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PkmnTrainerElio October 18th, 2016 5:12 AM

How have you been passing the time in preperation for the release of Sun and Moon?
 
Due to Sun and Moon being released in just one more month, I thought I would ask what you did to while away the hours before the games are released. Did you do what you had planned to do, or did you do something totally different to what you had planned?

Myself? I did end up getting Dragon Quest IV and Dragon Quest VII, however, I haven't got Dragon Quest V as of yet... I played and finished a few games, Dragon Quest IX, Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Bros and I replayed Pokémon Black Version, also recently I finished Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (I got it three years ago and attempted to play it twice and I lost interest both times, so I started a new game and actually finished it before I got DQ VII). I also played the God of Pokémon ROM hacks, Pokémon Vega... Oh boy was that an adventure. I replayed Pokémon Fuligin too. Now I'm playing some Super Mario World hacks and casually playing Dragon Quest IV and Dragon Quest VII, which I'll be doing with Pokémon Sun too.

Count October 18th, 2016 5:47 AM

I borrowed Diamond & HeartGold from my friend and decided to do a massive nuzlocke challenge, playing those two + Black, Black 2, X and AS. Basically I breed the pokemon I finish the game with and send them over to the next game.
I won't get to finish this challenge before the release though. I beat Clair in HG last night so I've got a long way to go.

Green Pidgeot October 18th, 2016 7:23 AM

Cry!!

Also play a bit of Sonic.

Starry Windy October 18th, 2016 7:26 AM

I was watching anime while checking eShop to see if the Special Demo is up. Not to mention having several discussions in this section while I'm at it.

Caite-chan October 18th, 2016 7:49 AM

I've been playing old school games and working more on my living shiny sex.

Hikamaru October 18th, 2016 8:32 AM

Discussing here obviously, and of course glomping at all that adorable fanart.

Mikewind October 18th, 2016 11:47 AM

Finishing up on my living dex in AS. I'm currently need to finish Gen 5 & 6. Also playing Monster Hunter Generations and Super Smash Bros. Wii U. I'm hoping Shantae HGH will be out by the beginning of Nov. but its looking like its getting delayed again.

Bounsweet October 18th, 2016 9:07 PM

Work work work work work work.

Games-wise, though, I had a complete living Dex in my bank, but I restarted it to make a complete HA living Dex aaand that's not gonna get finished before the release date, so lol.

Rengoku October 18th, 2016 11:37 PM

Whining everyday and visit the game shop when I am at the mall near me in the hope they decides to just release it earlier... :P

For now at least we have the demo until then. Yay.

Kikaito plush October 19th, 2016 4:52 AM

I'm watching King Nappy nuzlockles and making my plushie videos for my youtube channel.

Lunar October 19th, 2016 8:35 AM

Throughout the year I've been replaying various Pokemon games, I started on FireRed, then Platinum and now I'm at the Elite Four in White version. When Skyrim Special Edition comes out I'll be putting a lot of time into that, which will help in the wait for Sun and Moon.

blue October 19th, 2016 8:41 AM

Playing Platinum and college work. I've found myself to be actually pretty motivated to finish my Platinum save, I'm hoping I'll be able to wrap up the storyline just in time for the games release next month.

The_Awesome_Pikachu October 24th, 2016 4:43 AM

I ordered a 3ds amazon will deliver it on 28th..and i also preordered Sun but they will deliver it after 7-10days.after the release :(
Can i download RBY from Nintendo e shop ?Is it free??
So I can have something to play until i get sun. :p

Darkbirt October 24th, 2016 5:47 AM

I'm currently filling the time by watching the Pokémon anime, I'm still a 180 episodes or so behind. I want to be back on track when Sun and Moon comes out.

Degurchaff October 24th, 2016 2:49 PM

Spending time with other Pokemon games and spend most of my time sleeping.

Imperator161 October 24th, 2016 3:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_Awesome_Pikachu (Post 9461593)
I ordered a 3ds amazon will deliver it on 28th..and i also preordered Sun but they will deliver it after 7-10days.after the release :(
Can i download RBY from Nintendo e shop ?Is it free??
So I can have something to play until i get sun. :p

You can download RBY from the eshop, but they aren't free. They're $10 apiece.

As for me, I'm pretty busy with life, so I doubt I'll be playing many games. I finished the challenge I was working on on my eshop RBY, and I haven't had a chance to trade my teams to a storage pack and start over like I planned to yet. I've also been playing AS before bed, mainly just leveling at Blissey bases for 10-15 minutes per night.

A few weeks ago, I started Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, which I would like to get back to at some point. I'm also attempting to force my way through Paper Mario: Sticker Star (third attempt, and the first time I've managed to make myself play past world 1; apparently, I really just don't like the game, but I keep hoping it'll get better...), and I've been playing TTYD again on and off for the past few months. I really want to start another Paper Mario (N64) playthrough on the virtual console version I picked up recently, but that keeps getting put on hiatus due to my schedule.

