Routes Through Pokemon

Another gym down and now Ruby and Shea Locke have to say goodbye to the great theme song of Season 6 because now they are headed into the 2nd Season of Hoenn with Season 7 and a new theme song. Does it even have a chance to live up to last season? But it isn't all bad. As they cover 5 episodes of the season they end with a 2-parter that brings back a beloved character and has some epic moments. Th...

Ruby and Shea find the journey to Gym 4 to be longer than anticipated as it loops around the goal and they even revisit some old places. They each meet the Teams they hadn't yet and the tensions between those teams seems to rise. There is also the new secret hideout feature that is discovered and plenty of new Pokemon added to the Pokedex! After the episode we catch back up with a melancholy Viole...

Back to just Shea Locke and Ruby as they follow the both the Manga and Anime to the 3rd badge to catch up to where they're at in the video games of Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald. In the Manga, we follow up with Ruby in the submarine against Magma before turning back to Sapphire who meets the Trick Master and Wattson. Together they all discover a hidden city. Then, in the Anime, we get teased with th...

Rosella is here for a 3rd episode in a row as she meets up with Shea and Ruby to discuss a bunch of Kanto episodes and one episode from Hoenn. To start, we catch up with Ash and co who were last seen sinking into the ocean aboard the St. Anne. Then they find themselves dealing with giant Pokemon...more than once, a pair of identical cousins and plenty of ghosts. There is a tearful goodbye and laug...

Rosella and Vi-Vi join Ruby and Shea Locke as they head to the movies. The four hosts talk about Jirachi: Wishmaker and its accompanying short: Gotta Dance. Join them as they fall in love with Ludicolo and laugh at the antics of Meowth and his baton before they jump into the film that breaks some traditions set by the previous 5 films. Ash and his friends meet a Pokemon that wakes up every thousan...

Rosella and Vi-Vi are back with Shea Locke to discuss their journey from Ceruelan City to Vermillion City in FireRed and LeafGreen. Join them as they discover the daycare, find guards and a Snorlax blocking their paths, and a lot of battling aboard a ship. This all leads up to a finale where they try and breach the barrier at Lt. Surge's gym so they can earn their Thunder Badges. Afterward, the tr...

Shea Locke and Ruby had watched longingly as the Abandoned Ship as Mr. Briney sailed them right by it on the way to Slateport City. Well, now the Manga and Anime rub it in as Ruby, Sapphire, and Ash and co all get to visit the place. And, in both forms of media, there is some Wailord and an encounter with Team Magma. But that's not all. In the Anime, May starts her journey through the contests and...

You thought you were getting a regular episode yesterday? April Fools I guess. Instead, we're bringing you are missteps, goofiness, and even some singing from our first batch of Season 3 Episodes. Enjoy! And don't worry. We will be back to our regularly scheduled programming next week on Tuesday. What is Covered: The Mistakes and silliness from Season 3 Episodes 1-12 Intro music uses Pokémon Ruby...

This time Shea and Ruby didn't have to replay a leg of the journey as the delved into Granite Cave with Flash and then set sail with Mr. Briney for Slateport City. Run-ins with Team Aqua or Magma, a trick house, and our rivals pepper the journey north to Mauville City where their 3rd gym awaits. Then, after the episode, the barrier to Lt. Surge goes down. Who will get to battle him first? What is...

This week we battle the Dewford Gym in the Manga and AGAIN in the Anime! First, in the Manga, the wrong person runs into Steven and Ruby's Pokemon evolve while Sapphire prepares for her gym battle with Brawly. Then, in the Anime, the final starter Pokemon of Hoenn is met...times a hundred. Corphish causes problems, Birch shows back up, and Jessie is in denial. Through more evolutions and a converg...

Rosella is back to join Ruby and Shea Locke in our 2nd Crossroads episode where we follow Ash, Misty, and Brock from Cerulean City to the edge of Vermillion. More battles against trainers, a school for skipping badges, and Ash runs into the three Kanto starters. There's also a lighthouse! Then, in Hoenn, we meet Corphish, who causes some problems for Team Rocket as well as Ash and his friends. The...

Rosella and Vi-Vi are back with Shea Locke to discuss their journey from Pewter City to Ceruelan City in FireRed and LeafGreen. Join them through their trials at Mt. Moon, Nugget Bridge, and struggling in their challenge against Misty! Shea's Nuzlocke through Pokemon Red also has some highs and lows as he tackles the same journey a couple generations behind. Then, since a rival battle was fought,...

