The Official Pokemon Topic

[Tedhaun]

Not to interrupt, but I'd like to know something about a message from my Pokemon Sapphire GBA cartridge.

 

"The internal battery has run dry. This means that time-based events will no longer occur."

What is this supposed to mean?

 

That happens to some older copies of Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald, it means that any time-based events (including trainer rematches, berry growings, etc.) won't occur. You can bring your problematic cartridge to a GameStop (or a game repair shop), and they'll fix it for you.

[CAV of Gang Green]

"The internal battery has run dry. This means that time-based events will no longer occur."

What is this supposed to mean?

 

Time based events will not occur. Basically, your game is slowly breaking, because that happened to me, and in a few months, my game wasn't working.

 

Obviously, that's just a guess.

 

EDIT: I didn't notice the post above. :P

[jesse_rocket]

When I went for my Black Trainer Card in Pearl, I did a lot of trading over the GTS. I'd seen all of the ones in game, naturally, so it was a chinch to just search down a good deal or ask for what I needed. It took a while, yes, and there were some I just trained up, but the bulk of them came from trades.

 

Yeah, I figure at some point I'll run out of 'mon that I can get natively in SoulSilver and start migrating then from Pearl (which in turn has all my Ruby and FireRed guys on it) and then I'll just be left with the rarer legendaries to trade for. But i'm doing this more for the chance to actually bother using Pokemon I usually tend to ignore.

[The Score in Blue]

That happens to some older copies of Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald, it means that any time-based events (including trainer rematches, berry growings, etc.) won't occur. You can bring your problematic cartridge to a GameStop (or a game repair shop), and they'll fix it for you.

 

Hmm, we don't have GameStop over here. I'll have to investigate a way to get it fixed.

[Quark]

Can that internal battery problem happen to DS games?

(And yeah, haha, so far Nuzlocke is hard. And scary! If my Torchic dies, I will be heartbroken. Just had to box my Zigzagzoon. :( Le sigh. And the body count commences!)

[Anime]

No, since the DS has a built in clock, the games themselves don't need one. As such, no internal battery, no issues with it. Now, if the clock on your DS goes out, you have much bigger problems that in-game events.

[flyingeevee]

(And yeah, haha, so far Nuzlocke is hard. And scary! If my Torchic dies, I will be heartbroken. Just had to box my Zigzagzoon. :( Le sigh. And the body count commences!)

 

I knows! I started a few nights ago and already lost my Wooper and Gastly D:

 

At least I have the others! Alejandro(Quilava), Hedwig(Noctowl), Golbez(Kadabra), Kain(Eevee), Terra(Graveler), and Angel(Azumarill). I don't have a lot in my PC so I'm praying none of these will faint anytime soon!

 

I'm on my way to Cianwood City on my Crystal Nuzlocke Challenge!

 

Will I survive? Will Alejandro meet a tragic end? D: Stay tuned! xD

[Quark]

(Yay Final Fantasy IV references in your names! I've been playing that lately on my DS before bed.)

You got a Kadabra for Nuzlocke? *thumbsup* Sweet! How close to the rules are you staying? Some people only buy one Pokeball per town and don't allow healing items during battle, which I find INSANE. That's not Pokemon, that's suicide.

[flyingeevee]

(Yay Final Fantasy IV references in your names! I've been playing that lately on my DS before bed.)

You got a Kadabra for Nuzlocke? *thumbsup* Sweet! How close to the rules are you staying? Some people only buy one Pokeball per town and don't allow healing items during battle, which I find INSANE. That's not Pokemon, that's suicide.

 

(Woohoo thanks for noticing the FF references!).

Omg I was SO happy when my first encounter on Route 35 was an Abra! I was so scared it would teleport so I had Hedwig(Hoothoot at the time) use Hypnosis on it and then caught it. My other lucky pokemon was Angel(Marill) from Mt. Mortar because soon I have to go to Cianwood and I didn't ANY pokemon that could surf >.< went there and I was sooo careful on getting that Marill xD

 

As for the rules, besides the original 2, I need to nickname all the pokemon I catch, only get ONE chance for all the legends (if they die, struggle, or I'm out of pokeballs, tough luck!), NO ITEMS AFTER battle, and if my whole team loses, any pokemon in the PC are my last hope haha xD

[Quark]

Oh I haven't heard of that rule for legendaries. I was thinking I'd do without them. (This is good news! Yay!)

