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4th Gen Does the Pokewalker....?

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ShinyMeganium said:
There's a chance it'll be charged, no? I mean, if you charge the DS while it's connected, it can charge the Pokewalker too (in case the batteries are chargeable). Unless i'm a complete electronic fail (shame for my father who works with it for his living XD)
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Its connects via infra-red presumably, and although wireless power exists, there is no chance in hell it'l be a feature for the PokeWalker. The batteries are cheap and last ages, so I wouldnt worry if they arent included.

Edit: The reason for my assumption it'l be infra-red may appear odd as the DS lacks an infra-red port, but if my assumption is correct, there will be one on the cartridge as I imagine its less power hungry to use infra-red rather than building a wireless transmitter inside which could drastically reduce the life span of the pokewalker.

And thats a point.. will we lose our Pokemon if the batteries run out? Or is it a copy that goes to the pokewalker and upon returning of the Pokemon, it'l update the Pokemon with its gained experience from the battles?
 
demonmike said:
Its connects via infra-red presumably, and although wireless power exists, there is no chance in hell it'l be a feature for the PokeWalker. The batteries are cheap and last ages, so I wouldnt worry if they arent included.
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Actually, there's no chance in hell that it will use anything other than wireless, b/c the DS, last time i checked, doesn't have an IR sensor on it.
Plus, the website says it's wireless. :P
 
ChrisMims said:
Actually, there's no chance in hell that it will use anything other than wireless, b/c the DS, last time i checked, doesn't have an IR sensor on it.
Plus, the website says it's wireless. :P
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I edited just before your reply saying my reasonings, but if the actual website says its wireless, then I guess its official. But that official image of the pokewalker connecting really looks like its connecting via infra-red.
 
If it does take watch batteries, that'd be just annoying. It should have a rechargeable battery and be able to be charged via the DS charger or a charger of its own.
 
demonmike said:
I edited just before your reply saying my reasonings, but if the actual website says its wireless, then I guess its official. But that official image of the pokewalker connecting really looks like its connecting via infra-red.
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I agree. It does look like the signal is coming from the game, but there isn't enough room to fit an IR LED nor IR receiver in a DS game cartridge
 
now that i think of it, i heard somewhere that theyre making rechargable batteries or something that dont even need to be plugged into a power source... doesnt make sense, unless they make it solar powered
 
For all of you who say it needs to be recharge-able you need to look at the battery life of a Recharge-able battery, its maybe 1/2 to 1/4 the time of a regular battery, AKA LOTS of charging CONSTANTLY!!! In Other words, it wont happen. Also I dont think there's rechargeable watch battery's because I dont think you can make it that tiny.
 
Ok recently bought Soul Silver in the U.K,
:) got it the dayi t came out here!
Anyway, the box, guide book and the game case all say there is an IR port, makes sense for Nintendo to hide it this long,
Stops other developers using the idea first,
Maybe they planned something like the Pokewalker since pocket pikachu(2)!
 
demonmike said:
And thats a point.. will we lose our Pokemon if the batteries run out? Or is it a copy that goes to the pokewalker and upon returning of the Pokemon, it'l update the Pokemon with its gained experience from the battles?
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I've heard the batteries don't run out, it runs on minimum power if the battery gets low, and I've also heard the Pokemon still stays on the Pokewalker.
 
Just in case some people are freaking out, if your Poke'walker dies, you don't lose your poke'mon in it.
I'd be bothered about the batteries if I didn't already have one after buying a couple to replace my Poke'mon Crystal battery. :cer_boogie:
 
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coolfarhan11 said:
I've heard the batteries don't run out, it runs on minimum power if the battery gets low, and I've also heard the Pokemon still stays on the Pokewalker.
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They do run out; it says in the manual. When they do, you need something like a C95 watch battery. I can't remember the number exactly. C' something.
 
The C number is not the usual small watch battery. It is slightly larger and is the same (or similar at least) to the VMUs back in the old Dreamcast systems. They will run out of life regularly so stock up :P
 
Even though your question has been answered, it's best not to revive threads over a month old, especially those over five months. >_>; Make sure to look at the last date posted before replying to an older thread. Other than that, there is also the HG/SS Help Thread made for asking questions, so it's best you use that please.

Anyway, old thread is old.

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