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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: colours, Sydian

Pokémon Gaming Rules [Updated September 30th]

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

what aspects do you look for/enjoy in pokemon games?

fir3princ3ss, Jan 22: I really enjoy the collecting aspect of the games. I've always tried to complete the pokedex outside of whatever story stuff is going on. I also find the training and grinding really calming for some reason. I can just zone out training and have...

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Started by Sydian

Pokemon Nicknames

(2 pages)

AquaNinja99, Jan 22: Whenever I play a fan game or ROM hack with Fakémon and actually use them, I usually just name them normally. Right now in my Uranium playthrough, I have AquaticVolt the Eletruxo, Land Drake the Terlard, Mad Sheep the Baariette and FastFreeze the...

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Started by Roni

missing mechanics

AquaNinja99, Jan 22: For me, the things that would cause chaos in Pokémon games are no types. Just remove all of them and make every Pokémon Normal type. Just use Tackles and Mega Punches and Hyper Beams, etc. can already see people suffering from STAB Explosion from...

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Started by Aquacorde

Anyone ever completed a living dex?

AquaNinja99, Jan 21: I don't really like catching that much Pokémon, even in official games, I only have like one box of Pokémon I used on my team before. The most boxes of random Pokémon I got is in Pokémon Unbound, my 1st ever completed ROM hack and it was AMAZING. It...

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Started by Sheep

What was your first shiny Pokémon?

icycatelf, Jan 20: A Golbat in Silver. I didn't know about Shinies back then (I thought Red Gyarados was the only one) and didn't notice the color difference in the dim lighting, so I figured my eyes were playing tricks on me when it sparkled and tried to run. The...

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Started by Sheep

Progression and Exploration

Seliph, Jan 20: I think it's possible to create mainline games that mainly focus on exploration. The first two generations already it it albeit in a very rudimentary way. However, going that route means they'd need to cut a lot of corners. Taking BotW as an...

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Started by von Sternen

The foe's ROSERADE used Poison Sting!

AquaNinja99, Jan 20: I name them normally regardless. I don't ever get bothered by it and only thought of it today when I read this post.

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Started by Sheep

Pokémon video games developed by other video game developers with Gamefreak's and Creatures' license?

Thomas Wiencek, Jan 19: Hey, guys. Did you think that others video game developers like Genius Sonority, Inc. had developed video games like Pokémon Colosseum for Nintendo, but only with Game Freak, Inc.'s and Creatures, Inc.'s license?

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Started by Thomas Wiencek

Spinoff

New PokemonSnap who else is excited!!

Sheep, Jan 19: Completely forgot you do this for some reason - it's super cool!! I hope the game will live up to your expectations. I feel bad saying this but I hope we'll still be able to throw apples/berries at the mons in this iteration, while that was a...

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Started by bobandbill

Your Current Team

(4 pages)

Fritz, Jan 18: I beat Pokémon Black 2 earlier with this team: Mienshao Lv 62 Metagross Lv 60 Volcarona Lv 61 Thundurus Lv 61 Landorus Lv 61 Palkia Lv 61 4/6 of this team came from the Dream Radar

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Started by Captain Typhlosion

Fave Hidden Ability?

FeraligatrMaster, Jan 18: Feraligatr, Nidoking, Nidoqueen, and Tauros with Sheer Force Tangrowth, Slowbro, Slowking, and Toxapex with Regenerator Excadrill with Mold Breaker Serperior with Contrary Garchomp with Rough Skin Salamence, Heracross, Honchkrow, and Gyarados...

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Started by Roni

What would you add to a pokemon game to make it perfect

colours, Jan 17: just give me a pokemon game with lots of minigames that i can do whenever i'm tired of battling and i think that would serve me well. Game Freak was on the right track with this with Mantine Surfing in USUM, and i think Dynamax Adventures is in...

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Started by SadOldMan

Your gym puzzle

Nah, Jan 16: Would be kinda boring if every gym was just "walk up to the leader and kick their ass", especially for a focal point of the gameplay. You're not wrong in that the gym leader battle itself should be exciting, but that and having a good gym puzzle...

