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[RagnarokX]

Genies!

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Thinking about it, I'm a bit nervous about the series' debut on 3DS... it could mean the game speed regresses again as Game Freak learns their way around the new hardware.

 

[OneMoreQuestion]

Just got my DSI and Pokemon Black bundle from the UK today, but my Club Nintendo points won't work for me here. First to quote this and ask gets the codes for the DSI and the game

 

[Kintaco]

I'm at the Elite Four, but I'm getting my ass kicked, so I decided to level up some other Pokemon better suited to fight the Elite Four, however they are in the lower 30s. What's the best way to get level them up to the appropriate level?

 

[D-Pad]

From the last page:

So what are the evolution parameters on MetalKid's IV calculator for anyway?

Another question: Do IV's stay the same when a Pokemon evolves?

Andrex I can help you... We can help each other.

 

[The Broken Ska Record]

Man, I'm looking forward to Sunday when I can start playing Pokémon White. I'm trying my hardest not to read this thread to keep myself from being spoiled by anything.

That said, I may pick up a strategy guide since I don't know ANY of the new Pokémon.

Thinking about it, I'm a bit nervous about the series' debut on 3DS... it could mean the game speed regresses again as Game Freak learns their way around the new hardware.

I hope to fuck not. It seems like they learned A LOT from Pearl/Diamond/Platinum, HeartGold/SoulSilver and Black/White to throw it all away with the next Gen/Gray.

 

[Somnid]

I'm at the Elite Four, but I'm getting my ass kicked, so I decided to level up some other Pokemon better suited to fight the Elite Four, however they are in the lower 30s. What's the best way to get level them up to the appropriate level?

Spend all your money and do suicide runs on the E4. Use Exp share and lucky egg.

 

[TheOGB]

Thinking about it, I'm a bit nervous about the series' debut on 3DS... it could mean the game speed regresses again as Game Freak learns their way around the new hardware.

Wasn't GF one of [if not] the first developers to get a 3DS devkit?

 

[ThatObviousUser]

@D-Pad

I dunno.

Yes.

How?

 

[hypersheep]

I'm at the Elite Four, but I'm getting my ass kicked, so I decided to level up some other Pokemon better suited to fight the Elite Four, however they are in the lower 30s. What's the best way to get level them up to the appropriate level?

Fight Audinos in route 10 by running around until you see shaking grass. There are also trainers in the Nimbasa sports domes that you can fight that are at your level.

 

[Unicorn]

Am I the only one who thought the Relocator (main menu) option was something to port your D/P or HG/SS pc boxes over to W/B?

When I realized it was to only transfer 4 legendary pokemone over prior to beating the Elite 4, I really felt GF dropped the fucking ball... especially now that we have to move our stuff over like it's coming from a GBA game...

When will they get this shit right?

 

[TheOGB]

Spend all your money and do suicide runs on the E4. Use Exp share and lucky egg.

HELL NO

 

[drtomoe123]

Phew, just got done EV training Zorua. I've been itching to EV train since I started the game.

Tirtouga, Celebi, or Cobalion next?

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Wasn't GF one of [if not] the first developers to get a 3DS devkit?

Doesn't mean anything. It took them 5 years of DS development to get the series back to Gen 3 speeds.

 

[D-Pad]

@D-Pad

I dunno.

Yes.

How?

You wanted to trade Shelmet and Karrablast, and I need to evolve my Shelmet.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

You wanted to trade Shelmet and Karrablast, and I need to evolve my Shelmet.

Do you have a Karrablast too? We could go two for two. Also, do you want your Pokemon back? I was thinking about a permanent trade.

 

[Gravijah]

Doesn't mean anything. It took them 5 years of DS development to get the series back to Gen 3 speeds.

Yeah, but that was a transition from 2D to 3D-ish. It shouldn't be too bad going to the 3DS since they've already had experience with 3D.

 

[TheOGB]

Am I the only one who thought the Relocator (main menu) option was something to port your D/P or HG/SS pc boxes over to W/B?

When I realized it was to only transfer 4 legendary pokemone over prior to beating the Elite 4, I really felt GF dropped the fucking ball... especially now that we have to move our stuff over like it's coming from a GBA game...

