Q plays Platinum

[SSJ2]

Do I have to battle Dialga and Palkia as well?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Not sure. You can do so by going to Spear Pillar, finding and interacting with each of their respective orbs, though it may just be that Cynthia's grandmother in Celestic Town will show you a picture of both like she would of the other game's legendary in Diamond/Pearl.

 

[Kyo]

Seeing Palkia and Dialga on the Spear Pillar during the normal plot counts towards seeing them in the Dex, you can check yourself. If you do want to catch them that's just up to you.

 

[SSJ2]

Fuck legendaries. Ive thrown 50 ultra balls at a 1hp, paralyzed Uxie with no luck. That is absurd.

 

[SSJ2]

Currently exploring the new area available. The post game hasn't been too bad so far.

 

[SSJ2]

Finally was able to teach Gyarados Outrage which is a huge boost. It's a shame that you can't access it until the post-game.

 

[SSJ2]

Probably starting Heart Gold soon. Once I get through Stark Mountain there won't be much left to do.

 

[SSJ2]

Taking on Team Galactic in Stark Mt. It's funny how they've easily surpassed Cyrus already.

 

[SSJ2]

Why the fuck do I need Buck following me around in Stark Mt? I can't even use rock climb because of that. So dumb.

 

[SSJ2]

Caught Heatran. The only Sinnoh legendaries I need are Mesprit and Cresselia. The rest are impossible.

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Cresselia is also impossible without an Action Replay, since you need the Darkrai event in order to encounter it.

 

[SSJ2]

Damn. I used to have the DS action replay but it disappeared about 10 years ago. That thing was fun as hell to use.

 

[SSJ2]

Just beat the first gym after some minor trouble. Started with Chikorita to increase the difficulty of the game. So far I have Bayleef, Pidgey and Gastly. Once I get to Goldenrod I plan to trade for the Machop and add that to my team. Will update my opinion on the gyms as I go through the game. Hopefully it gets harder than the first gym lol.

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Started with Chikorita to increase the difficulty of the game.

I'd probably say, despite the flak it gets, Chikorita can be in some ways better than Cyndaquil for a playthrough despite the latter being considered the best Johto starter, considering Cyndaquil infamously gets stomped by Whitney, would be in a tough situation against Jasmine's Steelix, is only useful against Pryce when he brings out his Piloswine due to his other Pokemon being water and part water type respectively and is only useful at the Indigo Plateau against Will's Jynx and Karen's manager Vileplume. Chikorita probably performs the best against Whitney's Miltank due to good defence and light screen, can stomp Chuck's Poliwrath, can potentially solo Pryce's team if it's fast enough (which it ought to be when his strongest Pokemon is still weaker than Jasmine's Steelix) despite being susceptible to their ice type attacks. Against the Elite 4, it can take down Will's Slowbro, Bruno's Onix as well as possibly Lance's Aerodactyl if it's levelled up high enough to outspeed and oneshot. If it has a good nature for physical attacks, then you could potentially put Earthquake on it to counter some of its weaknesses towards the end of the main story such as Karen's Houndoom, 3/5 of Koga's team and a whole slew of post-game trainers, though it may be advised leaving that TM for someone else.
Chikorita probably doesn't hit as impressive an attacker as Cyndaquil and Totodile become, though it's definitely underrated for a playthrough.

 

[Papasmurf]

Grass type is still defensively one of the shittiest types in the game though, alongside other worthy candidates for that title like Ice. Doesn't help that the first two gyms both slaughter Chikorita/Bayleef.

 

[Captain Cadaver]

It's worth noting though the only one of the first two gym leaders' Pokemon who can stomp Chikorita is Bugsy's Scyther. Falkner's illegal Pidgeotto can prove some difficulty with Gust, though is far from a complete wall when Gust is still pretty weak and Pidgeotto is more of a special attacker, and the rest of Falkner and Bugsy's teams have terrible movesets. The trainers in their gym probably offer more challenge for the grass starter overall.

 

[Papasmurf]

Falkner must've used the Time Capsule to trade with the underleveled Pidgeotto in the Viridian Forest frorm Yellow.

 

[Kyo]

Cresselia is also impossible without an Action Replay, since you need the Darkrai event in order to encounter it.

I don't think Q is going to do this anymore but you don't need the Darkrai event to encounter it. It's just implied that Darkrai is behind the plot point that leads you to Cresselia.

All of the events are doable if you felt like it by exploiting a DNS glitch anyway, but it's probably not worth the effort for what'll just amount to a bunch of trophy pokemon.

 

[SSJ2]

Planning to add Growlithe to my team once it's available. It's annoying how it has to be raised to level 48 to get Flare Blitz but oh well. Arcanine is one of my favourite Pokemon so it'll be worth it.

 

[Symbiote]

You can get a Lapras on Fridays after you get surf in that cave you take to Azalia town