I just received my 8th Pokemon Badge. I think my Venusaur is over level 70. I've been using it since I got a Bulbasaur because I wanted to use Sleep Powder to help me catch Pokemon. It's still in my top slot and I pretty much use it's Mega Evolution each time. I also caught the legendary Pokemon, but saved my Master Ball and used an Ultra Ball. Now, I guess I might try out the Pokemon League, which is usually quite difficult in every Pokemon game. This is about the point where I sometimes stop playing a Pokemon game because of the level of difficulty of the Pokemon League. That said, we'll see how it goes.

Awesome!

The earliest (or oldest) Pokemon game I've played is Pickachu Yellow. It was almost 10 years ago. I also forgot to mention on thing I really like about Pokemon X, it hardly takes any time at all to save the game, it saves very quickly! I am now on Victory Road.

Jon, if you play Blue again, feel free to comment here and let me know which starter you choose, or which you plan to choose. As I've probably said in this post, I almost always go for the blue (water-type) Pokemon, just because blue is quite definitely my favorite color. =) That said, I have no idea who my favorite Pokemon is or what type I like best. Sometimes I think I like Ghost- and Dragon-types the best. I remember when i first saw Sableye, I thought it was an awesome, adorable, Pokemon, but so many of them are. Do you have a favorite Pokemon or type? I've also never played against anyone (real person). I always seem to play against types (such as using Electric-types against Water-types). However, that's not always the case as I'm still using my (level 73 now, I think) Venusaur in pretty much every battle I have now because it's so powerful. =)

I believe Travis has given Pokemon a try, but I don't know to what extent.

That's awesome, WBS! I've just been going through the game from one place to the next, catching Pokemon as they appear. I did put my starter (now a Froakie) in the Box along with Blazekin. I'm working on evolving the Pokemon that are in my box. Since I made it to Victory Road, I noticed I needed Surf again, so I took out Froakie and taught it Surf. I caught 2 Pikachu, not paying attention to gender, hoping to breed for a Pichu. Luckily they weren't wasted as one NPC wanted a low-level Pokemon, so I gave him one of my Pickachu. I'm going to see how Victory Road goes, but I imagine by the time I reach the Elite Four, I'm going to have to get out my final team (whoever they are, I don't know yet) and level them up to beat the Four.

Last night, my son beat the Elite Four and the Champion. He said it was easy and difficult. LOL

I'm going to have to talk to my son more about the Elite Four. I made it, but was defeated by the first of them. Granted the only really strong Pokemon I have is Venusaur and that's no good against Fire-types, especially the Fire- & Flying-type that used Brave Bird a couple of times to defeat me. LOL

Awesome!

Hahaha, that's awesome since Venusaur has been ruling my X game, sadly I don't think it's going to help me much with the Elite Four.

I just noticed, I've only spent 32 hours on Pokemon X. It does seem like I've made it to the Elite Four faster than normal. I think there's a good reason for that, the way the EXP Share works. I think I've been doing much less grinding than I normally do in a Pokemon game. That said, grinding is exactly what I'm doing now that I know my team is not even yet set up for the Elite Four. Still, what I'm doing now is taking Pokemon out of my Box that will evolve by being leveled up. After I'm done with that (I only have 3 full Boxes of Pokemon and a 4th one with a few in it), I'll probably be putting my end-game team together and getting them leveled up enough to beat the Elite Four.

Wow! Venusaur is level 96! It seems to me that in other Pokemon games this was a difficult level to achieve. I'm debating with myself on telling you who I've chosen for my team to fight the Elite Four and the Champion. I don't really want to give too much in spoilers, yet it's probably safe. From what I know, you're definitely going to have a well-rounded team as the last 5 Pokemon trainers have various types of Pokemon. I'm currently working on getting my team prepared by grinding on Victory Road.

One final note I wanted to mention about the game and that is I like the music. At times it reminds of Final Fantasy (I'm thinking it must be FFXII that I'm thinking about in particular). Anyway, all-in-all, I think it's been a great game and I'm working on finishing it so that I can play The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds. What comes after that is beyond me, I have no idea.