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Started by Sheep

What was your first lv. 100 Pokémon?

(2 pages)

Zed01, Jan 16: Mine was Talonflame in Y. I never managed to get any of my Pokemon to level 100 before Gen 6 and the new broken Exp. Share, I think the closest I ever got is with my Serperior on my White 2 since it is at around level 92 right now. Maybe one day...

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Started by Sheep

I think the remakes have just been confirmed...

colours, Jan 15: cautiously optimistic. not gonna get my hopes up, but i'll be pleasantly surprised if this is finally the year for dppt remakes o:

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Started by CelloX

The New and Improved ShinyCount+, Now Fully Released!

Syntthetix, Jan 15: Full installation, auto updating, and automatic font handling are now fully implemented! From v1.1.3 onward, the program will be installed in Windows, and updates will be downloaded automatically in the background when the program is launched, then...

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Started by Syntthetix

Had any issues taking out Dragons before the Fairies became a thing?

AquaNinja99, Jan 14: Nah, I always have an ice type. Not just Ice Beam on a Water type, AN ICE TYPE. I had Ollie the Walrein in Sapphire, the in game trade Jynx named ZYNX and Blubbly the Walrein in Pokémon Unbound. ( highly recommend playing it ). If I had to have a...

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Started by PageEmperor

pick one starter to use in your in-game team

Raicheot, Jan 14: It would have to be between Charmander, Totodile or Mudkip, tough one but I think I'd go with charmander as its my most used starter out of the 3

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Started by Sheep

least favorite game

(2 pages)

Harmonie, Jan 14: If we include LGP/E then they are the automatic winner (loser? lol). Like you just can't get worse than a super conservative remake of a Gameboy game in 2018 for $60 on the same console that runs Breath of the Wild. These games were also released...

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Started by Sheep

Gen \ Comparative difficulty aka what just happened?!

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Jan 13: Yeah i used bulbasaur I think, I tinkered with my game a bit trying to learn script and somehow ended up giving myself every starter but charmander lol, including ivysaur. XD Maybe that was my problem, I think i had made a different team for...

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Started by Meister_anon~Master_o f_None

Spinoff

Ideas for non-starter playable characters for future PMD games?

PageEmperor, Jan 13: What the title says. What non-starters would you like to see in pokemon mystery dungeon that can be used as playable characters? I’ll focus on the two generations that didn’t experience an original PMD game. For gen8, Applin could be...

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Started by PageEmperor

I can't launch pokemon omega ruby and pokemon X because of this error ! PLEASE HELP ME

DJ Allen, Jan 11: hey you're GPU can't handle it upgrade you're pc or buy a new one

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Started by hanomi123

Spinoff

Fave spinoff?

Squirtlenator, Jan 11: Stadium and snap for me.

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Started by SawkTheWarrior

Spinoff

Remember when honest game trailers did videos for the main series pokemon games?

Sheep, Jan 10: yes, I've seen these! curious for more, a MD version would be neat. but I admit I stopped watching at the part where they talk about all the Pokémon one by one haha. never found that part as entertaining :x

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Started by PageEmperor

Items you wish were sold at Pokemarts

colours, Jan 10: sheep already mentioned apricot balls which i 100% agree with. i know they're supposed to be rare and selling them in shops would diminish that rarity, so they can just be made really expensive or something to make up for that. it'd have to be a...

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Started by Roni

Spinoff

I want to start Mystery Dungeon

colours, Jan 10: Explorers of Sky > Super Mystery Dungeon. shaymin bias aside, it'd be a shame to miss out on what one of the most popular PMD games had to offer because there's a lot. super mystery dungeon is ok, but i wasn't that crazy about it. if you decide...

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Started by YellowTemperment

Possible origin for fairy type weakness

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Jan 9: I looked into that after you said it and,... sheep I found an entire subreddit dedicated to fairies riding corgiis!! If you're interested you may find it here.

