um Hi, I am new here, got the game yesterday, thought I would play some pokemons but in a new way, found out about this and I am quite thrilled (that music tho).
However I found out that this game is challenging, which is cool, finally challenging pokemon game one might say. However first gym is tough, I am very close to beating julie, but not quite there and in a rather messy maner. I red some guides and all of them mention to get trubbish, now my question is: Do I really need to catch certain pokemons to advance? because that would be a major turn off for me, as I dont like to be limitied like that. More over I despise ridiculous pokemons and simply dont want turbbish no matter what, its a garbege bag with eyes, it is not getting a place in my team period. I know it sounds like 1st world problem, but I really like freedom when composing my teams, and very often I would rather go for "flavour" than stats. So do I need to get specific pokemons to beat specific gym leadres?
