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Mega Missingno November 12th, 2013 7:02 PM

Gotta arange em all! PC Boxes
 
Do others arrange their PC boxes? Do you re-name them? If so, in what ways do you guys arrange them?

I've been arranging mine by type, since it's just so much easier to find the pokemon I need, that way, instead of having random types cluttered together in all the boxes. Since I made a commitment to start off my X game as a set type trainer (that being fire), my fire babies take up the first box; which I've named accordingly. My other boxes are also named to reflect which type of Pokemon go in them. Box 2 is Normal, Box 3 is Normal2, Box 4 is a dual box meant for both Ghost*Psychic, then Dark*Poison, Flying*Fairy, Steel*Bug, then Dragon, Ice*Electric, Water, Grass, Ground*Rock, Fighting, the Legendaries get their own box, and all the other free boxes are fodder for Wonder Trades, or all my hundreds of Eevee eggs (damn you, shiny Eevee, why you elude me?)

PokeMastermind November 12th, 2013 7:19 PM

For the first part of my gamr I arranged my boxes by levels so I could work on evolving and filling my Pokedex. Now it's arranged by type since I have more room and can concentrate on battling and breeding. The last boxes I have full of dittos and HA females to breed.

Earthbound93 November 12th, 2013 7:21 PM

i have 1 box for each type, sort each pokemon based on their first type, then i have 2 boxes for eggs, 2 for wonder trade, 1 for legendaries, 1 for starters, 1 for level 100s, 2 for ev trained. and i just move unused boxes to wherever i need extra

artist92 November 12th, 2013 7:24 PM

I go by type, and I'm actually starting to need more than one box for several types haha.

Flushed November 12th, 2013 7:28 PM

My Box 3, idk why 3, has all my important Pokemon like my shinies, my main game team, etc. 1 and 2 have all the random Pokemon I've caught along the way, and 4-28 have the eggs I've hatched and a box of Friend Safari Swanna haha. Not exactly organized, but works for me, at least until I have to get rid of all these eggs Pokemon/

Roger Davis November 12th, 2013 7:28 PM

I arrange them by National Pokedex Number, after I get plenty of Kanto pokemon.

Batty November 12th, 2013 7:38 PM

I arrange PC boxes by type, as do most people (I believe.)
In the types boxes, I put the Pokemon I use the most or need to train/evolve for Dex entries near the top

Mega Missingno November 12th, 2013 7:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PokeMastermind (Post 7934082)
For the first part of my gamr I arranged my boxes by levels so I could work on evolving and filling my Pokedex. Now it's arranged by type since I have more room and can concentrate on battling and breeding. The last boxes I have full of dittos and HA females to breed.

I'd imagine organizing boxes by level would be too frustrating for me. Just way too much switching and sending Pokemon from one box to another. With organization by type, they can just stay where they in the same box as their own type.

icelovebunnies9 November 12th, 2013 7:41 PM

I also arrange my boxes by type. But while I am going through the storyline of the game, I don't arrange them in types and I just place them in a random order. I normally rearrange it once I finish the game. I also have boxes for Pokemon that I'm trading away, and Pokemon I use for battles. In my White 2 game, I had boxes for Dream World Pokemon that I had.

Meemster November 13th, 2013 10:26 AM

My first box has all my important Pokemon and I have one box for Wonder trade, 2 for all my eggs that were hatched >.< and just random Pokemon in the other boxes

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire November 13th, 2013 10:28 AM

I arrange them by types, with a background that matches the type such as forest for bug and grass types.

Guy November 13th, 2013 10:30 AM

I used to arrange my PC Boxes by type with a matching wallpaper to go with, but I haven't done that since Diamond. I've had the sudden urge to start organizing them again in Y though. Now that I've been Wonder Trading a lot and want to start Super Training my Pokémon and working up teams for online battles and the Battle Maison, it might help to keep certain Pokémon separate from others.

Moved this to PGC since it's not something that's very specific to just X and Y by the way.

Count November 13th, 2013 10:32 AM

Yesterday I started to sort them by egg group, I thought that would be useful for breeding and all. But I haven't really found an effective way to do this seeing as most pokémon are in two egg groups.

