The PokéCommunity Forums

The PokéCommunity Forums (https://www.pokecommunity.com/index.php)
-   Previous Generations (https://www.pokecommunity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=200)
-   -   6th Gen U.S. Hoopa Event - McDonalds? Sounds like a lot of Hoopa! (https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=357757)

Alfieri October 29th, 2015 3:22 PM

U.S. Hoopa Event - McDonalds? Sounds like a lot of Hoopa!
 
"For those of you in the US, the Hoopa event has been announced. Hoopa is to be distributed at McDonald's restaurants across the country from November 27th 2015 to December 23rd 2015. This event can be redeemed on X, Y, Omega Ruby or Alpha Sapphire but it is not currently 100% confirmed if it will be code or through the Nintendo Zone or local distribution methods."

https://www.facebook.com/SerebiiNetPage/photos/a.272994882786806.65588.271717862914508/908150999271188/?type=3&theater

What a strange idea. Good thing I have both XY and ORAS so that's 4 Hoopa for me.

Also for relevancy:

Sopheria October 29th, 2015 3:32 PM

Definitely an odd venue for a Pokemon distribution event, but hey, whatever works ^^ I'll certainly be grabbing one of these as soon as the event starts! Or three perhaps haha

DraconianWing October 29th, 2015 3:36 PM

Note that a small edit on the Serebii homepage states that it's been removed from the US Pokemon website, so they might have some changes planned for the distribution:
Quote:

Originally Posted by Serebii
Edit @ 19:44: The announcement of this has now been removed from the US official site, we'll bring news on any changes when it comes

But yeah, McDonald's is a strange place of choice to hold a Pokemon event (in my opinion). Also, Krusty Krab reference 8/8 would approve (y)

Syrex October 29th, 2015 4:10 PM

Luckly I live almost next door to a McDonalds.

As everyone has said, Very strange place for a Pokemon Event.

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire October 29th, 2015 4:21 PM

I don't even think this is the first event at Mcdonalds. Looking at the date of the event I think they put it up on the site sooner than planned, hence why it was likely removed.

BlackRabbyt October 29th, 2015 4:57 PM

I know McDonalds has a history of promotions like this, but why not another venue to generate buzz for them? Hell MecDonalds turned down a temporary alliance with Burger King out of...what? Spite? Jealousy? Revenue?

Astinus October 29th, 2015 5:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlackRabbyt (Post 8980309)
I know McDonalds has a history of promotions like this, but why not another venue to generate buzz for them?

Perhaps it's because McDonald's is easily found all over the world and other options aren't as plentiful. There were 14,000 McD's in the US in 2014. It's not like the GameStop code distributions, where you have to be really lucky to live near a store. It's exceptionally rare for a location not to have a McDonald's close-by, especially in the US. There are three in walking distance of my house, one of which just opened this year.

Besides, this isn't the first Pokemon event happening at McDonald's. There was that Happy Meal toy set for B/W that came with promo cards. Maybe the Pokemon Company just wants to stick with whom they've used before.

Sun October 29th, 2015 5:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Astinus (Post 8980320)
Perhaps it's because McDonald's is easily found all over the world and other options aren't as plentiful. There were 14,000 McD's in the US in 2014. It's not like the GameStop code distributions, where you have to be really lucky to live near a store. It's exceptionally rare for a location not to have a McDonald's close-by, especially in the US. There are three in walking distance of my house, one of which just opened this year.

Besides, this isn't the first Pokemon event happening at McDonald's. There was that Happy Meal toy set for B/W that came with promo cards. Maybe the Pokemon Company just wants to stick with whom they've used before.

And I don't think McD's gonna force people to buy their food. {XD} Some of you might've heard this before, certain game stores force people to purchase in order to obtain event Pokemon, when those event Pokemon are obviously for free. D:

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire October 29th, 2015 11:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sun (Post 8980347)
And I don't think McD's gonna force people to buy their food. {XD} Some of you might've heard this before, certain game stores force people to purchase in order to obtain event Pokemon, when those event Pokemon are obviously for free. D:

Yeah, I heard some Game Stop employees pulled that during the Shiny Creation trio events, telling people that they needed to pre-order XY to get them...even if some of those same people already had pre-orders...

Mewtwolover October 30th, 2015 2:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sun (Post 8980347)
Some of you might've heard this before, certain game stores force people to purchase in order to obtain event Pokemon, when those event Pokemon are obviously for free. D:

True, Finnish Pokémon fans really hate GameStop mainly because they've forced almost every time people to pre-order Pokémon game(s) in order to obtain event pokémon when it should've been free. The worst was Shiny Dialga, Palkia & Giratina event, GameStop just silently removed their event announcement from Facebook instead of making public apology after being caught red-handed for doing the event against Nintendo's orders.

I really hope that someday these events are purely online and worldwide like they should be in the 21st century.

Sun October 30th, 2015 3:31 AM

Adding on against Nintendo's policy, that might be the reason why GameStop isn't hosting much Pokemon event lately. Yeah I get it, they might have paid to sponsor the events in the west and they need income too, but that's not how a company should earn money; a great service and honest business conduct brings customers.

