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Pokémon Community Thread: Gotta Catch 'Em All!

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OMG Aero

Member
Yaceka said:
I tried to use my semi-broken DS lite (the touch screen is broken on it) to play Ruby and Sapphire only to find both games have bad batteries. How do I go about replacing them? :(
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Are we talking like, the batteries are actually dead and won't retain a save any more? Or just the thing where time events like berry growth stops working?
 
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MarkusRJR

Member
OMG Aero said:
Are we talking like, the batteries are actually dead and won't retain a save any more? Or just the thing where time events like berry growth stops working?
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Time events and berry growth. But I have a few other Game Boy games that need batteries replaced. Does it require a soldering iron?
 
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MarkusRJR

Member
OMG Aero said:
You can fix that by linking the game with Firered, Leafgreen, Emerald, Colosseum or XD.
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I don't have a Game Boy anymore. I have been using my DS lite to play them. But isn't it possible the battery just died? :/

Oh, and if it's the berry glitch can't I just do a new game and it'd disappear?

EDIT: "However, in games afflicted by a dead battery, there is a message just after the title screen: "The internal battery has run dry. The game can be played. However, clock-based events will no longer occur." In contrast, games being affected by the glitch will not have that message"

I don't have the glitch, my battery is just dead.
 
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Kokonoe

Banned
They really should make a "Pokemon Collection" cartridge for the 3DS. Least that way you can play older Pokemon games without losing your save file, or errors with berries.
 
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MarkusRJR

Member
Kokonoe said:
They really should make a "Pokemon Collection" cartridge for the 3DS. Least that way you can play older Pokemon games without losing your save file, or errors with berries.
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Game Freak would rather make remakes and have you buy them for $40 each instead. R/S/E remake can't come here fast enough. :(
 
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Professor Beef

Banned
Kokonoe said:
They really should make a "Pokemon Collection" cartridge for the 3DS. Least that way you can play older Pokemon games without losing your save file, or errors with berries.
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But then they'd have to deal with people whining about how they can't transfer those Pokemon into their modern-day cartridge.
 
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MikeMyers

Member
How do you guys think Blue beat the E4 in R&B??

With the team of Arcanine, Gyarados, Exeggutor, Rhydon, Pidgeot, and Alakazam.

Gyarados > Bruno
Alakazam > Agatha
Rhydon > Lance (except Hydro Pump Gyarados)

Wonder how he beat Loreli though?
 
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tiggerkiddo

Member
Kokonoe said:
They really should make a "Pokemon Collection" cartridge for the 3DS. Least that way you can play older Pokemon games without losing your save file, or errors with berries.
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Could a 3DS game hold that many gameboy games? I mean I love the idea, just wonder if the 3DS carts can hold that much memory/space/whatever. I wouldn't get rid of my hard copies but something like that would be so great.

And Blue beat Lorelei with Alakazam obviously. A strong Psychic Pokemon with Psychic could take down almost everything. Nothing was safe. Screw Alakazam, Gengar for life.
 
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Kokonoe

Banned
tiggerkiddo said:
Could a 3DS game hold that many gameboy games? I mean I love the idea, just wonder if the 3DS carts can hold that much memory/space/whatever. I wouldn't get rid of my hard copies but something like that would be so great.

And Blue beat Lorelei with Alakazam obviously. A strong Psychic Pokemon with Psychic could take down almost everything. Nothing was safe.
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3DS Carts wouldn't even budge at the amount of space it would take.
 
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MarkusRJR

Member
But yeah, does anyone know where I can get the batteries replaced on these games? I mean there has to be somewhere I can get them repaired...

...right?
 
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Professor Beef

Banned
Exeggutor took out Lorelei. Grass > Water, remember? If we're talking OG R/B, then only two of her Pokemon have damage-dealing Ice moves. Gary easily could get past that. Even in FireRed/LeafGreen, Lorelei's team still doesn't have shit.
 
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MikeMyers

Member
Professor Beef said:
Exeggutor took out Lorelei. Grass > Water, remember? If we're talking OG R/B, then only two of her Pokemon have damage-dealing Ice moves. Gary easily could get past that. Even in FireRed/LeafGreen, Lorelei's team still doesn't have shit.
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Gary's Exeggutor only has Stomp/Hypnosis/Barrage though.
 
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tiggerkiddo

Member
Yaceka said:
But yeah, does anyone know where I can get the batteries replaced on these games? I mean there has to be somewhere I can get them repaired...

...right?
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Like I said earlier...used/retro videogame store if you have one around. Some of them can do it. Or get the tools and follow the tutorials Koko posted.
 
