Before her computer time had ended yesterday, Iono had just cleared Rustboro Gym. Since she was playing on easy difficulty, with no level cap, Torchic had evolved into Combusken before she cleared the Gym, making the win quite easy.
Now that she was back in the game, she set off on her journey once more.
Unlike Cynthia and Lance, Iono clearly wasn't playing this game with such a strong sense of purpose.
Yet the game still drew her in.
Because it really was fun!!
And so, Iono moved her character around the streets, wandering left and looking right, running up to talk to every NPC she saw and diving straight into any patch of grass she spotted.
Far from growing impatient with her behavior, the chat actually seemed quite pleased.
[This is great. All I see is a budding Pokémon fanatic, just like me playing this game as a kid.]
[Lmao, I still remember pestering the same NPC over and over as a kid, just to see how many lines he had and whether there was any hidden dialogue.]
[You guys really had lives...]
As Iono played and read these messages, she felt a little puzzled.
The chat seemed to be talking about playing this game when they were children...
So has this game already been around for years in this world?
No wonder they seem to know so much about it.
But then again, a game with such innovative gameplay is already this old.
Just how fun must this world's other modern games be?
No, once my computer time ends today, I have to ask the owner if there are any other games I can play.
Although Pokémon Emerald is really fun too...
Hmm, then I'll just focus on playing Pokémon Emerald for now.
And so, Iono scoured the