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BettyNewbie June 10th, 2015 7:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Aristo (Post 8792415)
Hi folks!
As the title says, I've been interested in getting back into the Pokémon games after an extremely long hiatus. I played Silver a bunch back on the GB Color, and its predecessors once or twice. I must have been still in elementary school since I last invested in the series!

In any case, I've been thinking about picking it up again, as I do remember being fond of the system and the adventure. That said, I've no idea where to start. Things were so much simpler with only two generations! Show me a Pokémon these days and I might not recognize it as one! For an old Johto vet returning to the world, where do you reccomend I start?

Thanks!

Ah, nice to see another old fan around here! :) Gen 2 was the last one I really invested in, too.

As to where you should start, well, if you can still find them, I'd go with HGSS. They're Gen 2 remakes, so it's a familiar story and setting, and their mechanics are reasonably modern. (At least, enough to get you into things like Abilities, Natures, the P/S Split, newer moves/Pokémon, and so on.) They're DS games, too, so they can still be played on the newest handheld.

If you want something newer, I'd probably go with either XY or ORAS. XY are a new story/setting, but they're extremely easy and have many callbacks to the older games, while ORAS are remakes of the Gen 3 games that you missed, are also fairly easy, and have many features that XY lack. (Which are necessary if you want to get into competitive.)

Hope this helps!

Aristo June 10th, 2015 7:25 PM

Thanks, guys! I think I'm set on ORAS. Since they're remakes of gen III, I can continue where I left off, in a sense and get accustomed to the new features. Also, RNC mentioned being able to obtain lots of ledgendaries in these - that's definitely got my interest. As for which version of ORAS to get, I haven't decided. I'll have to give the unique lists a readover.
If I play ORAS and gather up the legendaries avaliable, can I then go play through the older IV-V games and add rares not in my version of ORAS to my roster?

ST2111 June 12th, 2015 5:54 PM

Just downloaded the Pokemon Bank and it's update to 1.2, however, when do I get charged the 4.99 for it? I thought you had to pay when you downloaded it.

Wicked3DS June 12th, 2015 8:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ST2111 (Post 8795472)
Just downloaded the Pokemon Bank and it's update to 1.2, however, when do I get charged the 4.99 for it? I thought you had to pay when you downloaded it.

You should get charged the first day you use it I think. You weren't given a free trial period or anything like that were you?

ST2111 June 12th, 2015 9:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Quajutsu (Post 8795638)
You should get charged the first day you use it I think. You weren't given a free trial period or anything like that were you?

No, I wasn't. However, I downloaded before I started playing Pokemon X and all it said was that I needed to have a Pokemon X and the pokedex in order to use it and then it sent me back to the home page. I probably have to transfer first. Is that right?

Wicked3DS June 13th, 2015 4:31 AM

That was what I was trying to say, but apparently I wasn't clear :P

DragonSpawn1000 June 20th, 2015 6:54 PM

what emulator is the best for games like Pokémon Sweet and Uranium and other games like them if u know can u give me the download link thanks. :3

DragonSpawn1000 June 20th, 2015 7:26 PM

Thanx heaps

Antagonist June 30th, 2015 1:05 PM

New To Pokemon
 
Hey everyone,
I used to watch people play Red & Blue when I was younger. I never owned the game long enough to really get into it until quite recently.
Fire Red is one I decided to start off with and so far I have 23 pokemon and 3 badges. lol

For now, I'm playing it off of an emulator, but I'm planning on getting 2 DS lites with Diamond & Pearl, because my GF wants to get in on the action too. Does this make sense? Where would I go after those games? Black and White for DS? There's so many titles and Fire Red was the game I chose to start off to see if it really grabs me. So far so good! My starter was Charmander and he's evolved. I really wish I got into this many years ago.

This game reminds me of roaming around an rpg like classic Zelda games.

Tennis Guy July 6th, 2015 9:00 PM

Hey everyone,

I was wondering, what the best nature for Giratina (Origin Forme) is? Thank you for your advice and input, it is greatly appreciated!!! :)

Urnighter July 11th, 2015 6:23 AM

Based on the experience group information on bulbapedia Misdreavus, Delibird, and Snubbull are in the fast experience group. However, in pokemon crystal both of these pokemon were in the slow experience group.

In what generation of pokemon games did this change occur?

Sopheria July 13th, 2015 8:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Urnighter (Post 8841110)
Based on the experience group information on bulbapedia Misdreavus, Delibird, and Snubbull are in the fast experience group. However, in pokemon crystal both of these pokemon were in the slow experience group.

In what generation of pokemon games did this change occur?

Are you sure they were in the slow group in crystal? Normally the slow group only includes pseudo-legendaries and Pokemon that don't evolve.

If they did change though, I'd guess that they changed in gen 3, because that was the generation where the two new experience groups got introduced (erratic and fluctuating), so I'd imagine some Pokes might have had their groups changed at that point, in order to maintain balance.

Phalar July 21st, 2015 8:26 AM

Trading and battling between Pokemon Y and Omega Ruby
 
Hi, I have Pokemon Y, and I want to trade and battle with a friend who has Omega Ruby. How do I do this?

Sheep July 22nd, 2015 7:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Phalar (Post 8855559)
Hi, I have Pokemon Y, and I want to trade and battle with a friend who has Omega Ruby. How do I do this?