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Kokonoe

Banned
Apart from my original idea of a "Pokemon Collection", they could also input Pokemon spinoff games like Pokemon Stadium, Pokemon Stadium 2, Pokemon Snap, and etc. If there were two separate collections, I'd buy that as well.
 
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tiggerkiddo

Member
Kokonoe said:
Apart from my original idea of a "Pokemon Collection", they could also input Pokemon spinoff games like Pokemon Stadium, Pokemon Stadium 2, Pokemon Snap, and etc. If there were two separate collections, I'd buy that as well.
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They should name it the Pokemon Battle Collection. Snap, Pinball and such could be bonus features for the mainline collection. I don't think a collection of those games by themselves would entice many but you never know. It's Pokemon.
 
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MarkusRJR

Member
I emailed the only "local" game shop (it's a 20 minute drive) in town that isn't Gamestop or Microplay. They apparently have a battery replacement service! I'm so fucking happy right now. :')

EDIT: Also, I want a god damn sequel to Pokemon Stadium already. Imagine Pokemon Stadium 3 with every Pokemon ever plus support to play on the big screen and Wii U Pad. Oh, and online battles with video/voice chat. I would cry from the awesomeness.
 
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MarkusRJR

Member
I haven't had a ditto since gen 2, but they can breed with every Pokemon right? I want to make a Victini egg to trade over to my copy of White.

Exterminieren said:
Awww.

Cuteness Overload
Junior Member
(Yesterday, 03:30 PM)

We're a nice little community, TBF. Give the IRC chat a go!
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I just turned on avatars for the first time in forever and I'm absolutely in love with yours. 2 of the best gen 5 Pokemon together. :')
 
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Exterminieren

Banned
Yaceka said:
I haven't had a ditto since gen 2, but they can breed with every Pokemon right? I want to make a Victini egg to trade over to my copy of White.
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Every Pokémon that isn't a legendary (Manaphy aside), so no Victini egg, I'm afraid.

I just turned on avatars for the first time in forever and I'm absolutely in love with yours. 2 of the best gen 5 Pokemon together. :')
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Aww, thanks. :)

Credit goes to ScraftyDevil for bringing it to my attention.
 
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ColtraineGF

Member
MikeMyers said:
The AI in R&B is really bad, most of them just use Normal Moves.

Gengar completely walls like half the game.
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From what I read, the AI pretty much says "Bias towards using the most super-effective move you have according to a type-lookup", without regards towards whether the move actually does damage.

...Which actually explains something unusual that happened on one of my first playthroughs of Blue. I was on Lance, all of my Pokemon were fainted, save for the (relatively) weak Hitmonchan I brought along. I was on Lance's last Pokemon (Dragonite), and all it used was Barrier, as I slowly wore it down. I think I attributed it to luck when it happened.

Of course, after that was Gary...
 
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ColtraineGF

Member
Interesting bit of info: the Undiscovered group (no eggs) also includes Nidorina and Nidoqueen.

I think it was probably a programming oversight the first time it happened in GS, and GF decided to roll with it going forward instead of changing it.
 
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Kokonoe

Banned
Professor Beef said:
The drawing is cute, I'm not disputing that. I'm just not a fan of the Pokemon involved.
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Ah, well I think since you said that the ScraftyDevil war won't begin.

I like Dwebble's evolve form personally.

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Exterminieren

Banned
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Professor Beef

Banned
Yeah, I don't really tend go for looks when choosing Pokemon. At least not at first. I go for what type I need, then how their stats are/what moves they learn, then I hope they don't look like an idiot.
 
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tiggerkiddo

Member
Usually pick Pokemon based on looks but sometimes I just catch one, I end up having to emergency use them a few times to save my skin and then I grow attached to them because they helped me out of a scrap and now I can't abandon them. Such is the case with Darumaka.

My definition of cute tends to differ from others.
 
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MikeMyers

Member
tiggerkiddo said:
Usually pick Pokemon based on looks but sometimes I just catch one, I end up having to emergency use them a few times to save my skin and then I grow attached to them because they helped me out of a scrap and now I can't abandon them. Such is the case with Darumaka.

My definition of cute tends to differ from others.
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I hate Darumaka.

He missed against the Bug Gym Every. Single. Time.

I'd rather use Flareon than use Darumaka in B&W2.
 
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ScraftyDevil

Banned
Exterminieren said:
BW has a habit of giving Hustle to pre-evos of powerful Pokémon, and I hate it.

Deino was such a frustrating experience; worthwhile, but maddening.
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Yeah, but it actually makes sense with Deino, what with him having no eyes and all.

But yes, Hustle rivals Klutz as the most annoying ability to have on an in-training Pokémon.
 
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