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5th Gen Did you use N's Pokemon?

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  • If you played the games with Memory Link, one of the new features unlocked was the ability to capture special Pokemon owned by N, whose encounter is indicated by a green sparkle effect and the Pokemon all had 30 IVs in every stat. There was also a Zorua that you obtain as a gift regardless if you used Memory Link or not.

    That said, did you end up ever using these Pokemon on your team?
     

    Nah

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    I caught some of them, but never did use them, even the gift Zorua. Most of them were Pokemon I never felt like using in my Black 2 playthroughs.

    Might've used the Darumaka though if I hadn't caught one already on my 2nd run.
     
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    I went into B2W2 as "blind" as possible so I didn't know about N's Pokémon being available. The first Pokémon I ran into in Chargestone Cave was one of them, and the green hexagons, reminiscent of the "shiny sparkle," appeared, which really surprised me. The Pokémon wasn't shiny but I felt I needed to catch it anyways because of that sparkle--and I was super shocked when the game said it already had an OT and couldn't be nicknamed! I had no idea what that could mean, but when I was able to check my box and I saw its OT was N I was super excited. N is my favorite Pokémon character and I thought it was such a great idea to be able to catch his Pokémon.

    I didn't use Zoroark in my run of Black, so when I was given N's Zorua in Black 2, I knew I had to use it! And I'm really glad I did, because when you meet with N at some point in the sequels and you have one of his Pokémon in your party, he points it out and thanks them for helping him in the past! Aaah I loved that!!

    The fact that each of his Pokémon have 30IVs in each stat is so good, too, really. I was so disappointed that when transferred into gen 6 they don't keep their special sparkle!
     

    Oddball_

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  • I ended up catching quite a few of N's Pokemon, but the only one who I actually used was Zorua... who was actually my 4th ever level 100. Still use him in battles occasionally, albeit he isn't on any of my set competitive teams, more of a free for all kinda guy.
     

    jombii

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  • Not really. I never saw the need to hassle myself and get this special Pokemon instead of just using the regular ones I see on the routes. It's a nice addition to the game however, as it gives a shout out to the BW games.
     
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  • Zorua was the only one I ever bothered using, and it stayed on my team through the entire game. I caught Scraggy when I ran into it by chance, but I don't remember catching any of the others since I never bothered trying to track them all down.
     
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  • I never played with Memory Link, so the only one I obtained was the Zorua. I still didn't use him because I already had a team planned in advance, but it was still nice that it gave you access to one without needing an event like it was in B/W.
     
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