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[Regulus Tera]

Those rocks in Victory Road look so tempting. It makes me want to teach one of my party Strength...

I shall prevail. I shall resist!

 

[Andrefpvs]

Those rocks in Victory Road look so tempting. It makes me want to teach one of my party Strength...

I shall prevail. I shall resist!

You'll at least want to move the last one

 

[Izayoi]

Never would have thought that I'd have enough money in a Pokemon game to buy a SlowpokeTail, let alone three of them.

I love the Abyssal Ruins.

 

[beje]

Got another C-Gear tag while I was hatching eggs on my way to work (almost have an overkill Joltik). Looks like some girl was looking for rare pokémon or grinding Audinos in the Pinwheel Forest, as she was getting a lot of "XXXX has just battled a rare Pokémon" being in that area XD

 

[Mush]

Man it is going to be a bitch grinding to get items for Firestorm's tourney.

 

[Wiseblade]

Man it is going to be a bitch grinding to get items for Firestorm's tourney.

Yeah, half my time is spent running through the Battle Subway.

 

[UltimateIke]

I really want a Multiscale Dragonite. DREAM WORLD NEEDS TO OPEN.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Who got all this Final Fantasy bullshit inside my Pokémon?

 

[Morokh]

Except trading, is there any way for a White version owner to get additional evolution stones ?

 

[OMG Aero]

Those rocks in Victory Road look so tempting. It makes me want to teach one of my party Strength...

I shall prevail. I shall resist!

I really would advise you to overwrite a TM move in your party for strength, then as soon as you are finished delete it and relearn the TM.
The strength rocks in Victory Road are all shortcuts which can be handy later on if you forget something or take the wrong slide down the mountain and have to get back to where you were.

 

[Andrefpvs]

Who got all this Final Fantasy bullshit inside my Pokémon?

I assume you just finished the game? x)

 

[Forceatowulf]

Sweet Jesus almighty, my Carracosta is a god damned beast. Sooo glad I chose him over Archeops.

Shell smash + Waterfall + Smack Down = Fucking your party's shit the fuck up. He also has Solid Rock ability to top it off... he's a 3'11 blue ball of pure destruction right now.

The only thing that fucks him up the ass are those damn grass assholes. Fuck grass pokemon. For real. Fuck them all.

 

[Ushojax]

So how does the C-Gear work? What do I need to do to get it to recognise other people's games when walking down the street? Do I just leave it on and close the DS?

 

[Scythian Empire]

Just arrived at the 5th Gym after owning Team Plasma in Cold Storage. My team as the moment stands as this -

- Level 32

- Level 29

- Level 30

- Level 30

- Level 32

- Level 32

Good team?

 

[Narpas Sword0]

You can get that hawk thing by the 5th gym? Where?

 

[Wiseblade]

Just arrived at the 5th Gym after owning Team Plasma in Cold Storage. My team as the moment stands as this -


Good team?

I not a big fan of Boldore and you're lacking a water type, but if its working for you then keep with it.

 

[Zzoram]

Seriously, we forget how slow it used to be...

Which reminds me of another R/S/E innovation...RUNNING SHOES! Holy crap that was the best improvement EVER.

Actually combat in R/B wasn't really slower. It's just the lack of running shoes that makes those older games feel slow.

 

[Eteric Rice]

You can get that hawk thing by the 5th gym? Where?

The desert area, find the sunken temple place.

 

[Forceatowulf]

You can get that hawk thing by the 5th gym? Where?

Real men choose the turtle.

 

[Zzoram]

So, seriously, how are people supposed to get Pokemon by trading that only exist once per playthrough deep into the single-player, like members of the Kami trio? Why would anyone trade away their Thundurus or Tornadus?

You're just supposed to trade back and forth for the Pokedex entry and end up keeping your Pokemon. Lots of people do that with Legendaries.

 

[Narpas Sword0]

Oh, I thought that was the guy that becomes Braviary. I have the fossil but haven't hatched it yet.

 

[GaimeGuy]

I really wish penny arcade or something would do a comic parodying the ferris wheel scene. It's so awkward.

"Let's get on the ferris wheel and see if we can spot team plasma from the top!"
"I love ferris wheels. I love the circular motion."
"BTW I'm king of Team Plasma. Sup dude?"

