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Started by Oryx October 15th, 2011 1:10 AM
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Meganium

memento mori

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Houston, TX
Seen February 1st, 2023
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I never really thought of buying both versions when I buy a new Pokemon game. I plan to do some trading when I get my own copy so I guess both versions would work great :D

& ahh Pokemon caaards. I still have my awesome Meganium tin with 200 or so cards that I collect. :3

moon

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Well, I've never owned two versions of the same game. Seems kind of redundant to me, unless it's Ruby/Emerald or Pearl/Platinum I guess. Maybe even Red/Yellow because Pikachu and slight colors :P
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Hikamaru

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I always tend to get all main versions of a generation, the only ones from Generations 3-5 I've never played were FireRed and LeafGreen. There is a benefit to getting both paired versions, it can help with trading version exclusives.
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Meganium

memento mori

she/her
Houston, TX
Seen February 1st, 2023
Posted February 1st, 2023
Yeah, you got a pretty good point there...yet I kinda hate how there's version-exclusive Pokemon out there. S__S But it encourages me to use the trading method though! :3

Mark Kamill

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Its also super easy with Pokebank to get both versions and trade like crazy between em. Buy one digital one physical, and boom, you have a trade racket going. Starters, legendaries, the works! Sucks about the new update with Miiverse on the 3DS and the region lock, you can't exploit for Vivillions now...

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Brendino

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I've always just picked up one of the 2/3 games out of each set (Gold, Sapphire, FireRed, Platinum, HeartGold, White, White 2, Y). I guess there's the argument that you can trade for version exclusives between them, but that usually means having another system, too. Plus, I've never seen it as a huge deal if I can't complete the Pokedex on my games, so I don't mind if I miss out on the Pokemon opposite of my own game's.

Hiatus

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Completing the Pokédex is such a hassle, in my opinion. Last time I ever tried doing it was in my final run of Pokémon Emerald. I was extremely close to completion, but unfortunately, couldn't get it done in the end. Feebas and Milotic were all the Pokémon left for me to get a hold of, but regardless of how hard I tried, I just couldn't get them. One of my friends offered to give me her own Milotic, but wasn't able to as none of us had link-cable at that time. ):

Meganium

memento mori

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Houston, TX
Seen February 1st, 2023
Posted February 1st, 2023
Never completed the pokedex ever. I think I was very very close to it in White, all I needed left were the legendaries, but those were really hard to obtain. Probably needed to...idk...RNG or something? xD

Wobbu

bunger bunger bunger bunger

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Posted August 28th, 2016
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I used to buy all of the versions until HG/SS. Since those games were released, I've only bought one from each set. Version exclusives can be obtained from the GTS or transferred from older games. Legendaries are the only problem. I was fortunate enough to get an event Reshiram in my White Version, but Yveltal isn't going to be easy for me...

Completing the Pokédex is something that I struggle with. The only two occasions when I have completed a Pokédex was the Regional Dex from Platinum and the Regional Dex from Emerald. Every time that I have attempted to complete the Regional Dex, I always end up with five or less Pokémon and lose interest :(

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Hikamaru

Age 30
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Posted September 4th, 2018
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Its also super easy with Pokebank to get both versions and trade like crazy between em. Buy one digital one physical, and boom, you have a trade racket going. Starters, legendaries, the works! Sucks about the new update with Miiverse on the 3DS and the region lock, you can't exploit for Vivillions now...
Yeah, the trick to trading is to offer species that are high-in-demand, like starters. So if there's a new region lock update, I wonder if this means you'll always be locked into one specific Vivillon pattern? If so, that means I'll always get River Vivillons when I play X and Y. At least they aren't super-common on stuff like the GTS, where it always seems like Modern, Elegant and Polar Vivillons are the most common.

I love how Vivillon has region-specific forms, it helps encourage more global trading which you need to do if you wanna catch 'em all! (see what I did there)

Completing the Pokédex is such a hassle, in my opinion. Last time I ever tried doing it was in my final run of Pokémon Emerald. I was extremely close to completion, but unfortunately, couldn't get it done in the end. Feebas and Milotic were all the Pokémon left for me to get a hold of, but regardless of how hard I tried, I just couldn't get them. One of my friends offered to give me her own Milotic, but wasn't able to as none of us had link-cable at that time. ):
I remember the closest I came to completing a National Dex was on my Black, which I caught almost all non-Legendary families except Kanto starters, Bagon and Rufflet's line I think. Still, it was quite a hassle having to transfer everything but man it sure paid off in the end. I'll have to see how well my connections go if I want to wi-fi trade in X and Y eventually. Plus, when I choose which version to play more often (aka my main) it usually depends on which version exclusives I like better.
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The only time I completed my Pokedex was in Blue. The last Pokemon needed was Golbat because I didn't want to train up a Zubat. After that, I never attempted to complete the Pokedex since the only reward was a certificate. I would have tried in B2/W2 for those rewards, but by that point there were too many Pokemon and little time to play the game. So I just helped a friend complete her Pokedex.

