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Fun Stuff => CLIKC => Topic started by: Melodic on 19 Mar 2007, 16:36
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Release date is, as far as I know, April 22nd (Storm Rider said this, and he is probably right). I plan on getting Diamond! Diamonds are shiny. If you are not planning to pick up the new Pokemon, I demand an explanation that does not use the term "suck".
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I think I am going to get Diamond as well. It launches on April 22nd for North Americans, but the European date is sometime later in the year.
Since this one is Wi-Fi enabled, we'll be able to battle/trade with each other! Somebody should get Pearl so that they get all the Pokemon us Diamond guys won't.
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WiFi is such a natural step for the Pokemon series. I would only be more hyped if the starter Fire Pokemon didn't look so damn ugly. I have been a devout Fire dude since day one, and this latest iteration makes me want to cry.
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Fire starters fo lyfe.
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I'm totally getting Pearl. It's been a long time since I delved into Pokemon and I'm looking forward to putting way too much fucking thought into team building strategy again.
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I got tired of Pokemon years ago for the same reason that I got tired of Magic the Gathering. I understand the appeal, and I loved team/deck building for awhile, but nobody I know gives a damn about either anymore. And I've never been a big fan of monster or card battling games. I'd much rather play something more straightforward like a Final Fantasy, or a complete creative dream like Shadow of the Colossus or Paper Mario.
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I will invest in whichever one is still in stock when I go down to Game!
Until then... *breaks out the GB and fires up some Red*
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The new Pokemon frustrate me. I will stick with red blue and yellow!
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I agree Lunchy.. if not for all the new Pocketmenz, I would likely still enjoy it.
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WiFi is such a natural step for the Pokemon series. I would only be more hyped if the starter Fire Pokemon didn't look so damn ugly. I have been a devout Fire dude since day one, and this latest iteration makes me want to cry.
(http://www.4colorrebellion.net/media/pics/06/08/new_dp_starters.jpg)
Jesus christ, you're right.
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I really love Gold and Silver. It was better when you could still remember all of them. I tried playing Sapphire or whatever it was last year, but got bored after about 20 or 30 hours of playtime. My Yellow cart on the other hand has about 200 hours on it.
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I don't get what's wrong with having more Pokemon. More Pokemon means more diversity means more different styles of play means more strategy. That's all good as far as I'm concerned. I haven't actually owned a Pokemon game since Red, but I played somebody else's copy of Silver a few years later. Still, it's been a long time and I'm looking forward to get into it all over again.
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The thing with the new games is, it's not more Pokemon, it's new Pokemon entirely. When I played Sapphire, I saw maybe 5 that weren't new for Ruby/Sapphire. Unless you're really REALLY determined, you're not going to see that many old ones.
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Pearl for me, though this is because my friend is getting Diamond.
sadly I do not have the stylus thingy yet, and I hope that EB Games delivers on their promise of getting them or else there will be hell to pay
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The games are so addictive.
I do not understand why.
However, I am getting diamond.
Because...I like the idea of a Steel-Dragon legendary.
And...Yeah...stuff.
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All I know about these new games is:
It's pokemon on the DS
The pokemon have visible gender differences
Lotta new pokemon
What else has changed? Fill me in!
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It has Wi-Fi, support, meaning that you can trade/battle with anyone anywhere provided they give you their friend code. Meaning, I could trade with you despite being on different continents.
It's also not an entirely new set, but I'm not sure if all of the Pokemon from the previous games in the series (meaning 500+) will be in the new games or if they'll just cherry-pick a certain number from Red/Blue, Gold/Silver, etc., and then add the new ones in to that set.
Also, they brought back the time system from Gold/Silver, meaning you'll find different types of Pokemon at different times of day. However, the time of day is also supposed to affect certain moves, meaning certain attacks will be more or less powerful at night, apparently.
That's all I know, except that the graphics are apparently greatly improved over the GBA games. Since I haven't played Pokemon since the Game Boy Color days, I'm sure it will look great from my perspective.
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What will the DS functionality be?
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In terms of what each screen will be doing? I'm honestly not sure.
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Man, it feels like forever since I last played a Pokemon game, Gold/Silver was my last. I'm actually really interested in this though.
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I love Pokemon. Sadly, I never got to play the original, because by the time they came out I had "moved on" from my gameboy days, and thus, had no way to play it. Eventually I got a GBA, and the first Pokemon game I played was Ruby, and that particular era remains my favorite, even after playing Fire red and Leaf green. I'm really looking forward to these games, and already have a pre-order for both of them. Why am I getting two? Because, like many other people, especially those who violently claim they aren't, I'm a consumer whore. But, seriously, I love these games, no matter what those people who play "adult" games say.
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If anyone listens obsessively to the 1up.com Retronauts podcast like I do, they did an episode on Pokemon this week. It's quite funny and good, but not very informative.
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from what I have seen the bottom screen will be the clock and map and such, as well as some odd spinner thing that I have only really seen in the commercials
another interesting thing is the random trade option, sort of like an auction you can put up a pokemon that you want to get rid of and which one you want, then when someone finds your choice and accepts them you can instantly trade with them, no friend codes are needed.
1 Up (http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3158524) has a new article with ten things about the new game
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I beat Red, Blue, Yellow, Silver, and Gold back in the day, getting pretty much all the Pokemon in them all, but I haven't played any of the games since then. Mayhaps I'll get back into it with this one, but we shall see. My funds are kind of low at the moment, but I have such fond memories of the games that I may be forced into it.
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I might get Pearl.
It's not like I need any more animals with getting a dog and everything but eh, it'll be fun.
