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Previous Generations

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

Section Staff: Nah, Megan, Janp

Guide

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

(2 pages)

pokemon fan person, Apr 1: that’s a lot of glitches

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Started by Amy May

Important

Previous Generations Feedback Thread

Momoro, Oct 29: Oh, thanks :) I wouldn't know where to begin the dig for that one either!

17 16,696

Started by Nah

Guide

Previous Generations FAQ

Nah, Feb 2020: Generation VII (Sun/Moon, Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon, Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee!) 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...

7 9,417

Started by Nah

6th Gen

ORAS

Janp, May 6: I love ORAS. Probably my favourite 3DS titles, because of how it took RS and made them into modern-ish games. It got HGSS treatment and it was awesome. Sadly, it was released at the start of GF fall. The games have longer and worse story, chibi...

7 236

Started by VisionofMilotic

3rd Gen

Steven's gift

Janp, May 6: I did took it in my first Sapphire playthrough and evolved it into Metagross, but just to get the Dex entry. Haven't really used Beldum/Metagross that much otherwise.

8 263

Started by VisionofMilotic

3rd Gen

is this a glitch?

Palamon, May 5: Are you sure you didn't have an everstone on your Torchic or it didn't faint, or anything? In earlier generations, I do know if a Pokemon faints and it hits its evolution level, it won't evolve.

5 86

Started by pokemon fan person

7th Gen

Jörmungandr

Bellsprout, May 4: For a very long time I haven't cared much for legendary Pokemon, but I find XY's trio to be one of the best ones or at least very visually appealing to my eyes. I remember when I found Zygarde in the game I thought the design was intriguing and it...

8 744

Started by Megan

2nd Gen

Pokemon nicknames gliched

Raicheot, May 3: Whilst transporting pokemon from crystal to the poke bank, I went into move my squad pokemon from box 4 to box one to transport and their nicknames had changed to another pokemons name for example my Poliwrath changed to Ledyba and Feraligatr...

0 58

Started by Raicheot

Article

Nirvana in Nihilism – Why Cyrus is Right

_confused_piplup_, Apr 28: I have always been fascinated my Cyrus and in general by gen4 games, so I have played them several times and I have read his dialogues multiple times. I feel that Cyrus is quite an interesting character and especially his psychology is interesting....

9 1,150

Started by bobandbill

Shiny Odds were 1 in 8,092

Megan, Apr 28: I actually can't say much about the increased shiny chances, because even though I've played gen 6+ a lot, most shinies I've encountered so far were back in the older games when the chance was still lower. It's cool that you can get them easier...

1 103

Started by Palamon

6th Gen

I don't know where this question goes. o_o;

Megan, Apr 23: Bad eggs have been around for about the same time breeding exists. In the earlier games there was usually a Pokemon slot dedicated to the "egg" so as to make it possible to the player to carry eggs from breeding around. This specific egg was never...

4 302

Started by RedBalloon

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

colours, Apr 21: other than an irl friend of mine that i would visit occasionally, no. :c had some good memories with him, though!

16 992

Started by Sheep

Article

How several Pokémon changed during Pokémon Gold and Silver development

Maserati777, Apr 21: Completely agree with you on the black cats. The design is so good. Better then Purrloin and Purrloin goes to Jaguar route with evolution. Kind of glad the Ditto evolution was cut. But sad the baby Meowth was cut.

4 8,506

Started by bobandbill

2nd Gen

Kris and Lyra

Bellsprout, Apr 20: I've never been a big Kris fan or anything like that, but Lyra sucks. Something about her gives me farm town girl loser vibes. Also her hair is obnoxious with the follow me feature. Why the drastic change I will never understand, because Ethan...

7 3,266

Started by VisionofMilotic

1st Gen

Rumors You Fell For

(2 pages)

Liquid Halo, Apr 18: There were a couple that I tried in Gen 1 more because I wanted them to be real than having believed them to be. 1. Talking to the fisherman who gives out the Super Rod 101 times gets an Ultra Rod from him that is capable of fishing up an HM...

