and so a year has passed...... Wait what?!?? A freakin year?

Pokemon: The Omega Experience

  Hello friends, thank you for taking your time to read up on whats been going on in the world of Pokemon and the world of Pokemon: The Omega Experience.  Well Memorial Day is over and yes it is the unofficial start of Summer.  Summer brings much fun and much caution, with that in mind please if you are out please use sun screen generously. If you are out to the beach or any other place of recreation please observe and respect your environment; such as beware swimming conditions, carry plenty of hydration, respect fire hazards etc.

  

 Gauntlet 6 returned with a not so wonderous applause, but it came back our very own Gabrielle Alexis Matos placed first and our very own Matt Johnson placed second.  Congrats to you both.  Gabrielle netted two Amiibos.  Mario and Link and Matt netted 30 perfect IV Egg Move Pokes which he has yet to pick up.

  With that over with no on the rest of the show.  May of this year is the one year anniversary of Pokemon: The Omega Experience inception into Facebook.  Our Instagram, Twitter, Blog and Facebook cannot be doing any better. We managed to gain a new Youtuber to help us and his name is Aaron Brashear.  He comes highly respected by our own Matt Johnson.  If you have not seen any of Aaron's work please go to   https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fchannel%2FUCCZ7zjXEdNBkGa5jQOavd_A&h=SAQGv2_Ol    and check it out for his Youtube postings.  He will be replacing Brad Maynes who will be no longer be affiliated with Omegas due to breach of contract on his end.  Aaron Brashear is 17 years old and hes from Simi Valley California.  If you want to visit his Twitter it is https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FAggroAggron&h=GAQEoRN1H     

    

    Recently with May came a host of giveaways, with two more to cap off the month.  Congrats to Fernado Oneill Nieves Barreto for winning the New Banner contest as pictured above.  This in time will become to new banner for all things Omega with the addition of the omega symbol.  Again congrats  Fernado has won two amiibos which he will receive shortly.  If you see him in group be sure to thank him for a job well done !!

    So continued with last months Blog update I am currently playing old pokemon games.  A few months ago I started and finished Pokemon Heart Gold and the newest game I have been playing was Pokemon Leafgreen.  

 Pokemon Leafgreen/Firered were the updated versions of Pokemon Red/Blue/Green that appeared originally on the Gameboy.  Leafgreen and Firered were a welcome additions to the Gameboy Advance.  Pokemon LG/FR revolutionized the Pokemon games of that time.  New technology brought better gameplay and with updated software came better and updated visuals for the Pokemon and the moves.

Here are some difference in visuals

and here are some differences inbetween Pokemon Version Red and Firered

-FireRed contains 9 extra islands known as the Sevii Islands which can first be accessed after obtaining the 8th gym. Two of those islands can only be accessed through Nintendo Events.
-The Pokemon in FireRed have genders and IV's and can gain EV's (if you don't know what these are and you aren't into competitive battling don't worry about them).
-Pokemon can be bred once you gain access to one of the Sevii Islands.
-There are certain people spread around the game known as Move Tutors who teach certain moves to certain Pokemon, there is also a Move Rememberer who can teach any move that a Pokemon could have learned at an earlier level and a Move Deleter who can delete HM moves from a Pokemon.
-Some Johto Pokemon may be caught, bred or evolved into after beating the Elite Four and obtaining the National Dex.
-The Elite Four becomes stronger after obtaining the National Dex.
-Moltres can be caught before Victory Road.
-Much more Bag Space than Red
-Different TM set.

and most importantly
-Comes with a Wireless Adapter that allows Communication with Pokemon LeafGree, Emerald and other FireRed Cartridges. 

Pokemon: Leafgreen

   First and foremost for those that have never played a Pokemon game, this is an excellent game to start the series.  You can either grab this Gem through emulator or pick it up cheap through Amazon or Ebay.  Make sure you get a legit copy because both Amazon and Ebay are chalk full of rip off games.  Sad but true, I got two last year while one of the buyers swore up and down he only sold legit copies and he gave me yet another fake, but whatever. That's another adventure all to its own.

   

  As I started this game I picked my favorite starter of the series Bulbasaur.  I like Bulbasaur because it acquires such moves that are important as Leech Seed and Poison which are critical in helping catch other wild Pokemon, by adding a drain element plus a status such as Poison Powder then Toxic.  Next try and catch the proper pokes in your new adventure Pidgey should be good, Pikachu in Virodian Forest, Rattata, Caterpie in Virodian Forest, etc.. Your first visit should be Brock in Pewter City which if you level up either Bulbasaur or if you picked Squirtle you should have no problems if you have leveled them up properly. 