Therefore, hosting in McDonald's isn't a terrible idea, on the business perspective. As for the food, that's an another topic. {XD}

Judge Mandolore Shepard October 30th, 2015 6:12 AM

I am having doubts about McDonalds hosting the event. I will have to go to a McDonalds location for proof. After I have my proof, I hope the event will be code based. This is because I go to McDonalds for lunch on certain Wednesdays on my way home from work, so I don't have my 3DS with me.

Hikamaru October 30th, 2015 6:18 AM

I have heard of Pokemon events being distributed at McDonald's in the past, but as we know it's not entirely out-of-character to have Pokemon events distributed at areas outside of Gamestop/EB Games/GAME etc.

OffRoadSP October 30th, 2015 7:41 AM

Looks like it's been reconfirmed, and it will be through Nintendo Zone at McDonalds. From Serebii.net:

In The Games Department

Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - US Hoopa

Following the accidental reveal on the official site yesterday, the Hoopa event has been reconfirmed for the US. Running at McDonald's restaurants from November 27th to December 23rd, it is now confirmed that Hoopa is distributed through the McDonald's Nintendo Zone meaning you'll need to take your 3DS and a copy of Pokémon X, Y, Omega Ruby or Alpha Sapphire with you.

Nah October 30th, 2015 10:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hikamaru (Post 8980830)
I have heard of Pokemon events being distributed at McDonald's in the past,

They've done event distributions for Pokemon at McDonald's before?

I mean, yeah McDonald's exists in many countries but a fast food place sounds a little weird for a video game event to me....

Pinkie-Dawn October 30th, 2015 10:29 AM

OP beat me to the reference.

I fear that I may be forced to buy food from McDonald's if I ever want to get Hoopa, but the problem is, their food isn't exactly on top quality these days.

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire October 30th, 2015 10:49 AM

Has it ever been top quality?

Nintendo Zone huh? I guess I'll just drive up to one and try to get it from the parking spot (it's worked before).

véronique October 30th, 2015 1:43 PM

So, Hoopa is going to be available at McDonalds. It has the move "Nasty Plot", and can be received at a place that serves nasty "food".

myystogan October 30th, 2015 2:10 PM

Whoo, I'll definitely be getting a Hoopa. I have a Manesh Hoopa already but another one or two wouldn't hurt :-]

I have to agree that the fact that Hoopa's being distributed at McDonald's IS pretty weird but I'm not going to complain about it. When I went to GameStop for the Diancie event in October last year I was forced to pre-order OR/AS, so at least if the event will be distributed at McDonald's, I'll be there for some food anyway.

Crowley666 October 30th, 2015 2:32 PM

Well I wouldn't complain if they did that here in Sweden :D Weird place but yet awesome! Now I gotta find a contact in U.S for one hehe.

Sopheria October 30th, 2015 2:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nah (Post 8981063)
They've done event distributions for Pokemon at McDonald's before?

I mean, yeah McDonald's exists in many countries but a fast food place sounds a little weird for a video game event to me....

They've done it in Japan before, but this is definitely the first time they've done it in the US.

At least now that we know that it's distributed through a Wi-Fi service, we can be sure they can't pull any shenanigans where we're forced to buy some of their food (?) to get the event.

Syrex October 30th, 2015 3:00 PM

If i were forced to buy something to get the event pokemon, I'd buy like a 59 cent ice cream cone and reap the rewards that is HOOPA!

Astinus October 30th, 2015 3:58 PM

McDonald's offers free wi-fi for anyone to use. While I'm sure that they'd appreciate people buying their products, they should also be used to people coming in and using their wi-fi. Especially when it's only being used by someone for a few seconds to download a Pokemon.

You can even go in and just ask to buy the toys that come in the Happy Meals without actually purchasing food. That way, you can claim you're making a purchase to have an excuse to use their wi-fi but you're not actually buying their food.

Juice585 October 30th, 2015 4:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire (Post 8981081)
Nintendo Zone huh? I guess I'll just drive up to one and try to get it from the parking spot (it's worked before).

Right? I would assume that's all you'd have to do.

Hiatus October 31st, 2015 4:39 AM

Didn't they host some distribution event like this at McDonald's years ago?

Sun October 31st, 2015 4:59 AM

^

I'm not sure in the states, I think they did? But I could be wrong.
While I'm sure such events aren't rare from McDonald's in Japan, Pokemon players over here often brag them (over the net) that's why I'm sure of it. XD

Judge Mandolore Shepard October 31st, 2015 6:22 AM

If I had any doubts about the start date, I did not before, but I do now. I am not sure it is a good idea having the event start on Black Friday. This is due to how busy that day is, so there would probably be a lot of people attempting to get Hoopa that day.

Sopheria October 31st, 2015 6:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Judge Mandolore Shepard (Post 8981873)
If I had any doubts about the start date, I did not before, but I do now. I am not sure it is a good idea having the event start on Black Friday. This is due to how busy that day is, so there would probably be a lot of people attempting to get Hoopa that day.

