The Simple Question & Answer Thread

[Lemming44]

Hey guys, I just beat the 4th gym in emerald. I'm in Slateport and need to get back to Petalburg. The only problem is Mr. Briney (the guy with the boat) has disappeared. .

I don't have surf yet or anything so I'm kind of wondering how I'm going to get back.

Does anybody know the solution?

[vaporeon7]

Originally Posted by Lemming44

Hey guys, I just beat the 4th gym in emerald. I'm in Slateport and need to get back to Petalburg. The only problem is Mr. Briney (the guy with the boat) has disappeared. .

I don't have surf yet or anything so I'm kind of wondering how I'm going to get back.

Does anybody know the solution?

You have two options, you can either use Rock Smash to break the rock blocking the path that takes you Rustburo in Verdanturf Cave (which will also get you HM04 as a bonus) or you can go to Fallarbor Town and go south west to and through Meteor Falls and then hop down the ledge to Rustburo City and then continue onto Petalburg from there.

[Soar]

What gen. did STAB's occur

[Fin2iK]

Hello, i have some problem with my pokemon emerald. When i try migrate from emerald to platinum, my emerald's save file deletes "the save file has been erased due to corruption or damage". Maybe that becouse i didin't beat elite four? Buyer said my emerald is legal. Then what can be a problem?

[Sydian]

Your game is obviously fake, if a buyer said it was illegal. The DS games will detect fake games when they're in your DS and delete the file on the GBA game. No way to fix that, I'm afraid.

What gen. did STAB's occur

All generations.

[Itcheeee]

It sounds to me that it is a bootleg, it shouldn't say that if it's a legit copy. Do you have a picture of it? I could tell you if it's a legit copy.

[supershadow64ds]

Okay. I am just asking this out of curiosity...

I remember when I was like, 6, 7, or 8, I was at a friends house, and he owned a copy of Pokemon Ruby. Game was pretty normal, as I remembered I was in Rustboro City...

However, when I went into a battle, a couple of the red Pokeball tops from the roster showing you how many Pokemon you had were blue instead of red.

Was this some sort of feature that I'm not aware about? Does it have to do with PokeRus or Event Pokemon? I am just curious.

[kelario27]

Alright. I want to GameShark my way to unused maps in FireRed, starting with Sevii Isles 8 and 9. I've Googled EVERYWHERE but there are two problems: a) people think Sevii Isles 8 and 9 are Navel Rock and Birth Island, or b) I can't find a code that works. The one code I DID find didn't work. Who has a working code?

IMPORTANT: Please PM me an answer. I won't be coming back here to see if there's an answer.

[Sydian]

We aren't allowed to give out AR/GS codes here, sorry. Not like you'll read this post though...hmm.

[Eeveon]

It was either a very small, insignificant glitch or your brain playing tricks on you, in my opinion. I don't ever remember that happening to me in my games, so I don't think it's for special Pokémon. Maybe the Poké Ball was gray and you may have imagined it looking Blue for a second? That's pretty strange, though, so I could be wrong...

[Pokemon_Trainer_Danny]

Are your chances of encountering a Ralts bigger when your Pokémon likes you well? I gotta know, because Ralts is pretty rare in Pokémon Emerald. Thanks!

[dragonomega]

Originally Posted by Pokemon_Trainer_Danny

Are your chances of encountering a Ralts bigger when your Pokémon likes you well? I gotta know, because Ralts is pretty rare in Pokémon Emerald. Thanks! :)

No I'm afraid. :( How close you are to your Pokemon doesn't affect the encounter rate of Pokemon.

[Kryii]

Ok I have pokemon Emerald on DroidEmu on my phone. What pokemon can't I get on my own. And does anyone know the gameshark codes for them?

[LLovro]

If you mean pokemons that evolve through trade then you can't get:
-alakazam
-golem
-machamp
-gengar
-huntail
-gorebyss
I think this is it correct me if I'm wrong
As for gameshark codes just google them

[Kryii]

Ok, Thanks! I really hate to use the stupid GS codes, but I don't know how else to obtain all the pokemon again. It's been so long since I have played it.

[LuVrDiSC]

i'm playing on sapphire. just curious how do i know if the clock battery is dead ? does it tell you ? or is there a way to check ?

[vaporeon7]

Originally Posted by LuVrDiSC

i'm playing on sapphire. just curious how do i know if the clock battery is dead ? does it tell you ? or is there a way to check ?

If it is the clock battery bug, you'll notice that all the time related events just won't happen and it will be like a day never passes in game.

If the internal battery has run dry you'll receive a message after you press start when you turn on your game, just before the Continue/New Game screen. All the time events won't happen as well.

[LuVrDiSC]

awww, well i have been playing sapphire for 200 hours, it has never gotten dark yet, i havent seen any weather changes, and i havent seen a berry grow yet either :*(

i was just assuming it never got dark and there wasnt weather changes. i guess im booged

[vaporeon7]

Originally Posted by LuVrDiSC

awww, well i have been playing sapphire for 200 hours, it has never gotten dark yet, i havent seen any weather changes, and i havent seen a berry grow yet either :*(

i was just assuming it never got dark and there wasnt weather changes. i guess im booged

It never gets dark in Generation III games and it only changes between different degrees of rain on the routes around the weather institute. Though if none of your berries are growing you might have the berry glitch.
Click here on how to fix it.

[crakxor]

Wrong thread. sorry for the spam x_x

[o Pikachu o]

I heard that if you battle against a legendary dog and it does Roar you can never encounter it again in FRLG. Is that true because I used my masterball on Mewtwo.

[Hikari10]

Originally Posted by o Pikachu o

I heard that if you battle against a legendary dog and it does Roar you can never encounter it again in FRLG. Is that true because I used my masterball on Mewtwo.

It's False.

The Legendary dogs are roaming Pokemon so that means you can encounter them until you faint or catch them.

[vaporeon7]

Originally Posted by o Pikachu o

I heard that if you battle against a legendary dog and it does Roar you can never encounter it again in FRLG. Is that true because I used my masterball on Mewtwo.

Originally Posted by Hikari10

It's False.

The Legendary dogs are roaming Pokemon so that means you can encounter them until you faint or catch them.

Actually there is a glitch in FR/LG where if a roaming Pokémon uses Roar to flee, it will disappear permanently.

[GolurkIsDaBomb]

Okay so I was browsing bulbapedia and found this backsprite in firered of exeggcutor:

In my game of firered though, this is the backsprite (attached image)
Does anyone know how this is possible/why? :O

[vaporeon7]

Originally Posted by GolurkIsDaBomb

Okay so I was browsing bulbapedia and found this backsprite in firered of exeggcutor:

In my game of firered though, this is the backsprite (attached image)
Does anyone know how this is possible/why? :O

The sprite on Bulbapedia is Exeggutor's R/S/E sprite. Exeggutor has different back sprites between R/S/E and FR/LG.