When will they get this shit right?

...Didn't they get it right immediately after with the PokéTransfer?

 

[Unicorn]

Doesn't mean anything. It took them 5 years of DS development to get the series back to Gen 3 speeds.

W/B feels slower than HG/SS. Menu management is slower as well, as is PC functions.

I think I'm disappointed with this game.

for me they go:

HG/SS > G/S > D/P > R/B > W/B > R/S

 

[Gravijah]

W/B feels slower than HG/SS. Menu management is slower as well, as is PC functions.

I think I'm disappointed with this game.

for me they go:

HG/SS > G/S > D/P > R/B > W/B > R/S

Battles are way faster, though. And it's BW, damn it.

 

[D-Pad]

Yes and yes, I'll need just one back but I have a spare Accelgors in my PC I can give you after you send mine back.

 

[Unicorn]

...Didn't they get it right immediately after with the PokéTransfer?

maybe fore the GBA games.

There's nothing like that for DS games. Pokemon Ranch won't let you put those pokemon on anything other than the original trainer's pc.

 

[Unicorn]

Battles are way faster, though. And it's BW, damn it.

The battles feel slower than in HG/SS. And if they aren't slower, then they are equal in speed.

But menus, UI, and pc are all slower/worse than HG/SS.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Yes and yes, I'll need just one back but I have a spare Accelgors in my PC I can give you after you send mine back.

So you'll need me to trade both back, then?

W/B feels slower than HG/SS. Menu management is slower as well, as is PC functions.

I think I'm disappointed with this game.

for me they go:

HG/SS > G/S > D/P > R/B > W/B > R/S

The menus are indeed worse, but I believe that's because there's two different teams inside Game Freak - the remake team and the main team. While the HG/SS team were making awesome menus, the main team was basically taking what they had done with Platinum and putting it into B/W.

 

[Gravijah]

The battles feel slower than in HG/SS. And if they aren't slower, then they are equal in speed.

But menus, UI, and pc are all slower/worse than HG/SS.

With animations off, I don't see how HGSS is faster. Especially when it comes to weather. I'll boot them both up later to compare, I guess.

 

[D-Pad]

So you'll need me to trade both back, then?

No, just one. We'll make three trades.

My karrablst for your shelmet. You'll keep this.

Then my shelmet for a karrablast. We'll trade these back.

Finally, if you want, I'll give you a different, already evolved Accelgor, which you'll keep.

 

[Unicorn]

With animations off, I don't see how HGSS is faster. Especially when it comes to weather. I'll boot them both up later to compare, I guess.

I have animations off and it still feels slower. Probably because 1/3 of the world is always raining.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

No, just one. We'll make three trades.

My karrablst for your shelmet. You'll keep this.

Then my shelmet for a karrablast. We'll trade these back.

Finally, if you want, I'll give you a different, already evolved Accelgor, which you'll keep.

No, let's just trade both back. I'm getting on now.

 

[D-Pad]

No, let's just trade both back. I'm getting on now.

Oh... Yeah I guess that'll make more sense.

 

[Roto13]

I don't think so :-
lol. Would I be able to change the name if I took it back for a sec?

I think so. Maybe we can do that tomorrow. I'm about to pass out right now.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Well that was weird.

Which one is mine, top or bottom?

 

[JVIDICAN]

I think so. Maybe we can do that tomorrow. I'm about to pass out right now.

Sounds good. Sorry about that man.

 

[Roto13]

Eh, don't worry about it. It's not a big deal.

The battles feel slower than in HG/SS. And if they aren't slower, then they are equal in speed.

But menus, UI, and pc are all slower/worse than HG/SS.

Definitely not. I've been going back to HeartGold to catch a few Pokemon to transfer over to Black now and then and the battles and PC are unquestionably slower in HeartGold than they are in Black.

 

[D-Pad]

Well that was weird.

Which one is mine, top or bottom?

I can't remember, that's why I put them both up. :S

You chose correctly, congrats! XD

Thanks a lot, Andrex!