Are you thinking they're going to change the start date then? I don't think McDonald's gets particularly busy on Black Friday. It's mainly malls and department stores.

YellowTemperance October 31st, 2015 6:46 AM

Speaking from experience here, since my mother is currently working as a third-shift manager at a McDonalds near my home, I can attest that they typically don't mind people just coming in and using the free wi-fi, and they don't force you to buy anything. Nobody at the McDonalds knows who I am, let alone my mother's relation to me, and they don't bat an eyelash at people just sitting at a table in the lobby and getting on their wifi for whatever reason, be it netflix watching or the vidya gaems, so long as you're no disturbance to the other patrons.

And it's not like McDonalds food is -entirely- terrible. A plain hamburger is a dollar, nothing but bun and patty. It's thirty cents more to add cheese for a cheeseburger. Two bacon-egg-and-cheese biscuits, thanks to McDonalds' recent decision to start selling breakfast all day, are $3.33. Hell, just buy a dollar sweet tea or an ice-cream cone off the dollar menu, or like Astinus noted, you can buy the Happy Meal toys, if you really need to justify a visit to McDonalds.

magicalgirlj October 31st, 2015 5:43 PM

You think only McDonald's in Japan would do this.

mikey November 4th, 2015 8:00 AM

They've had events at McDonald's before. Long ago. I remember trying to get one in the parking lot once so I wouldn't have to go in lmao.

I can't wait to get Hoopa. I've always wanted him. Although I wish they gave him on Halloween since he is ghost :3

shhimsleepin November 5th, 2015 6:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sopheria (Post 8980250)
Definitely an odd venue for a Pokemon distribution event, but hey, whatever works ^^ I'll certainly be grabbing one of these as soon as the event starts! Or three perhaps haha

I think its because the rest of the world think Americans live at Mcdonalds... >_>

~RNC~ November 5th, 2015 6:24 PM

I have skimmed through and read it was going to be released and then serebii updated and it was wrong, I was reading on pokemon.com and it says still that it will be released on the 27th, which is correct? Serebii or pokemon.com?

Alfieri November 5th, 2015 6:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ~RNC~ (Post 8987051)
I have skimmed through and read it was going to be released and then serebii updated and it was wrong, I was reading on pokemon.com and it says still that it will be released on the 27th, which is correct? Serebii or pokemon.com?

Both say Hoopa will be released on the 27th.

~RNC~ November 5th, 2015 6:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alfieri (Post 8987053)
Both say Hoopa will be released on the 27th.

I have never done an event at McDonalds before, only GS, how exactly does it work to get them?

Alfieri November 5th, 2015 6:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ~RNC~ (Post 8987058)
I have never done an event at McDonalds before, only GS, how exactly does it work to get them?

Same thing. Go inside, open up mystery gift and get via wireless.

~RNC~ November 5th, 2015 7:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alfieri (Post 8987070)
Same thing. Go inside, open up mystery gift and get via wireless.

It said this: "To get Hoopa, connect to Nintendo Zone after logging on to the free Wi-Fi that is available inside participating McDonald's restaurants."

Sorry just found the blue part a bit confusing.

Sopheria November 5th, 2015 7:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ~RNC~ (Post 8987072)
It said this: "To get Hoopa, connect to Nintendo Zone after logging on to the free Wi-Fi that is available inside participating McDonald's restaurants."

Sorry just found the blue part a bit confusing.

Nintendo Zone is just the name for Nintendo's public Wi-Fi service. Just connect to McDonald's Wi-Fi on your 3DS and you'll get your Hoopa from Mystery Gift :)

http://www.nintendo.com/3ds/nintendozone

~RNC~ November 5th, 2015 7:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sopheria (Post 8987076)
Nintendo Zone is just the name for Nintendo's public Wi-Fi service. Just connect to McDonald's Wi-Fi on your 3DS and you'll get your Hoopa from Mystery Gift :)

http://www.nintendo.com/3ds/nintendozone

Sorry I a little retarded at times, thanks for the info.

Solomon2890 November 7th, 2015 1:43 AM

sucks that its just in US

Sopheria November 7th, 2015 3:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Solomon2890 (Post 8988290)
sucks that its just in US

I know. I hope other places get it soon too :(

Hikamaru November 9th, 2015 5:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sopheria (Post 8988335)
I know. I hope other places get it soon too :(

Yes. I really feel for my Australian cohorts who are still waiting for their Hoopas.

Firox November 9th, 2015 6:19 AM

I don't even like McDonalds, prefer other better hamburger places.
I will go on my birthday to grab 2 Hoopa for my Pokedex.
As long as I'm there, I'll probably just grab a diet coke.

Since my birthday will be on Dec 13, so halfway through the event.

shhimsleepin November 9th, 2015 6:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poke Fox (Post 8990605)
I don't even like McDonalds, prefer other better hamburger places.
I will go on my birthday to grab 2 Hoopa for my Pokedex.
As long as I'm there, I'll probably just grab a diet coke.

Since my birthday will be on Dec 13, so halfway through the event.