Pewter City's Famous Gym Leader Brock

  Next you should head to Cerulean City and defeat Misty who has the Cascade Badge.  She will not be difficult if you have acquired a Pikachu or you still have your Bulbasaur.  Her water types will basically be ineffective against you as long as you do not underestimate her.  Take time to search out several new Pokemon inbetween such as Jigglypuff, Spearow, Clafairy, Zubat and if you have luck and patience Onix! 

 

The one and only Cerulean City's very own Gym Leader Misty

   Also Cerulean City is famous for Nugget Bridge.  This bridge is famous for when you get through its several trainers the Lead trainer also a Team Rocket Grunt will be waiting for you as a prize a gold nugget worth 5,000 Yen, Gold, or whatever coinage the Pokemon world uses.  Yet you will have to battle.  For poor/lazy scripting if you are beat (which I implore that you allow this to happen).  You can acquire as many as gold nuggets as your pride will allow you to gain.  I gained 50 before I quit.  Just place the weakest Pokemon in your party and take out every other Pokemon in your party, so that defeat will come easy for you and do not hang your head to low.  

   Well thats it for now check in next month when we unveil new and ongoing things for our world of Pokemon.

 

Remember you can find us at

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and coming soon catch us on Tumblr

Of course you can find us on facebook -

Pokemon: The Omega Experience  - https://www.facebook.com/groups/pokemonomegaexperience/

Here are the groups that we are currently promoting 

.Pokemon X and Y: Journey to be the Very Best (Pokemon Community/League) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/603505989740062/

 

Pokemon X and Y: Journey to be the Very Best

.Enlightened  League (Pokemon Community/League) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/606195456155343/
Under Mainteane.......

The Enlightened League

.Team Magma (Pokemon Community with an R rating) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/458690654276469/

Team Magma

Pokemon: New Beginnings (Pokemon Community) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/858021284232458/

Pokemon: New Beginnings

.Pokedex (Pokemon Community)  - https://www.facebook.com/groups/566395630121170/

Pokedex

Delta Stream League (Pokemon Community/League) (NEW) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/378470932302914/

Delta Stream

Pokemon: NXT League (Pokemon League/Community)(New) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pokemon.NXT.League/

 

The NXT of Poke Leagues...

                                            Until next time everyone Be safe, be well my friends....

If you want your group promoted here or want any info on joining these groups - Just send me an email jerrythemovieking@yahoo.com or leave a comment.
 

Heartgold Breakdown Part 2 - Keep on Keeping on

Hey y'all its that time again.

                      As you may have noticed last month I did not do a blog update because I was busy trying to get my job schedule lined out and thankfully it looks like I finally accomplished what I had set out to do.  Miami is popping right now with an influx of tourist seemingly from all over Europe.  Usually most of the tourist come at the beginning of the new year and start going back about now, but alas for us South Floridians it looks like they are sticking around for awhile.

Current News:

Pokemon: The Omega Experience is nearing its 800 member mark and its one year anniversary.  All acets of its media outlets are doing well.  We have moved onto reddit.  Yes its true - oh its true.

http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/2x1vr4/pokemon_facebook_groups/

We will be doing giveaways for the whole month of May, so please stay tuned and spread the word.

                     Last time I updated my blog I told everyone that I was going to start doing a breakdown of all the old school Pokemon games up and including the originals and yes if I have to acquire the systems like the gamecube to do Gale of Darkness I will.  Last months coverage included Pokemon Heartgold/Soulsilver.

   

                    Can't say enough good things about this game.  Im pretty sure after surveying several different sources that it was pretty well received by anyone who has ever had the graciousness to have gotten the chance to have played either version of this game.  For me the best part of this experience is going back and reliving these dawning moments in the series.  Traversing the lands of Kanto and Johto brings back fond memories for me and solidifies my place amongst its awesome journey.

                   As I left off last time I had just captured Ho-Oh the legendary bird Pokemon and protector of skies.  (If you are wondering Ho-Oh is the Heartgold legendary and Lugia is the Soulsilver Legendary).  Once you do this the land of Kanto is opened to you after a lil adventuring that is.  Once you get to Kanto its a scramble to traverse it from one side to the other as you met familiar trainers and Gym Leaders with some all new surprises. Like the well known Brock leader of the Pewter City Gym who now is armed with an Omastar and Kubatops!