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If anyone listens obsessively to the 1up.com Retronauts podcast like I do, they did an episode on Pokemon this week. It's quite funny and good, but not very informative.
I only listen to one game-related podcast obsessively, and that's the HotSpot (http://www.gamespot.com/pages/features/hotspot/index.php).
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I'll pass this time. Even though pokemons are cute and quite addictive games, I just don't care about those new pokemons. Now there are too many pokemons, that aren't even well designed. The gameplay doesn't evolve and it just... it just.. I don't know, but I am not going to buy new pokemons. Maybe if I get a huge amount of moolah, now I don't really have money for games that are not must-have.
Already have Pokemon Fire Red on GBA, that's enough for me. :)
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I'm so excited! I stopped at Gold, too, and this looks so confusing, but Troy and Chris are both getting Diamond so I'm going to get Pearl.
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I beat Gold way back when, but I haven;'t played one since then.
I'm disappointed in any Pokemon game that doesn't let you clone the item in the 6th slot. Ah, those were the days.
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i have not played any pokemon since yellow and a bit of crystal. i think it was crystal. i will likely get one of these though. maybe both, since it turns out i will have to get a DS lite to use the web browser and the boy might be getting my old DS....
what's the difference between diamond and pearl?
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I assume it's just the same difference as Red/Blue, Gold/Silver, etc.
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so just different pokemon in each one? i never hookend mine up with any other ones. if gameplay is the same in each one i'll just get what they have at the store, i suppose. i am not all pokemon master-like the way some of you guys are, i thought maybe the difference would be something like the difference between legend of zelda oracle of ages/oracle of seasons.
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Well, since this one is Wi-Fi enabled, we can trade with each other and complete the entire thing pretty easily!
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Chris said they were really different. But he is a notorious liar. I'm too lazy to wikipedia it.
Wait, but if I don't have a Lite, I can still do web stuff, right? I never really try to collect all of the Pokemon, I just like building cute/hilarious teams and taking people out with 'em.
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Yeah, the Wi-Fi isn't exclusive to the Lite, it should work with both.
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Pokemon Diamond/Pearl comes out THIS SUNDAY! time to get excited!
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The games don't come out here until June. But the DS games are region free right though? So I could order one online from somewhere and get it shipped here if I wanted it sooner, right?
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yup. Nintendo's handhelds have ALWAYS been region free. So import to your heart's content.
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I thought that would be the case. Now to decide whether I want to buy it now and spend money that I shouldn't spend or whether I should wait a while until I have more cash.
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I will be receiving my copy of Pearl on Monday or Tuesday. Joy!
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I ordered it on bestbuy.com and got 2-day shipping, so depending on whether they wait until Sunday to ship it, I'll get it on Tuesday or Wednesday. It will consume me and probably cause me to fail calculus.
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Picking Diamond up tomorrow (although that's subject to change depending on availability..). Still undecided which of the ugly starter types to choose.
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The water one looks cute.
Okay after looking at wikipedia, things I'm excited about:
- I can play as a girl. YAY. She's so cute, too.
- Munchlax, hahahah.
- Being terribly confused by all of the Pokemon that I won't recognize.
- Er, I don't know. Just wasting a lot of time.
I didn't preorder so I'll probably get mine next weekend.
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I'm usually a Fire-type starter, but I haven't seen any of the new starters.
EDIT: I've looked up the three starters, and I'm now trying to decide between the Water and Fire types. Grass/Ground has way too many weaknesses. I have to decide between the weaknesses of Fire/Fighting and Water/Steel and which are more of a liability.
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Fire/Fighting: 7 Strengths, 4 Weaknesses (Rock is super-effective against Fire but weak against Fighting, so it cancels out to an extent)
Water/Steel: 5 Strengths, 4 Weaknesses (Fire cancels out)
Grass/Ground: 7 Strengths, 5 Weaknesses including a double weakness to Ice (Water cancels out)
So yeah, the grass guy is out. Out of the other two, there's not a HUGE difference. It's what type of Gyms are near the start of the game that really depends on how hard (or easy) early gameplay will be. Near the end you'll have more of a variety of Pokemon to choose from.
If I get one of the games (and a DS, for that matter), I'll probably choose the fire guy (no matter how ugly it is).
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That's true, but one of the weaknesses of Fighting is Psychic and Psychic is a pain in the ass to counter.
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One of the weaknesses of Fire is that it's a fucking monkey, so I'm going to break my tradition and roll with water.
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I'm leaning towards Water as well. The evolved version of Fire looks alright, but the starter is kind of lame.
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Turn-based RPGs just put me to sleep nowadays. I can't even go back and play old beloved Final Fantasy titles.
I was a pokemon MASTER back in the day. Through the use of the x3 speed boost of the N64 Collesium cartridge, I literally leveled up every single final evolution in the original Blue to level 100, without the use of rock candy. I just held up on a controller with auto-buttons while I played much more intently Baldur's Gate 2. I could out-think anyone's team due to the sheer diversity of my stock, as well as the fact rock candies screw with your leveling stats (aka: leveling legit makes you more powerful).
Does this latest incarnation have any of those stupid "must catch during daylight hours" type pokemon that were in silver/gold? That's one reason I never went beyond Blue, was the sheer ridiculousness you had to put up with to catch certain rare monsters.
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The night/day system is back, but I don't know if that'll affect when Pokemon appear or not. I know it does affect certain moves, like the weather effects. So, for example, Solarbeam won't work as well at night, for obvious reasons.
The thing is, the DS's clock is adjustable, so it doesn't matter. If you want to catch a certain Pokemon but don't want to wake up early, save, turn off the DS, adjust the clock, and presto!
