Old Pokemon General(RIP)

[Stevey Queen]

I have only found two shinies naturally. One was back in Crystal and it was a purple Drowzee. Back at the time, I didn't know what a shiny was and I freaked out because I thought my game was broken so I turned it off. The other was in Sapphire, I also didn't know what a shiny was at this point either, and it was Geodude. I didn't freak out this time but I was like "eww I don't want a Geodude", and ran away.

In Platinum, there's a technique you can use with the PokeRadar to increase the chances of a shiny appearing. I caught a beautiful Shinx and Larvitar this way.

All of my other shinies are products of ActionReplay.

 

[Officer Berri]

My other Shiny is a shiny Rattata I got while grinding before heading into the Viridian forest during a Nuzlocke run.

...I failed the Nuzlocke run by catching it. I figure this was the game's way of saying "NUZLOCKE IS NOT FOR YOU."

Oddly enough, both times I got a shiny were around the Viridian Forest, and one was in fire red, and the other was leaf green.

 

[Enyeto]

My first was in Pokemon Pearl. It was actually a Combee that I found by slathering honey on a honey tree.

BUT IT WAS MALE.

 

[Officer Berri]

xD

My boyfriend's first shiny was a Tangela, I believe. He was not very pleased about the turn of events.

Whenever I play pokemon games now I'm always silently dreading that I'm going to see a shiny during the start of the game when I don't have any pokeballs, or worse I'll see one in a Safari Zone area. @_@ And I'll just be freaking out the whole time and ahhhhhhh

 

[Prof Gallows]

I don't use repels either. Never have, literally. lol


Not once in my entire life have I used a repel, I always thought it was like cheating or turning on easy mode. The point is to train your pokemon and have an adventure. Not much is going to happen if you aren't running into pokemon.


and AR's are bad. D=
the only time they are ever good is for randomizing for nuzlocke runs.

 

[Officer Berri]

I think the only time I have ever used repels is when I was looking for items in a cave and I just straight up got TIRED of the freaking Zubats and geodudes or whatever that I kept running into! xD Though now that I have discovered the Run Away ability, I usually never have to use repels. If I can get a pokemon with that ability, I just have to keep it at the front of my party and I can choose if I want to fight something or just flee. Sure I lose a few seconds compared to using a repel, but this way I won't ever miss a shiny or a rare encounter for the area!

I agree about AR's! I would never use them to get shinies. It just seems to take the triumph over catching one out of it if you can just snap your fingers and get one whenever! ):

 

[Stevey Queen]

I think the only time I have ever used repels is when I was looking for items in a cave and I just straight up got TIRED of the freaking Zubats and geodudes or whatever that I kept running into! xD Though now that I have discovered the Run Away ability, I usually never have to use repels. If I can get a pokemon with that ability, I just have to keep it at the front of my party and I can choose if I want to fight something or just flee. Sure I lose a few seconds compared to using a repel, but this way I won't ever miss a shiny or a rare encounter for the area!

I agree about AR's! I would never use them to get shinies. It just seems to take the triumph over catching one out of it if you can just snap your fingers and get one whenever! ):

I agree about the AR's. I just got obsessed with shinies a couple years ago and I really wanted some. I did end up releasing most of the shinies I did catch though.

 

[oath2order]

I used an AR to catch a bunch of Johto/Kanto Pokemon in Sapphire. It's why I almost have a complete Pokedex

 

[Officer Berri]

I've never used AR in my life. Using cheats to get stuff has never sat right with me. Especially after my brother used a Game Genie on Final Fantasy 6 and somehow lost the save file I had started. |:<

 

[Prof Gallows]

Back before the online trading was in the games, I would have given the ARs a slide. Back then, the only way you could complete the pokedex was to cheat, sadly. But now with the distributions and online trading, you really can get every single pokemon without cheating at all.

So apart from the 3D stuff in X and Y, what new features do you think will be in the games? Black and White introduced triple battles, special moves that interacted with each other, and a few other smaller things.

 

[Officer Berri]

I certainly hope there are no more "# Battles" introduced. @_@ Two on Two was annoying enough for me... three on three sounds like a nightmare so anything more than that would be awful.

I'd like to see a bit of player character customization. Maybe something like changing hats, clothing styles, what kind of bag your player character carries around. Also changing colors. All that would be pretty awesome. *prays this topic doesn't get filled with 'this is pokemon, not the sims!' posts like on another forum I go to*

 

[oath2order]

Rotation battles were the worst. I hope they get removed.

This is Pokemon. It is not the Sims. But we had customization with Secret Bases and the Sinnoh Underground, so I don't see why people make that point.

 

[Officer Berri]

I dunno why but on that other forum the idea of 'customizing the trainer's appearance' translated to "I WANT TO DEFINE EVERY ASPECT OF MY CHARACTER'S PHYSICAL FEATURES AND THEN FOCUS ON THAT AND ONLY THAT THE WHOLE GAME."

|: I really have no idea where they were coming from because all they would say is "THIS ISN'T THE SIMS."

 

[oath2order]

Oh, so they just fall down the slippery slope argument, okay.

Yeah, I mean, I wouldn't mind maybe changing the hair color and clothing style a bit. I mean, our trainer cards show what trainer we look like, make the overworld avatar representative of that.

 

[Stevey Queen]

I liked rotation battles...I sucked really bad at the regular Triple battles. And doubles were fun to me. And customizing your Trainer would be a dream come true.

And secret bases should return, only they should be bigger and have a lot more stuff to decorate with.

 

[Prof Gallows]

I loved triple battles, honestly. Double battles were fun, I loved them too. But I think that triple is far enough, quad battles would be too much.

 

[Officer Berri]

My preference has always been one on one. I can handle two on two matches easily, but I feel like I have less total control since I have to worry about two enemies and two of my own pokemon's stats.

I just like to keep things really simple. @_@ The thought of Rotation Battles scares me.

 

[Enyeto]

THE PIKACHU 3DS XL MIGHT COME TO AMERICA.

I was just watching a commercial on my TV for the new Pokemon Mystery Dungeon game and one of the kids was holding THE PIKACHU THEMED 3DS XL. They even showed it close up. I was expecting them to say something about it in the commercial, but they didn't. I looked it up and found this.

Why would Nintendo show it in a commercial and not release it? I definitely think it'll be coming our way soon.

 

[AndyB]

It could just be that it was stock footage that they're using for all ads?

 

[Jake]

I checked the ad on youtube though, its american accent, and one is like the blue 3DS XL (could be red lol) and the other is the Pikachu.. like why wouldn't they make the Pikachu be the other color