The Pokemon Thread

[DrDingo]

I missed my old team, too. Then it got slaughtered online and I promptly stuffed it back into the Pokebank.

Now that you mention it, I would be interested to see how well they work. In the days of Gen V when more of my friends played it, I was always eager for a battle and beat them all the time, but random matchups took ages to connect to! I haven't really looked for X Y battles yet, since I didn't have a complete team.
What's the battle spot like, is it a better experience than challenging passersby? I honestly haven't actually been on it yet.

 

[Mr. Sparta]

Now that you mention it, I would be interested to see how well they work. In the days of Gen V when more of my friends played it, I was always eager for a battle and beat them all the time, but random matchups took ages to connect to! I haven't really looked for X Y battles yet, since I didn't have a complete team.
What's the battle spot like, is it a better experience than challenging passersby? I honestly haven't actually been on it yet.

Just accept the fact you'll get your ass handed to you every time, even in ranked battles.

 

[Alexxx-Returns]

Now that you mention it, I would be interested to see how well they work. In the days of Gen V when more of my friends played it, I was always eager for a battle and beat them all the time, but random matchups took ages to connect to! I haven't really looked for X Y battles yet, since I didn't have a complete team.
What's the battle spot like, is it a better experience than challenging passersby? I honestly haven't actually been on it yet.

Pefectly honest with you, I miss the old PVP Battle Tower system. Downloading all their information to play offline (and get my ass kicked by 3 OU dragons) gave me something to work for in climbing the ranks. But Battle Spot is kind of... like Wonder Trade but for battles. You send in 3 of your 6, and they are set to lvl50. Their names are reset to the regional standard too, so it takes the fun out of giving your Pokemon a hilarious nickname.

 

[SirRob]

Pefectly honest with you, I miss the old PVP Battle Tower system. Downloading all their information to play offline (and get my ass kicked by 3 OU dragons) gave me something to work for in climbing the ranks. But Battle Spot is kind of... like Wonder Trade but for battles. You send in 3 of your 6, and they are set to lvl50. Their names are reset to the regional standard too, so it takes the fun out of giving your Pokemon a hilarious nickname.

Did you know that if you record a battle video, you can have a mock battle with the team in that video?

Now that you mention it, I would be interested to see how well they work. In the days of Gen V when more of my friends played it, I was always eager for a battle and beat them all the time, but random matchups took ages to connect to! I haven't really looked for X Y battles yet, since I didn't have a complete team.
What's the battle spot like, is it a better experience than challenging passersby? I honestly haven't actually been on it yet.

I don't really know, since I don't challenge passerby.

 

[DrDingo]

Just accept the fact you'll get your ass handed to you every time, even in ranked battles.

Sounds like a challenge. I'm up for that, even if I do get destroyed.
It's more fun when there's ramped-up tension because your Pokémon are running out!

 

[Misomie]

I'm kinda nervous about transferring my guys over. Someone said he had a pokemon named Mars and its name got reset on transfer. I have a Gallade I named Mars and I do not want him to be re-named to Gallade. D: I can't change his name to something else because he was from a restarted Platnium. This also makes me fear for some other of my mons. D:

 

[SirRob]

Yeah my Lucario's name from White 2 got changed. I forget what its name was exactly, but I named them all after food. It was kinda lame, 'cause it doesn't tell you what name they're gonna change, just that they're gonna change one. And you can't change it back once you transfer.

Ultimately though, you know it's the same Pokemon. A rose by any other name's still a rose, so it's no big deal.

Edit: The Lucario's name was Peanuts. Thanks Hall of Fame!

 

[Antronach]

Nickname changes? Last thing I need is the pokemon off of our old Emerald/Colosseum files losing their nicknames, even if they are sorta cheesy. :<

 

[DrDingo]

On the plus side regarding nicknames, my SCIZOR and METAGROSS are now Scizor and Metagross, thanks to the automatic decapitalization from transferring Pokémon that have Pre-Gen V origins.

