A look back at: Pokemon Adventure Green Chapter

Here be a walkthrough. Or at least a consolidated one with the Yellow, Blue, and Gold ones. I've finally finished with all the non-Red chapters, and I ended on the best note with Green's chapter. Well, it's not a complete game, but it felt like a halfway done one. Green's chapter proved to be quite ambitious, and while I did play along with reading possible source material, there wasn't nearly as much with Green's overall chapter that I can go off of, which meant there were some liberties with the game itself.

If I were to rank all the non-Red chapters, Blue and Gold are at the bottom due to them not allowing you to catch Pokemon at all in them, which is due to the betas being rather small. Yellow is next, going as far as the end of Viridian Forest. But Green's chapter stands out at top due to starting in Kanto, going to BOTH Johto and Hoenn under some faction, and then returning to Kanto and going as far as Lavender Town. Plus like Yellow, it's possible to catch mons and do regular Pokemon stuff on the whole, well, not collect badges, but the rest remains. And yes, this includes the event Pokemon that Green would canonically get. I also enjoy how this is the black dress Green and not the FR/LG incarnation.

I certainly wasn't expecting her to be a part of some cult movement in the beginning, of course she was kidnapped as a child so it's justified. But it's interesting to see that Silver, Will, and Karen were also taken in as children. Like other manga characters, things are different depending on who's who, and Silver will be a good guy like Green is, wanting to escape with her and to find his own place in life, while Will and Karen, much like the Kanto Elite Four, are fine with the villain path. Trouble in Johto is started by this group, led by some "masked man" who's obviously after legendaries, and for some reason they even have a base in the Hoenn region. And for both Johto and Hoenn, all the native Pokemon in certain areas are found there! I also enjoy that once Green and Silver reach Johto, that's where they part ways, since Silver would have to find his own journey and Green should head back home.

Green's a charming yet cunning character, being quite a thief, but still a better thief compared to the likes of Team Rocket. The events in Kanto are quite enjoyable. The tournament with Brock was interesting, as this is where I realize a number of battles in the game are supposed to be lost. Though in these cases, it seems to be lost in cutscene, as the battles you fight (specifically Red and Blue) can be won if you leveled enough. Commerce City was an interesting subplot, and Gringey City is also mentioned (this ended up also being an anime location). The beta ends at Lavender Town, during one final Team Rocket event.

So apart from the odd battles that you are supposed to lose but totally can win, you can definitely deviate from the story by catching other mons. Also, it's possible to get both a Mudkip and a Growlithe for free from certain NPCs. Though since you only get a regular dex here, the former cannot evolve, not that I care since it's not canon how she gets this. Overall though, Adventure Green Chapter is a relatively-well-fledged beta. Sure it's not finished, but out of the four non-Red chapters it's the most finished, and even has several liberties to it I found cool.