Charas-Project
Off-Topic => All of all! => Topic started by: drenrin2120 on March 12, 2010, 10:39:23 PM
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I'm a pretty big fan of the pokemon series. I know I'm not the only one on this site. I actually preordered Heart Gold. :x gold and silver were my favorite series by far. I logged hundreds of hours total for silver and gold. so yeah, who here is gettin that ****?
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Not me.
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I want to.
Probably should, also, seeing as I have a DS which I don't use due to lack of games.
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I'm gettin' it. Still mucking around with Platinum a little these days.
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Really? 5th gen gameboy, what the hell are they gonna do next? You know, as much as I ragged on the touch screen when it came out, after using it I find it ingenious.
Also, I meant to include soul silver in the title. Ill fix it when I get home. Can't do that on my phone
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Oh... Well THAT I am not excited for... They really need to stop making new pokemon and just combine all the nations into one MMO-esque game.
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...I have no idea how well that would work.
What I do want to see is a full console pokemon game, instead of the spinoffs that were going around.
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It comes out in a while but I think I need to keep my wallet in my pocket for some time now. Lots of great games comming out and the economy is starting to look... empty.
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Already played a bit of it, pretty damn cool. The rom's already leaked, if you're not too against piracy.
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Pokemons one of the few games that kinda sucks to pirate. Only a little tho.
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Gold/Silver were my favourites as well. I just loved the day system, call from random trainers you've beaten wanting a rematch, planting berries and the Pokémon selection. Now there are just too many Pokémons.
However, I tend to get bored pretty fast when playing Pokémon. But when I get another DS, I may get one, though I hope they kept what made me enjoy Gold/Silver.
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Lucas: pfff, guilt! I was talking bout some features not being available even if you have flashcards. The only one I can think of is trading from slot 2 to slot 1.
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Lucas: pfff, guilt! I was talking bout some features not being available even if you have flashcards. The only one I can think of is trading from slot 2 to slot 1.
Some flash carts do support this. Thankfully, mine does! =D
(It's an M3 DS Real)
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You and your piracy! I prefer having the original rather than any kind of pirated version of it.
Except for computer games, of course!
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Silly Cerebus, you know Guilt is not very effective against Pirate Types.
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You and your piracy! I prefer having the original rather than any kind of pirated version of it.
Except for computer games, of course!
Why are computer games an exception? Goddamn you.
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Lucas: pfff, guilt! I was talking bout some features not being available even if you have flashcards. The only one I can think of is trading from slot 2 to slot 1.
Slot 1 to 2 trading is doable on quite a few cards. And you can play online, trade with legit copies and all that. There's pretty much no downsides.
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Why are computer games an exception? Goddamn you.
Because it doesn't need a chip, special cartridge or such.
And it wasn't about guilt, chicken one. I just prefer when I have the box and real cartridge. Some people like to collect coins, stamps, etc. I guess we could say I like to "collect" boxes and cartridge. I also prefer having an original version.
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That's kind of legit, though I'd much rather have an original pokemon box for GBC over any other version.
hobo: I guess I never tried hard enough. Plus, pirated version to pirated version doesn't really work. XD Like I said, it was a small inconvenience.
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Because it doesn't need a chip, special cartridge or such.
In this thread: Reasons why every dev is moving to consoles.
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Already spent my money on BF:BC2.
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Silver was my favorite of the entire series.
Had all the original characters to fight at the end.
I don't own a DS so I probally won't aquire this game *cough* legally *cough*
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I'm on this like white on rice. They had me at "Pokemon in your #1 slot follows you around on-screen."
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Running shoes are now toggleable, so you don't have to hold B constantly. This is great.
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I'm so used to hold B to run that even when it's toggle able, I disable it and keep holding B (such as in FF1&2:DoS).
What if your first Pokémon is supposed to be huge? Let's say you have Dragonite or Onyx in your first slot, will it simply be resized? I guess it is, but who knows.
Also, thanks to this thread and Pokémon talking, I feel like playing Pokémon. Which shouldn't be that bad. But the thing is, I lack any Pokémon games. Fruck you all!
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What if your first Pokémon is supposed to be huge?
They're all the same size, as per usual in Pokemon games.
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They're all the same size, as per usual in Pokemon games.
3 exceptions:
Wailord
Steelix
The legendary
Also, they're not really the same size. It's kinda like a charset. There is a maximum limit on their size but some are obviously smaller than the maximum limit.
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I was wondering this myself. Itd be awesome if you had say a tyranitar and it was massive but you couldn't take it inside buildings, it had to wait outside.
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6 hours isn't all that much, actually. And a good way to avoid double-posting, but not simply edit your previous post is to delete your previous post, and repost it while adding what you wanted to post. Plus, you'd be back to 8888 posts.
It's also good to hear (read) that it kept the best parts of Gold/Silver. Might buy this game when I get a new DS.
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I played a bit of it a couple months back in japanese and I liked it.
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Why wouldn't you guys like it? sheez.
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I pre-ordered Gold and my girlfriend pre-ordered Silver at Best Buy. We got small plastic figurines with our $5 pre-order, which was alright, I guess. Anyway, I don't regret the $40 I will be spending on it already, thanks to you guys. God knows I can't afford it with my 80-dollar-a-week paycheck.
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I am more excited about this then FF13 which is saying alot. I'm getting it first thing today! I'm going to need a trading partner soon to evolve some of my poke's.
