Habits in Pokemon games

Started by jcsimpson March 17th, 2011 5:39 AM
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Age 35
Male
Montreal
Seen May 30th, 2015
Posted August 2nd, 2012
306 posts
12.3 Years
Do you have any habits when playing Pokemon? Do you always save twice, organize your items alphabetically or by frequency of use, do you nickname every Pokemon?

I personally organize my items alphabetically and if approaching a double battle I always speak to the woman of the team (if there is one). In my PC I have all the boxes organized by type and the Pokemon with in them are organized by level. I also always save in a Pokemon center and when I do I make sure my character is sitting on one of the seats in the center.

What about you? Any habits?

ShinyMeowth

Gone forever

Age 26
Male
Greece
Seen March 23rd, 2012
Posted May 14th, 2011
397 posts
12.4 Years
I name most of my Pokemon after other Pokemon (Meet Bulbasaur, my Serperior). Plus, I always save twice or thrice before turning off my game, I can't take risks.

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Age 30
they/them
Georgia
Seen May 22nd, 2022
Posted November 29th, 2021
33,354 posts
15.2 Years
- I name all my Pokemon, unless doing Masuda Method.
- I have to have a Fire type, or something that can at least learn Flamethrower, Fire Fang, or some powerful Fire move.
- I seldom/never teach Hydro Pump, Fire Blast, or Thunder. Hate those moves.
- If I don't have a good STAB move for a Pokemon, it will drive me crazy.
- If I'm not overlevel I will grind levels til the buttons on my DS burn off. (not literally)
- I don't like using the same Pokemon in consecutive playthroughs (ex. using Gardevoir in Emerald, restarting and using it again. Won't happen.)
- All Heatran are named Hiidoran or Larry.
- All Aipom are named Klippy.
- All Chatot are named after a hit single or pop star.
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Seen January 6th, 2023
Posted December 9th, 2022
11,196 posts
17.8 Years
All of my Pokemon, regardless of their type usually have at least one normal-type / physical attack, juuust in case I need them to get me out a pinch where they're at a srs type-disadvantage.

I usually save my game twice, sometimes due to saving being such a habit, that I often don't even realize when I do it.

When I was real young during the first 2 generations, some of my Pokemon were often nicknamed as Pokemon that I wanted. I believe my Houndoom in Crystal was 'Arcanine'. orz

In R/S/E and DPPt I usually had only one or two Pokemon that I used for Contests, and I PokeBlock spam'd them so their Contests stats would be waaay higher than any of my other Pokemon. >_>

My party Pokemon are usually organized by level, with my weaker Pokemon first for training purposes.
They're also eventually usually at the same even level, just works out that way.


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In Johto, living the life of a Dragon Trainer
Seen May 15th, 2014
Posted February 19th, 2012
141 posts
12.3 Years
The only few things for me is I go straight Fire Starter. I make sure to get the best Nature for my whole team, even my starter. And In a Center, I save in the middle of the pokeball on the floor, so I can run out.
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Meganium

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Houston, TX
Seen February 1st, 2023
Posted February 1st, 2023
I do have some habits. Some are fairly common and some are pretty rare.

~Yeah, I do save my game twice. I don't want to risk myself losing my progress after the first save after beating a bazillion rocket grunts. >_>
~I organize my PC boxes by type.
~I organize my Pokemon Party BY LEVEL, from lowest to highest.
~My bag is a mess and it always has 70% of unused/pointless items.
~I rarely name my Pokemon. If I did named my Pokemon, it would be from a random thing, such as a window or a TV.

Timbjerr

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Age 36
Female
Texas
Seen May 30th, 2022
Posted January 28th, 2016
7,415 posts
19.7 Years
My endgame team has to fit into the following formula: [Grass/Fire/Water/Electric/Flying/Ground], secondary types, if any, being the only source of variety...

I always keep my team balanced in level, when the pokemon in the lead levels up, it immediately goes to the bottom of the list.

My pokemon have to be at least as strong as a gym leader's weakest pokemon before I challenge their gym.

I'd rather be underlevelled than overlevelled, so I tend to use a full team of six as early as I can so experience gets spread out more and they're all weaker.

I adamantly refuse to use HM slaves. I'd rather have six-seven marginally weak attacks on my main team than have to trek to a Pokemon center every time I see a tree, rock, or waterfall.

HoopyFrood

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Male
Muricah'
Seen July 12th, 2012
Posted May 26th, 2012
47 posts
12.2 Years
-I end up saving like 4 times in rapid succession to make sure I actually saved.
-My starter has to be two levels higher than the rest of my team, making it more leader-esque.
-I always nickname my pokemon, whether it be a generic name, a meme, a pop culture reference, or just something whacky.
-I always catch lots of pokemon (Mostly the ones I like) And have team switches through out the game (Besides my starter)
-I always pick Umbreon.
-I never use normal type pokemon, or pokemon that don't evolve.

