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Pokémon Gaming Central

For topics that aren't necessarily restricted to one game, Pokémon Gaming Central ranges from comparing and contrasting the differences in the gaming generations to discussing the gaming franchise as a whole.

Section Staff: Devalue, colours, Shooting Star

Pokémon Gaming Rules [Updated June 19th]

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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Started by Sheep

Why does Game Freak insist on doing this?

eishiba, Aug 7: Here is how to use Regigigas! https://youtu.be/i7lnf_vEY_c

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Started by Sweet Serenity

Is there a sophisticated level measure?

Shooting Star, Aug 7: That doesn't track with my experience. Generally speaking PokéTubers will edit out blander parts like grinding yes, but I have yet to see a Pokétuber that does challenges that doesn't 1) explain the strategy, 2) show all the important and/or...

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Started by cloa513

Game Help

Naming my character?

Sheep, Aug 7: Neri or Faeble for me, Neri works best for female imo but Faeble is cute for both!

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Started by UnknownTrainerX

Have you ever tried to cheat in any of the games before?

_confused_piplup_, Aug 6: Lol almost all games. I had an Action replay for gen 4 and the gen 5 games. I remember buying one that worked with 3ds too but there were no cheats for Pokemon X. I remember then getting the modded 3ds to have cheats on gen 6 and gen 7 games. I...

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Started by PageEmperor

Is battling your favorite part of a Pokémon game?

ZeoStar, Aug 5: My favorite part is making a team, customizing them, and watching them grow stronger. So I guess battling is an important aspect of that, but it's not necessary my favorite part at all.

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Started by Sheep

When was the last time you played a Pokémon game?

(4 pages)

Zed01, Aug 2: About a week ago when I finished my first BDSP playthrough. I also did a few battles on Pokemon GO a few days ago if that even counts.

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Started by Sheep

Favorite pokedex entries

Squirtkipfan01, Jul 31: I can sea(hah) this being the classic sonic vs modern sonic debate of pokemon. Both are good, just with different appeal

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Started by Squirtkipfan01

Is the first starter you picked your favorite?

Bahamut, Jul 27: My first starter was Chikorita in Crystal, I prefer to choose either Totodile or Cyndaquil when playing Johto games. Chikorita is cute, but it's not one of my favorite starters.

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Started by Sheep

Game Help

Can't transfer

Angelic777, Jul 24: @Devalue THANK YOU I also found this pic from a forum's Discord

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Started by Angelic777

Game Help

Which pokemon do I put in my team's empty spot?

Corveone, Jul 24: You can look at the E4 movesets to help you decide: https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Appendix:FireRed_and_LeafGreen_walkthrough/Section_15 I mean, many of them garbage, look at that physical Jynx with not even a Psychic type move. ...

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Started by Ggpokerbiel

The most Underpowered type?

Sweet Serenity, Jul 23: I couldn't have said it better myself! Many Bug-type Pokémon are still good, loveable, and adorable, especially Butterfree, which is one of my favorites, but overall, they have the lowest base stat totals, common weaknesses, and are resisted by...

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Started by Squirtkipfan01

Are there other characters you think would have made interesting Champions in the games?

Palamon, Jul 22: Anyone would be good to replace Diantha. She literally did nothing the entire game. But, I honestly can't think of who would have worked more since almost all of the X/Y characters are incredibly forgettable as a whole. But, I think some of the...

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Started by Sheep

What was your favorite and least favorite game to train in?

Palamon, Jul 22: First three generations. You can't rebattle trainers you once fought in Generation I. Generation II has very little places to reliably grind, and Gen 3 has very few high leveled trainers to fight against to get a reliable amount of EXP. As well as...

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Started by Sheep

I calculated and sorted the percentages that every possible type-combination can hit Pokémon super effectively with STAB

Sweet Serenity, Jul 21: Nice one! You did a really great job

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Started by Sweet Serenity

Remakes vs originals

(2 pages)

Koraidon, Jul 21: Firered / Leafgreen It's their first remake of this game and nothing much after catching mewtwo, you are just barebone dead due to lack of postgame contents. We still stuck at Gameboy era Heartgold/ SoulSliver It was quite alright content just...

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Started by Sheep

What was your favorite remake?

AuroraVulpix, Jul 21: In terms of main series, either HGSS or ORAS. Both have plenty of great aspects, but also some shortcomings (HGSS not really fixing my problems with Johto and ORAS excluding some noteworthy Emerald content like gym rematch’s and Battle Frontier). ...

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Started by Sheep

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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Started by Palamon

Most Recent Mechanics (Re)Discoveries

Shooting Star, Jul 17: To be fair to Game Freak, that's a translation issue. The original Japanese literally means "evil". Nintendo of America (or whoever was responsible for the translation) probably didn't translate it literally because of image concerns (GS launched...

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Started by Devalue

Opinion on the Grass/Dark typing?

Shooting Star, Jul 16: While we understand that threads discussing subjective stuff like this will inevitably get a little heated - after all, if you're in this forum, you likely have strong opinions about Pokemon - we'd like to remind you all that this is still no excuse...

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Started by PageEmperor

What was the last shiny Pokémon you got?

