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3rd Gen How come they wouldn't allow this?

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MegamanC

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    In Red/blue version, they allowed Gold/Silver to trade through. How come they didn't allow Gold/Silver to trade with Ruby/Sapphire? I remember when I tried, I cried because I couldn't transfer over my Mew... ;_;

    - MegamanC
     
    Most likely it was because of hardware and software limitations....The GBA is completely different from the GBC and GB
    Epecially when it comes to the software inside of it...
    Besides to move a pokemon to R/S/E from G/S/C or R/B/Y it would have to convert all of the pokemon data to the current version....which means mapping IVs to EVs and it would just be a terribly and most likely horrendously imposible to code much less debug....
     
    But I mean like...Only certain pokemon are transferrable from G/S to R/S? I mean come on...Common Pokemon (Pikachu, Meowth, Charmander, Squirtle, Bulbasaur, Mew, Mewtwo) That shouldn't be such a problem right?

    It would of been nice if they included in R/S some type of quest to allow a once-in-a-game-time chance to transfer any of your pokemon from older versions to the new ones... right?

    - MegamanC
     
    The GBA doesn't allow any connectivity to older systems. IVs, EVs or anything else game related has nothing to do with it.
    Unlike the GBC to GBC transfers, GBC to GBA transfers are not possible from the side of the hardware, as there are some major differences between those systems.
    As much as you wish it, it's simply not possible, neither are the changes very high of anything like that happening anytime in the future.
     
    There is a way to get one of the G/S/C starters.

    If you complete the entire Hoenn dex (no easy task), the professor will call you on your PokeNav, and tell you he has a surprise for you. You go to his lab, and you can pick one of the G/S/C starters.

    Now for all those other pokemon.....

    You're on your own there, pal.
     
    MegamanC said:
    In Red/blue version, they allowed Gold/Silver to trade through. How come they didn't allow Gold/Silver to trade with Ruby/Sapphire? I remember when I tried, I cried because I couldn't transfer over my Mew... ;_;

    - MegamanC
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    Most likely because the systems are different, they have a lot of differences... Also, if they could, I would assume that Nintendo would have to find a way to convert the older games data to the newer one (i.e add a nature, etc). :\

    MegamanC said:
    But I mean like...Only certain pokemon are transferrable from G/S to R/S? I mean come on...Common Pokemon (Pikachu, Meowth, Charmander, Squirtle, Bulbasaur, Mew, Mewtwo) That shouldn't be such a problem right?

    It would of been nice if they included in R/S some type of quest to allow a once-in-a-game-time chance to transfer any of your pokemon from older versions to the new ones... right?

    - MegamanC
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    There are no Pokémon are transferrable from the G/S/C series to the R/S/E series. There also isn't too much of a need to... Nintendo has made it possible to obtain all 386 Pokémon through R/S/E, FR/LG, Pkmn Channel, Colesseum, and XD (besides those obtained only through a Nintendo Event, i.e. Celebi and Mew). :(

    But yes, It would be nice if we were able to transfer our Pokémon from G/S/C to R/S/E... :P
    Except my PKMN Crystal Version was stolen, so I couldn't even ifit were possible :(
     
    MegamanC said:
    But I mean like...Only certain pokemon are transferrable from G/S to R/S? I mean come on...Common Pokemon (Pikachu, Meowth, Charmander, Squirtle, Bulbasaur, Mew, Mewtwo) That shouldn't be such a problem right?
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    Actually, it's not "common" Pokemon, it was any Pokemon that could be obtained in R/B/Y/G.
    Yoshimitsu said:
    There is a way to get one of the G/S/C starters.

    If you complete the entire Hoenn dex (no easy task), the professor will call you on your PokeNav, and tell you he has a surprise for you. You go to his lab, and you can pick one of the G/S/C starters.

    Now for all those other pokemon.....

    You're on your own there, pal.
    Click to expand...
    Might I also add that it's only in Emerald.
     
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