So sorry for the slow reply! I've merged your thread into the Pokemon gaming Q&A thread since it would fit best here.

Battling/trading through XY and ORAS is very simple, you both just need to add each other's friend codes then select your friend's name on the PSS at the bottom screen in XYORAS and choose the trade or battle option (assuming you're both online in the game and connected to WiFi). Since ORAS has some things XY doesn't (such as mega evolutions not introduced in XY, the Cosplay Pikachu, and other things) you'll be restricted on what you can use in trades and battles. Check out this guide for more detailed help. ^^

ironix July 31st, 2015 4:57 PM

does pokebank support pokemon black
 
So i got alpha saphire and i want to get some of my pokemon from soul silver. I heard you have to trade them to black or white and then deposit them in the pokebank. Then take them out with alpha saphire. But i go to the pokebank and its says it only works with x and y and as and or. Is black still compatible with pokebank?

Nah July 31st, 2015 5:05 PM

It's the Transporter that works with Gen 5 games, which is a separate app but needs the PokeBank in order to work. Basically what you do is download the Bank ($5 a year) and then download the Transporter (which is free). Place the Pokemon you want to send to your 6th Gen game in Box 1 on your Gen 5 game. Start up the Transporter and then you can send those Pokemon to the Bank. Then put in your Alpha Sapphire and start up the Bank. The Pokemon you moved will be in a special box in the Bank. Move them into your PC boxes and save, and voila, you've moved Pokemon from Gen 5 to Gen 6.

Arokh August 6th, 2015 11:56 AM

Babies
 
Will 2 pidgeotto make a Pidgey?
Will 2 kakuna make a weedle?

Zeturic August 6th, 2015 2:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Arokh (Post 8879431)
Will 2 pidgeotto make a Pidgey?
Will 2 kakuna make a weedle?

I'm just going to guess you're talking about breeding. In which case, yes. As long as one is male and the other female. Actually, breeding a female Pidgeotto with anything with result in Pidgey; breeding a female Kakuna with anything results in Weedle.

Aside from the "Incense Babies", you always get the lowest evolutionary form of the mother when breeding.

With "Incense Babies" you either get the baby (the lowest evolutionary form) or the base (the second-lowest evolutionary form) depending on whether the mother was holding the proper incense or not. For example, a female Azumarill will spawn a Marill egg normally, but if holding the Sea Incense will spawn an Azurill egg.

Arokh August 7th, 2015 5:53 AM

thanks <3

roberttrevean97 August 9th, 2015 7:51 PM

Is there anyway to keep pokemon in specific routes? Like say I'm randomizing Fire Red, is there a way on the first route I can get every pokemon on the first route from the first 2 generations? Like the route where you get pidgey in fire red is there a setting i can get a hoothoot / sentret (2nd gen) and poocheyena & zigzagoon (3rd gen)
If theres any hack too, let me know please!

i got the pokemon universal randomizer

KwazaR August 15th, 2015 8:52 AM

If I breed a pokemon with a Ditto, does the gender of a pokemon which is not a Ditto have influence on chances to pass a hidden ability to the offspring? If so, what are the chances of passing hidden ability for two following cases:

a) HA female + Ditto
b) HA male + Ditto

Thanks.

Sopheria August 15th, 2015 9:27 AM

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Originally Posted by KwazaR (Post 8891579)
If I breed a pokemon with a Ditto, does the gender of a pokemon which is not a Ditto have influence on chances to pass a hidden ability to the offspring? If so, what are the chances of passing hidden ability for two following cases:

a) HA female + Ditto
b) HA male + Ditto

Thanks.

Which generation is this that you're playing? If it's gen 6, then the gender of the non-ditto parent doesn't matter. In both cases, there's a 60% chance the child will have the hidden ability :)

In Gen 5, the non-ditto parent has to be female.

KwazaR August 15th, 2015 9:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Sopheria (Post 8891606)
Which generation is this that you're playing? If it's gen 6, then the gender of the non-ditto parent doesn't matter. In both cases, there's a 60% chance the child will have the hidden ability :)

In Gen 5, the non-ditto parent has to be female.

Gen 6. Good, so I don't have to bother with this. Thanks.

TadBeavers September 2nd, 2015 1:03 PM

I am trying to complete national pokedex, How ?
 
do i have to actually have all the pokemon in the pc or can i just see them like in a trade before the pokemon is actually traded ? I was wondering if anybody out there could help me out with this. I am trying to obtain the shiny charm to increase my shiny breeding. I am currently trying to breed my chancy to hatch a shiny chancy but its taking for ever.

Nah September 2nd, 2015 2:50 PM

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Originally Posted by TadBeavers (Post 8914182)
do i have to actually have all the pokemon in the pc or can i just see them like in a trade before the pokemon is actually traded ? I was wondering if anybody out there could help me out with this. I am trying to obtain the shiny charm to increase my shiny breeding. I am currently trying to breed my chancy to hatch a shiny chancy but its taking for ever.

You need to have owned 1 of every Pokemon at some point in order for it to count. So like if someone just shows you a Zapdos on the trade screen it doesn't count, but if they trade it to you and then you trade it back it does count since you, if though it was only very briefly, owned a Zapdos once. You also don't need to get any of the event-only Pokemon in order to obtain the Shiny Charm.

Trade Corner's a good place to go to to get help on completing the PokeDex btw


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