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blargada October 29th, 2014 10:39 PM

Are there any kind souls that would lend me a reedem code for diancie? I live in Peru and there is no other way im getting one

Cyclone October 30th, 2014 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by blargada (Post 8483150)
Are there any kind souls that would lend me a reedem code for diancie? I live in Peru and there is no other way im getting one

"lend" is not exactly the word I would use. How would you return it? :)

Nah October 30th, 2014 11:08 AM

I can't remember, are the codes region locked?

Joexv October 30th, 2014 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Cyclone (Post 8483130)
But it's Shiny.

Stock response. "So?"

You should have seen my disapproval of Heracross.

Ugh I can imagine. Im kinda glad I didn't get that event.

Cyclone October 30th, 2014 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by joexv (Post 8483580)
Ugh I can imagine. Im kinda glad I didn't get that event.

Indeed, I compared the event to my own. Mine has 4 Egg Moves, it can have its hidden ability, and it has 6IVs and a special Poké Ball (Level Ball) if I abandon the hidden ability. Nintendo could have gone and created a special move to go with it; even the Pinsir got three TMs on it at receipt, though no special moves. So I basically have the Heracross for collectibility, but I sure as hell ain't using it. :)

SnowpointQuincy October 30th, 2014 12:21 PM

Did anyone like the NPC dialogue when they got Diancie? On one hand it was annoying to scroll through that on each reset, on the other it made Diancie feel more special because NO ONE mentions this thing in-game at all.

Howmander October 30th, 2014 4:49 PM

So I've been soft resetting for hours and been going on message boards to get some idea how long this may take to get a 5iv diancie (of which I did get one once, but was a neutral nature and was missing so def) but the vast majority of posters are trying for nature that boost speed (hasty, naive, etc) am I missing something? Why would you waste the extra points on such a horrible stat? (Base 50) and it's most message boards I've seen, from gamefaqs to Facebook, and I get speed is good so you can attack first, when the initial base is 50, why bother? especially when it naturally learns trick room and can also learn gyro ball, I would think intentionally lowering your speed would be more beneficial

Nah October 30th, 2014 4:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Howmander (Post 8483874)
So I've been soft resetting for hours and been going on message boards to get some idea how long this may take to get a 5iv diancie (of which I did get one once, but was a neutral nature and was missing so def) but the vast majority of posters are trying for nature that boost speed (hasty, naive, etc) am I missing something? Why would you waste the extra points on such a horrible stat? (Base 50) and it's most message boards I've seen, from gamefaqs to Facebook, and I get speed is good so you can attack first, when the initial base is 50, why bother? especially when it naturally learns trick room and can also learn gyro ball, I would think intentionally lowering your speed would be more beneficial

I think that those people have Mega Diancie in mind. When it mega evolves, its Speed stat jumps all the way up to 110. It also gets base 160 offenses (at the cost of a little Defense and Sp.Defense).

But if you don't plan on Mega Evolving your Diancie, then you're right, you don't wanna bother with a +Speed nature.

Howmander October 30th, 2014 4:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Zekrom (Post 8483880)
I think that those people have Mega Diancie in mind. When it mega evolves, its Speed stat jumps all the way up to 110. It also gets base 160 offenses (at the cost of a little Defense and Sp.Defense).

But if you don't plan on Mega Evolving your Diancie, then you're right, you don't wanna bother with a +Speed nature.

OOOOOHHH!!! Okay, I had no idea that happened, okay, yeah, THAT makes a lot of sense now, thank you for bringing that to my attention! (I am really getting to hate mega evolution more and more! If it was just blanket boosting to pokemon, great, but more and more have completely different stats than their pre evolved forms that you more and more need to train for their normal forms OR their mega forms, not always both)

Manga Otaku October 30th, 2014 5:22 PM

Extra NA Diance code
 
Who wants? First come first serve, just have one extra..

kas491 October 30th, 2014 5:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Manga Otaku (Post 8483908)
Who wants? First come first serve, just have one extra..

Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Howmander October 31st, 2014 10:15 PM

So, Opinions, I got one with the IV spread 31/31/31/28-29/31/31 but it has a Neutral Nature, so should I just keep trying for the nature and IV spread I want, or settle for close to the IVs I want?

