Just in case people find this blog and wonder why I stopped posting Pokemon things: a friend passed away.
I was super active with the Pokemon video games for a bit. Thousands of hours, starting with Ruby & Sapphire. I think I had two Ruby games, a Sapphire, and a Japanese Sapphire game. On the bus, on the plane, at work, at home, out and about...organized & played in tournaments for it and the card game...it was great.
I changed up jobs in mid-2008 and left behind the organized play and card game - but a buddy and I would compare notes about breeding and IVs, trading our breeding pairs, battling late at night while his wife and kids were asleep. As time went on, we still battled. He needed some competition, who wasn't playing in the same tournaments he was in. I wrote posts here about things I was doing and about EVs & IVs.
And I stopped posting in 2014. I'd still play, but not as much and not as deeply. Eric and I would still battle in the late evenings, sometimes turning on voice chat through our DSes, otherwise just messaging. I'd see him at rock shows occasionally with his wife - great people.
In 2016, a windstorm kicked up in Seattle in mid-March. A tree fell on a moving car, killing the driver but his daughter survived. A freak accident, really. But it felt wrong. A friend later called me to tell me it was Eric. Instant emotional black hole. It's tough going to a rock show sometimes, and thinking "maybe Eric will be...oh wait, no". He was a vibrant personality and lives on in the people who knew him.
I still played the games when they came out. But I no longer had a late night battle buddy, someone who was training and breeding their Pokemon for a purpose. I played through Pokemon Quest, and got some good walking around with Pokemon Go for awhile...but the magic dulled a little. It's okay - people pass on. I do other things now that I didn't do before. I have all of those awesome memories of the great people I experienced Pokemon with - that'll be a lifetime right there.
Hopefully you learned something, landing here. Some of the mechanics might still be applicable, but use critical thinking — figure out what does and doesn't work still. Maybe start up your own blog, and talk about your experiences so that others can learn from your trials.
Good luck, my fellow Ace Trainers!
Thursday, February 28, 2019
Saturday, January 25, 2014
IV Crossovers
So you have a Destiny Knot, that will get you 5 of the parent IVs
transferred over. Hopefully the perfect IVs, but that's not something
you get to control. Of course, the more perfect IVs the parents have,
the more likely they'll pass it on to their children.
This is where crossover breeding is awesome. Imagine you want to make a powerful Blastoise - you and your friends brag about how awesome you are at breeding and battling...the bet is made. Whoever makes the best one in an hour, wins all of the breedings. You can get 5 perfect IVs fast, once you have some basic work done.
I recently did some IV crossover breeding. Starting with Newton, the 6 perfect IV male Electabuzz, I bred it with a female Cacnea. (Ideally, it's from another country so it breeds faster.) I eventually get a female Cacnea (let's call her Betsy) that has 3 perfect IVs from Newton, and then start breeding Betsy and Newton. Sadly, the breeding is slower now - Betsy and Newton are different Pokemon which slows it down, and the foreign mother's effect is gone. As time goes on, I'll get better Cacneas 4 & 5 perfect IVs. When I get a male Cacnea with 5, I retire Newton. With a male and female Cacnea with 5 perfect IVs each, it becomes random luck getting a baby with 6.
But! Cacnea is part of two egg groups - Human-like and Grass. I can take a female Grass Pokemon and breed it with my 5 perfect IV male Cacnea...and repeat the process I did with Newton. I would stay closer to Pokemon that have a 50/50 split for female to male...getting stuck breeding with a bad half is just painful. (I did some Corsolas once - the females were common, so I had 4 IVs easily. Males were rare, and I was stuck on 2 IVs.
So far, I've got 5 perfect IV males in multiple egg groups. I have a bunch of Human-like starts, taking advantage of Newton's perfect 6.
Eventually, I'll get a male 5-IV for each of the egg groups. If I bred all of the time, I'd probably do 6-IV, but that takes awhile and a bit of luck.
*Lower steps needed to hatch means faster breeding. Even more important if you're going for 6 perfect IVs.
This is where crossover breeding is awesome. Imagine you want to make a powerful Blastoise - you and your friends brag about how awesome you are at breeding and battling...the bet is made. Whoever makes the best one in an hour, wins all of the breedings. You can get 5 perfect IVs fast, once you have some basic work done.
I recently did some IV crossover breeding. Starting with Newton, the 6 perfect IV male Electabuzz, I bred it with a female Cacnea. (Ideally, it's from another country so it breeds faster.) I eventually get a female Cacnea (let's call her Betsy) that has 3 perfect IVs from Newton, and then start breeding Betsy and Newton. Sadly, the breeding is slower now - Betsy and Newton are different Pokemon which slows it down, and the foreign mother's effect is gone. As time goes on, I'll get better Cacneas 4 & 5 perfect IVs. When I get a male Cacnea with 5, I retire Newton. With a male and female Cacnea with 5 perfect IVs each, it becomes random luck getting a baby with 6.
But! Cacnea is part of two egg groups - Human-like and Grass. I can take a female Grass Pokemon and breed it with my 5 perfect IV male Cacnea...and repeat the process I did with Newton. I would stay closer to Pokemon that have a 50/50 split for female to male...getting stuck breeding with a bad half is just painful. (I did some Corsolas once - the females were common, so I had 4 IVs easily. Males were rare, and I was stuck on 2 IVs.
So far, I've got 5 perfect IV males in multiple egg groups. I have a bunch of Human-like starts, taking advantage of Newton's perfect 6.
