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[Hiatus]

Money was an issue for me at the beginning of Pokémon Y, but throughout the end, though, it wasn't. I was able to earn dozens of mushroom from the restaurants at Lumoise, and by selling them, I got to make a lot of cash. Thank god that these restaurants exist. If they didn't, then I'm not sure what I'd do… I would be quite frustrated. xD

 

[Wobbu]

Excepting my playthrough of X, I rarely buy things from the Poké Mart. I usually save up my money until the E4/Champion battles, where I spam my bag with Revives, Hyper Potions, and Full Heals (even then, I only use around ten of each at most). Post game I usually stick to buying Ultra Balls, unless I'm doing a challenge/replay where I don't plan on catching them all. If it weren't for the custom outfits in XY, I would probably have 999,999 dollars (or whatever the limit is).

 

[waveguidebuizel]

I always called the money Poké because that's just what I came up with when I first played the games. What's annoying about the name is that it has never been brought up in the anime (at least not that I can think of) so no one knows what it's called.

I call it poké too, but because that's what they call the currency in the PMD series. I know it's a different world, but it's the closest we get to an official name to my knowledge.

And money is not a problem for me in X/Y. Because I'm a cheapskate and a hoarder. :P Pretty much the only things I buy are poké balls, quick balls, and clothes (and not even all that many clothes either). And I make it a point to work at Hotel Richissme every day just for the cash I don't really need, haha! My OCD tendencies at work, I guess.

 

[moon]

Yeah I usually am pretty greedy in the games too xD I sell stuff like X Attack and anything I don't really use or need. And buy Full Restore and Revive and pokéballs instead.


Anyways, Christmas is very soon (today it's Lucia in my country~). Are you planning on wishing for or giving away anything pokémon related for Christmas gifts? :3

 

[Meganium]

I have a habit of not spending my Pokemoney until I really really need it. If I run out of potions or Pokeballs, then I wait till I reach the next town, or if I'm nearby the previous town then I go there instead.

& I have plans on buying my irl friend Pokemon X (i'm buying two soon, one for me and one for him), so that way when I buy my 3DS, we'll be able to play together and stuff~

 

[classiccartoonsftw]

I'm planning to play a good chunk of Pokemon during the Christmas holidays!

 

[Wobbu]

I don't think there will be any Pokémon related presents for any of my family this Christmas, but when my nephew gets a little older I will spam him with Pokémon gifts >:3
I don't need anything Pokémon related (although I wouldn't mind some TCG boosters) and neither myself nor my family has any idea of what presents to gift to me haha. I'm planning on hosting a Pokémon anime stream a few days before Christmas, so that should be fun :D

 

[Tyrantrum]

The only things I really asked for were Pokémon Y and a 3DS XL. I was with my dad yesterday, and he bought me Pokémon Y because I assumed my mom didn't because we're kind of struggling with money? I come home to find out that my mom had already ordered it, so we need to return the one my dad bought for me, lol. But hey, at least I also managed to grab the X/Y guidebook, too! :D

 

[moon]

Been so long since I touched my old pokémon cards... I used to love them. Like, ten years ago.

I'm planning on hosting a Pokémon anime stream a few days before Christmas, so that should be fun :D

Oh, let us know so that we can maybe join in! You organizing it through the Anime section or just by yourself?

The only things I really asked for were Pokémon Y and a 3DS XL. I was with my dad yesterday, and he bought me Pokémon Y because I assumed my mom didn't because we're kind of struggling with money? I come home to find out that my mom had already ordered it, so we need to return the one my dad bought for me, lol. But hey, at least I also managed to grab the X/Y guidebook, too! :D

So you almost got two, haha, so lucky.

I doubt I'd get a 3DS from my family even if I wished for it :p They want me to spend my money on better things. But by wishing for it I wouldn't spend my own money soooo their logic fails :]]]] eheh.

 

[Tyrantrum]

So you almost got two, haha, so lucky.