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Still undecided which of the ugly starter types to choose.
Is it wrong that I just pick my starter pokemon based on how cute they are?
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I never really try to collect all of the Pokemon, I just like building cute/hilarious teams and taking people out with 'em.
Yeah, me too. Maybe it's a girl thing? I was obsessed with Squirtle in like, 3rd grade, and I wouldn't let it evolve. Er.
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For Squirtle fans (http://youtube.com/watch?v=WqDwZEjmb54)
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I haven't played a standard pokemon game since Blue, so I'm all "OMG!" the thing that bothers me though, you can't get online and just play random people, they want friend codes, which is really annoying cause I'm the only person I know who is really excited about this game.
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I got it today, I've been putting in some time in the first areas, I picked Piplup, the water penguin. All of the starters end with a two-type final evolution. The grass becomes Grass/Ground, the fire becomes Fire/Fighting, and the water becomes Water/Steel, which is indescribably awesome.
The grass dude is the best defensive one of them all until Piplup's final evolution. Bidoof is a funny lookin' thing, its like a morbidly obese pikachu.
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You asshole, I hope you die while I wait for my copy with 2 day shipping to arrive.
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I got both Diamond and Pearl today, and am curently leveling up my Monferno in Oreburgh mine.
I'm so glad I pre-ordered both of them. :-D
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when do the starters evolve?
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I've managed to play it for about 2 hours (which is, oh, two hours more than Storm. Ahahah!), and I've got to say it feels a little less polished than previous renditions, although that could just be first impressions talking, or the LONG timespan between my Pokemon experiences. I picked a Piplup, breaking my steadfast fire-starter tradition because the fire-starter looks like a damn monkey. I don't want a damn monkey. So I've got a penguin.
I've decided I'm going to be relatively hardcore about collecting the Pokemans. Catch, level appropriately, catch new, repeat. So far I've got a bird-thingy (I nickname them as soon as I catch 'em, so sue me) and a Midoof. All of my nicknames are directly or indirectly referencing music. Even my fucking Pokemon team are indie hipster snobs.
I haven't bothered figuring out my friends code yet, but it seems like options for wireless gameplay are pretty deep. Aside from the normal (trading, battling), you can draw. It's like Pictochat over the interwebs. There's some other stuff too but I didn't pay attention. Mixed signals about voicechat, but it SOUNDS like it is enabled. We can hear each other cuss!
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Once again, as I wait another 20 hours to get my hands on a copy, fuck all of you.
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i don't have it yet either, storm. :( might send the boy to try to get it for me tomorrow though... ^_^
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All this talk of actually playing the game has completely drained what little patience I had waiting for the game.
Assholes.
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I am thinking Storm will have beaten the game before I reach my second trainer.
I am thinking he's gonna be pretty hardcore about this.
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I'm playing with my Pokemans.
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Finally ordered mine today. Should have it Thursday, probably won't be able to play until Saturday.
I maaay eventually try to finish off the entire pokedex, but I'll need help! We should establish a small loaning system for people on the forum. I can get anyone all of the legendaries from rb/gs, and any Pokemon from Red or Gold. I also may have the three original starters on Yellow. I'll need help with sr pokemon if I ever attempt this though! Once I get to Pal Park and things, I will see what I can do to help you guys.
Hmm, maybe today I'll connect my DS to the internet for once.
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I would definitely appreciate some help with my Pokedex. I'm planning on finishing it up and I'll be adding my Friend Code to the appropriate at some point this week. Besides, it's always useful having folk to do trade evolutions with.
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Shit. I just realized you need one of the gameboy advance Pokemon games - so you need to transfer your rb/gs pokemon to that and THEN to Pearl or Diamond, since gameboy color games don't work with DS. Dammit, sorry. I don't plan to buy any of the advance games but maybe I can borrow one from a friend.
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I'm not really concerned with filling the Pokedex, to be honest.
I got my copy of Diamond in the mail today and I've already put about 2 hours into it. My team is as follows:
Lvl. 12 Piplup (Water)
Lvl. 9 Shinx (Electric)
Lvl. 7 Starly (Normal/Flying)
Lvl. 6 Budew (Grass/Poison)
Pretty balanced for this early. I'm looking for a Fire so I can take on Grass types since Starly hasn't learned any flying moves yet, and maybe a Psychic or Rock type just to fill the last spot.
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Ok, Friend Codes People!
1246 5208 3030
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Fucking HELL I just spent 3 hours of my life getting my fucking wireless router to work with my DS. On the plus side, both Nintendo and my modem's manufacturer (2Wire) have INCREDIBLY detailed guides on connection problems.
Friends code to follow shortly! Where do I get it from?
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Guys my Piplup evolved! Also, I just traded a dumb Machop for an Abra because they are a pain in the ass to catch normally because of Teleport!
Plus it will grow faster due to being traded. But I have to be careful not to use it so much it won't listen anymore.
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Fucking HELL I just spent 3 hours of my life getting my fucking wireless router to work with my DS. On the plus side, both Nintendo and my modem's manufacturer (2Wire) have INCREDIBLY detailed guides on connection problems.
Friends code to follow shortly! Where do I get it from?
Go to the basement of any Pokecenter, and the WiFi counter folk will help you generate one.
