6th Gen X/Y Quick Q&A (Read First Post)

Are there any known restrictions or preventive measures which prevents clones (or the originals) from being transfered through Pokebank?

Shrew said:

Are there any known restrictions or preventive measures which prevents clones (or the originals) from being transfered through Pokebank?

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I transferred a clone from my Emerald game all the way forward to my X, so not as far as I know.

sorrowdemonica said:

And in reply to the comment below :P it's pretty useless to use statistics or "test" for.. since it's always 1 out of 1024 or whatever.. so that means one individual may encounter 1 shiny out of every 3 eggs, while another individual can hatch 10,000+ eggs and still never hatch a shiny, as for each individual egg, the odds are still 1 out of 1024 chance.

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Sorry, I have to correct this. It is a well-known fact in statistics that the more data you collect, the closer you can approximate the actual probability. So even though a small set of data tells you nothing, the thousands of results in the Google Docs spreadsheet are actually likely to give a pretty accurate probability.



In fact, they even have a standard error value included there, which shows the degree of accuracy of the estimation. At the moment the estimated value of the shiny rate is 1/472 with a standard error of 27.81, meaning the actual rate is highly likely to be between 1/444 and 1/500.

berlyda said:

Sorry, I have to correct this. It is a well-known fact in statistics that the more data you collect, the closer you can approximate the actual probability. So even though a small set of data tells you nothing, the thousands of results in the Google Docs spreadsheet are actually likely to give a pretty accurate probability.

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It's due to something called the "standard deviation". This "standard deviation" is the amount results are expected to stray from the actual probability. Breeding for shinies can be modelled using a binomial distribution (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binomial_distribution), so the standard deviation is (p(1 − p)/n)^(1/2), where p is the actual probability of a shiny being hatched and n is the number of eggs hatched. You can clearly see that as more eggs are hatched, this standard deviation decreases, meaning we are more likely to have an accurate estimation of the true probability.

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However in the end the statistics just tell you the odds are 1 out of 1024 regardless of how many test/surveys you take as that's still set in stone by the RNG (Programmed).

sorrowdemonica said:

However in the end the statistics just tell you the odds are 1 out of 1024 regardless of how many test/surveys you take as that's still set in stone by the RNG (Programmed).

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Well yeah, but you can hardly say that's useless. The whole point of the testing was to find out those odds in order to determine whether the Shiny Charm affects the Masuda Method this generation (and how much it affects it).

In pokemon-amie, is it possible to rub a pokemon that takes both 3DS screens?

Jrrkein said:

In pokemon-amie, is it possible to rub a pokemon that takes both 3DS screens?

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Yes it is, you just have to get their top part to lower onto the bottom screen, like feeding them a Poke Puff.

Saphyre said:

How do you get a reset bag for Super Training?

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You punch the ever-loving **** outta the blank (default) bag in Super Training until one appears, and pray to Arceus that the RNG doesn't hate you today.

Jrrkein said:

In pokemon-amie, is it possible to rub a pokemon that takes both 3DS screens?

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Hikamaru said:

Yes it is, you just have to get their top part to lower onto the bottom screen, like feeding them a Poke Puff.

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or you can hold your finger/stylus on the upper part of your lower screen against the background(without touching the Pokemon), this will also cause the screen to shift to the upper part of the Pokemon :) and vice versa with the bottom of the screen to get back to their lower 1/2.

Does anyone know anything about the maintenance schedule; or when ratings battle is likely to be back up?

Sagakkan said:

Does anyone know anything about the maintenance schedule; or when ratings battle is likely to be back up?

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When the Online Services are ever in maintenance, you just simply have to go to the Pokemon Global Link website:
http://3ds.pokemon-gl.com/

This time around, it looks like a Major update is underway, down until tomorrow.

Last time we had long maintenance like this, was when Pokemon Bank was re-released O:!

so maybe some patches to the game and services will follow..

sorrowdemonica said:

When the Online Services are ever in maintenance, you just simply have to go to the Pokemon Global Link website:
http://3ds.pokemon-gl.com/

This time around, it looks like a Major update is underway, down until tomorrow.

Last time we had long maintenance like this, was when Pokemon Bank was re-released O:!

so maybe some patches to the game and services will follow..

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The maintenance period when Pokebank came out was like 2-3 hours. They shortened the estimated update because they didn't do anything with the PGL like they intended to do. It had nothing to do with the Bank at all.

We may be switching battle seasons so they are resetting the online servers to get ready for the new online tournament season.

Khrysta said:

We may be switching battle seasons so they are resetting the online servers to get ready for the new online tournament season.

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Yeah, this is possible, although the current season ends on Sunday, so it seems a little premature. I want to believe that a patch is being introduced to improve the Pokemon Bank filter for hacked Pokemon, but I think this is a bit too much to hope for :P

berlyda said:

Yeah, this is possible, although the current season ends on Sunday, so it seems a little premature. I want to believe that a patch is being introduced to improve the Pokemon Bank filter for hacked Pokemon, but I think this is a bit too much to hope for :P

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The Bank Server isn't part of the PGL. Its through a different system set up which is why its not linked to specific games and uses your Nintendo network ID while the PGL does not.

When there is PGL maintenance concerning Pokémon: A new mini game is being added, they are updating the general PGL site, or doing Site database to Game database information mergers and or improving the connection between games and the online servers.

Bank is ran through a separate cloud server that is updated through the general Nintendo Services. As far as I'm aware, the Bank is operational despite the downtime and battle spot ranking matches not being available. ( I did access mine this morning to transfer over another box.)

Khrysta said:

The Bank Server isn't part of the PGL. Its through a different system set up which is why its not linked to specific games and uses your Nintendo network ID while the PGL does not.

When there is PGL maintenance concerning Pokémon: A new mini game is being added, they are updating the general PGL site, or doing Site database to Game database information mergers and or improving the connection between games and the online servers.

Bank is ran through a separate cloud server that is updated through the general Nintendo Services. As far as I'm aware, the Bank is operational despite the downtime and battle spot ranking matches not being available. ( I did access mine this morning to transfer over another box.)

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Ah yes, I forgot about that. I knew it was too good to be true :P

Khrysta said:

The maintenance period when Pokebank came out was like 2-3 hours. They shortened the estimated update because they didn't do anything with the PGL like they intended to do. It had nothing to do with the Bank at all.

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Actually it was down for a whole day and 1/2.

and I wasn't talking about the European/US release, but in prep for the Japanese release/re-release.

for reset bag I find its easiest to bin all yours other bags and put a fully trained Pokémon on the screen and leave the DS open overnight. It does 1 hit per minute for some time. Often gets me one reset bag. But often a crappy team flare bag...