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Started by Meister_anon~Master_o f_None

Best Games to Shiny-Hunt(originals and fangames)

Sydian, Jan 8: i'll leave this thread open for discussion, but i recommend posting your progress for your shinylocke in the travel journals section.

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Started by $®[email protected]®

Favorite Pokemon Strategies

Squirtlenator, Jan 7: leech seed + toxic staus + protect/substitute + leftovers/black sludge/other self healing item/big root maybe even ingrain too if you want poison heal ability w/ toxic orb + toxic status + protect + substitute + roost swagger/flatter + psych...

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Started by LoungYink

Self Imposed Rules?

(2 pages)

von Sternen, Jan 6: I mean, if you're doing a hack you really shouldn't have a nuzlocke death mechanic without the player being able to toggle it at will. Especially without a lot of game testing. Players will often get in situations you didn't foresee and a mechanic...

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Started by Figure

Game Corner Slots

Sydian, Jan 4: i like slots irl but not so much in pokemon aha. can't order free drinks in pokemon... anyway i mostly spent my coins at the roulette in RSE tbh. that was my jam when i was a kid. ironically, i hate the slots in pokemon, but love roulette. i love...

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Started by Roni

Most frustrating puzzles/obstacles?

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Jan 4: that Ice gym in ruby or emerald. sky pillar you can at least leave if you get frustrated, i got stuck sliding on the ice, and realized I may never leave this place. 0-o oh and that turnstyle thing in one of those flying gyms.

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Started by Alpha Snowdust

Soft Locking

Palamon, Jan 3: tbh, I've watched the entirety of Pikaspery Yellow's Soft Lock Picking videos, which is what inspired me to make this thread. But there are some circumstances like in R/B/Y where you can softlocked if you battle a certain trainer that blocks...

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Started by Palamon

Secret/obscure in game events you know about

von Sternen, Jan 2: I think it's a mix between obscure and well known but the slots of the Game Corners usually have different odds. The best slots for Gen I and II are well documented - and in fact, in Gen II, the game even gives you a hint to figure out which one it...

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Started by Palamon

Fascinating nes Yellow Bootleg

Sydian, Jan 2: hey friend, this thread is several years old. i'm gonna go ahead and lock this. unfortunately, we don't allow the distribution of roms here on pokecommunity. come to think of it, i'm not sure why i didn't lock this back in 2012 but here we are lol.

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Started by Satoshi111

Gen 3 games for sale?

Sydian, Jan 1: hey friend, it's unfortunately against the rules to buy/sell on pokecommunity. i would highly recommend checking any mom and pop type of store nearby to see if they carry any copies. you're next best bet would be ebay, but things can be pretty dodgy...

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Started by SawkTheWarrior

Do you want to see Let's Go Johto games?

CelloX, Jan 1: I don't really want to see it, especially with Pokemon's anniversary coming up. There are far cooler things they should/could be working on...

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Started by Sheep

Early game Encounters

Bahamut, Dec 31: Starley and Shinx. Staraptor and Luxray are some of the best Pokemon to use in Sinnoh and they are really cool in general. I don't really care for most early game encounter Pokemon, as they tend to be weak.

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Started by Seliph

Game Help

Gamecube Gameboy Player

SawkTheWarrior, Dec 27: Thanks!

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Started by SawkTheWarrior

Male or female player?

von Sternen, Dec 26: I usually go for male more due to inertia than any other reason at this point. I never really saw it as "immersion" or something just like that, but I guess I just ended up picking male because it was sort of the default. The only games I have...

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Started by Sheep

HOME

Question about Pokémon home

liemmayer, Dec 25: I did not think about it before, but now there will be something to work on!

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Started by [email protected]

Do you have a favorite status effect?

Figure, Dec 24: It doesn't get halved when you have guts, it just boosts your attack. So Obstagoon has boosted attack from the burn, plus facade is boosted more and it is STAB.

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Started by Sheep

What legendary/mythical pokemon do you think has the best theme?

Dawn, Dec 20: Arceus. That is the kind of theme one would expect a creator deity to have.

