Irregular Crossword (April 2006)

Across:

4: May have been Ash's first kiss. (6)
6: It's not a bird, so get the plural right. (8)
8: The only item that a specific wild Pokémon is guaranteed to hold. (9)
9: Its signature move has the highest average damage per turn of its type unless you use a combo. (8)
11: One could say that it appeared in the anime once, but it had a sort of reverse effect there. (8)
13: Funnily enough, the English name kind of sounds more Japanese than the Japanese name, which is simply an English word written in Japanese. (6)
15: It looks more powerful in Japanese, but doesn't really sound it. (8)
18: The other move known by the Pokémon of two guns. (9)
19: The second Pokémon Ash Ketchum caught. (9)
20: It failed all the hopes from the instruction booklet type chart in R/B/Y... (4)
23: Appears to not only exist on its own, but also as a parasite on another Pokémon. (8)
24: Is that Waldo's arm I see? (7)
25: The third way to revive a fainted Pokémon, other than a Pokémon Center or a Revive/Max Revive/Revival Herb. (9)
26: Popular for a glitch that is also used on 25 across. (10)
28: The one he replaced has returned and replaced him again in revenge. (6)
29: One of those moves that scream out to have two types, especially considering the only Pokémon that learns it. (9)
30: Your last confrontal with Suicune in Crystal takes place here. (8)

Down:

1: I thought it was a Grass-type the first time I saw it, and I still have a hard time thinking of it as the type it is. (6)
2: Steals eggs from Pidgey, which might be when its less apparent type comes in handy. (7)
3: They said it would be a new type combination, but alas, it wasn't. (7)
5: Stalker... (9)
7: Found in Emerald at Mt. Pyre, both inside and outside, and on two routes near it. (7)
10: The only Pokémon whose baby was discovered at the same time as it. (7)
12: This would make Zap Cannon a little more useful if the latter were a bit more powerful. (6)
14: The first of five. (8)
16: If 8 across were a Pokémon, it would probably be related to this one. (8)
17: Funny how more than half of the Pokémon that learn it naturally have no use for it whatsoever. (8)
21: The only live Pokémon she appears to have quotes a fairy tale. (7)
22: Functionally exactly identical to a move introduced in the generation before, but with eight times the PP. (10)
27: A move that the good guys should perhaps not be using, but what the heck, they do so anyway. (5)