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Juxapose July 29th, 2015 4:32 PM

Is wonder trade dead?
 
Hello everyone, Jux here. I took a break from Pokemon for about a month to play LoZ: Link between two worlds. Now that I beat the game, I wanted to get back into battling and trading. I went into wonder trade and tried to trade my level 100 sandslashes out for the world. Yet, each and every time I tried to wonder trade, I can't seem to find other traders. It's also WTW, so I figured that everyone would be trading. What gives?

Sydian July 29th, 2015 5:36 PM

I dunno, I was Wonder Trading today and got some cool stuff like Klefki and a Phanpy with nice egg moves. I never once was unable to find partners...maybe you just picked a bad time? :<

Sun July 29th, 2015 5:58 PM

I'm wondering 'bad time' as Syd says. It happens from time to time. I wouldn't be surprised if WT's drying up though, given the lack of post-game contents in all Gen VI games, it's bound to end up like that.

Fun Size July 29th, 2015 6:17 PM

When Wonder Trading first started up, it was a huge hit since it was a new shiny feature, but since it's been 2 years since it was first introduced I can see it dying down a bit.

Fourth The Tyrant July 29th, 2015 6:27 PM

I find that it's usually lively, but when WTW rolls around, it starts acting up. Can't find partners, or communication fails. Any other time I try, it works fine. I dunno. It only ever fails on WTW for me.

Nurse Joy July 30th, 2015 9:25 AM

Getting no partner hasn't happened to me since before ORAS. However, there's never really anything good on it. The only cool thing I've ever got was a shiny lv.100 Kyogre when I was doing a wonderlocke (which I still can't believe), but usually it's zigzagoons and wurmples. Occasionally you'll get something cool like a Houndoom or Pokemon with Pokerus, but I don't think people are really into it as they used to be. I always forget it exists haha


Esper July 30th, 2015 10:23 AM

When I (infrequently) play ORAS I'll sometimes WT anything I have sitting around like Pokemon I used for breeding that I don't think I need anymore (never Zigzagoon or Wurmple though) and I almost always connect fine. Usually I get something not terrible, too, like Pokemon with good stats or egg moves or high levels.

Connor July 30th, 2015 11:47 AM

Every once and a while I will get that problem. But you would think it would be much more active because of WTW. I think my problem is that I play at weird times of the day, thanks to my odd work schedule.

SleepyTrainer July 30th, 2015 12:12 PM

The only times when I fail to find a trade partner, is when I have connection issues.

jessluvstolaugh July 30th, 2015 4:34 PM

I agree that wonder trade used to be a huge hit with a wider variety of pokemon but now it seems like no one uses it anymore. I still use it because I'm trying to complete my Pokedex and I love surprises!!!!

Blueredemption July 30th, 2015 5:21 PM

When i was breeding last month i wonder traded all of the spitbacks from my previous projects. Activity was spotty, depending on what i believe was the time of day. I got a bunch of good iv and even some shinies, so i think if people are patient enough they can still score big sooner or later.

starseed galaxy auticorn July 31st, 2015 2:31 PM

I don't think I've ever had any issues with Wonder Trade. I do agree, it takes a lot of time and patience. I don't always get a rare pokemon. When I do use it, I just do to get some pokemon I can use for new games. Just now, I got a shiny Jirachi while I was posting this!

Altairis August 3rd, 2015 2:06 PM

Wonder trade seems to die infrequently. I don't think there's a pattern, but I know there were a couple Wednesdays where there was maintenance or a system issue, but I believe it's resolved now.

Lapis August 5th, 2015 5:45 PM

Sometimes I'll have issues finding a partner, but that has happened even before ORAS. It feels like such a slap in the face. ;3;

Ryumie August 9th, 2015 10:19 PM

Well, I also haven't played in a while, but in X/Y it only happened to me once, it was unable to find partners, I tried again, and again, then it found, then it was unable... After some time it returned to normal. I hope it doesn't end like that cause I have tons of pokémon to spread and once in a while there are some cool egg moves or HA I don't have yet in the middle of ordinary Route 101 ones.

Jaizu August 10th, 2015 6:33 AM

Isn't dead. People use it to send their lv1 Pokémon without the best NATURE, so you can use it to complete your Dex easily. Even when some people only send Poochyenas and that stuff but well, you can't always win. I love to send Buizels 8)

Wuchuhurd August 10th, 2015 11:44 AM

In the month of July there were 3 Wednesday's in a row where the servers were having trouble because of the amount of wonder trading. It actually forced Nappy (the person credited for the WTW) to move to Fridays (WTF lol) if im not mistaken

Geltza August 13th, 2015 2:01 PM

I don't think I've ever had a problem finding someone to trade on Wonder trade. Finding GOOD people to trade on Wonder trade however sometimes can be a hassle haha. Some days I'll get really good stuff then the other days I'll get a lot of starting route rubbish!

LadyNapalm August 13th, 2015 3:29 PM

I've never really used Wonder Trade all that much, though I did when I played a Wonderlocke run of X last year.

I didn't get many good mons besides the occasional Froakie that didn't the right ability

Mimikyu402 August 20th, 2015 6:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrazyBunnyCoaster (Post 8871439)
I don't think I've ever had any issues with Wonder Trade. I do agree, it takes a lot of time and patience. I don't always get a rare pokemon. When I do use it, I just do to get some pokemon I can use for new games. Just now, I got a shiny Jirachi while I was posting this!

event pokemons cant be wonder traded so it cant be true they have ta certain ribbon if they are real that prevent them from being traded in wt and gts

starseed galaxy auticorn August 20th, 2015 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kratosx (Post 8897544)
event pokemons cant be wonder traded so it cant be true they have ta certain ribbon if they are real that prevent them from being traded in wt and gts

Well, I think it was hacked... but it still makes me wonder how. I tried transferring my hacked legends from Black/White series, and they got deleted. :/ I don't know if power save might have something to do with the Jirachi being hacked. *shrug* I still kept it though. I wanted a Jirachi, and I got one. That's all that matters to me.

Anyway, I haven't wonder traded in a long time. I usually do it when I'm after new pokemon I don't have or for restarts if I can get all the ones I need for a good team.

junochoi August 23rd, 2015 7:58 PM

I traded recently in the wonder trade and there is no problem

Caite-chan August 24th, 2015 2:10 AM

Well I Wonder Trade WAAAAY to much...lol. I'll get the We couldn't find you a trade partner every so often. I always have good luck at about 3AM EDT because it's the middle of the night for me but Japan is active and I always seem to get my shiny Pokemon during that time.

CountessGardevoir August 25th, 2015 12:26 PM

All dead, all dead

Dedenne1 August 25th, 2015 3:03 PM

I stopped wondertrading awhile ago but ik cause my friend does Wondertrading wednesdays and loves to text me what shinies he got its not dead pllus what happended happens to everyone from time to time just a low amount of activity lately it may be dying out slowly though.


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