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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)

jojobear13, Jun 23: This one isn't so much a "bug" as it is a bad coding practice. It has to do with Twineedle's effect in the Gen 1 games. Moves that hit multiple times (twineedle, fury attack, etc) are handled in their own function called TwoToFiveAttacksEffect....

39 26,489

Started by Amy May

Important

Previous Generations Feedback Thread

Momoro, Oct 2020: Oh, thanks :) I wouldn't know where to begin the dig for that one either!

17 23,039

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 13,390

Started by Nah

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

giradialkia, Jul 5: Absolutely. My favourite games are Gold/Silver/Crystal, and I can’t deny they have flaws. Worse still though, are Red/Blue/Yellow. And it makes sense, of course - they were the first games! They set the standard of the “formula”, and introduced the...

10 218

Started by Sheep

5th Gen

Tympole water absorb

Rojin70065, Jul 1: thx anyway guess i,ll have to make my team without that in

2 107

Started by Rojin70065

1st Gen

Day Care

VisionofMilotic, Jun 29: I did use daycare, even though they weren't able to fit in breeding mechanics yet. It was still some levels while you walk in the overworld, doing the things you were doing anyway. If you were committed to level grinding or switch training, I am...

8 347

Started by Sheep

6th Gen

Best Music From XY?

Neon Pink, Jun 27: I don't remember much of XY. However, there's this one track I want to say Anistar City. Idk, I kinda vibe with it. It has the weird colorful statue thing, and if you play as the girl character, you can get awesome frilly clothes at the boutique...

13 7,457

Started by Terrablim98

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...

0 135

Started by Gryfphen

The Best Generation

(2 pages)

Sweet Serenity, Jun 24: Generation five. Pokémon Black and White are still the best games in the main series of Pokémon! Pokémon Black and White developers exerted extra effort into ensuring that the games had a great storyline, villain team, legendary Pokémon and the...

28 3,544

Started by Last Thursday

5th Gen

Do you want BW remakes?

Sweet Serenity, Jun 24: Of course I want Pokémon Black and White remakes, as Pokémon Black and White are still the best games in the main series of Pokémon! Pokémon Black and White developers exerted extra effort into ensuring that the games had a great storyline, villain...

10 3,363

Started by Sheep

Which old gen was your favorite to train in?

Sweet Serenity, Jun 22: My favorite old generation to train Pokémon was generation 7, or Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, mainly because of the Exp. Share that made leveling Pokémon to level 100 much easier and the fact that I didn’t really have to do much training at all...

6 322

Started by Sheep

3rd Gen

The best teams and most unusual teams you have used in Gen 3

Amore, Jun 19: I often did solo runs with Swampert back when Emerald was my only game. My best team for Hoenn has to be my most recent, from about 5 years ago:...

6 365

Started by Adamabbafan

2nd Gen

Ho-oh or Lugia?

(3 pages)

TicTacToe, Jun 17: When do you need Lugia and Ho-Oh when you can have three inappropiately leveled Dragonites? Jokes aside, Lugia has always been my favourite between the two. Not saying it's better, just a personal preference.

51 6,074

Started by Dragon

3rd Gen

There were a few things about Emerald that i didnt like compared to the original RS

Vielleroue, Jun 16: The only point on which I disagree with you is Wallace as Champion. Look, time (and OR/AS) made me like Steven less than I used to, but I've always liked Wallace. Yes, his team could be tougher, but even back then he gave me one hell of a fight -...

7 13,511

Started by yamibakura95

3rd Gen

RNG Manipulation

Janp, Jun 16: After I finished my SBQ on Ultra Moon, I've started messing with RNG manipulation on that save. It was a lot easier than what I would asume. But it didn't felt that rewarding as getting shinies the proper way.

2 281

Started by Palamon

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.

3 278

Started by MultipedBeatle

4th Gen

What was your pokemon team with which you completed the adventure for the first time?