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I won't be getting this until at least April. =/
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I won't be getting that for a long time. I mean, I could get one of them soon... it's the DS that I won't have for a long time. I need a job! Although I could rob a bank or something.
I've also heard about the Pokéwalker or something like that. Seems pretty cool, too.
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Gettin' my gold today! Super stoked!
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This should encourage us to clean up the gamertag/friendcode thread a little.
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True, I didn't have a DS when you guys did that ****. I would love to whoop some *** at Mario Kart.
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Oh I remember when I did. Played against coasterkrazy, FFL2and3rocks, DarkFlood2, MrMister... maybe some more. Played some Metroid, Mario Kart and Animal Crossing. I also remember FFL2and3rocks hesitated before letting me grab the crown in Animal Crossing so I could have it in my catalogue, because he didn't trust me. Jerk. Still let me grab it, though. That was lots of fun. Wish I still had my DS...
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Perhaps next weekend, I'll be able to get Heart Gold. My dad went to GameStop to get a Madden game, and he saw the giant 50% trade-in bonus banner hanging above the entrance. He decided that he'd give me the PS2 games he has for me to trade-in. I already have about $30 that I've been holding on to. The trade-in bonus offer ends on Wednesday, though, so they might not help too much. Not really a concern, though. The game's $35 before tax.
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Got HG. Cyndaquil, Geodude, and I are pimpin' around.
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I remember when I could just spam rollout and auto-win everything.
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I still remember the distinct sounds Geodude and Zubat make when they appear. Is that sad?
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No, those guys were everywhere.
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I keep wondering if they remade the games because they ran out of new beginner pokemon.
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Anyone figured out what Apricorns do yet?
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I keep wondering if they remade the games because they ran out of new beginner pokemon.
My guess is... for money. They know it will sell, so why not?
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Anyone figured out what Apricorns do yet?
Didn't you use those to make fancy Pokéballs? Or am I remembering wrong?
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Didn't you use those to make fancy Pokéballs? Or am I remembering wrong?
Well they weren't in the old 2nd Gen games, I know that much. You're probably right, though.
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Well they weren't in the old 2nd Gen games, I know that much. You're probably right, though.
I laugh at you.
The Apricorns were in G/S/C. You give 'em to Kurt and he make you love,nest, time and other balls.
They were removed in Gen3 though.
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Played a little bit more. I think the changes are almost completely superficial really. They didn't change some of the more annoying parts of the game, like the encounter rate being so so SO high and being unable to search for Pokemon to trade online that you've never seen (which really defeats the whole point of trading; that is, to get Pokemon you don't have). Having Pokemon follow you around is kind of nice, but they don't really do anything. You can talk to them and they do a little emote and it says what they're feeling, but it has no effect on gameplay at all.
I don't feel ripped off or anything because I liked Silver and my game's cartage internal battery died a long time ago, but it's not like this series ever changes ever, so if anyone's expecting anything revolutionary, well, don't.
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Yeah, I kinda wasn't expecting anything revolutionary myself. =\ But I can agree with the encounter rate. That's probably my only real complaint with the game.
Something weird did happen when I talked to one of my pokemon. I had just caught an onix and I wanted to see what he looked like walking with me. I turned to talk to him and it said, "Onix is holding something! Take it from him?" I said yes, but then the message said, "It's too important for onix to let go." Kind of interesting, it's probably just a potion, but I didn't expect that so it was kind of cool.
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Yeah, apparently, HG and SS are having some issues on Flashcarts, so those with them might want to wait until they release a patch for it.
They will play, but crashing is imminent after a few events, so either wait or save and save OFTEN.
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Ed; I noticed that with silver. I thought it was me bumping my cartiridge or something, guess not.
Lucas: it was one I caught, but I bet its more prevalent with traded ones.
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Well another good reason to get a legal copy.
Still lack money though. The trainers calling you back for a revenge is still there, right? And the day system too?
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Phew! That's one of the feature I enjoyed the most. Though I usually skipped revenge, the fact that it was still possible was fun, and the day system too, with Pokémon or People appearing only at a certain time or day.
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I'm pretty sure the monday through sunday people are there too.
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Trainers call you ALL THE FREAKING TIME. I have this kid that found a berry and keeps demanding every five minutes that I trek back to the starting area and, uh, I guess take the berry from him. Screw that. I can't figure out how to delete phone numbers you don't want so I mostly just stopped accepting them from people that sound like 'tards.
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Yeah, I kinda wasn't expecting anything revolutionary myself. =\ But I can agree with the encounter rate. That's probably my only real complaint with the game.
Something weird did happen when I talked to one of my pokemon. I had just caught an onix and I wanted to see what he looked like walking with me. I turned to talk to him and it said, "Onix is holding something! Take it from him?" I said yes, but then the message said, "It's too important for onix to let go." Kind of interesting, it's probably just a potion, but I didn't expect that so it was kind of cool.
Uh, can't you just open the stats screen and look at what it's holding? I'm suddenly incredibly curious as to what it has.
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Ill check it when I get the chance. I assumed it was something different then items all pokemon hold.
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The Miltank is still pretty bad, but not nearly as bad as it used to be.
New bike remix theme is pretty cool. Actually I like a lot of the new music in general.
Finding Pokemon via the Pokewalker is neat.
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Sounds Like Pokemon Yellow and Crystal mashed together with better graphics.
