3rd Gen Trading Is Cheating? (Firered and Leafgreen)

Started by XScizzorMaster November 8th, 2009 3:48 AM
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As some of you know, you can trade pokemon in FR/LG. Of course you need cut to get to the 3rd gym. But if you trade over a pokemon with cut you can skip the whole S.S. Anne! Because after beating Misty you can use cut.

You can also trade over a pokemon with flash since you need to go through Diglett's Cave to get flash. But you can skip that and trade over a pokemon with flash and get through Rock Tunnel without finding that house after Diglett's Cave.

So, is trading basically like cheating in Firered and Leafgreen's main story?


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My opinion is that in-game, it doesn't matter what you do or if you "cheat" like this, as you put it. Since it only affects yourself and your experience of the story~

I imagine many players who play through it the first time (not all though) want to get as much of the story as possible and would probably go aboard the SS Anne anyways. Though maybe not go through that annoying Diglett's Cave xD Does it ruin something later on in the game if you don't, btw?

And if you're going to battle against friends, it doesn't matter where in the story you are, right? So it's up to the player him/herself whether or not to "cheat" :)

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I did exactly that all the way back in Blue :)

Anyway, it's not cheating per se, but it does bypass some (admittedly minor) aspects of the storyline. I didn't do it in LG because I wanted to play through catching Pokemon ingame only, but it's really your call.

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I've never done that. Like Anthony, I get a guilt trip when I do that. I don't really play FRLG that much anyway, so I guess it's all good. xD
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I wouldn't call it cheating - just skipping some minor, sometimes annoying, aspects of the story-line is hardly omghax! - but I don't do it because whenever I play a game I play it properly. XD Although I did trade some eggs over to my Pearl when I restarted it so that I could have the team I wanted straight away >_>; But that was nothing to do with HMs.

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As some of you know, you can trade pokemon in FR/LG. Of course you need cut to get to the 3rd gym. But if you trade over a pokemon with cut you can skip the whole S.S. Anne! Because after beating Misty you can use cut.

You can also trade over a pokemon with flash since you need to go through Diglett's Cave to get flash. But you can skip that and trade over a pokemon with flash and get through Rock Tunnel without finding that house after Diglett's Cave.

So, is trading basically like cheating in Firered and Leafgreen's main story?

I personally like the S.S Anne because I like to slightly over level my pokemon by at least five, maybe ten, so I like the training and will battle all I can. Also once in my original blue I got through dark cave completely unaided by flash because I personally find it to be a useless move and refuse to learn it and waste an un-erasable space. It's really not too difficult.


I believe skipping these areas is lazy because they aren't burdens, it is not that difficult or time consuming. And who wants to finish so quickly, isn't the journey the main point and fun of the game? Sorry no offense meant to anyone who does it, it's your choice, that's just my opinion.
And as already stated it's not cheating as no gameshark or glitches are being used in this which define cheating.
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To summarise. No its not cheating. No hax or codes were used. You merely utilized the functions of the game. It affects nobody in the universe but yourself. You just skip the s.s. Anne. I personally do all i can level up so i dont skip but ofcourse its all ur choice

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I wouldn't consider it cheating. Although, it can ruin the fun because you're skipping a part of the game.
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