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Pokemon General Discussion Thread: A Kid's Game?

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  • volluspavolluspa Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    besides exp? huh.. not really

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  • FunkyWaltDoggFunkyWaltDogg Columbia, SCRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Boilerbird wrote: »
    In the Hearthome gym, I answered all the questions correctly and went straight to the leader, not knowing that I was bypassing all the side trainers on the way. Did I miss anything major?

    One of the trainers has a Drifloon, and if you don't catch one yourself I'm not sure when you will get another chance to see it. Fortunately, today is Drifloon day so you can just go to the Weatherworks and catch that one.

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  • KhaylessKhayless Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I got my ass handed to my at the second gym, not having any fire pokemon wasn't helping. Is it true the only fire pokemon you catch in this game is a Ponyta? What were they thinking?

    Anyways, I decided to head back to the main city, and found that some nice japanese chap has left me a newly hatched adamant chimchar :)

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  • volluspavolluspa Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Khayless wrote: »
    I got my ass handed to my at the second gym, not having any fire pokemon wasn't helping. Is it true the only fire pokemon you catch in this game is a Ponyta? What were they thinking?

    Anyways, I decided to head back to the main city, and found that some nice japanese chap has left me a newly hatched adamant chimchar :)

    you seem to have forgotten flying > grass.

    and no, theres others, but up to that point in the game? yeah only ponyta which is conviniently located east of the city. just like machop is conviniently located north of the first gym.

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  • FunkyWaltDoggFunkyWaltDogg Columbia, SCRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Forget Ponyta, get a Starly. It's good early on and it only gets better. Staraptor is fantastic.

    EDIT: Chimchar is good, but get a Starly anwyay. You won't regret it.

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  • Sara LynnSara Lynn I can handle myself. Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I have a problem and a plan, and I need to know if my plan will work.

    + Best Buy is really gay and shipped my Pearl seperate from my DS Lite. Right now it is about 5 hours away from me. This sucks, cause I thought I'd get it today but I really don't think that's gonna happen.

    + I'm impatient and I want to play it. If I buy Pearl at my local EB Games, and keep the receipt.. can I return the game I get from Best Buy (it'll be shrinkwrapped and new) and get my money back?

    UGH I JUST WANT TO PLAY.

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  • The Black HunterThe Black Hunter The key is a minimum of compromise, and a simple, unimpeachable reason to existRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Sara Lynn wrote: »
    I have a problem and a plan, and I need to know if my plan will work.

    + Best Buy is really gay and shipped my Pearl seperate from my DS Lite. Right now it is about 5 hours away from me. This sucks, cause I thought I'd get it today but I really don't think that's gonna happen.

    + I'm impatient and I want to play it. If I buy Pearl at my local EB Games, and keep the receipt.. can I return the game I get from Best Buy (it'll be shrinkwrapped and new) and get my money back?

    UGH I JUST WANT TO PLAY.

    Dude, go watch a couple of movies or soemthing.

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  • MinionOfCthulhuMinionOfCthulhu Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Sara Lynn wrote: »
    + I'm impatient and I want to play it. If I buy Pearl at my local EB Games, and keep the receipt.. can I return the game I get from Best Buy (it'll be shrinkwrapped and new) and get my money back?

    I can't see why not. It's the same game, right?

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  • volluspavolluspa Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Forget Ponyta, get a Starly. It's good early on and it only gets better. Staraptor is fantastic.

    EDIT: Chimchar is good, but get a Starly anwyay. You won't regret it.

    alternatively if you play diamond, get mukrow instead.

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  • Sara LynnSara Lynn I can handle myself. Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I just doubt it'll be here today. :( Lame. At least EB just got in some Puzzle Quests..

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  • FunkyWaltDoggFunkyWaltDogg Columbia, SCRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Sara Lynn wrote: »
    + I'm impatient and I want to play it. If I buy Pearl at my local EB Games, and keep the receipt.. can I return the game I get from Best Buy (it'll be shrinkwrapped and new) and get my money back?

    I can't see why not. It's the same game, right?

    This is what I would think as well. If you ordered it from Best Buy, you should be able to return it at Best Buy.

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  • RedShellRedShell Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Hey! My pokemon are getting strong and I'm starting to transfer my old teams through the Pal Park. So, where the tournaments at? Anyone know of any online tournaments? I figure someone has to have organized something by now. Is there still a PA tourney I can get in on?

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  • HevachHevach Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Sara Lynn wrote: »
    + I'm impatient and I want to play it. If I buy Pearl at my local EB Games, and keep the receipt.. can I return the game I get from Best Buy (it'll be shrinkwrapped and new) and get my money back?

    I can't see why not. It's the same game, right?

    Edit: Actually, disregard the part about returning. No sleep and no caffeine makes me something something.

