The "Who needs good pokemon?" Run. Part 1

I haven't played this game since before Version 2 came out, so I wanted to replay the game, while keeping some kind of log where I document my experience with the game. I also wanted to make use of some other mons then normal, so I banned all mons with a base stat total of 480 or higher. Other then that... Eviolite is banned and so are mons that I used in my old runs in the long run. I started the run on Difficult with capped experience.

I named myself Dingus and my Rival Bongus and started my journey. Beldum was my starter of choice, because I had allready made use of all of the starters, so I took the one I liked the most. Sadly little Beldum will never become a Metagross. I was also pleasently surprised by some changes that had happened to the sprites of the game.

I played through the first route, which also had been changed and cought a coupled of mons to be able to get the stat scanner later on. I also was happy about the changes that item had gotten. Not having to go to the Name changer or look up learnsets outside of the game is really convenient. I don't intend to use any of these mons tho.

After starting the Quest with the Alolan Sandslash, I entered the Ice cave towards the first gym. I also caught a lot of pokemon here and got my first more permanent team members. I got "Betty" the Makuhita and "Fratze" the Mawile (it's a german word for face or grimace).

I also got the Litleo after the cave as a reward for defeating all the trainers. I named it "Simba" and it also became more of a permanent member of the team for some time. It was a great help for the first gym, which I beat on the first try. I was slightly disappointed, that the gag with the police officers was removed. I also kept catching pokemon everywhere I went, so I could get the stat scanner. After the gym I caught an Azurill named "Mom", which I gave a Soothbell and evolved it up to Azumarill. Thanks to huge power it is going to be a permanent fixture on the team. I also caught a Electrike called "Spurk" who has stayed on the team for now.