I usually arrange them by type though.

sh1nyzorua November 13th, 2013 12:07 PM

I have my Boxed Pokemon arranged by how they're used, or something they have in common, like being shiny or foreign, or a legendary Pokemon.

braixen November 13th, 2013 1:37 PM

I still need to rearrange my boxes lol. The first three of mine are filled with pokemon I'm interested in. Then I have 2 boxes full of dittos, a box for 3 iv dittos, a box for trading, a box for unhatched eggs, and a box full of fennekins.

NRG November 13th, 2013 3:45 PM

first 3 are filled with story captures
battle box has my team so far while breeding, to the left of that is my dittos, left of that are my breeding boxes.

Shizzable November 13th, 2013 4:04 PM

At first, I don't care about the boxes, but around halfway through my journey, I usually feel the need to arrange my boxes by type, beside Pokemon in my party and legendaries. I really have no idea why, I've just always done it (gaming OCD I guess).

Pike Queen November 13th, 2013 4:51 PM

I don't, usually because I don't catch enough Pokemon to feel the need to. I've never focused on filling the Pokedex, just making a strong in-game team. In my boxes are mostly HM slaves and Pokemon that I obtained or were given to me.

acatfrommars November 27th, 2013 9:32 AM

Ever since Gen IV I'e arranged my box. When I have a huge myriad of pokemon it helps to order them in order of type or specialties because it can help me find them at short notice. I normally would label the boxes legendary or shiny or ev'd. I have yet to rearrange my boxes for Gen VI though, I really need to get onto that!

Starry Windy November 28th, 2013 9:25 AM

I'm arranging my PC Box at some point, to separate the Level 100 Pokémon with not-fully trained Pokémon, because I can find it easier to search for powerful Pokémon this way.

Kaizaer Dragonovian November 28th, 2013 9:04 PM

I arrange by Type or Number. Usually by number so when I catchem all Ill know where each one is. 30 to a box and 18 boxes. 540 total which is why pokemon added the online boxing services

Blueredemption November 28th, 2013 9:32 PM

Yesh i fell like the exseption O.o i sort my pc boxes solely by level. I'm not big into ev's or type matchups, so sorting by type or strength is worthless to me :/

For me it works like this: resently caught, 20up, 30up, 40up...

Lastly, the only pokemon that are "sorted" are last evo's ( i have 3 30up boxes )

Edit* forgot to mention that there is a separate box for legendaries :P

Altair November 29th, 2013 12:16 AM

i arrange my boxes and Pokemon by their National Dex Number. Box 1, 2 and 3 is named 'Kanto' 4, 5 and 6 is named 'Johto' and so on. The leftover boxes I have are reserved for certain Pokemon, this changes through different Gens. These certain Pokemon include EV trained, Shiny, Unown, Foreign, Event, etc.

MylittlePlusle November 30th, 2013 6:27 AM

I normally go by tier like OU, UU, NU etc, and then by t'heir role i.e attacker, staller, sp.attacker etc.

TheRestlessSoul December 3rd, 2013 4:36 AM

I usually do it by type, however when i start really filling up the national dex i start to do it by dex number, e.g. box 1 becomes 1-30, box 2 becomes 31-60 and so on. Though i don't think this is really possible now in X and Y with there being only 8 or boxes.. or do you get more later in the game or something? i assume not due to the pokemon bank though

hughes December 3rd, 2013 4:41 AM

I should organize mine, but when I try it gets messed up easily. I organize by function, as I have a box for Pokemon that are designated to be traded, wonder traded, etc. I also have a box for Shinies as well as one (but I need to make more) for breeding spoils that I didn't release. Besides these boxes, my PC is a hot mess.

SamStyle December 3rd, 2013 5:34 AM

my boxes are as follows battle box (obviously), Level (for those that need leveling to evo), Stone (for those that need stones to evo), Baby (for my flame body poke and pokes i need prevo's from), Item (for evos/prevos that need items), Legendary, Shiny, Fodder, Fodder, Fodder, Fodder, Fodder...