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I now officially call the Pokewalker, the Pokeshaker. Call me a lazy bastard if you will; who needs to walk when you can just shake for watts all day.
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I had a D3 thing (Digimon) that worked the same way. You were supposed to walk and the Digimon would walk with you. Hah! No way. Shake it baby!
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I laugh at you.
The Apricorns were in G/S/C. You give 'em to Kurt and he make you love,nest, time and other balls.
They were removed in Gen3 though.
I seriously don't remember this at all. Huh.
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Slot 1 to 2 trading is doable on quite a few cards. And you can play online, trade with legit copies and all that. There's pretty much no downsides.
There's some copy protection. Every so often the game will freeze when it tries to run an event (such as trainers walking up to you, wild battles, entering or exiting a building).
There's already a Gameshark code to override this, but since my R4 is Chinese I have no idea how to configure it.
Got the game 3 hours after it came out thanks to piracy, have already clocked up some 12 hours on it.
I keep wondering if they remade the games because they ran out of new beginner pokemon.
They remade it so that you can have all the mons on one cartridge.
Trainers call you ALL THE FREAKING TIME. I have this kid that found a berry and keeps demanding every five minutes that I trek back to the starting area and, uh, I guess take the berry from him. Screw that. I can't figure out how to delete phone numbers you don't want so I mostly just stopped accepting them from people that sound like 'tards.
You cannot delete phone numbers. It's like real life: If you delete a phone number, the person will still call you, so what's the point? :3
I now officially call the Pokewalker, the Pokeshaker. Call me a lazy bastard if you will; who needs to walk when you can just shake for watts all day.
I just call it the 'Pokémon Pikachu 3', I had the 2 as a kid:
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Pikachu_2
Since I don't have a retail copy I don't have the Pokéwalker...I don't regret it that much since apparently it skips moves and evolutions.
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XD @ The fact gamefreak acknowledges that people would pirate pokemon HG and SS as soon as it was leaked on the internet with an attempt to stop it that was thwarted within the week of its release.
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That's nothing compared to more serious attempts at countering piracy. You hear about the recent one involving Ubisoft and Assassin's Creed II? ****ing hilarious.
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Well, Ubi has this new anti-piracy tool for their PC games. Assassin's Creed II is one of two games that currently uses it. It works by requiring an internet connection for the duration of your gameplay. If you lose your connection, the game stops until you reconnect. At first, this meant losing any progress made since the last save, although now, you continue from where you left off. Now, this means that if you have no internet, or your internet goes down for a while, you're screwed.
Pirates found a way to get around it by the official release day.
Now, that's not bad enough. Not long after the release, the servers that track these games crashed, leaving people with legit copies unable to play. The pirates with their work-arounds? No need for internet connections, so no problem. Ultimately, people who bought the game were punished while the people who stole the game were totally unaffected. Who is this anti-piracy program really affecting?
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Oh wow. Fail.
Requiring Internet Connection for a game with no online capability is fail.
I doubt they'll ever manage to find a good way to counter piracy since pirates will always find a way around. They'll probably just lose customers because their attempts will make it worst for non pirates than actual pirates, just like in that case apparently. They shouldn't even bother. Yeah, sure, they'll get less money from those pirates, but at least they won't take the risk of losing customers as well.
Fail... échouer.
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My Koffing > the ghost gym. That is all.
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All this talk of terrible anti piracy makes me feel obligated to post this-
It's the devloper of Sins of A Solar Empire, Stardock's "10 commandments of gaming"-
* Gamers shall have the right to return games that don't work with their computers for a full refund.
* Gamers shall have the right to demand that games be released in a finished state.
* Gamers shall have the right to expect meaningful updates after a game's release.
* Gamers shall have the right to demand that download managers and updaters not force themselves to run or be forced to load in order to play a game.
* Gamers shall have the right to expect that the minimum requirements for a game will mean that the game will play adequately on that computer.
* Gamers shall have the right to expect that games won't install hidden drivers or other potentially harmful software without their consent.
* Gamers shall have the right to re-download the latest versions of the games they own at any time.
* Gamers shall have the right to not be treated as potential criminals by developers or publishers.
* Gamers shall have the right to demand that a single-player game not force them to be connected to the Internet every time they wish to play.
* Gamers shall have the right that games which are installed to the hard drive shall not require a CD/DVD to remain in the drive to play.
Every publisher should follow this mantra.
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Well, Ubi has this new anti-piracy tool for their PC games. Assassin's Creed II is one of two games that currently uses it. It works by requiring an internet connection for the duration of your gameplay. If you lose your connection, the game stops until you reconnect. At first, this meant losing any progress made since the last save, although now, you continue from where you left off. Now, this means that if you have no internet, or your internet goes down for a while, you're screwed.
Pirates found a way to get around it by the official release day.
Now, that's not bad enough. Not long after the release, the servers that track these games crashed, leaving people with legit copies unable to play. The pirates with their work-arounds? No need for internet connections, so no problem. Ultimately, people who bought the game were punished while the people who stole the game were totally unaffected. Who is this anti-piracy program really affecting?
Ubi soft suck anyway they have sucked since The Sands Of time Trilogy ended.
Assasin's Creed is painfully boring in every way possible (despite having a good story it a mind numbing game). I couldn't stand playing it more than like 15 minutes at a time and it took that long just to ride to another town, and the new Prince Of Persia game was..well..it was yeeeeah..
