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I wait for a good discount (because they always come eventually) and buy the flagship. I’m too embarassed to give the figure based on the other answers here, though. I’ve just always had bad experiences with the lower end that when looking over a long period, I’ve barely saved, since I’d had to upgrade it more often. I guess I haven’t given the lower end a chance for about 12 years, so things might have changed.
Over the past few weeks:
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Turns out hitting the energy balls back at him isn’t enough! Got to shoot him and run and hit him. But if you’d already raided the all pots below for magic top-up and hearts, you’re going to run out of magic before you can beat him…
The final final battle seemed hard, but was easy enough once I turned off z-targeting.
Edit: also did a run through of pokemon blue (emulated, with random battles turned off) because it’s so quick. It’s one of my all-time top games, and I still play it every now just to enjoy it again