GreenFlame November 1st, 2014 2:33 AM

Are the codes region-locked? If so, has anybody got a spare one that will work in Australia? Me and my sibling were gonna go this weekend to get ourselves a Shiny Gengar each, but then something came up and we can't go and the promotion ends in a few days, so the only way I'm getting a code/s is on the internet. I would be very grateful to the person who gets me one, and I can even give a 5 IV Timid Protean Froakie to show gratitude.

Hikamaru November 1st, 2014 3:04 PM

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Originally Posted by GreenFlame (Post 8484888)
Are the codes region-locked? If so, has anybody got a spare one that will work in Australia? Me and my sibling were gonna go this weekend to get ourselves a Shiny Gengar each, but then something came up and we can't go and the promotion ends in a few days, so the only way I'm getting a code/s is on the internet. I would be very grateful to the person who gets me one, and I can even give a 5 IV Timid Protean Froakie to show gratitude.

If you haven't read my post earlier in the thread, Australia will be getting its own Diancie event starting on the 10th, so you could just wait until then. But as far as I'm aware, the codes in the US Diancie event going on right now are region-locked because I think I heard from a user on Tumblr that they couldn't trade their Diancie to a non-US 3DS.

The codes can also be picked up on the 8th and 9th at Hoyts Cinemas where the Diancie movie will be screened during that time.

GreenFlame November 1st, 2014 3:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Hikamaru (Post 8485408)
If you haven't read my post earlier in the thread, Australia will be getting its own Diancie event starting on the 10th, so you could just wait until then. But as far as I'm aware, the codes in the US Diancie event going on right now are region-locked because I think I heard from a user on Tumblr that they couldn't trade their Diancie to a non-US 3DS.

The codes can also be picked up on the 8th and 9th at Hoyts Cinemas where the Diancie movie will be screened during that time.

I know Diancie isn't available in Australia yet, I was talking about the Shiny Gengar that's available. Sorry, I should have specified. It will no longer be available come November 5th.

JeanCG November 1st, 2014 8:28 PM

Does anyone have any code of Diancie that could give me? Because in my country was not available neither Gengar and nor Diancie!

Cyclone November 2nd, 2014 8:23 AM

So, someone update me. Is the Diancie, at this point, STILL untradeable?

oshimas November 2nd, 2014 4:59 PM

i've been on my 5th soft-reset and still no 3 perfect/near perfect ivs. :/ idk how long it's going to take me.

Howmander November 2nd, 2014 5:10 PM

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Originally Posted by oshimas (Post 8486552)
i've been on my 5th soft-reset and still no 3 perfect/near perfect ivs. :/ idk how long it's going to take me.

Which one? Gengar or Diancie? Gengar has all 6 IVs totally random, whereas Diancie apparently has a glitch that some game cartridges get random IVs whereas others get teh correct 3 IVs. I myself got two, one in X and one in Y, and the X had no perfect IVs at all, no matter how often I reset, until I happened to get one with 2 IVs so I just took it and ran. The second Diancie in my Y game DID have the 3 perfect IVs so I kept resetting until I got a 31/31/31/29/31/31 spread, and I figured that was probably the best I could hope for so I took it. Incidentally, that took me 3 solid days of Soft Resetting. It wasn't so bad though, I was catching up on Netflix shows at the time and just kept tapping the button.

oshimas November 2nd, 2014 5:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Howmander (Post 8486568)
Which one? Gengar or Diancie? Gengar has all 6 IVs totally random, whereas Diancie apparently has a glitch that some game cartridges get random IVs whereas others get teh correct 3 IVs. I myself got two, one in X and one in Y, and the X had no perfect IVs at all, no matter how often I reset, until I happened to get one with 2 IVs so I just took it and ran. The second Diancie in my Y game DID have the 3 perfect IVs so I kept resetting until I got a 31/31/31/29/31/31 spread, and I figured that was probably the best I could hope for so I took it. Incidentally, that took me 3 solid days of Soft Resetting. It wasn't so bad though, I was catching up on Netflix shows at the time and just kept tapping the button.

Just with Diancie, the last spread I got using serebii's iv calculator was: 31 / 26,27 / 22 / 7 / 28 / 2
and I'm still waiting to get one with some decent IV spread for a speed team.

edit: i gave up for this spread: 20, 21 / 22, 23 / 2, 3 / 8, 9 / 14, 15 / 30

Hikamaru November 2nd, 2014 6:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Cyclone (Post 8486121)
So, someone update me. Is the Diancie, at this point, STILL untradeable?

