches (as defined by speedrun.com)
Pokémon Platinum - beat the game without using any glitches (as defined by speedrun.com)
Pokémon HeartGold - beat the game without using any glitches (as defined by speedrun.com)
Pokémon SoulSilver - beat the game without using any glitches (as defined by speedrun.com)
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorer of Time/Darkness/Sky - any%, wondermail allowed (as defined on speedrun.com) ***
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia - Any% (as defined by speedrun.com)
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs - Beat the Game (as defined by speedrun.com)
Poképark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure - Any% (as defined by speedrun.com)
Pokémon Rumble - Any% (Normal, password) (as defined by speedrun.com)
Pokémon Battle Revolution - Any% Round 1 (as defined by speedrun.com)

Pokémon Black - Any% (as defined by speedrun.com)
Pokémon White - Any% (as defined by speedrun.com)
Pokémon Black 2 - Any% (as defined by speedrun.com)
Pokémon White 2 - Any% (as defined by speedrun.com)
Pokémon Conquest - any% no passwords (as defined by speedrun.com)
Poképark 2: Wonders Beyond - Any% (as defined by speedrun.com)

*Old Man Glitch is allowed only for the purpose of duplicating items
**Item duping in Battle Tower is allowed, as long as Pokemon are not cloned
***Runner can choose any of the games in this set (i.e. only has to do either Red or Blue Rescue team)


Details:
- Playing multiple games at once in any capacity is NOT allowed (obviously)
- With few exceptions, each Pokémon must be obtained in at least one MAIN SERIES game. Exceptions include the following:
    - Golem, Mew, Scizor, Porygon2, Celebi, Deoxys, Jirachi, Dusknoir, Rhyperior, Electivire, Magmortar, Porygon-Z, Regigigas,
      Manaphy, Phione, Shaymin, Darkrai, Arceus, Victini, Conkeldurr, Accelgor, Escavalier, Landorus, Keldeo, Meloetta,
      Genesect are unobtainable. These do not count.

Due to this, 623 Pokémon must be obtained in addition to the above list of games that need to be finished. The race will be done in such a way that a 9 hour break is permitted for every 13 hours of gameplay. Once a break has started it counts as a break even if not the full 9 hours are used. Runners are recommended (though not required) to display both an RTA timer and a play timer to indicate how long it actually takes as well as the number of breaks taken.

Note 1: you do not need to have a living dex, so evolving your Squirtle into Wartortle and then Blastoise without catching another will count as having obtained all 3. However, this does not mean you can restart saves without losing several hours, so we will be using (almost) all 15 starters throughout! You must have saved with everything as well, so catching Pokemon A, resetting and catching Pokemon B will result in only Pokemon B counting. You must have everything caught saved on a file, regardless of what game it is in. Pokemon may be caught in gens later than they appear and it will still count (ex. Zubat/Golbat caught in gen 3 will count overall, and is a better option due to needing to evolve into Crobat.)
Note 2: We agreed on doing the current set of games as all of these are possible to be done on emulator (although it is encouraged to use console) whereas this is currently not possible for some of the later gen games. These may be done afterward as a "bonus" of sorts but will not count to the actual race.
Note 3: The race is open for anyone to join, so if you are interested (and mad enough), by all means. To sign up contact either Crrool or Genokirby
Note 4: The discord can be found here: https://discord.gg/6N9z3zE