PKRS...in Crystal? oO

[Chibi Pika]

One time when I was playing Crystal, I was catching Pokemon on Route 16 and then went to the PokeCenter. I wasn't really paying attention, but then I saw the nurse say "your pokemon look healthy to me" or something. Very confused, I looked at them and they had PKRS! Too bad my EVs were full. XP

Am I the only one who never knew that PKRS existed way back then? oO Or does everyone know that, and I look like an idiot now? :P

~Chibi~

[Kylie-chan]

Er... I read on the 'net you could get it in Gold and Silver, but I had no idea it was still being included in the games... o_O

[Dragonfree]

It's in both G/S/C and R/S/E. I got it on my Gold and my Crystal...

[djvolcom]

what is this PKRS?? one of my pokemon had it on my silver game.

[~*!*~Queen Boo~*!*~]

I never heared pokerus in GSC version i thought it started in R&S.

:t003:Dark Venusaur

[shanecdavis]

Nope, it was prevalent in GSC as well. The concept is the same though, although EV training was vastly improved in RSE. What PKRS does is it causes the infected Poke to earn twice the amount of EV points as normal. It only lasts a day (ending at midnight, IIRC), but since it is a virus, you can infect other Pokes in your party with it just by having them next to the Poke that has it. You can also deposit the infected Poke into your PC and the virus will spread to all of the Pokes in there.

[Jeremy]

Pokérus was first introduced in GSC, sweeties. It's a "virus" that you're Pokémon will catch radomly. Once they get it, the EV they earn will double. =3

Edit: shanecdavis beat me too it. XD

[MetalMario]

I knew about it in the G/S/C days, but, for the longest time, I thought it was just another stupid rumour. I still haven't seen it in any of my Metal-gen games. I only ever saw it 400 hours into my Sapphire while on the hunt for a shiny Seviper.

[~*!*~Queen Boo~*!*~]

So how long does it stay in GSC Version.

:t003:Dark Venusaur

[shanecdavis]

Same as RSE.

twenty-five

[Chibi Pika]

Cool, thanks you guys, I was just so surprised when I got it, it's just a shame that I found it after I had beaten the game. Then again, I put several Pokerus Pokemon in my PC trying to spread it to the others and it didn't work. =/

~Chibi~

[Ichaste Pekoni]

Nope, it was prevalent in GSC as well. The concept is the same though, although EV training was vastly improved in RSE. What PKRS does is it causes the infected Poke to earn twice the amount of EV points as normal. It only lasts a day (ending at midnight, IIRC), but since it is a virus, you can infect other Pokes in your party with it just by having them next to the Poke that has it. You can also deposit the infected Poke into your PC and the virus will spread to all of the Pokes in there.

Oh, so THAT'S what PKRS did...I always wondered about that, since nobody on my team ever caught it. It doesn't really matter to me, since I'm not really an EV trainer...but good to know. Thanks.

[Kataphraktoi]

You can use it with Macho Brace to get 4x EVs to max things out, if your training manually.

[DarkThunder]

There was PKRS in GSC?
I thought it was introduced in RS.

[~*!*~Queen Boo~*!*~]

Same as RSE.

twenty-five
25 What. Me too. How exactlly did it effect the Pokemon in GSC version:t201-qu:

:t003:Dark Venusaur

[shanecdavis]

25 What. Me too. How exactlly did it effect the Pokemon in GSC version:t201-qu:

:t003:Dark Venusaur
LOL Just getting through the 25 character limit.

BTW - PKRS worked the same in GSC as it does in RSE/FRLG, as I have previously explained. We just didn't have a lot of the raw data about it like we do now. I cannot remember who exactly came across the info in the first place, but I know I was VERY greatful they did.

[~*!*~Queen Boo~*!*~]

LOL Just getting through the 25 character limit.

BTW - PKRS worked the same in GSC as it does in RSE/FRLG, as I have previously explained. We just didn't have a lot of the raw data about it like we do now. I cannot remember who exactly came across the info in the first place, but I know I was VERY greatful they did.
Thank you:)

:t003:Dark Venusaur

[Eon-Rider]

I knew about it but I never got it...

[Drew]

I've never got it or heard of it before...
Now at least I know that if I get it, its a virus...
but does it do to your Pokemon?
It seems pretty well liked to be a Virus....

[Kenji~]

it was in GSC, i've known that since...I got GSC. I think you get it mainly from wild Yanma.

[~*!*~Queen Boo~*!*~]

My Feraligatr now has it

:t003:Dark Venusaur

[Kitty Face]

PKRS has been rumoured since Red/Blue days (I recall a lot of the "cheats" having to do with the E4, et cetera, but they all proved false). I've never actually gotten it until Ruby/Sapphire and even then I used a gameshark to see if it was real or not (so I didn't find it in-game).

Drew: PKRS (pokerus) is a status condition that spreads from one pokemon to the rest of your party and dissapears in a few days. I think the effect is that it doubles EVs. You can keep the status by putting an infected pokemon in the PC.