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[BooJoh]

Do you only get the jewel after the event ends? Didn't get mine just there.

Seems like it, I didn't get one yet either.

I did one run with both powerups and got #28 out of about 3800 but I'm sure I'll get bumped down fast. Most of the top placed people have Xerneas and Mewtwo, and I have neither of those yet. Just gave Xerneas a try and only got it down to like 75%, lol.

 

[LycanXIII]

Yeah that sucks... It basically forced people to buy jewels for coins to keep retrying with complexity -1's

Currently sitting at 7k score and around #400 but I'll probably get knocked out of the top 20k in a few days once more people do it.. Will retry on the last day if I need to with complexity -1 and such, but meh thats such a shit way to give out mega stones.

Do you only get the jewel after the event ends? Didn't get mine just there.

I've got a score of 8637 and am ranked 872/4349 right now. Top person has a score of 25065 with a team of Slowbro, Xerneas, Chatot, and Azumarill.

 

[Boba2007]

So you get unlimited tries on Mega Lucario? Not sure why, but my first thought was that you would get one try, so that's nice.

Edit: Well it's a good thing too, cause I started it thinking it was a normal stage not a timed stage. Just sat there deciding on moves without knowing I was wasting time.

 

[adroit]

My best out of five tries was 8905. I'm impressively mediocre (as always). I think I have a good chance of losing. Go me!

 

[Mistouze]

At least the leaderboard seems regional, I'm only seeing european peeps in the top 5.

Hopefully there isn't 20k whales in each region

 

[JoeM86]

Now this is interesting.

Japanese check in states top 50,000 players...

 

[vinnygambini]

Now this is interesting.

Japanese check in states top 50,000 players...

20k in Canadaland.

Maybe because Japan are the one's who downloaded the most lol - it must be relative to downloads per region.

 

[JoeM86]

My first score is 17626 and I'm #170 in Japan. Highest so far is 45441...not a chance in hell that I'm going to stay there. Will do it again on Sunday

 

[Boba2007]

I'm just now realizing how bad this competition is. If I spend all my hearts grinding out coins I'll still only have like two tries at getting a good score. I still refuse to spend money, especially now with how this is set up.

They should have just removed the powerups entirely, but I guess they want to try to make as much money as possible :\

At least I'm 597th for now, scored 11966 on my second try. Gonna get some more coins and catch Xerneas before I try again.

 

[JoeM86]

Knocked down into the 200s already. This is going to be brutal.

 

[LOLDSFAN]

They should have just removed the powerups entirely, but I guess they want to try to make as much money as possible :\

Indeed I don't want to blow all my hard work just for a mega stone.

 

[Robin64]

Seems you won't be getting that stone unless you have caught Xerneas already, and buy both power-ups. Ouch.

 

[JoeM86]

Just to compare, here's the European and Japanese rankings after an hour and a half

I'll do another picture on Sunday night for comparison

Seems you won't be getting that stone unless you have caught Xerneas already, and buy both power-ups. Ouch.

Yep. Seems that way. Mewtwo, too

 

[Chris1]

Already knocked down to 2.6k within an hour lol. Don't have xerneas or mewtwo.

 

[eRonin]

Currently sitting on 9489 points, current place: 1304/9262 (in Australia, which I assume is part of the Europe region). Mewtwo/Xerneas would be real useful right about now but I haven't got either of them.

 

[Robin64]

Let's just hope this isn't the only way to get the stone.

 

[Spades]

I love that they're supporting this game so much with new/refreshing content like this.

Can't believe I've spent 20+ hours playing it already.

 

[JoeM86]

This Pokémon Shuffle Challenge is a good way to gauge the amount of active users. For example, 140,000 people have participated in Japan.

 

[Caddywompus]

Let's just hope this isn't the only way to get the stone.

My guess is this will be similar to a timed exclusive, when we get future updates with more levels we'll see him again at level 300 however many months down the road that might be.

EDIT: I was like 270/19,000 I'm going to need to catch Xerneas in the next 7 days, doubt I get to Mewtwo.

 

[JoeM86]

https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYQHAAABAAAtVHhkf6BQvw

What the frak?

I thought all hacking methods were removed

 

[Cute Dragon Here]

https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYQHAAABAAAtVHhkf6BQvw

What the frak?