I dont like McDonalds either, although the one we have here their milkshakes are really, really great. As far as eating there no thanks. NY has better places to eat like a locally owned steak house. BEST CHEESECAKE im telling you.

Firox November 9th, 2015 9:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shhimsleepin (Post 8990631)
I dont like McDonalds either, although the one we have here their milkshakes are really, really great. As far as eating there no thanks. NY has better places to eat like a locally owned steak house. BEST CHEESECAKE im telling you.

I live in the opposite coast of NY never been there.
My favorite McDonald's item was taken away, the Chicken Select - I loved it with blue cheese salad dressing.
Still, just going for the event

shhimsleepin November 9th, 2015 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poke Fox (Post 8990741)
I live in the opposite coast of NY never been there.
My favorite McDonald's item was taken away, the Chicken Select - I loved it with blue cheese salad dressing.
Still, just going for the event

Haha, I'm an upstate New Yorker, bud. We do things differently than the city. But all in all, not to derail the topic at hand I <3 NY. I loved the chicken select but sadly its gone. I'd rather go to my local gamestop or LevelUpVariety store than McDonalds. Oh well though MCD's it is.

Haza November 9th, 2015 3:34 PM

Pretty excited for this. This must mean we get the Hoopa movie this month.

Tkain November 9th, 2015 4:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poke Fox (Post 8990605)
I don't even like McDonalds, prefer other better hamburger places.
I will go on my birthday to grab 2 Hoopa for my Pokedex.
As long as I'm there, I'll probably just grab a diet coke.

Since my birthday will be on Dec 13, so halfway through the event.

My birthday is on the very same day! :D

McDonalds may not be the best place to host it, I agree. But you know corporate, they'll do it for the money.
I hear it's to promote the new ΩRαS toys. And as usual, cheap and plastic. I'd rather somewhere like Shake Shack. :|

Also so many new yorkers :)

Astinus November 9th, 2015 4:42 PM

Again, it's difficult to think of any other restaurant for the Pokemon Company to run this promotion at. Like with the Shake Shack, as Tkain suggested, the closest one to me is an hour away. Compare that to my closest McDonald's, which I can pop into after a short walk. I'm sure it's like that for other people all over the country. "Better" restaurants or more appropriate stores like GameStop aren't as common as McDonald's.

Even other fast food restaurants aren't as plentiful as McD's. Nor are any other fast food restaurants' kids meals as popular as a Happy Meal, and since TPC wants the best advertising, go with the most-known restaurant for the most exposure.

Still, as YellowTemperance and I have said, you don't need to give McD's a single penny of your money to download Hoopa. Just pop in, connect to the Mystery Gift, get Hoopa, and then leave.

I'm just happy my birthday falls in the middle of the promotion. I'll get myself the Lugia toy, a Hoopa, and a Fillet O' Fish. http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-toot.gif

Hikamaru November 9th, 2015 6:14 PM

Astinus has a logical explanation on why McDonald's was the best place to host this event. As we know, McDonald's has a huge business and is pretty much the giant of the fast food industry, plus we know that kids often come for Happy Meals and there have been several times Pokemon toys have been in the Happy Meals (although where I am, Happy Meals tend to have separate sets of toys, one for males and one for females, and Pokemon tends to be the male toys) and to have an event Pokemon distributed at the wi-fi spots in the restaurant, it would serve as a new incentive for kids to want to come.

And as Yellow said, you don't have to get any food if you want the Hoopa. Just connect to the wi-fi and download it, simple as that.

SirBoglor November 9th, 2015 6:35 PM

I'm in the States, so I'm pretty happy that I'll finally be able to get one. But in all honesty, it does suck that other countries won't get the opportunity. Only a relatively small amount are going to take advantage of this event, compared to Japan and maybe even other countries. I only say that because very, very few people near my location even play Pokemon, let alone go to an event for it. That could be a very different story in other parts of the U.S, though.

~RNC~ November 10th, 2015 9:43 PM

Question about this event coming out at McDonald's, will there be any pokemon toys coming out in the kid's meal there as well with this event release? I have been in my local one many times asking about this and not even the managers know about this for the 27th.

Tkain November 11th, 2015 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Astinus (Post 8991118)
Again, it's difficult to think of any other restaurant for the Pokemon Company to run this promotion at. Like with the Shake Shack, as Tkain suggested, the closest one to me is an hour away. Compare that to my closest McDonald's, which I can pop into after a short walk. I'm sure it's like that for other people all over the country. "Better" restaurants or more appropriate stores like GameStop aren't as common as McDonald's.

Even other fast food restaurants aren't as plentiful as McD's. Nor are any other fast food restaurants' kids meals as popular as a Happy Meal, and since TPC wants the best advertising, go with the most-known restaurant for the most exposure.

Still, as YellowTemperance and I have said, you don't need to give McD's a single penny of your money to download Hoopa. Just pop in, connect to the Mystery Gift, get Hoopa, and then leave.

I'm just happy my birthday falls in the middle of the promotion. I'll get myself the Lugia toy, a Hoopa, and a Fillet O' Fish.

