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Fire red, never seen this before guessing it has something to do with national dex

mmmblnts

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    My golbat was evolving and stopped , and a just a question mark popped up
     
    The title of the thread is absolutely correct: it is because you don't have the National Pokédex yet, and Crobat isn't part of Kanto Regional Pokédex.

    See, for a brief period of time (covering Gen 1 remakes and Emerald) Pokémon games didn't allow you to have any Pokémon outside of the Regional Pokédex if you didn't have the National Pokédex. Your Pokémon is supposed to evolve into it? Tough luck, 'cause it won't. You want to trade a Pokémon from another game? Unless it is in the Regional Pokédex, the game will outright refuse to accept it.

    Again, this is only in FireRed, LeafGreen and Emerald. Ruby, Sapphire as well as later games allow you to have all the Pokémon you want.
     
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    Oh dang, you learn something new everyday. I assumed it was the same as like Sapphire, where the Dex number was simply ???.
     
    It won't evolve until you get the national dex.

    I learned the hard way.
     
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