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Pokémon Community Thread 4: "Your Portal to What's Hip and Happening in Sinnoh!"

Boss Doggie

all my loli wolf companions are so moe
NPC designs in SM being bland isn't nothing new to be honest. Hell it's not even unique to SM, it was the case for every game lol
 

Luke_Wal

Member
Copying from the Sun/Moon thread because this seems more active:

So: I'm about to start Moon, but I really want both Popplio AND Rowlet. Depending on which one I decide to start with, would anybody be willing to trade me a baby of the other one? It's just for in game, so IVs and Nature honestly don't matter. I'll only have early game Pokémon, so probably nothing great to offer.
 

Kyzer

Banned
Hey guys, just wanted to state for the record I'm no longer working on a gym challenge for sun/moon. I just have too many things to take care of IRL right now! Sorry everybody, I wish I had more time to do the things I like. Being an adult is dumb
 
Lol saw this and wanted to share it

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Copying from the Sun/Moon thread because this seems more active:

So: I'm about to start Moon, but I really want both Popplio AND Rowlet. Depending on which one I decide to start with, would anybody be willing to trade me a baby of the other one? It's just for in game, so IVs and Nature honestly don't matter. I'll only have early game Pokémon, so probably nothing great to offer.

i have got a bunch of spare rowlets from trying to get s shiny if you still want one
 

Mr-Joker

Banned
Just watched episode 11 of the Sun and Moon animé, a pretty boring episode as nothing really happens and we never get to see Ash battle against Kiawe.

I will probably end up dropping it soon if future episode are like that.

Being an adult is dumb

Agreed, I haven't been able to continue my Pokémon run as I have been focused on other things.
 

Lightningboalt

Neo Member
Does anyone still need a Genesect for XY/ORAS? I work at a gamestop, and recently we were cleaning out some stuff we no longer needed. It turned out that we still had three packs of Genesect code cards. I asked if I could take them, and well... basically I have around 130 Genesects. If anyone still needs a code, just let me know and I'll send you one. These codes expire in a month and there's plenty of them to go around, so definitely feel free to take advantage of this.
 

MANUELF

Banned
Does anyone still need a Genesect for XY/ORAS? I work at a gamestop, and recently we were cleaning out some stuff we no longer needed. It turned out that we still had three packs of Genesect code cards. I asked if I could take them, and well... basically I have around 130 Genesects. If anyone still needs a code, just let me know and I'll send you one. These codes expire in a month and there's plenty of them to go around, so definitely feel free to take advantage of this.

Can I get one?
 

alvmew

Member
Does anyone still need a Genesect for XY/ORAS? I work at a gamestop, and recently we were cleaning out some stuff we no longer needed. It turned out that we still had three packs of Genesect code cards. I asked if I could take them, and well... basically I have around 130 Genesects. If anyone still needs a code, just let me know and I'll send you one. These codes expire in a month and there's plenty of them to go around, so definitely feel free to take advantage of this.

Could I have one as well? Thank you!
 
Two things that were discovered regarding Bank/Transporter. There's room for 7 game IDs for the Gameboy icon for Pokemon transferred from VC, which could possibly indicate Gen 2 on VC, or they could be placeholders in case they want to release them in the future.

The second is that another mark has been found. Maybe transferring Pokemon from Go will become a thing?

Edit: Here's a summary of the IDs. It may not mean much, but there's another pair of Alola IDs. I know Stars is rumoured to be Switch exclusive, but a lot of the finer details in Switch leaks have been sketchy, so maybe it'll be cross-platform?
 
Does anyone still need a Genesect for XY/ORAS? I work at a gamestop, and recently we were cleaning out some stuff we no longer needed. It turned out that we still had three packs of Genesect code cards. I asked if I could take them, and well... basically I have around 130 Genesects. If anyone still needs a code, just let me know and I'll send you one. These codes expire in a month and there's plenty of them to go around, so definitely feel free to take advantage of this.

Meeeeeeee please :)
 
Two things that were discovered regarding Bank/Transporter. There's room for 7 game IDs for the Gameboy icon for Pokemon transferred from VC, which could possibly indicate Gen 2 on VC, or they could be placeholders in case they want to release them in the future.

The second is that another mark has been found. Maybe transferring Pokemon from Go might become a thing?

Edit: Here's a summary of the IDs. It may not mean much, but there's another pair of Alola IDs. I know Stars is rumoured to be Switch exclusive, but a lot of the finer details in Switch leaks have been sketchy, so maybe it'll be cross-platform?

Nice.

I think GSC VC with Bank compatibility is a no-brainer.
 

Lightningboalt

Neo Member
I was recently considering getting Pokemon Bank and porting all my pokemon from Gen 3 there to be ready for the Gen 7 bank update, but unfortunately I can't seem to find my copy of Diamond. That's a lot of great stuff missing, goddamn it. Does Gen 5 have the ability to import your GBA pokemon, or was it only Gen 4 that had that? Because if that's the case, then well... yeah. Looks like I might need to try and get another copy of Diamond.


