What Does It Take
to be Great? Advice to an Aspiring Pokémon Master
Most
of us know that feeling, we want to play a game, but you do not know how to
play it well; or you just do not have a talent for that. Therefore, you give
up. You like Pokémon. You like the anime series, card game, and the Pokémon
video game. Well, all hope is not lost. With enough deliberate practice,
repetition, and feedback from others, as stated in Geoff Colvin’s article,
“What It Takes to be Great”, even complete rookies can become masters at the
video game. We want to discuss with you how to be great at the Pokémon video
game by putting Colvin’s suggestions to use.
Before you can even get into
Pokémon, you’ll need to know some background information about how the Pokémon
franchise started, what it is, and some trivia. So how did Pokémon begin? The
idea of Pokémon began with Satoshi Tajiri, because he enjoyed collecting
insects as a hobby. (Satoshi is the name
for Ash Ketchum in the anime series in Japan.) He gathered his friends and
started a company called Game Freak, which almost became bankrupt. Pocket
Monsters was previously called Capsule Monsters, but trademark issues made it
become what it is known today.
Now that you know some background
information, we need to start discussing many main topics, such as…
Tactics:
Abilities, Evolving, Types, and Battles
Pokémon
Teams: Choosing Your Starter Pokémon
Because of the time limit, we will
only talk about basic Pokémon knowledge and choosing a starter Pokémon.
The first thing we are going to talk
about is Tactics. How do you want to
play the game? Are you a casual player and do not exactly have a set way of
battling, or do you have your own style? Some people enjoy battling by trying
to get the opponent’s Pokémon to 0 HP first while others enjoy using moves like
Leer and Growl to decrease the damage done to themselves and increase it for
the opponent. This might take a little bit of experimenting, so this connects
with Colvin’s opinion, to perform repetition until you have a set idea how you
are going to do things.
There are more things to tactics
than you think. You still have to think about how your Pokémon will do in
battle. Some try to take advantage of the type
system, but others rely on pure power by being raising Pokémon to high
levels to win battles. What is the type
system? Well, it is a way to classify Pokémon. To give an example, normal type Pokémon, assuming they do
not have two types, are weak to only
fighting Pokémon moves, and are
immune to ghost Pokémon moves. This
might take some practice to get the hang of it, so you might have to battle wild Pokémon often and go to online
forums to get this information. This connects with Colvin’s deliberate practice
because you have to practice to get the hang of it.
Evolving and abilities both are very
confusing. Let us start with evolving. When your Pokémon reach certain levels
or exposed to a certain evolution stone, they can evolve. However, there are
good things about it such as, you get a better overall Pokémon, but you have to
trade; if you do not evolve, the Pokémon will get better moves faster, but if
you do evolve, you will have to wait for it to level up a lot for it to get the
same move.
Abilities are skills
that may help you in the game. They cannot change unless you evolve it. An
example of this would be Pure Power.
This ability doubles your attack stats, which is significant if you think about
it. How might this connect with Colvin’s article? It connects because this
takes repetition to understand. You might have to study by looking on websites
like Bulbapedia, because there are
over 170 abilities currently.
Finally, we are going to talk about Pokémon
teams. How do you choose your starter Pokémon?
This choice will take the much thinking to decide. The Pokémon that you choose
there will most likely be the one that is the most powerful overall out of all
the Pokémon you will have. You will have to have a new mindset of approach.
Maybe in the past you have been choosing all grass type Pokémon. You might want
to choose some other Pokémon.
To
summarize, the Pokémon video game is a very competitive and you often have to
keep in mind many things such as abilities and types. Pokémon can also evolve
but you have to choose either better strength overall or better moves sooner.
At the beginning of the Pokémon game, you can choose a starter Pokémon that
will most likely be the most important Pokémon in your team later on. Remember,
every Pokémon will have a weakness; it is how you compensate for that. If you
try your best, get a new mindset, practice, and put in effort, although you
might not have been born with the gift to be “the very best,” you too can be
the Pokémon master.
So, what do you think? I have to get back on my mathematics homework so I'm going to leave. There's a break in two weeks, so I'll be fine. I wish school could be online. Like webcam chat so we could be in the comfort of our own homes and learn. Well, bye.
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