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4th Gen Releasing a Pokemon, it comes back!

icycatelf

icycatelf

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    • 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?
     

    Volta.

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    • 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...
     

    hedgehog1128

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    • 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

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    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
     

    Pokefun1!

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    that happened to me and corsala.

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

    huh/
     

    Rattata Guy

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    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.
     
    Cid

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    • 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

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    • Rattata Guy said:
    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.
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    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.
     

    WaluigiRedclaw91

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

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    • 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...
     

    Toadboy

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    • Rattata Guy said:
    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.
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    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.
     

    Sweet Speed

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    • 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)
     
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