@alvmew and HammerOfThor, PMed codes out to both of you
 

Mr-Joker

Banned
I was recently considering getting Pokemon Bank and porting all my pokemon from Gen 3 there to be ready for the Gen 7 bank update, but unfortunately I can't seem to find my copy of Diamond. That's a lot of great stuff missing, goddamn it. Does Gen 5 have the ability to import your GBA pokemon, or was it only Gen 4 that had that? Because if that's the case, then well... yeah. Looks like I might need to try and get another copy of Diamond.

You would be better off getting a copy of the Johto remake as the Sinnoh remake had the nonsense of making you wait a full 24 hours after transferring 6 Pokémon, this was removed in the Johto remake.
 

Chase17

Member
Messed around with Pokémon Duel for a bit. Runs poorly (connecting, presses seeming like they don't register) but the music is really good.
 

kaitain19

Member
Does anyone still need a Genesect for XY/ORAS? I work at a gamestop, and recently we were cleaning out some stuff we no longer needed. It turned out that we still had three packs of Genesect code cards. I asked if I could take them, and well... basically I have around 130 Genesects. If anyone still needs a code, just let me know and I'll send you one. These codes expire in a month and there's plenty of them to go around, so definitely feel free to take advantage of this.

Can you have more than one distribution code Genesect? I already obtained one last November and I'm curious if it's possible to get another one.
 

Lightningboalt

Neo Member
You would be better off getting a copy of the Johto remake as the Sinnoh remake had the nonsense of making you wait a full 24 hours after transferring 6 Pokémon, this was removed in the Johto remake.

Oh, it is in HGSS too? Cool, I'm set then. Thanks! Would love to find my copy of Diamond again, but at least whenever I decide to get Bank, I won't NEED Diamond for it.

Can you have more than one distribution code Genesect? I already obtained one last November and I'm curious if it's possible to get another one.

It's only one per game cart. So, if you have another Gen 6 game I could send you a code. If you've only got the cart you already redeemed a code on, unfortunately it'd be useless for you.
 

Boss Doggie

all my loli wolf companions are so moe
lmao people shitposting on Ash Greninja when apparently it's actually a huge threat in current singles, much more than Protean Greninja apparently
 

kaitain19

Member
Oh, it is in HGSS too? Cool, I'm set then. Thanks! Would love to find my copy of Diamond again, but at least whenever I decide to get Bank, I won't NEED Diamond for it.



It's only one per game cart. So, if you have another Gen 6 game I could send you a code. If you've only got the cart you already redeemed a code on, unfortunately it'd be useless for you.

Since I used my Alpha Sapphire for the Genesect, I'm guessing I can still get another one using my Pokemon X cart?
 

Mr-Joker

Banned
Watched episode 12 of the Sun and Moon animé, it was funny to see Team Rocket get excited in defeating Ash only for it to be cruelly taken away by Beware.

Anyway after seeing the preview for next week episode and how nothing of note seems to be happening within the animé, heck Ash still hasn't left Mele Mele island, I am just bailing out.

I guess that's what happens when you get rid of Gyms, it makes the animé boring...then again the X and Y had gym and the animé was also boring to watch.

lmao people shitposting on Ash Greninja when apparently it's actually a huge threat in current singles, much more than Protean Greninja apparently

And yet he can't defeat Charizard. ;p
 

Lightningboalt

Neo Member
Since I used my Alpha Sapphire for the Genesect, I'm guessing I can still get another one using my Pokemon X cart?

Yeah, that's how it works. Separate cart, so the code will work. I'll send you one.

The only way it doesn't work is if you try to redeem multiple codes for the same pokemon on one file.
 

GenoScreams

Neo Member
Looks like Lightningboalt has everyone covered, but I also have a spare Genesect code which I was hoping to trade for any of mew, Celebi, Jirachi, Phione, Manaphy, Darkrai, Shaymin, Arceus, Victini, Keldeo, Yveltal, Diancie, Hoopa, or Volcanion...
 

mrklaw

MrArseFace
I just started playing Pokemon Moon just so I can play along with my daughter. Its early in the game but it keep piling system upon system, and I'm hoping I can just ignore a bunch of them and keep it simple.

What do I need to pay attention to, and what can I safely ignore? Not looking to 100% the game, just go through the story and have fun, and have a few fun pokemon to battle with my daughter (and lose)
 
I just started playing Pokemon Moon just so I can play along with my daughter. Its early in the game but it keep piling system upon system, and I'm hoping I can just ignore a bunch of them and keep it simple.

What do I need to pay attention to, and what can I safely ignore? Not looking to 100% the game, just go through the story and have fun, and have a few fun pokemon to battle with my daughter (and lose)

You don't need to worry about EVs/IVs for story mode at *all* so you can safely ignore those. Natures are a bit more important, but also not enough that they will significantly impact story mode. Just try to pay attention to how much damage your moves can do, as well as trying to have a "coverage move" for potential bad matchups.