Ubisoft deserves to have their games pirated to start to repay everyone who actually bought the last Prince Of Persia game.
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Assasin's Creed is painfully boring in every way possible (despite having a good story it a mind numbing game). I couldn't stand playing it more than like 15 minutes at a time and it took that long just to ride to another town, and the new Prince Of Persia game was..well..it was yeeeeah..
Ubisoft deserves to have their games pirated to start to repay everyone who actually bought the last Prince Of Persia game.
Have you played the second game or are you basing all your opinions on the first? The second fixes a LOT of issues the first one had, including the whole "boring" factor.
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Honestly, I still love Ubi. Their recent games may not have been their best, but I still found them to be tons of fun. And I must be about the only person that didn't find any part of AC to be boring. I can only assume that means that, when I play the second, my mind will be blown.
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The repetitiveness of the first annoyed me.
I still had fun with the kill though.
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Jasmine's steelix can go straight to hell >_>
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****ing Scyther. U-turn is the worst move ever. Luckily, my Pidgey has it now.
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Oh wow. Fail.
Requiring Internet Connection for a game with no online capability is fail.
I doubt they'll ever manage to find a good way to counter piracy since pirates will always find a way around. They'll probably just lose customers because their attempts will make it worst for non pirates than actual pirates, just like in that case apparently. They shouldn't even bother. Yeah, sure, they'll get less money from those pirates, but at least they won't take the risk of losing customers as well.
Fail... échouer.
True that. They shouldn't be doing this anyways. When people start trying to enforce this, they inevitably hurt the legit customers as well.
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Actually, wasn't there a law of some sort that stated that the publisher cannot require a user access the internet to use their product?
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I don't think so.
The reason why Spore got so much heat though is because most of the info wasn't detailed, which caused things to happen without the users prior knowledge or consent.
I haven't heard much about Assassin's Creed II though, so I'm not sure what the story is on that.
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I have resolved to create a team entirely made up of Geodudes.
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Actually, wasn't there a law of some sort that stated that the publisher cannot require a user access the internet to use their product?
There should be. =/
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I have resolved to create a team entirely made up of Geodudes.
Once you go rock, you don't go back.
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Once you go rock, you don't go back.
The Tyranitar family admires you.
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*Appears*
I'm looking forward to Heart gold sooo much. I'm trading over my blissey.
*Disappears*
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I wonder if Geodude can learn Thunder Punch. If it can, Water pokemon won't be a major problem anymore.
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Either that or he's being a sarcastic ***.
:3
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...wait, it can?
...whaaaaaat?
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I couldn't care less about how much I "suck" at Pokemon. It's a casual RPG that I play for fun. I couldn't be less serious about the whole thing.
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And then Lucas was a meme
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Dude, Team Geodude would rock.
I'm currently getting my *** handed to me in the game. There's kind of a sharp jump in difficulty around Jasmine's gym. The gym after also put up a respectable fight and my rival almost completely destroyed me.
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At least Golem can learn all punches. Golem with Fire punch is a great help with the new GEN IV damage system, you could just as well give him fire blast earlier but this time Fire punch is affected by your Attk so it can give quite the punch.
Very useful in D/P/P with all those fruggin Bronzomgs.
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We should have a charas hg/ss tournament once everyone has leveled up their pokemans.
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I'm sorry but with the exception of Rhyperior with that one ability, Rock/Ground type Pokes just have way too many weaknesses to exploit. Don't listen to me though, I'm more of a Baton Pass/Substitute spammer.
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Ground type
They have earthquake. That argument is invalid.
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What if the other Pokémon can fly? What is your earthquake supposed to do? Uh?
Although I'm pretty sure it still works...
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Or with levitate ability. You're ground moves become completely useless.
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That just means you're stuck with that Pokemon. As every opponent and their grandma has Earthquake in their arsenal.
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1/2 of the D/P elite four had Earthquake, it was so silly.
Kinda like how E4 Rapidash have solarbeam in platinum.
And I hate Bronzomg for the reason mentioned above me.
Levitate.
It's steel/physic so it's only two weaknesses are ground and fire.
Resistant to normal,flying, rock, steel, grass, ice, psychic and dragon.
Immunity poison.
BUT it might have the ability Levitate so it goes down to 1 weakness. Fire.
And the problem here is that Bronzomg can learn Earthquake himself so whenever you try to solve the problem with a fire poké he'll shake your world.
I've found two solutions to this problem though. Both are risky.
1. Golem with Fire punch. Golem's defense allows him to survive an earthquake luckily.
2. Crobat with Heat Wave. Amazing speed is amazing. Downsides: A. Heat Wave is a SP attk. B. Bronzomg is psychic and obviously knows Psychic which is Super effective.
Still 5 days left 'till HG/SS is released here.
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So, what, is Earthquake actually that good?
It's been a long, long while since I've actually played any Pokémon game long enough to even remember what Earthquake used to do for damage.
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The damage is enough to kill pretty much everything weak to earth.
This includes:
Ice
Rock
Steel
Fire
Electric(the only weakness)
Poison
Unfortunately for some, this proves to work twice. Like that poor thing Aggron with Rock Steel.
The thing is: EQ is Atk, and most pokes that can learn EQ are Pokes with weight(including Miltank) so they generally have that overwhelming attk.
In D/P/P your Infernape would die from anything Earthquake-based. Even if it was a NON-ground type(NO STAB bonus). The damage is good, I've never seen it miss. It hits two targets.
