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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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Nicknames for Dunsparce/Dudunsparce

bobandbill, May 16: Nicknames have been rated! Check the linked article at the top or here: https://daily.pokecommunity.com/2023/05/16/the-name-rater-dunsparce-and-dudunsparce-nicknames Awesome cover art by Rivvon.
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Do you plan your teams?

Sydian, Aug 2021: a bit of both. when i was a kid, i planned out everything about my teams from nicknames to movesets to even the gender i wanted my pokemon to be. nowadays, not so much. i do it sometimes, but usually if i'm playing a game for the first time or the...
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Monotype grass team tips

Misfit0216, Jun 2021: I'm not really seeing a ton of defenses against common basic weaknesses. Their moves are kinda just random and don't seem to flow together or they're redundant. The goal here is to have as much coverage and versatility in your pokemon, while...
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Do you keep up with the series?

ZeoStar, Aug 2021: I don't go out of my way to keep up, but I have social media feeds so I end up finding things out relatively quickly. I also occasionally go through the articles here on pokecommunity.
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Favorite Generation

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UnvoicedUnveiled, Nov 2021: Generation 7! Despite a lot of people not liking the games, I absolutely adore generation 7. Alola feels like the most lived-in and alive region. I like the graphics, I like the console, I like the selection of Pokemon you can choose from. The...
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Worst Pokemon human designs

Nah, Jun 2021: The point was more that "hooker/prostitute" implies a sexualized outfit and ORAS May's outfit is (thankfully) not that....like at all. and this is made all the more confusing by how this is a hooker outfit while this only slightly different...
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What gym leaders have you struggled against before?

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PokemonPotatoHero, Nov 2021: Witney not sure if I spelt correctly Same!
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When was the last time you bought both versions of a game?

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icycatelf, Dec 2021: I'd never buy both versions if it were up to me, but my parents have gotten me both before (most recently Sword and Shield, the latter of which I haven't even opened).
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Why do you think only the player get to switch out Pokemon?

Sheep, Jul 2021: I think it'd be cool if the switching (and battle style as a whole) had more depth to it, even if it were just something like being based on trainer classes or the like. Maybe certain classes (like Ace Trainer and Super Nerd, for example?) could...
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seeing only in doubles and triples

Adam Levine, Aug 2021: I'd really like a game that focuses on Double/Triple Battles, which could make Pokémon almost like a traditional JRPG.
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Getting Back Into PKMN, Conflicted

MiamiHeat305, Jun 2021: That's really depressing. I don't see myself getting back into Pokemon now
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What Are the Chances this Happens?.

MiamiHeat305, Jul 2021: Np roflmao
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Name the next pair of main series games

Adam Levine, Jul 2021: Pokémon Fire and Ice because why not Pokémon Bass and Treble. I don't know, I just like music themes.
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Question about the World Edition of the Pokémon 3DS games.

Nah, Jul 2021: It might have something to do with how the 3DS is region locked. UAE+Saudi Arabia and Singapore+Malaysia would most likely be considered different regions, so if it's mentioning those then maybe it's a version of the game that is not region locked,...
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Ever gotten a shiny through wonder/surprise trade?

Maserati777, Nov 2021: Someone wonder traded me a shiny Arceus. I used GTS for item evolution Pokemon for my living dex. And later on I was going through Bank and noticed a symbol next to Togekiss. Didn’t know it was shiny during the trade or after until seeing...
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Power Creep

castlemurphy, Nov 2021: I think that's why the BDSP meta will be so refreshing! (Although clef is gonna be broken again)
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Releasing Pokémon

jibbajabbawocky, Sep 2021: Until the Bank and Home, I never used to release ANYTHING. I also used to catch a ton of random stuff to use in Wonder Trade and keep those. I reset my copy of X since I wanted to replay it and had a bit of existential angst about not...
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Any ideas how to fix my team?

Mizumanta, Aug 2021: Torterra probably goes down easily because you invested in attack. Get its defenses up instead, and it will probably be able to get its *snicker* rocks off. It also has access to leech seed and stockpile along with synthesis. You would have it stick...
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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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Game Help

how do i teach any move to my pokemon

Sheep, Jul 2021: We can't give out cheat codes sadly, but if you google 'pokemon firered cheats move modifier' or something similar you'll get results! If you want the Move Maniac (Move Relearner) to relearn old moves, you'll have to go to Island #2.
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How old do you think the (unconfirmed ages) protagonists are?

Sheep, Jul 2021: goodness knowing they're so short is still super weird to me.. Kris seemed about 12-13 to me, while Lyra and Ethan 10-11 or so. They look very young in their official artwork. @[email protected] Meanwhile I always imagined Dawn and Lucas being around 13 too but...
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Game Help

Do you need Nintendo Switch Online to use the premium service of Pokemon Home?

Neon Pink, Jul 2021: EDIT: I figured it out. Sorry to post here. And thank god I saved 20 bucks.
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Gym leader/trial captains age speculation

Sheep, Jul 2021: Tate and Liza -10-12 imo, they're short and are seem like they're supposed to be young kids to me. Aren't they shorter than Ash in the anime too? Or am I misremembering that? Candice - maybe 14-16? Clemont - 15ish Norman - 40 or so Roxanne -...
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What shiny do you want, but still haven't gotten?

