Pokémon Trainers of ETF, how do YOU play?

All I really ever determine beforehand is my starter and maybe what 'mon I think would be cool. xD Other than that, I just kind of do what I like. o3o

I'm a bit of both.
If I've played the game before or if it is a remake or third version like Crystal/Emerald/Platinum I plan out my team and only change it depending on the additional choices I have, if any. Or if I do something like I recently did with Y, I planned on catching every Fire type available and chose Fennekin and Charmander to beat the game solely with Fire types.

If it's brand new, like I did with R/B/Y-X/Y when they came out, I just caught whoever I saw as I played through the games and changed my team based on which Pokemon I liked and their types. In HG/SS when they were released, I already knew who I was going for. I repeated my Silver and Gold teams for nostalgia. That's also what I plan on doing for Alpha Sapphire, repeating the team I had on Sapphire. On Omega Ruby I plan on having Swampert and Gallade no matter what, the rest of my team depends on who is available throughout the game pre-E4; Either wild, gifts, NPC trades, Gamecorner(If they bring it back, and have Pokemon prizes this time).

I have fun planning my team beforehand (almost to the last pixel), because then I start coming up with personalities, backstories, and insanely intricate headcanon for them. I find that I don't look forward to a Pokemon game hardly at all until my team has been planned for it. It's a source of hype juice before getting the game, and helps me survive the wait to play it. Anticipation, for me, is half the fun. XXDD

Although, Nuzlockes are a fun departure from my planning because I have to play with whatever the game deals me, and fun personalities and backstories will slowly bubble up as I go. Same goes for my Explorer teams, scrounged up from the region to have HMs and help me with the aftergame when all the other Pokemon have been transferred away. So, basically, I love both styles of play all the way to cheetoland, but I lean more toward my pre-planned teams.

I oughta give the regular no-team-planned playthrough a try sometime.

Cheers! *chugs down a bottle of pink sparkly hype juice*

Sometimes I plan stuff in advance for headcanon, but I'm never really sure what 'mon I'll wind up with in the end. xD I make stuff up as I go along. owo

Oh, I'm all about planning ahead. If it's a remake of a game, such as Emerald/FireRed were back in the day and currently ORAS, then I love to assemble my team beforehand as I see fit. I'm not one to change my mind about a slot in my team, either.

On the other hand, if it's the first time I've ever played a game of a generation (like Ruby), then I sorta go through the whole game catching the ones I like and essentially saying "WHAT ARE THOOOOOOOSE" at ones I don't. xD

To go along with what Northeh said, if there's a gen 7, I'm just gonna catch every new Pokemon I see xD

I normally just see which pokémon I encounter, and decide from there. But sometimes, I'll have one or 2 pokémon that I strive to get, sometimes not even to put on my team I only wanted to get slyveon 'cause she looked pretty, woops

❁Awesomeblossom❁ wrote:'Sokay, Moon. I only have Roseh the Delcatty on my ORAS team because Delcatty are cute xD And in Y, I was actually the same with MY Sylveon. I feel like in every Pokemon game I play from now on, there will be a Pokemon I have on my team just because it's cute.

*~Moonflame~* wrote:I normally just see which pokémon I encounter, and decide from there. But sometimes, I'll have one or 2 pokémon that I strive to get, sometimes not even to put on my team I only wanted to get slyveon 'cause she looked pretty, woops

I'm a sucker for cute ones too
Sylveon and Cincinno in particular
Skitty is also a favorite