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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, Aug 1: Here is another really, really obscure bug in the gen 1 games. When you push a boulder in the downwards direction, the puff of dust has poor visibility. This is because its object attributes are not getting set correctly. What happens is that, when...

41 28,346

Started by Amy May

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 13,786

Started by Nah

Important

Previous Generations Feedback Thread

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

17 23,790

Started by Nah

5th Gen

The Old Scripts of Pokéstar Studios

Biozilla, Aug 9: Hello, everyone. It's been a while since I last visited, but I wanted to share another easter egg pertaining to Black 2 and White 2's Pokéstar Studios. If you film good endings for every studio script, you will be granted access to the VIP...

0 7

Started by Biozilla

4th Gen

searching for a good emulator to play Pokémon platinum

cossu3, Aug 7: PS I'm on MAC

1 85

Started by cossu3

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

bez850, Aug 8: Better late than never though! Sick teams!

11 213

Started by bez850

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...

3 126

Started by cossu3

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...

1 142

Started by cGui09

1st Gen

Best & worst gen 1 sprites

soulzzii, Aug 5: for me atleast, the yellow sprites are probably the best gen 1 sprites, my personal favorite is Eevee, since its really cute, and on r\g\b i also really like the eeveelutions, i also love how Mewtwo design there, its iconic. Also love the Gengar and...

6 232

Started by VisionofMilotic

4th Gen

problem trading between real/flash cart

CrookiNari, Jul 23: Heya, I'm trying to trade between a real HG cart and a ROM on an R4. But every time I so much as take a step on the flash cart, it tells me there's a communication error and sends me back to the title screen. I've been trying the Union Room and have...

0 201

Started by CrookiNari

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.

7 586

Started by Sheep

1st Gen

Legendary Pokémon Offer Mew

Julius_Blaze, Jul 15: Hi! My name is Blaze, and im one of the people involved in the r/lostmedia thread and actively searching for this Mew. You contacted me there, but im very glad to read this thread, it seems you have a treasure in your hands. If possible and we...

6 498

Started by Akonnwalker

1st Gen

Bulbasaur's vine whip

Squirtkipfan01, Jul 17: I approve of squirtle preaching and yea i guess charizard did get alot of mainstream in the anime

13 662

Started by rainbowfurreteatingawaffle77

1st Gen

A thorough review of Pokemon Red and Blue

AlecAzzamYT, Jul 10: Thanks for letting me know, Nah! @ jojobear 13, thank you so much for that feedback!! That is so incredibly helpful! I'm still working on my editing skills so with time I'm hoping to improve in that area. Excellent point about the sprites. I try...

3 494

Started by AlecAzzamYT

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

CooltrainerKen, Jul 20: Currently playing crystal and the Kanto region lacks a lot.it feels barren.lacks side quests and NPCs who phone you.no safari zone.veridian forest looks incomplete.the wild pokemon in bushes seem to have their levels all over the place making it...

12 733

Started by Sheep

5th Gen

Tympole water absorb

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

2 368

Started by Rojin70065

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...

0 392

Started by Gryfphen

1st Gen

Day Care

Megan, Jul 8: I've used it mostly just to get some more levels on Pokemon I didn't train. I think the most use I got out of it came due to schoolyard rumors of some sort of Poke gods at the time. Leave a Pokemon there for too long and it'll run away and you get...

9 768

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...

6 618

Started by Sheep

3rd Gen

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

Explorer of Time, Jul 6: My randomized FireRed run was also extremely weird. ...

7 933

Started by Adamabbafan

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.

3 641

Started by MultipedBeatle

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...

5 729

Started by Vielleroue

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 1,002

Started by Sheep

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. :)

1 242

Started by Thegenfiver

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.

2 420

Started by Palamon

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...

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Started by Eanrua1

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?

12 719

Started by Nick Warren

5th Gen

I'm replaying BW1 and having fun with talking NPCs

Sheep, Jul 22: Unova had some really fun NPC dialogue - I feel like I remember it being the most fun to talk to everyone, whereas I hardly remember dialogue from most other games. Seeing NPCs in Castelia have barely any interest in talking cause they're in a rush...

