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Swolligator March 27th, 2010 3:36 PM

PokeRus - Beware!
 
Ok, so I got pokemon Heart Gold on thursday..... 3 days ago when it first came out in New Zealand. Yesterday i arrived in Eckruteak and found that my pokemon had the PokeRus - i thought myself lucky.

Oops my bad, got the evolution level wrong.

I've put this thread up for all thoes who have got the PokeRus in HGSS and also for its discussion.

Sudeki March 27th, 2010 3:38 PM

Uh, Pokerus doesnt stop your pokemon from evolving >>, One of the first things I did was trade over pokerus into my save file from my diamond xD.

Swolligator March 27th, 2010 3:40 PM

oops my bad, got its evolving level mixed up, damn, i feel bad for posting that. i count myself lucky tho, the rate for getting the virus is lower than a shiny and i have yet to se a single shiny.

Sudeki March 27th, 2010 3:41 PM

yeah, the pokerus rates are in the 1/millions lol.

Swolligator March 27th, 2010 3:47 PM

according to Bulbapedia:

"When it was introduced, the Pokérus had a 3 in 65,536 chance to be on a wild Pokémon. Through battling or capturing this wild Pokémon, players could get this helpful virus onto their own Pokémon, and subsequently spread it around. Due to the overwhelmingly low chance of encountering the virus (about 1/3 of the chance to encounter a shiny Pokémon), and the fact that most would not even recognize a Pokémon with the virus and therefore flee from it, however, most players would never have a Pokémon with the virus."

Kerjo March 27th, 2010 3:54 PM

Haha, I got the virus while training for the elite 4. My main team has it and it's now being preserved by a mew in my pc's legendary box. Though I didn't know it was rarer than seeing a shiny...I'm still wishing for that to happen.

TrinityLimit March 27th, 2010 3:55 PM

pokerus helps in Ev' training. all my pokemon are cured though. lol.

i got it once from a wild budew in my pearl version.

Charmander__ March 27th, 2010 4:01 PM

Is the Red Gyarados a Shiny??? Cuz it always shines when it comes out of the Pokeball..... Anyway, I haven't had a single Pokemon with the PokeRus yet.... :/

Charmander__ March 27th, 2010 4:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Team Fail (Post 5658119)
Yes, it is. But, you get it as a shiny in any version of HGSS. I'm still trying to get Pokerus, I've gotten it on the GTS a few times, thought I've never had it myself without a cheating device.

OOOOOOHHHH, Okay, just makin' sure. :3 What does PokeRus even do to your Pokemon???

ThatsTakao March 27th, 2010 4:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charmander__ (Post 5658121)
OOOOOOHHHH, Okay, just makin' sure. :3 What does PokeRus even do to your Pokemon???

Multiplies the EV's you get from a Pokemon battle by two I think.

TrinityLimit March 27th, 2010 4:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charmander__ (Post 5658121)
OOOOOOHHHH, Okay, just makin' sure. :3 What does PokeRus even do to your Pokemon???


it doubles the Ev points gained from ev training. quite useful in my opinion, cuts ev training time in half.



Charmander__ March 27th, 2010 4:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TrinityLimit (Post 5658128)
it doubles the Ev points gained from ev training. quite useful in my opinion, cuts ev training time in half.


Call me dumb, but... EV's? .... Hehe..... :/

perfectmonster March 27th, 2010 4:11 PM

I've only ever got the virus from my friends pokemon he traded.
Quote:

it doubles the Ev points gained from ev training.
What IS ev training? Everyone talks about it bu tI have no idea what it is...

Tinhead Bruce March 27th, 2010 4:17 PM

May I refer you guys to the compiled guides?

Right here.

Oh, and lol and the below comment... err, I think it's 3 below me.

Kon~ March 27th, 2010 4:17 PM

Those stats make me feel even luckier as I've had the 'rus on TWO games without trading between them! ^o^ I must be lucky!

When I find my Diamond (currently, unfortunately, lost) I'm transferring a Lv. 1, completely untouched Sneasel over for some serious EV training. :D

ThatsTakao March 27th, 2010 4:18 PM

You should read this to learn about EVs.
http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-rs/ev.shtml

Charmander__ March 27th, 2010 4:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tinhead Bruce (Post 5658159)
May I refer you guys to the compiled guides?

No, no you cannot. :3 ....... :P

Sneeze March 27th, 2010 4:23 PM

I have Pokérus but I got it via a trade on GameFAQs, never encountered it naturally. It's useful for EV training, not really much else to add.

I just wish there was a human equivalent of the disease irl. Would make uni work easier. <.<

ThatsTakao March 27th, 2010 4:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charmander__ (Post 5658168)
No, no you cannot. :3 ....... :P

.-.
Evs determine how your stats go up.
Simply put.
There are limits to how many EVs you can have though.

