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Ruby Gloom March 10th, 2016 10:08 AM

What Will You Be Doing to Prepare for Sun and Moon?
 
Hey everyone!

Just curious as to what some of your goals in the current Pokemon games may be, as we wait for Sun and Moon.

Pokemon Y was my first ever Pokemon game and I completely fell in love with it. But it also means that I'm pretty behind in both knowledge of the games and collecting Pokemon. One of my main goals is trying to get a Living Pokedex, since collecting and evolving all the different types of Pokemon has been one of my favorite things about the games. I have both X and Y, OR and AS (obsessed much??), as well as two 3DS's, so I think I'll be able to accomplish this goal relatively easily. It'll just be a matter of time I think.

Another goal I have been working on is trying to get all of the shiny versions that I have been wanting. I want shiny versions Eevee and all (or most) of its evolutions and so far I've hatched three shiny Eevees. I also hatched a Shiny Charmander to eventually evolve into my shiny Charizard Y, and a shiny Ninetails. There are others I would like, but those are the ones that I absolutely want to have in time for the new games.

As for my final goal, I'd like to get a better understanding of the deeper game mechanics. I obviously learned how to breed shinies, and I've learned a bit about breeding for good IVs. I would like a better understanding of natures, EV training, egg moves, as well as competitive aspects of Pokemon. For example, having multiple shiny Eeevees with various natures, I need to learn how to know what nature is best suited to a particular Eevee-lution. I have also hardly touched EV training, as I need to learn what stats are the best ones to train for each particular Pokemon. In my first playthroughs of XY and ORAS I just had my Pokemon learn whatever moves sounded coolest. I wasn't battling online, and the game seemed easy enough to not have to worry much about strategy. But now I would really like to learn how to have more strategically built Pokemon and possibly get into some online battles eventually.

AliceBlaze March 10th, 2016 10:31 AM

I'm trying to see if I can get shinies of every species before the game comes out (not counting mythicals obviously). I'm also going to complete Yellow so I can see what my team in that game will be like when transferred to Sun/Moon.

Indigo March 10th, 2016 3:16 PM

Getting a shiny Piplup to use in my first run. I know the shiny isn't that great, but I got a shiny Chimchar for OrAs and I'd like to continue the pattern.

chacha77 March 10th, 2016 3:50 PM

buying 6 months of lotion and tissues

Jetfire March 10th, 2016 4:09 PM

I've been a fan since R/B days. I can honestly say that Pokemon will always be my favorite. However, I was always slacking on the idea of committing to IV/EV train until X/Y.

Now that I've gotten the hang of it, I've been working on every single PKMN I liked throughout the series. The goal is to have them all ready for Sun/Moon so I can officially start new. Fully knowing that all of the previous generations were complete.

Arylett Charnoa March 10th, 2016 4:15 PM

Finally organizing my Pokemon Bank. It's an absolute mess. There's a lot of Pokemon I just don't need that I'm probably going to Wonder Trade away or release outright. It's driving me pretty crazy. Also, transferring all of my necessary Pokemon from fourth gen to sixth gen. And completing White 2 and transferring those Pokemon over as well. I'll start when I'm done with Yellow.

LilBueno March 10th, 2016 4:34 PM

Finally get into competitive battling, though I said the same thing between Y and AS's release.

Hikamaru March 10th, 2016 5:23 PM

I'd watch tons of Pokemon videos and learn more about what I haven't discovered yet.

Firox March 10th, 2016 5:45 PM

I'm still using Masuda Method to get myself another shiny Fennekin (152 eggs no luck yet) for my first run, after I'll breed the rest of the foxes for natures, and stats
(really want my first play through of Pokemon Moon to be a foxy team.)

To have as many double battles as I can.

The other thing I'm trying to accomplish in my main Alpha Sapphire team is to get all TM's

EC March 10th, 2016 8:40 PM

Been playing through a fresh save on X, grabbing all the items, and getting any and all event Pokemon added to that game so there's an easy transfer point when Sun & Moon come out. Will still have to renew PokeBank at some point though.

