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Old May 6th, 2014 (7:24 PM).
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Ah, the GTS. What better than relying on it to get a specific Pokemon.

I, myself, had to use the GTS to be in possession of a Malamar, since they don't appear anywhere in the wild, Nintendo has not officially revealed Inkay's Evolution Method at the time, and I think what people all over the internet is saying "how to evolve Inkay" is a bunch of baloney. I mean, Nintendo would never implement such a gimmicky mechanic to evolve a Pokemon.

Had any of you used the GTS to obtain Pokemon you couldn't personally obtain otherwise, due to being too difficult?
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Old May 6th, 2014 (7:45 PM).
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I use it to get pokemon I haven't gotten thru wonder trade yet. Such as Mudkip, Torkoal, HA Dratini, HA Heracross, Grimer, Galvantula, Liligant, etc.

But it's horrible to use if you're looking for something because the trainers on there are kinda greedy. Zangoose for Victini? Are you serious?
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Old May 6th, 2014 (8:22 PM).
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I've used GTS in Pokémon Y a couple of tines before. Personally, though, I like setting up trades between friends or people over message boards, as they're more trustworthy than random strangers. This way, you would be making yourself a lot more secure and lower the chance of feeling regretful later on. :P
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Old May 6th, 2014 (9:16 PM).
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I do almost all trades here. Once I did score a nice kangaskhan on a whim, but that is rare.
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Old May 6th, 2014 (11:18 PM).
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GTS for me was just trading legendaries for legendaries to aqcuire the Shiny Charm. When I finally got it I stopped using GTS.
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Old May 7th, 2014 (5:30 AM).
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GTS is pretty useful. Kinda wish people would stop asking for legendaries for almost everything, but it can still be useful.

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Nintendo has not officially revealed Inkay's Evolution Method at the time, and I think what people all over the internet is saying "how to evolve Inkay" is a bunch of baloney. I mean, Nintendo would never implement such a gimmicky mechanic to evolve a Pokemon.
You really do have to hold your 3DS upside-down while Inkay gets a level up and is level 30+ in order for it to evolve. I know, its weird as hell, but that's really what you have to do. I've done it myself, it works.
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Old May 7th, 2014 (5:45 AM).
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I think the GTS is very usefull and i've used it alot to fill up the pokedex to an extent (i still havent finished it) but other then that i use it for certain pokes u need an item for egg move pokemon or for poke safari pokemon i cant obtain atm
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Old May 7th, 2014 (6:55 AM).
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GTS is a nice feature but needs polish.
It needs a legendary filter or better yet an editable ~50 slot long list where I can enter the pokemon I don't want to see there.
And it needs a "summary" button. :|
Also (but that is not really that important) maybe longer descriptions that you can enter.
Other than that it's nice for quick trades for pokedex entries.
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Old May 7th, 2014 (10:59 AM).
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I do use it when I want something specific as opposed to relying on Wonder Trade. I recently used it to get my HA Goomy. Didn't even need to sacrifice any good Pokemon, just a normal Goomy with a HA Goomy. Convenient? I think so.
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Old May 7th, 2014 (11:17 AM).
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I love the GTS for trading, I dont do stupid trades like Audino for Zekrom but i do trades like Rotom for Golem or Mudkip for Treecko
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Old May 7th, 2014 (11:03 PM).
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I've loved using the GTS this gen. It helped me complete my national dex and I managed to snag a couple of nice shiny pokemon from there for practically nothing in return.

Also like another poster said, to evolve Inkay, you really do need to hold the DS upside down after level 30. I did this in order to evolve mine and it worked without a hitch.
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Old May 8th, 2014 (5:12 AM).
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I have all the main series games. I used them to complete the "Living Pokédex" challenge, without turning to the GTS even once. So, no, I don't find it vital unless I want to collect foreign Vivillions or breed shinies using the Masuda Method.
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Old May 8th, 2014 (5:18 AM).
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GTS is useful for Pokedex completion. Used to have few boxes with starters, so I'd offer Chikoritas and Mudkips for various Pokemon.

Unless you got friends to trade IRL, it's quite vital.
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Old May 8th, 2014 (6:32 AM).
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I got all the Y exclusives on my X here. If it hadn't been for Pokemon Bank, it would had been vital for me.

It is very important for those who want all the Vivillon forms.

Another thing I used this for was to get foreign pokemon for MM.
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Old May 8th, 2014 (3:22 PM).
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I've used it to get starters. I'm still using it to get Pokémon I can't catch, or difficult to catch like Houndour, Aerodactyl, etc...
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Old May 9th, 2014 (6:21 AM).
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I've used it a few times back in White and it's actually worked. I would put up a Pokemon in there, wish for another and then wait a week and I'd get the Pokemon!

