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Re: Pokemon!!

Postby CRBWildcat » Fri Dec 06, 2013 8:46 am

You'd probably have to ask Game Freak about that one. :|

I can't really say that I've cared a lot about getting the Dream World-related medals. I knew that with my personal schedule and shifting moods there was no way I'd logically be able to get the last one, so I settled for getting around... 30-40 Pokemon and left it at that.
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Re: Pokemon!!

Postby Lioconvoy » Fri Dec 06, 2013 9:17 am

I could have sworn it ended later in December so I thought I had a chance. I'm up to 88 I think. Still it sucks that they're taking away part of the games gameplay like that. No more berries, no more changing wall papers, or musicals. It's just annoying.
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Re: Pokemon!!

Postby CRBWildcat » Sat Dec 07, 2013 5:24 pm

Well, a year or two down the line, it's not like anyone's going to be playing the older games for anything other than nostalgia or breeding purposes. Usage of the Dream World and the 5th Gen's Game Sync would gradually shrink to the point where Game Freak would probably see no further point to keeping it open.

I'll probably regret doing something this stupid, but I'm going to set a rather ambitious goal for myself: between the time that the Pokemon Transfer and Bank programs become available and 12:01a.m. on New Years Day, I intend to have the National Dex completed. It's only a five-day period here in the U.S., but If my workload at the office is low, I think I have a decent chance of pulling it off.
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Re: Pokemon!!

Postby Circe » Sat Dec 07, 2013 6:16 pm

CRBWildcat wrote:I'll probably regret doing something this stupid, but I'm going to set a rather ambitious goal for myself: between the time that the Pokemon Transfer and Bank programs become available and 12:01a.m. on New Years Day, I intend to have the National Dex completed. It's only a five-day period here in the U.S., but If my workload at the office is low, I think I have a decent chance of pulling it off.

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Re: Pokemon!!

Postby Lioconvoy » Sun Dec 08, 2013 3:48 am

Yeah well that's a year or two down the road, right now there are still people playing it. I haven't gone past the second gym in X, but I'm still actively playing White 2, I doubt I'm the only one still playing the older games. There are some people just getting into Black and White even now.
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Re: Pokemon!!

Postby CRBWildcat » Sun Dec 08, 2013 2:49 pm

My point is that they'd still have to get rid of it sooner or later. There's always going to be someone getting into the games for the first time, and there's always going to be something that they'll end up missing out on. Keeping stuff open while both technology and gamers move on wouldn't be feasible.

Something that I forgot to mention, and that I should've thought of when writing my last post, is that keeping the GL & DW open while the 6th Gen's online activities are active would be too much for Game Freak's servers to take. If memory serves, back when things opened up in the 5th Gen, they had to close the website temporarily due to excessive traffic.

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Re: Pokemon!!

Postby Makoto » Sun Dec 08, 2013 7:32 pm

That's why I'd said they should at least have had some sort of submenu or selector in the game (to be enabled whenever the PGL/DW server finally went down) to allow you to choose the skins and musicals you've 'unlocked.' They're already all on the cartridge. Sure, you can use an Action Replay - as far as I'm aware - to pick and choose, but you shouldn't have to hack.

(Yes, I know I said I didn't want to go over this again, Lio, but... :oops: )

Since I haven't tried to access any of the Gen 4 or even the Gen 5 GTSes, can anyone confirm the rumors that they're down or going down (permanently)?
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Re: Pokemon!!

Postby CRBWildcat » Tue Dec 17, 2013 11:16 pm

I haven't tried to access them either, and not having been able to find any evidence I can't confirm or deny whether there's any truth to the rumors.
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Re: Pokemon!!

Postby CRBWildcat » Thu Dec 26, 2013 6:22 pm

Pokemon Bank has been temporarily removed from the Nintendo eShop, and the date of release in North America and Europe has been changed to TBD. Seems Nintendo underestimated just how many people in Japan wanted it, and their network's having issues as a result. This may end up delaying the start of my challenge a little bit, but I'd still like to do it all inside a 5-day period.
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Re: Pokemon!!

Postby Lioconvoy » Sat Dec 28, 2013 7:33 am

Hey how come no one allow friends to see there stuff on the new Global Link? I changed my settings.
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Re: Pokemon!!

Postby Lioconvoy » Sun Jan 05, 2014 6:23 am

I got a Cyndinquil(sp) over Wonder Trade today.
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Re: Pokemon!!

Postby Makoto » Mon Jan 06, 2014 1:18 am

Yeah, since Japan's already had access to PokeBank/Transporter, a lot more Pokemon have been showing up on Wonder Trade, including starters. I've already added about a dozen more Pokedex entries.

Out of the remaining starters, though, I've only picked up a Chikorita and Chimchar.
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Re: Pokemon!!

Postby Lioconvoy » Mon Jan 06, 2014 5:26 am

Can you breed a Chikorita for me that's one of my favorites. The other I can wait for. I have a friend with a Mudkip though.
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Re: Pokemon!!

Postby CRBWildcat » Mon Jan 06, 2014 8:31 pm

I'm going to wait until those programs are available for us to get. I'd rather not have to do any additional trading if I can avoid it.
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Re: Pokemon!!

Postby Lioconvoy » Mon Jan 06, 2014 11:57 pm

Half the fun of Pokemon is trading. I think that's part of what makes Wonder Trade so cool, good or bad it's new connections made through Pokemon. I will admit I was skeptical at first but after a few Wonder Trades it's probably one of the best ideas they've had in a long time.
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