I thought all hacking methods were removed

Patch and score reset incoming?

 

[Caddywompus]

I think hacking was only removed if you updated your system. So if you had no reason to go on the eshop you probably can still exploit the game.

 

[JoeM86]

I think hacking was only removed if you updated your system. So if you had no reason to go on the eshop you probably can still exploit the game.

They forced an update (1.1.0) that you had to go to the eShop to download.

 

[pock3tmonster]

https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYQHAAABAAAtVHhkf6BQvw

What the frak?

I thought all hacking methods were removed

Whelp.

I hope Nintendo fixes this and resets the scores. It's going to be completely unfair if hackers are able to cheat for stones causing legitimate players to miss out.

 

[Caddywompus]

They forced an update (1.1.0) that you had to go to the eShop to download.

Wow so you couldn't even play the game if you didn't update? I never noticed, Wayforward's eshop sale got me to update before that I guess.

 

[JoeM86]

Whelp.

I hope Nintendo fixes this and resets the scores. It's going to be completely unfair if hackers are able to cheat for stones causing legitimate players to miss out.

The guy is European and doesn't appear on the EU rankings, so we may be good

 

[pock3tmonster]

The guy is European and doesn't appear on the EU rankings, so we may be good

Thanks for clearing that up. Fingers crossed.

 

[Robin64]

They probably wiped it because it was an unrealistic score. So really, all they have to do is submit a score that makes sense and puts them in the top 20k. Assuming there is hacking at all, mind, the guy says (I think, it's French) that you can't cheat anymore...

 

[Starwolf_UK]

https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYQHAAABAAAtVHhkf6BQvw

What the frak?

I thought all hacking methods were removed

Could be some sort of bug? Still AFIK there are no public score editing hacks (that wouldn't stop someone making one, RAM editing is RAM editing and it isn't hard to makes codes to do that) and the score doesn't appear on the leaderboards, right?

But assuming it is a hack, gateway user confirmed. Something along the lines of use gateway to install the update (either an emnand eshop then the weird linked NAND to thing I think it can do, browser hacks I don't think work in emunand).

They probably wiped it because it was an unrealistic score. So really, all they have to do is submit a score that makes sense and puts them in the top 20k. Assuming there is hacking at all, mind, the guy says (I think, it's French) that you can't cheat anymore...

He is the doing the ignorance line of "you can't cheat on downloaded games"

 

[Loptous]

This event forces me to hop in every day just to farm for exp so I can improve my score.
Which is just plain evil.

I thought I was done dammit.

 

[Growlie19]

Barely broke 9000 with Mega Slowbro, Swellow, Azumarill, and Chatot. Looks like I need to grab Xerneas and Mewtwo to even stand a chance of winning. :/

High Score edit: Made 11946 with the same team. Puts me at 835/23587. (NA, by the way)

 

[Juni_]

Putting Lucario on my team made Riolu appear and putting riolu on my team made Sawk appear.

 

[Kouriozan]

Tried 3 times, got 10k score each time without spending coins.
Hope it'll be enough but I'm not optimistic.

 

[Mistouze]

Tried 3 times, got 10k score each time without spending coins.
Hope it'll be enough but I'm not optimistic.

I don't think we'll have a clear picture of the minimum score to break the 20k barrier before AT LEAST a few days.

I have a hard time believing there's 20k people with Mewtwo and/or the XY legendary in europe only. But we'll see, I'll be working toward S-Ranks and EX stages during the week and I'll see how my rank moves down with my 8500 score. If needed I'll bust out both power ups and try it once more on sunday.

 

[pock3tmonster]

I have to say, I am honestly enjoying this more than I expected. I was apprehensive about the F2P/P2W label going in, but I have managed to hit stage 65 without being forced to spend money. Had Nintendo offered an unlimited hearts version with a reasonable upfront price, alongside the F2P version, I would 100% have bought it and been satisfied with the purchase. I appreciate the strategy involved in each move, setting it apart from Pokemon Link/Trozei. I have not attempted the EX challenges as yet, I want to finish the standard campaign first, but I have caught Mew and Kyogre, as well as Rotom-I. The tease of new content and on-going support keeps me coming back.