43 23,981

Started by Palamon

6th Gen

Male Versions of Cosplay Pikachu

Palamon, Apr 17: I mean, maybe cosplay Pikachu is Spiky Ear Pichu, but evolved. She can't breed, or evolve. Well, Spiky eared Pichu can't either, and this is just a theory, but you only get one ever anyway, so that could be a very unlikely possibility. Although,...

14 6,596

Started by LegendChu

4th Gen

Question about my SoulSilver cartridge

Liquid Halo, Apr 14: It appears to be counterfeit to a painful degree due to the misalignment of the title and Lugia's image let alone that Lugia's image isn't supposed to be there. It's late here and I'm feeling too lazy to go through the process of photographing...

5 552

Started by Catoastd

1st Gen

the 1/256 glitch

Liquid Halo, Apr 14: If this ever affected me I was never aware as: 1. I'd never heard of it until now and 2. I didn't understand the mechanics back when I played Gen 1 nor did I care to. I just wanted to catch Pokemon like my best friend.

9 4,529

Started by Palamon

1st Gen

There weren't that many music tracks

LordWayback, Apr 12: Looking at a direct rip it isn’t 100% storage issues on the cartridge it probably doesn’t have to do with storage (they compressed a 1,028~KB raw rom onto a 8MB cartridge (as of GBC)) so it must have to do with limitations of how expensive music is...

10 826

Started by Palamon

1st Gen

Need help to build team for Stadium

BrainWave, Apr 9: Scaling the levels down isn't the thing until Diamond and Pearl's Battle Tower. That said, I've checked what I'm up against and have found that I'm simply outpowered by the later rounds, so I'll just keep my Nidoking and find better mons. This is...

2 403

Started by BrainWave

Guide

The Sinnoh Bible

Megan, Apr 1: I was wondering why I had such a hard time with Platinum. I thought it was that my team was severely underleveled and underpowered due to it consisting in huge portions mostly of defensive Pokemon lacking offensive presence as well as making things...

3 1,030

Started by bobandbill

5th Gen

Looking for friends

Saad4206969, Mar 30: Hey, guys. I've recently been playing Pokemon Black 2 on my DS Lite after managing to buy a copy of it, and I'd love some friends to trade/battle/hang out with via Kaeru WFC. I'll leave my friend code here, as well as my facebook account in case...

0 220

Started by Saad4206969

2nd Gen

The Red Gyarados

Percy, Mar 28: That shiny Gyarados was really interesting. Would've loved having it on my team because I always pick Cyndaquil as my starter in Johto (and Johto was lacking good water types imo). But, idk, it never felt right to use Gyarados. I think I remember...

10 441

Started by Palamon

Playing the older games

(2 pages)

FeralLungs, Mar 28: 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 7,907

Started by Caite-chan

1st Gen

Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle? Who is the BEST Kanto starter?

(2 pages)

pokemon fan person, Mar 27: i like all of them, but if i have to choose it would be bulbasaur

25 12,539

Started by Imported Cheese

4th Gen

The Villa

CeruleanSky, Mar 27: you're not the only one - i did as well! it surprises me that i did that in hindsight, i can't imagine playing for instance sword and shield anywhere near as much as i played platinum

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Started by Setsuna

2nd Gen

The Level Curve

Pokemanz, Mar 25: I find it easier to play through HGSS with three or four mons instead of a full team since the level curve is so bad in those games.

10 11,604

Started by Palamon

1st Gen

Gen 1 Positives

ElBurrito, Mar 24: Though the graphics are significantly outdated, they still have a certain charm to them that later gamers, especially gens 6 and up just don't have. The lack of hand holding and hours of forced tutorials is also nice. I recently started another...

12 1,559

Started by Pokedream.su

4th Gen

Biggest grass patch?

Setsuna, Mar 24: I'd place a decent wager on the large grass patch on the west end of Route 222 being the largest in Sinnoh. Right where the Valor Lakefront connects to Route 222 is a massive patch of grass. There's a pretty large one outside Mt. Coronet on its...

