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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 26,299

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 13,345

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 22,959

Started by Nah

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...

0 105

Started by Gryfphen

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...

8 302

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...

6 279

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:...

6 310

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.

3 236

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...

5 284

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...

8 432

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. :)

1 182

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.

2 255

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...

0 233

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?

12 616

Started by Nick Warren

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...

3 420

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.

4 553

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...

6 524

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...

11 940

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 1,354

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.

2 719

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.

2 877

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 1,159

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...

3 855

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 1,211

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 1,294

Started by LookerFoundYou

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 2,213

Started by Poke fan number 489

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 1,525

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 1,292

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 1,495

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 1,793

Started by Sheep

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 2,463

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 2,085

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 2,264

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 2,468

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 2,336

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 3,376

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 2,761

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 3,225

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 3,051

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 2,978

Started by VisionofMilotic

5th Gen

Pokemon Black 2/White 2 10th Anniversary

Sheep, Feb 9: That's absolutely incredible and I can't believe it's been so long. I preferred BW story-wise but BW2 had some lovely content and was also an amazing game. Definitely wonderful games and worth acknowledging on their 10th birthday! <3

3 2,800

Started by Ettenmoor

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 3,585

Started by Sheep

1st Gen

Loking for the Legendary Pokémon Offer Mew

Nah, Feb 3: Normally you'd want to ask this sort of thing over in our Trade Corner, but I wouldn't bother trying. As has been mentioned already, the odds of finding a legitimate one are practically non-existent, so any offer you'd get would almost certainly be...

2 2,503

Started by VisKeroo

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 3,183

Started by Sheep

1st Gen

best/ worst gen moves

Megan, Feb 6: Twineedle was a good move due to Bug being strong against Poison types. Gen 1 has a lot of Poison types, and a lot of them are Grass Types, as well. Unfortunately, that move is exclusive to Beedrill. That move alone makes Beedrill a lot better than...

4 2,845

Started by VisionofMilotic

2nd Gen

Kanto/Johto gym orders: was this intentional?

Megan, Feb 6: Gen 1 actually continued this trend right into the E4 ... < Ground < Ice < Fighting < Ghost = Dragon (the "strongest" type) And it kinda makes sense when you want to teach people how the type chart works and you want a sort of ingame explanation...

6 3,180

Started by Corveone

5th Gen

N: Zekrom or Reshiram?

Sweet Serenity, Jan 28: Lol, thanks for the welcome. You're so sweet. :)

5 3,088

Started by agravedigger

1st Gen

Your partner Pikachu in Yellow

icycatelf, Jan 28: Only if you met certain requirements in Pokémon Stadium, which I didn't have the patience for back then. Pretty sure it wasn't until last year that I ever fully trained a team in Gen. I. Back then you needed a Surfing Pikachu to play the surfing...

10 3,142

Started by Sheep

3rd Gen

sav2xps Program

Farsis, Jan 9: Hello everyone I was online looking for the program sav2xps but only found a link that was dead. Waybackmachine also didn't have anything of use. Does anybody here have anything or some other program?

0 1,620

Started by Farsis

1st Gen

Eevee

agravedigger, Jan 20: gosh yes! cliché, I know, but eevee is one of my favorites! first time I ever played Pokemon, it was Red and I decided to use vaporeon because it's very gracious and can swim. also absolutely disappearing in water!? I'm sold! nowadays I prefer to...

10 767

Started by Sheep

Was Whitney hard to beat for you?

agravedigger, Jan 20: yes :( HGSS is even worse because of abilities since I always get one of my teammates infatuated! the only time she was a breeze was when I caught a male nidoran, waited for mum to send me a moonstone and ran straight at her with a whole nidoking!...

21 3,304

Started by Sheep

5th Gen

How to actually utilise Challenge Mode

Amore, Feb 1: I would like to add - in case anyone else has my initial query and finds this by searching - that once you unlock Easy / Challenge Mode after beating Iris, you can then activate it for the rest of your save. I realised this when I was using the Key...

4 4,124

Started by Amore

2nd Gen

"Well, wouldn't you like this EGG?"

agravedigger, Jan 20: shiny pichu, I think! I know I had a shiny raichu on my team.

9 3,131

Started by Sheep

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Previous Generations FAQ

Previous Generations Feedback Thread

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

Pokemon Black 2/White 2 10th Anniversary

What order did you do Johto gyms in?

Loking for the Legendary Pokémon Offer Mew

Do you want BW remakes?

best/ worst gen moves

Kanto/Johto gym orders: was this intentional?

N: Zekrom or Reshiram?

Your partner Pikachu in Yellow

sav2xps Program

Eevee

Was Whitney hard to beat for you?

How to actually utilise Challenge Mode

"Well, wouldn't you like this EGG?"