I hope they leave the Pokedex alone for this game. They've been adding huge amounts of Pokemon over recent years, and while I think there are plenty cool ones, has nobody else noticed that the newer Pokemon look a bit... weird? It must be tough to keep making up original creatures.
Been making a lot of progress with HeartGold. I'm behind.

Apparently, the Lake of Rage was supposed to be visited much later. I still managed to catch the Red Gyarados though. Just got done with the Safari Zone and heading to the 6th gym. I'm liking the fact that passing through a few long trainer routes now pays off in me not having to endlessly grind for the gyms. I can probably take on the 7th without training.
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Then I stopped collecting when someone stole a lot of my favourite cards and pawned them off.
This happened so many times to me. To the point where I lost my valuable cards that I almost cried when I got and then the next day some kid was trying to trade them to me... he ripped parts of them so they would look different. I didn't collect since.