Zed01, Aug 2021: Mine is a shiny Steelix since it's probably my favorite shiny. And I want it in gens prior to Gen 6, ideally in Gen 4. I never hunted it but I plan to hunt for a shiny Onix when I decide to restart my Heart Gold so that I can use a shiny Steelix on...
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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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Our dumb newbie moments. Its ok to be human

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Roni, Nov 2021: General newbie moment: Killed 2 shinies in 2 different games because i was scared that they were a different color and sparkled. I thought the game glitched or something. Emotional newbie moment: Got angry that a Chatot wouldn't stay in even after...
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Spinners

ZeoStar, Jul 2021: I think it's amusing because it turns the game into stealth.
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Noticed something peculiar about the starters

Corveone, Jul 2021: Yeah, several starters would be terrible (like Feraligatr was) without the P/S split. It was even worse for non-starters, especially the Water type had quite a few strong physical attackers, like Kingler, Gyarados and Crawdaunt, not being able to...
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Make a different starter type triangle

Sheep, Oct 2021: I like this! Though steel seems like it'd have the advantage since they tend to have better defenses and a lot of resisted types in general. Still, it's something I want to see! Fighting/steel/fairy is also interesting despite what I said above....
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I didn't mean to catch that!

Palamon, Jul 2021: I see what you did there. Also, I've thrown the wrong pokeballs, too. But, I'm fine with it, tbh. Doesn't bother me.
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Pre-Fairy Type Team Builders

Devalue, Aug 2021: Updated the team builder at Marriland.com (the one linked above) today. Includes modes for each generation now. Introduced other features such as saving teams and more languages too.
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Catching Legendaries in a Pokeball

Fairy, Dec 2021: I have back in ye’olden days. I feel like it was easier then. I remember saving in Pokémon Silver right before the Suicune encounter and just spamming Pokeballs until I caught it, lol. Took a few Game Boy shut downs and retries but I got it...
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Type Matchups you'd Change

Sheep, Oct 2021: I feel bad that I sometimes forget about this, and can't really figure it out either. Same with some others. Oof. This! Also make ice resist water and perhaps bug too. It really needs some sort of boost.
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What makes fans who've stopped playing return to the series?

sickanddullandplain, Aug 2021: I skipped XY and ORAS, came back for Sun/Moon, but haven't bothered with Sword/Shield. I think the difference with Gen 7 for me was that it just looked like a much better game than any of the Gen 6 ones. I think that, over time, as I've grown up...
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Getting Lost in an Area/Getting Stuck

BoulderSmolder, Aug 2021: This is a ROM hack I played this year but I had an easy time finding everything in Pokemon Gaia... Except for the Coin Case for the Telmurk Game Corner. I searched every building in Telmurk City. A NPC mentioned he left his Coin Case where he...
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Started by Palamon

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berries!!

Sheep, Aug 2021: I used them often in the early days of GSC and RSE! But that was only at first ahaha. Later on I got lazy and stopped equipping them. They'd be super useful in challenge runs though, but I don't tend to find myself using them much anymore,...
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Highest number of Pokémon you used in a single playthrough

Fritz, Sep 25: Probably during my first Shield playthrough when I used around 14 different Pokémon during the playthrough, at times I was rotating Pokémon pretty often with the Box Link. Levelling wasn't really a problem either due to the Exp Share and Exp...
22   3,114
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Why is Waterfall Physical?

Corveone, Nov 2021: It's if you faint it with a contact move, regardless of its category. Almost all contact moves are Physical, but there are (very few) exceptions, moves like Petal Dance, Grass Knot, Draining Kiss and Wring Out are Special but make contact. If you...
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The Little Details you Notice in Pokemon games

Adam Levine, Sep 2021: Marshal of the Unova Elite Four has a mouthguard. At first I thought his Masters model had a visual glitch on his lower teeth, but his sprites in Generation V also show the blue "teeth."
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Looking for VGC series 10 suggestions!

Escther, Aug 2021: I'm relatively new to competitive Pokemon, and the team I have so far focuses on speed control. Would greatly appreciate any general feedback! I'm not too good with EV spreads (I just took some off of Pikalytics) and am also trying to decide on a...
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If you could add a 4th starter to one or more games, what would it be?

PokemonPotatoHero, Nov 2021: Maybe baby pokemon like cleffa True that electric sounds like a viable option
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Should Ice be buffed to resist Grass, Ground, and Flying?

Poll
PokemonPotatoHero, Nov 2021: Yes I suppose, if not its too underrated
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Underwhelming pokemon

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Sheep, Nov 2021: This was actually a big part of why I didn’t want to use it back in GSC. :’( It benefited so much from the physical/special split!
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Pokémon Presents: The highlights!

Janp, Aug 2021: I doubt I'll ever return to Café or Masters, but I like what they are doing with those games. I can't grasp how GameFreak can announce old features as brand new and be okay with it. Legends looks better than in the first trailer. It feels like...
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Are third versions dead?

Fritz, Sep 2021: I would imagine third versions will not be coming back, especially now that Game Freak are adding DLCs to the main series. Wouldn't make much sense to go back to having third versions.
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What are "gym trainers" doing exactly?

Corveone, Nov 2021: If Gyms actually made sense and were actual gyms, I would imagine them functioning as some sort of training ground designed for the corresponding type. So, a Grass type Gym would be a natural, grassy environment with moderate sunlight and...
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Do you think Trainer Ai Pokemon have natures are ev trained, etc?

Devalue, Nov 2021: Found a list for Moon. ====== 0 - Pokémon Trainer ====== Pokemon: 0 ====== 1 - Lass Madison ======
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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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The unused type combinations

Sweet Serenity, Jul 18: Fire/Fairy would actually a good type though. Fire is already a great type itself, both offensively and defensively, and Fairy just makes it even better.
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Does anyone else try to play through pokemon games with their favorite pokemon?

PokemonPotatoHero, Nov 2021: I did. Like full psychic team, full blue pokemon team, full monkey team etc haha
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Do you name your character after yourself?

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ForsetiMaster06, Feb 2: I usually name my character after myself, but I occasionally have named my character Brolax. I came up with the name a long time ago as my "super cool name i'll use on my future Youtube channel." That never happened, but the name has stuck as one of...
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