- Meinfoo - Human-like & Field
- Cacnea - Human-like & Grass
- Illuminise - Human-like & Bug
- Skorupi - Bug & Water 3
- Dwebble (Bug/Mineral)
- Mareep (Field/Monster)
- Stunfisk (Water 1/Amorphous)
- Ekans (Field/Dragon)
- Clawitzer (Water 1/Water 3) - 3800 steps*.
- Dedenne (Field/Fairy)
- Woobat (Flying/Field) - 3800 steps*.
Eventually, I'll get a male 5-IV for each of the egg groups. If I bred all of the time, I'd probably do 6-IV, but that takes awhile and a bit of luck.
*Lower steps needed to hatch means faster breeding. Even more important if you're going for 6 perfect IVs.
Saturday, January 11, 2014
IV Breeding in Pokemon XY
I bred my first 6 perfect IV Pokemon the other day in Pokemon Y. It was nearly impossible before - you could do hundreds of breeding and not get one. The Destiny Knot is the key to your problems - talk to the maid at the hotel in Cyllage City.
The Destiny Knot is important - normally the parents will pass down 3 IVs, and the other 3 IVs are random. With one parent holding the Destiny Knot (and the other, probably holding an Everstone - passing down its Nature), you pass down 5 IVs from parents...only one completely random not related to anything else.
Imagine if you had two perfect IV parents - you'd pass down 5 IVs from them. The other one would be a 1/32 chance to be a 31. This is the story - the more perfect IVs you have on your parents, the more perfect IVs can be passed down.
My story of Newton, the perfect Elekid starts in my friend Eric's Safari. When you catch a Pokemon at a friend's safari, that Pokemon will start with at least 2 perfect IVs. In my case, my female (with the hidden Ability, Vital Spirit) started with 3. The father started with 2 different perfect IVs, but with the Adamant Nature. He held onto the Everstone, the mother held onto the Destiny Knot.
I retired the father for a 3 IV, then 4 IV child. How do you know how many perfect IVs you have? At the end of the game, you have access to Kloude City. There's a judge in the Pokemon Center who tells you how awesome your best IVs on the Pokemon are, with the perfect IVs being "can't be beat". I take 5 candidates at a time, and mark the IVs in the summary boxes so I can keep track of who has what.
Eventually, I got up to 5 perfect IVs on the mother for the stats I wanted. (Special Attack would not be necessary.) She had Vital Spirit. She's the almost perfect (IV) mom. I needed Fire Punch and Ice Punch, so I bred a 5 IV Electabuzz father (Everstone) with a Medicham (Destiny Knot)...so that the Meditite father would have some good IVs to breed back over once it had the punches needed.
15 minutes later, I was back breeding the Meditite into the Electabuzz stock again. I quickly had a 5 IV Electabuzz father with the punches again, so it was just a matter of time.
Newton was born. Sadly, he has the Static ability, but he's got beautiful IVs. Imagine this - next time I want a Human Like egg, Newton as the father and a Destiny Knot - perfect IVs are easily passed down. I've already branched into a Cacturne - which means I can pass IVs over into the Grass 1 egg pool easily now (it was also in the Human Like egg group).
Other useful things: Hatching O Power, which you can get in a cafe in Lumiose City, after you've found all of the other powers. Elekids don't breed - I had to level them to Electabuzz (30)...the fastest way I know of is the rotation battle in the 2 star restaurant in Lumiose. (Experience O Power lasts through all of the battles.)
Good luck!
The Destiny Knot is important - normally the parents will pass down 3 IVs, and the other 3 IVs are random. With one parent holding the Destiny Knot (and the other, probably holding an Everstone - passing down its Nature), you pass down 5 IVs from parents...only one completely random not related to anything else.
Imagine if you had two perfect IV parents - you'd pass down 5 IVs from them. The other one would be a 1/32 chance to be a 31. This is the story - the more perfect IVs you have on your parents, the more perfect IVs can be passed down.
My story of Newton, the perfect Elekid starts in my friend Eric's Safari. When you catch a Pokemon at a friend's safari, that Pokemon will start with at least 2 perfect IVs. In my case, my female (with the hidden Ability, Vital Spirit) started with 3. The father started with 2 different perfect IVs, but with the Adamant Nature. He held onto the Everstone, the mother held onto the Destiny Knot.
I retired the father for a 3 IV, then 4 IV child. How do you know how many perfect IVs you have? At the end of the game, you have access to Kloude City. There's a judge in the Pokemon Center who tells you how awesome your best IVs on the Pokemon are, with the perfect IVs being "can't be beat". I take 5 candidates at a time, and mark the IVs in the summary boxes so I can keep track of who has what.
Eventually, I got up to 5 perfect IVs on the mother for the stats I wanted. (Special Attack would not be necessary.) She had Vital Spirit. She's the almost perfect (IV) mom. I needed Fire Punch and Ice Punch, so I bred a 5 IV Electabuzz father (Everstone) with a Medicham (Destiny Knot)...so that the Meditite father would have some good IVs to breed back over once it had the punches needed.
15 minutes later, I was back breeding the Meditite into the Electabuzz stock again. I quickly had a 5 IV Electabuzz father with the punches again, so it was just a matter of time.
Newton was born. Sadly, he has the Static ability, but he's got beautiful IVs. Imagine this - next time I want a Human Like egg, Newton as the father and a Destiny Knot - perfect IVs are easily passed down. I've already branched into a Cacturne - which means I can pass IVs over into the Grass 1 egg pool easily now (it was also in the Human Like egg group).
Other useful things: Hatching O Power, which you can get in a cafe in Lumiose City, after you've found all of the other powers. Elekids don't breed - I had to level them to Electabuzz (30)...the fastest way I know of is the rotation battle in the 2 star restaurant in Lumiose. (Experience O Power lasts through all of the battles.)
