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lumiina September 25th, 2010 2:19 PM

Releasing Pokemon
 
Recently, I released a few pokemon of mine, and have been feeling guilty about it. Even though they are just programmed pixels! Have any of you released some pokemon before and then regretted it? Why do you release your pokemon?

The reason I release pokemon is when they aren't very cute or cool. That makes me feel even worse. I think I'd feel less guilty if it were because I had no room in my box or if I already had one of the pokemon I am going to release.

dragoniteuser September 25th, 2010 2:20 PM

No not really, I just keep them on the computer...

Timbjerr September 25th, 2010 2:24 PM

When I'm breeding for a particular nature/ability, I don't feel guilty at all about releasing the babies that don't have the nature I'm looking for. XD

institutions September 25th, 2010 2:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Timbjerr (Post 6181048)
When I'm breeding for a particular nature/ability, I don't feel guilty at all about releasing the babies that don't have the nature I'm looking for. XD

Same here :P

The only Pokemon I ever release are the level 1 bred reject ones that I don't need. They're better off running around in the wild anyway rather than sitting in my PC forever.

Agent Clank September 25th, 2010 2:33 PM

I never release my Pokemon.
But sure I've released some and yeah, I felt guilty afterwards.

Dooonerz September 25th, 2010 3:02 PM

I sometimes release, whenever I get a hatched pokemon and it has a bad nature anyway xD

Blew September 25th, 2010 3:09 PM

I recently restarted my game deleting 50+ Egg Moved Pokémon and 10+ RNGd Pokémon. Fortunately though, almost all my Pokémon are backed up on my computer as PKM files. However, I do regret starting that new game as I have a lot of Egg Move breeding to do to make up for my loss of all those Egg Moved Pokémon xD

PlatinumDude September 25th, 2010 3:33 PM

When I catch a bunch of Pokemon of the same species, I release the ones whose stats aren't appealing to me.

mal'akh September 25th, 2010 4:51 PM

I only get attached if the Pokemon is one I REALLY like. Like Gyarados or Happiny. But other than that...nope. xD

liketoys0000 September 25th, 2010 5:51 PM

not that bad,I keep it and thanks for your release

M. Dent September 25th, 2010 5:53 PM

I release them when I have no use for them. Like if they're just caught to fill the PokeDex.
I don't feel bad though o_o

lumiina September 25th, 2010 5:59 PM

^That's true... I want to fill my pokedex, but I don't really want to keep every pokemon. Especially pokemon like Nosepass (x_x). That makes me not feel as guilty anymore.

Sydian September 25th, 2010 9:50 PM

I don't like releasing Pokemon. On my SoulSilver (which is Japanese, so I couldn't read what was going on) I was learning how the PC worked in the game, and I accidentally released a Zubat. Just a Zubat. So I turned off the game and have avoiding clicking that ever since. lol Luckily, I had just started playing. Had I been playing for hours, I would have gone and caught a new one.

Ho-Oh September 26th, 2010 1:21 AM

I think I released one, or two Pokemon lately who were duplicates and I felt soooo sad about it, so now I leave all my duplicates in my box and um, when I migrate over Pokemon, even my HM slaves, I... migrate them over because I feel bad for them. XD;

Elite Overlord LeSabre™ September 26th, 2010 11:04 AM

I have no qualms about releasing Pokemon. I do it all the time with newly bred Pokemon who don't meet my standards of excellence. However, I haven't been releasing them lately solely on account of my laziness. Now, I find it easier to shove them in a random PC box and let them sit there xD

Virtual Chatot September 26th, 2010 11:09 AM

Even though they're only a blip of code, I always felt bad for releasing them. :(

GoGoShinyDunsparce September 26th, 2010 11:12 AM

I kind of used to feel guilty about it, but I've done it to so many little Corphishes (I had a Corphish breeding spell that resulted in swarms of the little guys) that it doesn't bother me any more. It bothers me, however, if it's a rare pokemon that I have to release in a Nuzlocke, because it's fainted :> But pokemon come from the wild, anyway, so whatever.

bna_li September 26th, 2010 11:15 AM

When I was 13 years old, maybe. Nowadays, I have better things to worry about than the emotions of a few pixels.

The Doctor September 26th, 2010 11:34 AM

No because they are pixels and it isnt real life.

Suiseiseki September 26th, 2010 7:51 PM

I don't really feel bad, only regret when I realize that I'd need that one later and don't feel like going through the hassle of catching it again.

