Save for: - Totodile - Spearow - Anthony - Bugsy (on Benny pause buffer) - Rival 2 - Whitney - Rival 3 - Dogs cutscene - Clair (depending on HP/stats) - Lance - Blue (if no X Acc) INTRO: - Crystal has changed a lot in the past year; thanks to RNG manip, we can catch Entei, and he's faster than Totodile - RNG manip is surprisingly limited, but the Master Ball is enough - More on the Entei manip later... - Credit to: Dabomstew, entrpntr, Underscore_PoY - Route before Totodile is roughly the same > We pick the girl because her sprite loads 1 frame faster in battle (also if you pick the boy, you have bad taste, sorry) > We reset for a decent Totodile, but not as picky since only needs to get us through 30% of the game > Have to get through the first 3 gyms and 3 rival fights, which is a lot of brutal RNG; thankfully, Entei's fights are much more forgiving > Encounters are a waste of time; we don't even need a Cut slave because Toto can learn Cut, and we don't need a Whirlpool/Waterfall slave because Toto can learn Whirlpool, and you can get a free Dratini for Waterfall. Toto route needed all 4 move slots unless meme route > No encounter manip because reasons - Why Entei is faster > Fewer turns in battle (each one is 5-6s) > Skip detours for teaching moves > Fewer level-ups, and no evolution (67s) - > Shorter cry (30s) > (The only con is the detour for Master Ball + Route 37 hunt) > Overall about 2:15 if you get reasonably good Entei luck, but on average less MAJOR: (Leave some room for Keiz to talk throughout) - Why Entei is faster > Fewer turns in battle (each one is 5-6s) > Skip detours for teaching moves > Fewer level-ups, and no evolution (67s) - > Shorter cry (30s) > (The only con is the detour for Master Ball + Route 37 hunt) > Overall about 2:15 if you get reasonably good Entei luck, but on average less - Progression of Entei route > Explain normal fight > Ice Punch problem: Need tons of setup, but curse > Remove Ice Punch to mitigate this time loss > Discuss Cyndaquil's Rival 3 (and Falkner split) - Why not Raikou + why Hidden Power is bad