This week we get to know Mr. Briney and his Wingull Peeko. First, in the Manga, we finally catch back up with Ruby with his rescuer, Mr. Briney and we get another hint at Ruby's capabilities as a Pokemon Trainer. Then, in the Anime, after a run in with Team Aqua, the gang hitch a ride from Mr. Briney toward Dewford where they deal with a shark attack. Then Ash mirrors my own efforts at Brawly's gy...

Starting off this leg, Ruby and Shea Locke backtrack with Cut...before realizing they are going to need to backtrack anyway. Team Aqua/Magma show up again, dead ends are found, and Mr. Briney gives them a ride to Dewford island where the next gym awaits them. Can they defeat Brawly? Will they find Steven? Why isn't there a Pokemart!? And what trends are popular in Hoenn? Then, after the episode, V...

One last leg of the Manga and Anime to get caught up to where Ruby and Shea Locke are in Pokemon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald. In the manga we focus back on Sapphire as she runs into Team Aqua, rescues the Devon Corporation President, and challenges the Rustboro Gym Leader: Roxanne. Then, in the Anime, we take a detour back to Johto? where Meowth is on vacation in Big Town. He reunites with the Pic...

Ruby and Shea continue through the Ruby and Sapphire Manga with Volume 15 and the Anime with more of Season 6 and another Chronicles. In the Manga we find Ruby avoid his father while also helping out a new friend with catching a Pokemon. In the Anime, Jessie gets a new Pokemon, we have a poor solution for a Pokemon home being destroyed, and we get to learn where the Cerulean Gym gets its badges. T...

With a small start in our first Crossroads episode, Ruby and Shea continue exploring the Hoenn region in the anime with more episodes from Season 6 and a few more Chronicles as well. Ash gains new Pokemon, an old friend returns, and shorts are all the rage. The usual hosting duo also begins their journey into the Ruby and Sapphire arc of the Manga where we find Ruby is the boy and is not intereste...

In our first ReRouted Through Pokemon, Vi-Vi and Rosella join as regular hosts as they work through the Kanto Remake games, FireRed and LeafGreen. Shea also joins by playing LeafGreen but, to make it more fun, he has also gone back to the originals, this time tackling Pokemon Red where he is trying his first Nuzlocke while getting a better view at the differences between the games. Stay tuned afte...

In our first ever Crossroads episode, Shea Locke and Ruby welcome in a new regular host: Rosella who will be one of 2 new hosts joining Shea Locke in the remakes of Pokemon Red and Blue. And in light of retreading the Kanto region, it seemed the perfect time to revisit Season 1 of the Anime and finally rank those episodes and count those tallies while also giving the episodes a little more coverag...

It is the start of a new season! Shea Locke and Ruby begin their exploration of the Hoenn Region in Pokemon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald where they find vibrant colors, a fancy Pokedex, and a huge improvement to the box system! But most exciting for Ruby is that she can finally choose to be a girl!...and so can Shea Locke! lol. There are new Pokemon everywhere as these two work their way through mu...

While Violet faces challenges on the S.S. Anne and meets the Pokemon Fan Club, Murasaki climbs Pokemon Tower and finds those that look after the graves of the Pokemon have been possessed...and something is very wrong with the floors. Will he solve the mysteries there? Can Violet finally earn another badge? Find out what twists and turns await these two characters in this latest collection. This co...

In this third and final part, Ruby, Shea, and the rest of the Hunterfield family polish off the minigames. Then, after last weeks humiliation in the Pika Cup, they take a trip to Gym Leader Castle where they hoped to fare better. Intro music uses Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal - Route 3 (Orchestra) theme by YoshiDude12 . Check out the full version on youtube at (1266) Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal - Ro...

Ruby, Shea, and the rest of the Hunterfield Family try out a 2v2 battle, more minigames, and the Pika Cup and more than once things do not go as expected on this second part of the Pokemon Stadium Detour series. Intro music uses Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal - Route 3 (Orchestra) theme by YoshiDude12 . Check out the full version on youtube at (1266) Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal - Route 3 (Orchestra)...

Ruby and Shea dive into the Nintendo Online N64 Version of Pokemon Stadium and they're joined by most the rest of the Hunterfield family as they battle one another, play minigames, and take on the Petit Cup! Intro music uses Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal - Route 3 (Orchestra) theme by YoshiDude12 . Check out the full version on youtube at (1266) Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal - Route 3 (Orchestra) - Yo...

And here is the finale of Shea Locke's miniseries detour through Pokemon Snap! With the last two courses unlocked, Shea as Todd Snap explores the Cave and the Valley in search of more Pokemon, hoping to catch sight of Mew. But alas, no such luck. However, new equipment is gained and Shea revisits all the courses to catch all the Pokemon he can, including some interesting rock and tree formations t...