Good luck!
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Moar downloads
Darkrai download starts for US users on May 9th!
Something I didn't know until just now, you can download Togekiss on your birthday month, based on your Trainer Card birthdate. This will continue until the end of August 2012.
Something I didn't know until just now, you can download Togekiss on your birthday month, based on your Trainer Card birthdate. This will continue until the end of August 2012.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
In the next episode of "As the Dream World Turns..."
I don't have the strategy guide, which is a first for me...and I didn't follow Serebii religiously until the release. (When they were asked to take down the images, I lost interest in previews. Sad me.)
I heard loose rumors about Dream World - mostly that's where you get berries, as well as Pokemon that have special new abilities. Come to think of it, those are the two main selling points for me, having experienced it.
There's a current mini-game you can play on the Pokemon website, that gives you an evolved Eevee-lution for free - I'd suggest getting that soon.
On 4/12, it opened. Technically it's 4/13 in Japan, which is why the rest of us were..."oh my, it's early!" I got my Entralink code the first time I tried to go there, which I had to attach to my Pokemon Trainers' Club ID on their website.
Now the confusing part...
1. Get code. Get booted.
2. "Tuck in" Pokemon. Get booted.
3. Log in...Pokemon seems asleep - maybe I should switch it out, as no games are starting?
The real answer is no. Once your Pokemon is asleep, within the next 5 minutes or so you can go to the website Pokemon Global Link and you play there. Oh...you have to play on your computer, not the DS.
If you pull your Pokemon out of the Entralink, you're done for the day. You're also done if you click in the upper right corner. (It can also end after an hour.) My 4/12 attempt was aborted as I tried to switch napping Pokemon out - DON'T!
On 4/13, I started with 5 Haban Berries - I planted 3, put one on my trade rack, and fed one to the END TREE *important*. I crossed the rainbow bridge to the forest - this bridge will go away if you feed a berry to the END TREE. In the forest, you'll run into a variety of Pokemon - they'll offer you a variety of mini-games, and then you'll have the option of picking up that Pokemon at the END TREE. You can also find items and berries that are added to your treasure chest back at your house. The final step is the END TREE.
I keep saying END TREE, not because that's the name - it just kills your access to the forest, once you pick a Pokemon that you befriended. You only get one each day - I choose a female Tangela...female DW Pokemon can pass on their DW ability 40% of the time to its children. Once you choose, you're bounced back home and the rainbow bridge is gone.
You're supposed to be able to access game/trade pals' houses, but I wasn't able to see them. There's a chance that changing a setting in your Pokemon Trainers' Club profile (from Friends to Everyone) will let you access other players' gardens/houses. I changed mine after today's successful access of the DW.
So the quick summary of what happens:
1. Plant/Harvest Berries <10>
2. Walk around the forest, collecting things
3. Play some mini-games <10-30>
4. Collect a single Pokemon <50>
5. Water other people's gardens/trade racks. <10/1>
Some of these activities are good because they level up your Entralink <@500>, letting you find better things - Pokemon? items? berries? At 900 and 2100, your berry fields will add a row.
Hope this overview helps!
I heard loose rumors about Dream World - mostly that's where you get berries, as well as Pokemon that have special new abilities. Come to think of it, those are the two main selling points for me, having experienced it.
There's a current mini-game you can play on the Pokemon website, that gives you an evolved Eevee-lution for free - I'd suggest getting that soon.
On 4/12, it opened. Technically it's 4/13 in Japan, which is why the rest of us were..."oh my, it's early!" I got my Entralink code the first time I tried to go there, which I had to attach to my Pokemon Trainers' Club ID on their website.
Now the confusing part...
1. Get code. Get booted.
2. "Tuck in" Pokemon. Get booted.
3. Log in...Pokemon seems asleep - maybe I should switch it out, as no games are starting?
The real answer is no. Once your Pokemon is asleep, within the next 5 minutes or so you can go to the website Pokemon Global Link and you play there. Oh...you have to play on your computer, not the DS.
If you pull your Pokemon out of the Entralink, you're done for the day. You're also done if you click in the upper right corner. (It can also end after an hour.) My 4/12 attempt was aborted as I tried to switch napping Pokemon out - DON'T!
On 4/13, I started with 5 Haban Berries - I planted 3, put one on my trade rack, and fed one to the END TREE *important*. I crossed the rainbow bridge to the forest - this bridge will go away if you feed a berry to the END TREE. In the forest, you'll run into a variety of Pokemon - they'll offer you a variety of mini-games, and then you'll have the option of picking up that Pokemon at the END TREE. You can also find items and berries that are added to your treasure chest back at your house. The final step is the END TREE.
I keep saying END TREE, not because that's the name - it just kills your access to the forest, once you pick a Pokemon that you befriended. You only get one each day - I choose a female Tangela...female DW Pokemon can pass on their DW ability 40% of the time to its children. Once you choose, you're bounced back home and the rainbow bridge is gone.
You're supposed to be able to access game/trade pals' houses, but I wasn't able to see them. There's a chance that changing a setting in your Pokemon Trainers' Club profile (from Friends to Everyone) will let you access other players' gardens/houses. I changed mine after today's successful access of the DW.
So the quick summary of what happens:
1. Plant/Harvest Berries <10>
2. Walk around the forest, collecting things
3. Play some mini-games <10-30>
4. Collect a single Pokemon <50>
5. Water other people's gardens/trade racks. <10/1>
Some of these activities are good because they level up your Entralink <@500>, letting you find better things - Pokemon? items? berries? At 900 and 2100, your berry fields will add a row.
Hope this overview helps!