I know someone posted on Tumblr (to be specific, two users, both of whose posts I since reblogged to my page) said they couldn't use the Diancie in online battles, but I'm still not sure about the trading issue. If they couldn't battle with it, there could be a chance that it may be unable to be traded as well, and that means if one wants to get it over to OR/AS they'll have to do it via Pokemon Bank which can be a fiddly process.

I could already imagine some people may not even want to get the Diancie now if they found out about these limitations. I already hate how terribly event distributions this generation have been going so far, not only has there been a severe lack of global wi-fi events (only ones I know of are Blazikenite Torchic, Fancy Vivillon and the recent Super Size Pumpkaboo) but almost every event barring those have either been exclusive to a certain country or have those single-use codes which I think is a stupid way to distribute event Pokemon.

Game Freak are like being totally literal with the term "region-locked" here.

Howmander November 2nd, 2014 6:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Hikamaru (Post 8486689)
I know someone posted on Tumblr (to be specific, two users, both of whose posts I since reblogged to my page) said they couldn't use the Diancie in online battles, but I'm still not sure about the trading issue. If they couldn't battle with it, there could be a chance that it may be unable to be traded as well, and that means if one wants to get it over to OR/AS they'll have to do it via Pokemon Bank which can be a fiddly process.

I could already imagine some people may not even want to get the Diancie now if they found out about these limitations. I already hate how terribly event distributions this generation have been going so far, not only has there been a severe lack of global wi-fi events (only ones I know of are Blazikenite Torchic, Fancy Vivillon and the recent Super Size Pumpkaboo) but almost every event barring those have either been exclusive to a certain country or have those single-use codes which I think is a stupid way to distribute event Pokemon.

Game Freak are like being totally literal with the term "region-locked" here.

What do you mean a fiddly process? I just moved my Diancie from X to Pokebank, then swapped teh X and Y cartridges and moved it into there. Took seconds each time. And since Diancie has a time limit on the availability of the event, their options are to get it now or wait 5 years till the next event comes out, particularly if the Diancie remains untradeable. (The last Mew was given out in 2010)

Cyclone November 2nd, 2014 6:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Hikamaru (Post 8486689)
I know someone posted on Tumblr (to be specific, two users, both of whose posts I since reblogged to my page) said they couldn't use the Diancie in online battles, but I'm still not sure about the trading issue. If they couldn't battle with it, there could be a chance that it may be unable to be traded as well, and that means if one wants to get it over to OR/AS they'll have to do it via Pokemon Bank which can be a fiddly process.

I could already imagine some people may not even want to get the Diancie now if they found out about these limitations. I already hate how terribly event distributions this generation have been going so far, not only has there been a severe lack of global wi-fi events (only ones I know of are Blazikenite Torchic, Fancy Vivillon and the recent Super Size Pumpkaboo) but almost every event barring those have either been exclusive to a certain country or have those single-use codes which I think is a stupid way to distribute event Pokemon.

Game Freak are like being totally literal with the term "region-locked" here.

Here's what I'm concluding. See the following post I'm quoting which is above yours:

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Originally Posted by oshimas (Post 8486590)
Just with Diancie, the last spread I got using serebii's iv calculator was: 31 / 26,27 / 22 / 7 / 28 / 2
and I'm still waiting to get one with some decent IV spread for a speed team.

edit: i gave up for this spread: 20, 21 / 22, 23 / 2, 3 / 8, 9 / 14, 15 / 30

Nintendo obviously wanted all Diancie to be a minimum of 3 perfect IVs. These ones are not registering that every time due to the apparent glitch. Those Diancie are being blocked by the GTS.

The only fix is to allow any and all Diancie to be tradeable from this event. That is the only fix. The only limitation at this point should be Shiny since it is not released. Other Diancie can enforce the usual limitation, and Nintendo needs to re-release the Diancie event for those who did not get the correct Diancie. Because these people will NOT get a Diancie that can be traded to the new games for the Mega Stone. Of course, they can keep them untradeable and just put a Diancie event in OR/AS, but that would conflict with the Shiny Beldum.