The only times that I bought both versions of the games were Gold and Silver (and HeartGold and SoulSilver) and Black and White. I was really excited for those generations, and wanted the different games to play through. For the second generation, I even bought Crystal, so I had the complete set. Every other time I'm missing one. For instance, I have Blue and Yellow but not Red. I have Ruby and Emerald but not Sapphire. I have Diamond and Pearl but not Platinum. Things just worked out that way!

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moon

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Speaking of the games, I found my old Gameboy Advance and Ruby and Yellow (and some harry potter and mario game) today at my family's. It really is much better playing on the real thing than on an emulator. My childhood just came flowing back with the Ruby title screen music.
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Hiatus

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I still have my GameBoy Color and Pokémon Blue version, but the latter no longer works, unfortunately. Alongside, I also have Pokémon Ruby, Emerald, and FireRed. Don't have a GameBoy Advance though, so I cannot play them. Well, I could've played them if I still had my DS Lite, but I traded it in years ago for a DSi. And DSi doesn't have a GBA cartridge slot, which sucks. ): Wonder what made Nintendo decide to have it removed?

Wobbu

bunger bunger bunger bunger

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Posted August 28th, 2016
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I've lost too many of my games. My Sapphire, Emerald, LeafGreen, and Platinum Versions are all hiding somewhere and it's been a few years since I have last saw them. I've also sold some games for money, like Colosseum, Pinball RS, and Blue. I wish that I stil had all of them because some of these games are hard to find and there are many fakes floating around online stores.

Alexander Nicholi

work hard, play hard

Age 25
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I'm a nut for the Generation III games, and I have 2 Rubies, 1 Sapphire, 1 FireRed, 1 LeafGreen, and 2 Emeralds, plus Colosseum and XD. I assigned a greek letter to each cartridge, too, and on the back of each cartridge is the letter and the character's name in Sharpie. There's Alpha Alex (E1), Beta Seth (R2), Gamma Ash (FR), Delta Sally (LG), Epsilon Amy (S), and Eta Naruto (E2).

The first Ruby cartridge has my sister's profile on it, so I didn't include it. By the way I didn't pick the name Naruto for my second Emerald, I bought it used and the profile that came on it had pretty much everything you could ever get with a GameShark (which I don't have), so I kept the name. There's also Zeta Ash, which is in between Epsilon Amy and Eta Naruto, but it's my Yellow cartridge.

God, I'm such a nerd >_<
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Tsutarja

Age 28
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All of my Gen III Hoenn games are gone and or misplaced :( and I hate that very much because Gen III is my favorite generation pre-DS games.

Hikamaru

Age 30
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Seen January 24th, 2019
Posted September 4th, 2018
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12.2 Years
All of my Gen III Hoenn games are gone and or misplaced :( and I hate that very much because Gen III is my favorite generation pre-DS games.
*pats Zach on the back*

I barely play my 3rd Generation games anymore, especially when compared to a lot of modern generations. I bet that once I play X and Y, it'd be hard for me to replay 4th and 5th Generation games given how massive the leap in graphics to 6th Generation was.
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Posted December 19th, 2013
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Well, I've never owned two versions of the same game. Seems kind of redundant to me, unless it's Ruby/Emerald or Pearl/Platinum I guess. Maybe even Red/Yellow because Pikachu and slight colors :P
Yeah I personally would never have wanted to get two versions of the same game, but I'm gifting X and Y to my twin cousins.

Wobbu

bunger bunger bunger bunger

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Snaktooth Island
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Posted August 28th, 2016
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Currently the only reason that I would buy Y Version is for attempting challenges on it. I don't want to erase all of my progress and Pokémon in my X Version.

Random topic change!
What Bug type Pokémon would you least like to encounter?

I wouldn't like to turn around and find a giant Galvantula crawling behind me. If I run away, it might shoot spider webs at me to slow me down. It will probably also shock me. D:

moon

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What Bug type Pokémon would you least like to encounter?'

auugh Bug pokémon are awesome, bugs not so much. I don't know why I find Bug pokémon cool but hate bugs in real life. Maybe it's because I know the pokémon aren't real.

Pinsir would be a nightmare to suddenly encounter. Bugly death on two legs.
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Meganium

memento mori

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Houston, TX
Seen February 1st, 2023
Posted February 1st, 2023
Weeeeeedle. I do like a Beedrill in my team at the beginning of the game and all but I hate the fact that my Pokemon gets poisoned every time. It's frustrating xD

moon

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Well if we're talking games, Weedle (and Wurmple for that matter) are the worst. They just poising everything I send at them ;;
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Wobbu

bunger bunger bunger bunger

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Snaktooth Island
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Posted August 28th, 2016
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Scolipede was constantly used as a ferocious Pokémon in the BW anime, so that's another Pokémon that I wouldn't like to encounter. It's always getting mad when people get near it and it chases those people with its steamroller body. The Pokémon that I don't like to encounter in the games is Dwebble because I found a million of them via Rock Smash while looking for a Binacle in X.