I doubt I'd get a 3DS from my family even if I wished for it :p They want me to spend my money on better things. But by wishing for it I wouldn't spend my own money soooo their logic fails :]]]] eheh.

Haha, I kind of wish I could keep both, so for one game I could keep as an original file while the other cartridge I could restart as much as I want for challenges and stuff like nuzlockes, same-type teams, etc. That was actually the reason why I wanted Y, too; so I could have a sixth gen game to use for nuzlockes while I keep the original file on X. I wanted a new 3DS so that I could do a normal play-through for Y, then trade all the important Pokémon I need over to X, then restart Y as much as I want! I wanted the XL because bigger screens, lol.

 

[Meganium]

I never really thought of buying both versions when I buy a new Pokemon game. I plan to do some trading when I get my own copy so I guess both versions would work great :D

& ahh Pokemon caaards. I still have my awesome Meganium tin with 200 or so cards that I collect. :3

 

[moon]

Well, I've never owned two versions of the same game. Seems kind of redundant to me, unless it's Ruby/Emerald or Pearl/Platinum I guess. Maybe even Red/Yellow because Pikachu and slight colors :P

 

[Hikamaru]

I always tend to get all main versions of a generation, the only ones from Generations 3-5 I've never played were FireRed and LeafGreen. There is a benefit to getting both paired versions, it can help with trading version exclusives.

 

[Meganium]

Yeah, you got a pretty good point there...yet I kinda hate how there's version-exclusive Pokemon out there. S__S But it encourages me to use the trading method though! :3

 

[Mark Kamill]

Its also super easy with Pokebank to get both versions and trade like crazy between em. Buy one digital one physical, and boom, you have a trade racket going. Starters, legendaries, the works! Sucks about the new update with Miiverse on the 3DS and the region lock, you can't exploit for Vivillions now...

 

[Hiatus]

Just like Hikari, I always end up getting both versions of a game, one way or another. :b Some may call it a waste of money, but still.

 

[Brendino]

I've always just picked up one of the 2/3 games out of each set (Gold, Sapphire, FireRed, Platinum, HeartGold, White, White 2, Y). I guess there's the argument that you can trade for version exclusives between them, but that usually means having another system, too. Plus, I've never seen it as a huge deal if I can't complete the Pokedex on my games, so I don't mind if I miss out on the Pokemon opposite of my own game's.

 

[Hiatus]

Completing the Pokédex is such a hassle, in my opinion. Last time I ever tried doing it was in my final run of Pokémon Emerald. I was extremely close to completion, but unfortunately, couldn't get it done in the end. Feebas and Milotic were all the Pokémon left for me to get a hold of, but regardless of how hard I tried, I just couldn't get them. One of my friends offered to give me her own Milotic, but wasn't able to as none of us had link-cable at that time. ):

 

[Meganium]

Never completed the pokedex ever. I think I was very very close to it in White, all I needed left were the legendaries, but those were really hard to obtain. Probably needed to...idk...RNG or something? xD

 

[Wobbu]

I used to buy all of the versions until HG/SS. Since those games were released, I've only bought one from each set. Version exclusives can be obtained from the GTS or transferred from older games. Legendaries are the only problem. I was fortunate enough to get an event Reshiram in my White Version, but Yveltal isn't going to be easy for me...

Completing the Pokédex is something that I struggle with. The only two occasions when I have completed a Pokédex was the Regional Dex from Platinum and the Regional Dex from Emerald. Every time that I have attempted to complete the Regional Dex, I always end up with five or less Pokémon and lose interest :(

Oh, let us know so that we can maybe join in! You organizing it through the Anime section or just by yourself?

I will be streaming from the official streaming channel of Pokémon Anime. I plan on doing it on Sunday, Dec. 22, so be sure to check the Streaming Thread on that day! I found an old DVD with all of these Pikachu's Winter Vacation episodes, so I thought, "Why not stream it for the holidays?"