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Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire |OT| Hoenn Finally Confirmed
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It could be worse, trust me.
Blue Ninja
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There's always an element of luck involved in the Battle Maison.
Makes sense. I hope it won't be N3DS exclusive, but who can say.
Makes sense. I hope it won't be N3DS exclusive, but who can say.
I really hope we will finally get another Ranger game this year. It is still the best spinoff imho. And IF there is no new main game there should be more spinoffs besides the pikachu detective game in 2015.
It wouldn't be. It'd be N3DS enhanced at most.
Blue Ninja
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I'm intrigued to see what they'll come up with.
No new mainline game this year gives me plenty of time to complete my Pokédex, build a Living Dex and breed more flawless 'mon, too.
Aveyn Knight
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I have a spare Shaymin leftover from a giveaway.
By any chance do you have a spare legit Arceus? Not necessarily for the Shaymin; I have other stuff to trade too.
Started my "For fun" play of ORAS. I always do this a couple of months after covering a game. Went to Route 118 and thought "I've never used a Shedinja in-game before", so went to get a Nincada. Used DexNav and the first one was Adamant, 3 IV, Level 18 and with the Egg Move Feint Attack. Unfortunately, two of the IVs are useless for Shedinja...HP and Defense. I laughed.
Here's my logic behind it. A bit spoilery:
Here's my logic behind it. A bit spoilery:
Hoopa Unbound
As you know, Hoopa is the star of the upcoming movie, due for release in July in Japan. Typically with these, when there is a star Pokémon they have another form/Mega Evolution revealed for the movie (as this will be) and that is then used with the "transfer your movie event Pokémon (Shaymin, Keldeo, Diancie, Shiny Beasts, Celebi etc.) to the game coming out this autumn to unlock something". However, since Hoopa Unbound is in ORAS's code, it makes me think that there won't be a game this autumn else they'd have done that.
Seriously, it's absurd.
Movie 9, Pokémon of the Ranger & the Temple of the Sea gave out a Manaphy mission to Pokémon Ranger, to be sent to Diamond & Pearl (released 2 months later) to unlock Manaphy
Movie 11, Giratina & The Sky Warrior gave out a Shaymin, which when sent to Platinum (released 2 months later), accessed its Sky Forme
Movie 12, Arceus & The Jewel of Life gave out a shiny Pichu, which when sent to HeartGold & SoulSilver (released 2 months later), accessed the Spiky-eared Pichu
Movie 13, Zoroark - Master of Illusions, gave out a shiny Johto beast, which when sent to Black & White (released 2 months later) unlocked Zoroark
Movie 13, Zoroark - Master of Illusions, gave out a Celebi, which when sent to Black & White (released 2 months later) unlocked Celebi
Movie 15, Kyurem & The Sword of Justice, gave out a Keldeo (as the pre-order present from April) which, when sent to Black 2 & White 2 ( released 2 months later) unlocked its Resolute Form
Movie 17, Diancie & The Cocoon of Destruction, gave out a Diancie which when sent to Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire (released 4 months later) gave access to Diancite and Mega Diancie
I could be wrong, there could be another thing with this movie or another Hoopa thing unlocked, but with Hoopa Unbound not revealed at the same time as Hoopa now, it makes me think otherwise.
As you know, Hoopa is the star of the upcoming movie, due for release in July in Japan. Typically with these, when there is a star Pokémon they have another form/Mega Evolution revealed for the movie (as this will be) and that is then used with the "transfer your movie event Pokémon (Shaymin, Keldeo, Diancie, Shiny Beasts, Celebi etc.) to the game coming out this autumn to unlock something". However, since Hoopa Unbound is in ORAS's code, it makes me think that there won't be a game this autumn else they'd have done that.
Seriously, it's absurd.
Movie 9, Pokémon of the Ranger & the Temple of the Sea gave out a Manaphy mission to Pokémon Ranger, to be sent to Diamond & Pearl (released 2 months later) to unlock Manaphy
Movie 11, Giratina & The Sky Warrior gave out a Shaymin, which when sent to Platinum (released 2 months later), accessed its Sky Forme
Movie 12, Arceus & The Jewel of Life gave out a shiny Pichu, which when sent to HeartGold & SoulSilver (released 2 months later), accessed the Spiky-eared Pichu
Movie 13, Zoroark - Master of Illusions, gave out a shiny Johto beast, which when sent to Black & White (released 2 months later) unlocked Zoroark
Movie 13, Zoroark - Master of Illusions, gave out a Celebi, which when sent to Black & White (released 2 months later) unlocked Celebi
Movie 15, Kyurem & The Sword of Justice, gave out a Keldeo (as the pre-order present from April) which, when sent to Black 2 & White 2 ( released 2 months later) unlocked its Resolute Form
Movie 17, Diancie & The Cocoon of Destruction, gave out a Diancie which when sent to Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire (released 4 months later) gave access to Diancite and Mega Diancie
I could be wrong, there could be another thing with this movie or another Hoopa thing unlocked, but with Hoopa Unbound not revealed at the same time as Hoopa now, it makes me think otherwise.
