Revisiting Kanto - Fuchsia City Is Pokemon's Most Peaceful And Most Pathetic Town
Insert Kanto Column intro paragraph version #12... oops, I mean, um... Welcome back fearless explorers to yet another adventure through the wondrous world of Kanto. For the past few months, I have been exploring Pokemon Blue's Kanto week by week, taking it one town at a time, trying to see the world as a tourist to better understand why this place means so much to me. I'm still battling and getting badges (I need to progress, after all), but the focus is the location itself. This week, fresh off the vastly underrated Silence Bridge, we head to Fuchsia City. If you've been with me from the start, glad to have you back and sorry that I force you through the same explanation each week. If you're a brand new reader, hop aboard and feel free to check out the journey so far right here. With that, let's dive in.
As with other towns with major attractions in them, I will be forgoing the Safari Zone for now to better soak up everything it has to offer next week. Take that away, and you realise that while Fuchsia City is one of the larger areas in the game, it's also one of the most empty. I don't mind that so much, though. I've always thought of Pokemon as a fairly action-packed game. The pacing slows down with how long some battles take, but plot-wise, there's always something happening, and it's usually quite loud. Playing it with new eyes and taking my time, I'm appreciating the quiet solitude the game affords you if you explore at your own pace, rather than racing between gyms and objectives.
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