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[Emitan]

You in University halls?

My house.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

My house.

Ghettttooooo

 

[ScraftyDevil]

Here's a good read for those of you who are bored:

http://s7.zetaboards.com/Nuzlocke_Forum/topic/8450637/

It will make you respect Scrafty more than you already do. #ulteriormotives

 

[Mr. Sam]

Does anyone have the urge of replaying all the games now that a new one is being released?

I'm doing my steel team playthrough in Black right now.

 

[ffdgh]

Does anyone have the urge of replaying all the games now that a new one is being released?

i still need to beat blacks post game.....and rng a freaking impossible perfect riolu

 

[Hylian7]

Shiny Haxorus is probably the best shiny design of all time.

Shiny Scolipede would like a word with you.

 

[ScraftyDevil]

Just out of curiosity, what teams did you guys use for your first playthrough of White/Black? Include nicknames if applicable, please!

Mine was:

Scrafty (Zidane)
Krookodile (Kamina)
Archeops (Kaseki)
Bisharp (Sven)
Beheeyem (Kujin)
and finally, Zoroark (Zant), who became Hydreigon (Shin) in the postgame.

 

[Hot Coldman]

Are there any Pokemon as unsymmetrical as Black Kyurem/White Kyurem? That's what I like about the new Formes, it's an unconventional design.

 

[sorijealut]

What about my first shiny?

 

[ffdgh]

Serperior(cleaf)
Panpour(floe)
Scraggy(snug)
Swoobat(flap)
Darumka(chili)
Haxorus(hax)

 

[br0ken_shad0w]

I bought a dsi specifically so I can connect to my router So lame...

DD-WRT capable router. I created a seperate virtual WEP network just so my DS can connect wirelessly. It doesn't compromise my WPA2 network.

Spoiler

Doesn't help that many B/W features aren't wifi compatibile

 

[Watch Da Birdie]

Just out of curiosity, what teams did you guys use for your first playthrough of White/Black? Include nicknames if applicable, please!

Mine was:

Scrafty (Zidane)
Krookodile (Kamina)
Archeops (Kaseki)
Bisharp (Sven)
Beheeyem (Kujin)
and finally, Zoroark (Zant), who became Hydreigon (Shin) in the postgame.

Serperior
Seismitoad
Scrafty
Darmanitan
Excadrill
Swoobat

Basically all early ones. Awesome team though, with only Serperior and Swoobat being dissapointing. I really didn't like the Snivy line, and usually Grass Starters rock. Had a blast using Emboar in my US White, though.

I'm guessing I'll use Oshawott finally for either Black or White 2, since I was planning on using him in "Grey".

 

[Boney]

My first shiny was a litwick

it's probably stashed in a box there somwhere

 

[Hot Coldman]

Pretty happy with my Shinies.

 

[ffdgh]

i should have went with pidov when i had the chance.
swoobad was dead weight most of the time......aside from rare occasions

 

[Busaiku]

Shiny Haxorus is probably the best shiny design of all time.

Not when that exists.

 

[JimboJones]

Ethernet is broken in my room

You could invest in powerline adapters. Sends the internet through the power cables in your house.

 

[Watch Da Birdie]

Part of me secretly hopes they break tradition and introduce some brand new starters, mid-Gen, to mix things up.

I'm guessing brand new Pokemon is impossible, outside of Formes, but it would be pretty interesting if they had a couple of new ones to shake things up. Like maybe 50 or so, especially Ice and Poison since there are so few in B/W.

 

[ffdgh]

or they can throw in random eeveelutions for fun

 

[Hot Coldman]

or they can throw in random eeveelutions for fun

Finally, they can make Kecleon part of the Eevee family.

 

[ffdgh]

And charmeleon since it can actually learn flare blitz unlike flareon

 

[Younicorn]

What about my first shiny?

Are shiny's that much easier to achieve in Black and White?

Were these caught in the wild, hatched, or traded for?

 

[lordfroakie]

Was expecting a 2013 release, but this will do

 

[ScraftyDevil]

Since I've being playing Pokémon basically since I could hold a GameBoy, I have had quite the number of shinies in my time, but here are the ones I currently have in my White Version:

Kaiser

Leeron

Libra

ZuZu (+10 points for anyone who gets that reference)

Posh
And finally...

Pinkie

Some of these were caught wild, some of them traded for, and some span 3 generations of games. They're not the best shinies, but I love them.

 

[Suairyu]

I have no shinies! I win!

: (

 

[ScraftyDevil]

I have no shinies! I win!

: (

I feel for you, bro. I took me almost 6 years of playing the series before I encountered my first one. Just keep at it, and someday I'm sure you will be rewarded with your patience with an awesome shiny.

You gotta believe.

 

[MatthewB92]

I went shiny crazy in Diamond. It was so easy to get them!

 

[shaowebb]

I've been traded shinies which is equivalent of me saying they were all likely hacked because no one should ever trade a shiny.

I'd really like to encounter one sometime. My wife bred over a thousand pawniards using a foreign one and a local one using the Matsuna method and NOTHING. Absolutely no shinies. NONE.

Here's hoping I get one in the sequel.

 

[Gravijah]

encountered:

linoone (ran away from it on accident back in sapphire)

miltank (was in the safari zone, it escaped)

caught:

weepinbell (pokeradar)

gift:

litwick (thanks <3)

 

[Boogiepop]

Shiny Scolipede would like a word with you.

Oh man that's awesome.

I just got:

And I Pokeradared:

Plus of course Gyarados, the ones that have popped up event wise, and a few random ones from trades.

 

[Younicorn]

I've been traded shinies which is equivalent of me saying they were all likely hacked because no one should ever trade a shiny.

