Releasing a Pokemon, it comes back!

[カクンネコ]

I was clearing out my boxes on my Diamond Version, so I was releasing Pokemon that I didn't really need... like hatched Pokemon that didn't have good stats/natures & Pokemon that I caught just for data. I eventually came to a Tentacool & tried to release it. It faded away (like all released Pokemon do), but then faded back in! A message "Tentacool came back! Was it worried about you?" appeared. This was the very first time this has happened to me on a game. Has it happened to anyone else?

[solopy567]

I guess it likes you a lot....thats the only thing i can say

[Ratiasu-kun]

Did it fade back as soon as you released it or some time later? I wonder if it has something to do with the happiness factor...

[カクンネコ]

I have no idea how I made it happy...

@Ratiasu-kun: It faded back as soon as it finished fading away.

[hedgehog1128]

I've heard about this. What I heard is that it has to do with HM's. If you have a pokemon that knows an HM, and it's the only one, you won't be able to release it. Does the Tentacool know any HM's? If you delete them, you should be able to release it.

[Dunsparce]

It has happened to me in my Sapphire with a Wailord.

At first I thought it was because it had HM moves I needed, but after teaching them to another Pokemon, it still came back XD

I was like all "awwwww" And kept it XP

[hedgehog1128]

^_^ At that point, I would have kept it too.

[GTA-Niko]

NJever happened to me. Keep it and it'll make you a good friend!

[Pokefun1!]

that happened to me and corsala.

also, the move deleter wouldnt dlete swampets surf, because swamperst was not willing to.

huh/

[Rattata Guy]

You can't release any pokemon that know an HM move. Have the move deleter get rid of the HM move first, then you'll find you can release it to the wild with no problem.

It's the same reasoning behind why you can't migrate pokemon that know an HM move either. It's the games way of keeping you from being trapped in a place with no way to progress.

[.Eni]

That happened to me in my Diamond too when I tried to release my newly evolved Chimecho...

Maybe it has something to do with happiness? Since Chingling evolved into Chimecho by happiness at night...

[Amoeba]

You can't release any pokemon that know an HM move. Have the move deleter get rid of the HM move first, then you'll find you can release it to the wild with no problem.

It's the same reasoning behind why you can't migrate pokemon that know an HM move either. It's the games way of keeping you from being trapped in a place with no way to progress.

Ah, that would make sense.

I can't say I've ever tried releasing a HM pokemon before. I guess not many people do for said reasons. I guess the programmers couldn't put pokemon capable of cutting in every area, for example.

[Archer]

that happened to me and corsala.

also, the move deleter wouldnt dlete swampets surf, because swamperst was not willing to.

huh/

Did you have anything else with Surf? Can't say this has happened to me...

[WaluigiRedclaw91]

That happened to me and Bibarel, I thought it was because it was my first caught pokemon

[.Eni]

BTW, I just tried it with my newly-caught Kricketune with Cut and guess what?

It happened.

So maybe it's really because of HM's...

[DehVocal]

Happend to me and my Psyduck :] Can't remember if it had a HM or not, but I kept it. :)

[Toadboy]

It's the same reasoning behind why you can't migrate pokemon that know an HM move either. It's the games way of keeping you from being trapped in a place with no way to progress.

That is incorrect. You can't Migrate a pokemon with HMs because HMs have different numbers from the GBA games to Diamond/Pearl. And Some of the HMs in the GBA games do not exist in Diamond/Pearl.

If you were "trapped" all you have to do is teach the "lost" HM to another pokemon, or reset the game.

[WaluigiRedclaw91]

No because u might not have a pokemon suitable for the HM

[shiny_Riolu]

Never happened to me! Keep it make it your friend....

ash

[Sweet Speed]

Everyone who gets it right gets a cookie from me ^^.

The problem is to do with Hms, the reason is that your Pokemon is the only one with a certain Hm in your game. If you teach another Pokemon that HM then you should be able to release the 1st one.

(That was a typeful :P)

[shiny_Riolu]

Everyone who gets it right gets a cookie from me ^^.

The problem is to do with Hms, the reason is that your Pokemon is the only one with a certain Hm in your game. If you teach another Pokemon that HM then you should be able to release the 1st one.

(That was a typeful :P)

actully i agree with shiny charmander (BECAUSE I WANT A COOKIE)

he is mostly right

ash

[Toblerone]

Ohh.. now i can release that Graveler! I tried for ages to release it.. kept coming back XD.

[ROFLCune]

Never happened to me...but i don't release pokemon much, i tend to go crazy about them, raise them to lv.63, get bored and leave them in a box for the rest of their lives. i think it just lurrves you.

[paperfunk]

my friend had something similar happen, but it was sorta different ( XD ) he said he released a poke, then encountered it in the wild again, with the same nickname and everything. was he lying or can this happen?

[darkace]

Basically the pokemon happy stats or whatever are really high. Just another paranormal pokemon thing.

[torch2424]

weird tho thats kinda weird REALEASE IT AGIN

[Kratos_Aurion88]

I can't say I've ever had this happen to me, then again, I've never released one that loved me...

[Rattata Guy]

That is incorrect. You can't Migrate a pokemon with HMs because HMs have different numbers from the GBA games to Diamond/Pearl. And Some of the HMs in the GBA games do not exist in Diamond/Pearl.

If you were "trapped" all you have to do is teach the "lost" HM to another pokemon, or reset the game.

I really doubt that I'm wrong here. The numbering of HMs has nothing to do with the problem, especially since after you teach an HM to a pokemon the HM numbering system doesn't even enter into the equation anymore. In fact, the move numbering system probably only exists for our organizational benefit and nothing else, or as a hearkening back to the Gen I games.

I say again, the restriction is to keep a player from getting trapped in a place without any way of progressing in the game. What would happen in the event that you migrated a pokemon with a HM that you needed to leave a cave (ie Surf, Strength, etc) and you didn't have any pokemon in your party that could even learn the HM afterward? You'd be trapped. After you migrate you can't get "reset" and expect to have your HM pokemon back.