The Postgame

[-Cygnus-]

I would never restart my game. I'm always happy with Pokemon I obtain with the National Pokedex.

I wish I was more like you haha. I can always make a list of reasons as to why I should start over instead of enjoying my Pokemon thoroughly >_<

I sort of just do bits and pieces, like training up, catching pokémon, battling here and there and of course, "wandering aimlessly" :D

Usually after a suitable amount of time I restart :)

I guess this best describes me haha. My goal for my team is lvl 60 now, and after that, I guess I will go on another catching spree and see if I can get any good natures. I just discovered Latias too, so now I can spend time finding a good hunter and catching it without a masterball! I feel like I always cheat with the lati's like that...

 

[Nilz]

Just talking about the post end-game content in the games, I've been kinda disappointed with 5th gen so far. The random 10 lvl jump was pretty annoying and I didn't feel like there was a viable way to catch up. The end game zones also seemed a little bland besides that one cool town where everyone sang. I really liked firered and leafgreen's post game, there were 7 different islands to discover plus the league jump was tough but didnt seem too unfair.

 

[tjb90]

I do a lot after I beat the game. I train my Pokemon. I catch new Pokemon too. I do everything that you can do in the game. I have a lot of fun.

 

[Pokemon Trainer Touko]

I usually level up my team, explore the rest of the region and then restart the game. :3

 

[Astinus]

I do various different things after the main storyline is complete. On some games I try to complete my Pokedex, raise Pokemon, start competitive teams, things like that. With other games, I trade over the Pokemon I want to keep to kept games and restart over. Most of the time, I just stop playing them.

 

[Calamity]

In my SS it has finally got to the point where I'm just 'wandering aimlessly' around lol, just breeding random pokemon together like some pocket-monster pimp. But in White it's the complete opposite, I feel theres too much to do! O.o

 

[Dark Piplup]

Train Pokemon to lv. 100. Try to catch new Pokemon (never worked out for me). Really for me the post game is nearly just as fun because I feel it's a challenge to raise Pokemon really strong. In Black I still haven't even challenged Alder.

 

[fenyx4]

Pretty much everything except restart. The only scenarios I will legitimately restart are:

• for nostalgic reasons (i.e., view the opening cutscene and introductory dialogue). In these cases, I don't save the New Game file and prevent my actual playthrough file from being overwritten. From what I've heard, to do a "New Game" in Platinum (and onwards?), your current file has to be deleted before you can restart. Which SUCKS. I mean, just recently I briefly "restarted" Emerald just to hear the VS Magma/Aqua Grunt battle theme in-game for nostalgia. My only guess is that having a saved play file in memory and loading data for a new game would be too much for a DS cartridge, yet I somehow doubt this...
• if my current file was for a one-off Pokemon. For example, after I read a FireRed walkthrough, I ran through a file solely for the opportunity of obtaining the likes of Hitmonlee and Omastar, as I intended to get Kabuto and Hitmonchan in my "actual" play file. I did the same thing for the starters and the Legendary Dogs, until HGSS came out. -.- I'll still likely do a similar thing for Generation 4 and 5 starters...
• if the game file is corrupted or something...

Typically, I level up my team to Level 100. I tinker with postgame features like Secret Bases, Contests, etc... I usually intend to finish the region with any sidequests... I breed primarily for training purposes, attempting to complete the Pokemon in the process. I wander aimlessly if I'm bored... The bulk of my postgame play includes Battle Frontier (most evident with Pokemon Emerald Version), due to the near-infinite replayability of it.

The prospect of erasing my save file doesn't seem good...there's revised challenges and runs you can do, but it's still the same game... For me, I tend to stick with one general file for battling. I haven't encountered the situation of what to do "post-game" after Pokemon are migrated from that file...so I might potentially restart, but I'll probably just rebattle the Elite 4 and train a new team from scratch should that happen... :<

My general postgame goal, though, is to complete the Pokedex, finish sidequests, level fully-evolved Pokemon (and certain Formes) to Level 100, and repeatedly take Battle Frontier challenges. If possible, I'll try Wi-Fi battling as well.