And having played Colosseum and XD:gale of darkness on the gamecube I've had my fair deal with EQ for too long.
Teaming up birds with earthquake and levitators with EQ is NOT cool!
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Prpl_Mage is definitely right. Earthquake is completely badass. Base 100 damage and base 100% accurate makes it one of the strongest, most reliable and deadly moves in the game. I had to basically abandon half my team when I took on the Elite Four in Platinum because anything vulnerable to earth would be instantly one-shotted by anything it tried to fight against.
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The damage is enough to kill pretty much everything weak to earth.
This includes:
Ice
Ice
Ice
.........
lol what?
EDIT: But yeah EQ is beast. As a bonus it also has 10PP compared to those 120base elemental (Blizzard etc..) moves :P.
I remember when Hyper Beam used to be THE move back in R/B/Y. Almost every kid had it on there Charizard lol.
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Earthquake is the entire reason the development team started tacking the ability Levitate onto every Pokemon in existence.
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Pretty much true. Cuz having an entire type immune to it wasn't good enough anymore.
Beat all eight gyms. Jasmine was the toughest for my team. I think I remember Clair being a lot harder, but my Espeon slaughtered her. Can't wait to go bombing around Kanto :D
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So far I had the most trouble on Bugsy. He U-turned KO'd 1/2 of my team >_>. I remember him being much easier when he spammed Fury Cutter.
Whitney was cake. Just spam Sand-attack/Smokescreen on her milk jugs and you win.
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U-Turn is terrible and annoying as hell. I now have it on my Pidgey.
Also, to resident pokenerds- What are the benefits and drawbacks of not evolving Pokemon? I really don't like the look of Totodile's evolutions, and I'm considering holding him back.
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Unless I'm mistaken, you learn moves faster if you don't evolve (and sometimes, you learn moves that you can't learn if you evolve right away), and your stats grow faster if you evolve.
But I could totally be wrong.
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Pretty much. Almost all Pokemon that evolve by levelup get better stats upon subsequent levelups but learn moves more slowly. The ones that level up via stones, like Growlithe, often don't learn anything at all after evolution. If you want to hold your Totodile back you can but it will start to fall behind in stats after a while. I'm doing the same thing with my Koffing for exactly the same reason.
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The crashes are getting more frequent now I'm in Goldenrod. This seems foreboding.
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I forgot what a beast Ho-oh is. Had a really cool 3D event and battle theme with him this time around. And he looks FREAKING RIDICULOUS following me around, being about 5 times larger than any of the other things I've had following me. Good times.
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0_0 I need to play more.
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The crashes are getting more frequent now I'm in Goldenrod. This seems foreboding.
It's because of the number of badges you have. The more you have, the more often it'll crash. It's how Nintendo is combating Piracy on this. By now, most cards have a fix for the crashing. Unless you have an M3, you should check for any updates and apply them.
Having an M3 myself, I am officially stuck on Soulsilver until they release the patch. Beating Whitney (female Geodude FTW) is the final straw, crashes occur after only three events after beating her. Shame too, because I can't even level with all the crashes.
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lol what?
EDIT: But yeah EQ is beast. As a bonus it also has 10PP compared to those 120base elemental (Blizzard etc..) moves :P.
I remember when Hyper Beam used to be THE move back in R/B/Y. Almost every kid had it on there Charizard lol.
Yeah my bad, I'm using Stone edge for those basterds.
Also, Hyper Beam doesn't have 100% accuracy anymore. It's 90 or 95. It sounds like it's okay but I still manage to miss with it.
Also, to resident pokenerds- What are the benefits and drawbacks of not evolving Pokemon? I really don't like the look of Totodile's evolutions, and I'm considering holding him back.
3 pros and 3 cons.
Pros.
1. You can learn some moves earlier that come late for the evolved form. Like how Clefairy gets Meteor Mash on 45 or something while Clefable gets it on 70 or something.
2. Some moves can only be learned by the preeveolved forms. Especially those who go through drastic changes. Like Trapinch can learn both Earthquake and Dig while neither Vibrava or Flygon can learn 'em.(Not through level up, but they can from TM's though. Luckily the nice Nintendo people added the Move Tutors who can learn your pokés moves that you never learned or that you skipped for antoher ability)
3. Preevolved forms can have better abilities. Some gain stupid abilities when they evolve.
cons.
1. Your stats won't be as good, neither will the growth.
2. You can't learn certain moves that will prove awesome. For example Hyper beam or signature moves like sheer cold.
3. You might be stuck with a Sucky ability .
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Did...you just quote yourself?
...why?
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Did...you just quote yourself?
...why?
That's a good question. I believe I failed to edit my own post once again. Missclicks are so easy these days.
Edit: fix'd.
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JESUS ****ing CHRIST. HOW MANY TIMES AM I GOING TO GET A PHONE CALL FROM MOM ABOUT HOW SHE BOUGHT ME SOME USELESS POTION AT THE STORE.
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Stop letting her save your money then?
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Hm... True... but she does buy me berries, which as of yet I have not found elsewhere. Still, I receive an absurd amount of phone calls from her alone.
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(http://verydemotivational.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/129124565473503928.jpg)
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It's because of the number of badges you have. The more you have, the more often it'll crash. It's how Nintendo is combating Piracy on this. By now, most cards have a fix for the crashing. Unless you have an M3, you should check for any updates and apply them.
