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A hub for all previous Main Pokémon Games, from Red & Blue to Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee!
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Guide

1st & 2nd GEN: Bugs/Glitches/Exploits

Poll (2 pages)
jojobear13, Feb 11: Not really a glitch, but this would be a good place to put it. It's well documented that the critical hit threshold for Gen-1 is different between the gameboy games and Stadium 1. Specifically speaking: R,G,B,Y Threshold = Base speed 'B' / 2...
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Important

Previous Generations Feedback Thread

Momoro, Oct 2020: Oh, thanks :) I wouldn't know where to begin the dig for that one either!
17   26,517
Started by Nah

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Guide

Previous Generations FAQ

Nah, Feb 2020: Generation VII (Sun/Moon, Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon) Written by Janp, Nah, --Sun/Moon, Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon-- A note regarding Moon/Ultra Moon: In these versions, the in-game time is 12 hours different from what your 3DS's clock is set to. For...
7   16,153
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1st Gen

I find these games very frustrating

Solez, Jan 15: I think the main frustration in Gen 1 is the limited bag space - that's the one thing that makes me grind my teeth every so often. HMs were an issue for several games to come, so I don't lay that squarely at the door of Red/Blue/Yellow/Green... But...
19   16,602
Started by Palamon

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1st Gen

Ideal Battle Mechanic Changes for Gen 1 Balance

jojobear13, Jan 10: I speculate that they really wanted to fix the type chart, but that would mean introducing inconsistencies between red/green, blue, yellow, and stadium. It wouldn't be until crystal that Gamefreak would implement a workaround. Crystal fixes...
8   646
Started by banty

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3rd Gen

Steven or Wallace, who is the better Champion in Hoenn?

CoolKid575, Jan 7: I think Steven is better because there's already a water type gym leader and a water type villain if you're playing Sapphire or Emerald. Having a steel type champion is a nice mix up from the constant water of late game RSE. At least Steven is still...
13   1,349
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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7th Gen

Defeating Ultra Necrozma 😂😂

Pyrax, Jan 3: First try with my Aegislash. Pretty sure I wasn't even overleveled; King's Shield + Ghost Z-Move + Shadow Ball just trivialized Necrozma to the point where I almost felt sorry for it lmao. Had Primarina ready as backup but didn't even need her in...
10   839
Started by 22sa

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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   613
Started by VisionofMilotic

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7th Gen

7th Gen Ultra Sun and Moon

moon, Dec 27: I can only play one game at a time ahah and currently it is Omega Ruby (so gen 6). However, I think Ultra Moon is next on my list of "games i own but haven't played yet", so I'm looking forward to that! I did like playing Sun, especially the...
1   209
Started by thebookklub

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7th Gen

USUM Post Story

thebookklub, Dec 27: Post-story in USUM has been really boring, what are things you do post story that keep the game interesting or that you enjoy doing?
0   174
Started by thebookklub

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6th Gen

Question About Adding More PC Boxes:

Amore, Dec 26: Battle Box originated in Gen V, iirc its something to do with competitive so just ignore it. I’m in a similar boat, effectively skipped from BW to SwSh, have only touched my 3DS gens to trade
4   243
Started by PokemonMegaFan

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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   405
Started by Elenaa

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6th Gen

What Mega Evolutions did you use?

RadEmpoleon, Nov 28: I liked to mess around with Megas in Y but didn't use any in my in-game team. (not even the free Mega Lucario) I already had Slowbro on my team in Sun but I decided to get its mega stone post game. I never played ORAS so I've never used Mega Slowbro...
22   2,053
Started by Sheep

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5th Gen

Low HP gym music

Amore, Nov 25: The story of every generation since Gen IV (unless you count that bad 3D on Olivine City's Lighthouse). Well, technically the story of all the Pokémon games (and a most games, ever) but I think Gen IV is the one where none of the issues are the new...
4   489
Started by Sheep

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2nd Gen

The Battle Tower

Sheep, Nov 21: This one was ridiculously hard. It was a miracle if I made it to the second opponent and made it to the third maybe, like, once. They were so overpowered and wrecked me so often that I never really tried again whenever I replayed Crystal later on. :x
4   1,112
Started by Palamon

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2nd Gen

Mom

soulzzii, Nov 17: TYL that your mom could buy you dolls to decorate you room with, i will keep that in mind next time i play GSC lol
16   5,470
Started by VisionofMilotic

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7th Gen

Hot take:My beef with SM's ending and USUM's one saving grace

thebigguy270, Nov 16: After all these years I'm still disappointed that we never got the PERFECT version of Gen 7. SM had a fantastic arc for Lillie and Lusamine, but the ending was ambiguous and wishy-washy and full of messed-up implications, with no indication whether...
0   346
Started by thebigguy270

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7th Gen

Troubles with Save Corruption on Ultra Sun

ForsetiMaster06, Nov 16: Now that you mention it, I'm pretty sure I got my cartridge close to release. In addition, all the crashes came after the game suddenly said the game couldn't be read, then when I booted up the game again the corruption message occured. I am pretty...
3   615
Started by ForsetiMaster06

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1st Gen

Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow could get a C rating in Japan in future re-releases!

