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Old January 25th, 2010 (12:08 PM).
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Buying , the awesomeness of his game has to be on the DS to be fully experienced !
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Old January 25th, 2010 (12:13 PM).
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I downloaded SS, but the emulator was soooo slow that I barely played it.
I'm buying the game. Maybe not at once when it comes out in March, but still.
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Old January 25th, 2010 (1:44 PM).
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Like most, I'm purchasing the game.

I can't say I've ever downloaded any of the ROMs for the game, or any other game for that matter. I much rather play through it with my hand-held DSi and carry it with me where ever I go, than play through the experience on my laptop. Plus, the actual game copy has more to offer than the ROM to say (PokéWalker, Wi-Fi, capability to trade, battle, etc., and the advantage of taking part in held events).
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Downloading doesn't work for me, so eh.
If I can get a DS, I'll be buying it sometime.
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It's been eight hours since I reported this thread and with the staff taking no action against it leaves me surprised so I'm going to reply just because I can.

I've had the Japanese Pokemon ROM of SoulSilver since it came out and played until the Red Gyarados then quit. I actually did the same when the Japanese Platinum ROM was leaked early too.

When the English version of HeartGold comes out on 25th March I'm sure I'll buy it because the main Pokemon games are the only Pokemon game I actually buy.
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Buy it of course, gotta support Nintendo and GF for their wonderful creation ;)
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Old January 25th, 2010 (2:11 PM).
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I'll be buying it once I have the money. I downloaded it, but only picked my starter and realized I didn't want to spoil the game.
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Old January 25th, 2010 (2:53 PM).
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Like most, I'm purchasing the game.

I can't say I've ever downloaded any of the ROMs for the game, or any other game for that matter. I much rather play through it with my hand-held DSi and carry it with me where ever I go, than play through the experience on my laptop. Plus, the actual game copy has more to offer than the ROM to say (PokéWalker, Wi-Fi, capability to trade, battle, etc., and the advantage of taking part in held events).
You can have Wi-Fi battle and trade as well if you have a flashcard for the DS.
But im going to buy it for the Pokewalker and figures.
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Old January 25th, 2010 (3:04 PM).
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It's been eight hours since I reported this thread and with the staff taking no action against it leaves me surprised so I'm going to reply just because I can.
Some of use were sleeping when this thread was made, you know. And not always on 24/7 as a result (especially on public holidays =P).

But I don't really see much wrong with this thread, especially if there's emulation with its HG/SS emulation help thread which is more piracy related than this. =/ Besides, as long as nobody runs around throwing download links at each other or encouraging piracy (just saying 'yeah, I'm downloading'), then it's fine by me.

Oh, and I'm buying SS. (Maybe even HG for my sister!) IDK if I'll import or just buy here though, seeing it's pretty close, the US and Australia release dates. I tend to go buy the Pokemon games, and hey, Pokewalker is basically reason enough. ;P
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You can have Wi-Fi battle and trade as well if you have a flashcard for the DS.
I don't believe you can communicate with stuff like PBR and Ranch on the flip side, however - but yes.
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Toats mcgoats buying it, i already have it pre-ordered it would be a waste to not buy it. =P
Gotta support Nintendo so they keep making these games.
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Agreed.
Legal is much better. Besides, I want 100% English...^^
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im buying soul silver when it comes out in U.S. and in english 2 can't wait ^-^
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I have to download - my DS is broken, so it pretty much flattens it out..
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I have downloaded the Heart Gold Japanese version on my R4 and been playing it since September 12th, but i'm buying the US Version on March to play it fully and actually understand what I'm reading.
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Old January 25th, 2010 (5:21 PM).
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i dunno. I guess i'll do both.
When it first comes out i'll download it. but when i get the cash i'll go and Buy it.(Mainly for the pokewalker)
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Im just going to buy it because I dont really see a point to downloading it. If I buy it, I can use it on the go.
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Since I frown upon downloading ROMs of games that aren't even out yet, I'm buying it. Besides I never planned on downloading it anyway.
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Old January 25th, 2010 (6:29 PM).
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Games from the Pokemon series are the only games I buy. I'll be getting Heart Gold the day it comes out! :D
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Old January 26th, 2010 (7:07 AM).
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Only reason I bought a DS. xD

Although if I don't get my Wii then I'll probably just use a flashcard if I don't end up getting Ranch:

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I'm buying SoulSilver, which I'll be pre-ordering for that Awesome Lugia figure when I go to get the Shiny Pichu from GameStop. I've been waiting for this game since they announced FireRed/LeafGreen.

Not to mention that I'm against emulating roms/isos of any current generation games. I'm only okay with ones for NES-GBA systems, and thats only if they don't have the NES/SNES/GEN/N64/Etc. game you want on the Virtual Console.
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buying it.

can you even battle people from a downloaded copy?
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Only if you have a fake DS card that allows you to transfer a file over to it.
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