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XANA · Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 1:27 am Post subject:

My sad mistake was (when I was younger):

I was playing through Yellow and I had battled every trainer I could find and up to the 4th or 5th gym leader (not sure).
I did not have Surf and couldn't find it.

I had used Pikachu so many times, he was the same level as Ash's is in Mt.Silver, which is 81 (my character in Yellow was also Ash).

So anyway, on Yellow, I couldn't find Surf and (this was all before the stragey guide for Yellow came out) so I thought that I could not get any farther in the game...

I Deleted my Yellow save because I thought that was as far as I could get...
My Pikachu and his team still live on in my Pokemon Stadium 2 game (too bad I can't transfer them back or to a new game, as they are just images of my old team).

I cried for like forever since I found out what deleting the save actually did (I was like 8 or so and had been playing Yellow since it came out, and never tried deleting before).

I still do cry (especially when in bed and I think about Pokemon) sometimes when I go on Pokemon Stadium 2 and battle my Pikachu and my team with my then-new Typhlosion (and defeat my old team over and over on the Hard CPU).

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retardface · Newbie Joined: 04 Jan 2009 Posts: 12

well, i thought marreep was a normal type...

:3

XANA · Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:37 pm Post subject:

Nope Mareep and its evolution, Amparhos (spelling?) are both Electric types
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Vye Brante · Administrator Joined: 26 Mar 2007 Posts: 1223

I don't know if I've said this before or not, but it took me forever to figure out that Froslass was part Ghost. I kept attacking it with Close Combat and then I wouldn't pay attention for whatever reason, and then would look back and wonder why it wasn't dead yet.

I caught on eventually . . .
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Phoenix of Chaos · Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 9:25 am Post subject:

I'm not sure if this is a newbie/noobie mistake, but I didn't actually bother with the whole "Mean Look" strategy for Cresselia and Mespirit. You know what I did? I used their rules against them; by moving to another route, you make them move. Wind-something Valley (the one with the windfarm, right of Floaroma Town) and the co-joining route were my most common haunts, but I distinctly remember using the Battle Park place too. Anyway, I made Mespirit faint (but that was somewhat okay because of the GTS) and by the GTS I had obtained a Cresselia anyway. I used repeat balls on it and wondered why it kept getting free. It wasn't until a whole month (and about $50,000 wasted on repels) that I realised that the repeat ball does nothing to legendaries. Oh.
But it gets better. I'd devote entire days, maybe weeks, to finding and catching the runners, all in vain. So, one morning I wake up, grab my DS, play Pearl, meet Cresselia entirely by chance and thought "The hell with it, I'll use an Ultra Ball". It worked. "... what the hell?!"
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Vye Brante · Administrator Joined: 26 Mar 2007 Posts: 1223

Hee hee, nice.
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Phoenix of Chaos · Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 8:27 pm Post subject:

Hmm... I'm sure there's another one somewhere... Oh! Maybe it was trading my ONLY female Cacnea for an egg that held a Teddiursa! I think someone may know about that... it's a mistake because I need a cacturne for My Pokémon Ranch. Facepalm!
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Vye Brante · Administrator Joined: 26 Mar 2007 Posts: 1223

Uh . . .

I don't know anything about that!

*Runs*

I hope it was a good Teddiursa at least . . .
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DragonhandX · Advanced user Joined: 12 May 2009 Posts: 69

i was lucky, i have an older sister who owns yellow and when i was 6 or 7 i was allowed to play my OWN FILE Very Happy

we do have stadium though. so i had someone to help me not make any mistakes.
i accidently fainted moltres and the last time i saved was gyms back (notice the plural) from then on i always save before something important. (gyms, bosses, and legies mostly)

when my yellow pikachu was able to learn thunder i got rid of thunderbolt.

trying to think of more.
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Kohdok · Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 7:09 am Post subject:

I blew my Ruby Master Ball on a Relicanth because I was so sick-and-tired of trying to catch one to unlock the Regis. I made up for it later with some epic captures (I caught a Registeel and a Zapdos in Great Balls!)