Blue Ninja
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Sounds cool.
I hope they do something with Zygarde's "hidden power", more specifically the two moves found in the game data: Thousand Waves and Thousand Arrows.
Almost certainly, yeah
I don't have a spare Arceus but for mythicals I'd be willing to trade almost anything barring one offs. I have several versions of the legendary dogs and wouldn't mind trading a shiny one of those for Shaymin/Manaphy/Jirachi
Same with Shiny Palkia/Dialga/Giratina. In both cases I need to get them to the 3DS generation though as I grabbed them during the various Gamestop Giveaways.
In non-trading content I'm in the process of just catching everything catchable in OR. I'm done with 70% of the map according to AreaNav which is quickly becoming along with DexNav my favorite features in the game. Once I've caught everything I'll have no further excuse to start the process of HG-->Black/Black2/Y-->Bank-->OR to finally complete the livingdex sans shaymin, manaphy, and jirachi.
Anyone have any tips for speeding up the process?
entremet
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Here's a full completion checklist for ORAS I got on Reddit if anyone is interested.
Very comprehensive and handy for tackling the rest of the postgame stuff.
http://imgur.com/a/n4eq5
The poster has full completion list going back to HG/SS as well. Some of the items are undoable in those due to the DS wifi connection being retired, though.
Very comprehensive and handy for tackling the rest of the postgame stuff.
http://imgur.com/a/n4eq5
The poster has full completion list going back to HG/SS as well. Some of the items are undoable in those due to the DS wifi connection being retired, though.
Blue Ninja
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entremet
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Yeah.
Kinda BS how Steelix's mega stone is Japanese exclusive. I will never understand Game Freak.
Blue Ninja
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Thats no true. The demo steelix is exklusive but you can find the megastone in every game.
Is the Poké Contest fun? I haven'
t really been interested in anything resembling them in past games and haven't really stepped foot in the contest hall beyond grabbing the various items from the folks walking around. I traded over my Lucarionite from Y so there's nothing major for me to acquire here I'd just be doing it for fun, if it is fun.
t really been interested in anything resembling them in past games and haven't really stepped foot in the contest hall beyond grabbing the various items from the folks walking around. I traded over my Lucarionite from Y so there's nothing major for me to acquire here I'd just be doing it for fun, if it is fun.
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Somewhat. Since it builds on actually core game mechanics there can be some strategy involved and there are some nifty contest only animations\moves.
And there is a bit of story line involved with the contests.
Then you can take fun pictures of your Pokemon attacking a friend with the holographic mode.
And lastly you can earn a contest sparkle effect for your Pokemon.
I remember GF said they won't create a game that is enhanced for new 3DS,because they want the game feal the same with everyone (parity)
maybe i remember wrong?
Took a break from Pokemon to play Smash
Planning to get back into it! I won't SR Zekrom, but I'm going to be breeding Gen 6 Pokemon wooooo
Planning to get back into it! I won't SR Zekrom, but I'm going to be breeding Gen 6 Pokemon wooooo
That's only for the demo
Sorry for the newb questions (just got back into Pokemon with ORAS) but it's still possible to transfer Pokemon from the Gen IV to the Gen V games?
Also what exactly are Hidden Abilities? Can a Pokemon have both a regular Ability and a Hidden Ability simultaneously? Or just one or the other?
Also what exactly are Hidden Abilities? Can a Pokemon have both a regular Ability and a Hidden Ability simultaneously? Or just one or the other?
Elaugaufein
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Yup, because only the Gen V -> VI transfer requires internet its possible to transfer all the way from Gen III to VI at the moment, though it takes ages (III -> IV and IV-> V have stupid minigames which involve daily limits in one case and a fair chunk of time in the other, so I'd recommend only doing it for stuff that you can't get in otherways).
There is a mini game in the Gen 5 games to transfer Pokemon from Gen 4. It requires two DS/3DS systems though. You can find the transfer lab on the route to the left of Black City or White Forest.
