3rd Gen Trading Is Cheating? (Firered and Leafgreen)

[XScizzorMaster]

As some of you know, you can trade pokemon in FR/LG. Of course you need cut to get to the 3rd gym. But if you trade over a pokemon with cut you can skip the whole S.S. Anne! Because after beating Misty you can use cut.

You can also trade over a pokemon with flash since you need to go through Diglett's Cave to get flash. But you can skip that and trade over a pokemon with flash and get through Rock Tunnel without finding that house after Diglett's Cave.

So, is trading basically like cheating in Firered and Leafgreen's main story?

 

[moon]

My opinion is that in-game, it doesn't matter what you do or if you "cheat" like this, as you put it. Since it only affects yourself and your experience of the story~

I imagine many players who play through it the first time (not all though) want to get as much of the story as possible and would probably go aboard the SS Anne anyways. Though maybe not go through that annoying Diglett's Cave xD Does it ruin something later on in the game if you don't, btw?

And if you're going to battle against friends, it doesn't matter where in the story you are, right? So it's up to the player him/herself whether or not to "cheat" :)

This is my opinion on cheating regarding any game whatsoever.

 

[Elite Overlord LeSabre™]

I did exactly that all the way back in Blue :)

Anyway, it's not cheating per se, but it does bypass some (admittedly minor) aspects of the storyline. I didn't do it in LG because I wanted to play through catching Pokemon ingame only, but it's really your call.

 

[XScizzorMaster]

Well, I don't really feel right when I did it in FR. Thats the only time i did it because I wanted to find out if mew was really behind the truck >_>

 

[Sydian]

I've never done that. Like Anthony, I get a guilt trip when I do that. I don't really play FRLG that much anyway, so I guess it's all good. xD

 

[Amore]

Never done it. However, that's not just coz i can't trade. I just wouldn't want to. I like all the random little sidequestey bits.

 

[ArcanineOod]

I wouldn't call it cheating, per se... After all, it's not like your manipulating game codes or things like that. It's merely making use of the game's features, one of which is being able to trade. You can trade, so why not, to save time? =3

xX

 

[jksa893]

The whole, "You can skip Cut" thing... When you put it that way it sounds like cheating...

But I like to trade my Pokemon that needs trading to evolve...

 

[Sky_Attack]

Never done this, and I think it takes the fun out of the game too.

And I only trade for evolving or sometimes to train my pokemon if I'm lazy.

 

[Pokémon Ranger ✩ Moriarty]

I wouldn't call it cheating - just skipping some minor, sometimes annoying, aspects of the story-line is hardly omghax! - but I don't do it because whenever I play a game I play it properly. XD Although I did trade some eggs over to my Pearl when I restarted it so that I could have the team I wanted straight away >_>; But that was nothing to do with HMs.

 

[Chaostorm]

meh this isnt cheating, its just that you will ONLY have this pokemon learn Cut and you cant give Cut to another pokemon unless if you forced the S.S.Anne to sail.

 

[GlitchCity]

xDDD i did that in my firered version, psh i was so ahead of the game its halarious

 

[Myles]

The most you can really do is skip the S.S. Anne. Which was an over sight of Game Freak.

Skipping Diglett's Cave is just not wasting two repels (one there and one back). Personally, I tend to not even teach my Pokemon Flash, I just go through the cave without it.

 

[hourai]

I think it depends on the player

 

[SCV058]

I've never actually needed flash to get anywhere...
But on topic, its not OMGYOUHAX, its just bypassing the sometimes ridicoulous HM requirements

 

[Live Update King]

No its not. Trading is encouraged to catch all the pokemon :)

 

[GFA]

No it isn't cheating. I'd actually rather 'cheat' to get cut, that way, the S.S. Anne would never leave harbor ^^

 

[Shiny Shadow Lugia]

Well I did the same thing, i really dont consider it cheating, just a way to pass the game quicker....

 

[Charizard★]

I wouldn't count that as cheating though.

 

[Arcta]

b.u.m.p just here to help people bump :)