4th Gen Diamond / Pearl Q&A Thread

[Evilyn]

I know the pokeradar has a range, as I had stated above. :P But its impossible for it to be "out of range" if its in your screen. And not to mention it has happened sometiems when im running back and forth between a few tiles to reset the radar ebcause of a bad natural selection of shaky-tiles. It must be something else, any other ideas? =/

When running about, make sure that at least one of the last patches that shook doesn't go off screen. This causes the chain to break, and the status on the Pokétch app. to vanish abruptly.

 

[MartinNFLFalcon]

I've been shiny hunting for a shiny Nidoran F
But every time I encounter one it has the shiny purple shade. But no stars.
Anyone know why?

 

[Evilyn]

I've been shiny hunting for a shiny Nidoran F
But every time I encounter one it has the shiny purple shade. But no stars.
Anyone know why?

You sure you're not talking about Nidoran M's normal form?

 

[Azonic]

I've been shiny hunting for a shiny Nidoran F
But every time I encounter one it has the shiny purple shade. But no stars.
Anyone know why?

Umm... make sure you didn't get them mixed up? :x

Nidoran♀:

Non-shiny sprite
Shiny sprite
​

Nidoran♂:

Non-shiny sprite
Shiny sprite

​

You see, their colors are reversed for shiny vs. non-shiny, so look at the posture to find out which one's which. :x

 

[~Kavin~]

Umm... make sure you didn't get them mixed up? :x

Nidoran♀:

Non-shiny sprite
Shiny sprite
​

Nidoran♂:

Non-shiny sprite
Shiny sprite

​

You see, their colors are reversed for shiny vs. non-shiny, so look at the posture to find out which one's which. :x

yeah when I found that out....it turned me away from the idea of getting those shinies

 

[Ullion]

When running about, make sure that at least one of the last patches that shook doesn't go off screen. This causes the chain to break, and the status on the Pokétch app. to vanish abruptly.

so you're saying that all the patches of grass that did shake have to always remain in my screen until I get into the next battle? Thanks, that might be the problem I'm having, thanks dude :)

 

[Evilyn]

so you're saying that all the patches of grass that did shake have to always remain in my screen until I get into the next battle? Thanks, that might be the problem I'm having, thanks dude :)

Not all of them have to stay on screen but atleast one has to, unless you want to break the chain.

 

[Ullion]

Oh thats a relief, a big one. Thanks mate :)

 

[The Ebon Blade]

Tournament Rules.

At my school, my friend and I are organizing a Diamond and Pearl tournament. It's going to be held on March 22nd and the winner (or winners) are going to win Platinum. I was wondering if these rules are good or do I need to change a few.

1.) No Ubers
2.) No Legendaries
3.) All Pokemon MUST be 100- to help you do this we will allow the use of the infinite rare candies cheat; if you do not have access to a action replay we will have people who do and you may come an hour early and we will help you get your team to 100
4.) Max stats are recommended however, we will not allow the use of cheated permanent stat increasers. If this cheat is on your game we will disqualify you. to get max stats just go through elite four ALOT or do battle tower ALOT
5.) The battling will be tag battling and you will not know your partner until 10 minutes before the tournament begins so don't tell anyone your team!
6.) Once your team has been registered you cannot switch out pokemon.

How's that?

 

[Ikwaylx]

It may be due to personal preference, but I suggest adding the Sleep and Evasion clause to your set of rules.
If your opponent puts you to sleep and spams double team, it can cause an unfair advantage.

However, those set of rules are good. Can't you automatically go into a battle as a level 100 though?

 

[jigglyppuff8]

Auto-leveling to lv. 100 only works on wi-fi. If that's a possible option, then use that, because Rare Candies reduce the Pokemon's stats last time I checked. I also suggest using the hax items clause which rules out the use of items such as quick claw, bright powder, king's rock, etc, in addition to what Ikwaylx suggested. It's not cool to be 1 move away from victory only to have your opponent activate a quick claw and have him KO you before you KO him. Just a personal preference.

 

[irishcharizard]

hey guys is it possible to breed munchlax or do you use snorlax or what is the story with it??

 

[jigglyppuff8]

You need to have the Snorlax hold a Full Incense while breeding in order to breed for a Munchlax.

EDIT: To get a Full Incense, you need to use Rock Climb in Veilstone city. It is the Poke Ball that is there.

 

[irishcharizard]

great thanks do you know where i'd get a full insence?

 

[TwilightBlade]

irishcharizard

You can find a Full Incense in Veilstone. There's a wall in the middle of the city, so use Rock Climb to get it.

 

[irishcharizard]

cool thank you very much guys

 

[The Ebon Blade]

Auto-leveling to lv. 100 only works on wi-fi. If that's a possible option, then use that, because Rare Candies reduce the Pokemon's stats last time I checked. I also suggest using the hax items clause which rules out the use of items such as quick claw, bright powder, king's rock, etc, in addition to what Ikwaylx suggested. It's not cool to be 1 move away from victory only to have your opponent activate a quick claw and have him KO you before you KO him. Just a personal preference.

k sounds good but we dont want to use the hax stats because hold items aren't gonna be allowed (forgot to add that) also rare candies don't lower ur stats they jst dont provide any EV stats which if uve trained ur pokemon 30 lvls dont matter anymore. and evn then, if u rare candy a pokemon up to lvl 100 u can simply give them the stat increasers (which will bring them up to about 3/4ths efficiency) as for the sleep/ evasion clause, well as much as that would suck and be cheep. that is a legit strategy but to avoid hopless situations like that is the reason we are makin it a double battle tournament wit ppl teaming up. which is why we buyin two platinums instead of one.

 

[HGinCT]

Power Anklet Trouble

i am having this issue on my Diamond trying to EV trainmy Tirantar for Speed. but the Power Anklet on him isn't working. He's only getting 1 or 2 points added to speed every level. his EV's aren't maxed out. and his speed is already really low.

could anybody shed some light on the situation.

 

[dark_seeker]

that happens to me once in a while..im ev tranning and BAM!next thing i know my poke got no eves in one stat so i just remove the item.save...close then open the game and add item and ev train again and the it works :P so just try that!

 

[Eon-Rider]

i am having this issue on my Diamond trying to EV trainmy Tirantar for Speed. but the Power Anklet on him isn't working. He's only getting 1 or 2 points added to speed every level. his EV's aren't maxed out. and his speed is already really low.

could anybody shed some light on the situation.

I don't think EV training works like that. You're still gaining the EVs. They'll show eventually as your level up your Tyranitar more.