Monday, March 28, 2011
Pokemon Black (and White) IV talk
I picked up Pokemon Black on launch, and haven't been back to update this in awhile. I'll chat more about breeding once I do more of it.
1. There's a guy above the Subway, in Nimbasa who rates your Pokemon's IVs - great for making choices on which baby to level up...
If the IV total is between 0 and 90: "This Pokemon's potential is decent all around."
If the IV total is between 91 and 120: "This Pokemon's potential is above average overall."
If the IV total is between 121 and 150: "This Pokemon has relatively superior potential overall."
If the IV total is between 151 and 186: "This Pokemon has outstanding potential overall."
If the highest IV is between 0 and 15: "It's rather decent in that regard."
If the highest IV is between 16 and 25: "It's very good in that regard."
If the highest IV is between 26 and 30: "It's fantastic in that regard."
If the highest IV is 31: "It can't be better in that regard.
2. I did breed an Arbok in HG, to migrate it into Black...Dark Pulse doesn't exist as a TM, but I wanted it for my Hydreigon. Took forever, getting a male Arbok with a Timid nature. (I hadn't migrated any of the natured-Dittos yet, so the Arbok was responsible for the Dark Pulse and the Timid nature.) It's great that the everstone works on either the male or the female!
1. There's a guy above the Subway, in Nimbasa who rates your Pokemon's IVs - great for making choices on which baby to level up...
If the IV total is between 0 and 90: "This Pokemon's potential is decent all around."
If the IV total is between 91 and 120: "This Pokemon's potential is above average overall."
If the IV total is between 121 and 150: "This Pokemon has relatively superior potential overall."
If the IV total is between 151 and 186: "This Pokemon has outstanding potential overall."
If the highest IV is between 0 and 15: "It's rather decent in that regard."
If the highest IV is between 16 and 25: "It's very good in that regard."
If the highest IV is between 26 and 30: "It's fantastic in that regard."
If the highest IV is 31: "It can't be better in that regard.
2. I did breed an Arbok in HG, to migrate it into Black...Dark Pulse doesn't exist as a TM, but I wanted it for my Hydreigon. Took forever, getting a male Arbok with a Timid nature. (I hadn't migrated any of the natured-Dittos yet, so the Arbok was responsible for the Dark Pulse and the Timid nature.) It's great that the everstone works on either the male or the female!
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Lots of updates
1. B/W has a release date of 3/6.
2. Celebi will be a Gamestop download from 2/27 to 3/7 for D/P/Pt/HG/SS. It will unlock a story in HG/SS, and will be transferable to B/W to unlock Zorua. [EDIT: Celebi will also unlock a battle with Giovanni in HG/SS...and be carrying the final Berry - Jaboca, #63! D/P/Pt reference added as well.]
3. "Ash's Pikachu" will be a TRU download from 1/30 to 2/7 for D/P/Pt/HG/SS. Level 50, unknown if it unlocks anything. Iron Tail, Volt Tackle, Quick Attack, Lightningbolt.
4. SHINY LEGENDARY DOGS!
These are downloads available at Gamestop, for D/P/Pt/HG/SS.
1/3 - 1/9: Raikou
1/17 - 1/23: Entei
1/31 - 2/7: Suicune
These will unlock Zoroark in B/W.
2. Celebi will be a Gamestop download from 2/27 to 3/7 for D/P/Pt/HG/SS. It will unlock a story in HG/SS, and will be transferable to B/W to unlock Zorua. [EDIT: Celebi will also unlock a battle with Giovanni in HG/SS...and be carrying the final Berry - Jaboca, #63! D/P/Pt reference added as well.]
3. "Ash's Pikachu" will be a TRU download from 1/30 to 2/7 for D/P/Pt/HG/SS. Level 50, unknown if it unlocks anything. Iron Tail, Volt Tackle, Quick Attack, Lightningbolt.
4. SHINY LEGENDARY DOGS!
These are downloads available at Gamestop, for D/P/Pt/HG/SS.
1/3 - 1/9: Raikou
1/17 - 1/23: Entei
1/31 - 2/7: Suicune
These will unlock Zoroark in B/W.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Jimmer's breeding fallacy.
I still breed Pokemon to battle against some of my former coworkers, and one in particular keeps me on my toes (and breeding more Pokemon). Someone asks you a question, you think you know the answer...you won't keep looking. Someone asks you a question that you're unsure about, you go searching. And sometimes find answers that are unexpected.
Jimmer's 4.5 fallacy (until now):
The Everstone was improved in the last half of 4th Generation. (HG/SS.) You can give it to EITHER parent, to get that 50% chance to pass down a nature. Combining that with training items passing down IVs, HG/SS is even better for breeding.
Another 4.5 sidenote:
If you have parents from different countries, the Everstone trick won't work, but you are 4x more likely to get a shiny Pokemon. (Still 1 in 2000 chances.)
Eggs get produced faster if the parents are the same species. (Different IDs is a 70%, same ID is 50%.) If they're different species, different ID is still 50%, but same ID crashes to the ground with 20%...this checks every 256 steps, with some minor caveats that you can find. (256 steps is also the magic number for trigger egg hatching, that gets interrupted when you do things other than walk.)
Joel swears that he's putting his Pokemon on break for now, until Black & White comes out.
My latest breeding pain: getting Rapid Spin on a Tentacruel. Squirtle to Kabuto to Tentacool, as it was an egg move, and I needed males to transfer those...and females of Kabuto and Tentacool to breed true.