I finished the game! I pretty much overpowered my final opponents. =)

Thanks, I agreed! However, I just now upgraded to Mythril Armor, which isn't as beautiful.

Awesome, thanks Jon! I haven't really explored the new Jungle yet. I remember the Wiki saying not to mine every piece of Clorphyte so that it can continue to grow. I've also managed to find some of the drops needed to summon the new bosses, though I'm not ready for them yet. One thing I think I need to do is organize the stuff I have in my chests as it's difficult to remember where I put everything and sometimes I overlook things. I've seen the message about the ground shaking a couple of times. I think this means Eater of Worlds might appear.

Wow, that's awesome (your organization). Some of my stuff is organized, well all my metals are organized. However, I've stopped creating Iron and Lead, instead I'm saving those ores for Ironskin Potions.

I was wrong in my previous comment. The boss was not Eater of Worlds, but the Destroyer. I got the message again and then when I teleported back to my house (because I was near death), I was abruptly killed (along with my nurse).

I should probably go looking for Clorphyte since Adamantite is getting difficult to find. I found enough to create the Adamantite Forge, but no much extra for much of anything else.

I finally have Adamantite Armor. =) I can't get mine the Clorophyte yet because I need an upgraded mining too such as a Pickaxe Axe or a Drax. In order to make those, I need Hallowed Bars. I apparently can't get those unless I fight a Hardmode boss. The Jungle is a deadly area now, heck the Crimson is, too. I like the Hallow areas, they're cool and look "pretty." I did also beat an Ice Golem. I also picked up a dropped Hallowed Key Mold. I did a Charm of Myths and I do have a Cross Necklace (that I haven't equipped yet). I wish the pre-hardmode bosses also dropped Hallowed bars after defeating them in the Hardmode world. I'm not sure what else to do at this point other than to start fighting some Hardmode bosses. Since I have plenty of Voodoo Dolls, I'll probably take on the Wall of Flesh again, I do want a Warrior Emblem, the WoF I defeated dropped the Ranger Emblem.

So, want to know a funny joke? The Wall of Flesh!!! That's right, with my new gear, the WoF is a joke! I'm using my Voodoo Dolls and fighting it, it still hasn't dropped a Breaker Blade (which I might not need anyway) nor a Warrior's Emblem (but I have the other two). It seems my armor upgrades my weapon because my Cutlass now has a damage stat of 70. I also created a Star Veil. This battle is so easy now, I don't even need to use potions!

5 times, 5 times! I summoned and defeated the Destroyer 5 times in a row. =) I had summoned him before, but I didn't beat him before dawn, so it ran away. This time, I made 10 Mechanical Worms. That said, I now have a full set of Hallowed Armor, a Drax, and more Hallowed Bars. I'm thinking of making Excalibur, but I'm going to look up some Hallowed Bar recipes. Then, I'm going to head over to the Jungle and mine Chlorophyte. I did also (last night) summon Skeleton Prime a couple of times, but I did not survive. But, since then I've not only made Greater Healing Potions, the Destroyer dropped plenty of them. I have not yet summoned or fought the Twins, but the Destroyer definitely seems to be the easiest Hardmode boss, in fact it wasn't really difficult at all, I didn't use any potions nor did I ever heal myself (I didn't need to).

Awesome. I've started collecting Chlorophyte, but haven't found enough yet to make the armor. I've also fought Plantera twice and died each time, even with the use of Ironskin and Regeneration potions. I think the best that I did was getting it to about half it's life and a second form. The Jungle is dangerous!!! Seriously! I'm about stopping to use Healing Potions and starting to use Greater Healing Potions more. Oh and since I had a few Suspicious Eyes, I decided to use them and fight the Eye of Cthulhu again. Yeah, that was easy!

I think I'm going to skip the Chlorophyte Armor and get the Turtle Armor since it uses Chlorophyte and seems to be better.

