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I haven't spent them on anything but Great Balls to get an extra chance at catching a Pokémon. I'm not at the point where I need to use the consumables in order to complete the stages.
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Pokemon Shuffle |OT| Every Day I'm Shuffling
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I haven't spent them on anything but Great Balls to get an extra chance at catching a Pokémon. I'm not at the point where I need to use the consumables in order to complete the stages.
Pretty much just that, then MAYBE if the +5 moves or +10 seconds if I've attempted the stage a few times & get really close.
How much are the 1.5x EXP?
I haven't bought any items yet, but I do have about 20k coins. 1.5x EXP sure would help with the slow leveling, but I'm not sure I have any Pokemon I want to be investing those boosts on yet ha
Mega Mawile is a huge issue for me. I simply cannot get past it. Its disruptions are the worst I've experienced so far
It's kicking my ass too. Throws in an extra garbage pokemon on top of your 4 chosen pokemon so it is really hard to get combos going before your board just gets frozen. I think it might be a good idea to buy the -1 pokemon ability for this stage to get some combos rolling.
Though instead of banging my head against that stage all day I've been going back and catching the pokemon I didn't catch along the way. Going quite well now that I have stronger pokemon to hit their weaknesses leaving lots of moves left over.
I do that with PIN pads at grocery stores. Some have yes on the left. Some have yes on the right. Arrrrrrrrgh.Nooooo...
I don't know why but I always press the left option, so when I ran out of move, -1 jewel, didn't want to use it
Already happened with past iOS F2P games, I think I personally need a confirmation screen. :lol
Fortunately hasn't happened to me in this game. Think "right is right" (for this game).
I'm saving mine to either turn into coins at a later date when things get harder, or to buy some more hearts when I'm travelling and don't want to wait for more.
WiiRevolution1
Member
Usually don't enjoy puzzle games but is free and Pomemon so I figured why not.
Now on Stage 49 without any money spent. I usually just guess at these games because I suck, and still kinda doing it but really trying to get into it and am succeeding! Helps that I'm not really playing much ln 3DS so I'm only playing this atm as I'm working on finishng a book and Persona 4 on Vita. I kinda want to fall in and get gems but I won't. Probably all F2P games do this, but I must say ts cool you can buy the gems, then choose to use them at any later time,
Hopefully they drop prices because anything over a retail game price just sounds insane lol. Other than that, I all around enjoy it and can see myself "beating" it. (150 Stages upto Mewtwo I think.) Also cool to see new content coming out, hope they keep that up for years and I may keep coming back.
Now on Stage 49 without any money spent. I usually just guess at these games because I suck, and still kinda doing it but really trying to get into it and am succeeding! Helps that I'm not really playing much ln 3DS so I'm only playing this atm as I'm working on finishng a book and Persona 4 on Vita. I kinda want to fall in and get gems but I won't. Probably all F2P games do this, but I must say ts cool you can buy the gems, then choose to use them at any later time,
Hopefully they drop prices because anything over a retail game price just sounds insane lol. Other than that, I all around enjoy it and can see myself "beating" it. (150 Stages upto Mewtwo I think.) Also cool to see new content coming out, hope they keep that up for years and I may keep coming back.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Any tips for Mega Mawile?
MetalGuardian
Banned
Fuck this game. Can't believe I'm spending more time with a F2P Candy Crush ripoff than my unfinished Alpha Sapphire file
Cloudius12
Member
Mega Mawile.. Stage 90.
Fuck this Pokemon.
Fuck this Pokemon.
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
Member
40 stages completed
40 S ranks
38 Pokemon caught (2 mega stones)
Can finally move on to world 5 now.
Still enjoying this a lot.
What levels have some of your Pokemon reached? I'm guessing it goes up to ten...?
Also does this game have shiny Pokemon? (My Vulpix icon is gleaming)
40 S ranks
38 Pokemon caught (2 mega stones)
Can finally move on to world 5 now.
Still enjoying this a lot.
What levels have some of your Pokemon reached? I'm guessing it goes up to ten...?
Also does this game have shiny Pokemon? (My Vulpix icon is gleaming)
Fuck this game. Can't believe I'm spending more time with a F2P Candy Crush ripoff than my unfinished Alpha Sapphire file
Well to be fair, I think this is more of a Puzzle and Dragons "ripoff"....which borrowed the Pokemon gotta catch them all, leveling, type advantages, and evolving features and rolled it into a match 3 puzzle game. It then proceeded to conquer the Japan mobile market and wallets and started the PAD clone frenzy.
Seems we finally came full circle after a billion mobile clones.
Alright, stage 93 now, I was scared by Mega Mawile based on past impressions but did it first try, might have lucked it though.
I'm still enjoying it daily, still bitter about the wasted jewel but I got Slowbro with it, at least. It was in my "time to catch the Pokémons with Mega I missed" play.
I'm still enjoying it daily, still bitter about the wasted jewel but I got Slowbro with it, at least. It was in my "time to catch the Pokémons with Mega I missed" play.
57 stages completed (1 Ex)
54 S ranks
52 Pokemon caught (Mew & Absol included)
4 mega stones
0 real money spent.
Ayup, except no gacha in this game (all the expert pokemon would be gacha in p&d).
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Does Torchic and Combusken abilities stack?
Dénouement
Banned
Do Pokemon evolve in the game? I thought that would be the case at first until the evolved form of Pokemon began showing up.