GreenHydreigon123, Jun 14: My old Diamond team's enjoying their retirement days in Kalos. My starter was Infernape, and my main team included Roserade, Staraptor, Gastrodon, Luxray and Dialga. I also had a Tyranitar and Giratina in the reserve and I grinded them all to level...

13 3,587

Started by CresentAzure

6th Gen

Archie and Maxie's new designs in ORAS

VisionofMilotic, Jun 9: Oras all the way for Archie. Physically he seems like a more towering, virile and mighty opponent to face. His mode of dress also better represents the sea by wearing mostly blue tones, a wetsuit-inspired theme and the gold chain with the anchor...

8 483

Started by Sheep

4th Gen

Partner Trainers

Palamon, Jun 9: I have personal and permanent vendetta against the Mira girl. She defeated a shiny Zubat with her Kadabra in Diamond and for that, I will never forgive that girl. Ever. As for the rest of them, I thought they were pretty cool. Cheryl was pretty...

5 340

Started by Vielleroue

3rd Gen

Sapphire Save File (HELP)

jojobear13, Jun 7: /r/Gameboy on Reddit can best help you. They keep up with the tech when it comes to dumping cartridges.

4 625

Started by kgold

7th Gen

The Ultimate Lillie Roast thread (fans, please stay away)

jibbajabbawocky, Jun 2: I liked Lillie, but I wish they had her follow you around, rather that pop in, have some dialogue and then run away again. Bish, if I'm going to see you 5 times per island, just follow me around and give me dialogue cues when you need to infodump...

15 7,300

Started by w1f1pa55w0rd

5th Gen

Trading

Megan, May 31: I'm going to close your thread as you seem to have already made another one in the Trade Corner. For future reference: please make any sorts of trade requests in there, as well. :)

1 193

Started by Thegenfiver

4th Gen

Pokemon soulsilver

Zed01, May 31: I just saw them and I still think that it's a repro and not a real game, sorry. Did you do the "light test" I talked about in my previous comment?

12 638

Started by Nick Warren

6th Gen

Gen 6 trading communication error

Eanrua1, May 31: I tried to trade a pokemon egg from my 3ds pokemon y game to my other 3ds Alpha sapphire game. Every time it gets to the end of the trade, I get an error message. Trading between the games worked perfectly when I was getting a Kingdra so I was...

0 273

Started by Eanrua1

5th Gen

I'm replaying BW1 and having fun with talking NPCs

Amore, May 30: I've liked some of the British-isms in SwSh: - "...putting the cart before the Rapidash" - "mate" ...of course once I started writing this my mind went blank! EDIT: - Sonia, in the Sordward / Shielbert episode "Things are a right proper...

3 462

Started by XXTheMichelXX

2nd Gen

Kris and Lyra

Megan, May 29: I prefer Kris over lyra simply because of nostalgia, being the first female player character, as well as her having (crystal) blue hair. Even to this day she's the only character that comes with an unconventional hair color (ignoring, of course...

19 23,668

Started by VisionofMilotic

2nd Gen

Mom

Megan, May 29: I used it back in the day and made use of all the dolls she bought on occasion. I did eventually stop because she didn't buy anything new anymore. I also had at some point started to max out my money. You can still give her money without having it...

11 1,044

Started by VisionofMilotic

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...

6 577

Started by Sheep

6th Gen

Friend Safari Time

Sheep, May 15: I've had a strong urge to replay gen 6 lately, especially Y since my brother finished that one and gave it to me afterwards. They're definitely great games. So I will be joining you again sometime soon, after beating it ages back and getting too...

20 1,464

Started by Koopa_T

6th Gen

My Perspective on XY - Were They Really That Bad?

_confused_piplup_, May 5: XY are the opposite of gen 5 games to me. I loved the style of the game, going from the region, to cities, pokemon and character designs to music. I definitely preferred those things in XY rather than gen 5. This can be personal tho. What I didn't...