4 1,118

Started by SawkTheWarrior

5th Gen

N, Ghetsis, or Colress?

Fairy, Mar 24: I always thought Colress was cool. Unique design but weak battle.

12 591

Started by Dragon

1st Gen

Making a list of imprinted stamped numbers on original carts - Please Help!!

Dogberry, Mar 23: Hello! Came from your YouTube comments to post this! Region: US Imprinted Number: 11 ESRB: Black Game: Yellow Cant upload pics from phone but I’m staring right at it. :) hope this helps!

7 1,808

Started by frabulator

Virtual Console or Physical Cartridge?

SawkTheWarrior, Mar 23: I hate VC. it feels so insecure, knowing that your console could break and your 80$ game would be lost forever. However, Carts and pretty resilient *laughs in GB carts* and will last for a long time and can be transfered between consoles.

19 2,843

Started by Palamon

7th Gen

Are sun and moon the easiest pokemon games?

BiggusWeeabus, Mar 16: Nope, the Gen 6 games are.

14 4,909

Started by PageEmperor

Best HM moves

Roni, Mar 15: *comes into thread to answer Surf and Waterfall* *sees that literally everyone has that as their answer too* uhhh well i guess not as many mentioned Fly and Strength yet so i'll go with those as well? Dive's pretty underrated tbh considering...

9 1,250

Started by VisionofMilotic

4th Gen

Ribbon Syndicate

Setsuna, Mar 14: I actually remember entering it without even knowing I had more than 10 ribbons on whichever Pokemon it was. It just happened while I was playing around with how contests worked and maybe because I just really liked Julia in Sunyshore... My...

5 8,763

Started by Fritz

6th Gen

One mega only

HitmonSal, Mar 12: Mega Lucario Then mega salamence as a close second xD

23 4,812

Started by VisionofMilotic

3rd Gen

Emerald team suggestions

PokeNostalgia, Mar 11: Thanks for your reply. I've used shadow ball on Gardevior I don't know if that was a noob move. But i've change Torkoal for Lombre and will wait until he learns Hydro pump.

5 1,285

Started by PokeNostalgia

1st Gen

Greed and Punishment

Pokedream.su, Mar 10: I was thinking about this on the bus today, and Electrode's 25% critical chance hit rate makes those explosions all the more scary.

8 1,469

Started by Megan

4th Gen

Mindy

PageEmperor, Mar 8: I’ll bet you all that in the upcomming remakes they will change the trade and make it that she now gives you a MEGA Gengar. Or gigantamax Gengar. Or possibly evn both.

7 1,484

Started by Fritz

The gens before wireless trading

frabulator, Mar 8: 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 3,999

Started by Palamon

4th Gen

Sinnoh revisit!

Fritz, Mar 8: I played through Platinum less than a year ago, so I've already been through Sinnoh fairly recently. If I replayed either Platinum or Pearl again before the remakes came out, I'd probably get bored of going through the same region again while...

7 1,414

Started by Astromancer

3rd Gen

Eon Ticket

Gigadweeb, Mar 7: Unfortunately not. Planning to pick up one on eBay when I see it for cheap, though. Bought an e-Reader the other week pretty much for that purpose.

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Started by Palamon

6th Gen

Hardest gym leader in XY?

Fritz, Mar 6: I just played through Pokémon Y a few days ago. The Rock Gym was pretty much the only one where I sort of struggled, probably due to my team not really having many good moves for Rock-types at that point in the game. Otherwise, the Gyms and Elite...

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Started by PageEmperor

5th Gen

In battles, sprites were always animated.

भाग्य ज्योति, Mar 6: The best thing of Pokemon BW is the sprites and that's what makes it unique among other games. Personally speaking, Nintendo should have continued this trend instead of switching to 3D sprites, and we all know how worse were USUM models.