Nothing is as gratifying as going up against Trainer Red the mysterious enigmatic figure who has been highly debated since Pokemon's inception.  You will find Trainer Red at the top of Mt Silver which is only accessible after you have defeated all 16 Gym leaders from both Johto and Kanto and talking to Professor Oak. 

Trainer Red is the highest level trainer of any Pokemon Games.  His team is quite Legendary in itself.  Consisting of Pikachu (level 88), Venasaur (Level 84), Charizard (Level 84), Lapras (Level 80), Snorlax (Level 82) and a Blastoise (Level 84) so to say the least you better come pretty well prepared with plenty of stuff to help out with healing and attack.  Almost all of the Pokemon will be affected by the Hail weather affect (hello your on top of a mountain) except his Lapras which is immune.

Once and if you defeat him the credits will role and certain things will now be unlocked.  Have fun.


and that does it for Pokemon Soulsilver/Heartgold check in next time when I breakdown Pokemon: Leafgreen/Firered.

Remember you can find us at

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Instagram - 
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Of course you can find us on facebook -

Pokemon: The Omega Experience  - https://www.facebook.com/groups/pokemonomegaexperience/

Here are the groups that we are currently promoting 

.Pokemon X and Y: Journey to be the Very Best (Pokemon Community/League) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/603505989740062/

 

Pokemon X and Y: Journey to be the Very Best

.Enlightened  League (Pokemon Community/League) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/606195456155343/

The Enlightened League

.Team Magma (Pokemon Community with an R rating) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/458690654276469/

Team Magma

.Champion Stadium (Pokemon Community and League) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/707681739324973/

Champion Stadium

Pokemon: New Beginnings (Pokemon Community) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/858021284232458/

Pokemon: New Beginnings

.Pokedex (Pokemon Community)  - https://www.facebook.com/groups/566395630121170/

Pokedex

Delta Stream League (Pokemon Community/League) (NEW) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/378470932302914/

Until next time everyone Be safe, be well my friends....

If you want your group promoted here or want any info on joining these groups - Just send me an email jerrythemovieking@yahoo.com or leave a comment.
 




                  

The Enlightenment of the Enlightened....

         It's time...   It's time...  Yes it is that time once again.  Hello friends, readers, and guest to my monthly blog update.  The world of Pokemon is still alive and kicking. 

         Not going to lie.  Getting back to work has really took me away from my groups in facebook, but I now have full access to the web while my travels take me back and forth.  So that leaves me more time to my thoughts and to stuff that I am working on.  Fortunately for me, my commute back and forth to work leaves me with a lot of time to myself, so I try to spend it either writing or playing Pokemon of course.  It always make me chuckle when I see a person or kid with a Nintendo DS.  I wonder what they are playing.  A few times I have run into people playing Pokemon for one of them had access to the Eon ticket because that's where I got mine from and yes I feel very lucky.  A lot of a North American fans have been clamoring for it.  It allows you in ORAS to access the island where you can catch the equivalent of whatever Latias/Latios that you don't have  :)

                                                              - Over the 600th Mark  -

        We've done it.  Pokemon: The Omega Experience has almost garnered 700 members making the group super active.  Instagram is almost at the 200th follower mark with both climbing everyday - not bad folks, not bad at all.   To see my group start from just a handful of us to nearing the 1000th mark is CRAZY AWESOME!  I can't tell you how excited and proud I am of everyone and their hard work and dedication they put into the group.  It's an indescribable feeling. I feel like Ash does I guess after a successful gym battle!

         I have some wonderful news for those of you that don't already know.  Gamefreak has recently made available the Hidden Abilities to the starters of 2nd Gen and 5th Gen!  Yes that is correct and you are not seeing a typo!!!  Totodile, Chikorita, Cyndaquil, Snivy, Oshawott, and Tepig are finally getting what's rightfully theirs.  Finally players offline and online will have access to the starter Pokemon of the Johto and Unova regions.  It appears that for once, Gamefreak might be listening to their fans with a little more attention.  First Gamefreak surprised everyone with the ORAS remakes bringing the battle frontier and with it the Move Tutors which have been sorely missed since the days of Sapphire, Ruby, and Emerald and now finally a missing piece of the puzzle with the addition of the missing Hidden Abilities.  Players have previously been able to get these HA's through genning and other various methods, but were never allowed to take full advantage until now.  Previous HA's for Snivy and Totodile were realeased recently followed up by Oshawott and Tepig last week.