I understand what you're saying, I was suggesting Shake Shack mainly because of its food-based appeal, but I agree McDonalds is much more well known and more kids would be willing, but it's either love or hate with the customers. And I must say the new toys have improved. I'm getting that Kyogre toy. And a free Hoopa to top it off really makes up for the place. :t382:

(Anyone else notice that certain locations are getting renovated? No more tile and lots of comfy seats.)

Quote:

Originally Posted by ~RNC~ (Post 8992668)
Question about this event coming out at McDonald's, will there be any pokemon toys coming out in the kid's meal there as well with this event release? I have been in my local one many times asking about this and not even the managers know about this for the 27th.

Wait seriously? The managers don't know? Crazy. There are some toys, yes; Pikachu, Primal Groudon, Primal Kyogre, Primal Rayquaza, Lugia, Hoopa, Mega Latias, and Wobbuffet.

~RNC~ November 11th, 2015 4:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tkain (Post 8993126)
I understand what you're saying, I was suggesting Shake Shack mainly because of its food-based appeal, but I agree McDonalds is much more well known and more kids would be willing, but it's either love or hate with the customers. And I must say the new toys have improved. I'm getting that Kyogre toy. And a free Hoopa to top it off really makes up for the place. :t382:

(Anyone else notice that certain locations are getting renovated? No more tile and lots of comfy seats.)



Wait seriously? The managers don't know? Crazy. There are some toys, yes; Pikachu, Primal Groudon, Primal Kyogre, Primal Rayquaza, Lugia, Hoopa, Mega Latias, and Wobbuffet.

No I stop there every day and did go in and ask and they didn't know, I asked about what toys were coming out after the ones they have now and they didn't know that either.

magicalgirlj November 13th, 2015 6:42 PM

I have never done never done an event like this at a public place before. So do I go up to the counter and ask for the code, or do I connect to wifi from there?

Sopheria November 13th, 2015 6:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by magicalgirlj (Post 8996046)
I have never done never done an event like this at a public place before. So do I go up to the counter and ask for the code, or do I connect to wifi from there?

You just use the Wi-Fi there and receive it through Mystery Gift :) Pretty sure this is the first time they've done an event like this (through Nintendo Zone) in the States, so we're all a bit new to this haha

Witchcraft November 13th, 2015 7:34 PM

Awesome, I'm going to have to take my brother so we can get our Hoopas! To be entirely honest, I have never gotten an event Pokemon that required me to leave my home. But I'm finally going to get one, cause I don't have a Hoopa yet. Also, excuse to get french fries.

~RNC~ November 14th, 2015 2:06 PM

I have only been to GS to get events outside of my house, but for me that will be alot of trips there to get all of those toys coming out with this event :laugh:

Syrex November 15th, 2015 4:48 PM

This would be my first event pokemon so i am especially excited for this :)

Lexatom November 15th, 2015 5:02 PM

I remember having to go to Game Stop every time there was an event for the Gen 4 games. It was both cool and annoying. But, why Mcdonald's? XD

magicalgirlj November 16th, 2015 2:39 PM

Is it possible to get a Hoopa in both X and Y or ORAS, or only one game? I am also worried it might not be every MC Dondlads, in Richmond VA where I live anime is not a big thing.

~RNC~ November 16th, 2015 2:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by magicalgirlj (Post 8999452)
Is it possible to get a Hoopa in both X and Y or ORAS, or only one game? I am also worried it might not be every MC Dondlads, in Richmond VA where I live anime is not a big thing.

You can get them on all of those games.

Mawa November 18th, 2015 11:19 AM

Is it US only? So close yet so far from me.

TheSignWriter November 20th, 2015 2:19 PM

Oh wow! An event I can actually receive without driving for an hour! This just made my day ^^ and made my tummy growl..

Thepowaofhax November 20th, 2015 8:23 PM

Seeing as this event will be rarer than easily farmed Gamestop events, it will be of worth for me and other redditors from /r/PokemonTrades such as my self. This means that the McHoopa will most likely be worth more than the GAME and perhaps worth more than the Maxsoft Hoopa. I see this as a better way to distribute it.

Also, McNuggets.

Ammako November 22nd, 2015 7:38 AM

They're hosting it in McDonalds because this is where the vast majority of Nintendo Zones are, I'd wager.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thepowaofhax (Post 9004356)
Seeing as this event will be rarer than easily farmed Gamestop events, it will be of worth for me and other redditors from /r/PokemonTrades such as my self. This means that the McHoopa will most likely be worth more than the GAME and perhaps worth more than the Maxsoft Hoopa. I see this as a better way to distribute it.

Also, McNuggets.

I don't see why we wouldn't be able to farm this Hoopa as easily as the Gamestop events.
Go there with two games, pick up one on Mystery Gift, trade it over, restart game, rinse and repeat.

Thepowaofhax November 22nd, 2015 8:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ammako (Post 9006161)
They're hosting it in McDonalds because this is where the vast majority of Nintendo Zones are, I'd wager.



I don't see why we wouldn't be able to farm this Hoopa as easily as the Gamestop events.
Go there with two games, pick up one on Mystery Gift, trade it over, restart game, rinse and repeat.