1. Male Squirtle gets Rapid Spin.
2. Breed a female Kabuto.
3. Breed 1 with 2, get a male Kabuto.
4. Breed a female Tentacool.
5. Breed 3 with 4.
I had to level up the fathers high enough, so they wouldn't lose Rapid Spin in the Day Care. It was a long process, and I wasn't quite happy with the Jolly Swords Dancing Tentacruel. Sadness.
Jimmer's 4.5 fallacy (until now):
The Everstone was improved in the last half of 4th Generation. (HG/SS.) You can give it to EITHER parent, to get that 50% chance to pass down a nature. Combining that with training items passing down IVs, HG/SS is even better for breeding.
Another 4.5 sidenote:
If you have parents from different countries, the Everstone trick won't work, but you are 4x more likely to get a shiny Pokemon. (Still 1 in 2000 chances.)
Eggs get produced faster if the parents are the same species. (Different IDs is a 70%, same ID is 50%.) If they're different species, different ID is still 50%, but same ID crashes to the ground with 20%...this checks every 256 steps, with some minor caveats that you can find. (256 steps is also the magic number for trigger egg hatching, that gets interrupted when you do things other than walk.)
Joel swears that he's putting his Pokemon on break for now, until Black & White comes out.
My latest breeding pain: getting Rapid Spin on a Tentacruel. Squirtle to Kabuto to Tentacool, as it was an egg move, and I needed males to transfer those...and females of Kabuto and Tentacool to breed true.
1. Male Squirtle gets Rapid Spin.
2. Breed a female Kabuto.
3. Breed 1 with 2, get a male Kabuto.
4. Breed a female Tentacool.
5. Breed 3 with 4.
I had to level up the fathers high enough, so they wouldn't lose Rapid Spin in the Day Care. It was a long process, and I wasn't quite happy with the Jolly Swords Dancing Tentacruel. Sadness.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
How Black and White affects the current breeding...
I've casually been following BW announcements - I considered picking up a Japanese copy, but I'm more patient now. It'll be March - there are other things to do in the meantime.
1) I hike with friends on the occasional Sunday, and one of the friends brought along a former coworker who liked Pokemon, so we did some Pokemon trades at the next hiking meetup...I'm now out of spare Darkrai. (I have my Timid one, and the Japanese Darkrai that was won in a tournament.) Talking with new people about their Pokemon experiences is fun & different.
2) You also hear different rumors. I misheard my new friend saying nothing could be brought forward. When I had time, I started tracking down rumors on what was really going on.
Bringing Pokemon over into BW via PokeShifter
* Yes, you can import Pokemon from 4th Generation (DPP/HGSS).
* No, you cannot import items on Pokemon being brought over.
Bringing Pokemon over via Transfer Machine
* Unknown, regarding bringing over items.
Bringing Pokemon over via Mystery Gift
* Pokemon Battle Revolution, you might be able to still receive Mystery Gift Pokemon/items
It's tough for me, in some ways - I spent so much time collecting all of the berries (uh, except 63 - still looking!)...and now it looks like there won't be a transfer. The only real preparation for item transfer at all, would be gambling on PBR Mystery Gifts to come over.
1) I hike with friends on the occasional Sunday, and one of the friends brought along a former coworker who liked Pokemon, so we did some Pokemon trades at the next hiking meetup...I'm now out of spare Darkrai. (I have my Timid one, and the Japanese Darkrai that was won in a tournament.) Talking with new people about their Pokemon experiences is fun & different.
2) You also hear different rumors. I misheard my new friend saying nothing could be brought forward. When I had time, I started tracking down rumors on what was really going on.
Bringing Pokemon over into BW via PokeShifter
* Yes, you can import Pokemon from 4th Generation (DPP/HGSS).
* No, you cannot import items on Pokemon being brought over.
Bringing Pokemon over via Transfer Machine
* Unknown, regarding bringing over items.
Bringing Pokemon over via Mystery Gift
* Pokemon Battle Revolution, you might be able to still receive Mystery Gift Pokemon/items
It's tough for me, in some ways - I spent so much time collecting all of the berries (uh, except 63 - still looking!)...and now it looks like there won't be a transfer. The only real preparation for item transfer at all, would be gambling on PBR Mystery Gifts to come over.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Mew Download
Mew will be available for download from the Nintendo WFC, starting October 15th. It's one of those easy downloads, just grabbing it from your local wireless network instead of finding a Gamestop or Toys'R'Us.
It will only be available for HeartGold & SoulSilver, according to the official site.
It's level 5, and only knows Pound. Mew is one of those powerful, versatile Pokemon that can learn any TM. It's unknown if the nature is set, and no held item was mentioned.
The final day for the download is October 30th.
More details can be found on pokemon.com.
It will only be available for HeartGold & SoulSilver, according to the official site.
It's level 5, and only knows Pound. Mew is one of those powerful, versatile Pokemon that can learn any TM. It's unknown if the nature is set, and no held item was mentioned.
The final day for the download is October 30th.
More details can be found on pokemon.com.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Jirachi download
From now until the July 16th, you can download Jirachi through the Nintendo Wifi Connection as a Mystery Gift. This download is available in Europe and North America.
Random nature, level 5, original trainer: SMR2010
Moves: Wish, Confusion, Rest, Draco Meteor.
Even though it has a different trainer ID than the previous Jirachi, it does block a second download. The upside is that you can get this Jirachi into your HG/SS game, which you couldn't before.
Random nature, level 5, original trainer: SMR2010
Moves: Wish, Confusion, Rest, Draco Meteor.
Even though it has a different trainer ID than the previous Jirachi, it does block a second download. The upside is that you can get this Jirachi into your HG/SS game, which you couldn't before.
Friday, June 4, 2010
Joey's Rattata
This is only slightly a Pokemon topic - Joey's Rattata meets probability.
