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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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Daily

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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Garbodor by Generation

diorthotis, Dec 2021: The other day I pulled a Garbodor VMAX and the very next pack a Garbodor V from the evolving skies booster. I added it to my deck, so far I like it a lot.
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Battle effects: on or off?

Raj, Dec 2021: Pretty much always On, I turned it off a few times when I was young and disliked how it looked, so I kept it On for so long I often forget turning it off is even an option. But I rarely go out of my way to Grind, as I simply get that EXP from...
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How many Natures do you have memorized?

ZeoStar, Nov 2021: I played competitively for a while. My short term memory is weak, so when I quit I forgot most of the natures.
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tag yourself with characteristics

colours, Dec 2021: managed to edit this thread so people can pick multiple which tbh is what i should've done in the first place but i thought only one would probably have been more interesting
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Bosses that people consider hard, but you found to be easy

colours, Dec 2021: y'all whitney is no joke in pokemon stadium 2 lol but that can also be attributed to the fact that rental pokemon Are Bad
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Wow, that game was a lot better/worse than I remember...

TacoTach, Dec 2021: Which ones in particular? I mean, sure, R/B/Y are notorious for having tons of bugs but most of the time you really have to be looking for them. I've played through these games countless times and I don't remember encountering many bugs, certainly...
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"I'll battle the trainers here, but avoid these ones to stay around this level..."

ZeoStar, Dec 2021: I fight everybody, but when I get overleveled I start skipping trainer classes I find boring. Such as Ninja Boy's and Bug Catchers.
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Pokémon Legends beyond Sinnoh?

rainbow, Dec 2021: This is such a great idea! Give me more chess themed pokémon and make that the focal point :D
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Physical and Special Moves

colours, Dec 2021: interesting thing: yesterday, i was considering adding a sceptile to my battle tower team in brilliant diamond, but upon realising that it makes far better use of its special attack than attack, and then finding out it learns more physical attacks...
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If you could only play one Pokémon game

colours, Dec 2021: i wouldn't mind being stuck with hgss tbh.
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Competitive

How would I make a viable team of my favorite Pokemon?

UnvoicedUnveiled, Dec 2021: I want to make a team out of all my favorite Pokemon to battle my friends with in my copy of Ultra Moon. Problem is, a lot of my Pokemon have overlapping type combinations so it's hard to get good coverage with them. I want: Braixen (maybe...
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What's the oldest Pokémon game cartridge you own?

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Janp, Jun 27: Pokémon Sapphire. I got it alongside my Game Boy Micro. Sadly, the saving isn't working anymore, so I've lost my original team.
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Tier list the Pokémon main series games!

Duck, Dec 2021: https://imgur.com/wpZbil7.png Ok, so, I personally don't think any Pokémon game is bad, at worst they're bland little past times but still solidly decent and have some level of care put into them. At the same time, I also don't think any Pokémon...
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Pokemon that evolve too early/too late.

Qibli, Dec 2021: oh right, needing level 30.. ah forget about that
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Do you plan your teams ahead of time?

forg, Dec 14: Haha aaa… I look at the Pokédex and end up struggling through the game using my favorites -which tend to be on the more adorable side - regardless of whether I shot myself in the foot with the type and diversity of my aforementioned team. If...
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Viable Competitive Ice-Type Team?

colours, Dec 2021: there doesn't seem to be any discussion point to this, and if you want to advertise your youtube channel, you can do so in your signature. c: closing this~
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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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How to wonder trade in Citra in Pokemon Sun?

Roni, Dec 2021: I heard that Wonder Trading requires connecting to Nintendo Online Services, and Citra unfortunately doesn't support that. You gotta use the emulated local wireless multiplayer feature instead, meaning you can only trade with other Citra users who...
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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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Setting the level cap to 50, correcting any bugs this introduces, then accelerating the level curve would reduce grind and enhance enjoyment... Right?

Corveone, Dec 2021: In what Pokémon games do you feel like levelling is a time wasting grindy slog? Ever since Gen 6 onwards, I've literally had to either toggle Exp. Share off at times (until GF had the brilliant idea of not even allowing that) or purposely skip...
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Was Pokémon the first video game you played?

Inner Rhymes, Dec 2021: Now that I look back, it's quite hard for me to remember which was the first video game I ever played, considering back in India at the time, pirated CDs were all you could get your hands on. \\, and in most occurrences, these CDs woudl just be...
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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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Three-Stage Regional Bug With No Metamorphosis

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ThePokeCorral, Dec 2021: So I'm working of a fictional Pokemon game, and I have an idea for the regional bug that I think is cool, but it kind of breaks the pattern of regional bugs. It's a three-stage evolution, as most regional bugs are; but unlike every other three-stage...
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Game Help

pokemon emerald - safari zone, teddiursa

popplio25, Dec 2021: i've chosen a electric puppy now *electrike* ^.^
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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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"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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Game Help

illumise egg giving a volbeat?!

popplio25, Jan 2022: yeah, that's true 🙄
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Best PokeBall ever is a Love Ball

Amore, Jul 16: Despite my own Emerald-caught-and-evolved-and-EV’d contest-conquering Dive Ball Milotic probably being a top three most proud captures, I have to generally agree with all the love (no pun intended) for the Apriballs. As a marginally less obvious...
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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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Started by Qibli

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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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Game Help

My character can't move in Pokemon Snakewood

Sheep, Jan 2022: Hi, feel free to ask this in the Snakewood thread! The people who would know would be over there. Good luck!
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Started by blue2jb

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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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Game Help

I made funny calculations to compare each type's super-effective offense coverage potential

d4rk, Jan 2022: Originally posted to reddit but I thought it may fit here, too: After linking the result *here, let me interpret some of it, and I hope it will be useful to you. Also here's a TL:DR: Ground is the real MVP of types when it comes to...
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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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Started by Sheep

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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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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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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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Started by SailorVee

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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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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.
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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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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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Started by Sheep

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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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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 are your favorite gyms/gym puzzles?

Squirtkipfan01, Sep 14: All of the remixed gym themes in B/W2 are absolute gold. From burghs somber version to elesas over the top version. SUCH a great soundtrack
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Started by Sheep

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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 choose starters?

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TwilightBlade, Nov 16: I pick whichever one appeals to me to the most. I'm surprised I lean more towards using Grass type starters. They tend to be some of the stronger Grass types available early game. Water/Fire substitutes are aplenty like Arcanine/Ninetales,...
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Started by Duck

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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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Started by Jiggykoopbob

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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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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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