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Are you currently playing any of the older titles?

Roni, May 11: Not at the moment, but I'm itching to do a randomizer nuzlocke on either Pokemon Platinum or Emerald in the near future~
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Started by Sweet Serenity

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Do you guys still remember GBA and Pokemon!

Megan, May 8: I got Sapphire shortly after release and played it a bunch back then. This was kind of at the end of my first Pokemon phase. I remember barely anybody played the games in my school, anymore. I did find one other kid at some point so we could talk...
6   327
Started by gloriousldpc

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Things you liked from the past

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Arcanyu, May 1: I wish they kept that too. The Hall of Fame escort feels like a sacred thing. My dream Pokemon League would be where you battle trainers in a giant stadium like Galar then maybe the winner faces the Elite 4 and champion? Like in the anime Alain won...
26   1,089
Started by VisionofMilotic

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Your favorite Starter Trio

TwilightBlade, Apr 14: I like all of the fully evolved Hoenn starters. I enjoyed using Sceptile against Team Aqua and Swampert against Team Magma. Blaziken overall can defeat the Elite 4 by itself. In other generations, I definitely struggled when using the grass...
24   2,257
Started by Megan

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What did you name your rivals?

Sheep, Mar 27: I started with dumb names, like Stupid, Idiot etc, because I was 9 years old and thought that was hilarious. :') Seems like a lot of other kids did that lol. But once I got older I just started using their official names. Sometimes the Japanese...
20   632
Started by Sweet Serenity

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3DS eShop Closing: Poké Transporter Doesn't Show Up in Pokémon Bank

Reginald Cosmic, Mar 21: Yes, the Generation 6 game Pokémon X let me download Poké Transporter (just in case anyone's scrambling to get the app). You just need the one Pokémon in PC box 1 for the game to offer it to you. I'm sorry for bumping the thread after all this...
8   1,465
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Softlocking

ReKoil, Mar 2: I've never encountered any soft-locks myself in a Pokemon game.
5   596
Started by VisionofMilotic

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Shiny Odds were 1 in 8,092

Palamon, Feb 16: I liked when shinies were rarer and more difficult to get. I don't like the nonsense that is the more recent games were getting a Shiny Pokemon is as easy as walking into a wormhole and travelling really far. Always found that kind of eh. The...
19   9,770
Started by Palamon

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Ever realized an old gen game wasn't as good as you originally thought?

Lynetté, Feb 6: I think this is an inevitable feeling due to hardware limitations of the time and the fact that you can only experience something for the first time once. For all their various flaws, the modern titles are far smoother experiences than the older...
18   4,403
Started by Sheep

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Do you remember your original game winning teams? (Gen 1-5 Era)

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Hashimi, Feb 3: I still have most of the saved files in my cartridges (exception made for Pokémon Black). Red: Venusaur, Fearow, Golduck, Hypno, Rhydon and Hitmonchan. Silver: Typhlosion, Ariados, Bellossom, Quagsire, Ampharos and Dragonite. Sapphire:...
34   4,726
Started by bez850

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Cheat Code Question for Emerald: Change Pokemon So It Acts Like It Was Traded From Someone Else's Game?

Duck, Jan 31: If you're emulating it / has access to the save file, you could just PkHeX the Snorlax to have a different trainer ID than your own. That ought to do the trick.
2   459
Started by GroupAGroup1

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What old generation looked the best to you?

(2 pages)
Rock_Salazar, Jan 19: Gens 2 and 4 were my favorites in terms of how the sprites looked. Gen 2 perfected the old school style of how the sprites should look on gameboy, and in one of the games (Crystal I think) they even animate. That's so cool for a gameboy color game....
37   11,271
Started by Sheep

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roast your favorite old gen

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Squirtkipfan01, Jan 4: Ghetisis is a one noted villain , whose grunts are more interesting. Has one of the worst starters in tepig. One game has no familiar pokemon until postgame and the other blocks like half the map behind postgame
27   21,193
Started by Sheep

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Pokemon Bank error messages

VisionofMilotic, Dec 29: I think you're right, may have been an issue with Nintendo's network. I closed pokemon bank, turned the console off, and the wifi and just walked away, came back a few hours later, and happy to report that everything worked like normal :) I...
2   622
Started by VisionofMilotic

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Emulator for iPhone

Elenaa, Dec 7: Hello there :) I would like to play old Pokemon Games like Pearl or Saphire on my iPhone, but until now I only found shady emulators which I am not sure of if they are safe to use or if Id get myself a virus through them.. Do you have any...
0   419
Started by Elenaa

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Good things about your least favorite old gen

(2 pages)
Amore, Nov 2: Oh yeah dressing your Pokémon made absolutely no sense. Even with a guide partially memorised I still didn’t understand most of it. I also preferred Pokéblok to Poffins, even if the former were basically useless for contests until you got lucky...
27   2,388
Started by Sheep

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Decisions that made no sense.