Hidden Abilities are just extra abilities that are a bit harder to obtain. You can only have one ability though so it will either be a standard or hidden ability. An example of one would be the Contrary Serperior that was just distributed in Japan.
I might have a breeding reject or two. You gonna be on tomorrow?
KnightBuster
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Out of curiosity, does anyone have a spare Contrary Snivy/Servine/Serperior? I don't care about IVs obviously, I'd just like one.
Elaugaufein
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6th Gens has been hackable for a while now (about halfway through last year for Japan IIRC, and since November in English). Gamefreak have seriously cut down on how ridiculous the stuff that gets through is though (so no Pure Power Slakings anymore) so most of the stuff available on the GTS is at least sane looking.
Muku
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Have they cracked down on Pokemon being in Pokeballs they normally can't be in?
Christopher
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My team I tried to use Hoenn only:
manectric
Guardivar
Salamance
Campurt
Milotic
Breloom
Pretty solid
Does anyone wanna trade for the ruby exclusives for the sapphire ones? I will never ever ever ever complete the national dex but the Hoeen one seems doable
manectric
Guardivar
Salamance
Campurt
Milotic
Breloom
Pretty solid
Does anyone wanna trade for the ruby exclusives for the sapphire ones? I will never ever ever ever complete the national dex but the Hoeen one seems doable
National Dex, excluding event legendaries, is easier to complete than ever
You should go for it
Elaugaufein
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Not last I heard but that may have changed, they did another round of tweaking just before Christmas , and I haven't bothered to find out the details.
Muku
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Ah okay. I kind of hope so. Haven't really done anything online in some time. Hope they can clean it up a bit.
On another note... how is Arceus pronounced? Is it Ar-see-us or Ark-eus?
yes
even the powersave can do that for a year
i don't even know what the point for changing the pokeball , is that suppose to be "Cool" ?
Muku
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Some folks just have a Pokeball preference.
from the mail sent from pokemon.com , its Ark-ee-us
www.serebiiforums.com/showthread.php?417676-arceus-official-pronunciation-your-not-gonna-like-it
some people before that used to say it "Ar-see-uss"
Muku
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Cool. I've always called it Ark-ee-us, but, just actually watched a Pokemon X/Y LP video on YT
doing research, otherwise I never watch LPs
Thank ya.
I like "Ar-see-us" better
but "Ark-ee-us" does fit "Di-al-ga" and "Pal-ki-a" better
Muku
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True. I'd just never heard of it as Ar-see-us. I'd just never thought about saying that way before. It's always interesting to hear a way you don't say or never thought of.
I guess my problem at this point is I kind of break it down into parts as if it were Japanese in terms of sounds*. Maybe that's not a problem, maybe that's just living here so long. LOL
*to a degree. I wouldn't try to add a u at the end of something with an s.
If you didn't use it on Kyogre already your best bet is Cresselia. If you don't care about IVs and Nature though, you shouldn't bother using it at all.
Muku
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Actually, that brings up a good point. No roamers this game, right? I guess maybe save it for a shiny Pokemon. Ones that are known to run *cough*Abra*cough*. Or I guess worse comes to worse the shiny legendary that won't stay in the other balls you've been throwing.
Blue Ninja
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I'm gonna need to build up a collection of Evolutionary stones if I want to complete my Dex. What's the easiest way to get them?
Or would I be better off just trying to get the evolved 'mon off of GTS?
Or would I be better off just trying to get the evolved 'mon off of GTS?
Elaugaufein
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Either Super-Secret Base farming (tell your Pals to Pick up Stones, you can do this twice per day per pal, at Platinum Rank) and you can get ~17ish Potential Pals 3 times a day by connecting to the internet (1 connection every 8 hours) ) or Super-Training (the ones that aren't focused on increasing EVs). I'd probably recommend the Super Training myself, the Pals seem really heavily weighted to giving Everstones.
ETA - I have almost completed my HA Pokemon collection. In terms of things that aren't Unnerve Mewtwo all I'm missing now (assuming the trades I've arranged go through) are the following pokes with their HAs: Rattatta, Tauros,Heatmor,Patrat, Basculin (Blue-striped variant) . If anyone can help me out I can trade back bred HA Pokemon , that I do have (all the other ones) and/or Dreamball Females (most of which have HAs): https://www.dropbox.com/s/39vl8zxtvm9lqvm/Dreamball Female List.txt?dl=0 , I can DexNav Rattatta (once I'm no longer spending all my time breeding) but the others I need to trade for.