Well, you see, if you go to Gamestop everyday on different shifts, you could get a good 40 codes depending on the amount of Gamestops near you.

Ammako November 22nd, 2015 8:48 AM

This isn't a distribution by code, though. You simply download it via wireless download. :p

Balrog~ November 22nd, 2015 5:54 PM

I live in south america, so no hoopa for me :/, I wish they gave a code or something for my country :P

Ammako November 23rd, 2015 6:24 AM

It will most likely be possible to download Hoopa at home by spoofing your network as being a McDonald's Nintendo Zone hotspot, by giving it a certain SSID ([email protected]) and spoofing your router's mac address (Unsure which mac addresses would be used for this yet.)
It's been done before for various other events, even more recently, for the Pokémon Center shiny Tyranitar in Japan without having to live anywhere near Japan (still need a Japanese 3DS and game, though.)

Balrog~ November 23rd, 2015 8:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ammako (Post 9007220)
It will most likely be possible to download Hoopa at home by spoofing your network as being a McDonald's Nintendo Zone hotspot, by giving it a certain SSID ([email protected]) and spoofing your router's mac address (Unsure which mac addresses would be used for this yet.)
It's been done before for various other events, even more recently, for the Pokémon Center shiny Tyranitar in Japan without having to live anywhere near Japan (still need a Japanese 3DS and game, though.)

how does that work?? do we have to change something in the router or in the ninendo 3ds??

Ammako November 23rd, 2015 12:49 PM

To be honest I'm not entirely sure how to do this with a router, I've only ever done it with my wireless card in my PC.
It's the same concept as HomePass. You set up a wireless access point with the same name as the official Nintendo Zone access points, and use mac spoofing programs to spoof your mac address. Your 3DS will be tricked into thinking they are connected to a Nintendo Zone.

You can trick your 3DS into thinking it connected to a Nintendo Zone simply by changing your AP's name to attwifi or [email protected], but in order to be able to download Hoopa you'd probably have to have a certain mac address so your 3DS thinks it's connected to a McDonalds access point, and not just any Nintendo Zone.

This page has a list of mac addresses for various Nintendo Zone access points, so it should be possible to spoof your router or your wireless card as having that mac address, then use the right SSID, and start up your router or wireless access point to download Hoopa as if you were at McDonalds

Balrog~ November 23rd, 2015 3:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ammako (Post 9007618)
To be honest I'm not entirely sure how to do this with a router, I've only ever done it with my wireless card in my PC.
It's the same concept as HomePass. You set up a wireless access point with the same name as the official Nintendo Zone access points, and use mac spoofing programs to spoof your mac address. Your 3DS will be tricked into thinking they are connected to a Nintendo Zone.

You can trick your 3DS into thinking it connected to a Nintendo Zone simply by changing your AP's name to attwifi or [email protected], but in order to be able to download Hoopa you'd probably have to have a certain mac address so your 3DS thinks it's connected to a McDonalds access point, and not just any Nintendo Zone.

This page has a list of mac addresses for various Nintendo Zone access points, so it should be possible to spoof your router or your wireless card as having that mac address, then use the right SSID, and start up your router or wireless access point to download Hoopa as if you were at McDonalds


ok, thanks a lot ^^, I don't know a lot about this stuff, but I'll try to do it xD, thanks for the info, didn't know that could be done

Niko Collins November 25th, 2015 4:09 PM

I can't wait!

Hikamaru November 27th, 2015 3:52 AM

Serebii has mentioned that this Hoopa event is now active, so if you're in the US visit McDonald's and pick up yours now!

And this may be a bit off-topic, but there's now been another Hoopa event announced for the Scandinavia region. Players in Norway, Finland and Sweden can obtain a serial code from Gamestop stores which they can use to download Hoopa onto their Omega Ruby or Alpha Sapphire games. This one will be active from December 2015 - January 2016. (Credit goes to Serebii for this)

Knyte November 27th, 2015 4:19 AM

Can't access this event here in the Philippines so I won't get it unless there's an event distribution or someone would trade it to me which is near impossible. Hope a serial code comes out soon. :(

Sopheria November 27th, 2015 5:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by killian knyte (Post 9011607)
Can't access this event here in the Philippines so I won't get it unless there's an event distribution or someone would trade it to me which is near impossible. Hope a serial code comes out soon. :(

Yea, I hope so too :/

Btw, this event starts today! Anybody planning on going out to McDonald's today to grab your Hoopa? :)

Dextrinity7 November 27th, 2015 10:51 AM

any way for me to access this in the uk?

RyumaruBorike November 27th, 2015 11:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sopheria (Post 9011634)
Yea, I hope so too :/

Btw, this event starts today! Anybody planning on going out to McDonald's today to grab your Hoopa? :)

Did it the moment I woke up, never even went inside, just logged on in the parking lot XD
You can get more than one too, one for each game you have, so I got two Hoopas, and both have three perfect IVs as well, one of them has all it's IVs over 26 too

Talnov November 27th, 2015 1:24 PM

does anyone know if the hoopa is nature locked, if it can be fixed with synchronize, or if my ralts is just defective?