Yaboku March 11th, 2016 5:23 AM

Get a 3DS and Pokemon X, Y, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire then quickly capture lots of Pokemon in those games and train them to the ground. Easy profit.

pkmin3033 March 11th, 2016 6:40 AM

Well, it's not exactly in preparation for Sun and Moon persay, but I am looking to build my collection back up this year, since I lost it all when my save file corrupted. If I get it done in time for Sun and Moon, then hurray for me. If not, I'll probably do it as a part of my playthrough, depending on how many Pokemon are available across the two games.

Ho-Oh March 12th, 2016 5:59 AM

Not preparing at all. I'm sitting pretty good in terms of everything backed up (whether or not I'll use them is another question) and playing through Red right now just makes me want more. I'm probably one of the only people not preparing but I've spent YEARS preparing for gen 7 (not a Z hopeful lol)... or at least hoping that it was on the horizon. Cuz I have everything I need right there ready for me. :) Yay Pokemon Bank!

Rainbow Umbreon March 13th, 2016 3:34 AM

To build up a good enough collection of events shinys and IV bread mons to open a trade shop

SaniOKh March 13th, 2016 6:33 AM

Prepare a second living dex in case you can't transfer Pokémon back from S/M to X/Y/OR/AS, so I would only need to catch the new mons.

It will be a long and tedious endeavor...

Xander Olivieri March 13th, 2016 1:32 PM

I'm pretty much ready now XD

I don't really have anything to prep for, I always play blind (or as blind as possible) and only use the newer Pokemon as I go so I don't need to do anything outside of the games themselves.

I am killing time by reliving the past and playing Pokemon Yellow and Pokemon Blue thanks to them being on the 3DS now~

HyperJono March 13th, 2016 9:47 PM

Replay through the Gen I-V games doing various challenges on them

Lunar March 14th, 2016 8:27 AM

I'm going on holiday next week so I'll playthrough the rest of Yellow on 3DS, and start a Nuzlocke on SoulSilver,after that I'll probably play Emerald again and then finally finish breeding for a shiny Zorua, already at six boxes -_-, for my playthrough of Moon.

KorpiklaaniVodka March 14th, 2016 8:31 AM

do the same activities as before since i'm not getting the game.

Hikamaru March 15th, 2016 4:16 AM

I know Alpha Sapphire has been time-consuming me at the moment, but I might try and plan to finish the White 2 save file I started last year (after my Black 2 corrupted) as a preparation for 7th Gen. Besides, Unova is a region I always love.

OffRoadSP March 15th, 2016 11:57 AM

I have never "caught 'em all" despite having played since Gen 1. My goal is to definitively "catch 'em all" before Sun/Moon. I want to have a living Dex sitting in Bank by that time. I think it's a viable goal; I completed a living Kalos Dex, and by the time I'm done with ORAS, I should have a living Hoenn Dex. By my calculations, that's roughly 200 that will be left to obtain. With all the mythical Pokemon promos this year, I should be able to complete all 721, and the self-imposed challenge on that is that all must be obtained through Gen 6 games and events only.

RedJ March 15th, 2016 1:39 PM

I'll be replaying all of the other main games, preferably in order, and rebuyng the games that I've since traded in/sold. I haven't had any luck tracking down a copy of HG/SS so far so that probably wont work out as well as I'd like. I'm also hoping to find another copy of Platinum so I wont have to suffer through Diamond when I get around to that.


I should also get around to organizing my Pokemon Bank at some point, but that's less out of preparation for S/M and more because it's just something that needs to be done, especially with me going through all the games again.

Micael Alighieri March 16th, 2016 10:47 AM

I will just battle online and hope to achieve many victories, since I haven't many other things left to do.

DigitalMewtwo March 16th, 2016 5:50 PM

I'm doing a replay of Pokémon Red right now. Hoping to replay Blue and Yellow before Sun and Moon come out.

shadowmoon522 March 16th, 2016 11:20 PM

already got a full living dex on x. started working on a shiny dex though i know i'm not gonna be done with that anytime soon. gonna get as much of it done as i can before then.
i'm really hoping they finally make an item transfer system to let players bring items from older games into the new ones which can only be unlocked after beating the game.


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