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PokéGeek82 July 9th, 2015 9:08 AM

Anyone else complete the Dex?
 
I was determined to complete the pokédex in X and Y and ended up pouring 719 hours into the game.. Anyone else complete the pokédex? How long did it take you? What was the hardest part? What made you want to complete it?

Sun July 9th, 2015 11:22 PM

Let's see, it took me around 5 months to complete the Pokédex on X, as the PokéBank wasn't available on its expected launch day.

PokéGeek82 July 10th, 2015 7:19 PM

Gah.. PokéBank... >.< sorry.. just have painful memories of waiting for that to release..

Granzen July 10th, 2015 11:23 PM

It tooks 4 month and i didn't complete it.:(

KwazaR July 11th, 2015 4:42 AM

Believe it or not it took me around 1 and a half month and 300 hours of in-game time to complete the whole national LIVING dex without resorting to wonder trade though it required incredible amount of dedication from me but it was worth it. Completing living dex made it all the more difficult but now I don't have to be concerned about filling the gaps in the upcoming games.

rarmstar July 11th, 2015 5:34 AM

Think it maybe only look me a couple of weeks, but I'd been storing up Pokemon on all the older games for ages.

Hardest bit was all the event legendaries!!!

It was just really cool to go through them all and have a little story about how you got each one, and where it came from.

Suicune July 11th, 2015 6:22 AM

With over 1000 hours of gameplay at this point; it took me until just a few days ago to complete the Central, Coastal and Mountain dex for Pokémon X. I had never been much of a Pokédex completionist, but lately I've been wanting to get a hold of the Oval and Shiny charms, so I'm going to try to complete the national dex soon. :) Since my X is mainly a breeding file, the hardest part was getting a few evolutions like Boldore, Magmortar, Rhyperior and others.

Lapis July 11th, 2015 7:58 AM

Don't really remember how many hours it took completing the PokeDex, but when I completed my national dex. Man. I was so happy. ^^

Aether★ July 11th, 2015 10:13 AM

Game was released in October 2013, I managed to complete the dex in February 2014, so not very long after the release. Couple of aquaintances I've met in PokeMMO helped me through this.

Megan July 11th, 2015 10:21 AM

I only was like 4 Pokemon off, but as I got OR after that, I instead just got the dex completed in that game and restarted my X. I think, I was around 600 hours in, or so.

PokéGeek82 July 11th, 2015 8:32 PM

My last pokemon to complete the pokedex was jellicent! What was yours?

paddotk July 13th, 2015 1:46 PM

eh.

Lectro July 13th, 2015 4:58 PM

I didn't complete the Pokédex. I completed it in Pokémon Platinum... But the next games have a lot of Pokémon, I can't complete it now.

newfrickinshow July 14th, 2015 9:07 PM

Well, mine is completed and is just under 300 minutes completed. Hardest part was probably finding someone to borrow the event legendaries. I completed it in pursuit of the shiny charm and specifically in pursuit of a shiny furfrou. Not sure why but that became a kind of obsession for me and I completed it earlier today.

Dracowyn July 14th, 2015 11:03 PM

I have a living dex in my box, been keeping a living dex since generation 3. However almost everything from pre-gen 6 was transferred from my previous games via wonder trade.

Before generation 6 I usually only transferred fully evolved pokemon to next generations, then bred them for the rest. You really don't want to send 400+ pokemon through the gen 4 pal park.

Oblox July 15th, 2015 1:02 AM

I had complete dex in White which I transferred over to OR via bank (Painful process).

I then caught the new Gen 6 pokemon in a friends copy of X they lent me. No idea how long it took me altogether but a long time for the white dex and probably 6 weeks to get all in X including time to complete the game.

Sun July 15th, 2015 2:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dracowyn (Post 8847038)
I have a living dex in my box, been keeping a living dex since generation 3. However almost everything from pre-gen 6 was transferred from my previous games via wonder trade.

Before generation 6 I usually only transferred fully evolved pokemon to next generations, then bred them for the rest. You really don't want to send 400+ pokemon through the gen 4 pal park.

Having a live Pokédex is definitely helpful for completing a Pokédex.

Hikamaru July 15th, 2015 3:19 AM

I've never completed the Dex in any game I've played, and it was the same here. I did at least get a huge chunk of the entire Kalos Pokedex filled through dedication.

Elite Overlord LeSabre™ July 15th, 2015 10:25 AM

I've got 714 registered. The only ones I'm missing are event Pokemon, so I've completed it as far as getting the Shiny Charm, the certificate in my bedroom, and the related Global Link medals.

(And yes, that means I even had to capture my most hated yellow rodent *shudder* Didn't catch that thing till the absolute end.)

Kikaito plush July 17th, 2015 10:08 AM

500 Hours in playtime and almost caught them all part from an few event legends.

Somewhere_ July 18th, 2015 11:44 AM

Im too lazy to and I have no one to trade with.

rarmstar July 18th, 2015 2:02 PM

The thing is, to get all the event legendaries, the only way I could do it was to use action replay to get the respective event items (Liberty Pass, Azure Flute, etc.) in Black, HeartGold or Platinum, and then face off against the legit Pokemon from the event.

Since I wasn't playing Pokemon at the release of Gen IV/V I didn't get the chance to do the events normally.

Was I OK doing this, or is it pretty much cheating?

Nah July 18th, 2015 3:06 PM

I completed the Kalos Dex but not the national one. Only time I did was in Pearl.

Quote:

Originally Posted by rarmstar (Post 8851749)
The thing is, to get all the event legendaries, the only way I could do it was to use action replay to get the respective event items (Liberty Pass, Azure Flute, etc.) in Black, HeartGold or Platinum, and then face off against the legit Pokemon from the event.

Since I wasn't playing Pokemon at the release of Gen IV/V I didn't get the chance to do the events normally.

Was I OK doing this, or is it pretty much cheating?

Idk, personally I think it's fine in gens 5 or older since the events have long since passed and WiFi no longer works for the DS (games). I used an Action Replay too when completing the National Dex in Pearl because it was physically impossible for me to get like Arceus, Shaymin, etc, otherwise.

In Gen VI there's still WiFi so the GTS and stuff makes things a lot easier, and they still do events for this gen so we still get chances to get even 'mons.

rarmstar July 20th, 2015 2:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nah (Post 8851815)

In Gen VI there's still WiFi so the GTS and stuff makes things a lot easier, and they still do events for this gen so we still get chances to get even 'mons.

Yeah, hopefully over the next few years all the event Pokemon will get another distribution, or appear in a game, so they're available to everyone :)

Hiatus August 10th, 2015 4:21 AM

Nope, not me. I did think about attempting to complete my Dex, but at the end, I wound up deciding not to. It's a very time-consuming task, and I don't feel it'd be worth it for me to put that much effort into this, although it would give me a sense of accomplishment and whatnot.

The last time I had tried finishing up with my PokéDex was in Emerald, which was nearly half-a-decade ago, or maybe more.


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