I'd really like to encounter one sometime. My wife bred over a thousand pawniards using a foreign one and a local one using the Matsuna method and NOTHING. Absolutely no shinies. NONE.

Here's hoping I get one in the sequel.

I feel your pain.

After EV training a few Pokemon and finally coming out with the stats I wanted, I rode my bike to the tune of hatching over 6,000 Feebas eggs to evolve it into a shiny Milotic. I have to say though, the site of that shiny Feebas was one of the most exhilarating feelings I've ever had playing a video game. Like, ever.

The fact that I no longer have my Ruby cart with the shiny Milotic on it makes me sick to this day.

Ugh.

 

[ffdgh]

my only shiny is

from fire red

 

[ScraftyDevil]

I've been traded shinies which is equivalent of me saying they were all likely hacked because no one should ever trade a shiny.

True. All of my traded shinies but one were given to me by friends and relatives who wanted to restart their save files, but didn't want their shiny to go to waste.

 

[br0ken_shad0w]

No Lilligant fans? She was my front line pokemon (after finding out how disappointing Serperior was):

 

[ScraftyDevil]

I feel your pain.

After EV training a few Pokemon and finally coming out with the stats I wanted, I rode my bike to the tune of hatching over 6,000 Feebas eggs to evolve it into a shiny Milotic. I have to say though, the site of that shiny Feebas was one of the most exhilarating feelings I've ever had playing a video game. Like, ever.

The fact that I no longer have my Ruby cart with the shiny Milotic on it makes me sick to this day.

Ugh.

I know that feeling. The battery in my Pokémon Silver cartridge died two years ago, and took my shiny Espeon with it.

Excuse me while I go cry in a corner.

 

[Suairyu]

I feel for you, bro. I took me almost 6 years of playing the series before I encountered my first one. Just keep at it, and someday I'm sure you will be rewarded with your patience with an awesome shiny.

You gotta believe.

To be honest, it doesn't bother me that much. I very rarely like the shiny colours anyway, which makes sense as they're decided after-the-fact when the optimum design has already been set.

Also what if you encountered a shiny but then it didn't have the nature you wanted? Bah!

 

[Chet Rippo]

The only shiny I have is a shiny Parasect. Found it in the Safari Zone in Leaf Green so I was incredibly nervous the whole encounter.

 

[Suairyu]

Oh god encountering a shiny in the fucking Safari "you probably aren't catching this Pokémon" Zone must have knocked a few years off your life.

 

[shaowebb]

I know that feeling. The battery in my Pokémon Silver cartridge died two years ago, and took my shiny Espeon with it.

Excuse me while I go cry in a corner.

NO! Not Espeon! Espeon was my first Pokemon experience as a pokebro. My first game was literally Platinum and then I went back to play some of the rest. I'm an Eevee fan since the cartoon first came out and I love the concept of something you can evolve into so many types. Evolving my Eevee in platinum into Espeon was a huge thing for me as it was my first Eevee-lution ever and it turned out to beast the whole game. And to think I had been leaning towards Umbreon.

*pours out bottle of super potion on ground in honor of your fallen Shiny Espeon*

 

[Boogiepop]

Shiny in the Safari Zone is only beaten by the "first pokemon encounter that you can't catch" pokemon being shiny, which apparently can happen.

 

[ffdgh]

be glad it wasn't a shiny chansey.
darn things are hard to get

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Cherry Red. Reset until I got the right nature and he's now apart of my competitive team. He's even part flying so he fits in with the others. <3

 

[Suairyu]

andrex that's cheating you aren't allowed to mention g-man

 

[StickSoldier]

What are shinies?

 

[ScraftyDevil]

Ha, I just remembered the time when my friend was playing his copy of Pokémon Diamond, and he found a wild shiny Cherubi in Eterna Forest while he was teamed up with Cheryl. He threw a Pokéball, but it failed, and Cheryl's Chansey KO'd the Cherubi with Egg Bomb. My friend let out a drawn out, inhuman moan that makes my skin crawl just thinking about it, before closing his DS and sitting in silence for a couple of hours. I had to get my roommate to help me snap him out of it.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

What are shinies?

Ultra rare pallet swaps of Pokemon.

 

[Younicorn]

be glad it wasn't a shiny chansey.
darn things are hard to get

I know the color difference isn't that great, but shiny Kangaskahn's have ALWAYS caught my eye - that and the fact that they're one of my favorite Pokemon of all time.

Don't even get me started on a shiny Houndoom - that MAY be my next goal... Black and blue fire dog? SIGN ME UP!!

PS - Is there no general "talk about Pokemon" thread on GAF?

I haven't seen it, and it seems one should be... created?

 

[ScraftyDevil]

NO! Not Espeon! Espeon was my first Pokemon experience as a pokebro. My first game was literally Platinum and then I went back to play some of the rest. I'm an Eevee fan since the cartoon first came out and I love the concept of something you can evolve into so many types. Evolving my Eevee in platinum into Espeon was a huge thing for me as it was my first Eevee-lution ever and it turned out to beast the whole game. And to think I had been leaning towards Umbreon.

*pours out bottle of super potion on ground in honor of your fallen Shiny Espeon*

Thanks, bro. I'll never forget you, Espeon, as long as I live.

*puts flower on grave*

 

[ffdgh]

thats what you save master balls for.....if he had one on hand lol

 

[Starwolf_UK]

Shiny in the Safari Zone is only beaten by the "first pokemon encounter that you can't catch" pokemon being shiny, which apparently can happen.

I remember someone telling me that happened to them in R/S. They claimed it appeared shiny on the field too...

And charmeleon since it can actually learn flare blitz unlike flareon

Pleased to see they never did fix this problem (Flareon being the worst choice). If there needs to be an event Pokemon with V-Create...its Flareon

Spoiler

It'll still get tanked then downed by an Earthquake