 

[Misomie]

I'm ok with decapitalization, but I have some pokemon that I gave nicknames for a reason (my first pokemon ever, my shiny Ray, my nuzlockers, my other favorite battles, ect). I'd just enter a hug rage is my more important mons lost their names. D:

 

[Arcane Reno]

I just started transferring some of my older 'mons up to X, and gotta say, Kyurem is kinda terrifying in the amie. 0_o


EDIT:

Also, apparently pokemon bank gives you a Celebi? I transferred my second box, and the girl is all, "Here have this Celebi!" Pretty nice little surprise!

 

[Jags]

So, all I need now are the event legendaries.

That won't be difficult to get them. Right? ;-;

 

[Kamek_Sans]

Anyone else collect Pokemon cards? I got a couple of XY packs today and they're super neat IMO

 

[Falafox]

Damn, I really want Pokemon X now......3DS it's so expensive, I'll stick to the lite version I got on 2007 :v

 

[Kamek_Sans]

Hey, at least you don't have to pay $250 :V

 

[BRN]

Damn, I really want Pokemon X now......3DS it's so expensive, I'll stick to the lite version I got on 2007 :v

Nintendo's naming strategy is terrible. The 3DS isn't a DS with 3D attached, it's a massive quality-of-life and hardware-specs upgrade with a whole bunch of new features that totally seperate it, in a very powerful way, from the old DS family.

Seriously, it's worth the upgrade. ^^

 

[DrDingo]

Nintendo's naming strategy is terrible. The 3DS isn't a DS with 3D attached, it's a massive quality-of-life and hardware-specs upgrade with a whole bunch of new features that totally seperate it, in a very powerful way, from the old DS family.

Seriously, it's worth the upgrade. ^^

Y'know, I was thinking exactly the same thing when I first watched the Wii U announcement. Shortly after I recall there being news on them discussing whether there should be a new name for it.

 

[Stratelier]

I've now bred two Smeargle with five IVs. Unfortunately they are both the same gender....

 

[BRN]

I've now bred two Smeargle with five IVs. Unfortunately they are both the same gender....

With advances in science, this really shouldn't stop you.~

 

[Zraxi]

I wish I could access pokebank while in the game. It's a pain in the ass to go back and forth so much.

 

[SirRob]

This might just be me, but I wish you could access it on your computer. Like Miiverse.

 

[DrDingo]

This might just be me, but I wish you could access it on your computer. Like Miiverse.

If you could just view them on the internet, yeah why not? But if it was anything else, I reckon they need to exercise real caution regarding hackers using it as a way to sneak on some hacked Pokémon.

 

[Alexxx-Returns]

This might just be me, but I wish you could access it on your computer. Like Miiverse.

I'm the opposite way. This kind of put me off Dream World. I like how Transporter and bank are apps on the DS.

As for Pokemon Bank, I've tested one box so far - "Fire". Of my Action Replay Pokemon generated on Ruby and Emerald, my 2 Ponytas made it through (one shiny), but Transporter did tell me that some Pokemon weren't going through. I assumed there was a legendary in there or something, but going back to have a look, it turned out to be my Blaziken. That makes sense considering it is level 3.

In hindsight, the nicknames I gave to most my Pokemon in Black are lame as hell. And it seems like they ALL have APPALLING IVs. About as minimal as they can get. I'm not sure whether it's coincidence or whether I was less picky about breeding for stats. But it's the one-offs too - my Victini is pretty appalling.

EDIT: My Deoxys and 2 Suicunes didn't make it through, but they are also minimal level.

Herpes, however, made it through without a name change.

 

[Jags]

My legitimate Victini failed Bank's hack checks. I do not know why.

 

[BRN]

Arceus, Shaymin, and Darkrai didn't make it through. They were all legitimate captures from generation IV, but that said, I used Action Replay to get the Event items which spawned their events.

Bummer. I wanted my Shaymin.