4th Gen Hacking: The Good & The Larger Bad

Started by captainfez3 November 25th, 2008 12:14 PM
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Seen January 4th, 2019
Posted January 3rd, 2019
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14.5 Years
I don't "hack" any pokemon games anymore ever since I used an AR on my Sapphire game. Not only did I ruin the ability to use TM's, but I completely took away all the enjoyment of playing the game. I trained with Rare Candies and completed my Pokedex in half a second. My friends could never keep up with me and battling became dull and pointless.

This of course was in the GBA era, which means no Wi-Fi. So in a way, I can see the good and the bad of having an AR or otherwise "hacking" the game to get rare pokemon that you would otherwise have to travel to get. With that said though, I still think hacking is incredibly stupid; I know that people all want to have Mews and Darkrais, but that was supposed to be something cool about Pokemon. You worked hard to get something that you could trade for a legendary and then you got it, and then could eventually trade it again. Now though, anyone can get the pokemon, and they don't have to put any effort or time into the system, and it can really ruin the game.

That's why this forum is very nice, because hacked trades are punished, and they discourage it to begin with. I don't know if you could make a game hack proof, but it would be awesome if they did for the next pokemon. I'd also like to see less event/legendary pokemon. I like having those superpowered pokemon, but they just keep escalating it for each game. If they add anymore, completing the pokedex will become nearly impossible.

So, those are just my thoughts, I'd love to hear back from everyone else on the subject.
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Seen September 1st, 2016
Posted March 23rd, 2012
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Very well put and I agree 100%. Cheating ruins the surprise of the game (any game now that I think about it). It takes away the enjoyment of finally defeating that gym leader who continuously beats you down, or catching Dialga with only one dusk ball because you were unprepared (yea, I did that). I can see if you've already beaten the game, but even then there are so many things to do afterwards (i.e. Build up a team of favorites and destroy your friends and others with them).
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