You don't need to cover every element in order to get by - for example, fire types beat grass, bug and ice, but if you already have a rock pokémon in your team, you already have something good against bug and ice anyway. If you have a flying type too, grass is covered aswell.Tanooki wrote: If you could though explain to me why I wouldn't need to raise more than 6 pokemon? I've never quite figured that one. I suppose you could play along for awhile and find something nicer and PC box one of the ones in your party. But, I always thought with the amount of breeds there are with their elemental(etc) class you'd need a few more to be sure you don't fall short and get a pounding. I'd be far more inclined to put a solid effort into my yellow or firered cart again with less work having to be done as it got real boring.
You also don't need to cover types with pokémon - for example, most water types can learn ice moves, which are super effective against different types than water. Ice moves are super effective against grass types, which water struggle against. In the most recent games where TMs are unlimited, it's even easier to cover types like this.
Also, there may be situations where you don't have anything super effective against a certain type, but it's still normally easy enough to take them down with neutral moves - as long as you arent weak to them you have a plenty good chance to handle them.
If you're using less pokémon aswell, you'll have level advantages as the experience points wont be divided up as much.
It's perfectly feasible to beat the game with a single pokémon, never mind 6. It's also entirely possible to use a team that's all one type and beat the game - you just have to know what to be prepared for.
FWIW, I know a guy who beat Pokémon Blue with a Weedle. He never evolved it, and never used any other pokémon. It's probably the easiest game to pull that off in due to the weaker AI, but it shows that you don't need to over-strategize to beat the games, thats for sure.