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I just got the second badge and the bicycle! I am now desperately running around the grass of Route 211 searching for a Ponyta to not accidentally kill because goddammit i need a Fire type. My team is as follows:
Lvl. 24 Prinplup (Water)
Lvl. 19 Kadabra (Psychic)
Lvl. 19 Luxio (Electric)
Lvl. 18 Staravia (Normal/Flying)
Lvl. 18 Budew (Grass/Poison)
Lvl. 16 Geodude (Rock/Ground)
I'll likely ditch Staravia for Ponyta when I finally get one since Prinplup knows a Flying-type attack anyway.
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The hell you guys! Stop talking about new pokemon until I have it!
Edit: I want Pearl since Palkia looks cooler than Dialga.
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I have an emulated PC version of Pearl, I haven't really played it yet, beyond making a character and talking to your Mum, I have to say though whats up with the new Professor Rowan or something, I miss Professor Oak, he seems cooler.
If it's good I may even by a DS just for the trading etc.
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Pokemon Diamond
Melodic
2234 3637 8004
EDIT: restarted and not sure if the same code applies.
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Diamond
Name: Uno
Friend Code: 1890 7643 8046
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Ackblom, I'm pretty sure we need both your trainer name, as well as your friend code. BECAUSE SOMEONE MIGHT RANDOMLY TYPE IN A FRIEND CODE OH-NO!
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Screw you guys and your newfangled pokemans.
I busted out my copy of Gold the other day and I'm lovin' it.
I made Miltank my bitch about 20 minutes ago in the Goldenrod gym.
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Ackblom, I'm pretty sure we need both your trainer name, as well as your friend code. BECAUSE SOMEONE MIGHT RANDOMLY TYPE IN A FRIEND CODE OH-NO!
Well son of a whore!
I mean that in the nicest way possible. I swear.
Trainer Name: Stephen
Friend Code: 1246 5208 3030
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Well, after about 5 hours of gameplay, I restarted. Back to scratch. Still got a Piplup or whatever it's called.
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Pearl just arrived and I've already found an error in the instruction booklet (it told me to trade with Pearl version to capture all the Pokemon, haha). I may start a game now and play later since I'm pretty busy today. I promised myself I'd take this slow and not rush to other gyms without properly levelling up my Pokemon like I did in the old games. Friend code soon, but I won't be ready to battle for a while!
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hmm, what is this "Properly" leveling you speak of? I have this nasty habit of power leveling my starter Pokemon and then getting raped later when I get to a gym or area with nothing but my weakness.
That and some of my favorite pokemon need to be traded to evolve, and I refuse to level them anymore until they are evolved.
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I need to level my Pokemon more. I just got the fifth badge, but all of my team was lower level than the gym leader's Pokemon except for my starter. I'm gonna take a little break and level some guys more. I did, however, get to trade with one of the other guys at my school and get my Alakazam, Golem, and Gengar evolved as a result. My Emporeon is level 38, and all of the others are low 30s/late 20s. I can't figure out a good place to level, though.
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That's actually why I restarted: I've no idea which way I want to play Pokemon after so many years away from it!
In Blue, when I finally stopped playing, my Charizard was 99, and every other pokemon was below 60. I'm far-too-often a player that powerlevels my starter, with maybe one or two others as backup, and I want to change that. So far, I've restarted 3 times, and I think I'm going to stick with it this time. I'm going to capture as many different kinds of pokemon as I can, but I'll only nickname (and use) the ones I really want. The rest are for show, and for stats, and if I need them I can powerlevel them later on. For now, I've got a Piplup, a Starly, and a Geodude, just after the first gym, and I'm liking the experience more than when I powerleveled.
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After playing for a while I can only ask myself one thing. How the fuck did I catch an Abra before?
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I actually managed to catch an Abra. At level 20 no less. I saw one in the wild, and threw a great ball at it, and it was caught. I didn't think it would work, either. I guess I'm just really lucky, but I remember doing the exact same thing in Sapphire.
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I know my Abra from Blue was traded. My second Abra was caught using Sleep Powder and that one move in Silver that that mantis-type had that would NOT faint the pokemon, but WOULD go to 1HP. I am sooo fucked this time around.
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Dear lord I had forgotten over the years how goddamn annoying Confusion is.
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There is a character in one of the early towns (Oreburgh, I think?) that will trade you an Abra for a Machop. Do it. You won't be able to use it a lot at first because it will gain levels too fast from the extra experience and that will outstrip your badges and therefore your ability to control it, but it's a lot easier than catching one and you get it at a lower level so it maximizes stat growth. Right now that Abra is a level 32 Alakazam in my game and it's probably my best Pokemon besides my starter.
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I've been nicknaming the Pokemans in my party after dead Viper pilots. That's just ferociously geeky, even for me.
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NEW CODE!
Melodic
0602 2778 2898
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I stopped following pokemon after gold and silver. I wanted crystal, but I couldn't find it. Ruby and sapphire just confused me, I think there was someting about running shoes?? Anyway, I dont plan on getting the new pokemon games
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I've succeeded in getting all of my team except my Ponyta to level 36. I just need 3 more levels and I'm gonna finally take on that 6th Gym leader.
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Hey guys, here is my very uneven team. I need a Shinx or something, and definitely a grass type. I have a few more Pokemon chilling in my box that I don't feel like training, though. I just got the first badge if that helps you place my progress.
Piplup, lvl 13 (water)
Starly, lvl 11 (normal, flying)
Abra, lvl 11 (psychic)
Geodude, lvl 11 (rock, ground)
Bidoof, lvl 9 (normal)
I'm not fond of the Bidoof - it was the first Pokemon I caught, though. I'm probably going to ditch it soon. Aroound what levels are the Pokemon of the next gym leader? I need a goal - I'm thinking lvl 16 for every Pokemon in my team (I'm trying to keep things even). Tipsss?
