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ColtraineGF · Dec 13, 2013

The latest patch for Pokémon XY is currently available on the eShop. It is required if you plan on going online, so you'll need to update if you are planning to do any online activities, including battles. This update also includes the 1.1 update from earlier, so if you didn't have that, this includes it. The patch is 236 blocks in size, so make space

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1.2 Change Log (December 13th):
Fixes an occasional bug causing Pokémon not to learn new moves after evolving through Wonder Trade.
Fixes an occasional bug where certain captions for Trainer PR Videos were not unlocked in Lumiose City.
Updates an Internet communication issue.

1.1 Change Log (October 25th):
Prevents the occurrence of a rare issue in which players are unable to resume playing after saving their game in certain areas of Lumiose City. More info Players already affected by this issue will also be able to resume playing normally after downloading and installing this update data.
Prevents errors which sometimes occur when using certain functions of the GTS (a feature allowing players all around the world to exchange Pokémon).

Q: Internet communication issue?
A: Yes, it fixes *that*. For those who don't know, it was meant to kill this:

Pokémon X/Y Online Battle Exploit - "Battle Analyser"

And also kills this as a side effect (both are based on the same code):

Instacheck - Pokémon checking and shiny hatching for XY

So if you were waiting to do Ranked Battles on Battle Spot, this is probably what you're waiting for. If you've been SV checking, you're probably out of luck for now.

Hero of Legend · Dec 13, 2013

Go home Spinda you're drunk.

Busaiku · Dec 13, 2013

I will get all the Spinda.

Madao · Dec 13, 2013

olol i just started a new game in my physical Y cart and the game gave me an error that i needed the latest version. i was like "wtf man, i have 1.1 since months ago". i go to the PC to check some stuff and GAF and see this.

time to download patches now.

pariah164 · Dec 13, 2013

Go home drunk, you're Spinda.
Anyway, YES. Thank you, based GameFreak. Now release PokeBank already,

Fandangox · Dec 13, 2013

Version 1.2 of Pokemon X/Y is up

It apparently stops the battle analyzer from working and a glitch where wonder traded pokemons would not be able to learn certain moves.

Updating now.

Catch if old.

PK Gaming · Dec 13, 2013

And here I was, getting mad at this mandatory update. Yesssssssssss

HypnoDarkrai · Dec 13, 2013

Thank you GameFreak.

Persona7 · Dec 13, 2013

Can you delete this patch once it has been installed? (I am asking for a friend)

SoulUnison · Dec 13, 2013

So now I can play online battles and not worry about competing against someone who knows my every move, *and* my team of 6 legit personal Masuda Method/IV Hatched 'Mons means slightly more? I see nothing to complain about here.

I'm glad you're learning about the internet, Nintendo.

edoara · Dec 13, 2013

*catches Fandangox ... It's a shiny!*
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=734001

rrs · Dec 13, 2013

RIP easy shiny pokemon

Fandangox · Dec 13, 2013

edoara said:
*catches Fandangox ... It's a shiny!*
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=734001

It got merged so I broke free!

Madao · Dec 13, 2013

btw, are both updates needed or can we delete 1.1?

edoara · Dec 13, 2013

Fandangox said:
It got merged so I broke free!

I see... so this update really makes shiny catching a bit harder

...

:'c

ColtraineGF · Dec 13, 2013

Madao said:
btw, are both updates needed or can we delete 1.1?

This replaces 1.1 - there's no need to delete anything.

Derrick01 · Dec 13, 2013

You have to go to the store to download patches?

......

Hero of Legend · Dec 13, 2013

Derrick01 said:
You have to go to the store to download patches?

......

Pretty sure they install when you boot up the game.

nhlducks35 · Dec 13, 2013

Derrick01 said:
You have to go to the store to download patches?

......

Baby steps

Fandangox · Dec 13, 2013

Hero of Legend said:
Pretty sure they install when you boot up the game.

You have to get them from the shop, however.

ColtraineGF · Dec 13, 2013

I don't see what this has to do with anything. Just update and move on.

For those who want some way of egg-checking, there are other methods being researched currently, one of which involves Spinda spots. So don't throw away your SVs just yet, if you still have 'em.

anotherVegan · Dec 13, 2013

Does this mean rated battles are back up?

ColtraineGF · Dec 13, 2013

anotherVegan said:
Does this mean rated battles are back up?

Yeah, they should be now.

Also, Season 1 ends on Dec. 24th, so you have a limited time to raise that rank before the next one starts

Korosenai · Dec 13, 2013

Derrick01 said:
You have to go to the store to download patches?

......

I don't see the deal with this, lol. It literally takes an extra minute.

Regiruler · Dec 13, 2013

Battle Analyzer? I'm glad I was away from the game at that point.

Boogiepop · Dec 13, 2013

Oh wow, they actually did that pretty fast. Now my original plan for getting into online battles once Bank is now back in play. Awesome.

Unicorn · Dec 13, 2013

Will wait to update until I get mah shiny zubat.