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Started by Celeste✨💫

[Emulator] TGB Dual

Sydian, Dec 18: hey friend, he might still be looking, but since this thread is five years old, i think it would be better to send him a message directly instead of reviving this olden thread. going to go ahead and lock this.

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Started by d4rk

Easiest gym leaders

Roni, Dec 18: well my take on that is that Game Freak wanted to ensure Lance would still be a challenge while only being at Lv 50 max (since they needed to adjust the level curve for 16 badges and 2 champions). tis why chuck, jasmine, and pryce are all the same...

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Started by PageEmperor

Spinoff

pokemon mystery dungeon blue rescue team - who writes the Pokémon News? ( headcanons)

popplio25, Dec 16: anyone want to ? :3

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Started by popplio25

pET PEEVES v2

(3 pages)

Roni, Dec 14: if only they allowed us to choose difficulty at the start of the game, i feel like everybody would be happy, and there wouldn't be the need for people to literally edit it to make challenging hack versions and whatnot. i guess that's a pet peeve...

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Started by colours

lol just a PMD chat or whatever (RPs allowed)

pastelspectre, Dec 12: I have difficulty with some of the stages too. With DX I usually take a break and do some missions with my other team while I’m waiting to be rescued. It’s a good way to get leveled up and also more play time. I also just,, have been obsessively...

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Started by ImNotTails

Which evil team boss did you think was the hardest to battle?

FriendlyNeighborhoodAmpharosFan, Dec 10: BW Ghetsis for me. I would say Mother Beast Lusamine would be in contention, but I haven’t played Sun/Moon with the exact same ruleset that I used with Black/White (the most notable difference between the rulesets being the fact that Revive Spam was...

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Started by Sheep

The average fully evolved pokemon's base stats total is 507 as of VIII

blaca, Dec 9: Pokemon with 2 forms were combined and averaged, to get 1 base stat total. That's because it spends roughly half the time in one form, and roughly half in the other. Ex wishiwashi Megas were removed. I tried to keep the most commonly used...

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Started by blaca

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Pokémon Gaming Rules [Updated September 30th]

what aspects do you look for/enjoy in pokemon games?

Pokemon Nicknames

missing mechanics

Anyone ever completed a living dex?

What was your first shiny Pokémon?

Progression and Exploration

The foe's ROSERADE used Poison Sting!

Pokémon video games developed by other video game developers with Gamefreak's and Creatures' license?

New PokemonSnap who else is excited!!

Your Current Team

Fave Hidden Ability?

What would you add to a pokemon game to make it perfect

Your gym puzzle

What was your first lv. 100 Pokémon?

I think the remakes have just been confirmed...

The New and Improved ShinyCount+, Now Fully Released!

Had any issues taking out Dragons before the Fairies became a thing?

pick one starter to use in your in-game team

least favorite game

Gen \ Comparative difficulty aka what just happened?!

Ideas for non-starter playable characters for future PMD games?

I can't launch pokemon omega ruby and pokemon X because of this error ! PLEASE HELP ME

Fave spinoff?

Remember when honest game trailers did videos for the main series pokemon games?

Items you wish were sold at Pokemarts

I want to start Mystery Dungeon

Possible origin for fairy type weakness

Best Games to Shiny-Hunt(originals and fangames)

Favorite Pokemon Strategies

Self Imposed Rules?

Game Corner Slots

Most frustrating puzzles/obstacles?

Soft Locking

Secret/obscure in game events you know about

Fascinating nes Yellow Bootleg

Gen 3 games for sale?

Do you want to see Let's Go Johto games?

Early game Encounters

Gamecube Gameboy Player

Male or female player?

Question about Pokémon home

Do you have a favorite status effect?

What legendary/mythical pokemon do you think has the best theme?

[Emulator] TGB Dual

Easiest gym leaders

pokemon mystery dungeon blue rescue team - who writes the Pokémon News? ( headcanons)

pET PEEVES v2

lol just a PMD chat or whatever (RPs allowed)

Which evil team boss did you think was the hardest to battle?

The average fully evolved pokemon's base stats total is 507 as of VIII