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Ho-Oh February 13th, 2011 3:07 AM

Reusable TMs: Yes or No?
 
As some of you may know, in Black and White, you can reuse a TM as many times as you want. However, this comes at a cost. You can only obtain each TM once in the game, which makes certain TMs harder to find.

So, which do you prefer? The new system of getting every TM only once - with no other chance to get the harder to find ones? Or the past, where you could find every TM easily at least once, but once you used them up, you couldn't reuse them?

...I have a feeling my wording is weird, but do you like the idea of reusable TMs?
(After fans have been waiting so long for something like this)

Chiar February 13th, 2011 3:10 AM

Of course i like the idea of reusable TMs. I really hated the fact that i wasted TMs in previous 4 generations. Now i don't have to worry about them and teach the moves to any Pokemon i want.

Tropical Sunlight February 13th, 2011 3:53 AM

Definetely a yes.
Althrough Hyper Beam and Giga Impact are super-expensive, they're worth the money. :)

blue February 13th, 2011 5:27 AM

Well, if you can use the Internet or another sorce to locate the TM, then you've found it and you have it forever really, which I think is great because they normally only had one of some TM'S anyway i.e Thunderbolt or Flamethrower.

The Red Chain February 13th, 2011 5:45 AM

I love the idea of reusable TMs, extremely. <3
It used to be so hard to decide who to give what move to since you could only use the TM once, unless you want to trade constantly or cheat. D:

I'm fine with paying the extra price for a reusable TM. It's much more convenient and much nicer in the long run. ^.^


Derezzed February 13th, 2011 6:02 AM

It will be annoying to only have one opportunity to get TMs, but being able to reuse TMs is a fantastic change. I like to experiment with move sets for my team and the ability to use a TM as much as possible will come in really handy.

Dillon_68 February 13th, 2011 8:34 AM

Love it, one of the best change they made in 5th gen.

skyluigi2 February 13th, 2011 8:40 AM

I love the idea but... It'll make the games WAY easier. And I don't really know if that's good or not...

Chiar February 13th, 2011 8:43 AM

Quote:

I love the idea but... It'll make the games WAY easier. And I don't really know if that's good or not...
It sounds really easy on paper. The fact is that the TMs are way harder to find, so you don't need to be aware of that. (At least I haven't felt that the game is easier by the reusable TMs.)

mzmingle February 13th, 2011 9:14 AM

yep, its a big change.
anyone that thinks its easier, its not. its hard to get them O_o
not like its hard for me

JP February 13th, 2011 9:31 AM

I welcome the idea with open arms. I'm glad they decided to do this. I absolutely hate having a limited amount of TM's.

blue February 13th, 2011 9:40 AM

So I've heard its really difficult to find them, why so, cant you just look it up on the internet, i.e their locations?

Kokuo February 13th, 2011 10:19 AM

I like the idea. Sometimes I'm just too reluctant to even use some TMs because they're one-use only. This makes perfecting your team's movesets so much easier.

RYOUKI February 13th, 2011 10:26 AM

I LOVE THIS IDEA. I could now re-teach Shadow Ball over and over again. The matter of finding one is another story, of course.

Pink Typholsion February 13th, 2011 10:31 AM

When I saw this feature on Serebii (when they released it) I read it, then stood up to go use the restroom, but before I could leave the room I ran back to my computer and read it again and had a nerdgasm :S

Satoshi Ookami February 13th, 2011 11:22 AM

Gotta say I love it as much as you guys =)
Even though prizes are high as they can be, but you can have TONS of money in BW (I have like... over 2M) so they can be obtained easily :)

blue February 13th, 2011 11:24 AM

How are they so hard to obtain, are they overly priced?

Okay, never mind, Just been on Serebii..

70,000 PokéDollars - TM14 Bilzzard and TM15 Hyper Beam - 90,000... Wow, now I get it.

Chiar February 13th, 2011 11:29 AM

Quote:

How are they so hard to obtain, are they overly priced?
It just matters where you can find them. They're quite easy to find, but they are given at a later stage of the game than in other games, E.g Ice Beam and Psychic are only obtainable after E4. You also can't trade them.

blue February 13th, 2011 11:32 AM

Okay, never mind, Just been on Serebii..

70,000 PokéDollars - TM14 Bilzzard and TM15 Hyper Beam - 90,000... Wow, now I get it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chiar (Post 6454613)
It just matters where you can find them. They're quite easy to find, but they are given at a later stage of the game than in other games, E.g Ice Beam and Psychic are only obtainable after E4. You also can't trade them.

Oh right, makes sence, thanks, I usually like to have them two specific moves Ice Beam & Psychic, FOR the Elite Four.

solarowl February 13th, 2011 12:52 PM

I never found Tms one of the challenges of previous games, more like the annoyance. So I love the permanent TM thing. Plus, they've drastically upped the prices for Tms now anyway.

Sydian February 13th, 2011 1:49 PM

I have probably taught a bajillion Pokemon Flamethrower and Shadow Ball omg I love reusable TMs, idc about price increase, just reminds me of the economy so hell yes to reusable TMs. They are lovely.

PhantasyFight February 13th, 2011 1:54 PM

Reusable TMs would be great but I think I prefer it the way it is now.

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire February 13th, 2011 1:59 PM

I like the new method...I just look at Bulbapedia if I have trouble finding them ;)

Enigma February 13th, 2011 3:48 PM

Lol, I'm probably like the only person that is so-so about this. Of course, being able to reuse TMs over and over again is nice. But for some reason, there's just something about this that really bothers me. I don't know if I'm so used to purchasing/obtaining TMs and actually having to be careful about whom I teach the move to, or if it's just too much of a change for me. I'm sure I'll get used to it quickly, though.

~Wind~ February 13th, 2011 4:10 PM

well, it is supposed to be 20 years on fro D/P/Pt, and the technology of TMs must have improved since then. Now they don't break.


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