Elder Trainer, Jul 16: The last one I caught was a Marill I caught in a raid den during the recent SwSh raid event, the first-and so far only-shiny I ever caught during a raid.

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Started by Sheep

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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Started by ShinyCinderace335

Types you think deserve more attacks?

Palamon, Jul 14: More Physical Psychic type, Electric type moves. Maybe some more powerful moves for the Bug type that aren't X-Scissor would be amazing. Maybe some more Pokemon moves in general that do dual type damage like Flying Press. I don't like how...

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Started by PageEmperor

The Surf Sprite

Sheep, Jul 14: I saw it as Seel in RBY, Lapras in GSC, and Wailmer in RSE. As for DPPt... it seemed to me like that's when they started making them harder to identify so you could better imagine your own Pokémon surfing instead. Not that a weird blob that looks...

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Started by Palamon

How many Random Full-Odds Shiny Pokémon have you found before?

Palamon, Jul 12: All my Pokemon are full odds except Skwovet that I actually hunted & wormhole shinies. So, definitely ^8 in my Pokemon lifetime.

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Started by Fritz

Have you ever bought any Pokémon games on release day?

Trainer C, Jul 12: Every game so far.

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Started by Sheep

Is Pokémon the best monster catching/collecting game you've played?

Dawn, Jul 9: Nope. Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth and Hacker's Memory - the latter especially - earn that prize, for having a far more intricate and interesting gameplay system, an actual narrative to speak of, and monster designs that are...well, at least on par...

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Started by Sheep

Battle facilities in your Pokémon games

Devalue, Jul 3: Oh, right. Forgot about the other Battle Facility in Ultra Sun/Moon: the Battle Agency. Reached maximum grade for the ridiculous number of Festival Coins. Liked the idea. Hopes to never see that precise implementation again, though. Rarely saw...

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Started by Sweet Serenity

Legendary Pokémon and their signature moves

Sweet Serenity, Jul 2: Yeah, I agree with you about the major legendaries having more than one signature move. As for Victini, well, he's a mythical Pokémon, so I wouldn't count him anyway. Mythical Pokémon are meant to be mysterious and even rarer than normal...

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Started by Sweet Serenity

Humans in Pokemon you feel could possibly be secretly real Pokemon?

ZeoStar, Jul 2: I could picture Giovanni being a Weavile who has structured his own mafia type band of thieves.

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Started by PageEmperor

Item Buffs/Nerfs

Koraidon, Jun 30: You know there are certain berries that depending on nature might like or dislike the berry if pokemon eat the berry like say like spicy berry they should heal more health and if they don't like spicy, it should decrease heal value. Don't know if it...

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Started by Devalue

Any Poké Balls you don't like the designs of and avoid using?

Gardevoir1, Jun 28: Beyond Great balls, I also just don't like the look of timer balls.

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Started by Sheep

What's the oldest Pokémon game cartridge you own?

(2 pages)

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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Started by Sheep

Do you remember the first glitch/bug you experienced?

Sheep, Jun 25: MissingNo for me too! Obviously very intentionally, wanted those items like others haha. Also the infamous 1/256 move glitch - each move in gen 1 had a built-in miss chance and I was so confused when some of my moves missed despite having 100%...

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Started by Sheep

Worst Game Freezes you've ever experienced

Sweet Serenity, Jun 24: Thankfully, I don't think I ever experienced any game freezes.

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Started by Palamon

Ever regretted starting a new file?

Sweet Serenity, Jun 23: Not at all. Whenever I felt the need to start a new game, it was for a good reason, no doubt.

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Started by Sheep

Early route Pokémon - do you use them?

Adam Levine, Jun 22: In playthroughs with HMs, more often than not I would have an early-game bird up until the end of the game (mainly Staraptor and Unfezant). Nowadays, pretty much the only early-game Pokémon I keep in my playthroughs in Charjabug (and Ampharos in...

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Started by Sheep

News

Original Pokémon games initially planned with 65,535 versions, buying Pokémon, no multiplayer battles

Sheep, Jun 22: Honestly, I find the idea of things being randomly generated like this fun - as a kid who knew a bunch of others that played, it would have been fun to see how our copies differentiated. But that plan does seem massively complex and something I’m...

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Started by bobandbill

Should the maximum level cap be decreased/increased?

(2 pages)

Fairy, Jun 20: I could take it or leave it honestly. 100 is sorta the penultimate number when it comes to being "leveled", but if GF wanted to shake up the formula -- I'd invite them to try raising/lowering the level cap! Lord knows we've been getting the same...

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Started by Vielleroue

Funny Dex Entries

Sheep, Jun 18: Magneton just cannot get a break lol, either it gets burns for not being smarter or it's blamed for destroying things. That's probably not intentional either! Just remembered Escavalier. base speed stat is 20, one of the lowest in the...

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Started by ReKoil

Pokemon Game marketing disasters

Janp, Jun 17: Ultra Sun and Moon reveal was a failure in my opinion. The reveal trailer was tucked behind Pokkén (or some other spin-off) trailer with no introduction and barely any coverage after that. And it didn't help there was barely any follow up...