    Five hours away, there's plenty of things you can do with that time. Five hours is nothing you can't make up for in a marathon session later tonight:)

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  • Sara LynnSara Lynn I can handle myself. Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Actually I looked it up and it's 3 hours. I just have no faith in the Postal Service, so I assume it'll take a bunch of unecessary stops and not get here.

    Maybe it WILL be here today. Fingers crossed!

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  • ArcibiArcibi Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    So

    The garden at the mansion

    Do pokemon like Eevee and Porygon only start showing up after you've beaten the Elite 4 or can I trigger it earlier than that

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  • HevachHevach Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Arcibi wrote: »
    So

    The garden at the mansion

    Do pokemon like Eevee and Porygon only start showing up after you've beaten the Elite 4 or can I trigger it earlier than that

    After you get the national dex.

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  • oldtypeoldtype Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    You know, I just realized.

    I've had this game for exactly 1 week now.

    My playtime is 79 hours.

    God help me.

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  • ReignerReigner Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Arcibi wrote: »
    So

    The garden at the mansion

    Do pokemon like Eevee and Porygon only start showing up after you've beaten the Elite 4 or can I trigger it earlier than that

    I think only once you get the national dex, which can be done before the Elite 4.

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  • CokomonCokomon Our butts are worth fighting for! Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Cokomon wrote: »
    I was raising a Hitmonchan right now was wondering if the Iron Fist ability worked similar to the Technician ability? Does this beef up all Punch moves by 1.5? What constitutes a punch move (I assume that anything with Punch in the name is one, like Ice Punch and Fire Punch, but what about Sky Uppercut?)

    I posted this a while back but never got an answer. Does anyone know anyone?

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  • XinramXinram Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    oldtype wrote: »
    You know, I just realized.

    I've had this game for exactly 1 week now.

    My playtime is 79 hours.

    God help me.

    Woah, and I thought I played it a lot.

    I've got a week now and I'm only at.. 70.

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  • AshtonDragonAshtonDragon AKA The Nix Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Cokomon wrote: »
    Cokomon wrote: »
    I was raising a Hitmonchan right now was wondering if the Iron Fist ability worked similar to the Technician ability? Does this beef up all Punch moves by 1.5? What constitutes a punch move (I assume that anything with Punch in the name is one, like Ice Punch and Fire Punch, but what about Sky Uppercut?)

    I posted this a while back but never got an answer. Does anyone know anyone?

    Iron Fist boosts his Punch attacks by 30%. Pretty decent, I guess. Sky Uppercut DOES get a boost from this.

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  • CokomonCokomon Our butts are worth fighting for! Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Cokomon wrote: »
    Cokomon wrote: »
    I was raising a Hitmonchan right now was wondering if the Iron Fist ability worked similar to the Technician ability? Does this beef up all Punch moves by 1.5? What constitutes a punch move (I assume that anything with Punch in the name is one, like Ice Punch and Fire Punch, but what about Sky Uppercut?)

    I posted this a while back but never got an answer. Does anyone know anyone?

    Iron Fist boosts his Punch attacks by 30%. Pretty decent, I guess. Sky Uppercut DOES get a boost from this.

    Oh, I was hoping for the 50%. Still, that is very good and I cannot complain, especially Sky Uppercut getting it, even though it is not the most accurate attack in the world.

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I traded my Regigigas for a Ho-oh

    now I just need lugia and those dog things and a celebi and I'll be kicking it GSC style

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  • CokomonCokomon Our butts are worth fighting for! Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I traded my Regigigas for a Ho-oh

    now I just need lugia and those dog things and a celebi and I'll be kicking it GSC style

    For some reason my brain didn't click and I thought you traded it for a Hoot-Hoot, and I was a little worried.

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  • MinionOfCthulhuMinionOfCthulhu Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    How does the swarming thing work? How is it triggered?

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  • Tw4winTw4win Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Will Pokemon not evolve in the daycare center? I stuck a Ghast in there and it hit level 25, which is when it should have evolved.

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Cokomon wrote: »
    I traded my Regigigas for a Ho-oh

    now I just need lugia and those dog things and a celebi and I'll be kicking it GSC style

    For some reason my brain didn't click and I thought you traded it for a Hoot-Hoot, and I was a little worried.

    have my hours of breeding and trading for bidoofs finally caused me to snap?

    man, I wish that 1. it would have come with sacred ash and 2. it wasn't japanese

    but I'm nitpicking

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  • ShamusShamus Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Working on building a competitive battling team as I near the end..

    Is Flareon any good? I've never really used him before in the older games.

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    How does the swarming thing work? How is it triggered?

    go to sandgem town and talk to Dawn's sister

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  • HevachHevach Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    How does the swarming thing work? How is it triggered?

    Head to Dawn's house near the professor's lab in Sandgem, and talk to the little girl. She'll tell you what's swarming and where (it'll also show up on TV, but that's random, the girl's always there). Then you just need to head there and start looking. Depending on what it is, over half the encounters in grass could be the swarming pokemon (Yesterday I had a magnemite swarm at the ironworks, and you couldn't swing a cat for all of them.

