Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
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Pokémon Black Version 2/White Version 2 |OT| Zero Shades of Grey
- Thread starter ColtraineGF
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Nintendo Playstation
Member
Ok I'm ready. Didn't expect to have to make dinner. I'm not looking for anything in particular. Are there any pokemon you're having trouble finding in Dream Radar? I've only got the 3rd badge so far in my black2. Just looking to pay out some good will. PM'ing you with my FC.
Thequietone
Member
Thanks, this makes me two steps closer to finishing my pokedex and getting the shiny stone.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Is there a way to remove a shop in Join Avenue? I didn't realize that I have two Salonists.
What? How is that a bad thing? You can't abuse both of them the same day to accelerate happiness evolutions quicker?
ColtraineGF
Member
You only remove a shop by adding a new one, basically. So you'd have to ask someone to open up something new.
Oooh, cool.
I see that same-type shops can still have different services.. man this is annoying. What shops should I be getting? I don't really care about reducing EVs.
How's the raffle at max rank? Does it dish out good prizes?
ColtraineGF
Member
I think that higher rank raffle shops just give you better chances at getting top prizes from the same prize list (includes Master Balls, Rare Candies, and PP Max).
Leveling up the shops lets you buy more and more cost-effective item sets (Moo-Moo Milk, Max Repel, Hyper Potion, Max Repel, etc.). Leveling up the Antique Shop lets you buy higher rank random stuff, which can give you rare Fossils, evolutionary stones, Shards, Poke Balls, Nuggets + Big Nuggets, and others.
High Rank Nursery lets you buy faster hatch times. High Rank Dojo and Cafe give you oppurtunities to raise a Pokemon's level by certain amounts.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
OCD of not having all shop types
Ah I see.
Wait, they have different services regardless of the same shop function?!
Also what shop allows faster egg hatching?
ColtraineGF
Member
The Nursery - which you get a chance of opening after beating the E4 and leveling your avenue to 15..
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Yikes, so not worth it unless you invested in JA.
Exterminieren
Banned
Bear in mind that you can get visitors to your Join Avenue through online trading and battling as well as passing in person.
The Magnemite Coil's a good method:
*Catch a Magnemite or two.
*Go to the GTS on the upper floor of the Pokemon Center.
*Put one Magnemite up for trade, requesting another Magnemite in return.
*Search for a Magnemite and trade your other one for it.
*Rinse and repeat.
You'll have loads of visitors in no time.
The Magnemite Coil's a good method:
*Catch a Magnemite or two.
*Go to the GTS on the upper floor of the Pokemon Center.
*Put one Magnemite up for trade, requesting another Magnemite in return.
*Search for a Magnemite and trade your other one for it.
*Rinse and repeat.
You'll have loads of visitors in no time.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Wait, what's so special about a a metal ball with magnets for arms?
And yes I know about visitors, but I only traded twice in my BW2 lifetime lol
And yes I know about visitors, but I only traded twice in my BW2 lifetime lol
Exterminieren
Banned
It's a /vp/ thing. Everyone's trading Magnemites, rather than trading randoms and hoping for the best.
Of course you can trade whatever, but you're more likely to get a more efficient process going with Magnemites.
Of course you can trade whatever, but you're more likely to get a more efficient process going with Magnemites.
That awkward feeling when you tackle an old guy in one of Castelia's normal streets because you thought it was a busy street..
@ Join Avenue I'm gonna have to go wild on Serebii or something and find a good combination of stores before I start investing my stocks in it.
Can I just do the Magnemite stuff now, get a lot of visitors, and they'll keep coming at that number forever?
@ Join Avenue I'm gonna have to go wild on Serebii or something and find a good combination of stores before I start investing my stocks in it.
Can I just do the Magnemite stuff now, get a lot of visitors, and they'll keep coming at that number forever?
Exterminieren
Banned
You have a maximum of 12 visitors at any one time. After that, visit Join Avenue and invite or recommend them, and you can start all over again.
ColtraineGF
Member
Probably b/c it's catchable early, and is visually distinct.
But really, it's a reliable method - catch Magnemite, put it up on GTS for another Magnemite. You'll get a trade almost instantly. Place the Magnemite you got on trade back into the queue, and search for more Magnemite.
Every person you trade with is another visitor to your avenue (12 at a time before you have to go back to the avenue and recommend shops). It's by far the easiest way to do so, because the system's been in place since the JP release.
As soon as you can get to Join Avenue, you can really get invested in the process - your level and shop experience just gets higher and higher the more you do it. Without Mag trading, you get like a few stragglers every day, by default. With trading, and a solid time investment, you can pull tens (maybe hundreds) of people a day.
edit: Ah, right, what ohlawd said too. Once you rec someone, they disappear, hence having to go back to trading again.
Nope, not forever. They're gone once you recommend them to a shop or recruit them. That's the purpose of the Coil anyway; a constant source of visitors for your JA.
Get 12 visitors in your JA from the Coil, recommend them a shop, go back to the GTS and get another 12 visitors, rinse and repeat
Exterminieren
Banned
Not sure.
I get 5 a day, and mine's Rank 11.