Karous October 24th, 2016 3:53 PM

Civilization 6. I was equally hyped for it and thank Arceus I have a good month with it before Sun comes out.

TrendyHipsta October 24th, 2016 4:03 PM

I've been playing a certain witch on smash bros and listening to both of her games OST to pass the time away. ; )

OuterTsuchinoko October 24th, 2016 4:35 PM

I've been playing AS mostly, just doing shiny hunts and collecting pokemon like normal. I'm too hyped for Sun and Moon. I keep listening to the few songs in the soundtrack that are on Youtube. And I also watch live streams of shiny hunts too, really easy way to pass time while doing it yourself too.

Sylphiel October 24th, 2016 9:22 PM

Honestly, I'm just doing what I normally do. As much as I'd like to get the games (and on time this go-round, instead of getting them a year or more later), I'm also not so excited for them that I need to do something else to prepare for them. I mean, I do want them, I might get excited closer to launch, but it's still a bit too far out right now for me to feel much.

That, and I feel like if I played something pokemon-related, I might accidentally burn myself out a bit before the games actually arrive. It's kind of happened with me and other game series before, oops. My focus levels are kind of weird like that.

But really, keeping up with the news and stuff at the moment seems to do the trick for me. :D

BadEgg~ October 24th, 2016 10:08 PM

Exams. rip

The_Awesome_Pikachu October 24th, 2016 10:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Imperator161 (Post 9462130)
You can download RBY from the eshop, but they aren't free. They're $10 apiece.

As for me, I'm pretty busy with life, so I doubt I'll be playing many games. I finished the challenge I was working on on my eshop RBY, and I haven't had a chance to trade my teams to a storage pack and start over like I planned to yet. I've also been playing AS before bed, mainly just leveling at Blissey bases for 10-15 minutes per night.

A few weeks ago, I started Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, which I would like to get back to at some point. I'm also attempting to force my way through Paper Mario: Sticker Star (third attempt, and the first time I've managed to make myself play past world 1; apparently, I really just don't like the game, but I keep hoping it'll get better...), and I've been playing TTYD again on and off for the past few months. I really want to start another Paper Mario (N64) playthrough on the virtual console version I picked up recently, but that keeps getting put on hiatus due to my schedule.

iam buying 3ds first time (only for sun and moon), I live in INDIA but the 3ds is US(NTSC) version.
Can i use PokeBank and eshop in my country??

Charlie Brown October 25th, 2016 3:34 AM

I haven't actually finished XY yet, so I've been doing that. Finally done with Team Flare, so just need to get my last badge and beat the E4 and then at least the maingame is done.

greypoochyena October 25th, 2016 3:52 AM

I've been trying to complete the dex in my x game. I really want to finish it before sun and moon comes out. I'm also playing through heartgold.

IndigoMoon October 25th, 2016 8:51 AM

I just restarted X with pokemon I have never had on my team in any previous games. So, I transferred from AS a pichu, a hitmontop, and a snorunt to start me off. I also picked Fennekin as a starter, which I would never really have considered before. Loving it so far!

AmetsuCAT October 25th, 2016 8:58 AM

Fallout 4, soon to be Skyrim this Friday. Not to mention all the essays and dissertation stuff I need to do.

Itcheeee October 25th, 2016 10:18 AM

Pretty much just transferring and preparing Pokemon from 3rd gen all the way to 6th, so they can be brought over to S/M when possible. And currently rewatching the anime in Japanese, halfway through Advanced. Hoping to catch up completely so I can watch S/M's anime and not have to wait for it to be dubbed.

Iron Tiff October 25th, 2016 11:36 AM

I restarted Omega Ruby and have been breeding in Y. I opened a Pokédex completion service on a small Facebook group, so I'm breeding extras lol. As the release date draws closer I'' going to experiment with making malasadas to give out on release night, provided that my GameStop does midnight.

Imperator161 October 25th, 2016 3:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_Awesome_Pikachu (Post 9462455)
iam buying 3ds first time (only for sun and moon), I live in INDIA but the 3ds is US(NTSC) version.
Can i use PokeBank and eshop in my country??

I'm pretty sure you'll connect to the American servers so long as you have a US 3DS, regardless of what country you're connecting from.

Also, if you're getting a new 3DS and haven't played the previous games, in addition to the RBY downloads, I would also consider XY and ORAS. They're all great games.

MyUglyOne October 25th, 2016 6:26 PM

I have played Pokemon Black twice, Pokemon White 2, Pokemon X, Alpha Sapphire and Diamon all in preparation lol.

