Deviation Actions
I just finished playing through the main campaign of Pokémon Y version. Despite lacking in some areas (difficulty, story), it's great in other areas (the hugest regionalDex of any Pokémon game [450], replay value, the sheer size of Kalos). Had I not had one already, would I have bought a 3DS just for this game?
...Yes. Yes I would. It's that good.
But onto the main point of this journal- throughout the game, I kept check on my progress throughout, badge-for-badge. Mostly for bragging rights, admittingly, since I'm a humongous brag, but whatever.
BADGE #---HOURS:MINUTES---POKEMON SEEN(POKEMON CAUGHT)
-Extra notes about checkpoint length.
BADGE 1---3:24---32(18)
BADGE 2---12:45---104(63)
Super Training. That's all you need to know about regarding the huge gap. That and the number of areas between the first 2 badge.
BADGE 3---16:03---145(84)
BADGE 4---17:35---169(91)
BADGE 5---19:29---186(93)
BADGE 6---20:57---207(101)
BADGE 7---27:50---261(130)
More Super Training, I think.
EVIL TEAM---29:18---269(131)
BADGE 8---32:20---296(145)
BREEDFEST---35:36---316(173)
For this part of the game, after I found Ditto (late into the story) and traded it for another (so it would breed faster), I bred every Pokémon whose earlier evolutions aren't found in the wild- some former common Pokémon among them. Also, I didn't want to beat the game too quickly, and this was the first time since Gold & Silver where Ditto could be caught and breed with others prior to the Champion battle.
CATCHFEST---43:04---327(219)
I went across the region again, looking for Pokémon I missed. Also, there was more Super Training. Furthermore, I used Pokémon-Amie and played its minigames (which were surprisingly decent) to evolve Eevee into Sylveon (2 Amie Hearts/5 required, btw). On top of that, I used GTS and Wonder Trade for others.
COMPETITIVE TEAM PT 1.---53:16---362(232)
For this part, I Super Trained two of my competitive Pokémon, then hit the Battle Chateau for EXP. The money earned from defeating trainers there is enough to circumvent the high cost of Writs. Also, I went down the routes before Victory Road to pass the time.
ELITE FOUR & CHAMPION---55:18---377(234)
I decided to stop procrastinating and actually went to defeat the Elite Four and their Champion once and for all- and to make things more difficult for myself, I set the Champion battle to Set.
Oh, and here was my team when I beat the game.
Toadovsky the Frogadier (LV76)
Pidge the Pidgeot (LV75)
Kimba the Lilteo (LV76)
Orisaur the Venusaur (LV75)
Divabee the Vespiquen (LV75)
Littlefoot the Aurorus (LV76)
...yeah, I decided to do something different and not evolve some of my Pokemon, just to make things interesting.