Recent content by Pikachu3828

I'm the webmaster of a Pokémon site with 4.5k members and 105k posts. Certainly not the largest, but not small either.

Thought I would give this a bump as the Pokémon adoptable section of the website has had a major, major overhaul and is far more of an online game than just something to stick in your signature. URL is https://www.thepikaclub.co.uk/adopt/ if you want to give it a go.

Actually I didn't have much trouble with the legendary dogs (or any roaming Pokémon actually) in Heart Gold. It's unusual as normally I hate roaming Pokémon with a passion as I really struggle to catch them (Gold, Diamond) Here are my times: Raikou: Caught on first encounter with Quick Ball...

Good luck, it can easily number into the tens of thousands before you get a shiny. A much more efficient way of doing so would simply be to take the starter on offer then later in the game acquire a foreign Pokémon and breed it with your starter.

Personally I never saw much point to secret bases. They were a cool little extra but I don't think they really added anything to the game. If they don't make a return in Black/White I won't miss them. What I do miss is what spawned secret bases; the ability to customise your room from G/S/C. So...

I'll just start by prefacing that Pokémon Gold is by far my favourite ever Pokémon game and I loved that game to bits. I bought the game when it first came out and tried to get a complete Pokédex in that game and got very, very close. I believe I got to about 247 caught/250 seen. I hadn't...

While the sentiment is well intentioned I'm afraid you'll be drowned out by the hundreds of 8 year olds who think asking for a lv 100 Shaymin in return for a lv 1 Pidgey is a perfectly fair trade.

This is true most of the time, however. I like Sugimori's art style. I prefer the washed out effect that came from when he used to use watercolours but his style remains crisp and distinct to this day. It's perfect for Pokémon because he uses bright colours and unambiguous lines which makes...

Yes it is hard to implement. Damn hard. There was a massive change in Pokémon architecture between Gen II and III specifically because Gamefreak knew backtrades would not be possible so they could rewrite how everything worked. While it's possible they could compensate for the totally different...

When, while training some low level Pokémon for the dex entry, I came across Raikou for the first time. Being unable to do anything else, I just threw a Quick Ball at it with no expectations. Caught it on the first try.

With the exception of Diamond I always keep my starter in my team. It's usually one of the higher levelled Pokémon in my team so it's just an inconvenience to change.

It wouldn't have been too annoying if it only affected the Pokémon that were available. It would sort of make sense that some Pokémon are only available at certain times of the year. Since it's been announced that certain areas of the game are inaccessible during certain seasons though I'm glad...

Usually I have a favourite Pokémon for every generation. In Gen I it has always been Gyarados, in Gen II Tyranitar and in Gen III Zangoose. Easy. But in Gen IV I cannot make my mind up. At first it was Drapion, then it was Rhyperior, then Mamoswine and now I'm leaning back to Drapion again...

I think what's more surprising is the old couple have been running the breeding centre for a long time yet without fail they are constantly surprised every single time your Pokémon has an egg.

I chose Piplup as I think it's the cutest Gen IV starter. How high you want to go before facing the next city is up to you but for example level 10 should be plenty.