SightlessReality October 25th, 2016 6:30 PM

Been playing multiple Pokemon Fan Games along with my normal youtube watching routine.

The_Awesome_Pikachu October 25th, 2016 7:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Imperator161 (Post 9463313)
I'm pretty sure you'll connect to the American servers so long as you have a US 3DS, regardless of what country you're connecting from.

Also, if you're getting a new 3DS and haven't played the previous games, in addition to the RBY downloads, I would also consider XY and ORAS. They're all great games.

Ok thnx also I have played all games from RBY to B2W2 but in my PC using emulators.I skipped XY and ORAS.But icant skip Sun/Moon. :p One more thing about conversion of rupee to dollar...How will it happen?

hoshizorashiro October 25th, 2016 8:21 PM

I've been working on my OR nuzlocke but I'm about to be finished. However my copy of DBXV2 should be here tomorrow so I'll have plenty to keep me busy until next month!

I also want to go back and replay RBY and complete most of the dex.

CidHazard October 25th, 2016 9:05 PM

Playing a crap ton of Paladins and League of Legends, checking up on the demo's time based events, and re playing the Dot Hack// Franchise...

Imperator161 October 25th, 2016 9:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_Awesome_Pikachu (Post 9463603)
Ok thnx also I have played all games from RBY to B2W2 but in my PC using emulators.I skipped XY and ORAS.But icant skip Sun/Moon. :p One more thing about conversion of rupee to dollar...How will it happen?

Since you're getting a US 3DS, I suppose you'll have to fill your eshop account with dollars. I don't know what credit card providers you might have, or whether any of those would be accepted by the eshop, but I'm wondering if a non-American billing address might cause problems. My guess is that you're best bet would be to buy an eshop card in dollars (which you could order over the internet) and use that to add money to your account, or you could get some other sort of prepaid card (like a prepaid visa or mastercard maybe) and use that. I haven't ever had to do anything like that myself, so I'm not sure which billing options would or wouldn't work, but I'm confident that the eshop cards that you can buy would work.

Altairis October 25th, 2016 9:37 PM

Crying and lamenting online about how the game isn't out yet. As the Daily peeps, I express in the Skype chat almost every day about how excited I am for this game :X

The_Awesome_Pikachu October 25th, 2016 11:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Imperator161 (Post 9463699)
Since you're getting a US 3DS, I suppose you'll have to fill your eshop account with dollars. I don't know what credit card providers you might have, or whether any of those would be accepted by the eshop, but I'm wondering if a non-American billing address might cause problems. My guess is that you're best bet would be to buy an eshop card in dollars (which you could order over the internet) and use that to add money to your account, or you could get some other sort of prepaid card (like a prepaid visa or mastercard maybe) and use that. I haven't ever had to do anything like that myself, so I'm not sure which billing options would or wouldn't work, but I'm confident that the eshop cards that you can buy would work.

Ok thnx a lot for your help.

WingsofBliss October 26th, 2016 7:19 AM

Not really preparing for SM actually... just going about my life day to day and going through some pretty tough times right now with work and my family. But I'm still excited for these games, very much so.

moon October 26th, 2016 10:50 AM

tbh I've been mostly avoiding this section of PC and avoiding any talk about the games hahaha. I've seen most officially released media, but I one day just decided to not look at any spoilers (leaks) until I played the game myself. Since it comes out several days later in Europe though, it'll be haaaaaaaard ugh

Iron Tiff October 26th, 2016 1:34 PM

I've also been mass breeding Selfdestruct Munchlaxes. Snorlax + Selfdestruct + PANCAKE = profit! XD

Rengoku October 26th, 2016 9:22 PM

So I restarted my Yellow version on my 3DS to pass time, and because the first time round I did not went ahead to capture my glitch-Mew. :)

I was just done with Giovanni last midnight!

hijhiysonikku October 29th, 2016 3:40 PM

Been playing Black and soon I will play X. Haven't finished X.

Xerecies October 29th, 2016 3:41 PM

Nothing much really. Just biding time doing the usual stuff I do.

Rain October 31st, 2016 3:59 PM

I have completed my living dex, successfully hatched a few masuda method shinies, and I'm now working to complete VC Pokemon Yellow.

SaniOKh November 1st, 2016 4:32 AM

Now that my second living dex (that I'm planning to transfer to Gen 7 once the Bank is updated) is complete, I'm restarting all of the Gen 6 games. I'm playing the first game out of four, X.

I did prepare in advance: I bred Pokémon for a well-balanced team in each version (I transferred the eggs to the newly started game) and saved all my Lucky Eggs from previous playthroughs.

I won't move my living dex to the cartridge for instant Pokédex completion yet: while there's still stuff to do, Leagues to beat and Legendary Pokémon to catch, I'll act as if I didn't have a living dex and just catch the Pokémon I see.


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