Kirbychu September 26th, 2010 8:01 PM

Releasing is for the good of the Pokemon. It's better for them to be released so they can be free, mate, and live their lives rather than rot away in a PC.

On a more serious tone, I release tons of Pokemon when I'm breeding. I also grow very attached to all my Pokemon, but not in an weird way. I feel a bit sorry for my Pokemon rotting away in RSE, FR, Colosseum, and XD. Maybe one day I'll desire a Pokemon of a certain nature that they have, and they'll migrate across multiple generations?

Don't get me started on restarting the actual game.

Purple Materia September 26th, 2010 8:24 PM

I'd never release a Pokemon unless it's particularly useless to me. Like, for example, a spare Pikachu I caught to breed a Pichu.

Roxichu September 27th, 2010 8:53 PM

I used to feel a little bit guilty, but then I realized it would be much kinder to return a Pokemon to it's natural habitat than to keep it stuck inside a computer for all eternity. ;)

Project. September 27th, 2010 9:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Timbjerr (Post 6181048)
When I'm breeding for a particular nature/ability, I don't feel guilty at all about releasing the babies that don't have the nature I'm looking for. XD

That sounds a lot like the beginning of the Movie 300 :P.

"They Throw out the Weak."

I will be honest with you, I am too lazy to even bother to release. I mean, I have 12 boxes. or 13, 14. I forgot. I only have about 2.5 filled... why release them? And I pretend like when theyre in the box its like a giant hotel. And they're all happy. But what I real felt bad was in Nintendogs when I set up a dog for adoption... I hated doing that but I wanted a different breed x.x

*heartfelt*

Aquacorde September 28th, 2010 7:26 AM

I don't like to release Pokemon... I fell the same as if it were a pet that I adopted, then decided to give up soon after. It makes me sad ;-;

solarowl September 28th, 2010 11:10 PM

I always felt sad about when I do that... That's why I rarely do. I also feel bad when I hear my pokemon fainting sometimes...

Daikenki September 28th, 2010 11:15 PM

When I accidentally catch a pokemon that I already OWN I die on the inside, but I don't have it in me to release them.

Except for unowns. Tonight I was bored out of my skull and wanted to just get the unown report thing done, and I managed to screw up some and catch three of four kinds of unown.. meh, I released them and could care less. xD They're not cool enough to have my sympathy.

Demigod October 4th, 2010 9:27 AM

I've only released like 2 in all the years since Red came out. I was breeding and they didn't had good iv's and a good nature for what I wanted at that time so I released them but I do feel guilty. I wouldn't release a pokemon that I don't use in battle, I would let them hang around.

©ereal Killer October 4th, 2010 9:31 AM

If there are no use for them, its bye-bye...

Although i do feel bad... ALL WASTED! I mean the time and money spent to catch it...
ITS FREAKIN 200 BUCKS FOR THEM BALLS!!

ORegan October 4th, 2010 7:19 PM

If they are useless, they don't belong on my team. Pokemon were caught to serve my purposes in battle or complete my Pokedex, and if they cannot prove a use in either, than they deserve to go by-by. I keep one of each specie in either my PC or in my party, and that's it. The rest are just target practice. ;)

BHwolfgang October 4th, 2010 8:07 PM

The only time I release a Pokemon is when his or her nature is not the one I'm looking for. At other times, I would never release one. I just keep it in the storage box. What goes in the box, rarely ever comes out.

For one, I spent a good amount of time trying to capture that Pokemon. It would only be a waste to just release it back into the wilds. Plus, I also spent good money on the Poke Balls that was just used. There is also the guilty feeling I get when releasing one. I feel bad for just tossing it away, even if it was a failed experiment.

ORegan October 4th, 2010 8:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BHwolfgang (Post 6203200)
What goes in the box, rarely ever comes out.

Sounds like my ex-wife XD

Why do people feel guilty about releasing Pokemon? Even if you take it in the context of being a ten year old boy with super animals that listen to your every command to use in battle, you're doing it a favor. In your care, it will either be used as a tool of war and will be injured constantly, or it will be broken down into information and stored on a computer database. Letting it go back to it's habitat is better than that life.

2nd-Thanatos October 10th, 2010 1:25 PM

I used to have the same problem: The idea of releasing them just made me feel guilty. I know they are just pixels, but I always try to play Pokemon with heart and roleplaying, so...

Now I just send them to Pokemon Ranch. They are much better playing in the farm than sitting in my PC thinking "Will I be used someday?"


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