Having an M3 myself, I am officially stuck on Soulsilver until they release the patch. Beating Whitney (female Geodude FTW) is the final straw, crashes occur after only three events after beating her. Shame too, because I can't even level with all the crashes.
Just in case you didn't get my MSN message- Try backing up your save and editing out some old badges using PPSEDS or Pokesav. Worked for me.
http://www.mediafire.com/?mznywzjuzt2 - PPSEDS download link. Pretty nifty little homebrew.
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Just in case you didn't get my MSN message- Try backing up your save and editing out some old badges using PPSEDS or Pokesav. Worked for me.
http://www.mediafire.com/?mznywzjuzt2 - PPSEDS download link. Pretty nifty little homebrew.
Well, M3 finally released their patch, I'll try it an hopefully it works.
EDIT: Apparently, I should read the release notes first. HG/SS still aren't supported by the new release. But playing it on the release, I do see a HUGE improvement. Crashing only occurs every hour or so now.
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I'm not against piracy but why not just spend the $40?
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Well in my case...
No job = no 40$
And also no 100$ish for the DS.
Might be the same for the others.
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(http://verydemotivational.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/129124565473503928.jpg)
Probably why they changed the text in HG/SS.
Since I got my fourth badge, no crashing at all. Apparently it's supposed to go down to 'one crash every three events' but maybe the copy protection fucked up or something.
I'm playing on an R4. ****'s so cash.
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This made me giggle.
(http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/comment/9/2010/03/fd545ff3ca61ab1624d83ffc117d33ee/original.png)
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God damned trees...
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This made me giggle.
COMIC
(http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh214/hobomasterxxx/1260763925684.png)
(http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh214/hobomasterxxx/1258761600063.png)
Anyway, ordered a WiFi adapter for my PC today, so I should be able to get onto all this battling **** soon. Hope noone has water pokemon :|
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Ash's face turns me on.
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Where are you getting those comics? Are there more? They're hilarious.
Also, Koffing is a champion.
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http://kotaku.com/comment/20905099/
They're hit-or-miss, but there are some amusing ones.
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Naw, my tauros eats koffings for brekkers.
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(http://i39.tinypic.com/2005jcw.jpg)
I found this image on /tg/ once. It's so very awesome.
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So, HG was finally released over here. I got it.
My third battle were against a Shiny Pidgey... And that was on my way to Mr.Pokémon's house so no balls to catch it with.
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0_0 that suuucks. Shiny pidgeot would be badass.
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So I'm up to the gym leader who has the really strong Poliwrath. The only pokemon I have that is anywhere near it in level is my Feraligatr. My Feraligatr has Dark and Water type moves. Poliwrath ABSORBS water, and is resistant to Dark. And it's just using focus punch every turn, wiping off more than half my health. WHAT FUN
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That's me ever since I started playing Pokémon again (skipped Gen III). Either the game got a fuckton harder over that generation gap, or I've gotten soft. Very soft.
Also, I haven't been training just six guys for the whole game, building a near-invincible team.
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This was my end strategy- Use Nidorina to poison the ****er.
Then it's just a waiting game of using potions every turn to avoid death by focus punch. ****ing hell, that was dull. Now I can fly, though.
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So I'm up to the gym leader who has the really strong Poliwrath.
Wow. I must've been really lucky. When I fought that thing, I used Noctowl. I kept using Confusion while was using the whole "charging his focus" thingy, then he failed his focus punch, and was stared to death at last.
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Wow. I must've been really lucky. When I fought that thing, I used Noctowl. I kept using Confusion while was using the whole "charging his focus" thingy, then he failed his focus punch, and was stared to death at last.
The main issue is, if you miss once you get into this spiral of POTION, FOCUS PUNCH, POTION, FOCUS PUNCH and doing anything is likely to kill you.
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Woah there
LINK REMOVED, I'M FAIRLY SURE THIS IS AGAINST THE RULES.
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Okay, that settles it, I'm trying this out.
EDIT: Lulz, "Do not use this patch on ROMs downloaded from the internet!"
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Patches totally aren't illegal, as long as we aren't distributing the rom itself.
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Oh, also shiny Totodile woo!
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Oh, also shiny Totodile woo!
Goddamn you to hell
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The ****? You blow dicks.
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I got a shiny Gyrados. Hurr
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What is that "shiny" thing exactly?
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What is that "shiny" thing exactly?
Sometimes, very rarely, you'll come across a Pokemon with a different colouration than normal, and it'll have a sparkle effect when appearing to battle. This is called a "Shiny" and they're VERY rare. They don't do anything but look pretty though, they're just normal Pokemon. Red Gyrados is the only example you've likely seen.
EG:
(http://www.serebii.net/heartgoldsoulsilver/pokemon/076-m.png) Normal Golem
(http://www.serebii.net/Shiny/HGSS/076-m.png) Shiny Golem
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Useless if you're colorblind.
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Useless if you're colorblind.
Different shades of grey.
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Oh, I see. Pretty much useless, but pretty cool as well.
But how can one have a shiny Totodile, I thought you could only get it when starting? Unless it has a small chance of being shiny when starting as well...
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Oh, I see. Pretty much useless, but pretty cool as well.
But how can one have a shiny Totodile, I thought you could only get it when starting? Unless it has a small chance of being shiny when starting as well...
It's based on the Pokemon's ID, which is randomly assigned. So a starter can be a shiny, yeah.