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I've just beaten the second gym leader, exclusively using my Staravia. Right now it's at level 24, with Prinplup at level 22. I find I've only really used my started for the first gym leader, and a couple of the caves: Staravia's Wing Attack is my new favorite move (next to Fire Spin from Red and Blue). I've caught every Pokemon up to this point, and ditched them in the PC for later use: right now, the only two I'm using are Staravia and Prinplup.
I had a Geodude with Rock Smash that was level 18, but I've thrown him away, caught two new Geodudes, nicknamed one "ROCK SMASH", game HIM the HM and ditched him in the PC, and leveled the new Geodude without the crappy HM. I did the same with CUT for Bidoofs. Currently trying to level my new Geodude back to 20.
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So far my Bidoof has been my HM machine. He's got Cut, Rock Smash and can probalby learn some other uselesss HM move. It also just occured to me that I still find it hilarious that the Duo in Red and Blue could learn fly.
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I just caught Dialga (the Diamond legendary, if you don't know)! Not before it KO'd half my team, but still. It's a level 47 Steel/Dragon type. It has only two weaknesses, and like, 12 resistances according to the Move Checker Poketch application.
My problem is, I have to figure out who to dump from my team now:
Emporeon, lvl. 49 (Water/Steel)
Luxray, lvl. 42 (Electric)
Alakazam, lvl. 42 (Psychic)
Golem, lvl. 40 (Rock/Ground)
Rapidash, lvl. 41 (Fire)
Gengar, lvl. 39 (Ghost/Poison)
I'm leaning towards Rapidash, just because it's stats are so low because Ponyta evolves so late and thus gets the bump in stat growth much later than the rest of my team. But at the same time I've had to make Golem a bit of an HM bitch because I taught him Rock Smash before realizing I'd be using him as much as I ended up doing. I taught him Rock Climb (another HM) as well, but it's a much better move than Rock Smash.
By the way guys, Pelipper (the evolved form of Wingull) is a great HM bitch if you find one. It can learn Surf, Fly, and Defog. Then again, Surf and Fly are actually decent moves, unlike Cut or Rock Smash, but Defog is pretty shitty. I just found it convenient and thought I should let you guys know.
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I wish I had some pokeymans. :-(
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I've ended up saddling all of my current HMs with Bidoof (Rock Smash, Cut), and hope I can saddle him with most of the others ones, too. Obviously he can't learn Surf or Fly, but since both of those are decent moves I won't feel awful saddling one of my combat Pokemans with 'em.
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Psh, you kids and your newfangled pokemans. My gold lineup is superb at this point, and I'm only on the 5th gym.
Lv. 21 Butterfree (Bug/Flying)
Lv. 21 Quilava (starter; Fire)
Lv. 21 Pidgeotto (Normal/Flying)
Lv. 21 Raticate (Normal)
Lv. 22 Sudowoodo (Rock)
Lv. 25 Flaaffy (Electric)
Flaffy was level 22 before I surfed to Cianwood, and he gained 3 levels from fighting all the water-types on the way over. I swear, I'm going to be so happy once I get fly for Pidgeotto. Also, instead of having an HM bitch I just decided to spread my HMs out. Quilava has Cut, Sudowoodo has Strength, Raticate has Rock Smash, and this random thing I can't remember the name of has Surf in my PC. I'll be teaching surf to a better water-type when I find one. Probably when I catch the red Gyarados on Lake of Rage or something because he is for win.
Oh, and, is it possible to get a Silver Wing in Gold version, or only in Silver, and then they can't get the Rainbow Wing or something? Also, what's the pokemon you get with the Rainbow Wing again?
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Ho-oh. You get Lugia with the Silver Wing.
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I am playing Pearl now! It's quite fun.
Right now my team is...uh...man I can't remember the damn names of the friggin' things.
Just got the second badge, my core three POKEMANS (LET ME SHOW U THEM) are all in the low-20s. Right now I'm usin' a Grass, an Electricity, and a Ghost as my primaries. Really need to find some fire critters now.
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Ho-oh. You get Lugia with the Silver Wing.
rightthnx.
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Man, I found out you can't get Misdreaveus in Diamond. Which is pretty shitty, because Gengar is still Ghost/Poison, which means it's still vulnerable to Psychic, which is annoying as hell when you're vulnerable to the very type you're trying to counter.
Right now I'm training up my team for the Elite Four! I have been playing this game way too much for the past week. I blame senioritis.
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Get Drifloon, he is outside the power plant on Fridays. Ghost/Flying for the win.
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I have Drifloon, actually, but Ghost/Flying is vulnerable to Electric and Ghost types are already immune to Ground, so the second type is sort of a liability there too.
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Bryan I caught you a Misdreaveus. <3 Level 10, holla! I even nicknamed it something special for you. I'll post my friendcode soon and send it to you.
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Ally you are the best. I'm going to need to find a Wi-Fi station, though. Maybe I can do that tomorrow.
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I want one toooooo :'(
Bryan we gotta fights. I'll bring mah gloves.
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I'll catch you one, too. It'll be low level, though, I just got my second badge. It will also have a ridiculous nickname.
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I now have a ditto and much gooey love will be had.
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Wait, where did you find one? Is it in Diamond/Pearl naturally, or do you have to get it through GTS/Pal transfer?
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Friend of mine Pal Parked it. It's making my anal retentive training methods much much easier. That's assuming you consider training any and all pokemon I use from single digits only easier.