~RNC~ November 27th, 2015 1:28 PM

I went to McDonalds and only got one for the 6 games I have, their net was running slow or some thing and I did get to get 2 of the toys, got a kyogre and lugia.

Ammako November 27th, 2015 1:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dextrinity7 (Post 9011954)
any way for me to access this in the uk?

UK had Hoopa in GAME stores from October 23rd to November 5th. You missed that, unfortunately.
I'm pretty sure this event would be region-locked, so even if you were to connect to a Nintendo Zone in a McDonalds from USA, with an european 3DS and game, you probably wouldn't be able to download it. :/

In the event that it actually isn't region-locked, then you -should- be able to spoof your network card's mac address and broadcast an access point using a certain SSID to trick your 3DS into thinking you connected to a Nintendo Zone in a McDonalds in the USA which should let you download it. But if it is region-locked, that wouldn't help much.


By the way, I don't know if that would be allowed here, but if it is, given that I have access to editing my save file, I could get the Wondercard and pick up a few to give away to some of you who can't get it. All I ask is that you keep it for your personal collection only, unless you let the other person know where it came from and they are okay with it.

Fun Size November 27th, 2015 3:31 PM

Yeah I got 5 of them today, so it's pretty cool.

If you can't/don't want to go to McDonalds for whatever reason, this will work for people in the U.S. and Canada to get the Hoopa from home.

YellowTemperance November 27th, 2015 3:35 PM

Got mine, and made sure to snag the unused Wondercard from my Alpha Sapphire save just in case I want more. Wasn't too hard, and I didn't even leave my house to do it; the trick Fun Size linked works well... ;)

King Slowking November 28th, 2015 2:36 AM

Thanks for the info. I'll make sure to get my Hoops. However, I doubt the McDonalds near me will have this. They aren't the best McDonalds in my area if you catch my drift.

Ammako November 28th, 2015 4:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fun Size (Post 9012317)
Yeah I got 5 of them today, so it's pretty cool.

If you can't/don't want to go to McDonalds for whatever reason, this will work for people in the U.S. and Canada to get the Hoopa from home.

If that works, then I should be able to get fully legit Hoopas for anyone who wants one and can't get one, instead of save editing with the Wondercard, then it won't matter if you choose to trade it down the line or not.

Can also confirm it does :3


(Don't try Connectify, it won't work; at least I don't think so. I had to use my phone's wireless tethering. Link says it has to be an access point with no security and Connectify only supports WPA2.)

magicalgirlj November 28th, 2015 8:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by King Slowking (Post 9013021)
Thanks for the info. I'll make sure to get my Hoops. However, I doubt the McDonalds near me will have this. They aren't the best McDonalds in my area if you catch my drift.

I am really worried that the McDonalds in Richmond VA will not have this because anime is not a big thing. I can't leave the city because I don't drive. I wish we could get this at home, I don't know why we have to go out in public to do this.

Ammako November 28th, 2015 8:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by magicalgirlj (Post 9013381)
I am really worried that the McDonalds in Richmond VA will not have this because anime is not a big thing. I can't leave the city because I don't drive. I wish we could get this at home, I don't know why we have to go out in public to do this.

Scroll up :p
If you can change the settings on your wireless router and set the name to "McDonalds Free WiFi" with no password, you can download the Hoopa from the comfort of your own home.
Or if you have the ability to create your own wireless AP, from your phone or whatever, you can do that too.
Or if you can't do any of it, I can do it and trade the Hoopa over to you if you want.

Pinkie-Dawn November 28th, 2015 10:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ammako (Post 9013386)
Scroll up :p
If you can change the settings on your wireless router and set the name to "McDonalds Free WiFi" with no password, you can download the Hoopa from the comfort of your own home.
Or if you have the ability to create your own wireless AP, from your phone or whatever, you can do that too.
Or if you can't do any of it, I can do it and trade the Hoopa over to you if you want.

Does it have to work on your home's router or on your 3DS's wireless settings?

Ammako November 28th, 2015 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pinkie-Dawn (Post 9013495)
Does it have to work on your home's router or on your 3DS's wireless settings?

As long as your 3DS connects to a network named "McDonalds Free WiFi" that has no password, it -should- work.

Actually, I'll try make a network named like that except with WPA2 encryption and I'll see if it works too.

Edit: So I just tried, it has to be a network with no encryption, otherwise the game doesn't find a gift on Mystery Gift, even if the network name is changed to "McDonalds Free WiFi"

Fun Size November 28th, 2015 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ammako (Post 9013153)
Snip

Hey glad it worked! Tbh I didn't even do that method, but I just thought it'd help the people that are in areas where there aren't many McDonalds.

天 (Caine) November 28th, 2015 2:23 PM

I'm a bit confused about this event. I've tried to do a test run of opening up the "Nintendo Zone" program on my 3DS before I make a trip to Mickie D's, and I get an error message that says "This service has been discontinued. Thank you for using this service." I've never connected to their wifi before, and I'm just really confused as to how this works. Do I just need to connect to their wifi like I would at any other hotspot or do I need to use the Nintendo Zone program to do it?

