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This has been a Spotlighted Challenge. Here's how it works.
Spotlight period: June 1st to August 31st, 2022
Spotlight period: June 1st to August 31st, 2022
The ones that got away
Who among us hasn't seen a Pokémon be announced, or seen it in a video or a meme and think "Oh my gosh, it's so cute / cool / pretty!" but then when time comes around, you've never actually used it? Maybe it just came in too late in the game or maybe it was a version exclusive for that game you didn't have, maybe you haven't played the older generations in a while.
If you have any Pokémon that you wish you could use for the main campaign but hasn't, this is the challenge for you!
How does it work?
First things first, you make a list of Pokémon you haven't used before but you wish you could use. It can be a list of Pokémon one by one, it can have broad statements of a theme, or a mix of both.
For example:
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Then me or someone else will pick your team members out of that list.
The rules
1. Your team must be chosen with the process above, and cannot be changed during the course of the game. If for whatever reason, you find that a member of your team cannot be obtained, you may request a new Pokémon to fill its slot.
2. You may hack those Pokémon in the game, but they must be legal. That is, they must have valid abilities, valid movesets, be able to be obtained at that level in some form or another, and so on. In the case of ROM Hacks use the game's documentation to determine legal moves and abilities, if it is disclosed to you.
3. If any Pokémon on your team requires a method of evolution that's impossible, gated behind the post-game or is Feebas, you may hack that evolution in. A good rule of thumb for figuring out when to do these evolutions is that first evolutions should happen around the low 20s and second evolutions around the high 30s.
4. You may consider TMs infinite for the purposes of this challenge - that is, after obtaining one you may hack in 99 of them or just edit that move directly in Pokémon that are able to learn it. You may also hack in any TMs for your Pokémon that are only available in the post game, as soon as you get your 6th badge, or in Alola's case, when you reach Poni Island.
5. You may also catch or hack in Pokémon for HM purposes in games that have them, under the condition that they're never used in trainer battles.
Endpoints
We consider the game to end at the following points :
- RBY, FRLG - Defeat your rival at the Indigo Plateau
- GSC, HGSS - Defeat Lance
- RS, ORAS - Defeat Steven
- E - Defeat Wallace
- DPP - Defeat Cynthia
- BW - Defeat Ghetsis
- B2W2 - Defeat Iris
- XY - Defeat Diantha
- SM - Defeat Kukui
- USUM - Defeat Hau in the championship match
- SwSh - Defeat Leon
- Hacks - To be determined by the player, usually the Champion or other "final boss"
That said, we naturally encourage you to keep playing if you want. Here are some harder endpoints if you want a little spiciness:
- RBY - Capture Mewtwo using a normal Pokéball
- FRLG - Complete the Sevii Islands side-quests and rematch the Elite Four
- GSC - Collect the Kanto Badges and defeat Red
- HGSS - Collect the Kanto Badges, rematch all gym leaders and the Elite Four, and defeat Red
- RS - Capture Rayquaza using a normal Pokéball
- E - Defeat Steven
- ORAS - Complete the Delta Episode and rematch the Elite Four
- DP - Capture Giratina using a normal Pokéball
- Pt - Complete the Stark Mountain side-quest and rematch the Elite Four
- BW - Rematch the Elite Four and defeat Alder
- B2W2 - Rematch the Elite Four
- XY - Finish the Looker Bureau side-quest
- SM - Finish the Ultra Beast side-quest, get to the Battle Tree, and defeat Red/Blue
- USUM - Finish the RR side-quest, get to the Battle Tree, and defeat Red/Blue
- SwSh - Defeat Hop for the second time in the Slumbering Weald
- Hacks - To be determined by the player, usually the Champion or other "final boss"
Sign-up form
An example form is as follows:
Code:
Username: your username
Game: the game you'll be playing
Pokemon that got away: the list of Pokemon, in a spoiler
Parameters: Any restrictions you'd like the person picking the team to keep in mind. Stuff like number of Pokémon, whether you can hack / trade stuff in, type preferences, generation preferences and so on. A lack of parameters means "anything goes".Here's my sign-up as an example:
Username: Circus
Game: Renegade Platinum
Pokemon that got away:
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Parameters: I'd like 6 Pokémon, with at least one of each region and preferrably of different types.
The Records
The following trainers are currently attempting the challenge:
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The following trainers have completed the challenge:
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Credits
Challenge originally created by sammuthegreat
Endpoints were cribbed from the Monotype Challenge Thread and the last The Ones that got away thread, managed by The Undisputed Era and Sydian respectively
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