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jojobear13, Sep 26: Route 20 and 21 water in RBY. Two long water routes and the only thing you can encounter while surfing is tentacool. Was there really nothing else that could be added to the encounter list to make things more interesting?
42   10,082
Started by Poke fan number 489

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Which old gen was your favorite to train in?

TwilightBlade, Aug 11: I never cared for going through the Elite 4 more than a couple of times. Most of my Pokémon would be trained up until level 70s and 80s. My first level 100 was Typhlosion in Gold. My second level 100 was Talonflame in Y. The newer games definitely...
7   3,592
Started by Sheep

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The Best Generation

Poll (2 pages)
Qibli, Jul 26: I enjoy Gen 5 and 6th as well alola gens, it always fresh with something new in the corner not to dwindle something that is least enjoyable.
34   5,565
Started by moon

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Decoding Action Replay Codes

Gryfphen, Jun 27: I have an action replay. I have the wild encounter and shiny codes for pokemon emerald and they work fine. The pokemon is always of a "Timid Nature". I am trying to decode the structure of the code to understand what I can do to change the nature...
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Best ways to collect all Pokemon/Play the Pokemon games?

MultipedBeatle, Jun 15: I have a friend with one copy of HS/SS, and I have all the games from Black 2 onwards. I just cannot for the life of me spend that kind of money! As much as I hate it, I got the ROMs for the games I do not own.
3   3,315
Started by MultipedBeatle

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Funnest old gen to replay?

Megan, May 29: I like replaying gens 1-3 the most. They are a lot faster to get around with cutscenes being only few and far inbetween. I'm a little iffy on gen 3 in that regard, though. Especially Emerald made things a little bit annoying with all the random "let...
6   3,786
Started by Sheep

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Nickname censorship

popplio25, Apr 2022: *is it okay if i comment here now... this thread was 2016* today on legends Arceus, they didn't let me name my hisui zorua ''fuku'' i meant it to mean ''luck; fortune'' for crying out load ... not what they thought it meant.... :<
24   4,591
Started by starseed galaxy auticorn

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Manually switching PC boxes in gens 1-2

Palamon, Mar 2022: I honestly found this annoying and glad this change was removed in future Pokemon games after gen i and ii. It's so inconvenient to have to save between boxes to change them, and having to change boxes when one fills up. But, I suppose I'm just...
8   7,779
Started by Sheep

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Hoenn: too much water?

Lucky1Yena, Mar 2022: Personally I didn't really mind all the water. It was for the diving mechanic after all, which was fun. But sometimes it feels like the wild encounters on the sea are just too high. Except when you're actively looking, then it's like everything...
10   9,255
Started by Sheep

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What order did you do Johto gyms in?

Lucky1Yena, Mar 2022: I'm another one in the "take the presented order in the trainer card" group.
15   10,259
Started by Sheep

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Your favorite old generation to replay

Mario60866, Feb 2022: Sapphire and Platinum are my most-replayed games followed closely by FireRed. I actually once got to the point though where I stopped replaying my original cartridge copies of Sapphire and Platinum and computer generated save files that mimic my...
15   15,306
Started by Sheep

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SHINY HUNTERS

Mario60866, Feb 2022: I have never found a single shiny when attempting to Shiny Hunt. However, I have found crazy cool shinys when not shiny hunting. -Found a shiny Registeel AND got a shiny Beldum from Steven in Sapphire, possibly on the exact same day! -I also...
17   3,259
Started by FinesseShinies

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What is/are your 'nostalgia' generation(s)?

Sweet Serenity, Jan 2022: I would have to say that my nostalgia generation would probably be generation I or II. I would say it’s about equal with those because I have been playing those games on old systems ever since I was a very small child and I was a huge fan of the...
15   12,420
Started by Sheep

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Things You Didn't Notice Till Later.

agravedigger, Jan 2022: Pokémon Village is a secret, but it's on Kalos' regional map even before you get there!?
6   11,364
Started by Iceshadow3317

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"By the way, how would you like to join Team Rocket?"

agravedigger, Jan 2022: siding with the bad guys is sometimes fun and unique. good thing there are several fangames which let us join!
18   20,298
Started by Sheep

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Was Whitney hard to beat for you?

agravedigger, Jan 2022: yes :( HGSS is even worse because of abilities since I always get one of my teammates infatuated! the only time she was a breeze was when I caught a male nidoran, waited for mum to send me a moonstone and ran straight at her with a whole nidoking!...
21   5,148
Started by Sheep

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Uh, I don't know how to make polls. But i'd like some advice.