Hikamaru November 2nd, 2014 6:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Howmander (Post 8486698)
What do you mean a fiddly process? I just moved my Diancie from X to Pokebank, then swapped teh X and Y cartridges and moved it into there. Took seconds each time. And since Diancie has a time limit on the availability of the event, their options are to get it now or wait 5 years till the next event comes out, particularly if the Diancie remains untradeable. (The last Mew was given out in 2010)

The main problem I'm mentioning about Bank is that not everyone can afford it.

Howmander November 2nd, 2014 7:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Hikamaru (Post 8486720)
The main problem I'm mentioning about Bank is that not everyone can afford it.

Its $5 a YEAR. the game is $39 - $44 (depending on the store) and you can use Nintendo eShop gift cards to pay for it, so if you can afford the game, you can afford Pokebank. Heck, if you buy the game at Wal Mart instead of EB Games the $5 you save on teh price difference pays for 1 year of Pokebank.

Cyclone November 3rd, 2014 7:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Hikamaru (Post 8486720)
The main problem I'm mentioning about Bank is that not everyone can afford it.

Then why the hell are they buying new games?

And what Howmander said before me.

tshjimtsang November 3rd, 2014 7:16 AM

I have got a shiny gengar code from GAME in UK, but my 3DS and games are JP ver.
Anyone here can use the code for me and trade with me?

mew_nani November 3rd, 2014 2:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Cyclone (Post 8487148)
Then why the hell are they buying new games?

And what Howmander said before me.

I think that has to do with the availability of eShop cards and the fact you need a credit card otherwise to get it. I have that same dilema; I could go to the store right now and get a brand new copy of Pokemon X if I really wanted. You can't do that for Pokemon Bank; you need to either get a eShop card which only a few stores in my area have or use a credit card of some type, and the minimum amount is $10 since Nintendo in their infinite wisdom no longer sells $5 cards. I have a prepaid card with only $11 bucks on it that I don't wanna waste on Pokemon Bank, and going to Gamestop just for an eShop card is a hassle. I really wish they just sold Pokemon Bank cards alongside the games themselves.

By the way, about that Diancie glitch.... Howmander, you said your Pokemon X version had the glitch, but your Y version of the game didn't. Do you know anyone with a glitched Diancie on Pokemon Y? My Diancie isn't glitched at all and was redeemed on my copy of Pokemon Y.

Dustmop November 3rd, 2014 2:52 PM

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Originally Posted by mew_nani (Post 8487436)
By the way, about that Diancie glitch.... Howmander, you said your Pokemon X version had the glitch, but your Y version of the game didn't. Do you know anyone with a glitched Diancie on Pokemon Y? My Diancie isn't glitched at all and was redeemed on my copy of Pokemon Y.

The one where it doesn't always get 3 perfect IVs like a Legendary should?

I've heard it was something with the latest patch, not the version -- just that redeeming it before updating it warrants some glitched Diancies.
I wish I could add something to that theory, but I just tried to update my copy of X and, go figure, the eShop is down for maintenance. :P Was your copy updated before you redeemed it?

mew_nani November 3rd, 2014 3:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Sgt.Dustmop (Post 8487495)
The one where it doesn't always get 3 perfect IVs like a Legendary should?

I've heard it was something with the latest patch, not the version -- just that redeeming it before updating it warrants some glitched Diancies.
I wish I could add something to that theory, but I just tried to update my copy of X and, go figure, the eShop is down for maintenance. :P Was your copy updated before you redeemed it?

No, I don't believe it was. I remember after I got my Diancie I tried to go shiny hunting on the GTS and it wouldn't let me because my game needed updating... and I went to the eShop to update it and I had to update my 3DS to access eShop. :/ It has perfect IVs in attack, defense, and special attack.

Eruption November 4th, 2014 11:09 AM

This might have been addressed earlier, but I read back a couple of pages and it hadn't so anyway... Is there any sort of known expiration date for the codes?

I picked up a Gengar code because Gengar is pretty awesome and shiny is even better, but I don't have a copy of X at the moment because I traded it in a while ago. I will eventually rebuy X when I get a good deal on it so I can put the Gengar on ORAS, but does anyone have any idea if the code will expire at all?

Also I think I read somewhere that Diancie can be redeemed on ORAS and X/Y, is that right?

PixelMuppet November 4th, 2014 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Nuke (Post 8488182)

Also I think I read somewhere that Diancie can be redeemed on ORAS and X/Y, is that right?

Diancie can be redeamed on X/Y and then transfered to ORAS to MegaEvolve.