PlatinumDude

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Age 29
Male
Canada
Seen July 31st, 2020
Posted May 30th, 2020
12,958 posts
12.7 Years
-I try to remember every Pokemon's cry.
-I always keep my starter
-I always try to have a Water Pokemon with me
-When catching a Pokemon, I hold down the A and B buttons, then let go of them and press the down button on the D-pad as the ball opens. I twirl my thumb around the D-pad, praying the Pokemon will be caught.
-I train my Pokemon to a certain level before continuing with the story.
-I always switch my Pokemon before my opponents sends out their next Pokemon
-I try to keep my Pokemon at around the same levels.

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15.5 Years
-The starter remains on my team at least until the Elite Four are defeated.
-I save at least twice.
-I keep all my Pokemon around the same level
-I keep my Pokemon around 5 levels higher than the local Gym Leader.
-I try to defeat the trainer classes on a route in a specific order (i.e., all the Youngsters first, then the Hikers)

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Age 30
Male
Pride Rock
Seen June 15th, 2022
Posted June 7th, 2017
359 posts
13.8 Years
Lol my habits are so the same in every game. Catch the first Pokemon I see and catch Pokemon that fits there gender ex; Machamp (male) Lopunny (female) And after I catch every last Pokemon I put them in o national dex order in my PC. Also ask as much people to trade me until I get all 3 starters in my team.
Age 32
Female
Library
Seen November 26th, 2019
Posted November 21st, 2014
1,123 posts
13.3 Years
i have a few habits
-i level my team evenly
-i only nickname my main team
-any male lillipup caught by me shall always be known as either Rilence or Yang
-i always save twice
-i save at any event no matter how small (like healing pokemon gaining a level ect)

i know there is more but thats all i can think of


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Age 28
Him/Them
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Seen 4 Weeks Ago
Posted January 27th, 2022
2,096 posts
14.5 Years
My habits include:
~ All my pokemon have to be in the order i caught/recived them.
~ Most of my pokemon have to pair in some way, for example. In SS i had a typhlosion who was paired with amperos [spelling :(] because they evolve 3 times, a togekiss who is paired with a magmortar (because both were eggs, i hacked in the magby egg so they both hatched at the same time to make it more special, and they both evolve once in the second generation and a third time in the fourth that isnt through levels) and then an alakazam who is paired with a kingdra (because they both evolve for the last time through a trade)
Also they are their genders, like alakazam is male and togekiss is female.
~ Depending on what i name my character (either James, as a boy, or Hybrid, as a girl) i'll name my pokemon either random stuff or by people i know.
~ I organise my box's into types with an extra box at the end and an unown box somewhere in there too.
~ All my pokemon have to be the same level.
~The only hold items can be ones that power up its type, example: magmar=charcoal.
~ If i nickname one pokemon, i nickname them all!

And that's all my very OCD mind can think of right now xD
Male
Seen July 16th, 2016
Posted August 5th, 2014
559 posts
13.3 Years
- I always train my Pokemon in intervals of 5.

-Unless if I'm using the EXP Share, I will only train one Pokemon at a time.

- I always face every trainer I see, even if it makes me go out of my way, sometimes if I'm weak I'll even go heal and then backtrack just to face a trainer.

- I nickname all of my Pokemon.

- I always catch my Pokemon with the intent of using them throughout the entire game. (Unless if the are HM slaves or if they turn out to suck.)

- If I see an item, I must get it, no matter what.

- I hoard my Rare Candies, and very rarely use them until I need a Pokemon to evolve or learn a new move.

Psysaturn

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Age 35
Male
Tacoma, WA
Seen January 11th, 2014
Posted March 21st, 2011
17 posts
12.2 Years
Every PKMN must be male. I don't care how long it takes me to catch something I have to have male. Genderless excluded, of course. This rule of mine has been broken for Gen 5 as I am now using an all Ghost type team, and Froslass is in it.

I organize my PC boxes by type, and depending on my mood will sort the PKMN in them by color or 'dex entry height (If two are the same height, I use weight).

I can't use the bike, don't know why. I run/fly everywhere.

Way back when as I would capture PKMN I believed wholeheartedly in the "Hold Down and A" thing for Gen 1 and I cannot break the habit of doing it even to this day.

I cannot train more than 3 PKMN pretty much ever. My party usually consists of 3 PKMN, two being trained, one to be trained or waiting to pick up the slack, and one or two HM slaves.

Even though I know TMs are infinite in B/W I cannot break the habit of saving them til the last second so I can make absolutely sure thats the PKMN I want to have that move.

I refuse to use fire starters.

I will hold off battling the E4 until I have a Porygon in my party. If that never happens, I will never battle them. Ever.
Age 36
Male
Calgary, Alberta
Seen September 15th, 2017
Posted July 10th, 2011
124 posts
13.1 Years
I only use the starter until i find a suitable replacement

I rarely if ever use Normal or Fighting type

I rarely if ever nickname my Pokemon.

I always make sure my pokemon are not only the same level, but also atleast higher or on par with the trainers in the aera.