    I think you need the national dex first, though - the pokemon that swarm are all national dex species.\

    tl;dr: Beat'd.

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I had an electrike swarm!

    woo.

    electrike.

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  • mrsnackroadmrsnackroad Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I wish I had things to add to this thread. Everybody else is all "OMG, CHECK THIS OUT GUYS!"

    ...and all I've got is "If you use a pokeball... you can CATCH STUFF."

    I'd get raped in competitive battle. ;_;

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  • Tw4winTw4win Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I wish I had things to add to this thread. Everybody else is all "OMG, CHECK THIS OUT GUYS!"

    ...and all I've got is "If you use a pokeball... you can CATCH STUFF."

    I'd get raped in competitive battle. ;_;


    Don't worry..I'm in the same boat

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  • SonosSonos Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Tw4win wrote: »
    I wish I had things to add to this thread. Everybody else is all "OMG, CHECK THIS OUT GUYS!"

    ...and all I've got is "If you use a pokeball... you can CATCH STUFF."

    I'd get raped in competitive battle. ;_;


    Don't worry..I'm in the same boat

    thirded. this thread has been swallowed by pokespeak which is bordering on insane. Like an MMO almost.

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  • JollusJollus Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Tw4win wrote: »
    I wish I had things to add to this thread. Everybody else is all "OMG, CHECK THIS OUT GUYS!"

    ...and all I've got is "If you use a pokeball... you can CATCH STUFF."

    I'd get raped in competitive battle. ;_;


    Don't worry..I'm in the same boat

    Yeah me too.

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  • XinramXinram Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    If only it WAS an MMO, I'd have two accounts.

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  • ShadowturtleShadowturtle Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    akenn129 wrote: »
    volluspa wrote: »
    akenn129 wrote: »
    volluspa wrote: »

    oh okay.. well i still went and slathered four trees with honey :\

    its cool, now u got some honey tree-pokemon to have!

    UPDATE: my first gible egg was female, and i just collected the egg from that gible and torterra, so here's hoping for some earthquake action...

    damn! the second is female too!!

    me wants D:<

    i feel like a mad scientist, cuz it worked! i got little EQ gible's running around!

    hey if u want one, ill trade u one real quick, im adding ur FC now.

    Did you still have any Earthquaking Gibles? I have a female Combee for you if you do.

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  • HevachHevach Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Sonos wrote: »
    Tw4win wrote: »
    I wish I had things to add to this thread. Everybody else is all "OMG, CHECK THIS OUT GUYS!"

    ...and all I've got is "If you use a pokeball... you can CATCH STUFF."

    I'd get raped in competitive battle. ;_;


    Don't worry..I'm in the same boat

    thirded. this thread has been swallowed by pokespeak which is bordering on insane. Like an MMO almost.

    A couple threads back, I mentioned that I was using pokemon as a way to break my WoW addiction. The response was, "What kind of rehab has you stop smoking and start mainlining heroin?"

    The good kind.

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  • akenn129akenn129 Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    akenn129 wrote: »
    volluspa wrote: »
    akenn129 wrote: »
    volluspa wrote: »

    oh okay.. well i still went and slathered four trees with honey :\

    its cool, now u got some honey tree-pokemon to have!

    UPDATE: my first gible egg was female, and i just collected the egg from that gible and torterra, so here's hoping for some earthquake action...

    damn! the second is female too!!

    me wants D:<

    i feel like a mad scientist, cuz it worked! i got little EQ gible's running around!

    hey if u want one, ill trade u one real quick, im adding ur FC now.

    Did you still have any Earthquaking Gibles? I have a female Combee for you if you do.

    I sure as hell do!!

    the natures arent anything to shake a stick at, but u can always breed for a better one (which is what i plan on doing)

    does anyone need slugma's? magcargo and ditto wouldnt stop sexing.

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  • HevachHevach Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    akenn129 wrote: »
    akenn129 wrote: »
    volluspa wrote: »
    akenn129 wrote: »
    volluspa wrote: »

    oh okay.. well i still went and slathered four trees with honey :\

    its cool, now u got some honey tree-pokemon to have!

    UPDATE: my first gible egg was female, and i just collected the egg from that gible and torterra, so here's hoping for some earthquake action...

    damn! the second is female too!!

    me wants D:<

    i feel like a mad scientist, cuz it worked! i got little EQ gible's running around!

    hey if u want one, ill trade u one real quick, im adding ur FC now.

    Did you still have any Earthquaking Gibles? I have a female Combee for you if you do.

    I sure as hell do!!

    the natures arent anything to shake a stick at, but u can always breed for a better one (which is what i plan on doing)

    does anyone need slugma's? magcargo and ditto wouldnt stop sexing.

    I could use one. Anything in particular you want for it? Offhand, I've only got shieldons, lileeps, an aerodactyl, and I think I have fossils of the other two first gen that I can revive.

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