First time I played I was struck with the keystone effect, where one POKE is way overpowered and the rest are weak, so I'm pretty much screwed if my keystone faints. Got over that pretty fast.

My first exposure to Gold was the original Japanese version (Obtained the day it came out in Japan, and I'm American!) Naturally, being unable to read Japanese back then, I didn't know about getting the egg to continue. I tried passing through the Alph ruins a few times and tried so many different ways that all of my pokemon (including an Unown) reached level 15 (In the alph ruins...) before I... restarted the game out of boredom and finally got a guide...

In my current Platinum game, I don't have any electric pokemon... against all the Gyarados... Curse me and my choice to never have the same team twice...

I love pokemon that are hard to raise and give a challenge to the player, Some of the pokemon I've wasted time raising include: That Magikarp from the Magikarp salesman, Venonat, Hoppip, Onix, Zubat at a REALLY early level, Tentacool (also REALLY early), Slugma, Slakoth, and (in my most infamous move) DUNSPARCE!!

Sammi_The_Echidna · Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:39 am Post subject:

I remember in Pokemon Gold when I ran into a Shiny Zubat in Rock Tunnel

I tried to weaken it with a level 61 Feraligatr -_-

And when I knocked it out, I spent the rest of the day looking for it.

And once, I mis-read the Pokemon Colleseum (sp) guide and I thought it said you had to catch all 48 Pokemon until you can purified them. My own mom proved me wrong when she showed me a Feraligatr (I seem to have a thing for Feraligatrs...)

Ahhhh, memories... Razz

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DragonhandX · Advanced user Joined: 12 May 2009 Posts: 69

this isn't a mistake per se, but i regret doing it.

i was after the three legies in diamond.
Mesprit:easy
Uxie:a little harder.
Azelf:SUPER FREAKIN HARD!!!
it would never catch. even when in red AND ultra balls.
i eventually got fed up and threw a master ball.
now i need help getting cresselia.-.-
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Sammi_The_Echidna · Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:29 pm Post subject:

@DragonhandX

Once I got Cresselia with a Quick Ball on full health and no status XD

No kidding, 110% truth Duck

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DragonhandX · Advanced user Joined: 12 May 2009 Posts: 69

i save before something special, i did that before i faced dialga. after a few restarts a quick ball got him. so i believe you. the percentage?
9001%
IT'S OVER NINE THOUSAND!!!
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Sammi_The_Echidna · Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 12:40 am Post subject:

I did that with Dialga too.

9001 PUPPIES!!! Twisted Evil

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DragonhandX · Advanced user Joined: 12 May 2009 Posts: 69

but fear not. i will get cresselia!

AFTER WE SELL 9001 PUPPY EYES!
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Sammi_The_Echidna · Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 12:50 am Post subject:

Try using an Umbreon or Misdrevus/Missmangus. They both have Mean Look.
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Amjam · Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 3:04 am Post subject:

crobat is cooler O:
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DragonhandX · Advanced user Joined: 12 May 2009 Posts: 69

but crobat gets a weakness to psychic. umbreon doesn't.
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Vye Brante · Administrator Joined: 26 Mar 2007 Posts: 1223

I just caught Mesprit in Platinum using my Gengar, Zhost. He did pretty well despite being a few levels below. All he needed to do was Mean Look and Hypnosis though. I already had Mesprit weakened.

Mesprit sure didn't want to get caught though! I used a ton of Poke Balls!

You know what I've come to realize while watching playthrough videos on YouTube? Not everyone plays through the game with a team of six. Or at least they only have like 3 or 4 through most of the game, filling it up as they go. I always try to get a full team as soon as I can. I don't know why . . . I could really expand my team options if I didn't rush into filling a team. But the longest I've gone without six is maybe three badges. Maybe. It's probably more like two.

That being said, my HeartGold team is already decided on and I'll probably have everyone together before the first gym. *cough*

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