Pokemon Diamond/Pearl Official Thread
#77
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Don't you have to beat the elite four and get a complete pokedex (not catching all of them, but at least seeing all of them) before you can import your pokemon from other games?
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Originally Posted by KurrptSenate
yea, I'm sure you're right about that
so i srsly need to SEE them all before it even gives you the option? that sounds pretty time consuming
so i srsly need to SEE them all before it even gives you the option? that sounds pretty time consuming
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Yea, I'm hoping it's not as time consuming as that...
I picked up a used copy of Green Leaf today. Thankfully, the kid before me completed the game and had a very impressive line up. I wanted to transistion them to my game, but unfortunately I just got to the 3rd gym badge
I picked up a used copy of Green Leaf today. Thankfully, the kid before me completed the game and had a very impressive line up. I wanted to transistion them to my game, but unfortunately I just got to the 3rd gym badge
#82
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My Abra has evolved to whatever the next creation is and at level 20, but he doesn't really do what I tell him to. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, anyone else have this problem and is the solution just to get more badges? I only have 1 just because Ive been leveling up.
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This is my first Pokemon game. I read a bit at work in the players guide, but I didn't want to read too much and spoil stuff. It's all new to me. I did have a couple questions I wasn't clear on.
Is it better to have a female? Are they the ones that lay the eggs and is that how you breed? Or can you breed having a male too? I thought I read in an earlier post that someone got a female Chimchar and that it's rare...why is it rare?
I read that it's sometimes better to not evolve and to cancel it. It looked like you could get more or different attacks if you choose to not evolve. It wasn't clear in the book for a newcomer. I have a Chimchar and I'd like to level her up high before she evolves. If you do evolve her, can she still get the same attacks as when she is at her second evolution?
I guess I'm scared to get too far in the adventure if I can't go back and change stuff that I messed up.
Is it better to have a female? Are they the ones that lay the eggs and is that how you breed? Or can you breed having a male too? I thought I read in an earlier post that someone got a female Chimchar and that it's rare...why is it rare?
I read that it's sometimes better to not evolve and to cancel it. It looked like you could get more or different attacks if you choose to not evolve. It wasn't clear in the book for a newcomer. I have a Chimchar and I'd like to level her up high before she evolves. If you do evolve her, can she still get the same attacks as when she is at her second evolution?
I guess I'm scared to get too far in the adventure if I can't go back and change stuff that I messed up.
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#84
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Originally Posted by FantasticVSDoom
My Abra has evolved to whatever the next creation is and at level 20, but he doesn't really do what I tell him to. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, anyone else have this problem and is the solution just to get more badges? I only have 1 just because Ive been leveling up.
#85
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Originally Posted by darkside
Yeah, you need to keep getting badges. The next one will give you control up to level 30.
Originally Posted by Woof Woof
a female Chimchar and that it's rare...why is it rare?
I read that it's sometimes better to not evolve and to cancel it. It looked like you could get more or different attacks if you choose to not evolve. It wasn't clear in the book for a newcomer. I have a Chimchar and I'd like to level her up high before she evolves. If you do evolve her, can she still get the same attacks as when she is at her second evolution?
I guess I'm scared to get too far in the adventure if I can't go back and change stuff that I messed up.
I read that it's sometimes better to not evolve and to cancel it. It looked like you could get more or different attacks if you choose to not evolve. It wasn't clear in the book for a newcomer. I have a Chimchar and I'd like to level her up high before she evolves. If you do evolve her, can she still get the same attacks as when she is at her second evolution?
I guess I'm scared to get too far in the adventure if I can't go back and change stuff that I messed up.
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Luxio is a good example of a pokemon that learns abilities faster in his de-evolved forms. The only real motivation to allow a pokemon to evolve is to get their stat bonuses.
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Originally Posted by Joeboo835
My 4 1/2 year old daughter wants this game, is she too young? She's very mature for her age, but she still can't read so would she even be able to play?
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I think a 4 year old could easily play the game, but there is so much text involved that, unless you are helping them every step of the way, they are going to be habitually stuck
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Originally Posted by KurrptSenate
Luxio is a good example of a pokemon that learns abilities faster in his de-evolved forms. The only real motivation to allow a pokemon to evolve is to get their stat bonuses.
There's also other things to consider, as some pokemon can learn moves in their evolved form that they can't learn in their de-evolved forms.
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Generally, I think it rarely matters either way. The only way to REALLY mess up your pokemon is to make them forget a move that you really didn't want to. Even in that case, you can just catch another one and try again, or get an HM that has the same move
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Is there a guy in one of the towns in this game who can delete moves from your Pokemon? I wasn't thinking and taught my main guy a HM and now can't unlearn it. I know in all previous games there was a move deleter somewhere.
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Originally Posted by KurrptSenate
what city are you in?
The 3rd gym leader I faught was in Veilstone. You have to beat 4 other karate dudes first
The 3rd gym leader I faught was in Veilstone. You have to beat 4 other karate dudes first
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Originally Posted by Woof Woof
Is it better to have a female? Are they the ones that lay the eggs and is that how you breed? Or can you breed having a male too? I thought I read in an earlier post that someone got a female Chimchar and that it's rare...why is it rare?
I read that it's sometimes better to not evolve and to cancel it. It looked like you could get more or different attacks if you choose to not evolve. It wasn't clear in the book for a newcomer. I have a Chimchar and I'd like to level her up high before she evolves. If you do evolve her, can she still get the same attacks as when she is at her second evolution?
I guess I'm scared to get too far in the adventure if I can't go back and change stuff that I messed up.
I read that it's sometimes better to not evolve and to cancel it. It looked like you could get more or different attacks if you choose to not evolve. It wasn't clear in the book for a newcomer. I have a Chimchar and I'd like to level her up high before she evolves. If you do evolve her, can she still get the same attacks as when she is at her second evolution?
I guess I'm scared to get too far in the adventure if I can't go back and change stuff that I messed up.
Whether to evolve or not is up to you. Usually you should just let it evolve to get the higher stats right away. There's instances you wouldn't want to do this. For example, Chimchar learns the move Nasty Plot at level 23. Its evolved forms Monferno and Infernape cannot learn this move.
With all that being said, the above techniques are used only if you were to battle competitively on WiFi. For the casual players, you can easily beat the game by playing through it normally.
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Originally Posted by Cshot
Whether to evolve or not is up to you. Usually you should just let it evolve to get the higher stats right away. There's instances you wouldn't want to do this. For example, Chimchar learns the move Nasty Plot at level 23. Its evolved forms Monferno and Infernape cannot learn this move.
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Whoops, what I meant to say is if you wanted Nasty Plot as part of your moveset then you shouldn't evolve it. I'm not recommending one way or another whether you should teach Chimchar this move, but you get my drift.