Summary
A fan of thePokemonseries has earned the final Pokewalker reward after working towards it for quite some time. Nintendo has released a number of peripherals that work with the games over the years since the franchise’s inception. The devices are meant to help players enjoyPokemontitles more, allowing them to interact with their pocket monsters while they are away from their systems.
One of thePokemondeviceswas the Pokewalker, a pedometer shaped like a Pokeball. The peripheral was released alongsidePokemon HeartGoldandSoulSilver, and featured a small screen and three buttons on it. The Pokewalker would record every step taken by the player and would reward them for reaching certain goals.
A Reddit user named Ryguy55 shared an image of their Pokewalker, which shows that they had caught thePokemon Spiritomb, the final creature they needed to capture. The pocket monster is found on the last route that can be unlocked on the device and has a very low encounter rate. According to Ryguy55, it took them over 1,000 miles of hiking, which was done over three years. Since the catching mini-game on the Pokewalker is basic and luck based, the player was not able to capture a Spiritomb until their fourth try.
Gamer Finally Catches Spiritomb in the Pokewalker
Ryguy55 stated that they were also big on using the Dowsing Machine on the Pokewalker, which allowed them to find items. They would use it to find rareritems found inPokemongamessuch as Heart Scales, Rare Candies, TMs, and more. The gamer mentioned that by the end their step count had reached 2,234,829, which comes out to a total of 1,117 miles walked. They said it will feel a little weird not carrying the Pokewalker around anymore but that they did enjoy the journey and all the fresh air. What Ryguy55 accomplished is quite impressive and displays a good amount of dedication and patience.
Gamers are impressed with the achievement that Ryguy55 has accomplished, having gotten the Redditor’s post to over 18,000 upvotes. One commenter stated that Spiritomb is one of the hardest pocket monsters to catch legitimately and congratulated Ryguy55 for capturing it. When a gamer mentioned that anotherPokemonperipherallike the Pokewalker needs to be released someday, they received the response that those sorts of devices are dead and that Nintendo would just create a phone app instead. Ryguy55 helped show that older peripherals can still be a lot of fun to use and that there are gamers around who would still enjoy using the devices that were once released alongsidePokemontitles.