 

[Wilsongt]

A few nights ago, I said fuck it. I decided to level up numerous Pokemon I might be interested in using. Between Audino and the fact that wild Pokemon are now at a reasonable level when you catch them, it should be too hard.

Also... Does anyone happen to have an Archen egg? ._. Nature doesn't matter.

 

[joelseph]

The desert area, find the sunken temple place.

Where do you turn the fossil in at?

 

[Wilsongt]

Where do you turn the fossil in at?

Narcene city. At the museum.

 

[Chorazin]

The desert area, find the sunken temple place.

CRAP I knew I forgot to try and find that. Looks like I'll be heading there at lunch!

 

[Balboa]

Is Pokemon White that much better it will make Platinum and Silver less enjoyable? I have all 3 but I don't know where to start

 

[GaimeGuy]

Okay guys, this is eating me inside like a Heatmor would do to a Durant. I swear part of the

Spoiler

Zekrom/Reshiram

battle theme (not really a spoiler since you pretty much already know from the beginning you're fighting them) borrows a lot from Kanto Route 3/4 etc. theme.

Please tell me it's just not me! Here's the links:

Pokémon B/W

Spoiler

Reshiram/Zekrom

Battle Theme (at 0:31)

Pokémon HG/SS Route 3 Theme (at 0:22)

I couldn't be the only one who thought of this... right? :|

There's almost always little musical cues like that hidden in the various battle themes.

For instance, you might recongize some hoenn throwbacks in the Elite 4 battle theme

 

[Zzoram]

Is Pokemon White that much better it will make Platinum and Silver less enjoyable? I have all 3 but I don't know where to start

Better than Platinum by quite a bit supposedly, but there are a few things Soul Silver supposedly does better.

 

[Andrefpvs]

There's almost always little musical cues like that hidden in the various battle themes.

For instance, you might recongize some hoenn throwbacks in the Elite 4 battle theme

Yeah, I noticed it in that particular theme as well

People were quick to point that out.

I wonder which other cues I might have missed in other themes along the series.

 

[drtomoe123]

So how does the C-Gear work? What do I need to do to get it to recognise other people's games when walking down the street? Do I just leave it on and close the DS?

I'm wondering the same thing.

 

[Chorazin]

So how does the C-Gear work? What do I need to do to get it to recognise other people's games when walking down the street? Do I just leave it on and close the DS?

I'm wondering the same thing.

Yup, just leave it on and close the DS. The game will still run in the background, minus the sound and the screens (and, as a nice touch, the game timer stops as well, do you're not racking up an obscene playtime by leaving it on all the time.)

It works pretty much like the StreetPass feature of the 3DS works (except you need to have this game running to excange it's data, obviously) if you've read up about it.

 

[Zzoram]

Yup, just leave it on and close the DS. The game will still run in the background, minus the sound and the screens (and, as a nice touch, the game timer stops as well, do you're not racking up an obscene playtime by leaving it on all the time.)

It works pretty much like the StreetPass feature of the 3DS works (except you need to have this game running to excange it's data, obviously) if you've read up about it.

Actually I heard that if you're in the game and close the lid, the timer keeps going for this game, which is why some people have insane play times.

 

[Forceatowulf]

Personally, I fucking hate the C-gear. It's annoying. I hate that I have to choose whether to leave it on or off at the start up screen every time I restart the game.

I never use the damn thing and It pisses me off that it takes priority over my dowsing machine when I exit my inventory too. That shit got old fast. ugh

 

[HiddenWings]

Actually I heard that if you're in the game and close the lid, the timer keeps going for this game, which is why some people have insane play times.

This seems to be the case. I have a game timer of 66:39 after reaching the credits once (and not venturing into much of the postgame yet). There's no way I've played it for that long, but I have carried it around campus several times during class.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

The timer keeps going on when the C-Gear is on.

Better than Platinum by quite a bit supposedly, but there are a few things Soul Silver supposedly does better.

I like item management, touch screen integration, and auto-run a bit more in SoulSilver. But the menus in B/W are sufficiently polished that it's not a major deal for me.

 

[Andrefpvs]

Yeah:

Just beat the main story! I can't praise this game enough for breaking the tradition and actually try to have character development. I am satisfied!

Stats:

Pokédex: Seen 142, Caught 95
Time: 104:49 (??! Damn you C-Gear!)

C-Gear doubled my playtime. It definitely has an effect on the time.

