Very true!
But the style of recollection I used wasn't anything competition related. I went on a trip down that version in memory lane instead. Like going on a Pokemon adventure from pallet town, viridian forest, pewter, and naming the pokemon that appear in that area as I go along... You get the idea. =P
With that, I got to Gengar and co. in Lavender town before getting to that old hag Agatha.
Oh, and typing in things that you remember alphabetically/coming from the same evolutionary line helps a lot too. :)
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