If you haven't played HG/SS, you might not know about his Rattata. "It's like my Rattata is in the top percentage of Rattata." He calls you often, to talk about important things...like his Rattata. Even after it's evolved to Raticate, he'll still have many many thoughts to share about his Rattata.
It got me to thinking - what IS a top percentage Rattata? How difficult would it be to just stumble across one?
First, we need to start with what a top Rattata would have for stats. As we're in the Egg Moves blog, let's assume Joey is talking about IVs - anyone can train a good Rattata with EV training.
Second, each of the 6 stats range from 0-31. My ideal Rattata would have some specific IVs in certain stats, but let's just assume for quick math, we just care about the best ones we could expect out of 100 Rattata, if they were all naturally occurring. Amongst my friends who are serious about IVs, ideally, they get all 31s. They'll settle for 28+, honestly...so we'll work from that point.
Probability is a longer topic, but it breaks down to some quick math if you have Excel handy - just use BINOMDIST function. (There's a 4/31 chance of getting a 28 or higher which would count as a success. Figure out the number of successes out of 6, and you're there.)
If we believe in getting a 28 or higher qualifies - 3 IVs gets us to top 2%. Sadly, it takes us 4 to make that top 1%. It almost takes us to the top Rattata in a thousand!
If you like 30+ IV stats, a top Rattata would only need 2 IVs of that range to make the top 2%. Sadly, that top percent is elusive...it would take 3 to break into it - making it a one in a thousand kind of Rattata.
Breeding that kind of Rattata takes dedication, checking the right parents and re-breeding as the children develop into stronger genes than their folks. With judicial use of EV training items mentioned in the previous post, it's more likely in less time. Good luck!
P.S. As an odd heads-up, I was breeding Rattata for stats, using two EV training items instead of item+everstone. I assumed that each stat would get locked in from the item, but in a couple of circumstances, only one make it in! I'm guessing the third stat donated from the parents can overwrite the "lock-in" stat. Interesting!
If you haven't played HG/SS, you might not know about his Rattata. "It's like my Rattata is in the top percentage of Rattata." He calls you often, to talk about important things...like his Rattata. Even after it's evolved to Raticate, he'll still have many many thoughts to share about his Rattata.
It got me to thinking - what IS a top percentage Rattata? How difficult would it be to just stumble across one?
First, we need to start with what a top Rattata would have for stats. As we're in the Egg Moves blog, let's assume Joey is talking about IVs - anyone can train a good Rattata with EV training.
Second, each of the 6 stats range from 0-31. My ideal Rattata would have some specific IVs in certain stats, but let's just assume for quick math, we just care about the best ones we could expect out of 100 Rattata, if they were all naturally occurring. Amongst my friends who are serious about IVs, ideally, they get all 31s. They'll settle for 28+, honestly...so we'll work from that point.
Probability is a longer topic, but it breaks down to some quick math if you have Excel handy - just use BINOMDIST function. (There's a 4/31 chance of getting a 28 or higher which would count as a success. Figure out the number of successes out of 6, and you're there.)
If we believe in getting a 28 or higher qualifies - 3 IVs gets us to top 2%. Sadly, it takes us 4 to make that top 1%. It almost takes us to the top Rattata in a thousand!
If you like 30+ IV stats, a top Rattata would only need 2 IVs of that range to make the top 2%. Sadly, that top percent is elusive...it would take 3 to break into it - making it a one in a thousand kind of Rattata.
Breeding that kind of Rattata takes dedication, checking the right parents and re-breeding as the children develop into stronger genes than their folks. With judicial use of EV training items mentioned in the previous post, it's more likely in less time. Good luck!
P.S. As an odd heads-up, I was breeding Rattata for stats, using two EV training items instead of item+everstone. I assumed that each stat would get locked in from the item, but in a couple of circumstances, only one make it in! I'm guessing the third stat donated from the parents can overwrite the "lock-in" stat. Interesting!
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Breeding in HG/SS
I'll admit, I do most of my breeding in my Diamond game still. I have all 493 Pokemon in the PokeDex - if I no longer have a Pokemon, GTS is a friendly one-stop shop. It's also linked to my Pokemon Ranch...if not GTS, my Ranch generally has something (beyond the hundreds of Pokemon I've put on there).
But HeartGold and SoulSilver has a powerful motivator: IV breeding
IV (Inherent Value) stats represent the genetic traits of a Pokemon. The egg receives random IVs to start with, and then starts shuffling in up to 3 random stats from its parents. Sometimes those 3 stats overwrite each other, so it could be as few as only 1 stat from the parents. Oh, sadness.
It still means that if you have parents with good stats, you're more likely in general to have better babies. (Likewise, if the parents have bad stats...let's not go there.) But it was still random on what was passed on, until now.
The way it is now: if you give the parents the correct EV training items (Power Weight, Power Anklet, Power Lens, Power Band, Power Bracer, and Power Belt) that parent WILL pass down that stat.
I recently bred some Pokemon - I wanted a high attack stat, and good speed. The father didn't have very good stats, except for his 31 attack. I gave him the Power Bracer, gave the mother an Everstone (so she'd pass along her Nature,)...and bang. Every single egg resulted in a 31 attack, out of the 24 eggs created. (31 for an IV is the highest you can get - 0 is the lowest.) Out of those eggs, I found one with the right Nature and good Speed.
Again, this trick only works in HG/SS. It probably means I'll be doing more breeding over there, but it's hard to give up my habits - knowing where and how fast it takes to EV train is completely different in HG/SS.