Varus December 3rd, 2013 5:52 AM

I catch and release, or evolve and release there's no sense in being a pokemon hoarder, otherwise you might end up on the poketele with all the other hoarders ^^

Ársa December 3rd, 2013 6:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheRestlessSoul (Post 7967920)
I usually do it by type, however when i start really filling up the national dex i start to do it by dex number, e.g. box 1 becomes 1-30, box 2 becomes 31-60 and so on. Though i don't think this is really possible now in X and Y with there being only 8 or boxes.. or do you get more later in the game or something? i assume not due to the pokemon bank though

Once you completely fill the 8th box, you will unlock the 9th box. So on and so forth to.. 25 I think? Just move all of your pokemon into your last available box, log out and back into the PC. You should have more boxes.

LoudSilence December 3rd, 2013 7:45 AM

I used to sort by level in the older games but that kind of got ridiculous as time went on. Now I do it by Regional Pokedex Number.

One thing I've always done though is reserve a box for legendaries, "legacy teams" (teams from older games that I've transferred over), "All Stars" (different teams for battling), and one for "Special" Pokemon (HM Slaves, 5 IV egg group mothers, event distros, etc.).

Pumpkaboo December 3rd, 2013 8:03 AM

One box for the pokemon I train.
One for shinies
One for legendaries
One for 4IV+ pokes

So the box with my pokemon in will be the last box I use, working backwards through. The rest are in random orders though traded/wondertraded pokemon are always after a blank box. I'll have say 3 boxes with pokemon I caught, a blank, then traded pokemon.

Aeroblast December 3rd, 2013 10:05 AM

I usually have a box for shinies and couple boxes for good Pokemon, and the rest of 15+ boxes are just random Pokemon I caught.

In X, I have a separate box for Vivillon patterns as well.

大輔 December 3rd, 2013 11:01 AM

I've never arranged my boxes until I get around 4 boxes or more of pokemon. I usually separate them by Type, so for this generation I'll separate them chronologically. xD

It's surprisingly fun organizing the pokemon lol

Talon December 3rd, 2013 1:26 PM

I'm OCD about this.

Box 1 - Dragon Type (Arranged from highest to lowest level)
Box 2 - Dark Type (Arranged from highest to lowest level)
Box 3 - Fighting Type (Arranged from highest to lowest level)
Box 4 - Fire Type (Arranged from highest to lowest level)
Box 5 - Steel Type (Arranged from highest to lowest level)
Box 6 - Poison Type (Arranged from highest to lowest level)
Box 7 - Flying Type (Arranged from highest to lowest level)
Box 8 - Water Type (Arranged from highest to lowest level)
Box 9 - Electric Type (Arranged from highest to lowest level)
Box 10 - Ground Type (Arranged from highest to lowest level)
Box 11 - Ghost Type (Arranged from highest to lowest level)
Box 12 - Rock Type (Arranged from highest to lowest level)
Box 13 - Ice Type (Arranged from highest to lowest level)
Box 14 - Normal Type (Arranged from highest to lowest level)
Box 15 - Grass Type (Arranged from highest to lowest level)
Box 16 - Bug Type (Arranged from highest to lowest level)
Box 17 - Psychic Type (Arranged from highest to lowest level)
Box 18 - Legendaries (Arranged from highest to lowest level)
Box 19 - Dittos
Box 20 - Shinies (Arranged from highest to lowest level)
Box 21 - Anything that needs a home (Arranged from highest to lowest level, and type)

If anything gets out of whack, I have to fix it right then and there, or it will drive me insane. If I run out of room (Like in LG when I only had 14 boxes and over 100 tyranitars (it was a weird night.....)......), I send a lot of them over to any other games that have room. My Dragon, Dark, Fighting, and Legendaries box in Black are full..... Box 21 is close to being full, too. Most of them cant be transferred, either. I don't have X, Y, B2, or W2..... Yeah..... uh oh.

Arrow December 3rd, 2013 1:44 PM

I'm doing it by type. Since in X and Y you get 31 boxes I have 18 for each type, a box for legendaries, a box for shinies, a box for Vivillon forms and the rest is for breeding. After that the Pokemon are sorted by Dex number.
I change the wallpaper to whatever suits the box. For example, in my X game I've got Xerneas as the wallpaper for the legendaries box (when I get round to it, Yveltal will be the wallpaper in my Y game).