FirePuppy, Nov 16: They would by force, and law, if that Game Corner isn't fully modified. After all, gambling is gambling, and that is an automatic C to me.
3   502
Started by FirePuppy

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1st Gen

Pikachu

Son Goshin, Nov 15: Yellow is where my true allegiance lies tis true. Lot's of good times there. Now just recently getting into Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu feels very nostalgic. Well besides the throwing Poke ball thing.
10   961
Started by VisionofMilotic

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Good things about your least favorite old gen

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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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4th Gen

EV glitch? [Solved! Not a glitch]

icycatelf, Oct 20: I recently completed another playthrough of HGSS and used berries to reset the EVs of one of my Pokémon in order to properly EV train it. After maxing out two stats, I used one more berry on each and gave those stats two 7 more EVs, which should've...
0   646
Started by icycatelf

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4th Gen

Online trading

rolandoeccles, Oct 13: Essentially, a ghost image is a smaller version of the original photo image on an old ironsides fake id and is generally printed semi-translucent. These ghost images are made possible by using a software that will allow for the ghost image to be...
5   1,457
Started by Adreas

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1st Gen

Legendary Pokémon Offer Mew

Latios, Oct 10: I was absolutely fascinated by this, and would love to hear how things are going! Was the legitimacy of this confirmed, and the data preserved?
7   3,368
Started by Akonnwalker

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5th Gen

"Fake" shiny scolipede (B2)

Sprigatito, Oct 9: Oh! Thats it! Sorry for the trouble. EDIT: is there a way to disable it?
2   764
Started by Sprigatito

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6th Gen

Friend Safari Time

VisionofMilotic, Oct 3: I still friend safari on XY, my friend code is 2939-2127-7148, my name is Sam, and I'm happy to add you, if you still need a new friend safari. Mine is a water type friend safari with Wartotle, Bibarel and Frogadier. There's also a special thread...
24   8,200
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2nd Gen

Trade with held item evolutions

Sweet Serenity, Sep 30: My siblings are older and played Pokémon when they were younger, but introduced me to it as they grew out of it. As a result, I didn't really have siblings to trade with, so I had to rely on friends back then and later on, complete strangers online....
8   2,366
Started by Sheep

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1st Gen

Day Care

soulzzii, Sep 29: being honest, i forgot there was an daycare on gen 1, so i definely dint use it xd or maybe i left a pokemon in there and forgot about it, i only use daycare for breeding nowadays (since i just prefer to grind on my own) so i really wouldnt have...
12   4,199
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   10,079
Started by Poke fan number 489

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3rd Gen

Being scammed by game during Nuzlocke

Lucifer, Sep 24: It didn't have to die. I don't Nuzlocke, having no control over what I can capture/use is not for me but I have watched enough on Youtube to know that the rules allow exceptions for shinies since the odds of shinies as first encounters are next to...
4   1,946
Started by Lozerenni

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1st Gen

Strange conversation

Lucifer, Sep 24: To be honest, I never gave this line much attention until the first time I read it being interpreted as ill will nor have I ever considered this interpretation and find it brilliant. It's sensible and fits with the Nurse Joy characters in the...
24   2,487
Started by jtacc

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1st Gen

When to battle Green/Gary?

Megan, Sep 23: In Red and Blue it's an optional battle you can get if you haven't gotten the first badge, yet. There's nothing more to it. In Yellow that battle can determine which Eeveelution your rival ends up getting. If you win against him in both the lab...
1   1,006
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3rd Gen

Eon Ticket

Latios, Sep 22: Hello there! I was able to attend an EON ticket event back in 2004 at my local Gamestation in the United Kingdom, where they were distributing the ticket. You had to connect your Game Boy Advance with a representative via a link cable. Once you had...
10   2,177
Started by Palamon

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6th Gen

Best Music From XY?

bewbs, Sep 21: Diantha's theme is so pretty and upbeat. I used to have that song on repeat a lot.
20   15,231
Started by Scourgekku

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5th Gen

Medals

ichigomon, Sep 19: I thought it was cool. Not my favorite feature ever but certainly something I enjoyed looking at from time to time. Every time I go back and play BW2 I usually peruse the medals and consider trying to get some of them that I'd missed. I think it...
1   336
Started by Sheep