Howmander November 4th, 2014 4:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Nuke (Post 8488182)
This might have been addressed earlier, but I read back a couple of pages and it hadn't so anyway... Is there any sort of known expiration date for the codes?

I picked up a Gengar code because Gengar is pretty awesome and shiny is even better, but I don't have a copy of X at the moment because I traded it in a while ago. I will eventually rebuy X when I get a good deal on it so I can put the Gengar on ORAS, but does anyone have any idea if the code will expire at all?

Also I think I read somewhere that Diancie can be redeemed on ORAS and X/Y, is that right?

Well the codes have the expiry dates printed directly on them (Gengar 10/13 - 10/26, Diancie 10/27 - 11/16) so whatever those means is what it is

Eruption November 4th, 2014 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by PixelMuppet (Post 8488198)
Diancie can be redeamed on X/Y and then transfered to ORAS to MegaEvolve.

Ah, that's disappointing, I was hoping it could go directly on to ORAS.

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Originally Posted by Howmander (Post 8488409)
Well the codes have the expiry dates printed directly on them (Gengar 10/13 - 10/26, Diancie 10/27 - 11/16) so whatever those means is what it is

I'm not sure what the distribution is like elsewhere, but in the UK we just get a code on a receipt with no form of expiry date on it. Our range of dates is different (Gengar ends today here) as well so the expiry of any US codes will be different I would think.

Howmander November 4th, 2014 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Nuke (Post 8488703)

I'm not sure what the distribution is like elsewhere, but in the UK we just get a code on a receipt with no form of expiry date on it. Our range of dates is different (Gengar ends today here) as well so the expiry of any US codes will be different I would think.

so you don't get code cards that look like this?

http://i.imgur.com/7LyLNlu.png

Eruption November 5th, 2014 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Howmander (Post 8488707)
so you don't get code cards that look like this?

http://i.imgur.com/7LyLNlu.png

Unfortunately not, they look pretty cool.

We literally just get a regular receipt as you would if you purchased something from the game store, but it has a code on it for the Gengar.

Dustmop November 5th, 2014 3:20 AM

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Originally Posted by mew_nani (Post 8487511)
No, I don't believe it was. I remember after I got my Diancie I tried to go shiny hunting on the GTS and it wouldn't let me because my game needed updating... and I went to the eShop to update it and I had to update my 3DS to access eShop. :/ It has perfect IVs in attack, defense, and special attack.

Welp. I was planning on SR'ing for awhile.. First try and I got a Brave Diancie with perfect Attack, Sp. Attack, and Sp. Def. Now I'm stuck.

With the differences in stats between regular Diancie and Mega Diancie, I dunno if I wanna keep it now. http://www.pokecommunity.com/images/templates/smilies/cerulean/2.%20laugh.gif

Oh, and reporting back in because I didn't get a "glitched" one as I had anticipated.

Howmander November 5th, 2014 4:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Sgt.Dustmop (Post 8488783)
Welp. I was planning on SR'ing for awhile.. First try and I got a Brave Diancie with perfect Attack, Sp. Attack, and Sp. Def. Now I'm stuck.

With the differences in stats between regular Diancie and Mega Diancie, I dunno if I wanna keep it now. http://www.pokecommunity.com/images/templates/smilies/cerulean/2.%20laugh.gif

Oh, and reporting back in because I didn't get a "glitched" one as I had anticipated.

It's still quite usable, because who knows how long it will be before you find the Diancite, maybe it's a post game Mega stone, who knows? I too was going for a Brave one until I ended up with my neutral natured one with 31/31/31/29/31/31 spread, so even though it wasn't what I was looking for, I still like it because now it is equal between mega OR normal form, I don't have to decide between which one I want to train for.

Dustmop November 5th, 2014 4:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Howmander (Post 8488819)
It's still quite usable, because who knows how long it will be before you find the Diancite, maybe it's a post game Mega stone, who knows? I too was going for a Brave one until I ended up with my neutral natured one with 31/31/31/29/31/31 spread, so even though it wasn't what I was looking for, I still like it because now it is equal between mega OR normal form, I don't have to decide between which one I want to train for.

That's what I would have preferred, honestly. But I kept getting 3 perfect IVs, and the attack stat kept coming up as a 0. Ugh.