I get 5 a day, and mine's Rank 11.
Tribes of Trusty
Member
Using a Haxorus to own
feel SO GOOD.
Haxorus is the shit.
Ghetis and Black Kyurem
Haxorus is the shit.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Hmm okay, I'll try them magnets
Rhomega Beta
Member
I'm at the Elite Four, and Caitlin is such a pain. Why? Because out of my 5 Pokemon, 2 are Fighting (or part Fighting), and 2 are weak to Gothitelle's Thunderbolt. Current team is:
LV 64 Sigilyph
LV 64 Azumarill
LV 61 Emboar
LV 63 Gurdurr
LV 62 Zebstrika
Thinking of adding Golurk to the team.
LV 64 Sigilyph
LV 64 Azumarill
LV 61 Emboar
LV 63 Gurdurr
LV 62 Zebstrika
Thinking of adding Golurk to the team.
Little Green Yoda
Member
According to serebii.net, Japan is getting event Groudon/Kyogre for the 10th anniversary of Ruby/Sapphire. Ugh at the version exclusivity though; Groudon for Black 2, Kyogre for White 2.
I still have a Groudon to catch in Emerald and Superior Silver - I don't need another one. Could use another Kyogre though. :/
I still have a Groudon to catch in Emerald and Superior Silver - I don't need another one. Could use another Kyogre though. :/
Magnemite's Japanese name is the translation for "Coil" so they decided to use it because it was a good pun for what was happening. We just started doing it because they were doing it.
Exterminieren
Banned
Well, I'm guessing that probably stops any Ruby/ Sapphire remake speculation for next year. They wouldn't distribute the legendaries if they were going to repackage them soon after.
Exterminieren
Banned
No, this is good! Gen VI is even more likely now than it was before!
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I'm surprised we only get Genesect for event. I guess Keldeo will come for the movie soon.
Ghost_Protocol
Member
I heard you can catch a LOT of kanto (original pokemon) pokemon in this game from the beginning? Is that true? Because that's what would push me over the fence.
Little Green Yoda
Member
Just realized that event Pokemon from previous gens are locked in names with all caps. :[
Maybe not a LOT of Kanto pokemon, but a good number from all the regions. Flaffy, Elekid, Magby, Magnamite, Koffing, Riolu, etc.
I did have a harder time with this game for some reason but I would think it's around the same difficulty.
You can make the game harder by activating Challenge Mode (requires knowing someone with Black 2).
RPGs are meant to have dynamic difficulties anyway, so if you really want more difficulty you could handicap yourself - monotype teams, Nuzlocke runs, limited healing, use less Pokemon, use an Exp. Share to lower your EXP gain, the possibilities are endless.
Rhomega Beta
Member
Well I beat the Champion (teaching Signal Beam to Zebstrika helped). Now I've spent the past several hours transferring everything (except doubles) from Diamond and SoulSilver. My Pokedex stands at 554 seen, 469 caught. I was surprised to see what Pokemon I had traded away, notably Palkia and Golem. I was also surprised to see I still had my shiny Azumarill, as well as the shiny Elemental Beasts from the Wi-Fi events a few years ago.
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
Not looking forward to trading over everything from Black 1. My PC was almost entirely full and I'm going to want to move the vast majority of them over.
We already got Keldeo. It was given out at EB Games/GameStop
Man Japan keeps getting cool tournaments. Look at that logo:
http://ja.pokemon-gl.com/about/sp/xc2012/
English: http://nuggetbridge.com/news/christmas-cup-dream-park/
http://ja.pokemon-gl.com/about/sp/xc2012/
English: http://nuggetbridge.com/news/christmas-cup-dream-park/
Buddermilk
Neo Member
Thanx.
Just started my game last night and the 3rd or 4th pokemon I fought on route 19 was a shiny patrat :/
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Hmm because my Fluffy (Galvantula) has Compoundeyes, I guess I can risk making him learn Thunder? I always make it a point to have all moves to be different of type, so I'd rather not have discharge and thunder at the same time.
Thequietone
Member
Screw non-Wifi event pokemon
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Yes. Compoundeyes gives Thunder 91% accuracy, compared to 70% at base. There's still the 9%, but I have never seen my Galvantula in White miss at all.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Why are you expecting other than a continuation of the story and changing the scenarios?
All right then.
Thunder + Bug Buzz + Giga Drain/Energy Ball + Poison Jab.
The music of Castelia's gym... favorite gym remix ever, I think.
And I am not a big fan of the new Team Plasma arrangement... it sucks cause I love the original
And I am not a big fan of the new Team Plasma arrangement... it sucks cause I love the original
Seconded!Screw non-Wifi event pokemon
ColtraineGF
Member
I guess I am one of the unlucky beneficiaries, because of being within walking/train distance of GameStop/TRU in New York ;(
But I like Wi-Fi events better, because I'm lazy.
But I like Wi-Fi events better, because I'm lazy.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
A bit off topic, but I remember seeing the gameshop here selling Pokemon merch that looked like beyblade. I think it involved Pokemon in disc-like toys and it even has accompanying magazine. Suddenly, it vanished (unlike TCG and TFG). Any idea what it was called?