Dec 20, 2020
And now we face the final curtain.
I hit up a buddy of mine and make touch trades for the final four mythicals I don't have:
Genesect, Diancie, Hoopa, and Volcanion.
I only just remembered that I could have hypothetically sent Genesect from Go. Unfortunately hypothetical is all that is because I haven't got a Genesect available to send, so it's another I have to trade for. Ah, well. With those four species obtained, I gear up for the final three Pokemon I need to transfer to complete the challenge.
Most of the Pokemon I've transferred from Go to Home have been ones I've not had that much of an attachment to, but that's not the case for
Darkrai. I have a squad of six for raids, all fittingly grimly nicknamed - Mirthlesse, Bleaknesse, Hopelesse, Faithlesse, Shamelesse, and Lythgoe (the leader of the squad, and named for an old teacher who we all found rather creepy). It's hard choosing one to part with, but in the end I choose Hopelesse. Goodbye, champ. You did well. Hopefully you'll like your new Home.
Luckily I have a couple of spare
Deoxys from the Ultra Week earlier this year, so that's an easy one. The final Pokemon I send over is
Meltan.
And that's it. I'm done. I do a final scan of my Pokedex to ensure I've definitely not missed anyone, and I'm good. I make a space in my Basic Box and go to claim my reward.
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Ain't she lovely.
Reflections
This was such a cool challenge. I haven't done a Pokedex completion grind in any of the games for quite some time (probably not since X and Y were released, realistically) and it was incredibly fun to start all the way from scratch again. Ironically Dexit actually made this challenge more enjoyable since Pokemon like Pikipek and Finneon that would otherwise be unremarkably common became harder to obtain, and more desirable to others once I had them. If you've followed this from the start (or even if you joined midway through and went back to read my progression), thank you for following along. I hope it's been somewhat interesting to read.
What now? Well, I guess I'll keep using the app. There's still a few Pokemon I'd like to get the alternate forms for (I can't seem to find a Low Key Toxtricity anywhere) and it'd be cool to get my hands on a few battle-ready Pokemon like Cinderace and Copperajah eventually. Even if I never get Sword or Shield, it'd be nice to have them just in case.
Oh, and I'll probably do another challenge at some point. Stay tuned until then.
Happy Christmas, all.