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I am pretty sure I have almost all the pokeman doods now. I never played before a month ago and all I remember from the tv was "POKEMON, gottta catch em all." My doods are a dragonite named Pistacio, a sableeye named Mervin, a dodrio named Bonkers, an American gastrodon named Nudibrank, a noctowl named Archemidies and my very favorite - a kangaskhan named Petuina. I caught them!
I am making them harder better faster stronger, to battle other doods and punch them in the face. Do you guys want any doods? My doods are cute.
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Man, I just found out that my local McDonalds' doesn't have a Wi-Fi station I can steal, so I'm going to have to wait until next weekend when I can go to my friend's house so I can use his wireless to generate my friend code.
But I will totally trade/battle anybody when I'm over there! Especially if you have any of the Pokemans that you can't get in Diamond, whether they be from Pearl or older games. I don't know what I'd really be able to offer in return, but if you want to hook me up I would be grateful!
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Jesus, how many pokemans are there now?
I mean the only games I will actually accept as valid are red/blue, with gold/silver as a lesser extent. Yellow was for pussies who didn't want to trade with other people.
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493 total now if you include the event pokemon.
Seriously, this game beats the shit out of Red/Blue.
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Yeah guys, I'm gonna be blunt: all the 'Red/Blue were the only REAL Pokemon games' stuff is bullshit. More Pokemon, more moves, and more types just means added layers of strategy which makes the games better for everyone. Besides, Psychic types were way overpowered in Red/Blue because the only Ghost types in the game were also Poison subtype and thus were vulnerable to Psychic attacks anyway, and because there were no very powerful bug type moves in Red and Blue. The only problems I have with Diamond/Pearl are that A) it's impossible to complete the Pokedex unless you've purchased every Pokemon game that has come out on the GBA or are willing to do an assload of trading to get the ones you're missing, and B) the event Pokemon. That being said, if I get a chance to go to a Nintendo event I will totally bring my copy of Diamond with me. Hopefully E for All will count because I want to go to that anyway.
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pokemon pearl
trainer name: yelley
friend code: 3394 0138 2214
be my pokemon friend.
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Son of an emaciated crack whore!
I just taught my Empoleon both Surf and Waterfall cause I was on Victory Road, and realized I had forgotten my goddamn Bibarel and was too lazy to go back and fight back through.
Sadly, I'm considering keeping Surf. Waterfall can kiss my ass though.
Also, everyone here has been added.
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I have Surf on my Empoleon and it works just fine. Its movelist right now is Surf/Metal Claw/Hydro Pump/Drill Peck. I'm probably going to replace Metal Claw and possibly Drill Peck as well. But I haven't quite decided with what yet.
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Does it annoy anyone else that for D/P they started a list of 150 that mixes the old poke from the original list with new ones?
I'm not very far yet, but the game seems promising. I don't like the breeding thing though. There's too much thinking involved. Does anyone know if that crap is essential to the game?
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Breeding is actually one of the easiest things in the game.Humanoid types can only breed with humanoid types, etc. etc.. Males determine what moves the hatchling has, and the female determines what pokemon it is. If you can find someone to give you a ditto, it pretends its whatever the sex your other pokemon isn't.
Breeding certainly isn't essential, but it aids you GREATLY in trading.
Also, fuck the Elite 4.
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I've fallen for Nintendo's devious marketing scheme. I bought FireRed today. It was only 20 bucks, and you can barely get any of the original 150 in D/P and apparently FireRed/LeafGreen have some of the Pokemon from Gold and Silver as well. Problem is, you can only transfer in groups of six, so I have to start with one dude, catch 6, transfer, restart, and then repeat the process with the other 2 starters, and then start over AGAIN so I can actually play through the game in earnest. Ah well.
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You know, I'm seriously wondering if I'm gonna bother doing EV training. My common sense tells me that's too goddamn much bother, while the side of me wanting to get all 493 entries in my pokedex is curb stomping its ass.
*sigh* Off to breed my little warriors.
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Man, you are a sucker.
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Says the man who recently bought Fire Red.
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A) it was only 20 bucks.
B) buying Fire Red doesn't require me to learn an entire new levelling system, or breed an entire team from scratch and train them meticulously for that stupid system, or have the crazy delusion that I will somehow manage to get all 493 when there are are so many ridiculous hoops that must be jumped through in order to achieve that goal, probably including buying the aforementioned game in the first place.
So... yeah.
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Pokemon Diamond
Name: JESSE (I messed up and put all caps)
Code: 5111 9904 5161
I'll add everyone in the thread tomorrow.
Edit: Entire new leveling system? Wha? If there is one, I haven't noticed it.
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That's because all the statistics about it are hidden from viewing in-game.
Welcome to the mindfuck. (http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/ds/file/925601/45193)
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Naaaaah, I'm relying on other people actually to get all of my thingamajigs. Namely a couple of friends who already have most of the older games. That, and message boards do a whole lot of good for rarer trades.
As far as EV's go, it's not that hard to get them, it's just a matter of it being a pain in the ass and tedious to get the ones you want. IV's on the other hand can kiss my obsessive ass.
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The point is, I am not interested in monitoring every battle my Pokemon ever get in. As such EV/IV are of no interest to me.
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Completely understandable, I'm just going to end up wasting a stupid amount of my life in this game. :-P
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Yeah guys, I'm gonna be blunt: all the 'Red/Blue were the only REAL Pokemon games' stuff is bullshit. More Pokemon, more moves, and more types just means added layers of strategy which makes the games better for everyone. Besides, Psychic types were way overpowered in Red/Blue because the only Ghost types in the game were also Poison subtype and thus were vulnerable to Psychic attacks anyway, and because there were no very powerful bug type moves in Red and Blue. The only problems I have with Diamond/Pearl are that A) it's impossible to complete the Pokedex unless you've purchased every Pokemon game that has come out on the GBA or are willing to do an assload of trading to get the ones you're missing, and B) the event Pokemon. That being said, if I get a chance to go to a Nintendo event I will totally bring my copy of Diamond with me. Hopefully E for All will count because I want to go to that anyway.
