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¡El tema de Pokémon! ¡Ya salieron HeartGold y SoulSilver!

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  • T4CTT4CT BAFTA-NOMINATED NAFTA-APPROVEDRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    My old one was never this slow.

    Like this is just baaaaaaaaaaad

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  • T4CTT4CT BAFTA-NOMINATED NAFTA-APPROVEDRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    So I had shitty hiphop music on loop for the double-battle before Dialga

    for which my pokemon are incredibly underleveled

    We're down to the final pokemon for the enemy and all my pokemon get KO'd

    Graveler goes out and gets knocked to 37 HP

    "Any Way You Want It" by Journey comes on

    The fucking graveler wins me the battle.

    I...I don't even....wow.

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  • MetroidZoidMetroidZoid Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    It's just a gut feeling, but I think my special Ninetails is shaping up nicely. It definitely looks like it at least has good IVs in Special Attack and Speed, which suits me fine. Still gotta watch out for rocks ... don't think he'd take a good hit even with high defense.

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  • JarsJars Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    At the Gamestop store I work at, Soul Silver reservations outnumber Heart Gold almost 2:1. I find that surprising. I would've pegged Heart Gold as the bigger seller since gold is the more precious metal and also gold is 1st place and other stuff like that. I guess is it because the word "heart" makes it girly or something? I dunno. Or is it because Lugia is more popular than Ho-Oh?

    lugia is probably more popular than ho-oh. I'm getting SS because of lugia but I also prefer the color more and heart gold is a little girly.

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  • T4CTT4CT BAFTA-NOMINATED NAFTA-APPROVEDRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Pretty sure silver outsold gold the first time too, because of Lugia? Could be wrong, basing it entirely on speculation.

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  • Professor HydronProfessor Hydron Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    The same people who thought Diamond sounded manlier are opting for Soul Silver.

    Or maybe it's just because it has slightly better exclusives.

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  • RockinXRockinX Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    HeartGold has better exclusives, but that's irrelevant nowadays.

    I dislike Ho-Oh, and that's why I chose SoulSilver.

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  • TerrendosTerrendos Decorative Monocle Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I actually prefer Lugia too, but I'm getting Heart Gold because Silver was my main back in the day. Also HG has several key legendaries I'm still missing (namely Kyogre).

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  • Professor HydronProfessor Hydron Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    RockinX wrote: »
    HeartGold has better exclusives, but that's irrelevant nowadays.

    I dislike Ho-Oh, and that's why I chose SoulSilver.

    HG has Donphan and Gliscor. SS has SKARMORY AND URSARING. But yes, irrelevant especially with no trade limitations.

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  • UnluckyUnlucky That's not meant to happen Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I'm getting HeartGold 'cause a mate of mine's getting SoulSilver, so we can trade back and forth the stuff each misses out on.

    I prefer Lugia too by the way. :P

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  • ChenChen Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Jars wrote: »
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    At the Gamestop store I work at, Soul Silver reservations outnumber Heart Gold almost 2:1. I find that surprising. I would've pegged Heart Gold as the bigger seller since gold is the more precious metal and also gold is 1st place and other stuff like that. I guess is it because the word "heart" makes it girly or something? I dunno. Or is it because Lugia is more popular than Ho-Oh?

    lugia is probably more popular than ho-oh. I'm getting SS because of lugia but I also prefer the color more and heart gold is a little girly.
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  • T4CTT4CT BAFTA-NOMINATED NAFTA-APPROVEDRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I'm getting Gold because goddamnit I want nostalgia and even though I owned both games, I owned Gold FIRST.

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  • Curly_BraceCurly_Brace Robot Girl Mimiga VillageRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    The exclusives are both pretty nice for HG/SS. I like that about the Gen 1 and Gen 2 games and their remakes: a pretty even distribution of exclusives.

    I remember, as a child, I was excited about Gold and Silver because Ho-oh was so obviously the mysterious pokemon from the end of the first episode.

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  • UnluckyUnlucky That's not meant to happen Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    The only exclusivity differences I can see are the pokemon you can catch.

    Anyone care to elaborate on anything else?

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  • Curly_BraceCurly_Brace Robot Girl Mimiga VillageRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Unlucky wrote: »
    The only exclusivity differences I can see are the pokemon you can catch.

    Anyone care to elaborate on anything else?

    As near as I can tell there are no differences between the games besides pokemon availability.

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    When I was younger I thought Lugia looked stupid. Now I like the look of him a bit more but I still like Ho-Oh better.

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  • bombboybombboy Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I was getting Soul Silver to get the Lugia pre-order figure but ended up grabbing both at Target for $1 each. Canceled my reserve for Soul Silver and picking up Heart Gold now at my convenience. :>

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I wonder just how much of a FUCKING NERD it would make me if I got on ebay and bought the figurines for my standard team of Jumpluff, Gengar, Magnezone, Snorlax, Honchkrow, and Torterra.

    Pretty big one I'd imagine.

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  • AshtonDragonAshtonDragon AKA The Nix Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I wonder just how much of a FUCKING NERD it would make me if I got on ebay and bought the figurines for my standard team of Jumpluff, Gengar, Magnezone, Snorlax, Honchkrow, and Torterra.

    Pretty big one I'd imagine.

    It's too late, nothing you can do could make it any worse for you.

    Not that I'm any better.

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  • Curly_BraceCurly_Brace Robot Girl Mimiga VillageRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    What are these figurines you all speak of?

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    What are these figurines you all speak of?

    They've always made little toys for all of the Pokemon. I think Hasbro produces them. They're about two inches tall.

