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Remember how the Nintendo DS had a slot for the DS games, and a slot for GBA games to communicate with eachother? In dual slot mode you could migrate Pokemon from your Gen 3 games over to Gen 4, provided you had a gba cartridge and ds one inserted in your console at the same time, and had received the National Dex. After this you could reunite with your Pokemon from rse and frlg using the Pal Park feature in a catching show.
Another useful thing about dual slot mode was the dongle method. This was a feature of Diamond, Pearl and Platinum specifically I think. Once you had the National Dex if you played in dual slot mode it would allow you to have wild encounters with Pokemon at certain locations that would not normally be on the route. Typically they were past generation Pokemon not in the sinnoh dex, version exclusives and other rare Pokemon.
Something else that I thought was cool about the dongle method is that the Pokemon that could spawn varied depending on which gba game was inserted. A Fire Red cartridge had some different Pokemon than Leaf Green, and vice versa. Some Pokemon though were accessible no matter which game you had.
Did you ever try the dongle method, and find anything interesting?
I did this. I liked the idea of it a lot, just wish that there were more Pokemon that could be unlocked in number, but there were definitely some worthwhile encounters. My favorite was Gengar. You could get him at Old Chateau. I remember farming them in the room next to the one with the ghost girl. I know a lot of players were upset by Mindy's Haunter holding an everstone, but trading wasn't the only way of getting this Pokemon in DPPt...there was this way too.
Another useful thing about dual slot mode was the dongle method. This was a feature of Diamond, Pearl and Platinum specifically I think. Once you had the National Dex if you played in dual slot mode it would allow you to have wild encounters with Pokemon at certain locations that would not normally be on the route. Typically they were past generation Pokemon not in the sinnoh dex, version exclusives and other rare Pokemon.
Something else that I thought was cool about the dongle method is that the Pokemon that could spawn varied depending on which gba game was inserted. A Fire Red cartridge had some different Pokemon than Leaf Green, and vice versa. Some Pokemon though were accessible no matter which game you had.
Did you ever try the dongle method, and find anything interesting?
I did this. I liked the idea of it a lot, just wish that there were more Pokemon that could be unlocked in number, but there were definitely some worthwhile encounters. My favorite was Gengar. You could get him at Old Chateau. I remember farming them in the room next to the one with the ghost girl. I know a lot of players were upset by Mindy's Haunter holding an everstone, but trading wasn't the only way of getting this Pokemon in DPPt...there was this way too.