This isn't really the point I was going for. I'm totally not one of those "they're the only REAL games" kind of guys, but they were the only ones I planned on buying for myself. The only reason I have Gold is because my neighbor gave me an extra copy he had. He got Crystal, so he gave me Gold and another friend got his Silver. After I beat Gold I stoppaed caring for like 5 years, and now things are so different it's just ridiculous to me. "S all. I don't really have a problem with them, per se, they're just advanced as fuck compared to Blue and Gold, my two. Also I don't have a DS.
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Finally got my friend code!
Version: Diamond
Trainer Name: Bryan
Friend Code: 4854 3097 4916
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Storm, sorry we couldn't trade last night. I unexpectedly fell asleep at 9 PM. Actually, considering how much I slept last week, it wasn't really that unexpected.
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No problem! If you're available in the next couple hours, I'll still be here, but if not, next time you're available I'll run down to a wifi station real fast and steal theirs.
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So I got Pearl about 2 weeks ago, and restarted until I got a Mild natured Piplup. Now I'm in the north east island going up to Stark Mountain. About 57 hours clocked, 5 of which were used to breed Eevees to get a Hasty and Mild nature. I luckily got a female on a restart.
So.. As of now, my lineup:
L62 Empoleon
L60 Palkia
L60 Staraptor
L74 Heatran [Friend gave it to me before I did E4]
L46 Jolteon [Hasty nature ftw.]
L53 Alakzam.
L16 Bibarel for my HM whore.
I spent at least 5 hours EV training my Jolteon. It now has 172 speed at the moment at 46. Pretty good times. Some people may criticize me for using Palkia, but he's pretty decent, and I nature farmed him to get a Mild. His Special Attack is crazy as of right now. He dies way too fast, though. Heatran is a great tank, but I could use a better fire Pokemon. I do have an Infernape, but it just has too many weaknesses. Anyways...
Version: Pearl
Trainer Name: Raisa
FC: 0731 1297 7421
PM me if you ever want to battle or trade or something.
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OK guys, if you let me know ahead of time and give me your friend code, I am open for trades. I reeeeally need a few Water Stones, a Dusk Stone, and a King's Rock if anybody has one. Also, if anybody with Pearl has the Poke Radar, I could also use a Slowpoke or a Bagon.
I can produce the following (with a bit of time):
Squirtle, Charmander, Bulbasaur, Piplup, Geodude, Wingull, Sneasel, Zigzagoon, Shinx, Chatot, Zubat, Mareep, Gible, Poliwag, Gastly, Eevee, Happiny, Drifloon, Larvitar, Snubbull, Spiritomb, Ponyta, Aerodactyl, Bidoof, Wooper, Murkrow, Shuppet, Riolu, Skarmory, Porygon, Growlithe, Glameow, Ralts, Stunky, Cranidos, Dratini, Abra, Wailmer, Pachirisu, Lileep, Mankey, Rattata, Bronzor, Barboach, Girafarig, Budew, Magikarp, Spoink, Staryu, Meditite, Tyrogue, Elekid, Skorupi, Weedle, Azurill, Psyduck, Hoothoot, Starly, Kabuto, Cleffa, Snover, Bellsprout, Oddish, Kricketot, Goldeen, Caterpie, Spearow, Bonsly, Machop, Anorith, Slakoth, Phanpy.
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I now have Diamond! I have only played it for a few hours so far and have not yet got any badges. Lineup so far is:
Bidoof - Level 4
Shinx - Level 5
Abra - Level 5
Chimchar - Level 10
Starly - Level 10
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As soon as Buizel shows up, dump Bidoof for it, beavers of smiles may be cool but otters are made of sheer win right next to starter bird with intimidate.
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I'm playing this game on a emluator to see if it's worth getting a DS and pearl. So many glitches, but the clear worst one is that I can no longer change pokemon in the box so I have to go through the game with the pokemon I have on me. :x so very frustrating.
Anyway so far I like the game, though I'm dissapointed with the selection of pokemon available before the e4 i mean only one nonstarter fire pokemon, and ponyta at that, though I suppose it's one of the few that dosen't have a terrible weekness to water that doesn't need a fire stone to evolve. exept houndoor. Why can no game give you a houndoor early, no game has yet let you catch one before the E4. Also why can't Nintendo make a Electirc/anything I mean apart from flying (which is a lengendary, making it scummy) steel (which can't learn any steel moves) and water there is no combo electric. I mean is it that hard to make a /dark or /fighting or even /bug.
question can you catch laparas in this game, laparas kicked major arse.
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You must have a horrid emulator. Then again, all DS emulators are horrid.
Also, Serebii.net says: Lapras is available on victory road, where they are uncommon.
I played for a second on an emulator, and it played slow whenever I got outside. I dug it though, and I am fo sho getting it when it comes out in my backwater country. I am currently going through my copy of Fire Red, though. I have a pretty good line-up, but I need a water pokémon. Sadly, the only one I like available is Gyarados, and I ALWAYS have Gyarados. So, I'm waiting until I get something else I dig. I figure I'm gonna go for Kingler or Cloyster, 'cause I dig those.
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When school gets out next week I plan on breaking out my Blue. I believe I only have to train up and then beat the Elite Four. Hopefully I will get my friends together and we will battle old school style with a LINK CABLE.
