After Tilus' initial Pokémon Blue run, the idea was
discussed briefly as to whether doing a run which captures all 151 pokémon as fast as possible would be worthwhile to do / entertaining to watch. I think it would, and so I've decided to give it a shot. The
current WIP has progress through the first gym, but this early on, it doesn't deviate from a normal speedrun. One thing to notice is the extreme lack of critical hits; 8 less than my original Mew run which used Squirtle. I also discovered that I could save around 30 frames by letting Brock's Onix use Bide instead of missing Screech twice. Overall, this short section is 755 frames faster.
About the run. I've decided to use Pokémon Blue for this run, mainly because the Red-only pokémon are more convenient to glitch. I've also chosen Squirtle as a starter, because this will allow me to glitch a Golem from the Rival encounter in Poké Tower, which seems to be the best place to do it.
The name I've chosen is CDDEV?z, which is not as random as it looks. DD will produce a L131 Mewtwo, EV a L132 Alakazam, and ?z a L230 Oddish. Choosing the correct levels was very important, because I'll need to use encounters with them to trigger other pokémon.
L131 Mewtwo
DV:7; Spc:426; => Porygon
DV:9; Spc:432; => Charmander
L132 Alakazam
DV:0; Spc:361; => Vaporeon
DV:1; Spc:364; => Ekans
DV:8; Spc:382; => Machamp
L230 Oddish
DV:2; Spc:359; => Flareon
DV:7; Spc:382; => Machamp
DV:C; Spc:409; => Bulbasaur
I had originally planned on using Charmander and Bulbasaur, but the problem is that you can only feed one rare candy to a pokémon over level 100, so they would only evolve once. All other pokémon will either be caught naturally, evolved, traded for, or obtained by using the normal trainer glitch. Exception to this are Moltres and Articuno, for which I'll need to use the Diddo glitch. I plan to use a L35 Dewgong and a L40 Rapidash, as both would work for either.
It's difficult to say how long the run will be, but because most of the game will be skipped, I would estimate somewhere in the two hour time frame. To finish the run, I'll be visiting the designer in Celedon Mansion to receive the diploma. I'm not sure what it does, or what it looks like, but it seems like the proper thing to do because you can only get it after collecting all 150 pokémon (Mew is not necessary for this, but I'll be catching one anyway ;).
Where the run is going from here:
Finish the gauntlet of trainers on route 3.
Catch as Spearow and a Jigglypuff as I walk around the avoidable Lass.
Save at the Poké Center outside Mt. Moon.
Buy the Magikarp while I'm there (probably faster than fishing?).
Glitch Gyarados and Gengar in Mt. Moon.
Finish the Nugget Bridge Gauntlet.
Catch an Abra.
Glitch a Mew.
Use Misty to glitch a Missingno. and 128 Rare Candies.
...etc.
Comments, ideas, and general feedback would be appreciated :)