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Pokémon Gaming Rules [Updated September 23rd]

Sheep, Oct 2016: Pokémon Gaming RulesWelcome to the guidelines for our Pokémon Gaming forums! This includes the Previous Generations forum and Pokémon Gaming Central. Know that once you've read through these, you're good to post in all of those as long as your posts...
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Older Pokémon games you played late?

Sweet Serenity, Jan 2022: I am currently playing Pokémon Yellow now. My goal is to raise the starter Pikachu and transfer him to Pokémon Sword, which I am also currently playing, if possible. I am sort of late to Pokémon Sword as well, considering that it came out in like...
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Started by Sheep

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Most unnecessary competitive nerfs

Adam Levine, Jan 2022: You could argue whether this nerf is competitive or not, but Bug being resisted by Fairy is pretty unnecessary imo. Bug was already not a very good type, and they made it worse.
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do you participate in post-game battle facilities?

d4rk, Jan 2022: I tried them but the battles proved kinda hard at that time. Would definitely put more effort into it if I could gain exp. points from the battles or Exp. Candies as rewards.
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"It needs to have 5/6 perfect IVs, a Modest nature, egg moves, and.."

Amore, Jan 2022: Finding out that it was more efficient to beat Palmer at battle 21 then start over was a huge time saver, but its still a lot of grinding. Oh yeah natures area absolutely the most critical one. I had the great fortune of encountering 3 of...
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What are you doing

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Mintaka☆, Jan 2022: I'm currently deciding whether to do another run of Crystal VC or HeartGold (mainly because 13 years on I'm still pissed about what HG/SS did with Eusine, not to mention I'm not very fond of the redesigns for the Johto Elite Four). In the meanwhile,...
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What in-game trade annoyed you the most?

colours, Jan 2022: this thread is ancient y'all. feel free to remake this for anyone who wants to~
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What do you think of the core Pokémon formula?

Qibli, Jan 2022: I really don't mind the "A 10-year old stops notorious gang from taking pokemon/changing the world" recipe got used it to since they have no other way to adjust the formula, if it could done bit better on some part like have to do task to get to the...
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Victory Road - yay or nay?

Duck, Jan 2022: My issues with Victory Road are mostly the puzzles - I don't care that much about puzzles in Pokémon, it's not a game like Zelda or SMO or Pokemon Rangers where I expect that kind of thing, and while I do appreciate the occasional Strength puzzle,...
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Which Champion had the best battle theme?

agravedigger, Jan 2022: Blue/Green in gen1 is iconic. I love the remixes too. otherwise I love Cynthia's theme.
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When did you start feeling hms were a liability/outdated?

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Duck, Jan 2022: People generally don't mind Surf or Strength, it's usually something like Cut, Rock Smash, Defog, Flash or Whirlpool that people consider annoying. I do think that with the free and widely available Move Deleter / Move Reminder we see in Gen VIII,...
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Just Pokedex Filler

agravedigger, Jan 2022: oof, maractus. it's a nice design, but I forget it exists since the cacturne line is there. carnivine too. cool to have a venus flytrap, but bellsprout is already there.
10   2,646
Started by Palamon

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Discussion: which game had the best balancing overall?

agravedigger, Jan 2022: perhaps gens 5 (specifically BW) through 7. audino make for a good exp source so I never spent too long to train for the next battle (although I hadn't completed the postgame). XY and ORAS were pretty linear, apart from a little jump between...
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Do you remember your easiest and hardest legendary/mythical capture?

agravedigger, Jan 2022: lowkey both is a raikou - used up my whole stack of ultras and greats, I had around 70 of both combined. I didn't know re-encountering was possible so I started panicking.. and then I caught it in a regular pokéball. red hp, but no statuses.
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A new way of playing

agravedigger, Jan 2022: nuzlocke rules I can enforce myself, but I'm definitely dying for officially induced difficulties. it's annoying to search for the rom hacks with specific rules and then anything I catch most likely isn't legal - and I like transferring my champions...
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Dragging On and On...

ReKoil, Jan 2022: lmao, I nearly noped out of there myself yesterday when I saw I had to redo the puzzle for the rematch xD
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Started by Devalue

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Worst selling Pokémon title?

Duck, Jan 2022: Out of the core games it was Emerald, "only" selling 6.32 million copies (Crystal sold 6.39 million) ... that said, both Gold and Silver, and Ruby and Sapphire did very well in sales so the poor sales are somewhat expected (they're expected in...
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When was your last wonder/surprise trade?