Thanks for the tips! I was looking at better weapons, although I can't remember which ones specifically, but I think I'm unable to make them or one of them I wanted. The Night's Edge requires the Blade of Grass, Fiery Greatsword, Muramasa, and Light's Bane or Blood Butcherer. Unfortunately, I sold the Muramasa that was found in the Dungeon. Also, I don't think I can get Demonite ore as my world came with Crimson instead of Corruption.

Since I've been fighting the Wall of Flesh all day and have come oh so very close to defeating it, I've decided that I need to create a bigger world. I need a new world so that I can get back that Muramasa and I'm also hoping to find Corruption instead of Crimson. If my new world gives me the ores and items that I need, I should be able to beat the Wall of Flesh. I did create Ironskin and Regeneration potions, which helped. I have some Demons Scythes, but the way it looked, my Fiery Greatsword dealt more damage.

So, my next step (that I have decided on) is to create a new world. I'm thinking of creating a medium one and check it out. I'm tempted to create a large one, but I think a medium one will probably do for now. My current world has been great and I'm really into the game, but I've reached a point to where my small world has become a bit of a limitation and I'm ready to move on to a bigger one.

Oh, as for floating islands, I haven't found any, but there's probably at least one some where at an elevation that I have not yet explored. I did, however, find an ocean at the far right end of my world, but it is pretty small.

True, I could possibly find another Muramasa. I remember seeing some chests that weren't Golden and required a key. I may not have completely explore the dungeon, either, there may be some chests that I missed. You're right, also, in that the Blood Butcherer will work. I even read and said that and didn't even give it much thought.

I have finally tried gravity potions, which helped me find one Floating Island. I read that I could be a hardcore character and die and float around and look for them. Since I got the Tinkerer's Workstation, I did create those boots that let me fly a little, but I haven't gotten used to it yet. I tried it out a little bit.

I recreated my 3rd world (#2 is Vinny's and he only played it once I think), after I found it had Crimson instead of Corruption. My new 3rd world has Corruption, which I wanted to see and explore. I created a medium world. I also built a pretty dang high building to house all possible NPCs, even though I only have the Guide as of now. I think it has ten floors each divided in half, so 2 rooms per floor.

Thanks for the tips! Those are some good strategies I didn't even think about that I'll have to consider. =)

I made a Star Cannon. Now I wish I hadn't converted all those Fallen Stars to Mana Crystals. Well, at least now I have a good reason to save Fallen Stars! =) Oh, and I've almost spent 100 hours on the game, I'm getting there and loving it!

I didn't have any trouble maxing out my health or mana. I just never use mana. Well, I tried out the Demon Scythe, but I thought my sword would be more effective of a weapon. I'll try out my Star Cannon when I have more stars for ammo. Still, I think if I can craft that Night's Edge, it will give me the edge (no pun intended) I need to beat the Wall of Flesh.

I found out that the house I created isn't too big. It seems other NPCs were waiting on the Merchant to move in.

So, I found the Dungeon in my new world, but while I was talking to the Old Man, I was being watched. As I was fighting Skeletron, the Eye of Cthulhu showed up, so at one point I was fighting both of them. I said, "this is going to be fun!" Hahahahaha During the battle, I used a Healing Potion once and nothing else. Those, I suppose, are the easier bosses.

I like seeing Demonite in my new world. I love blue, so when I see it, I think it's beautiful. The Dungeon in my first world was made of Blue Brick (which I loved), but the new one is made of green. I'm still exploring the new Dungeon so that I can find that Murasama, so I can make my Night's Edge. I'm enjoying exploring my new world, it's pretty cool!

I finally defeated the Wall of Flesh!!! After creating my Night's Edge, I noticed that it was a "Broken" one. Sure enough! It's a good thing I had a Goblin Tinkerer, because I reforged it and it got a 10% damage modifier. Still, the WoF destroyed me (a few times). I decided to add a Gingerbread Man to the mix of buffs that I used (also including Iron Skin and Regeneration potions). I also used my Star Cannon. Ah, I feel accomplished now! Still, I wish the WoF dropped the Breaker Blade, that would have been sweet!

Hahahahaha!!!! Well now I should be able to make some better weapons and armor to make that fight much easier. The Wiki said after you beat the WoF, your world gets upgraded to hardmode.