So I did keep going. In my first one, Diancie's Speed IV was a 0 and that just wasn't working for me. It's already terrible to begin with, but 49 at level 50 is just awful.
Settled for a Lonely with perfect HP, Attack, and Sp. Attack. I don't know the exact IV spread -- too in-depth for me -- but our Speed stat is 70-something now (improvement?!), and everything else is relatively similar to what it was the first time, save for slightly lower Defense and a slightly higher HP. /shrug

I don't play competitively, at all, for what it's worth. I just wanted her to be semi-useful whether normal or Mega. And she sort of is, lol.

ilias_ November 6th, 2014 12:02 AM

Does anyone have a spare EU Diancie code? I can't get one in my country and I really want one :( Thank you very much :)

I found a code for Diancie... it's so beautiful!!!

KillerTyphlosion November 8th, 2014 2:12 AM

This really sucks. On serebii it states that bart smit and intertoys in my country get the codes. Just went to both of them here, Bart smit only got a few and they were already out of codes also mentioned that most stores didn't even get codes and intertoys didn't even get them. I really hate nintendo for this. Wy do we have to pick up annoying codes. Wy isn't everything via wifi? I would be really gratefull if someone could get a pal code and send me one.

Nagi November 8th, 2014 8:10 AM

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Originally Posted by KillerTyphlosion (Post 8491577)
This really sucks. On serebii it states that bart smit and intertoys in my country get the codes. Just went to both of them here, Bart smit only got a few and they were already out of codes also mentioned that most stores didn't even get codes and intertoys didn't even get them. I really hate nintendo for this. Wy do we have to pick up annoying codes. Wy isn't everything via wifi? I would be really gratefull if someone could get a pal code and send me one.

really?! i JUST went to Bart Smit here and they say they only hand them out if you pre-order ORAS with them. and i have a JP 3DS so i already pre-ordered it from elsewhere... i was going to get the code so a friend could transfer it to me...

obviously i don't live in Japan so i already miss out on most Event Pokémon, but i thought this was my chance to get a Diancie at least. i'm so annoyed!

EagleVision1999 November 8th, 2014 10:15 AM

The Diancie event started just two days ago over here, and all the places I've been to are already out of codes. Sucks :/

εcho. November 8th, 2014 12:50 PM

The EB Games closest to me ran out of Diancie cards within hours on the first day of the event (when I was at school and had no chance to even get to the store).

Really stinks. Just wish it was a normal wifi distribution.

Hikamaru November 10th, 2014 2:20 PM

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Originally Posted by EagleVision1999 (Post 8492049)
The Diancie event started just two days ago over here, and all the places I've been to are already out of codes. Sucks :/

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Originally Posted by εcho. (Post 8492178)
The EB Games closest to me ran out of Diancie cards within hours on the first day of the event (when I was at school and had no chance to even get to the store).

Really stinks. Just wish it was a normal wifi distribution.

This is why I think code events are not the way to go. It can get very unfortunate for some people because their stores run out of codes and therefore leaves them unable to get the event.

It's so stupid that this generation, Game Freak seems to not be caring about Mystery Gift at all by making events too exclusive or forcing people to show up at Gamestop, EB Games and the like just to get one special Pokemon. They really need to make more Mystery Gift events and then players will be happy.

So far this generation, only three events ever had Mystery Gift distribution. That is totally saying something.

εcho. November 11th, 2014 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Hikamaru (Post 8494324)
This is why I think code events are not the way to go. It can get very unfortunate for some people because their stores run out of codes and therefore leaves them unable to get the event.

It's so stupid that this generation, Game Freak seems to not be caring about Mystery Gift at all by making events too exclusive or forcing people to show up at Gamestop, EB Games and the like just to get one special Pokemon. They really need to make more Mystery Gift events and then players will be happy.

So far this generation, only three events ever had Mystery Gift distribution. That is totally saying something.

Agree 100%!

I'd love to see more Mystery Gift distribution, would definitely be better than these silly code distributions.

Hikamaru November 11th, 2014 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by εcho. (Post 8495594)
Agree 100%!

I'd love to see more Mystery Gift distribution, would definitely be better than these silly code distributions.

Agreed. Another issue with codes is that the stores run out of them quickly and that means we have people who were so desperate to get a Diancie be forced to miss out instead, as mentioned in this Tumblr post.

BakingBluePotatoe November 12th, 2014 5:20 AM

So, today, I went to 2 of my local Gamestops to see if I can get some extra codes for Diance so I could give it away. They both ran out! I'm SO glad I was in town the first day to get my own code.

