Pokemon Crystal Clear starter% FAQ

Pokemon Crystal Clear starter% FAQ

Q: What game is this?
A: It's a romhack based on Pokemon Crystal. The main feature allows the player to start in either Johto or Kanto, then earn the 16 Johto/Kanto badges in any order, with gym trainer/leader levels scaled based on how many badges you have. For example, if you face Falkner first, he'll have two Pokemon -- a Lv. 7 Pidgey and a Lv. 9 Pidgeotto -- but if you face him last, he'll have six Pokemon, including a Lv. 75 Zapdos. Forced story elements such as Team Rocket and rival battles have been removed, and HMs are not required to reach the gyms, the Elite Four or Mt. Silver. You can read more and download the game at shockslayer.com.

Q: What are you trying to do?
A: Beat the 16 leaders, the Elite Four and Red as fast as possible using only a starter Pokemon. There are no other restrictions.

Q: Why only the starter?
A: Because otherwise you'd just catch a L44 Ursaring at Mt. Silver and cruise through the game with its huge level advantage. Not very challenging, and catching the Ursaring involves too much RNG for my liking.

Q: Can't you fight the Elite Four and Red after 8 badges? Doesn't that count as beating the game?
A: Yes, but the whole point of the romhack is to customize the order in which you win the 16 badges. So stopping after 8 badges would defeat the purpose of playing the game.

Q: What are you playing on?
A: GambatteSpeedrun, an accurate emulator for Gen 1-2 Pokemon games.

Q: What is the world record?
A: 1:51:06 by me. No one else has completed a run of this.

Q: What is your goal?
A: A 1:47 run would be pretty good.

Q: Why start in Johto?
A: The free Spearow in the Route 35 gatehouse comes with Fly, which is OP because nearly every Fly point in both regions is unlocked from the start. You can reach Route 35 fastest if you start in New Bark Town.

Q: What Pokemon do you use?
A: Elekid (fastest starter Pokemon to beat the game with), Sentret (Surf slave) and Spearow (Fly slave).

Q: Why Elekid?
A: Many Pokemon in the gyms and on the Elite Four are weak to Electric-type moves, and you can get Thunderbolt immediately. Also, you have basically perfect coverage with Ice Punch, Fire Punch and Cross Chop/Dynamicpunch.

Q: What route are you using for the gyms?
A: https://pastebin.com/705a1G0U (see "GYM ORDER (ELEKID)" near the top)

Q: Is there any RNG manipulation in this run?
A: No. I'm sure it's possible, but I don't know how.