Has this happened to anyone else?
While I was trying to breed my ditto and Eevee (which I got from a trade, Thank you so far, Pokecommunity) I left my 3DS off for a while, because I had to go to work. After work I stopped by the day care. I had a full party so I knew I couldn't take the egg, but I still wanted to know if they popped one out, So I go to the old man and ask him. Why yes they have... GREAT! So I press B as fast as possible over and over again to speed up the "yeah let me deposite a pokemon in the PC" process. last thing I saw, as my finger just pushed on B?
Oh you don't want the Egg? -presses B-
Okay then, we'll keep it.
FUUUUUU-!!!
tl;dr?= Pressed B way too many times, sick man kept pokemon babies from me.
Um...just asking, but why would you press/button-mash
B? I thought the
A button was used way more for
confirmation of choices, while the
B button was typically used to
cancel an option or
decline a choice... Yeah, B is capable of "scrolling/advancing the text" like A, but I would think you'd usually press A as second-nature, as B can also be used as an "Exit" button. I know there are some instances where the "negative" option is pre-highlighted by the cursor though, in which case I usually pay more attention. Regarding Pokemon breeding and the Daycare, I would think the cursor pre-selects "Yes/Take the Egg" before you click on it.
This isn't really a problem for me, as I typically monitor the screen closely whenever I am breeding Pokemon.
yeh but it wasnt that annoying. i've had button mashing rages in many other games the worst being castlevania SotN where i accidently pushed up on the title screen and found myself deleting my whole save file. T.T
so happy that the new pokemon make it hard to delete your save.
What kind of game makes it so that
one button press leads to save file deletion? 0_0 Anything that can alter your save file
that much should have a fairly complicated/hard-to-accidentally-replicate button input, so mistakes like that don't happen. Lately,
Pokemon does a pretty good job of warning you before deleting a save file, not to mention the button shortcut on the Start screen is rather complex as well. Though the DPPt method is a bit excessive - you should at least be allowed to start a New Game without being
forced to delete the save file. >_>
Ouch. Yeah what I ended up doing is resetting the game. I never got why people need a certain nature or gender.. or IV's..
Ohohoho...genders are usually personal preference, but they do matter during Pokemon breeding and issues of inheritance. IVs and EVs can cause your Pokemon to have
glaring disadvantages during several battles - the Battle Frontier is a prime example of this. Outspeeding the foe (whether via Speed stat boost, or investment of Speed IVs/EVs) can
make or break several Pokemon battles; I can attest to that from experience. It's part of the reason why I specifically raised a Hasty Flygon just to stand a fighting chance against several of the Battle Frontier's insanely fast Pokemon.
Didn't they change this in newer games?
I know in Heart Gold/Soul Silver the daycare man will ask you if you want the egg and if you say no, he'll ask if you're certain you don't.
Haven't done any breeding in Black/White (all my EV training items and such are on HG, lol) so i'm sorry if they don't have it on there :P
But yes, even with him asking twice in HG/SS I still manage to give away eggs somtimes :D I'll start talking to him and then something on TV will catch my eye and I'll accidentally give him the egg.
It's no problem really, since the eggs come rather quickly anyway.
Yeah, the double confirmation has been present since at least Generation 3, from my knowledge. The wording in RSE is a bit strange, though - the Daycare Man asks "I really will keep it [the egg]. You do want this, yes?" which could be taken to imply that:
-Yes, you (as the player)
do want
the Pokemon egg
-Yes, you
do want the Daycare Man to
take the action of keeping the Pokemon egg from you
Both of those invite opposite interpretations, from my perspective. If the lines were:
--"Your Pokemon produced an Egg! You do want the egg, yes?
--*player selects NO*
--"Hm? I'll keep it if you refuse. Once again, do you want to take the Egg?
--*player selects NO for the second time*
--"Alright, then I'll keep it! Thanks!"
...I think that text would cause less confusion.
The only time I look away from the screen is when I'm doing the "running/bicycling" part with the Pokemon Egg in my party. Otherwise, whenever I'm talking to the Daycare Man, I
specifically pay attention to the screen so as not to make a dreadful mistake.
