I am Legend

Last post, I mentioned that I only had one outstanding Legendary Pokémon from SoulSilver to catch: the elusive Eon Pokémon Latios. I also mentioned that since he was the last legendary to catch, I'd probably be okay using my precious Master Ball on him if the hunt proved too difficult.

Well, it looks like I needn't have bothered, as I managed to catch him with a single Fast Ball. That's right, I'm now the proud owner of a level 35 male Latios, whom I've named Sonic (to complement Knuckles the Latias, of course).

Thanks, Sonic!

Even though this was undoubtedly the highlight of my Pokéxploits this past week, I still managed to add a few more entries to the 'dex. Using a Water Stone I won in the Pokéathelon, I evolved Namora into a Cloyster. After an hour or so in the Ruins of Alph, I managed to catch a level 20 male Smeargle named Dog Vinci. And as always, I've been diligently evolving my Pokémon; first Janet into a Yanmega, then Caesar into an Ambipom. I've started training some Pokémon that need high friendships to evolve, turning Morrigan into a Crobat, Squeeq into a Marill and then Azumarill, and O'Hare into a *shudder* Lopunny. I gotta say that friendship evolutions are a lot more work than simple level-up evolutions. Not really looking forward to shooting for an Umbreon and Espeon.

Finally, I managed to find Old Amber and a Dome Fossil in the Ruins of Alph, earning myself an Aerodactyl and a Kabuto.

This brings me to a respectable 298 Pokémon, meaning I have less than 200 to go in order to fill out my 4th generation Pokédex. While I still have several outstanding Pokémon to catch in SoulSilver, now's probably as good a time as ever to move on to Pokémon Ruby. I'll probably still be spending time in Johto/Kanto earning Stones in the Pokéathelon and hopefully catching those last few stragglers, but the next phase of my Pokéjourney is about to begin.

Wish me luck.