3rd Gen Review of The Union Room

[Toothache]

Yesterday, I yet again got to play the real English versions of Fire Red and Leaf Green - I just love these preview and play events. This one had me travelling all the way down to London's Excel Centre however to get there. It was worth the trip, so all was good.

Anyway, on the preview copies of FR and LG, all GBs (about 16 or so) had the Wireless Communicator attached to them, and I even managed to have a trainer battle with this. It works just as well as a link cable. I'd caught like 5 other L2-L3 Pidgeys during play, so I stomped over this opponent with just a L7 Squirtle. Also, I did get chance to play around in the Union Room (something you ROM people probably won't get to play with).

To get to the Union Room, you go upstairs in a Pokemon Centre, and talk to the centre attendant. After linking up, you are transported to a large room, where there is a lot of space to walk about in (you can fit 40 people in one Union Room, so it has to be large). There is a Nurse Joy on attendance, and you can speak to her and trade in the Union Room itself.

Also, you can talk to the other people in the room. You select a message the same way you would select a name for a Pokemon, up to 15 characters per line, and send to whoever you were chatting to. It's a nice little feature, and works pretty well.

 

[Cyclops5000]

Do you know the distance to where it will work? I've heard it can get up to 50 m!

 

[Toothache]

Well, according to Nintendo Official Magazine UK, who tested the Wireless Connector, it's 50 metres, but that's with no obstructions or anything in the way.

Another note, you need at least 2 Pokemon in your party to enter the Union Room.

 

[Marill909]

Wow this sounds awesome. I have leaf green but when i do go in the union room no one is in there cuz no one in my town has it yet. It sounds cool that you actually got to use it though. I bet its gunna be fun!

 

[Toothache]

*wonders who stickied this thread* Nice idea though, whoever you are :-)

 

[Mr Cat Dog]

It'll have been Satoshi-kun or something... or maybe someone else... :/

Did you have a chance to play on any of the games, like the Dodrio ball one, or the skipping rope thing with the starter Pokemon? I really want to play those, and hope they'll be in the English one. ^_^

"A Vote for Justice is a Vote for MCD"

 

[Toothache]

No, I never got chance to play those, but according to Nintendo Official Magazine UK, they are available, so don't worry.

 

[AdamHays]

so you can battle anyone within 50meters of you who has the game.

 

[Marill909]

Yes. 50 meters, that is with no walls or barriers blocking the way. Your best bet is to go in a crouded mall during a nintendo promotional event...hehehe.

 

[Pogiforce-14]

I have Fire red, and the union room looks really awesome. The problem I see with it though, i sthat even if you are in a big group of people, many of them wil be training or fighitng or something instead of checking out the union room, so unless you ask them to go in there, you really won't see much of a crowd. Still, the opportunity to meet like a group sounds very interesting.

 

[Mundane]

See, the problem i have is. No one plays pokemon in Juniata. I guess i can go to events, but this is like what, maybe once, twice a year? No one i know owns the game either. So, this union room is a nice thought i think, but i wish there was a online version you could link your gba to. An even better idea than a wireless adaptor.

 

[Splashing Mew]

At first glance the union room looks good, but when you delve deeper you will soon notice a big shocker.... You can only battle with pokemon level 30 or lower in the union room....... Yes 30.... It sucks a lot. On the other hand it allows us to size up our opponents before we face them in a direct connect battle (Link cable battles) lvl 30 involves more strategy and you have to choose your pokemon better. Think petite cup in Stadium except double the level. Although I am royal pissed about no lvl 100 or even lvl 50 battles I will live with it.

~Splash

 

[HellishHades]

I have Fire red, and the union room looks really awesome. The problem I see with it though, i sthat even if you are in a big group of people, many of them wil be training or fighitng or something instead of checking out the union room, so unless you ask them to go in there, you really won't see much of a crowd. Still, the opportunity to meet like a group sounds very interesting.

If you're playing the single player part of the game, and go into a Pok?mon Centre to heal your Pok?mon, the receptionist will say, "It appears trainerName is playing right now." (replace trainerName with the name of the another player) if someone has their wireless adaptor connected to the game. Since you often go to Pok?mon Centers during gameplay, others will be prompted to go to the Union Room.

 

[Toothache]

Now that really is a handy feature :-)

 

[ash ketchup dood]

umm is there a way to change the kind of trainer you are >_>;;;; like "psychic bill" or are you just sort of stuck with what you get? :O

 

[Toothache]

No, that doesn't change, and is determined by your trainer ID number. If you started again on a new game, you'd get a different sprite, but that's about the only way to change it.

 

[Marill909]

I *officially* my wireless adapter with my tested friend. It goes about 30 feet and then the thing starts blinking red. *this is with no barriers* walls,cars,buildings,etc.

 

[Unknown Hero]

the actual unit blinks red?

 

[Makoto]

okay this is weird because in my little instruction booklet thingy(comes with every game, pokemon or not) for firered it said 10 feet.... how many meters is that? i dunno, but i'm just saying what it is officially....

 

[Toothache]

10 feet = just over 3 metres. Not very long at all