Duck, Jan 2022: More or less the same experience as ReKoil and Fairy mentioned. It's always been a roulette mostly comprised of whatever derp people catch at early game, breeding rejects and the occasional good Pokemon traded away with purpose, really.
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Pokemon Makes Me Saddened Now

Duck, Jan 2022: I don't think I've ever seriously done either. I vaguely remember doing some Battle Frontier stuff in Emerald but I barely knew what I was doing back then - I didn't really speak English that well and was playing in an emulator, so it took me a...
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Any experience on cheating/glitches in the games?

RadEmpoleon, Jan 2022: My copy of Pokemon Diamond was on this game cartridge thing called a TTDS. It looks like a regular DS game cartridge, except it's white instead of dark gray, and it has a micro-USB port on the top. It had that and 60-something other games on it, and...
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Should the main character speak?

Elite Overlord LeSabre™, Jan 2022: IDK, I kinda like imagining my characters with their own personalities. For example, in SwSh, I made it throughit by making my character curse like a sailor at Hop whenever he showed up and call him a deluded twit whenever he suggested he was her...
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Favorite overworld music of each region?

Devalue, Jan 2022: Clicked through the original soundtracks of everything but Sun/Moon. Tried to be thorough. Undoubtedly missed some. Recognizes plenty of tracks upon hearing them. Never sticks out while playing. Kanto: Team Rocket Hideout. Stayed interesting...
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What Pokémon have you gotten attached to?

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Beheaded Cow, Jan 2022: My six Wobbuffets from Silver. I love to troll people with them.
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Your favorite Pokémon - have you trained it to lv. 100 in a game?

Beheaded Cow, Jan 2022: I have six level 100 Wobbuffets on every game I play
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Do you read Pokédex entries for Pokémon when catching them?

Qibli, Jan 2022: I do read them if they are interesting if not then I mostly skip them.
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Started by Sheep

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How do you build your in-game teams?

Mintaka☆, Jan 2022: ~> Do you plan beforehand or just catch as you go? I catch them as I go depending on whether I like them enough to guarantee them a spot in my team. Even when I need coverage for a specific type, I usually go for an available Pokémon of that type...
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What features from each generation would you like to see return?

Duck, Jan 2022: I guess mostly the different facilities like Pokéthlon, Battle Frontier, PWT, etc. I do like Megas more than Dynamax but it's also something I can live without. To be honest, there isn't really a lot I'm missing in the games right now.
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Started by Ettenmoor

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Who Is Your Most Hated Character?

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Palamon, Feb 2022: psyduck mindy (i still am in shock she has an entire hate subreddit for her when she's just a troll npc)
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Preferred TM System

ZeoStar, Feb 2022: Unlimited. I can't think of any reason to prefer one use TM's.
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Started by Devalue

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Rivals' Starters

_confused_piplup_, Feb 2022: I often feel like there's quite a difference with the characters in the games and the characters in manga and anime.Look at Cyrus, for example (kinda ruined in manga). So, when it comes to playing a game, it doesn't really matter which choice I...
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Started by Amore

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pokemon home support for dppt and pla

_confused_piplup_, Feb 2022: Yes, Swo/Shi are still the "main games" atm. Indeed competitive is still there and they are the most "normal" pokemon games out there for now. However they have been around for quite much time and I don't see GF trying to renew them, that's y I am...
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If a Hard mode existed in each game from the start, would you use it?

Iceshadow3317, Feb 2022: I would never use Hard Mode. When I play a game, I want to enjoy it and not have to sweat when I am facing a trainer. I just don't find any enjoyment in that. I've never cared for forms of difficulty in video games and will almost always go for Easy...
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Do you collect Pokémon with different forms/appearances?

Qibli, Feb 2022: There is little time to collect different looks for the same pokemon, as some of them are rather hard to get thru events or mystery gifts. Honestly it be tendious to collect different variations so no for me
13   1,771
Started by Sheep

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Revisiting Games!

Mintaka☆, Feb 2022: I don't replay the games often, mainly because 1. they're one-of-a-kind experiences, 2. I want to keep my Pokémon safe somewhere. Out of all my 3DS games, I have only replayed two - VC Crystal and Ultra Sun. Crystal I had never played before, but...
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Started by Rubyy

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Items you never use

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Roni, Feb 2022: Status healers that isn't the Full Heal or regional food variations of it, and uhh Escape Ropes lol. I usually prefer to just get out of the cave manually, or not revisit caves at all :p
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Started by ReKoil

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Which game style would you like to see in the future?