Poll
Koopa_T, Dec 2021: I voted for X because I might be starting a new game in my version as well. It's fun & playable game. The first time to see Mega Pokemon. If I could vote a second time I say Omega Ruby because Mega's are amazing. xD
8   9,038
Started by Neon Pink

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Ultimate poll of previous gen starters

Poll
RedDragonThunderzord, Dec 2021: It's Litten, definitely Litten.
13   9,217
Started by Sheep

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Best HM moves

Palmer-Granate, Dec 2021: Surf, Fly, Strength + Waterfall are my favourites. Dig + Headbutt were somewhat decent. Rock Smash, Flash + Cut would be decent rookie moves. Defog + Whirlpool.....uuuugh!!!
15   18,089
Started by VisionofMilotic

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What game are you playing right now and who's on your team?

_confused_piplup_, Nov 2021: since everyone is playing BDSP, I m playing platinum which is basically better imo lol. I d like to try new pokemon, so I changed some usual members of my team. I always pick Empoleon, because yeah lol, I can't change it. Then i was thinking to add...
15   8,003
Started by UnvoicedUnveiled

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Are there any caves you didn't use Flash to get through?

Amore, Oct 2021: Similar to above - I did Granite Cave without Flash. For some reason I couldn't get past Slateport City (didn't have the right conversation to move the grunts - spent a lot of time in Battle Tent though!) when playing Emerald so by the time I...
8   8,869
Started by Sheep

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Favorite game to do Challenges with?

DelibirdTrainer, Oct 2021: I did a few challenges in Black 2 because I could trade mons from Black 1 using my NDS and my 3DS. It was the only time I could use two consoles on my own
9   12,102
Started by moon

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Help me (trade buff)

moon, Sep 2021: Not entirely sure what you mean, but if you use a pokémon somebody else captured, that pokémon will grow more quickly :) That's quite the nice buff when you're raising a team, and a good incentive for trading. Some pokémon also evolve only via...
2   6,942
Started by Ggpokerbiel

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Island Trials or Gym Badges

Inner Rhymes, Sep 2021: Badges aithout a doubt, I mean, even if the trials were just gyms cloaked to seem different, I actually felt like I "earned" my victory in a gym battle as opposed to trials. It's probably why I do not find Sun and Moon interesting enough to play...
11   9,799
Started by Qibli

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Virtual Console or Physical Cartridge?

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jibbajabbawocky, Sep 2021: My G1 carts can be played on my N64, which is nice. The VC option to use PokeTransporter is the real killer app. No longer will by Gen 1 Pokémon be locked away on their cartridges!
28   21,612
Started by Palamon

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Breeding Pokemon

Yoshi808, Jul 2021: Thanks!
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Do your game cartridges still work?

TheClassyHerddIer, Jul 2021: Yep. Surprisingly even though it was used when I first got it years ago. And my ventures into the void and countless crashing from getting into said void. And many MANY play toughs my copy of pearl still works. It sometimes needs to be ejected and...
9   5,027
Started by Palamon

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Sand Veil Geodude

Palamon, Jul 2021: I'm not the person you replied to, but here you go, here's Graveler's x/y and or/as data page on Serebii.
3   4,978
Started by Yoshi808

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Did you ever connect with anyone before WiFi was a thing?

ReKoil, Jul 2021: Nope. Didn't know anyone who played the Pokemon games at the time. People here were mainly into the TCG at the time.
20   16,470
Started by Sheep

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Question

Megan, Jul 2021: A lot of people play as the boy, too. People play whoever they want to play as for whatever reason they personally may have.
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Started by Shorty1273

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Hello pokefans:) i have a question about the japanese pokemon red/green/blue. thankyou for your time!

Megan, Jun 2021: Maybe? English and Japanese cartriges use different character sets, though. If it does indeed work then chances are you end up with a lot of garbage characters for names. It's best to try it out, yourself, I suppose.
1   4,904
Started by mitchell03

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Playing the older games

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FeralLungs, Mar 2021: Visually its hard for me to go back to the older games like red and blue because I don't like how the over world looks, but I still love the battle sprites for the trainers and pokemon. When it comes to gen 3 and anything after I probably won't...
26   16,405
Started by Caite-chan

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The gens before wireless trading

frabulator, Mar 2021: To add to what I said above, this is a picture of my link cable. As far as I am aware, it still works. There are two ends for a GBC/GBA and one for a GB. I dont think it is official brand, but it can stretch like seven feet or so. Great for social...
12   11,853
Started by Palamon

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Replay value

(2 pages)
Lordecoxinha, Feb 2021: HGSS for me, but tbh it's mostly because I like being followed around by Houndoom :P Lmao I can definitely relate to that
27   2,870
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