19 8,420

Started by Palamon

2nd Gen

Breeding

Astromancer, Mar 5: I've never actively bred pokémon in my life, and back when I played Gold I didn't even realize it could be useful beyond a cute little lore thing d: It was a cute gimmick to have to breed to get the baby pokémon, sure. But I'm not a completionist so...

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Started by Palamon

4th Gen

Sinnoh's Fire Problem

Vagabond+, Mar 5: What's funny about this idea specifically is that Growlithe IS on the first several routes of the game if FireRed is inserted in the GBA slot. Vulpix is mid-game if you do it with LeafGreen. Sadly that doesn't work until after the Elite Four has...

11 1,482

Started by Palamon

4th Gen

Best gen 4 starter in ur opinion?

(2 pages)

ninestarryskies, Mar 4: I always pick Turtwig or Piplup, I'm just not a fan of monkey like Pokemon in general. I've raised a Chimchar once or twice by now though and it's grown on me a little, it is pretty cute for a primate.

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Started by Snowvyle

3rd Gen

Secret Bases ~

ninestarryskies, Mar 4: I love secret bases!! I really appreciated the room decoration features in Gen II so when I finally got to play Ruby and Sapphire I was delighted that I could do it again in a different layout! I do wish there were more decorations and that you...

13 11,453

Started by Dragon

2nd Gen

Pokemon Silver - Help Grinding

boxingboy, Mar 4: Unless you need the money E4 is a waste of time for grinding. If you’re a competitive player do it properly.

8 2,276

Started by Hex Maniac Quinn

5th Gen

The Dream World

Megan, Mar 4: I unfortunately miss out on that feature. Back then I didn't even know that Hidden Abilities where a thing. ^^"

14 1,090

Started by Palamon

2nd Gen

Question about legendary Pokemon in the Gold / Silver game

Megan, Mar 3: Mew you definitely can get if you have Red or Blue via a glitch. In Yellow it's a lot more difficult but I assume it's possible as well. I got a couple of them back in the day and was able to easily trade them to my Gold and Crystal version without...

5 2,648

Started by Amitomer

1st Gen

What your fav pokemon means

Megan, Mar 3: Why is every Pokemon I pick a reference to some random person that I don't understand? Well, at least Scyther is kind of cool...meme-y but cool.

11 1,805

Started by VisionofMilotic

5th Gen

You Used Your Last Rare Candy

Fritz, Mar 3: One of the best things Gen 5 did, along with introducing permanent TMs. Saves a lot of time when you're using Super Potions multiple times.

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Started by Palamon

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Previous Generations Feedback Thread

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ORAS

Steven's gift

is this a glitch?

Jörmungandr

Pokemon nicknames gliched

Nirvana in Nihilism – Why Cyrus is Right

Shiny Odds were 1 in 8,092

I don't know where this question goes. o_o;

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

How several Pokémon changed during Pokémon Gold and Silver development

Kris and Lyra

Rumors You Fell For

Male Versions of Cosplay Pikachu

Question about my SoulSilver cartridge

the 1/256 glitch

There weren't that many music tracks

Need help to build team for Stadium

The Sinnoh Bible

Looking for friends

The Red Gyarados

Playing the older games

Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle? Who is the BEST Kanto starter?

The Villa

The Level Curve

Gen 1 Positives

Biggest grass patch?

N, Ghetsis, or Colress?

Making a list of imprinted stamped numbers on original carts - Please Help!!

Virtual Console or Physical Cartridge?

Are sun and moon the easiest pokemon games?

Best HM moves

Ribbon Syndicate

One mega only

Emerald team suggestions

Greed and Punishment

Mindy

The gens before wireless trading

Sinnoh revisit!

Eon Ticket

Hardest gym leader in XY?

In battles, sprites were always animated.

Breeding

Sinnoh's Fire Problem

Best gen 4 starter in ur opinion?

Secret Bases ~

Pokemon Silver - Help Grinding

The Dream World

Question about legendary Pokemon in the Gold / Silver game

What your fav pokemon means

You Used Your Last Rare Candy