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Started by Palamon

"I absolutely refuse to evolve my Wartortle!"

fawnpetal, Jun 16: I never evolve Yamper! I love it too much exactly how it is. Boltund is cute too but I just adore Yamper. I also rarely evolve Pikachu, even though it can be frail I just think it’s cute and probably have years of attachment thanks to the anime lol....

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Started by Sheep

Soft-Reset 'Stories'

Amore, Jun 16: Oh god, that maths is demoralising! I briefly considered figuring out the probability when resetting for Charmander and Kubfu (3/6 perfect IVs guaranteed, but I need a specific combo, plus the nature) but felt by the time I'd done it I would quit...

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Started by Amore

Ruin Pokemon with a Single Change

Megan, Jun 16: I was so tempted to say "bring back HMs" but people have already said that a couple times. So, here's another one: remove the EXP-Share. I'm not saying that you can turn it off and I'm also not saying that it becomes a held item: no, just remove...

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Started by Devalue

Insane movepools and sucky movepools

Amore, Jun 14: God, Luxray was a disappointment in Gen IV. Felt like they were doubling down on the betrayal of Manectric (Electric + Dark, Crunch only as an Egg Move) from Gen III with these cool Electric designs with good stats but abysmal moves. I actually EV'd...

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Started by ZeoStar

I want a pokemon game that takes the lead from the anime but expands and exceeds the previous limits

Sheep, Jun 14: I've always really, really wanted an anime-style Pokémon game. Things like what Pokémon you can use and how strong they become being based on the field (fish/sea creature-inspired water types have an advantage in the water and can't be used on land,...

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Started by cloa513

News

James Turner leaving Game Freak to start own studio

Retek, Jun 12: Plucky Squire looks soo good. :') Art style looks neat.

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Started by bobandbill

Favorite Pokemon game ost

Adam Levine, Jun 12: I love Gen V's music way too much. The music itself is catchy and memorable, and Gen V's soundfont is possibly the best soundfont of any game I've heard. Favorites of mine include most of the battle themes, Virbank Complex/Castelia Sewers, Virbank...

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Started by Palamon

Populations in Pokemon games feel rather unrealistic to me

Gardevoir1, Jun 11: Nimbasa was huge but I think you're thinking of Castelia City. They really nailed down the downtown Manhattan vibe with the busy streets, tons of buildings and a variety of things to see and do.

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Started by Palamon

Competitive

How into competitive battling are you?

Fairy, Jun 8: I joined PC in order to learn more about and improve in competitive battling! I didn't even know this place did ROM Hacks lol. Nah, I was here because I wanted to know everything about the current metagame (BW). Made great friends, had fun, and.....

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Started by Sheep

Who is your favorite game protagonist?

Sweet Serenity, Jun 8: In a story standpoint, perhaps my favorite video game Pokémon protagonist is Brendan from Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald and their remakes, mainly because he saved the world from a natural disaster caused by the villain team in such an epic fashion....

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Pokémon Gaming Rules [Updated June 19th]

Why does Game Freak insist on doing this?

Is there a sophisticated level measure?

Naming my character?

Have you ever tried to cheat in any of the games before?

Is battling your favorite part of a Pokémon game?

When was the last time you played a Pokémon game?

Favorite pokedex entries

Is the first starter you picked your favorite?

Can't transfer

Which pokemon do I put in my team's empty spot?

The most Underpowered type?

Are there other characters you think would have made interesting Champions in the games?

What was your favorite and least favorite game to train in?

I calculated and sorted the percentages that every possible type-combination can hit Pokémon super effectively with STAB

Remakes vs originals

What was your favorite remake?

The unused type combinations

Most Recent Mechanics (Re)Discoveries

Opinion on the Grass/Dark typing?

What was the last shiny Pokémon you got?

Best PokeBall ever is a Love Ball

Types you think deserve more attacks?

The Surf Sprite

How many Random Full-Odds Shiny Pokémon have you found before?

Have you ever bought any Pokémon games on release day?

Is Pokémon the best monster catching/collecting game you've played?

Battle facilities in your Pokémon games

Legendary Pokémon and their signature moves

Humans in Pokemon you feel could possibly be secretly real Pokemon?

Item Buffs/Nerfs

Any Poké Balls you don't like the designs of and avoid using?

What's the oldest Pokémon game cartridge you own?

Do you remember the first glitch/bug you experienced?

Worst Game Freezes you've ever experienced

Ever regretted starting a new file?

Early route Pokémon - do you use them?

Original Pokémon games initially planned with 65,535 versions, buying Pokémon, no multiplayer battles

Should the maximum level cap be decreased/increased?

Funny Dex Entries

Pokemon Game marketing disasters

"I absolutely refuse to evolve my Wartortle!"

Soft-Reset 'Stories'

Ruin Pokemon with a Single Change

Insane movepools and sucky movepools

I want a pokemon game that takes the lead from the anime but expands and exceeds the previous limits

James Turner leaving Game Freak to start own studio

Favorite Pokemon game ost

Populations in Pokemon games feel rather unrealistic to me

How into competitive battling are you?

Who is your favorite game protagonist?