Sheep December 9th, 2013 7:57 PM

I've attempted to arrange my boxes but with so many Pokemon to catch and no way for the PC to auto-arrange for you, it never went too far. Moving them yourself would take too long (especially for me since I catch everything). :( I kind of wish there was a way to select what box your caught Pokemon would be sent to (assuming you have six in your party and no room to keep another) since it'd make organization much easier.

Endru December 13th, 2013 4:15 AM

When my friend helped me cheat out what I didn't have in Gen IV, I arranged them by number and named the boxes Kanto 1, Johto 1, Johto 2 etc. I did the same thing in W2 and just the other day I started for Y to see which ones I didn't need to send to the bank.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sheep (Post 7980190)
Moving them yourself would take too long (especially for me since I catch everything).

I think it took me about an hour or so to arrange my pokemon in HG and W2. Ah, another thing, it's not a living pokedex but just evolved forms. (Scizor, Electivire Magnezone, stuff like that)

GreyVirgo December 13th, 2013 7:27 AM

I don't care they're arranged.
I just finish the game then catch em all! :D

Grif of Hearts December 13th, 2013 11:43 AM

I arrange my boxes by general terrain. The first box will be a forest and so contain all of the Pokémon typical to a forest, usually grass and bug types. The second will be a city, often electric, steel and sometimes poison types. So on and so forth. I usually have a box separate to contain Pokémon of particular importance such as past party members, legendaries and shinies.

Within each box I arrange them by Pokédex number. Getting the national Pokédex is always a pain. :c

Natnew December 13th, 2013 2:02 PM

boxes 1-3: random
box 4: hacked events
box 5: pokecreator pokemon (possibly merging with three)
box 6: some random pokemon I found yesterday (12)
box 7-14: unused
box 15: my bred turtwig
box 16: shinies
box 17: unown alphabet
box 18: box of fame (team members and legendaries)

Knor December 16th, 2013 1:04 PM

I used to kinda do it by region. If memory serves correctly...

I never played DPP, never really got into B/W, and I don't own XY... So these are for HGSS.
Kanto | Kanto | Johto | Johto | Hoenn | Hoenn | In-Game Trades | Pichus (For the two Pichus in HGSS)

Since then, I've redone it by level.

100 | 90-99 | 80-89 | 70-79 | 60-69 | 50-59 | 40-49 | 30-39 | 20-29 | 10-19 | 1-9

pokemasta92 December 17th, 2013 12:44 AM

I arrange them based on type. Here's what I did in the 3rd gen games:

1. Forest - Grass
2. City - Normal
3. Desert - Psychic
4. Savannah - Ground
5. Crag - Rock/Steel
6. Volcano - Fire
7. Snow - Ice
8. Cave - Dark/Ghost
9. Beach - Fighting
10. Seafloor - Water
11. River - Bug
12. Sky - Dragon/Flying
13. Polka-Dot - Poison
14. Machine - Electric

Guest123_x1 December 17th, 2013 4:38 PM

I rarely ever rearranged my stored Pokémon and boxes. However, I would change to the next empty box when I found that the current box was getting close to full, leaving one or two empty spaces when I switched boxes.

Mr. Flix December 17th, 2013 4:46 PM

As I am more of a collector, I am either sorting by number, when I make a living Pokédex (Like in Pokémon Y), or making boxes for "Still needs to evolve", "Need egg" and so on

SnowpointQuincy December 17th, 2013 9:15 PM

The WORST part of Organizing Boxes is....

WHEN NEW BOXES APPEAR! It just throws everything off!

I got one Box for HM and utility pokemon

Next box is for EV/IV pokemon

Next is WonderTrade

Next is awefull wonder Trade pokes I keep for the Lottery

I also have boxes for foreign pokes, and IV Awesome Dads to D-Knot

Quinn December 17th, 2013 9:55 PM

I order them by national dex number (1-30, 31-16 extra.)and name each box the number it contains.

Seki December 18th, 2013 4:49 AM

I have a lots of random boxes, one legendary box, one shiny box, few boxes for my team Pokemon that I want to train/breed/IV train and one box for event stuffs.

Harmonious Fusion December 18th, 2013 6:41 AM

I have special boxes for shinies, my Vivillon collection, and Pokemon that are particularly important to me. Everything else is just dumped into boxes willy-nilly.


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