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AceOfScarabs I am now a shiny stone~ from Singapore Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
I am now a shiny stone~
#95026: Oct 6th 2013 at 5:38:20 AM

Well, it's a popular narrative/worldbuilding element. The ingame Gym Leaders also have Uber Teams for endgame matches, Cheren in BW 2 bemoans the need to use a "newbie" team against the player character for the first Gym badge, and the Cerulean Gym Leader(s) in Electric Tale check Ash's Badge count before the match (presumably to autobalance their gym team to keep the challenge up)

Episode 2, 2:24 :O

edited 6th Oct '13 5:41:08 AM by AceOfScarabs

The three finest things in life are to splat your enemies, drive them from their turf, and hear their lamentations as their rank falls!
Kinkajou I'm Only Sleeping Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Hiding
I'm Only Sleeping
#95027: Oct 6th 2013 at 5:54:12 AM

Also the author filibuster near the end.

Do tell...

For that matter, I find it amusing that my Darmanitan, Excadrill, and Haxorus in White 2 are all female, hence me calling them The Furies.

INT is knowing a tomato is a fruit. WIS is knowing it doesn't belong in a fruit salad. CHA is convincing people that it does.
Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#95028: Oct 6th 2013 at 5:56:39 AM

We've never been able to transfer items

Adannor (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#95029: Oct 6th 2013 at 5:59:44 AM

^You could by having mons hold them.

AceOfScarabs I am now a shiny stone~ from Singapore Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
I am now a shiny stone~
#95030: Oct 6th 2013 at 6:02:07 AM

Only for the migration from Gen III to IV. Poketransfer from IV to V doesn't allow item passover either. Besides it allows for degenerate gimmickry like trading over TMs and massing Master Balls from doing Silphco runs.

edited 6th Oct '13 6:16:17 AM by AceOfScarabs

The three finest things in life are to splat your enemies, drive them from their turf, and hear their lamentations as their rank falls!
Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#95031: Oct 6th 2013 at 6:02:14 AM

Not in the last gen, IIRC

Ninjad

edited 6th Oct '13 6:02:33 AM by Xopher001

Hashil Since: Aug, 2010
#95032: Oct 6th 2013 at 7:12:28 AM

@ Kinkajou

It's the typical humans are bastards spiel you've seen in a dozen JRP Gs before, except it's so poorly written and filled with so many typos and grammatical errors and it goes on for so long, it really is like somebody's stalling a bill out.

DiurnalBrocolli Something... from Somewhere... Since: Apr, 2012 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
Something...
#95033: Oct 6th 2013 at 7:54:20 AM

And I never got a chance to use my Master Ball in Black, White, or Black 2, not even against a Legendary...

Just floating around...
AceOfScarabs I am now a shiny stone~ from Singapore Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
I am now a shiny stone~
#95034: Oct 6th 2013 at 8:41:33 AM

I used my to savescum the Shiny Haxorus in "Unova's Secret Garden" [lol] Settled for Impish Female with Mold Breaker.

[down]Whoops, fixed [lol]

edited 6th Oct '13 8:52:50 AM by AceOfScarabs

The three finest things in life are to splat your enemies, drive them from their turf, and hear their lamentations as their rank falls!
Skullman Dead Punny from My Laptop Since: Jun, 2012
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#95035: Oct 6th 2013 at 8:50:14 AM

[up] You mean Haxorus, right?

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
AceOfScarabs I am now a shiny stone~ from Singapore Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
I am now a shiny stone~
#95036: Oct 6th 2013 at 8:54:37 AM

30 free days of Trial Period for the Pokemon Bank, huh... Better rush the Gen VI game to the postgame before Christmas and get the Bank registered immediately after that if I plan to port my guys over. I'll just play it safe and trade mostly unevolved pokes over to expedite, and start with the Legends and Shinies first.

The three finest things in life are to splat your enemies, drive them from their turf, and hear their lamentations as their rank falls!
Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#95037: Oct 6th 2013 at 9:01:23 AM

@hashil yeah why do so many jrpgs have a humans are bastards theme? Is it something to do with Japanese culture?

YamiiDenryuu Since: Jan, 2010
#95038: Oct 6th 2013 at 9:06:54 AM

Apparently you don't need to beat XY to transfer Pokemon over. Not sure where I heard that, though.

KuroBaraHime ☆♥☆ Since: Jan, 2011
☆♥☆
#95039: Oct 6th 2013 at 9:09:17 AM

The official site says you can transfer Pokemon from Gen V as soon as you get your Pokedex at the beginning of the game.

BadWolf21 Since: May, 2010
#95040: Oct 6th 2013 at 9:09:52 AM

Once Pokemon Bank is out, anyway.

DiurnalBrocolli Something... from Somewhere... Since: Apr, 2012 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
Something...
#95041: Oct 6th 2013 at 9:31:39 AM

And being it's so close to Christmas when the game's coming out...

You think they did that for the kids that have to wait until Christmas to start their journey?

Just floating around...
Smasher from The 1830's, but without the racists (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: The best thing that ever happened to a bum like me
#95042: Oct 6th 2013 at 10:20:34 AM

That's probably why the "Special Torchic" event is lasting so long.

Customer Since: Sep, 2009
#95043: Oct 6th 2013 at 10:24:45 AM

Yes, I'm sure they planned around Christmas since they know parents may be waiting until then to spring the game on their kids. It's pretty thoughtful of them actually.

Hopefully there'll be a sale on the games by then; I want to get a new 3DS (or 2DS) and one version for a friend for Christmas (and possibly Animal Crossing: New Leaf as well).

strawberryflavored Since: Sep, 2010
#95044: Oct 6th 2013 at 10:28:10 AM

It also prevents people from just transferring old Pokemon over and speeding through X and Y.

Smasher from The 1830's, but without the racists (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: The best thing that ever happened to a bum like me
#95045: Oct 6th 2013 at 10:29:05 AM

Isn't that what badges are for?

Skullman Dead Punny from My Laptop Since: Jun, 2012
Dead Punny
#95046: Oct 6th 2013 at 10:31:46 AM

A team of lv100s would still rip through the game even if they only attacked a third of the time.

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
DRCEQ Since: Oct, 2009
#95047: Oct 6th 2013 at 10:34:23 AM

[up][up] Just because your level 100 shiny Dialga won't listen to you, doesn't mean you can't still use it to dominate your way through the game. It's just another status effect like being paralyzed or making a pokemon flinch and give up its turn.

Anyways, speaking of the Shiny creation trio, I have no intention of transferring them over to X. I plan on TRADING them over so I can keep the Orbs that they're equipped with. It can't be that hard to find a common gen 1-5 pokemon early on in the game. Otherwise, I'll just transfer my gen 1 starter back and forth.

edited 6th Oct '13 10:34:39 AM by DRCEQ

Sterok Since: Apr, 2012
#95048: Oct 6th 2013 at 10:37:17 AM

I've got 4 of all the shiny creation trio. I'll probably transfer them over eventually.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#95049: Oct 6th 2013 at 10:38:09 AM

I know we couldn't transfer items from IV to V. That doesn't mean I was okay with it. tongue

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
Smasher from The 1830's, but without the racists (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: The best thing that ever happened to a bum like me
#95050: Oct 6th 2013 at 10:53:52 AM

You know, they should stop releasing a game every year. From 2010 to 2013, we had HG/SS, B/W, B/W2, and X/Y. We could use a break.

Another thing: I'd like to see a console Pokémon game. Like the handhelds, only bigger. Maybe for the 20th Anniversary or something.

edited 6th Oct '13 10:55:35 AM by Smasher


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