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Horyo January 10th, 2009 11:39 PM

What brings you back?
 
What usually brings you back to the game? I haven't found much of a reason yet to bring myself to pick up Diamond again, other than just seeing al my pride and joy of the Pokemon world.

But I'm sure we all have different reasons why we'd return to play, right? Some like breeding, some like certain areas, so what do you like?

Empire January 11th, 2009 1:08 AM

Competitive Battling =P - I have not played Pearl for months untill last week where i started WiFi Battling Again.

Evilyn January 11th, 2009 1:19 AM

The Hax Battle Tower and Shiny hunting. I will get that Shiny Eevee and Drifloon. >.>

Yu_&_Rei January 11th, 2009 1:25 AM

pretty much competitive battling, although mostly Im asked for a battle. I never request em

Pachireecko January 11th, 2009 1:29 AM

I start playing it again just because I see some videos on youtube or somewhere!

~Kavin~ January 11th, 2009 4:44 AM

it's so much to do. IF your not catching them all, you have contests cause people rarely do them, ev training, shiny hunting, competitive battling, the battle tower. That's a lot of things to keep you occupied.

jayjayfish January 11th, 2009 4:46 AM

i just enjoy the competitive battling

TwilightBlade January 11th, 2009 6:55 AM

Shiny hunting and EV training; however, sometimes I enjoy competitive battling. I just like to try training new pokemon.

Peanut_Butters January 11th, 2009 10:22 AM

The Pokemon.

I'm sure this sounds silly and immature,but I love my Pokemon..And I shall train them to be the best they can be!

I have alot of Pokemon I haven't trained yet,they're low levels,and aren't completely affectionate to me..I also have my contest Pokemon,I caught 3 Buneary's yesterday.

Also,I really want to obtain every Pokemon.
That means I battle tower!
..EV training!I must EV train!

I keep on forgetting though,I usually just train Pokemon I like,I don't actually look at their stats,I look at their personalities and gender ^^;
I don't really care for their personalities though.

Caelus January 11th, 2009 10:29 AM

Probably the Battle Tower.
I go there every time I'm bored.
If that doesn't bring me back then the legendary pokemons do, since I have yet to have catch them all.

Zelda January 11th, 2009 10:39 AM

I am always playing my games cuz I never get bored of them ':D
But mainly becuase of the contests in it..

captainfez3 January 11th, 2009 3:13 PM

Training usually. I always have a set team, but then I wonder about how other pokemon would work together, so I make new teams. That of course leads to gambling, so I can buy TM's and then it starts rolling from there.

What can I say? Pokemon is a fun game, eh?

Gulpin January 11th, 2009 3:24 PM

I like doing challenges on games. Its a lot of fun, but I also like trading and *sometimes* EV training.

OffRoadSP January 12th, 2009 3:02 PM

I want to catch 'em all. I've never successfully done that in any previous generation, but I'm determined in this one. So that will keep me coming back.

I think once I get the PokeRadar, shiny hunting will keep me interested. I've caught 2 shiny pokemon this generation by chance, and keeps me wanting more.

Competitive battling I'm not really into. I have EV-trained both my shiny pokemon, but they're definitely UU or NU tier - not fit for the true OU battles everyone looks for. I just took whatever random nature and IV's each had, and built a moveset around that. They're not powerhouses, but they're unique. So I guess doing stuff like that keeps me coming back for more.

Black Omega Zero January 12th, 2009 3:22 PM

Only the Competitive Battling and the Battle Tower desire to make more records, that's Pokemon games to me...

Mimikyu402 January 13th, 2009 6:52 AM

I havent even left my game aside so I dont need to get back in the game I play most of my Gen 3 and 4 games every week

dark_seeker January 13th, 2009 7:28 AM

BATTLE TOWER FOREVER:):):):):):):):)

randomspot555 January 13th, 2009 7:57 AM

Competitive battling and the Battle Tower

I'm starting to get into breeding. Not really for my own sake, because I have plenty of battle worthy Pokemon, but basically so I can nickname them, and prep a Platinum team.

Soft resetting. I have a Diamond copy where I'm about to face Dialga.

AuraAshley January 13th, 2009 12:12 PM

for me i guess the fact that i crave to play it again so i start playing again

Mr. Epic January 13th, 2009 1:38 PM

Well I always find stuff to do like continuing training of some Pokémon, searching and trading for some that I don't have and I used to go back for battling when I had a wireless connection.

EricTheEevee January 14th, 2009 10:07 PM

I used to just play the ingame then stop playing, but I recently discorvered event pokemon and found it very fun to collect them. I am also going to start competetive battling. :)

starryday January 15th, 2009 2:23 AM

I'm one of those that go through pokemon phases. =P I'll play for three months, won't pick it up for five. But I always come back because of my pokemon. I loves them like they were real. I get oddly attatched to the little pixels. lol Especially my Swellow from Sapphire that's now on Diamond. I <3 my boy.

Grovyle Style January 15th, 2009 8:21 AM

What usually brings me back to play?

Hm. . . Usually the idea of better EV training my pokemon and the fact that one of my friends like to battle me in PBR and so I often play around with my teams on Pearl until our battle date.

.Ozymandias January 15th, 2009 8:24 AM

Hmmm, good question! I come back because I want to 'catch them all' and for shiny hunting - tomorrow is Drifloon day, so SR-ing will be my main job!

homurakitsune January 15th, 2009 2:10 PM

I keep playing because I like experimenting with different teams. I'll play through the game with one team, restart, and play again. (At least with the older versions like Yellow or Crystal.)

As for Diamond/Pearl: I want to do absolutely everything in these games. I want a black trainer card, all 493 pokemon, and I want at least one(if not more) team(s) at level 100. My obsessive nature keeps me going. Haha.


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