I do have some reservations about the event distribution modelled by the Lucarionite contest however. I am not a fan of this method of distribution. Depending on the player base, 20,000 stones might be enough to go around for the majority of players participating in the challenge in one region, but the scoring is heavily skewed in favour of using the most powerful Pokemon available. This immediately keeps it out of reach of new players and punishes those who have not completed the standard campaign and its 150 stages, let alone been able to successfully capture those most powerful Pokemon in light of their abysmal capture rates. I understand the reasoning behind that decision, obviously profit is the sole motive as it encourages people to spend money on items and powerups to advance quicker and further; I just cannot appreciate it.

 

[Chopper]

I just gave Xerneas another shot. These legendaries are literally impossible to beat/catch without spending coins.

 

[Cute Dragon Here]

I got a score of about 9K on the third try of the challenge.

Let's hope I wont end up having to step my game up soon. I'm sitting comfortably at 6K ranking...

 

[Zonic]

Alright, 10,571. Let's see how I rank!

"1,891/25,188"

Hmmmmmmmmmmm, guess I better aim for a higher score/get better Pokemon.

Edit: 11,264 bumps me up to 1,287. My Pokemon are Slowbro (lv. 6), Swellow (lv. 5), Azumarill (lv. 5), & Chimecho (lv. 5).

Now at 12,840 ranked at 595. Top score in the US has 31,356 with a team of Slowbro, Xerneas, Mewtwo, and Slurpuff.

 

[Cute Dragon Here]

Alright, 10,571. Let's see how I rank!

"1,891/25,188"

Hmmmmmmmmmmm, guess I better aim for a higher score/get better Pokemon.

Edit: 11,264 bumps me up to 1,287. My Pokemon are Slowbro (lv. 6), Swellow (lv. 5), Azumarill (lv. 5), & Chimecho (lv. 5).

Now at 12,840 ranked at 595. Top score in the US has 31,356 with a team of Slowbro, Xerneas, Mewtwo, and Slurpuff.

I wish I was good at EX stages. I tend to end up letting the prices fall into place before continuing.

 

[Phillips455]

Soo.... What is being expected for a top 20,000 finish for the European version? Im still not finished the main game, but i dont want to miss out on this.

 

[Zonic]

A stone to get Mega Lucario. Think that's the reward for all regions.

Edit: The feeling of getting a higher score only to discover you actually DROPPED. 13,230, but now at 621 because the new top score is 38,812.

Maybe I should wait until Saturday & save up a ton of coins.

 

[RiggyRob]

A stone to get Mega Lucario. Think that's the reward for all regions.

Edit: The feeling of getting a higher score only to discover you actually DROPPED. 13,230, but now at 621 because the new top score is 38,812.

Maybe I should wait until Saturday & save up a ton of coins.

Might as well, the Meowth stage will be good for getting the coins for Complexity -1 and Delay Disruption - I've only tried the Mega Lucario stage once to make sure I'll get the jewel at the end, now I can focus on finishing the EX stages and getting an S rank on Mega Gengar until Sunday when I try Mega Lucario again properly.

 

[Elija2]

I'm in the top 10,000 in my region, but I doubt I'll be able to last the whole week.

 

[JoeM86]

My score has rapidly dropped to ~900 in Japan now. This will be tough.

Soo.... What is being expected for a top 20,000 finish for the European version? Im still not finished the main game, but i dont want to miss out on this.

A Lucarionite for Shuffle

 

[-Horizon-]

I tried the scoring competition thing: 28000 something out of 46000 haha

 

[Juni_]

I was in the 3000s this morning now I'm 6647

 

[Hegarol]

731/34788 in Europe with 13.108 points. Lets hope this is enough for the mega stone

 

[toythatkills]

Seems like by the end of the week it'll be impossible to hit the top 20,000 without using complexity-1, which is a pretty prohibitive spend. It takes the best part of a month to save up the coins for that if you're not spending real money on them.

I think Nintendo really should have been giving the Mega Stone to everyone and the top 20k should win five jewels, or something. The way it's set up now, the Mega Stone is effectively paywalled, which rather sours the experience.

 

[Jo Shishido's Cheeks]

Guys don't stress, I'm sure you'll be able to buy this Mega Stone for 2.99 once the contest ends.

 

[Cute Dragon Here]

I just redid things.

I think I managed to get close to 12K in score, and I ended up in the top 2K. Yippee!

I doubt it'll last, though.