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Different shades of grey.
You know, colorblind doesn't necessarily mean all monochromatic...
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You know, colorblind doesn't necessarily mean all monochromatic...
Different shades of whatever you see instead of INSERT COLOUR
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There actually is a difference in their stats too. Don't they get EVs more easily?
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I actually saw no difference in the Golems :cow:
And I don't know about the EV thing, I think that's Pokerus.
Also, shiny Totodiles look hideous.
Most disgusting shade of teal I've ever seen.
EDIT:(http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/7/75/Spr_4h_158_s.png)
EDITDOS: No, shininess doesn't have anything to do with it's stats.
That's just the "nature" or whatever, which is created due to the PV.
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The chance to get a shiny is loooooooooooooooooooow. In fact it's so low that you'd be lucky to even see one of them during your 100hours of pokemon.
I think it's a 1 in 840000 that you find a shiny pokemon or something.
The colour is the only thing that makes them special. And since everyone can get a Mewtwo in their Leaf green or fire red - a shiny pokemon have a much higher value since it's rare.
A shiny legendairy pokemon on the other hand is super rare since the chance of shiny on special event pokemons are decided upon starting the game and not before the encounter.
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Also, shiny Totodiles look hideous.
Most disgusting shade of teal I've ever seen.
EDIT:(http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/7/75/Spr_4h_158_s.png)
You are a liar. Stop lying.
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You are a liar. Stop lying.
I just grabbed the image off of Bulbapedia.
Here's the screenshot:
(http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r125/fruckert/Huntress.png)
I should probably leave the topic now.
EDIT: Oh my, that looks very easily editable.
****.
I'm not going to win, abort mission.
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Oh I thought it'd be noted in their stats or whatever when they were shiny.
Also, I'm pretty sure this isn't new to these games, but either I forgot or didn't really notice... does the nature of one Pokémon (in this case Bashful) changes anything?
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According to Bulbapedia (http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net), Nature (http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Nature) ****s around with stats.
In this case...nothing.
...
Well, that's a mixed bag there.
EDIT: Censored myself.
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According to my computer... opening Bulbapedia requires too much efforts.
Yes, I know... but anyway, that answers to my question.
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Bulbapedia is really popular, and a new Pokemon game just got released.
I'm pretty sure that explains it.
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I just grabbed the image off of Bulbapedia.
I wasn't talking about the picture.
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Whatever.
Like I said, I'm just not going to talk about it anymore.
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Oh I thought it'd be noted in their stats or whatever when they were shiny.
It does. *points at red star next to Toto's pic.*
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That's what that means?
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Merry Christmas!
Ah, so it does tell. I didn't even notice the star. And even if it did, I wouldn't think it was a sing of shininess.
But considering it seems pretty, very, extremely, unbelievably rare, when I obtain it (I guess I should get it one day) but doesn't do anything beside shining, I guess I shouldn't bother trying to reset the game if I don't obtain a shiny starter Pokémon.
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Ah, so it does tell. I didn't even notice the star. And even if it did, I wouldn't think it was a sing of shininess.
But considering it seems pretty, very, extremely, unbelievably rare, when I obtain it (I guess I should get it one day) but doesn't do anything beside shining, I guess I shouldn't bother trying to reset the game if I don't obtain a shiny starter Pokémon.
Well you'd be restarting THOUSANDS of times. It's a 1 in 8,192 odd
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You can breed shinies too, so it'd probably be less frusterating to try to breed one. Heck, if you use a pokemon from a different language version of the game (japanese ditto works real well for this) your odds drop to 1/4 the normal odds. Which are still godawful (don't ask me about my shiny koffing attempts...) but it would still cut countless hours off the attempt.
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Most shinies are ugly anyway. Shiny Geodude looks like he's made of cheese
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You guys are all retarded. Shinies look bad-***.
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You guys are all retarded. Shinies look bad-***.
Some do. Some look utterly retarded.
(http://www.serebii.net/Shiny/HGSS/074-m.png)
(http://www.serebii.net/Shiny/Pl/068-m.png)
(http://www.serebii.net/Shiny/DP/062-m.png)
Ugly ugly ugly.
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Golddude is pretty sweet. But yeah, lots are bad.
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Gold Geodude? Bad? Hell not, it looks great. The other two... yeah, less.
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You guys must have been dropped as babies.
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I know I was.
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Yeah, I was too :(
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Suddenly, it all becomes clear.
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(don't ask me about my shiny koffing attempts...)
You seem to like Koffing quite a bit.
My sister got this game. She's been trying to fight off Bellsprouts with a water PkMn and a rock PkMn. She's failing miserably.
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I'd **** myself against a gold golem. And Weezing is pretty gnarly if you train him right, same goes with Muk. They can be so annoying and really do some damage with their poison attacks.
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Saikar's koffing vs. Rowan's Flygon. **** just got real.
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Koffing/Weezing actually have pretty decent physical defenses without too many elemental weaknesses. Takes hits a heck of a lot better than most of my team, that's for darn sure. With Smokescreen and Sludge Bomb (which has a good chance to poison) I mostly use my Weezing to take on things that are much higher level than me or I don't have any good way of damaging with the rest of my team. And Levitate is always nice.
Plus, he's happy. I mean, look at that face :D
In other news, there are only two types of Pokemon that you can catch in HGSS: roaming dogs that escape first turn if able and have roar, and everything else. F' you, Entei and Raikou.