But HeartGold and SoulSilver has a powerful motivator: IV breeding
IV (Inherent Value) stats represent the genetic traits of a Pokemon. The egg receives random IVs to start with, and then starts shuffling in up to 3 random stats from its parents. Sometimes those 3 stats overwrite each other, so it could be as few as only 1 stat from the parents. Oh, sadness.
It still means that if you have parents with good stats, you're more likely in general to have better babies. (Likewise, if the parents have bad stats...let's not go there.) But it was still random on what was passed on, until now.
The way it is now: if you give the parents the correct EV training items (Power Weight, Power Anklet, Power Lens, Power Band, Power Bracer, and Power Belt) that parent WILL pass down that stat.
I recently bred some Pokemon - I wanted a high attack stat, and good speed. The father didn't have very good stats, except for his 31 attack. I gave him the Power Bracer, gave the mother an Everstone (so she'd pass along her Nature,)...and bang. Every single egg resulted in a 31 attack, out of the 24 eggs created. (31 for an IV is the highest you can get - 0 is the lowest.) Out of those eggs, I found one with the right Nature and good Speed.
Again, this trick only works in HG/SS. It probably means I'll be doing more breeding over there, but it's hard to give up my habits - knowing where and how fast it takes to EV train is completely different in HG/SS.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Gotta Catch 'Em All 31 thru 60
I have a pretty good start on Box 2, these I already had in my Silver game.
#039 Jigglypuff, #054 Psyduck, #044 Gloom, #043 Oddish, #048 Venonat, #046 Paras, #035 Clefairy, #041 Zubat, #032 Nidoran
The Catch List
#031 Nidoqueen
#033 Nidorino
#034 Nidoking
#036 Clefable
#037 Vulpix
#038 Ninetales
#040 Wigglytuff
#042 Golbat
#045 Vileplume
#047 Parasect
#049 Venomoth
#050 Diglett
#051 Dugtrio
#052 Meowth
#053 Persian
#055 Golduck
#056 Mankey
#057 Primeape
#058 Growlithe
#059 Arcanine
#060 Poliwag
#039 Jigglypuff, #054 Psyduck, #044 Gloom, #043 Oddish, #048 Venonat, #046 Paras, #035 Clefairy, #041 Zubat, #032 Nidoran
The Catch List
#031 Nidoqueen
#033 Nidorino
#034 Nidoking
#036 Clefable
#037 Vulpix
#038 Ninetales
#040 Wigglytuff
#042 Golbat
#045 Vileplume
#047 Parasect
#049 Venomoth
#050 Diglett
#051 Dugtrio
#052 Meowth
#053 Persian
#055 Golduck
#056 Mankey
#057 Primeape
#058 Growlithe
#059 Arcanine
#060 Poliwag
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Gotta Catch 'Em All 1 thru 30
I actually started the “Gotta Catch 'Em All” project a few years ago but only got as far as the first 9 Pokémon.
#001 Bulbasaur ,#002 Ivysaur ,#003 Venusaur
#004 Charmander ,#005 Charmeleon ,#006 Charizard
#007 Squirtle ,#008 Wartortle,#009 Blastoise
Traded from my Diamond: #010 Caterpie, #012 Butterfree, #013 Weedle, #014 Kakuna , #016 Pidgey, #017 Pidgeotto, #018 Pidgeot, #019 Rattata , #020 Raticate , #021 Spearow, #022 Fearow, #023 Ekans, #025 Pikachu, #027 Sandshrew, #028 Sandslash, #029 Nidoran♀
#018 Pidgeot, I put an exp share on a Pidgey, and leveled it up to 36 to get this one
#024 Arbok, caught on Route 27 in Silver
#011 Metapod caught on Route 2 in Gold
Transfered these last 4 from Diamond
#021 Spearow,#015 Beedrill, #026 Raichu, #030 Nidorina
Now that the box is full, here is a list of the Original Trainers.
Muzio, Paxe, Bill, Desmond, Quimbly, Frank, Sable, Ash,& Elenore
#001 Bulbasaur ,#002 Ivysaur ,#003 Venusaur
#004 Charmander ,#005 Charmeleon ,#006 Charizard
#007 Squirtle ,#008 Wartortle,#009 Blastoise
Traded from my Diamond: #010 Caterpie, #012 Butterfree, #013 Weedle, #014 Kakuna , #016 Pidgey, #017 Pidgeotto, #018 Pidgeot, #019 Rattata , #020 Raticate , #021 Spearow, #022 Fearow, #023 Ekans, #025 Pikachu, #027 Sandshrew, #028 Sandslash, #029 Nidoran♀
#018 Pidgeot, I put an exp share on a Pidgey, and leveled it up to 36 to get this one
#024 Arbok, caught on Route 27 in Silver
#011 Metapod caught on Route 2 in Gold
Transfered these last 4 from Diamond
#021 Spearow,#015 Beedrill, #026 Raichu, #030 Nidorina
Now that the box is full, here is a list of the Original Trainers.
Muzio, Paxe, Bill, Desmond, Quimbly, Frank, Sable, Ash,& Elenore
Gotta Catch 'Em All
Several years ago while playing the Ruby game I had started a project to catch all the Pokémon I was almost finished when the cartridge got whipped out. Now after completing Diamond, Pearl, Platinum & Silver I think it’s time again to try to Catch ‘Em All.
I met a guy at the VGC Qualifier that had a cartridge dedicated to holding one of all the Pokémon. It was impressive and the project appeals to the completist in me to finish.
I am thinking I have most of the Pokémon on the other cartridges so many of them I can just trade over to my Silver cartridge to hold all of the Pokémon, The reason I chose the Silver cartridge is Ill need lots of extra Pokémon 493 I think to trade and with Silver I have a nice steady stream of Pokémon coming in without much effort, These are the Pokéwalker, Bug catching contest, breeding, GTS & the Safari Zone.