Thanks in advance guys.

Sopheria November 28th, 2015 2:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 天 (Caine) (Post 9013693)
I'm a bit confused about this event. I've tried to do a test run of opening up the "Nintendo Zone" program on my 3DS before I make a trip to Mickie D's, and I get an error message that says "This service has been discontinued. Thank you for using this service." I've never connected to their wifi before, and I'm just really confused as to how this works. Do I just need to connect to their wifi like I would at any other hotspot or do I need to use the Nintendo Zone program to do it?

Thanks in advance guys.

Are you using the Nintendo Zone Viewer? That particular application was shut down, but you can still access Nintendo Zone at McDonald's. Just open up Mystery Gift while in range of a McDonald's Wi-Fi spot and you'll get your gift (the trick Fun Size linked works as well ;) )

天 (Caine) November 28th, 2015 6:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sopheria (Post 9013727)
Are you using the Nintendo Zone Viewer? That particular application was shut down, but you can still access Nintendo Zone at McDonald's. Just open up Mystery Gift while in range of a McDonald's Wi-Fi spot and you'll get your gift (the trick Fun Size linked works as well ;) )

Yeah, I think that's what it is. It's just an app that's been on my 3DS since I bought it. It doesn't say "Nintendo Zone Viewer", just "Nintendo Zone" but I'm almost certain that it's the viewer. Thank you very much for you help, I'm so looking forward to getting Hoopa tomorrow when I'm in town.

Sapphire Moonlight November 28th, 2015 9:34 PM

Sucks for me, as I live in Australia. We don't get all these specials half of the time, or when we do, it's like already been a month or two after every other country gets them...

Nas160 November 29th, 2015 12:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sopheria (Post 9011634)
Btw, this event starts today! Anybody planning on going out to McDonald's today to grab your Hoopa? :)

I got it Friday night while I was still up in PA for Thanksgiving, was able to reach the internet outside of the restaurant (wasn't hungry), and got a Hoopa for both my Alpha Sapphire and Y versions :)

I also plan to go there frequently for a while to collect all the toys <3 Yesterday I got a Groudon :P

http://i.imgur.com/9TzX2b5.png


I'm really loving this- going to McDonalds, getting some tasty food while getting free Pokémon and Pokémon toys on the side? This is the life {XD}

LilBueno November 29th, 2015 3:05 PM

Tried it from the parking lot, but couldn't get good enough connection. Went inside to eat some nuggets then and got two. One with crappy Defense per the Stat Checker, but hey, it's Hoopas # 4 and 5 for me so I'm not picky. If I noticed they had Pokemon toys, I would've gotten one.

Judge Mandolore Shepard December 2nd, 2015 3:08 PM

I got the Hoopa event done when I went to McDonalds for lunch today. I then left my 3DS in sleep mode after doing so.

Hikamaru December 2nd, 2015 3:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sapphire Moonlight (Post 9014216)
Sucks for me, as I live in Australia. We don't get all these specials half of the time, or when we do, it's like already been a month or two after every other country gets them...

What makes it worse is that we still haven't got our first Hoopa event yet... and we probably will have to wait until next year for it. It's so bad why we are taking so long compared to Japan (duh), Europe and the US who have already had Hoopa events.

Australians seem to be getting shafted lately, because we are the last region that will be getting Super Mystery Dungeon (it's only a day after Europe but still we are last and that sucks) and now being shafted with the Hoopa events.

Sapphire Moonlight December 2nd, 2015 6:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hikamaru (Post 9019088)
What makes it worse is that we still haven't got our first Hoopa event yet... and we probably will have to wait until next year for it. It's so bad why we are taking so long compared to Japan (duh), Europe and the US who have already had Hoopa events.

Australians seem to be getting shafted lately, because we are the last region that will be getting Super Mystery Dungeon (it's only a day after Europe but still we are last and that sucks) and now being shafted with the Hoopa events.

We get shafted with a lot of things hun, and not just game or movie related things. For example, Ireland and the US both have same sex marriage, Australia doesn't. The US, UK, Canada and Europe all have affordable options for Transgender* people such as myself, including the operation clinics, and yet Australia has nothing of the sort..

And i know this would be more suited for the discussion topic, but I figured I'd use that as an example to get my point across.


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 10:59 PM.


Like our Facebook Page Follow us on Twitter © 2002 - 2018 The PokéCommunity™, pokecommunity.com.
Pokémon characters and images belong to The Pokémon Company International and Nintendo. This website is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Nintendo, Creatures, GAMEFREAK, The Pokémon Company or The Pokémon Company International. We just love Pokémon.
All forum styles, their images (unless noted otherwise) and site designs are © 2002 - 2016 The PokéCommunity / PokéCommunity.com.
PokéCommunity™ is a trademark of The PokéCommunity. All rights reserved. Sponsor advertisements do not imply our endorsement of that product or service. User generated content remains the property of its creator.

Acknowledgements
Use of PokéCommunity Assets
vB Optimise by DragonByte Technologies Ltd © 2023.