But for the most part, especially in X, I do not use it. I find that Wonder trading or setting up a trade here or on other forums is way more faster to get the Pokemon you want.
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Old May 11th, 2014 (12:01 PM).
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Yup! I used it for a very large % of completing my National Dex. I was once lucky enough to nab a shiny off it for just a Mantine. The GTS could definitely be improved, though.
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Old May 12th, 2014 (2:12 AM).
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GTS is a vital function for a player like me who has to get all of the pokemon from scratch cause I don't own any of the previous pokemon games except for gen 5.
But I agree that this forum had helped me substantially in obtaining other pokemon such as the event legendaries and hidden abilities.
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Old May 12th, 2014 (2:45 AM).
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I find the GTS very useful, especially now that they let you search for Pokémon you haven't seen. I am on multiple forums, so I could easily find people to trade with but I still don't do personal trades (or however you would call them) that often. You need to agree on what you trade and make sure you are online at the same time. For example for obtaining all starters it is just much faster to breed your own one and put it on the GTS for the ones you are missing instead of looking for people on forums for that. Most of my trades were done through the GTS, the only trades I would never do over the GTS are legendary trades or trades for specific natures/IVs/etc. (and only with people I already know better). That doesn't mean I never look at the trade forum though :)
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Old May 12th, 2014 (6:14 AM). Edited May 12th, 2014 by Starry Windy.
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I often use GTS as the only way to get hard-to-find Pokémon like Protean Froakie and several Pokémon that are unavailable in X and Y (excluding Legendaries). Sometimes I find what I'm looking for, and sometimes not, I think it depends on timing.
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Old May 12th, 2014 (9:59 PM).
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Very useful for getting pokemon you need and I used it heaps, trades will happen pretty quickly if you propose a reasonable trade. The reason there are so many "offering pikachu, want lugia" trades and the like is because they are rubbish, no one ever takes them and they sit there forever while any fair trades disappear quickly.

It's much easier to offer a pokemon you don't need for one you do need (fair trade) than go searching for the one you need and have to wade through all the rubbish.
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Old May 13th, 2014 (3:53 PM).
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I think the GTS is very vital. Yes, there are a lot of greedy people on there, but I find that posting what you want gets you a trade faster. I have also been able to snatch up a few legendaries for level 91+ common Pokemon. I don't have any friends irl to trade with and the Wonder Trade is worst that the GTS, in my opinion. If it wasn't for the GTS I would never have gotten very far in completing my Pokedex.

When you offer a Pokemon for trade, what helps me is putting "For NatDex" as my message. I get a trade within 30 mins of posting, of course, make the trade reasonable to a point.

If you know how to look and how to negotiate, it is very, very useful.
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Old June 5th, 2014 (9:24 AM).
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I've gotten some pokemon from there like Dratini(by luck) and some other good ones. Like everyone else says, the only annoying part is the endless request for legendaries. I understand legends for legends but legends for starters and such isn't worth it in my opinion.
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Old June 5th, 2014 (12:31 PM).
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Well i think the gts is pretty fu**** up, at the launch day all pokemon demands were reasonable, but now, as people said here its pretty ridiculous, if im looking for a pidgey im not going to give my xerneas, thats obvious. The only reasonable exchanges are legendaries for legendaries, but theres a problem here anyway, i was looking for a kyogre, and someone asked for a xerneas (luckily i restarted my game like 4 times and thanks to pokebank i was having all the xerneas from each run), what a surprise when i got the kyogre and it was hacked T_T again i looked for a rayquaza, some guy was asking for a xerneas, again rayquaza hacked, it happenes me with almost every legendary, the only legendary that wasnt hacked from GTS was an yveltal, the ones i have now obtained from GTS are: Kyogre, Dialga, Virizon, Rayquaza, all hacked, no pentagon + that girl who looks on pokemon memories(i dont know her english name as i play my game in my native lengague(spanish)), saying that sentence that confirm a poke is hacked... i really dont know what to do with this pokes, i like them but, i cant trade it to anyone, i dont want other people to get hacked pokes, maybe its just my bad luck to get those pokes, but still im not going to use gts never again, unless gamefreak does something with hacked pokes.
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Old June 5th, 2014 (1:22 PM).
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what a surprise when i got the kyogre and it was hacked T_T again i looked for a rayquaza, some guy was asking for a xerneas, again rayquaza hacked, it happenes me with almost every legendary, the only legendary that wasnt hacked from GTS was an yveltal, the ones i have now obtained from GTS are: Kyogre, Dialga, Virizon, Rayquaza, all hacked, no pentagon + that girl who looks on pokemon memories(i dont know her english name as i play my game in my native lengague(spanish)), saying that sentence that confirm a poke is hacked... i really dont know what to do with this pokes, i like them but, i cant trade it to anyone, i dont want other people to get hacked pokes, maybe its just my bad luck to get those pokes, but still im not going to use gts never again, unless gamefreak does something with hacked pokes.
Those Pokemon aren't necessarily hacked. Pokemon from Gen 5 and earlier transported to X/Y lack the blue pentagon and don't have any recorded memories. All the blue pentagon means is that the Pokemon was not born or caught in Kalos (which is the case for all pokes sent to Gen 6 via the Transporter). Pokemon from games older than Gen 6 lack memories because the whole memory thing didn't exist till X/Y.

Better signs of a hacked Pokemon are if it was caught in a place it can't ever be legitimately caught (like a Xerneas that says it was caught on Route 4), or if it has moves it can't legitimately know (like a Gyarados that knows Solarbeam) or if it has an Ability that it can't legitimately have (like a Krookodile that has Water Absorb).
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