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2nd Gen

Bug-Catching Contest

Janp, Sep 18: I love Bug-Catching Contest. I used to return to it every day it was open. I won few times and usually put the first Pokémon I caught during the contest on my team.
9   1,094
Started by Sheep

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3rd Gen

Feebas

_confused_piplup_, Sep 14: I am doing a character challenge in Pokémon Emerald and I am using Wallace's team. I discussed about it in the post in the travel Journals. So, I'll just repeat what I said: Maybe it was the moment and how exciting this kind of game has been for...
5   591
Started by Sheep

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4th Gen

Battle Frontier co-op

Konah, Sep 12: Anyone up for doing the Battle Frontier in multiplayer? It's possible to play with others, in case some people don't know. There are custom servers now, the tutorial for most of the times is quite simple, if you're interested, just send a reply.
0   1,133
Started by Konah

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4th Gen

Partner Trainers

Midnight Umbreon, Sep 11: The only ones I ever really use are Cheryl and the guy who gives you the riolu egg. And obviously Cheryl is second best girl sooo....
8   4,077
Started by Mintaka☆

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6th Gen

How should I raise my Charmander?

Squirtkipfan01, Sep 9: Largely a preference thing; physical vs special, which mega evolution do you have, do you wanna use status moves, etc. that said if dragon claw is your main thing in pretty sure theres a TM or its learnable from the move relearner once evolved
4   1,938
Started by Vraxx2002

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1st Gen

where 2 get porygon?

jojobear13, Sep 7: Unfortunately I've discovered the opposite to be true. Slots will absolutely bleed the player dry unless save states are used to cheat. The slots are rigged just like real slot machines. By that I mean you can only win on any individual pull if...
6   1,432
Started by pokehaunterZZZ.0666

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2nd Gen

Let's Talk About GSC Scizor!

bez850, Aug 22: The main reason I was so focused on Gen 2, aside from that being my favorite region, was because of the lack of abilities and nature's. Gen 2 was basically the blueprint for all future games, and Gen 3 perfected the original model, in my opinion. ...
5   2,303
Started by bez850

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1st Gen

Pokémon Red

Devalue, Aug 20: Moved this over to Previous Generations. Deals with one very specific game.
2   1,815
Started by Buff4eyes

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2nd Gen

Kanto/Johto gym orders: was this intentional?

Squirtkipfan01, Aug 18: As an incredibly casual pokemon enjoyer, i did not know any of this. And with that knowledge sure probably intended
10   8,885
Started by Corveone

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2nd Gen

Kris and Lyra

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bez850, Aug 17: For me, it's Kris hands down! I've always wondered why TPCi never brought her back. Not even as an NPC in later games. It's a bit annoying that they haven't at least given her a proper send off for her role in the franchise.
20   33,436
Started by VisionofMilotic

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1st Gen

Best & worst gen 1 sprites

Devalue, Aug 15: Green: - Good: Slowbro (good expression) and Fearow (good shadows) - Bad: Ekans (that mouth), Wigglytuff (wildly different eye sizes), Golbat (the expression), Mew (its head), and Drowzee + Hypno (the squinty eyes). Mentions Eevee for the...
8   3,355
Started by VisionofMilotic

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5th Gen

The Old Scripts of Pokéstar Studios

The Foogle, Aug 13: I was able to see that! ...But only one time, because Pokemuk Studios is genuinely the worst. Despite that, i DIED laughing at the references i was able to get. I lost it completely at the Basculin joke.
1   1,986
Started by Biozilla

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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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3rd Gen

do you thing firered is set in the right difficulty?

Corveone, Aug 8: In Pokémon games, we're supposed to build a team (Certain NPCs even straight tell us this). Pokémon battling is about team work, strategy, and proper understanding of the battle mechanics. If you can defeat what are supposed to be the strongest...
3   2,170
Started by cossu3

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1st Gen

Yellow: Anyone ever tried to recreate Ash's team?

bez850, Aug 7: Yea once I did, my team was Pikachu, Charizard, Muk, Pidgeot, Kingler and Primeape. And let me tell you, baller! This is honestly his most competitive team he could possibly have from gen 1, in my opinion.
7   3,211
Started by Sheep

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1st Gen

New attack in Fire Red

Megan, Aug 4: That depends on if you're creating a ROM Hack in Binary or with a Decomp. In any case, though, this isn't the right forum for these types of questions. You'll need to check in the respective ROM Hacking section: Link to Binary ROM Hacking...
1   2,050
Started by cGui09

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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   5,561
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