Also be aware of "STAB" (Same Type Attack Bonus). Moves will get a 50% power bonus if the user is the same type.
 

WPS

Member
I just started playing Pokemon Moon just so I can play along with my daughter. Its early in the game but it keep piling system upon system, and I'm hoping I can just ignore a bunch of them and keep it simple.

What do I need to pay attention to, and what can I safely ignore? Not looking to 100% the game, just go through the story and have fun, and have a few fun pokemon to battle with my daughter (and lose)

Basically any thing that isn't based around catching and battling is optional in pokémon.

Pokéfinder is entirely optional, Festival Plaza is only needed for multiplayer things, Poképelago is helpful but not necessary, Pokérefresh I would recommend using but its only needed if you want to evolve Eevee into Sylveon. Double Battles will occur occasionally but you don't really need to know the details. Battle Royale's turn up exactly once.

Out of the new mechanics, only SOS battles are unavoidable, but the game never actually explains that to you anyway.
 
So do you guys think GF is doing to do an updated Diamond and Perl using the SM engine? Part of me feels like we are going to get an updated Red/Blue again because of all the Kanto references in SM.

Also, I really wish we got an updated Emerald :(
 
So do you guys think GF is doing to do an updated Diamond and Perl using the SM engine? Part of me feels like we are going to get an updated Red/Blue again because of all the Kanto references in SM.

Also, I really wish we got an updated Emerald :(
There's only two more valid identifiers for Gen 7 left, so it's possible. The only other unused ones are for two Gen 6 games that never happened, Pokemon Go, and 3 more Gameboy ones that have the location as "a faraway place" instead of "the Kanto region".

We could see one unused/one for Stars, a dual release of Stars on Switch and 3DS, DP Remakes, R/B remakes/sequels, Sun2/Moon2...
 

Boss Doggie

all my loli wolf companions are so moe
While I hope they do, Sinnoh map is really full of twists and turns and that might not work with SM's engine.

Or maybe that's just Alola's shoddy map design.
 

Busaiku

Member
I really don't want remakes any more.
It sucks not being able to customize my character.

Plus I like being the Champion, and I hope they carry this into the future.
 

WPS

Member
While I hope they do, Sinnoh map is really full of twists and turns and that might not work with SM's engine.

Or maybe that's just Alola's shoddy map design.

Question is, if they do do remakes do we get dp's more branching map exploration or plat's more railroaded path? For the many many improvements platinum brought, it was also the start of game freaks "can't let players get lost, ever" mentality.
 

Mr-Joker

Banned
So do you guys think GF is doing to do an updated Diamond and Perl using the SM engine? Part of me feels like we are going to get an updated Red/Blue again because of all the Kanto references in SM.

Honestly the Kanto references are just referring to the fact that Sun and Moon released during the series 20th anniversary and not a hint of it getting a gen 1 remake.

Plus Gen 4 just turned 10 last year and is next in line for the remake treatment.

Also, I really wish we got an updated Emerald :(

So did everyone else, but for some reason Game Freak chose to omit Emerald features in the Hoenn remake.

While I hope they do, Sinnoh map is really full of twists and turns and that might not work with SM's engine.

Or maybe that's just Alola's shoddy map design.

Yeah, I love Sinnoh and would love it to get a remake but after seeing how Game Freak went out of their way to ensure that players would stay on the correct path in the Hoenn remake I worry that Sinnoh would be butchered as it was the Region that made them go down the rabbit hole of being heavy with the hand holding.

Sun and Moon never once let the players explore or really have them zipping back and forth within the Alola region, heck Kalos at least did that.

I really don't want remakes any more.
It sucks not being able to customize my character.

Plus I like being the Champion, and I hope they carry this into the future.

A remake doesn't get in the way of of new games existing, plus Sinnoh deserve the remake treatment due to the original game being slow.

Question is, if they do do remakes do we get dp's more branching map exploration or plat's more railroaded path? For the many many improvements platinum brought, it was also the start of game freaks "can't let players get lost, ever" mentality.

Current Game Freak will strip out the complex dungeon, block areas until the players have defeated the gym leaders, drag them across the map and prevent them from exploring, no Battle frontier and Platinum feature to be dropped with Giratina being shoved post game akin to Delta episode.

Basically I expect them to suck out the charm of the Sinnoh region.
 

Kyzer

Banned
I think if kanto is a hint for anything its probably a third version with kanto included, least likely a sun/moon sequel set in kanto , or a rbygsc sequel with heavy sun/moon influence if you will. But not more rb remakes. Kantoan forms would be cool
 

Busaiku

Member
A remake doesn't get in the way of of new games existing, plus Sinnoh deserve the remake treatment due to the original game being slow.
Yeah, but when the games get stuff that are exclusive to the remakes and not compatible with the older games, it fractures the community.
 
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