Pokémon is has a game formula that gamers can come to love over the years. You play as a young trainer going on their first Pokémon journey. As you travel around the world, you encounter various events, from trading with other trainers to stopping criminal organizations from destroying the world.

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With such a simple and straightforward world, though, some trainers are taken aback when they are forced to make decisions within the games in the series. In fact, some things in the Pokémon can be such a tough decision, that players will actively hold off on making it. Below we have listed the ten hardest decisions you have to make in the Pokémon games.

10 Choosing Your Starter

The very first decision you will encounter in every mainline Pokémon game is choosing your starter. While some players may have already become partial to one of the three choices, many are stuck at the lab trying to figure out just which creature to choose. While some games in the franchise will allow you to acquire all the starters later on, the earlier games did not.

The choice left with players being shut-out of two other Pokémon if they didn't have friends to play with. Even worse, the third ball would just sit on the lab's table for eternity.

9 Which Fossil to Take

Another huge dilemma facing many older games was trying to figure out which fossil you wanted to revive. In the very first games, you are forced to choose between the dome or helix fossil. Then in Hoenn, you once again had to decide if you wanted the root or claw fossil more. This was an even more aggravating decision when the games came out as information was sparse on the fossils converted forms.

Luckily, the games of today seem to have done away with forcing you to choose between Pokémon fossils.

8 Evolving Your Eevee

Depending on which game in the series you are playing, Eevee can be a hard to find creature. In the early games, the only way to obtain more than one Eevee was breeding. For Red/Blue, you could only have one Eevee per game unless you traded. As any player knows, this Pokémon has the ability to evolve into multiple types depending on the stone you use to evolve them.

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Because of the multiple evolutions, many players have a hard time deciding just which evolution to go with. In fact, they can even accidentally evolve them into Espreon or Umbreon if they aren't careful.

7 Where to Use Your Master Ball

Even in the most current games, the master ball is still an extremely limited item. This item gives you the ability to catch one Pokémon of your choice inside of it. The only catch is that most games will only give you a single master ball to use. As most trainers know, every game has multiple legendaries that are usually a pain to catch even when you whittle them down.

It can be a tough call when you finally decide to use the master ball. This is especially true for games like Gold/Silver that had traveling legendaries.

6 Using HM's

Thankfully, HM's are no longer a major factor in making through your journey. Sadly, they used to be, and you would have to choose a member of your team to force the unchangeable moves on. In early games, you could even find yourself at the end of a route with a tree blocking your path. You would then have to choose between walking all the way back to town or teaching one of your team members cut.

HM's aren't extremely powerful move, and for the most part, you don't want your main team to be stuck with moves like rock smash.

5 Your Team

Speaking of your team, which Pokémon do you want to focus on training the most? This is a question every trainer has to ask themselves when they start a new Pokémon game. Each region has new creatures with new stats and moves. As a trainer, you have to figure out what six types you want to keep on your team, the moves they will have, and what Pokémon they will be.

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Trying to piece together a powerful team full of partners you like can be a hard decision to make, especially if you love weaker monsters.

4 Which Pokemon to Breed

Starting in Gen II, every game would allow you to choose two Pokémon to leave at the daycare center. These Pokémon could breed as long as they are compatible, but most trainers just opt to use a Ditto. The hardest part is figuring out which Pokémon you want to breed, as the whole process can take quite a bit of time. Many players would wonder if they should breed their starter for trading or go ahead and create an army of Eevees.

Either way, it can be tough honing in on which creature you want to leave at the daycare center for breeding.

3 To Battle or Not to Battle

Pokémon are creatures that level-up and evolve after gaining experience from battles. As your walking along many routes, though, you will have the option to avoid trainers. Depending on how badly you just want to get to the next gym, this can be a tough decision to make. Most of the games are made so that if you fight all the trainers, you will be at an appropriate level for taking on gyms.

On the other hand, if you don't mind a bit of a challenge and using items, you can beat gyms with an under-leveled party.

2 Making Trades

Another huge part of the Pokémon universe is being able to swap creatures with other trainers. Since this is a huge part of the universe, every main game in the series contains several NPCs looking to swap Pokémon with you. While this may not always be a hard decision to make, there are some trades in the game that really leave trainers debating on making the deal.

Even in the newest games, you can find a trade for a Magikarp with swift swim, but you have to give up a Gyarados in order to get it.

1 Restarting You File

The hardest decision to make if you love playing Pokémon is whether you should play through the game again. In order to play through your cartridge for a second time, you will have to delete your save. That's right; all your hard work will be gone as soon as you choose to start a new adventure. This can be especially tough for trainers who have poured dozens of hours into their games.

Even worse, the only way around this is to go out and buy another version of the game, which could end up costing you a small sum of money.

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