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Are you living in the fucking Stone Age or something, man?
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My friend is replaying Red and naming her Pokemon after literary characters (her Charmander is named Gatsby) but she couldn't remember the name of the guy in Death of a Salesman so her Caterpie is just named Salesman.
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Willy Loman. Duh.
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My Red/Blue versions are so old that they don't even save anymore. In fact, any pokemans game before Crystal I have doesn't save.
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actually Shawn Handyside said that one, dude.
it was a guest comic from Staccato.
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This is my team on FireRed right now. They're all right around level 40 right now, and I've only got six badges so far. As soon as Exeggcute and Growlithe learn all the moves I want, I'm planning on stoning them. It's not the best team ever, but right now I'm just trying to power my way through so my friends and I can have a tournament. Should be fun.
(http://cards.pokecharms.com/create/414d67b7ac78da23c04d9362e8b55ffd.png)
I just have FireRed and Emerald, so no trainer number or anything.
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Guys, I need some advice. I have a battle scheduled with someone for this next Friday, and supposedly they have all level 100's (we're using blue and red) including level 100 Mewto. I, on the other hand, have mostly level 45-50's, and 2 level 100s (Starmie and Marowak). Is there any way to lessen the kicking of my ass?
My best dudes:
Starmie (L100)
Marowak (L100)
Zapdos (50)
Articuno (50)
Blastoise (45)
Gengar (44)
Dragonair (43)
Venomoth (41)
Raichu (43)
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been eons since i've rocked a portable game system, but i decided it was a good investment considering i'll be travelling in and out of town for work. grabbed pokemon pearl and mariocart ds (which i havent played yet)
so far i've caught every pokemon that i've come across. but my main line up is made up of:
Turtwig: Level 16
Buizel: Level 15
Abra: Level 14
Geodude: Level 15
Pachirisu: Level 15
considering i havent played pokemon since red/blue/yellow, the game holds a lot of nice little surprises for me. so far im impressed.
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I just bought diamond last night, seems good fun so far.
I chose piplup. because ive always been a water guy.
Im actually kind of disapointed in how quickly i seem to be leveling.
Im at level 11 and it seems to have been a level up every second battle or so.
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Don't worry, that stops soon enough.
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am I to take the compete silence in this thread to mean that everyone has got over this game already. Curse you Australia and you late release dates.
I've had the game for about two weeks now, currently training for the E4. Team consists of Empoleon, Luxray, Rapidash, Crobat and Gachomp. Pokedex 146 caught 75. Unfortunately I can't get on wifi because I only have dial up internet, so no friend code for me.
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am I to take the compete silence in this thread to mean that everyone has got over this game already. Curse you Australia and you late release dates.
Not everyone. I'm definitely not over it, I'm savouring it (only just got second gym badge) because there's a bit of a game drought for me until contra 4 and phantom hourglass (both should be October in the USA which is when I will get them).
Incidentally, it's not always that bad here with release dates, we had Mario Kart DS the same day it came out in the US.
Unfortunately I can't get on wifi because I only have dial up internet, so no friend code for me.
Dialup sucks, I feel for you. I really hate this country's internet access. It's like you can choose only 1 from: reasonably priced, available and fast.
P.S. If you're in Queanbeyan this week or Canberra any other time, PM me and we can play some Pokemans, local-area style. I like face to face DS play more than Wi-Fi Connection in general. Easier to smile/have fun and feels less antisocial.
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well i bought pokemon diamond.
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Should we continue with this thread for Black and White or make a new one Johnny?
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My Red/Blue versions are so old that they don't even save anymore. In fact, any pokemans game before Crystal I have doesn't save.
This is just a problem with the battery. Open up the cartridge, and there should be a tiny tiny tiny battery in there. You just need to replace it. Good luck finding the battery though.
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make a new thread so i'm not replying to three year-old posts
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My Red/Blue versions are so old that they don't even save anymore. In fact, any pokemans game before Crystal I have doesn't save.
This is just a problem with the battery. Open up the cartridge, and there should be a tiny tiny tiny battery in there. You just need to replace it. Good luck finding the battery though.
You can buy one at any hardware store, they use the same voltage for automatic car door openers. Just make sure to put electrical tape around the edges though, or else it'll fry. I have a webpage telling all about it.
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man i replayed blue and silver a few months ago. it was pretty fantastic. i started playing ruby and then i got bored off my tits and remembered why i never finished it in the first place
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Yeah, I was playing yellow for awhile, and now I have to go through a cave. Fuck that. I hate the caves.
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i always liked mt. moon but man fuck the rock path from cerulean to lavender town.
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WILD ZUBAT APPEARED
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CAN'T ESCAPE
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WILD ZUBAT USES SUPERSONIC
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ALEX C USES OFF SWITCH
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(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y66/Spluff/zubatt.jpg)
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What kind of noobs have trouble with zubats? Geodude can one-hit them, no probs.
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Zubats aren't hard. They're just really fuckin' annoying if you don't want to bother dragging around rock type attacks.
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The first time I caught a zubat I freaked out. I was young, loved the series, and couldn't wait to catch one. The night I finally did I was jumping up and down on my bunk bed, screaming, "I CAUGHT A ZUBAT, I CAUGHT A ZUBAT," at the top of my lungs.
I still kind of like them, but I hate getting that you have to have a golbat like you to become a crobat, and that's not worth the effort.
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literally all you have to do to make them like you is keep using them, at least that's all I ever did.
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Yes all pokemon are conditioned to fight
kinda like Subject Zero
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subject zero is a pokemon