 

[Roto13]

(and, as a nice touch, the game timer stops as well, do you're not racking up an obscene playtime by leaving it on all the time.)

Why would you lie like that?

 

[Salaadin]

Personally, I fucking hate the C-gear. It's annoying. I hate that I have to choose whether to leave it on or off at the start up screen every time I restart the game.

I never use the damn thing and It pisses me off that it takes priority over my dowsing machine when I exit my inventory too. That shit got old fast. ugh

Thats my biggest complaint too. If I had my way, the dowsing machine would be on that bottom screen all the time.

 

[Chorazin]

Why would you lie like that?

It had no effect on my time, I only have 25 hours in, and I had it on 15 hours a day at PAX East (all three days) plus my normal playtime so far.

I don't know what to say other than why the hell is mine working like you'd think it should and you guys are having weird problems?

 

[Roto13]

It had no effect on my time, I only have 25 hours in, and I had it on 15 hours a day at PAX East (all three days) plus my normal playtime so far.

I don't know what to say other than why the hell is mine working like you'd think it should and you guys are having weird problems?

It's not weird problems, it's the way it works. If your game clock says you played it for 25 hours and you had the C Gear on with your DS closed for 15 hours, then math says you played it for 10 hours.

EDIT: 15 hours a day? Your battery probably wouldn't even last that long.

 

[Mr. Sam]

Volcarona was caught with one quick ball. That was suspiciously easy.

 

[EvilMario]

Is anyone playing in Winter yet? I need the Substitute TM, but I won't be able to grab it until next month.

I've heard that changing time/date on the DS takes a while to take effect in the game, and that it might even screw up Black City/White Forest for a while. Any experience with this?

 

[Mr. Sam]

Is anyone playing in Winter yet? I need the Substitute TM, but I won't be able to grab it until next month.

I've heard that changing time/date on the DS takes a while to take effect in the game, and that it might even screw up Black City/White Forest for a while. Any experience with this?

I screwed around with the internal clock within my first couple hours of playing. Hasn't had any detrimental effects as far as I can tell. And the season change took place immediately. Didn't take a while to take effect.

 

[MidnightScott]

I thought Pupster sounded adorable for Lillipup until I learned the reason for the name. How can sweet little Lillipup ever be a gangster. Fufufufu

ROFL

 

[Izayoi]

Thats my biggest complaint too. If I had my way, the dowsing machine would be on that bottom screen all the time.

You mean it isn't already?

Assign a bag to the quick select menu and you almost never have to drop the Dowsing Machine.

 

[Achtius]

You mean it isn't already?

Assign a bag to the quick select menu and you almost never have to drop the Dowsing Machine.

until u want to go to a menu =(

 

[Red]

How do I access DS download play on Pearl? I'm at the Poketransfer center, but I can't find the option anywhere.

until u want to go to a menu =(

Only the Pokemon selection screen knocks you out, everything else can be shortcutted to. Well, besides save I guess which is annoying.

FFUUUU never mind, download play is on the DS main menu, not Pearl.

 

[Wichu]

Sorry to quote a post almost a day old

Spoiler

:O

, but:

Okay guys, this is eating me inside like a Heatmor would do to a Durant. I swear part of the

Spoiler

Zekrom/Reshiram

battle theme (not really a spoiler since you pretty much already know from the beginning you're fighting them) borrows a lot from Kanto Route 3/4 etc. theme.

Please tell me it's just not me! Here's the links:

Pokémon B/W

Spoiler

Reshiram/Zekrom

Battle Theme (at 0:31)

Pokémon HG/SS Route 3 Theme (at 0:22)

I couldn't be the only one who thought of this... right? :|

I believe you mean the Route 41/42/43/44/45 theme?

Also:

How do I access DS download play on Pearl? I'm at the Poketransfer center, but I can't find the option anywhere.

Don't you do it on the DS main menu on a second DS? Or is that not what you mean?

 

[Izayoi]

Only the Pokemon selection screen knocks you out, everything else can be shortcutted to. Well, besides save I guess which is annoying.

What he said.

I make a point to save after I capture a Legendary, complete a dungeon, or otherwise every hour.

Dropping the Dowsing Machine once an hour isn't all that bad, I would say. Not to mention that since it's at the top spot on my quick list it only takes about an eighth of a second to bring it back up.