Among the more than 1,000 Pokémon that exist, each one will have their favorite creatures, among which there are some that are stronger, others that are weaker, others that are faster, others that are slower, etc. Each one has its own characteristics, but if there is something that all fans of the saga agree on, it is the fact that Magikarp is one of the most useless Pokémon out there..
Much of this is due to its Splash attack, which does absolutely nothing with it. To this we must add that his statistics are generally well below average, although over the years, as new games of Pokémonhe has been learning more attacks, such as Block or Slam, with which he was at least able to do “something” in combat.
In spite of everything, there are those who have raised the difficult challenge of defeat the Elite Four using only Magikarpbut the user Leomon, from Japan, wanted to go even further, so he proposed to complete the Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire editions using only this peculiar Pokémon in its shiny version, also called shiny or variocolor, as each one prefers.
This tremendous feat is especially striking, in addition to how complicated it is, due to the fact that Leomon It has taken him six years to carry it out. The final stretch of the adventure was broadcast live by the Japanese channel NicoNico, in which you can see the strategy he followed to emerge victorious for 30 minutes, as you can see in the video that accompanies the news.
His triumph has made a whole wave of fans dedicated hundreds of messages to him through social networks, some very curious in which they have sent him personalized drawings in which he and his golden Magikarp appear. Will you consider repeating this challenge with other editions of the saga?
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