                                   The Starters Missing in Action HA's have been released

Unova Starters - Snivy, Tepig, and Oshawott

Johto Starters - Totodile, Chikorita, and Cyndaquill

        Recently the Enlightened league which is a group on Facebook that I help maintain is getting a fresh facelift with the edition of new Gym Leaders and some new ideas - a storm is on the rise for the folks in the Enlightened League.  If you think you have what it takes to beat the league or have interests in perhaps becoming part of management.  Some things are in store for this group - some of which are going to definitely separate them from other leagues.

The Enlightened League - https://www.facebook.com/groups/606195456155343/

       In my head I have been kicking around some ideas on what direction I want to take my blog.  I have decided since I reguarlay give in depth coverage to Pokemon X and Y and Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire that I would go back and give in depth coverage to those past Pokemon games in the series.  Since I have received both Heatgold and Pearl as parts of my Christmas presents and that my BF (Bless his heart)bought me a copy of Emerald from Ebay which is on its way, that I would pick a game, acquire it, and cover it for my blog.  First one I have picked is Pokemon Heartgold.

Heartgold/Soulsilver is the enhanced remakes of the Pokemon Gold, Silver and Crystal games that come out in 1999 for the gameboy color.  The trio of games details the world of a male and now female trainer Ethan and Kris in the region next door to Kanto which is Johto.  Johto and Kanto share several themes including the same Pokemon League and some familiar Pokemon.  Later in the game the player has the ability to travel to Kanto(a few years) after the events of Pokemon Red and Blue after the fall of the original Team Rocket and face Trainer Red(Ash's anime namesake) on Mt Mortar.
Several key components to the games were also redesigned such as sprites for the pokemon animated and nonmoving, puzzles, some Pokemon were recolored and redrawn, key events in the game as well as graphics within the game itself.

For my game I chose a boy trainer and named it Jrock and my rival Zark(one of my besties within the group itself and Vice President to Omegas) and Chikorita as my starter and named it Roadblock.

 
   I thoroughly have enjoyed playing this game so far.  I just beat the last of the Gym Leaders and I have made it through Victory Road  and getting ready to take on the League.  I had only played it from Rom on an emulators on my computer, so the overall experience was a good one.  I found myself really enjoying the simpler mechanics within the game, but missing some of the other ones like the Amie and Ev Training from the newer games.  The graphics are just Meh compared to Kalos and ORAS games, but better compared to the original Pokemon Gold and Silver games.  One nice aspect is going back and catching such Legendary Pokemon as Ho-oh and Lugia.

  
        The puzzle aspect of the games has changed very little since the last time I played the games.  The ice Path was exactly the same while Team Rocket's hideout was very annoying because I had taken a wrong turn.  If by some small chance you the reader have never played this game.  Stop what you are doing, go out, and buy a copy of either Heartgold or Soulsilver.  I can tell you this. Wherever you look you are probably going to pay over 40 bucks still for a copy of either game or maybe you can find one cheaper from Ebay or Amazon online.

     There you have it folks part 1 of my Heartgold breakdown.  Next months blog will feature Part 2 and more photos and info and of course any news that I currently have on the World of Pokemon.

Until next time my peeps   - Be safe and Be well. 

 Remember you can find us at

 Twitter - 
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Instagram - 
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Of course you can find us on facebook -

Pokemon: The Omega Experience  - https://www.facebook.com/groups/pokemonomegaexperience/

Here are the groups that we are currently promoting 

.Pokemon X and Y: Journey to be the Very Best (Pokemon Community/League) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/603505989740062/

 

Pokemon X and Y: Journey to be the Very Best

.Enlightened  League (Pokemon Community/League) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/606195456155343/

The Enlightened League

.Team Magma (Pokemon Community with an R rating) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/458690654276469/

Team Magma

.Champion Stadium (Pokemon Community and League) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/707681739324973/

Champion Stadium

Pokemon: New Beginnings (Pokemon Community) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/858021284232458/

Pokemon: New Beginnings

.Pokedex (Pokemon Community)  - https://www.facebook.com/groups/566395630121170/

Pokedex

Delta Stream League (Pokemon Community/League) (NEW) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/378470932302914/

Until next time everyone Be safe, be well my friends....

If you want your group promoted here or want any info on joining these groups - Just send me an email jerrythemovieking@yahoo.com or leave a comment.

ORAS is here - Where are you?