I save twice, not because of i'm parinoid, but because of my short memory.

I save before and after each Elite Four

I MUST have a Fire type

I always make sure my pokemon have a STAB move

I keep attacks like Leer or Growl for as long as possible

I treat Rare Candy's like emergency revives.

I endup holding ALOT of crap, that I don't ever use

I avoid HM slaves

Atleast once a generation, I try to fill the Pokedex. Got really close last generation.

That's about it.
Male
Seen August 25th, 2011
Posted August 11th, 2011
150 posts
12.2 Years
I have a few habits:

-It doesn't matter when, but I must have a dragon pokemon in my team
-I require a Lapras in my team
-I do not care about gender in my team
-I always name Reshiram Byakuran(KHR reference)
-I use special attack-based pokemon most of the time
-etc.
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Age 37
Female
Lurking in Johto
Seen March 14th, 2015
Posted March 14th, 2015
270 posts
16.2 Years
-I level grind. Big-time.

-I always keep my starter, and it's usually my most-used team member.

-Whenever I get a new Pokemon on my team, I usually drop everyting I’m doing, and go level it up until its level is close to or matches that of the rest of my team.

-I always name my Eevee “Eeveekins” until I evolve it. As soon as it evolves, my first task is booting it to the Name Rater ASAP so I can give it back its proper name.

-I collect every item I can, even though I rarely use the majority of them and they end up taking up space in my bag (which at least isn’t a problem in 4th-gen-and-up games).

-In G/S/C, I always evolved my Cyndaquil into its final form in Team Rocket’s Mahogany Town hideout. I broke this trend on my first playthrough of HeartGold – I didn’t end up evolving Quilava until she’d reached Level 38 and I’d long since trashed the hideout. To be fair, I didn’t stop her evolution, at least not the traditional way – she grew to Level 36 and 37 while in my PokeWalker.

-I’m very particular with the genders of my starter Pokemon. Certain starters can only be a specific gender when I pick them; others, it doesn’t matter. Cyndaquil and Piplup need to be female; Torchic, Chimchar and Tepig are strictly male; Charmander and Mudkip I prefer to be female but I’ll take a male if they give me one; everyone else, I’ll take either gender.

-I also like to keep my teams gender-balanced, although sometimes it fails (my old Crystal team had no males; my White team is very male-heavy). If I have too much of one gender on my team, I try to make the next Pokemon I catch of the opposite gender.

-In the third-generation games, I organized my PC boxes by level. I always set aside the last box for Pokemon that I’d be trading.

-I have yet to start with a grass-type starter.

-I always have to have a water-type on my team. I have yet to find one for my White team, though…

-I’ll admit, I use HM slaves. The only HM I bother teaching a permanent team member is Surf – and I always teach this move to my main water-type Pokemon.

PokéTravellerNumber13

A Multi-Diamensional Traveller

Male
Outside the fabric of Time and Space
Seen September 22nd, 2013
Posted March 26th, 2011
13 posts
12.2 Years
> I will always have my starter with me no matter what

> I have to have my team around the same level, althought my starter will always be between 2-5 levels higher

> I have to collect ALL items, I seek them out just so i've got it

> I always save in a Pokémon Centre, although there is an exception ...

> ... my save exception is to save before the E4, between every person in the E4 and after the E4

> In my PC Pokémon are arranged by level, when I get to a new Town/City I have to go and reorder them if i've caught more

> My first box is ALWAYS left for team rearrangements (so I always have to think when battling due to always having a slightly different team)

> The last 2 boxes are ALWAYS reserverd for trading, second to last is for Pkmn that are ready to trade, last box is for Pkmn that people have suggested for a trade

> If someone wants to trade, I will seek out a second version and keep that, giving the original, unless its a Team Pokémon (Box or not)

> I NEVER nickname, and any Pokémon I get from in-game trading will usually go in the PC beacuse of them having a nickname

> If i'm down to my last Pokémon or the majority are serverly injured, I will turn back to the last Town/City to heal them, even if i have to cross lots of grass

> In the case of the last one, I will automatically flee from wild encounters as soon as they appear, usually without thinking

> My current team will be ordered by level: Lowest, then Highest to second Lowest

> As soon as I enter a battle I switch out for another Pokémon

> When being attacked and losing HP, I tilt the GBC, DSlite (soon to be 3DS) to the right to try and reduce the damage

> When attacking I do the opposite, I tilt the GBC, DSlite (soon to be 3DS) to the left to try and increase the damage

> I speak to my Pokémon out loud (like the Anime), either to eger them on when attacking, apoligise and tell they did good when they faint, tell them to 'come on, don't worry, try again' if they miss

> In the older Gen's I would have my bag arranged in usefulness, usually in the formation of

[Pokéballs/Potions/Revives/StatusHealing/Map/HMs/TMs/Others/Bike]

> In the older Gen's, HMs and TMs had to be in numberical order

> In my bagevertything has to by in alphabetical order

I think there's more but i've already said too much *hehe* and I cant remember them at the moment
to come...