I consider the popups as a new area , and it ' s been working out so far . I don ' t have any boxed Mons since I lose them at a similar rate to catching them . I ' m also turning EXP share on and off though to help keep at the level of trainers I ' m encountering . I ' m doing a blind run with no online resources allowed , so there ' s no way for me to look up what encounters are guaranteed , so I ' m just not even considering that option . I ' m saying that you can only catch Mons in the first encounter of a new area . So any Mon that shows up is legal . However , I ' ve never bothered with IVs , the game is easy enough without getting perfect IVs , so that ' s not a system I would ever abuse or bother learning how to abuse . I ' m also doing a nuzlocke challenge for an actual challenge that I can ' t get by playing standard . Grinding andor aquiring a perfect IV Mon would eliminate more challenge .