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Old October 31st, 2008 (3:32 PM). Edited November 4th, 2008 by LethalTexture.
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Does anyone even uses these?

There's this one thing I kinda miss from the 3rd gen: the PROPER look n' feel to SECRET bases. Because well, a hole in a rather organized underground tunnel doesn't feel secret or exciting at all to me :/.

But /end rant, I'm not used to go to them, it just doesn't attract me. I guess the new House in the Resort Area in Pt is cool though, just as a side note (kinda relates to your own 'places').
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Old October 31st, 2008 (3:34 PM).
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I like it....especially since you get to move all the rocks and decorate it so pretty!!!!
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Old October 31st, 2008 (3:51 PM).
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I like it....especially since you get to move all the rocks and decorate it so pretty!!!!
I agree it was improved to some extent, like some new decoration items, but tbh, it doesn't feel rewarding.

Neither does the decoration and overall environment feel 'secret', so to speak. Maybe it's just me.
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Old October 31st, 2008 (3:59 PM).
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I think the furniture is hard to obtain, because other than the merchant that's near the spot underneath the Digger's house, I don't shop for furniture. The other merchants are too widely spread.

Though capture-the-flag is pretty fun with a friend... I wish that other people's bases would show up when you mix records with them, like in R/S/E. A wifi Underground wouldn't be bad either...
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Old October 31st, 2008 (4:04 PM).
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I wish that other people's bases would show up when you mix records with them, like in R/S/E. A wifi Underground wouldn't be bad either...
I was hoping both of these features to be added in Platinum, would've increased the general experience to it, give it a PURPOSE :/.

But unfortunately that didn't happen sigh.
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Old October 31st, 2008 (4:14 PM).
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I don't use it, honestly its just too much work. I do have one it only has bout 2 things in it though
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Old October 31st, 2008 (5:25 PM).
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Nope, I don't use the Secret Underground Bases, they're no use to me, since my Wifi is broken.

But, they'd be great if you had Wifi connected, I suppose.
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Nope, I don't use the Secret Underground Bases, they're no use to me, since my Wifi is broken.

But, they'd be great if you had Wifi connected, I suppose.
You cant use wifi underground the only thing that works is local wireless connection with a friend that also has a ds and DP, thats the only way to meet others underground
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Old November 1st, 2008 (4:30 AM).
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Once when I was bored I stole my brother's flag from his base 50 times to get a notherstar on my trainer card.
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I use it sometimes. Like when I'm trying to hide from my bro :p lol we play hide and seek sometimes. My base is awsome!
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It is kinda cool. But the Hoenn region secret bases are much cooler. The only thing I don't like about the Hoenn bases is that you have to TM a move to a pokemon where as in Sinnoh you have to use a digger drill.
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Sadly I don't have one, I never get the right sphere for the Drill. But is the Secret Base in the Underground the same of the bases in Hoenn? Like when you mix records you can find your friend or whatever at his base and battle him?
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I have never liked the idea of Underground Bases. My brother has one and loves it to death, spends most of his time on Pearl in that thing, but I never found it insteresing.
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Old November 3rd, 2008 (5:35 AM).
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Didn't the underground get wifi enabled in Platinum?
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Old November 3rd, 2008 (1:27 PM).
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I always disliked the underground bases.... the R/S/E secret bases were way better and truly secret (lol try to find your friends base if he didn't told you where it is). I hope that the next generation will have the good ol' R/S/E secret bases. and wifi enabled, of course.
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Old November 3rd, 2008 (6:58 PM).
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Hey guys, just wondering if you wanted to share some tips and stories for the Underground.

For example, how do you mine effectively? Hammer then Pick for single squares? Pick all the way? Hammer the hell out of everything?
I do a mixture of both, hammer so i see a good deal of area, then pick axe the rest off :D

What does your secret base look like? Got a cool setup? Proud of your Dolls?
My base currently looks like a house interior, as I havent many decorations yet :P

What's your best mining yield? I had 2 fossils in one dig once, along with a max revive + level 20 Prism Sphere.

Also, a question too!! How often do the Goods Traders stock change? Does the DS internal clock warp effect them?

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Old November 3rd, 2008 (7:24 PM).
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Yeah, the Underground.........kinda boring if ya don't know anybody else in your neighborhood with the game. I've always wanted to hear the "got your flag" music!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuayKB2JEow&feature=related <On the DS, I mean.
But anyway, I like digging for stuff. I use the pick most of the time, because I don't want to start smashing like heck, find something awesome, then lose it because the wall fell. I haven't been down there in a while, though.
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Funny actually, I haven't had the drive to even think about playing Pokemon, the thought of training my team seems boring... But my sister's neighbor needed me to baby sit (i'm staying with my sister) and the kid had Pokemon Pearl, so i thought I'd play with him (he has ADHD and is a pain if he isn't preoccupied).

All we did was dig for fossils as he needed a Lileep, and we ended get addicted, trying to obtain all Secret Base decorations, and if we could, we bought duplicates and gifted each other them lol.

I know have 8 Cranidos, 10 Lileeps, 2 Anoriths, 1 Kabuto and 3 Omanytes.
Haven't even found an Old Amber or the fossil for Shieldon.

I use the Hammer, as I can clear 6 spaces of Brown for one thwack, where the pick rids 1-2 spaces :D I use the pick on the little rocks though. AS well as clearing up edges etc for Spheres.
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No way! Kabuto? That is so unfair! I dug for two days straight (quite literally) and could not find even one freaking dome fossil! It's on my absolute most wanted list! Finding a dome fossil is like finding solid gold for me! I have over 27 cranidos, 14 anorith, 2 lileep, 16 omanyte. You can't find the shield fossil because you're playing diamond, so you won't find any.
I really like to use the hammer to search, but once I find something, I use the pick to get it dug up.
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That sucks man! Well I think Kabuto must be rare because I only have 1 so far :)
I know, but even the kid I was babysitting didn't find any Shieldon's and he has Pearl :P
We played on the underground for at least 3 hours straight.

Also, anyone got any tips for Decoration collecting?
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Decorations? Check all the salesmen for updates on junk. They usually don't have anything good, but once in a while they will, and you've got to make sure you've got the cash to pay for it. Sometimes if you are too lazy to wait a full day to get new items in their stocks, you can just skip to the next day on your ds clock.
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I probably just go aggressively at the mines, and use more of the hammer than the pick, but I do end up caving in the mines quite a bit.

And for the fossils, you have to keep looking over and over, until you're lucky enough to encounter it.

I remember that it took me a couple of days before I found the fossils.
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There were two topics for undergrounds bases, so I'm gonna merge them together.

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Ok, I have Made my Secret Base, can you tell me how to move. I know you can delete it and make a new one coz I did it b4. But I Forgot. PLEASE HELP!!!

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Ok, I have Made my Secret Base, can you tell me how to move. I know you can delete it and make a new one coz I did it b4. But I Forgot. PLEASE HELP!!!

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If you mean in DPPt, then just buy a digger drill from one of the underground merchants. I think they all sell them. Use the digger drill in any part of the wall to make your base.

If you mean RSE, then you need to get a pokemon with secret power and use it on one of the secret base places, like one of the little holes or a big tree.
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