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  • RockinXRockinX Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    So who wants to be my first opponent on my DSi? I'd prefer a UU battle.

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    RockinX wrote: »
    HeartGold has better exclusives, but that's irrelevant nowadays.

    I dislike Ho-Oh, and that's why I chose SoulSilver.

    HG has Donphan and Gliscor. SS has SKARMORY AND URSARING. But yes, irrelevant especially with no trade limitations.

    What does this mean? Trade limitations? I've never seen any limitations on trading in any games.

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  • RockinXRockinX Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    RockinX wrote: »
    HeartGold has better exclusives, but that's irrelevant nowadays.

    I dislike Ho-Oh, and that's why I chose SoulSilver.

    HG has Donphan and Gliscor. SS has SKARMORY AND URSARING. But yes, irrelevant especially with no trade limitations.

    What does this mean? Trade limitations? I've never seen any limitations on trading in any games.

    FRLG and Emerald wouldn't let you trade certain pokés before obtaining the National Pokédex.

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  • Curly_BraceCurly_Brace Robot Girl Mimiga VillageRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    What are these figurines you all speak of?

    They've always made little toys for all of the Pokemon. I think Hasbro produces them. They're about two inches tall.

    I have never seen any of these, save for pre-order figurines and that defunct Pokemon minifig battle game.

    They are at this mysterious land you call "Tar-get?"

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  • RockinXRockinX Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    What are these figurines you all speak of?

    They've always made little toys for all of the Pokemon. I think Hasbro produces them. They're about two inches tall.

    I have never seen any of these, save for pre-order figurines and that defunct Pokemon minifig battle game.

    They are at this mysterious land you call "Tar-get?"

    They should also sell them at other toy stores.

    I want a UU battle.

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    What are these figurines you all speak of?

    They've always made little toys for all of the Pokemon. I think Hasbro produces them. They're about two inches tall.

    I have never seen any of these, save for pre-order figurines and that defunct Pokemon minifig battle game.

    They are at this mysterious land you call "Tar-get?"
    Man really? I used to have a shit-load of them when I was about nine.

    They usually came in two or three-packs where you got the whole evolutionary family, and they also came with little plastic Pokeballs.

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    Back when I had them they hadn't even made all the RBY Pokemon yet though.

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  • Curly_BraceCurly_Brace Robot Girl Mimiga VillageRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Okay yeah I know those things... they still have them? Huh!

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  • RockinXRockinX Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Is that Jirachi a bootleg?

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    RockinX wrote: »
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    RockinX wrote: »
    HeartGold has better exclusives, but that's irrelevant nowadays.

    I dislike Ho-Oh, and that's why I chose SoulSilver.

    HG has Donphan and Gliscor. SS has SKARMORY AND URSARING. But yes, irrelevant especially with no trade limitations.

    What does this mean? Trade limitations? I've never seen any limitations on trading in any games.

    FRLG and Emerald wouldn't let you trade certain pokés before obtaining the National Pokédex.

    Ahh. I didn't know that. I've never actually finished my FR/LG and Emerald games. I was on a huge Pokemon kick last summer and then I got distracted when the fall rolled around and all the new games started rolling out. Now that HG/SS are almost here I'm starting to get back into it again.

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  • KayKay What we need... Is a little bit of PANIC.Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I got a Giratina charm/phonedanglie today. I wanted Gliscor, but oh well.

    Gatchaball machine dispensers gooooo!

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    So I'm curious as to how many people are gonna be twinking out a leveling party in HG/SS and how many are gonna play from scratch?

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  • Xenogears of BoreXenogears of Bore Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Scratch. Egg moves, ivs, evs, traded over pokemon is something I only do on subsequent playthroughs, like if I ever pick up Silver.

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  • bombboybombboy Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Scratch without bothering to really use anything besides the starter and 1 support. Ram through the game to get to the really good stuff

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  • AshtonDragonAshtonDragon AKA The Nix Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Scratch. Egg moves, ivs, evs, traded over pokemon is something I only do on subsequent playthroughs, like if I ever pick up Silver.

    I wouldn't even use a pre-leveled party in other playthroughs. Throwing together some kind of silly team is pretty much the only fun I get from replaying the story.

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  • Xenogears of BoreXenogears of Bore Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Scratch. Egg moves, ivs, evs, traded over pokemon is something I only do on subsequent playthroughs, like if I ever pick up Silver.

    I wouldn't even use a pre-leveled party in other playthroughs. Throwing together some kind of silly team is pretty much the only fun I get from replaying the story.

    A friend and I like to give each other five eggs with goofy moves for new play throughs. I go for silly and he gives me interesting or hard to get egg moves.

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  • RockinXRockinX Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I transferred some eggs when I started my SoulSilver playthrough, so I had all three starters and a Donphan.

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  • Dr SnofeldDr Snofeld Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Damn, I tried to connect to a Starbucks hotspot in town today to get the Pichu thing but it wouldn't work. (In the UK btw) Musta done it wrong. If only I remembered where I put the manual for Diamond.

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  • T4CTT4CT BAFTA-NOMINATED NAFTA-APPROVEDRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I have the intention of breeding out my two supports, and then taking those and my starter through the game.

    I want my statue dammit, do you get it when you lay down the preorder or when you pick it up?

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  • AdelliosAdellios Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Dr Snofeld wrote: »
    Damn, I tried to connect to a Starbucks hotspot in town today to get the Pichu thing but it wouldn't work. (In the UK btw) Musta done it wrong. If only I remembered where I put the manual for Diamond.

    I tried this on Saturday (Canada) and didnt have any luck. Not sure if you need a laptop to do it as well.

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