Yusshin March 27th, 2010 4:39 PM

I got PokeRUS once on a wild Drifloon in Pearl; never got it in SS, though ): I can always trade :)

Xine March 27th, 2010 5:38 PM

i got one from platinum :)

gotta spreading it to all of my game XD

Kudo March 27th, 2010 6:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 雷影 イチロ (Post 5658042)
oops my bad, got its evolving level mixed up, damn, i feel bad for posting that. i count myself lucky tho, the rate for getting the virus is lower than a shiny and i have yet to se a single shiny.


That's...happened for me too.

I was playing the Japanese version of SoulSilver a couple months back when I saw my ditto had pokerus. I've gone through Platinum and SoulSilver and have not encountered a single shiny in the wild (Red Gyrados not included).

Kon~ March 28th, 2010 3:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kudo (Post 5658636)
That's...happened for me too.

I was playing the Japanese version of SoulSilver a couple months back when I saw my ditto had pokerus. I've gone through Platinum and SoulSilver and have not encountered a single shiny in the wild (Red Gyrados not included).

I've NEVER had a shiny, every (not even Red Gyarados, as I somehow... missed out GSC completely as a child) and yet, as I've said, I've had Pokerus twice.

An' that don't seem right. ~♪

Dawg 2005 March 28th, 2010 6:45 AM

I don't even know how I got PokeRus, I just healed my Pokemon, and bam, there it was.

Kokuo March 28th, 2010 10:22 AM

I has Pokerus in my Diamond once, however I didn't notice until after it had passed, so I only have that little face next to my pokemon now.

Swolligator March 28th, 2010 10:50 PM

while i appreciate the fact that i have the pokevirus, i would rather have a shiny, they look cool.

AshK April 2nd, 2010 2:18 AM

ehe... i got pokerus from a wild pokemon in ruby.
at the time, i had no idea what it was, freaked out and just saw what happens. a little while later, my internet wast back up and i kicked myself for losing it...
live and learn i guess.

Totodile! April 11th, 2010 12:48 PM

Since the thread I posted in about my encounter of the pokerus here's what I said:
Quote:

Yeah ... that happened to me last month when I didn't have a DS yet, while I was playing on an emulator.
I was EV training my Scyther when the PPs of the moves went out so I went to the Pokemon Center and the nurse told me I have pokérus. I was happy ;]
Professor Elm also called me after I got infected (he called several times actually) to tell me that nothing is quite know about this pokérus and it's nothing to worry about ;]

Oh and I still have that save with a infected pokémon in the box xD


Pokeon-Girl April 14th, 2010 6:09 AM

I got Pokerus really early on in the game :) I didn't think anything of it but this thread showed me it's really rare to get the virus. I'm really happy now!

:D

Eon-Rider April 14th, 2010 8:03 AM

I traded a Pokemon that had it cured from Platinum if that counts.

Rocket Executive Josh April 14th, 2010 9:20 AM

I got it in Emerald twice, on two different files but never saw a shiny once. But I thought it was bad so I started a new game both times :(

xJordan360 April 14th, 2010 9:27 AM

It's seriously rarer than a shiny? I've had pokerus about 5 times since DPPt, and I've yet to see a shiny. D:

CrashSmAshley April 14th, 2010 9:47 AM

I wish I had it. Still haven't got it!

EJ April 14th, 2010 9:51 AM

I got it once in Platinum but nothing in HGSS so far....

xJordan360 April 14th, 2010 9:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by .EJ (Post 5715072)
I got it once in Platinum but nothing in HGSS so far....

I got it by the time i was in Goldenrod O.o

Tombstone975 April 14th, 2010 11:26 AM

I can't remember how I got it either. Must of been grinding XP for Elite Four in ruby then Migrated it to Soul Silver.


PokeRus ftw ^^.

Circuit April 14th, 2010 11:45 AM

I've never had it, though I have come across shinies several times (not incuding RG). I really want the 'rus, to help with EV training, and just to have the experience. I have a traded Pokemon that had it, but it was lvl 100, so I couldn't train it (already done) and I had it as the only Pokemon in my team, and didn't realise it had it until it was cured. Damn it.

Pokegirl98 May 30th, 2010 2:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by .EJ (Post 5715072)
I got it once in Platinum but nothing in HGSS so far....

Same. I was in Celestic town and the nurse joy told me that my pokemon had the 'rus. I was extremely happy and went to train. The 'rus lasted about 10 minutes and didn't leave a smiley face behind. I wonder if I was just imagining it....

Benjamin510 May 30th, 2010 3:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xJordan360 (Post 5715030)
It's seriously rarer than a shiny? I've had pokerus about 5 times since DPPt, and I've yet to see a shiny. D:

No... It is Less rare than a shiny.

Anti_Secret May 30th, 2010 3:22 PM

I had pokerus once in Diamond. As for shiny pokemon, I find them once or twice every game.

bobandbill May 31st, 2010 3:27 AM

Don't bump threads over a month old, please.

Closed.


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