Corveone, Feb 2022: Pokémon battles must be turn-based, that's not negotiable for me. I don't mind if they mix some elements from the overworld Legends Arceus gameplay and some more real time interaction with the wild Pokémon, as long as the traditional battling and...
7   1,609
Started by Duck

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What is the most unusual team you have used to beat the games

Megan, Mar 2022: Blue: Blastoise, Venusaur, Charizard, Nidoking, Scyther, Venomoth ^ The first team I ever had in a Pokemon game. Gold: Ampharos, Flareon, Sneasel, Meganium, Ditto, Lugia (I even used an Unown (H) at some point) ^ My first real Gold team...
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Started by Adamabbafan

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Disobedience

Palamon, Mar 2022: Yes, I have had Pokemon disobey me. Traded over some Pokemon a few times, and they leveled up past obedience level. But, I rarely play games with traded Pokemon, so it doesn't happen often. However... I recently experienced disobedience in...
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Started by Sheep

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Speedrunning games

Corveone, Mar 2022: It's an interesting play style and I certainly could have fun watching someone else doing them, but it's not the kind of gameplay I would enjoy doing myself. Watched a Gen 1 speedrun once, and it was basically a Nidoking solo with X...
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Started by Sheep

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Passive Growth

Megan, Mar 2022: I have dropped off Pokemon in the day care, especially in the earlier generation. I often forgot about them until way later. But I've also done it intentionally. Not for the levels, but because I fell for some of the stupid ways how to get stuff...
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Started by Devalue

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The Final Boss Rush

Sheep, Mar 2022: E4 and Champion are my ideal. I know it is an old concept now, but I have always enjoyed going through the trainers and then taking on the Champion. Am attached to it at this point, especially when Champions tend to have such awesome theme songs to...
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Started by Duck

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In need of a good teambuilder for a difficult rom

Corveone, Mar 2022: Well, you can allways plan your team using team builder sites like this https://mypokemonteam.com/ However, from what I know Drayano's hacks take quite a few creative licenses on changing movepools, stats, and even Pokémon typings (which is one...
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Have you ever used a non-Mega Pokémon as your ace in a game where you can Mega Evolve?

Mintaka☆, Mar 2022: Yyyyyeah. My aces in Y were Sigilyph and Aegislash, neither of which could Mega Evolve. The only Pokémon in that team that could Mega Evolve was Lucario, but even then I didn't really need to bust out his Mega form that often. Same with Alpha...
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Wut type changes would u make?

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Devalue, Mar 2022: Merged the new thread into the older one.
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Your Top 5 (or more) game music from Pokémon

Sheep, Mar 2022: Have a few more to add to my list after relistening to some OSTs: 1) Battle versus Hop 2) Battle versus Marnie 3) Battle versus Bede 4) Stow-on-Side BGM 5) Contest Hall (ORAS) Probably in that order. Mixed with my top 5 from before:
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Creating your own Version Differences

Palamon, Apr 2022: More regions where gym leaders differ between version, but have the puzzles instead of just changing the colors of the gym. That's lame. Maybe more exclusive areas in the vein of Black City/White Forest. I'd like if they did this again at some...
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Started by Devalue

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Power Points

Duck, Apr 2022: In a theoretical kind of way PP is there for balance, but is it really a check in practice? Like, during normal gameplays I'm usually already strong enough that I don't even need to be Super Effective to kill most random trainers without too much...
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Started by Devalue

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Darkest Pokemon Game Moments

Mintaka☆, Apr 2022: I was going to bring this up as well. What is actually even darker about this is the layer of realism that this brings to the games, because we live in a time where law enforcement is incompetent most of the time, criminals from all walks of life...
12   1,710
Started by Palamon

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What was the most annoying AI you've encountered

Devalue, Apr 2022: Responded to someone from 12 years ago. Will likely never see that. Requests users to avoid reviving threads not posted in for about 3 years or longer. Welcomes you (and others) to create a new thread on this topic, however.
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Started by rhei1

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Battle UIs across generations

Amore, Apr 2022: Most of my experience is Gen III-V and out of that, I have to say HGSS is my favourite. Cleaner and brighter than the DPPt one, Gen III is just a little splash of colour different from the first two generations, and like everything with Gen V I...
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Started by Sheep

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All I want game freak to do since 2006

eishiba, May 2022: Primeape should get boosted stats as well. Its been my favorite Pokemon since gen 1. I always take a mankey if i can through each game. If not, well there are roms for a reason.
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