4 1,061

Started by XXTheMichelXX

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 1,115

Started by kgold

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 1,063

Started by Sheep

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 1,692

Started by VisionofMilotic

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 2,229

Started by Koopa_T

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 1,517

Started by d4rk

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 1,603

Started by SameLucky

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 2,087

Started by Terrablim98

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 1,736

Started by mewtwo2you

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 2,128

Started by LookerFoundYou

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 2,280

Started by LookerFoundYou

Decisions that made no sense.

(2 pages)

Fritz, Jul 25: Bringing back single-use TMs just to force people to do things like Raid Battles in SWSH or digging for treasure in BDSP's Underground. Makes both of these activities feel like a chore at times. Being able to paralyze Electric types in older...

34 3,647

Started by Poke fan number 489

2nd Gen

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

CooltrainerKen, Jul 19: I believe you can only get one leafstone in silver from bills dad on route 25(bills house in gen1).in crystal there are NPCs who phone you and give you stones from time to time.my suggestion is find someone playing crystal who needs a mareep or...

5 2,634

Started by tokki211

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 2,287

Started by Merka

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 2,652

Started by iluvgengar

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 2,912

Started by Sheep

What old generation looked the best to you?

cossu3, Aug 5: probably heart gold because of the palette they used, it spreads happiness

18 3,918

Started by Sheep

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 3,287

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 3,502

Started by VisionofMilotic

6th Gen

Shiny Terrakion caught in OR, 1st enounter, Full Odds!!

VisionofMilotic, Feb 26: I would love to help you get the shiny charm, if you still need some trades. If you are this lucky already, just think of all the good things you might find in horde and random encounter once you're equipped with your shiny charm! Should you want...

5 3,661

Started by Dr_Woodie

2nd Gen

Gold/Silver VC sales numbers?

Nah, Feb 21: I've been trying to find how many units the VC re-releases of Gold/Silver sold, but haven't been able to find anything. Does anybody know what the number is (please provide link to source)?

0 3,504

Started by Nah

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 4,852

Started by CresentAzure

4th Gen

Platinum actually does fit Diamond/Pearl

_confused_piplup_, Feb 24: I have never heard this kind of discussion tbh. I feel like it just refers to platinum being a highly valuable thing, like diamonds and pearls. It works for me tbh.

10 4,026

Started by Palamon

7th Gen

USUM Trial Pokemon IVs & EVs

Devalue, Feb 13: Found a dump on pastebin. Spoilered it below. Short version: Favored defensive natures and Effort Value spreads on Totem Pokemon. Varies on Individual Values (with several 1's in offensive stats). Increases over time. Chose +Speed or -Speed...

3 4,831

Started by Chortexiphan

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 4,585

Started by Sheep

4th Gen

Heart scales before elite four

Amore, Feb 11: The Underground is your friend. I really got into it in a Platinum save a few years ago and I've not wanted for a Heart Scale since (or any evolution stone except Sun).

6 4,159

Started by VisionofMilotic

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The Old Scripts of Pokéstar Studios

searching for a good emulator to play Pokémon platinum

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

do you thing firered is set in the right difficulty?

New attack in Fire Red

Best & worst gen 1 sprites

problem trading between real/flash cart

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

Legendary Pokémon Offer Mew

Bulbasaur's vine whip

A thorough review of Pokemon Red and Blue

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

Tympole water absorb

Decoding Action Replay Codes

Day Care

Which old gen was your favorite to train in?

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

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

Partner Trainers

Archie and Maxie's new designs in ORAS

Trading

RNG Manipulation

Gen 6 trading communication error

Pokemon soulsilver

I'm replaying BW1 and having fun with talking NPCs

Sapphire Save File (HELP)

Funnest old gen to replay?

Mom

Friend Safari Time

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

Help me recover my 15 years old Blaziken

My Perspective on XY - Were They Really That Bad?

Gen 3 Tournaments?

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

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

Decisions that made no sense.

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

1st generation red jap version

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

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

What old generation looked the best to you?

Manually switching PC boxes in gens 1-2

The Dongle Method

Shiny Terrakion caught in OR, 1st enounter, Full Odds!!

Gold/Silver VC sales numbers?

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

Platinum actually does fit Diamond/Pearl

USUM Trial Pokemon IVs & EVs

Hoenn: too much water?

Heart scales before elite four