It has them in, but only after you've defeated the Elite Four and completed the game once
They then populate the game.

You can also use the dream world to catch things like the original start pokemon
( Theoban What of it, Thu 21 Apr 2011, 12:13, archived)

Otherwise known as 'what Eddache said'

( Theoban What of it, Thu 21 Apr 2011, 12:13, archived)

I just beat the Elite 4
and N. I had to close my DS and get off the train though so I dunno what happens in the inevitably long cutscene afterwards.
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Thu 21 Apr 2011, 12:14, archived)

You're waaay ahead of me
I've only just got to the Flying gym
( Theoban What of it, Thu 21 Apr 2011, 12:15, archived)

Nothing exciting. You have to beat his mentor after you've beaten N. One of the Sages, I forget his name.

( JessAction Give me all your expensive brandy and hubcaps., Thu 21 Apr 2011, 12:20, archived)

I quite like my big shiny white firemon

( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Thu 21 Apr 2011, 12:26, archived)

I'd only bothered training one Pokemon up for the Elite Four and it was my starter. I kicked all sorts of arse.

( JessAction Give me all your expensive brandy and hubcaps., Thu 21 Apr 2011, 12:30, archived)

you did the whole game with one pokemon?

( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Thu 21 Apr 2011, 12:31, archived)

I have done that before.

( BraynDedd Natasha Kaplinsky's labia majora, Thu 21 Apr 2011, 12:33, archived)

Basically. I had one of those grass monkey pokemon to make up for the fire weakness to water. He was at about level 30. My starter was at 60.
The rest of my team were fodder.
( JessAction Give me all your expensive brandy and hubcaps., Thu 21 Apr 2011, 12:36, archived)

huh
I like having lots of them.
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Thu 21 Apr 2011, 12:41, archived)

Yeah, I start off every game with the plan of raising a whole team equally and then I get bored around the fourth or fifth gym and just plow through.
Luckily there's loads of strong trainers after the main storyline ends you can use to level up. The Elite Four's average level goes up to about 75, and all the trainers in the new areas you unlock are at about 65.
( JessAction Give me all your expensive brandy and hubcaps., Thu 21 Apr 2011, 12:44, archived)

You can catch a Mew in the game but you have to beat the Elite Four six times in a row without saving and then talk to a guy on the bottom floor on Victory Road.

( JessAction Give me all your expensive brandy and hubcaps., Thu 21 Apr 2011, 12:18, archived)

this is making me REALLY want a DS now.

( Harold Bishop's Love Child some sort of terrifying sex magician., Thu 21 Apr 2011, 12:30, archived)

DS Lites are like £50 on eBay, well cheap.

( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Thu 21 Apr 2011, 12:32, archived)

I'll have a gander.
Will need to upgrade from Crystal on a yellow Pikachu gameboy colour at some point.
( Harold Bishop's Love Child some sort of terrifying sex magician., Thu 21 Apr 2011, 12:35, archived)