 

     

        Hello fans and fellow Pokemon addicts.  It is December 5th at 7:50 PM EST.  I'm bringing this update a little late on Friday.  I decided to update my blog today.  It has officially been 14 days since ORAS or for my readers that have no clue what ORAS is - the Acronym for Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire the newly released Pokemon  games from the Gamefreak company.  ORAS for most of us have been released  since the 21st of November with the exception of our European cousins which happened a week or so after the North American release.  Before reading too far ahead I just wanted to let you know that this update does contain Spoiler alerts about the course and completion of the game.  As you may have noticed I have changed the banner to the blog.  This is to go along with the fact that I have changed the banner to Pokemon: The Omega Experience facebook group page.

       Let me start off with a question which starter did you guys decide to go with?  Torchic, Mudkip, or Treecko?  I started off with Torchic of course.  Torchic is without a doubt my favorite Pokemon to date as well as my favorite starter of any of the Pokemon games.  I picked the in game selection of Torchic, then I transferred over my own bred Torchic from my Pokemon X game and let me tell you I really enjoyed the play through.  Yes ORAS is totally compatible with Pokemon X and Y as well as the side programs Poke Bank.  Meaning that you can both trade a person who has the other games as well as battle them!  There are several instances where Kalos region aspects can be found within ORAS.  From strangers from the Kalos region wandering into Hoenn to Kalos region Pokemon as well as other region related Poke battles.

        I can tell you that I really savored every aspect of the game from the newly advanced Pokenav to the Hoenn contest.  It took me right around 75 hours to complete the game.  However, the fun doesn't stop there.  After you beat the game, you are given the opportunity to hunt down all the legendary Pokemon that has officially been able to catch in the previous games through actual Pokeball catch methods.  To top it off many of the missing move tutor moves have returned, so you can maximize your Pokemon's effectiveness.  Also returning is the Battle Frontier from the third generation games which has been newly named the Battle Resort.  Another perk of ORAS is the addition of two Pokemon Breeder facilities, so that you can breed Pokemon while you are at the Battle Resort instead of flying back and forth.  Perhaps the most interesting aspect of ORAS is after you beat the game.  There is a part 2 esque episode called the Delta Episode where you encounter a brand new powerful dragon type trainer named Zinnia who is trying to collect the Mega Evolution stones from various trainers to summon the legendary Rayquaza to stop the threat of a 3,000 year old Meteor which is headed to earth.  With the addition of the Delta Episode you also get another chance encounter with Professor Birch and this time in distress he gives you an option of Chikorita, Cyndaquill, or Totodile - the starter Pokemon from Pokemon Silver and Gold.  When the game is completed that is when you can start going after the legends which are hidden through the Hoenn landscape and can be accessed through certain conditions like finding them on certain days, hours, level requirements of your party pokemon, etc.  www.serbii.net really helped me with the information I needed to complete my in game requirements.

         Over all I would say that ORAS is probably my new favorite game of the series.  The original Pokemon Rube, Sapphire, and Emerald will always have a special place in my heart, but X and Y was a great leap and ORAS was overall a great step in an awesome direction - keep it up Gamefreak. This game really has it all from new animations for older moves like flamethrower to nicely enhanced music to overall great game mechanics.  I would give it a 10 out of 10 honestly and I think that it is worth the buy.  The question remains will I buy Omega Ruby to complete the set and I think that I am going to invest, so that I can have the set : ) My advice to those that have not bought the game yet and you are asking yourself whether or not to do it - make the choice and buy the game especially if you liked the originals and if you liked X and Y.  I simply cannot praise the game enough and I think this time the hype has been justified.

      There you have it my ORAS breakdown - look forward till next Tuesday when I do a breakdown of all the Mega Evolutions and where all the Mega Stones are located.


                                                         The Hoenn Starter Pokemon

Mudkip

Torchic

Treecko

 Remember you can find us at

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Of course you can find us on facebook -

Pokemon: The Omega Experience  - https://www.facebook.com/groups/pokemonomegaexperience/

Here are the groups that we are currently promoting 

.Pokemon X and Y: Journey to be the Very Best (Pokemon Community/League) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/603505989740062/

 

Pokemon X and Y: Journey to be the Very Best

.Enlightened  League (Pokemon Community/League) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/606195456155343/

The Enlightened League

.Team Magma (Pokemon Community with an R rating) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/458690654276469/

Team Magma

.Champion Stadium (Pokemon Community and League) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/707681739324973/

Champion Stadium

Pokemon: New Beginnings (Pokemon Community) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/858021284232458/

Pokemon: New Beginnings

.Pokedex (Pokemon Community)  - https://www.facebook.com/groups/566395630121170/

Pokedex

Until next time everyone Be safe, be well my friends....

If you want your group promoted here or want any info on joining these groups - Just send me an email jerrythemovieking@yahoo.com or leave a comment.