I only have:

Niles the Butterfree

Nevada the Whimsur (Whom I love/HATE. She killed my Zigzagzoon, so I caught her and forced her to pay off her debt. Whimsurs kind of freak me out.)

Rohan the Poochyena

Bernard the Taillow

and Haywood the Torchic.

 

I'm only at the first gym, which I am dreading. I don't have any proper Pokemon to take on rock! Fire, out, Normal, out. Flying, out. :(

[flyingeevee]

Hmmm...you could do what I did against Whitney, OVERTRAIN!!! xD I beat her Clefairy and Miltank with just Hedwig using Hypnosis and Peck ^^ Because I was 5 lvls ahead of her, so you could evolve Torchic and probably be extra careful when using Haywood's fighting moves.

[Quark]

I am grinding so much, which is why this is taking so long! Pah. Why couldn't I have stumbled upon a water type?

Niles has a grass move that can probably take them out in one shot, but if he dies I'll be crushed! I'm going to create a new game on another save slot (yay for emulators!) soon so I can play Emerald regularly, without the pressure of keeping my little friends alive.

[flyingeevee]

That's why I'm doing this challenge on my old Crystal version since that's the game I usually restart whenever I get really bored and wanna play from the very beginning lolz!

 

I was so crushed when a trainer's DIGLETT fainted my Wooper T^T Wooper was gonna be my main water/ground type xD Plus the only things in my PC are a Spinarak, Stantler, Paras, Zubat, Magby(thank you Daycare man for the free egg), and that's it '.'

[Quark]

Did he kill it with MAGNITUDE (!!!)? Haha, that's always what I die from, in any Pokemon game! It's the dreaded move of destruction.

[flyingeevee]

Did he kill it with MAGNITUDE (!!!)? Haha, that's always what I die from, in any Pokemon game! It's the dreaded move of destruction.

 

It was EXACTLY THAT MOVE!!!! D:

 

He got magnitude 8 and then 10 so of course she didn't survive T^T Then a Kadabra fainted my Gastly when I was training Golbez to evolve into my own Kadabra v.v One critical-hit Confusion...

[Quark]

Magnitude is the WORST. It's like, "Oh look, a little dorky Diglett, this in the bag--MAGGGGNITUDE 8!" Kaput. Overkill.

I keep wondering if anyone's done a Nuzlocke run on Black and White yet, but I'm trying to keep myself virtually in the dark about it before it gets released in the States.

[Anime]

Probably not, these challenges are mainly done by English speakers. And I doubt anyone wants to do a challenge in their first run on a game.

[The Score in Blue]

Anime, what Pokemon games do YOU have?

Also, is it my computer if I'm attempting to play Pokemon on an emulator and the person looks pixelated with static sound?

[Anime]

RBY, GSC, RSE, FR/LG, DPPt, HG/SS, all the Mystery Dungeons, all the Rangers, Colo and XD, Channel, Dash, Trozei.... I think that's it... Oh, and I've got Black pre-ordered.

 

It could be your computer or the emulator. I first played Sapphire on a friend's emulator and it was all crystal clear...

[Quark]

Has anyone played PokePark on the Wii? I'm thinking of getting it for my friends for Christmas.

[The Score in Blue]

Wow! Anime... that's like every game available for the GBA and DS.

And, no I haven't played Pokepark. It looks good though!

[Anime]

GB and GBC as well. I am far too into Pokemon. xD

[CAV of Gang Green]

Has anyone played PokePark on the Wii? I'm thinking of getting it for my friends for Christmas.

 

My brother wanted to get it, but he changed his mind, and decided to rent it due to the mixed reviews it's been getting. It looks like an updated Pokemon Channel to me. And that's the problem. Pokemon Channel was fun when I was younger, but it's boring now. I feel that Pokepark would suffer the same fate if I was to play it.

[The Score in Blue]

Hmm... yeah it sounds like it'll be boring for people of our age.

Although, I don't think Pokemon was really designed to be on Wii games.

[Quark]

Ah, drat, and it looked so cute too.

Yeah, hah, especially if it's for real young kids, I doubt that'd be the best game to get my 24 and 23 year old, engaged, "Oh god, we pay rent, what are we, adults?" friends. :P

Although we are amused easily!