Howmander November 12th, 2014 5:28 AM

So I've been seeing online the Diancie and Gengar codes have their secret numbers covered with that scratch off coating, whereas in Canada we don't get that at all (all the code cards are bare and the secret numbers are readily visible to everyone) anyone know why that is? I mean, shouldn't north america have the same standards continent wide?

Megan November 12th, 2014 3:00 PM

Not a huge fan of those store promotion codes. It seems like the only purpose for them is to lure people into the store, to buy stuff. I mean if they only wanted to distribute an event Pokemon, a normal Wifi distribution would have sufficed.

And thanks to the limited amount of codes it's just another step to event elitism. "You get one, but you don't. Tough luck, try again on the next event."
Then again, if people really cared for that, they would have complained on a bigger scale a long time ago, considering it's by far not the first code only distribution this gen.

Yeah, I'm really pissed, if you couldn't tell. ^^"

yuukiw November 12th, 2014 9:05 PM

would someone trade with me, i live in germany and have no way to get one code T_T
Both of the shops nintendo choose are miles away from where i life.

Musicality November 12th, 2014 9:27 PM

Yeah, I really preferred mystery gift. For quite a few reasons, actually. Codes are only distributed in certain regions, so if you're not living in say US or PAL regions, you're mostly out of luck save for a few other regions.

Mystery gift events are also much easier to farm, if you're looking from the perspective if someone that collects and trades events. Also, faulty codes can be a real problem, whereas with Mystery Gift there's literally no issue at all because it's over wifi. Quick and simple.

I suppose that code events would be rarer and more valuable than Mystery Gift ones, which would drive the trade economy in a sense. Their rarity is directly influenced by quantity and distribution, so maybe that's what Nintendo is getting at.

KillerTyphlosion November 14th, 2014 1:42 AM

Most gen 5 events were also store events but you just needed to visit them and you could download them wireless. I seriously don't get these code events. They should at least make them avaible via the internet like they did with the oras demo for USA/Canada. I needed to go to an event to get the code in my country.

Markz88 November 14th, 2014 10:46 AM

[HELP] Diancie Event code, please [EU]
 
Hello everyone,
Can someone help me please?
I'm from Italy and I can't get a Diancie Event code alone (i just lost the gengar shiny event )..
Can someone send an EU code to me? Pleeeaseee :'(

skyburial November 16th, 2014 9:01 AM

I've got one more US download code. Message if interested.

OliveCopper November 16th, 2014 12:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skyburial (Post 8499745)
I've got one more US download code. Message if interested.

My intrest is at its maximun, since I missed the event.

Gonna need a PM for Diancie Code...

pikapoofies November 16th, 2014 1:00 PM

if anyone has any diancie codes left please pm me one i really don't want to miss out on diancie

Markz88 November 17th, 2014 6:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skyburial (Post 8499745)
I've got one more US download code. Message if interested.

Thank you but i think that the code is region locked and i'm in europe... :'(

pikapoofies November 18th, 2014 5:09 PM

I have one xtra diancie code
 
if anyone is interested i will give it to the first person who pm's me asking for it

victreeplume November 20th, 2014 11:38 AM

No where in Adelaide (Australia) has any Diancie codes left. My local EB games said they got sent only 20 codes and they were gone straight away. I've been looking since day 1 of the distribution. Ugh!!!

OliveCopper November 20th, 2014 12:48 PM

I missed out on the Diancie event. Please give me a PM if you have a spare code.

fashayshay November 20th, 2014 2:20 PM

Same here. Please pm me if you somehow have a spare code.

Sun November 23rd, 2014 7:27 AM

I have unused EU Codes for both Diancie and Mega Gengar, but one must first trade me unused US Codes for both Diancie and Mega Gengar.

PokemonPlatnum November 25th, 2014 3:03 AM

If anyone has a spare EU diancie code please drop me a PM. I live in Ireland and have no access to this event :(

BlackHat315 November 25th, 2014 4:23 PM

Hey all, I'm currently studying in the states for the semester, but I'll be returning to the UK this spring. Unfortunately, I'm missing the Diancie event. Can anyone help me out with a EU Diancie code?

ajubaba November 25th, 2014 8:04 PM

Can anyone give me an extra code for a US Diancie? :)


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