Because there are so many Pokémon, I am going to focus on 1 box at a time. A box holds 30 Pokémon.
Don’t be surprised if I start asking for trades on middle evolution Pokémon!
Here is a list of all the Pokemon:
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_Pok%C3%A9mon_by_National_Pok%C3%A9dex_number
I met a guy at the VGC Qualifier that had a cartridge dedicated to holding one of all the Pokémon. It was impressive and the project appeals to the completist in me to finish.
I am thinking I have most of the Pokémon on the other cartridges so many of them I can just trade over to my Silver cartridge to hold all of the Pokémon, The reason I chose the Silver cartridge is Ill need lots of extra Pokémon 493 I think to trade and with Silver I have a nice steady stream of Pokémon coming in without much effort, These are the Pokéwalker, Bug catching contest, breeding, GTS & the Safari Zone.
Because there are so many Pokémon, I am going to focus on 1 box at a time. A box holds 30 Pokémon.
Don’t be surprised if I start asking for trades on middle evolution Pokémon!
Here is a list of all the Pokemon:
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_Pok%C3%A9mon_by_National_Pok%C3%A9dex_number
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Post-VGC Qualifier
Sadly, Joel and I didn't play. He got there at 10am, and slacked around inside before getting in line. I got there around noon, and he'd already gotten out of line to hang out inside...and download some extra Shiny Eevee. (Basically you have a HG/SS game, download it, trade Eevee out, reset the entire game, then play through until you have the Poke-dex.)
The line was huge at noon, with several hundred already in line for registration at 1. I was planning on hanging out inside, and then head into line as it got shorter, but they cut the line at 1:30 when it was still outside - if you weren't in line by that time, you weren't playing. (No announcements inside - there were some sad players.)
I did get to play a lot with the Pokewalker though - it was the first time I connected with more than 10 Pokewalkers. After 10 connections, instead of getting an item you get Watts (I received anywhere from 31-99 Watts per connection). In addition, if you have access to Viridian City on the second map, the final 10 connections at the ones that show up in the Trainer Hall there.
Pokewalker was pretty social - I can easily imagine the throngs of Pokewalkers at PAX this summer. Maybe that will rack up enough Watts to close out my Pokewalker courses.
The line was huge at noon, with several hundred already in line for registration at 1. I was planning on hanging out inside, and then head into line as it got shorter, but they cut the line at 1:30 when it was still outside - if you weren't in line by that time, you weren't playing. (No announcements inside - there were some sad players.)
I did get to play a lot with the Pokewalker though - it was the first time I connected with more than 10 Pokewalkers. After 10 connections, instead of getting an item you get Watts (I received anywhere from 31-99 Watts per connection). In addition, if you have access to Viridian City on the second map, the final 10 connections at the ones that show up in the Trainer Hall there.
Pokewalker was pretty social - I can easily imagine the throngs of Pokewalkers at PAX this summer. Maybe that will rack up enough Watts to close out my Pokewalker courses.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
May 8th, Seattle Center
The VGC (Video Game Championship) qualifier is taking place on May 8th at the Seattle Center - I'll probably skip playing this year, but the www.pokemonvgc.com website does mention "You'll find plenty of
opportunities to face off against other Pokémon Trainers, plus you'll have
the chance to receive a special Shiny Pokémon!"
I'm hoping that means I don't have to play to get the Eevee. I'll probably pack a team just in case though.
opportunities to face off against other Pokémon Trainers, plus you'll have
the chance to receive a special Shiny Pokémon!"
I'm hoping that means I don't have to play to get the Eevee. I'll probably pack a team just in case though.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Move Checker Tool
From Serebii
http://www.serebii.net/games/moveset.shtml
Great tool, enter the move set you want and it will show you what pokemon can user that move set
http://www.serebii.net/games/moveset.shtml
Great tool, enter the move set you want and it will show you what pokemon can user that move set
Friday, April 2, 2010
Yellow Forest Download
Follow these steps, before May 5, 2010 to get the Yellow Forest Download
Select "MYSTERY GIFT" on the Main Menu. (Note: You must have obtained the Pokedex in your game to select "MYSTERY GIFT.")
Select "RECEIVE GIFT"
After you select "RECEIVE GIFT," select "GET VIA NINTENDO WFC" and choose "YES."
Watch as you receive the Yellow Forest Route Map!
Go to any Poke Mart and talk to the deliveryman in green standing in front of the counter. He will give you the Yellow Forest Route Map.
The final step is to save your game. This is very important, so don't forget!
Select "CONNECT TO POKEWALKER" from the Main Menu
Select a Pokemon from your PC Box to send to the Pokewalker (You must have a Pokemon in your PC Box)
Select the Yellow Forest Route Map
Connect to the Pokewalker and now you are ready to stroll!
Select "MYSTERY GIFT" on the Main Menu. (Note: You must have obtained the Pokedex in your game to select "MYSTERY GIFT.")
Select "RECEIVE GIFT"
After you select "RECEIVE GIFT," select "GET VIA NINTENDO WFC" and choose "YES."
Watch as you receive the Yellow Forest Route Map!
Go to any Poke Mart and talk to the deliveryman in green standing in front of the counter. He will give you the Yellow Forest Route Map.
The final step is to save your game. This is very important, so don't forget!
Select "CONNECT TO POKEWALKER" from the Main Menu
Select a Pokemon from your PC Box to send to the Pokewalker (You must have a Pokemon in your PC Box)
Select the Yellow Forest Route Map
Connect to the Pokewalker and now you are ready to stroll!
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