8 1,280

Started by Terrablim98

3rd Gen

Help me recover my 15 years old Blaziken

jojobear13, May 2: Post .sav file. It's likely been overwritten, but it might be viewable with a hex editor if only a data termination byte has been moved.

2 955

Started by SameLucky

4th Gen

Is it possible to empty the berry stock in D/P?

d4rk, Apr 27: That was very complete thank you so much! Ha, I knew I could permanently lose some of them. I have no plans of trading with HGSS so far, so I'll be careful with those ones.

2 790

Started by d4rk

Decisions that made no sense.

VisionofMilotic, Apr 26: Agreeing with Shooting Star. It was silly to shut down the game corner altogether. You can always keep the games and prizes, and lose the slot machines and gambling references, and cool examples of how to do this were shared. I would be grateful to...

23 2,327

Started by Poke fan number 489

6th Gen

Unlimited Berry Picker - High Score!

(2 pages)

Megan, Apr 23: This thread is from 2013. We usually allow people to bring up older topics. But for threads this old we kindly ask you to open a new thread, instead. :D

38 4,976

Started by Hyzenthlay

What old generation looked the best to you?

VisionofMilotic, Apr 22: Gen 6. I can resoec that 3d won't be everybody's cup of tea, but the Pokemon models were quite beautiful in my eyes, looked solid from all angles and had lively battle animations, including the scenes for mega evolution. Every Pokemon also had a lot...

14 2,615

Started by Sheep

7th Gen

Pokemon Let's Go Eevee/Pikachu LGPE Natures, Moves, Reference Guide!

Ravakahr, Apr 22: So sorry I've deleted it all since then! I never got any feedback so I deleted it.

3 1,520

Started by Ravakahr

Nickname censorship

popplio25, Apr 20: *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 4,188

Started by Auticorn

3rd Gen

Gen 3 Tournaments?

Nah, Apr 19: tbh I'm not really sure why exactly PC's competitive playerbase/interest diminished, just that it did and that all attempts to revitalize it didn't work out. Though maybe someone else has ideas as to why. And feel free to ask me or any other...

3 952

Started by mewtwo2you

2nd Gen

playing through silver for the first time (where is a leafstone?)

icycatelf, Apr 7: Route 25 is located above Cerulean City, across the bridge.

4 1,640

Started by tokki211

6th Gen

Theories about why Looker washed up with amnesia at Battle Resort (ORAS)

_confused_piplup_, Apr 4: pretty much what Nah wrote about the changes. However imo White 2 is an upgrade not a downgrade, while gen 7 is a downgrade. That's just my opinion tho, because I didn't like gen 7. About Looker, I wouldn't overthink it. Meeting Looker after the...

4 1,419

Started by LookerFoundYou

6th Gen

In ORAS, can you capture Kyogre in the Delta Episode if you made it faint earlier in the game during the storm?

Devalue, Apr 3: Should be there regardless of how long since last clearing the Elite Four. May continuing beating the Elite Four to respawn it, if you defeat it again. Stops respawning once you catch it.

3 1,326

Started by LookerFoundYou

1st Gen

1st generation red jap version

Merka, Apr 1: Thank you very much, now I see all clear. I must have been checking the wrong sources... That explains lot of things. Sorry for my mistake. Definetly, I'm interested in your patch, I will play it very soon. Thank you again!

2 1,392

Started by Merka

4th Gen

Did you like Voltorb Flip, and would you like to see more minigames like this?

Nah, Mar 29: Never cared for it much myself, or any of the Game Corner minigames really, it's a lot of RNG-based grind.

9 1,912

Started by Sheep

2nd Gen

Are there any glitches to evolve Haunter on Crystal & Yellow on my own (on the 3DS Virtual Console versions)?

icycatelf, Mar 21: Not to my knowledge, but there are ways to generate any Pokémon, like the Celebi Egg Glitch or Coin Case Glitch. As with any glitch, however, there can be consequences if not executed to perfection. EDIT: You can also encounter Gengar in Yellow...