And level 69 wtfffffff how do you beat this?? 7 moves to beat Slowbro and the stage is like 3/4 filled with Slowbro/poke to start. -_________-
edit: nvm just beat it hihihih
And level 69 wtfffffff how do you beat this?? 7 moves to beat Slowbro and the stage is like 3/4 filled with Slowbro/poke to start. -_________-
edit: nvm just beat it hihihih
SatoAilDarko
Member
Seriously. Over 6 loses. Went back and caught Combuskin and it didn't help. I knew the moment when I would have to spend currency or grind would come.
On the bright side I am now pretty interested in that Puzzles and Dragons thing.
I don't know but I might as well try catching one.
I agree with these posts. Jewels are the most valuable currency you have, in general this is how I manage my resources in the game:
-Use hearts to play whatever I feel like playing at the time, but don't buy any.
-Never buy a Great Ball. Coins are so much more valuable than hearts, and you're essentially paying 2500 Coins to not wait 30 minutes for another try. Just use another free heart, the RNG will sometimes screw you even on high % catchability anyway.
-Never ever spend a jewel to prolong a failed stage. That jewel is worth at minimum 5 hearts, so you're better off just taking the loss and trying again, even if that means waiting on hearts to recharge.
-I've been hoarding my coins for the harder stages. I ended up using one on Torchic for extra moves just because 3 seemed ridiculous, but I managed to beat the other 3 move stage in one move (go figure.)
I'll probably hoard my Jewels until I have 12 and then buy Coins with them, since hearts regen for free and once you've bought hearts you're losing free hearts because the clock stops ticking when you're at 5+.
They clear a bunch of tiles at once, which not only clears disruption blocks, but leads to a cascade of new tiles, giving you a better chance of chaining compared to just 1-2 matches at a time.
EDIT: I managed to beat Mega Lopunny on my first try with 1 turn remaining. My team was Mega Audino (Lv5), Riolu (Lv2), Absol (Lv3), and Eevee (Lv4)
Muskieratboi
Member
Would pay $5 each for a Heart/Coin Doubler.
ShadowElliot
Banned
I just caught
at 7% Catchability... What.
Grovyle
OmegaSmash
Member
Mega Sableyes is great for Pokemon that do constant disruptions, specially against the steel boxes. He's basically my main Mega at this point.
Same.
Nintendo's experiments with DLC have been mostly a success but they/TPC really dropped the ball here.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Is there a recommended time to attempt EX stages?
I think the best thing that we can do is to review this game in the eShop, and to constantly "check-in" but never buy anything. I'm pretty sure the check-in process is reporting our gameplay habits. Show them that this isn't a good approach to F2P.
If you have a couple type-advantages and a mega it doesn't hurt to give it a try. They can be tough though, instead of a move limit it's a time limit so you have to just make matches as fast as possible. I've already caught Absol and Rotom and I've just beaten Mega Lopunny.
Pretty much this. Show them that we like the game enough to keep playing, but that we don't want to be nickel-and-dimed. This game is one situation where Club Nintendo surveys would have been a nice thing to have.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Thanks, I'll give it a shot.
Came here to bitch about this one. I do not see how this stage is possible without using coins. Had to get the extra turns, anti-disruption and mega-start to get through it. Usually if I don't beat a stage the first try, I will by the 2nd once I know the gimmick or what to focus on. Mega-Mawile though was 4 turns before I resorted to coins on the 5th. There is just no way to keep up otherwise with all this stage's disruption nonsense.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Just beat it; Mega-ing asap is important?
1500 Coins from Meowth today.
I got a Jewel from my first pass, a heart at 5 and 10, I'm at 19 now and haven't gotten any other rewards yet.
I got a Jewel from my first pass, a heart at 5 and 10, I'm at 19 now and haven't gotten any other rewards yet.
Yep. Starting with Frost Rotom tomorrow
Triple Da G.O.D!
Member
I guess I can take some solace in knowing that I'm not the only one that Pokemon Shuffle has in its clutches.
I'm just going through the motions and waiting to get 12 Jewels so I can cash out on that.
As of now I don't see anything worth spending coins on anyway other than Exp Points x1.5. Everything else is either too expensive for what it gives you or in the case of Mega Start the team of Audino X Eevee squashes any reason to even consider it and Great Balls are just unneeded simply because RNJesus chooses YES or NO when you tap that Pokeball.
Speaking of Audino X Eevee are there any other Pokemon that go hand in hand to assist in Mega Evolutions later on?
EDIT: RNJesus just blessed me with that Riolu at 11%! So, there you have it!
I'm just going through the motions and waiting to get 12 Jewels so I can cash out on that.
As of now I don't see anything worth spending coins on anyway other than Exp Points x1.5. Everything else is either too expensive for what it gives you or in the case of Mega Start the team of Audino X Eevee squashes any reason to even consider it and Great Balls are just unneeded simply because RNJesus chooses YES or NO when you tap that Pokeball.
Speaking of Audino X Eevee are there any other Pokemon that go hand in hand to assist in Mega Evolutions later on?
EDIT: RNJesus just blessed me with that Riolu at 11%! So, there you have it!
That pokemon is the wall of the game. Had to get a +5 moves and use a gem to get 5 extra moves at the end.
I already said this, but the f2p approach is so different to anything nintendo has done before... I feel like we should point fingers at the Pokemon Company.
But killing him won't solve the problem. Just tell him he owes you