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In other news, there are only two types of Pokemon that you can catch in HGSS: roaming dogs that escape first turn if able and have roar, and everything else. F' you, Entei and Raikou.
You forget about Abra. ****ing Abra
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In other news, there are only two types of Pokemon that you can catch in HGSS: roaming dogs that escape first turn if able and have roar, and everything else. F' you, Entei and Raikou.
And there is only one type of ball. The Master ball.
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And there is only one type of ball. The Master ball.
Don't use Master Balls on legendaries. Save 'em for shinies.
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Yeah, the shinies that you'll never see.
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Yeah, the shinies that you'll never see.
It's a better use for the masterball than a legendary which you can catch easily with Ultra Balls, and you can just reset if you don't get.
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Legendaries have high stats and strong attacks. Shinies have... shininess. They may be rarer, but beside being shiny, they don't do much. I'm not sure I'd keep my Master Ball for a shiny that I may not even encounter through the entire game. But of course, I don't even own the game, so yeah.
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I'm with Cerb and Hobo. I'll eventually get the dogs, and all the stationary legendaries are easy enough since you can reset.
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Shinies are about as hard to catch as any non-shiny. Use an Ultraball on it.
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Or a simple Poké Ball? Would that work too? Because... any non-shiny are capture-able by Poké Balls.
Of course, on Shiny Abra... or Legendaries, better use your best.
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Shinies are about as hard to catch as any non-shiny. Use an Ultraball on it.
Well the thing is, if you screw up, say you kill it, or it escapes, there goes that chance FOREVER. YOu can just reset to aqquire legendaries
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Well the thing is, if you screw up, say you kill it, or it escapes, there goes that chance FOREVER. YOu can just reset to aqquire legendaries
Action Replay 493 Master Ball cheat, go!
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Action Replay 493 Master Ball cheat, go!
If you're going to do that, why not just Pokesav in the shinies?
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Shinies are no harder to catch than regular pokemon though. Unless they have explosion or something, just don't be stupid about it. Use false swipe and hypnosis and a few pokeballs and call it a day.
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If you're going to do that, why not just Pokesav in the shinies?
Using Pokesav AR codes overwrites my save file.
I don't use R4.
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Using Pokesav AR codes overwrites my save file.
I don't use R4.
There's a program to transfer Pokesaved Pokemon from PC to NDS via WiFi.
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Have none of you ever Pokeradared a shiny? It's really not that hard. Just ten or fifteen minutes, and BOOM! easy shiny ditto.
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Okay **** Entei. Spent about three and a half hours chasing the bastard around, still can't catch him. I might have to bring out my Ekans again and abuse the hell out of bind
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Used a haunter with Mean Look and Hypnosis to catch the dogs (and Latios) but it was a huge pain in the butt. 90% of the time was spent trying to get them to be in the same areas as me.
I'm now training off and on for the Red fight and his terrifying level 88 Pikachu.
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I'm now training off and on for the Ash fight and his Thunder.
Fixed.
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I just got to the elite four, but my pokemans are terribly under level. I really just want to go to Kanto already. I caught Ho-oH however with an ultra-ball, which was surprising. I remember it being a lot harder in the older versions, not that I'm complaining, cuz if there's one thing pokemon's good for, it's repetitive and frustrating events.
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True dat
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I am so getting Soul silver today. I'm excited.
I just got to the elite four, but my pokemans are terribly under level. I really just want to go to Kanto already. I caught Ho-oH however with an ultra-ball, which was surprising. I remember it being a lot harder in the older versions, not that I'm complaining, cuz if there's one thing pokemon's good for, it's repetitive and frustrating events.
Really? I caught my lugia pretty easily in my silver version... and my pokemon were in the 30's. I used a great ball I think.
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Fixed.
He's not Ash, because he's an actual capable trainer.
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Pokemon Trainer Red?
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Also I'm p sure Red was designated as a seperate character to Ash in a manga or something so screw you Ed.
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Thread revival! (Why create a new thread when this one exists?)
I just got to the Pokathalon thing.... I am horrrrrrrrible at it. Its fun, but I am absolutely horrible.
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I'm pretty good at some Pokeathlon games and horrible at others. I really suck at the four-way soccer match because I can't multitask between putting the ball in the other guys' goal and protecting my own. Plus, the other teams always seem to gang up on me.
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I'm pretty good at some Pokeathlon games and horrible at others. I really suck at the four-way soccer match because I can't multitask between putting the ball in the other guys' goal and protecting my own. Plus, the other teams always seem to gang up on me.
I hate the soccer game. I was lucky once and scored 13. I'll never try to beat it.
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Finally got to fight the head of the Battle Factory....and won! He wasn't that hard. The game also made the mistake of letting me trade for Purugly, which is one of those pokemon that you'd probably never touch outside of the factory but is an absolute beast in the 50-cap single. Good attack, blistering speed, has Fake Out (which will cut half the HP of a lot of pokemon) and Body Slam (accurate, does a lot of damage, and paralyzes regularly). Anyone who thinks about sending a ghost after it gets creamed with Shadow Claw. This thing has one- and two-shotted some of the best pokemon in the game. I loves my kitty.
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The Magnemites will surprise you in battle factory.
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I've just got this game. I don't know whether it's worth playing it or not. I reckon that as soon as I get powerful, like in my other Pokémon games,
all my friends will immediately stop playing it!