Ryne · Dec 13, 2013

Unicorn said:
Will wait to update until I get mah shiny zubat.

Can't get online until you patch, so if you were planning to instacheck those eggs....

anotherVegan · Dec 13, 2013

ColtraineGF said:
Yeah, they should be now.

Also, Season 1 ends on Dec. 24th, so you have a limited time to raise that rank before the next one starts

My rating was pretty terrible before Rating was disabled. Hopefully the Troll team I raised will be able to pick it back up to something decent.

Derrick01 · Dec 13, 2013

Nub said:
I don't see the deal with this, lol. It literally takes an extra minute.

I'm just spoiled by everything in existence updating automatically nowadays or by launching the game.

Unicorn · Dec 13, 2013

Ryne said:
Can't get online until you patch, so if you were planning to instacheck those eggs....

javac · Dec 13, 2013

Derrick01 said:
I'm just spoiled by everything in existence updating automatically nowadays or by launching the game.

What do you think this is? The future?! You'll go to the eShop to get your patches and you will do it with a smile on your face and appreciate the generosity that the eShop bestows upon your cart.

Delio · Dec 13, 2013

Glad they patched it up. I was worried about this killing any wifi battling.

Skelter · Dec 13, 2013

Unfortunately instacheck doesn't work so bye bye shiny Pokes.

SoulUnison · Dec 13, 2013

Skelter said:
Unfortunately instacheck doesn't work so bye bye shiny Pokes.

That's "fortunately" to me.

Alchemy · Dec 13, 2013

Woooooo. Happy this came as fast as it did.

Ryne · Dec 13, 2013

Skelter said:
Unfortunately instacheck doesn't work so bye bye shiny Pokes.

Just means people will move on to cloning those 5/6 IV pokemon

kiriin · Dec 13, 2013

Maybe one day they patch it where we have the option to take off our hats...or not.

EloquentM · Dec 13, 2013

nhlducks35 said:
Baby steps

3DS wasn't designed with patches in mind unlike the wii u.

Azure J · Dec 13, 2013

Battle Checker should have never seen the light of day. It totally killed the good part of instacheck.

RIP my chances at shinies.

Bullza2o · Dec 13, 2013

I'm very glad they were on top of this quickly. Time to play competitively again!

JoeM86 · Dec 13, 2013

Actually seeing people complain at this, both at the fact that they blocked InstaCheck and the fact they didn't include new Mega Evolutions.

I don't get the Pokémon community at times.

anotherVegan · Dec 13, 2013

Azure J said:
RIP my chances at shinies.

There's always Masuda method and the Poke Radar.

Azure J · Dec 13, 2013

anotherVegan said:
There's always Masuda method and the Poke Radar.

TBH, Matsuda seems more up my alley anyway. It was nice to dream that I could get this shiny Scizor "easier", but the logistics and setup for egg hatching was getting a bit nuts.

JoeM86 · Dec 13, 2013

I never saw the appeal in using InstaCheck to manipulate shinies.

If I want a shiny, it should have my ID, else it doesn't feel right.

ash_ag · Dec 13, 2013

Fandangox said:
You have to get them from the shop, however.

Which makes sense UX-wise, because the eShop is where you download software. [Edit: Furthermore, you can download updates even without having the cartridge on your system. I'm not sure how Xbox handles this, but my experience with PlayStation has been wanting to play a game I haven't booted in a while and having to wait for a patch I didn't know had released to download. On contrary, I check the eShop very often, and can download the update right when I see it -- that, along with Sleep Mode downloads makes not for "baby steps", but a superior alternative to what other platforms offer.]

Thanks for listening, Game Freak.

FSLink · Dec 13, 2013

JoeM86 said:
I never saw the appeal in using InstaCheck to manipulate shinies.

If I want a shiny, it should have my ID, else it doesn't feel right.

I see the appeal in it because if you're breeding for a good 5 or 6 IV Pokemon, there's a chance someone has their shiny ID and now you can get a shiny that's competitively useful. So even if it can be seen as or feel like cheating, I definitely see the appeal.

Still, I'd rather have us get it killed if it means the Battle Analyzer program is useless now.

Any idea how they fixed this? Did they actually encrypt the data and/or do they send the data differently now?

Kinokou · Dec 13, 2013

This is great, now I might be able to get something good for my rng shiny Eevees.

RagnarokX · Dec 13, 2013

anotherVegan said:
There's always Masuda method and the Poke Radar.

At the rate I'm hatching eggs, which is the fastest possible with flame body and hatching power level 3, if it took 1,365 eggs it would take 32 hours

ash_ag · Dec 13, 2013

FSLink said:
Any idea how they fixed this? Did they actually encrypt the data and/or do they send the data differently now?

They were encrypted previously but, as far as I know, they used a custom encryption algorithm that was quickly cracked (and also wasn't substantially different from the Gen IV/V games' one). I'm not sure what they have changed with the patch...

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