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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. ^^"


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