1 1,636

Started by iluvgengar

3rd Gen

HOW I would have done Emerald

yamibakura95, Mar 13: what do you mean when you are saying "loop"?

18 9,167

Started by yamibakura95

5th Gen

If SquereEnix was developing BW, they would have XY graphics

yamibakura95, Mar 13: your avatar drives me crazy, i always see a Houndoor for some reason

14 8,453

Started by yamibakura95

Manually switching PC boxes in gens 1-2

Palamon, Mar 11: 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 2,238

Started by Sheep

Hoenn: too much water?

Lucky1Yena, Mar 11: 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 3,248

Started by Sheep

What order did you do Johto gyms in?

Lucky1Yena, Mar 11: I'm another one in the "take the presented order in the trainer card" group.

15 3,784

Started by Sheep

4th Gen

The Dongle Method

Lucky1Yena, Mar 11: I can honestly say I didn't even know this was a thing. Not sure how it escaped my knowledge, maybe I was asleep when it was announced XD Now I'm gonna have to dust off my Nintendo DS and my GBA games and try it

6 2,414

Started by VisionofMilotic

7th Gen

Dusk Mane and Dawn Wings Necrozma

EmTheGhost, Mar 9: They are, without exaggeration, my favorite Pokemon (mainly Dawn Wings), and - not to be weird about it, but they're just, very special to me. This thread had to come around a few times before I posted anything because I had too much trouble...

9 19,670

Started by Palamon

3rd Gen

$500 Magikarp?

Nah, Mar 4: I suppose I should let you know that there gets to be a point where most threads are too old to dig up, and one last posted in 2004 definitely qualifies as that.

23 40,677

Started by Abusoru

6th Gen

ORAS

Dr_Woodie, Feb 28: I love the Dex Nav feature! Also horde encounters. So excited to shiny hunt them with best odds possible! completing my nat dex tonight 8D

19 18,269

Started by VisionofMilotic

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

Previous Generations Feedback Thread

Previous Generations FAQ

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

Tympole water absorb

Day Care

Best Music From XY?

Decoding Action Replay Codes

The Best Generation

Do you want BW remakes?

Which old gen was your favorite to train in?

The best teams and most unusual teams you have used in Gen 3

Ho-oh or Lugia?

There were a few things about Emerald that i didnt like compared to the original RS

RNG Manipulation

Best ways to collect all Pokemon/Play the Pokemon games?

What was your pokemon team with which you completed the adventure for the first time?

Archie and Maxie's new designs in ORAS

Partner Trainers

Sapphire Save File (HELP)

The Ultimate Lillie Roast thread (fans, please stay away)

Trading

Pokemon soulsilver

Gen 6 trading communication error

I'm replaying BW1 and having fun with talking NPCs

Kris and Lyra

Mom

Funnest old gen to replay?

Friend Safari Time

My Perspective on XY - Were They Really That Bad?

Help me recover my 15 years old Blaziken

Is it possible to empty the berry stock in D/P?

Decisions that made no sense.

Unlimited Berry Picker - High Score!

What old generation looked the best to you?

Pokemon Let's Go Eevee/Pikachu LGPE Natures, Moves, Reference Guide!

Nickname censorship

Gen 3 Tournaments?

playing through silver for the first time (where is a leafstone?)

Theories about why Looker washed up with amnesia at Battle Resort (ORAS)

In ORAS, can you capture Kyogre in the Delta Episode if you made it faint earlier in the game during the storm?

1st generation red jap version

Did you like Voltorb Flip, and would you like to see more minigames like this?

Are there any glitches to evolve Haunter on Crystal & Yellow on my own (on the 3DS Virtual Console versions)?

HOW I would have done Emerald

If SquereEnix was developing BW, they would have XY graphics

Manually switching PC boxes in gens 1-2

Hoenn: too much water?

What order did you do Johto gyms in?

The Dongle Method

Dusk Mane and Dawn Wings Necrozma

$500 Magikarp?

ORAS