 

[jman2050]

HG/SS's battles, menu manipulation, dialogs, and general game speed are all markedly slower than B/W and I really don't see how anyone can say otherwise.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

HG/SS PC box is a lot more touch-friendly though.

I can't remember, that's why I put them both up. :S

You chose correctly, congrats! XD

Heh, yeah. Dunno why it doesn't list the OT when you view the summary...

 

[Roto13]

HG/SS's battles, menu manipulation, dialogs, and general game speed are all markedly slower than B/W and I really don't see how anyone can say otherwise.

Oh, yeah, the text speed too. I didn't realize it was so slow in HG until I went back after playing Black. It seemed ok at the time but now it just feels like it's crawling.

 

[jman2050]

HG/SS PC box is a lot more touch-friendly though.

Yeah that's true as well, to be fair.

 

[TheOGB]

HG/SS's battles, menu manipulation, dialogs, and general game speed are all markedly slower than B/W and I really don't see how anyone can say otherwise.

Agreed.

However Platinum had the best PC (if it were as touch-friendly as HGSS, like Andrex points out)

 

[Hulud]

I'm still relatively new to the Pokemon games as HeartGold was my first foray into the series. If anyone had the time, could you explain to me what exactly I would need to do to breed a Scraggy that knows Dragon Dance, Drain Punch, and Ice Punch? (Which parents to use in what order, etc.) I've looked over the basics of breeding but the Ice Punch move is throwing me off because it can only be chain bred, which is still way over my head. Any help is appreciated.

 

[Delio]

haha what a interesting Ditto i just caught

Ditto - #132 (Modest)
HP: 12 - 13
Att: 30
Def: 26 - 27
SpA: 28 - 29
SpD: 22 - 23
Speed: 2 - 3

 

[JVIDICAN]

I'm still relatively new to the Pokemon games as HeartGold was my first foray into the series. If anyone had the time, could you explain to me what exactly I would need to do to breed a Scraggy that knows Dragon Dance, Drain Punch, and Ice Punch? (Which parents to use in what order, etc.) I've looked over the basics of breeding but the Ice Punch move is throwing me off because it can only be chain bred, which is still way over my head. Any help is appreciated.

Searching on google I saw smeargle mentioned.

EDIT: It looks like it's true. Obtain a smeargle, have it sketch dragon dance and ice punch and you should be set.

 

[Hulud]

Searching on google I saw smeargle mentioned.

Oh boy

 

[ThatObviousUser]

I'm still relatively new to the Pokemon games as HeartGold was my first foray into the series. If anyone had the time, could you explain to me what exactly I would need to do to breed a Scraggy that knows Dragon Dance, Drain Punch, and Ice Punch? (Which parents to use in what order, etc.) I've looked over the basics of breeding but the Ice Punch move is throwing me off because it can only be chain bred, which is still way over my head. Any help is appreciated.

I tried going through it but I'm not sure it's possible, without a Smeargle as said.

For Ice Punch specifically, you need a male Medicham. Medicham learns Ice Punch by default so if it doesn't have that move, then go to the Move Relearner and pay a Heart Scale to make it relearn it. Then breed it with a female Buneary or Lopunny. The resulting Buneary should have Ice Punch. Make sure it is male. Breed that with a female Scraggy. It should have Ice Punch.

I've never seen a chain breed as complex as you requested though. The father is the one passing down moves and the mother passes down the species... I don't see how it's possible.

 

[Gravijah]

Isn't there a chain breeding calculator... somewhere?

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Isn't there a chain breeding calculator... somewhere?

Dunno but it'd probably be super helpful.

 

[Gravijah]

Dunno but it'd probably be super helpful.

http://waitingforseedot.appspot.com/

There's that, but I dunno how updated it is and well, it has that error message.

 

[D-Pad]

http://waitingforseedot.appspot.com/

There's that, but I dunno how updated it is and well, it has that error message.

It's not updated for B/W. At least it wasn't when I checked it last week. :\

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Man the Nimbasa City music is so much like the Pokeathlon music it's freaking me out.

 

[Gravijah]

Man the Nimbasa City music is so much like the Pokeathlon music it's freaking me out.

Best Pokemon minigame ever. So sad that it's gone... forever.