287: Can't Catch 'em All

[Zelgerath]

I think that many of you are over-reacting. It's not "Nearly Impossible" to catch them all, it's actually quite easy, but it just takes a really long time (Waiting for the Events to happen). If you live in the United States near a Toys R Us and GameStop, You just need to be paying attention to A Pokemon News Website for when the Pokemon Events happen. I learned my lesson in Generation 3 when I missed the Celebi and Deoxys Event (not that I could go to them anyways, since they are out of state).

If you really want to catch them all, don't give up. And don't cheat.

Check this out! =D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4gNLE-hpwU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgzWgPC_lV0

 

[PlasmaSnake13]

Too bad it's all said and done. They're already running out of ideas, and a restart seems impossible. B/W delays the inevitable, and MAYBE if they keep the same formula of gating off the old pkmn until you beat the game, they MIGHT save the franchise.

And their definition of save doesn't include the people who play it.

 

[dark_zorua]

well i agree you cant catch them all realy easily without wifi or other games to trade to i myself have 363 and iv been working on my ss for about a year and you cannot get them all without cheating, having other games to trade with, wifi connection , events, ultra saving, and dns codes.

 

[Reincarnatedwolfgod]

i gave up on this goal a long time ago.
i just pick my main team, hm users, and some alternative to use when needed. i will catch any one i don't have if i encounter them. as for legendary's as long there not event or wonder around randomly why not catch them.

 

[Alanosborn1991]

Haha this was an awesome read! And my cousin too is in a college where everyone worships Pokemon!

 

[weirdee]

Ironically, there is a glitch to catch a Mew in Yellow, but it wasn't discovered until years after it mattered.

Of course, if somebody had a time machine, they could fix this easily.

 

[JdaS]

Only the event Pokémon bullshit ever really annoyed me. Living in Europe, I never seem to be aware of any of those 'mons being available to me.

Not that it matters in the end. I always thought getting the (run-of-the-mill, found in tall grass) ones that I like the most, training them, going through the adventure and leading them to victory was what the game was all about. Fuck a Celebi.

 

[Imperiused]

But you can catch Mew on Red and Blue! I've done it loads of times.

 

[Creator002]

Hee Hee. I was so lucky. Someone in primary school had a Mew, but I can't remember where he got it. He traded it to my friend's Pokémon Gold where we cloned it over and over so everyone could have a copy. I still have Mew on my Pokémon Blue.
Still can't catch them all though. My link cable broke, I lost Pokémon Red and my friend's don't have gameboys.

 

[Arnoxthe1]

I think we're all taking this too seriously. However, I also think Gamefreak needs to stop making more 'mons and start working on what they already have. They need to have something more than just the same story and a few gimmicky features every new release. I know they can do better than that. Gold is perfect proof of it.

 

[PunkRex]

Same thing happened to me. I baught Pok'e'Ranger just to get Manaphy. Completed that long ass game to unlock the extra mission only to be told,

Nintendo: "OH YOU BAUGHT THE GAME SECOND HAND, ONLY ONE PER GAME IM AFRAID, EVEN IF YOU RESTART DURHURHUR!!!"

Me: "FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU YOOOOOOOOUUUU NINTENDOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

I hacked it and got my Manaphy egg... and all I felt was cheated. Instead of my awesome Manaphy I had crusaded through a rather difficult game for I had a... shadow of a pokemon... a lye in Water type form... a Missingo if ever I saw one... it felt wrong.

 

[PunkRex]

I'm from Australia.
We hardly ever have Nintendo events.

Do you know how bummed I am that American Gamestops are offereing Shiny Enteis, Suicunes and Raikous? Which will unlock Zorora if transfered to Black/White? And a Celebi? All this month!

I only have a Jirachi and Mew (Which, don't get me wrong, is awesome. I just miss out on ALL the others which is a bummer)

just keep waiting the events will swing your way. they dogs and celebi tie into the new movie. its premiering feb 5th in america. find out when its premiering in australia and you will find out when the pokemon are coming.

We haven't had a Pokemon movie released in cinemas in Australia since 2000.

For good bloody reason... thems terrible. Funny enough, I went to Austrailia at the beginning of the year and nabbed 5 Jiraichi's for me and my mates, I have all the games.

 

[Trishbot]

I bought Pokemon White, my first Pokemon game since the 1996 original Pokemon Blue, and I caught them all. All 649. All Pokemon, all rares, legendaries, and event Pokemon.

And I did it legitimately.

I may not have been able to go to an event, but I was able to find people online willing to trade. And trade I did. Here, there. Everywhere. First it was just to get all the regional Pokemon, but it grew and grew and soon my Pokedex was 100% complete.

... I got a pat on the back from Professor Juniper. That was about it.

... Could've at least given me a plaque or trophy for my room or something.

 

[Ramses the Third]

Good article BUT let me get this straight "at the place I worked was a machine that spat out the legendary's" but then you still cheated for Deoxyus and Jirachi? You had them in the machine dude...

 

[SonOfVoorhees]

I think you should realisticly be able to catch all of them on that one game you own, or at most on two games, as they release them in pairs. All this "go to special event" stuff is retarded as who is going to travel to a Japan or American only event if you leave in the UK? An this is a kids game after-al. Most they should have, for instance, they should have a few White only pokemon that can unlock certain areas in Black and thus allow you to explore new areas and track down the unobtainable pokemon.

An all the bloody hoops you are forced to jump though. Like some legendary ones you can only grab one of the three. Meaning more playthroughs. Retarded. Wouldnt matter so much if they were all awesome, but 80% of the pokemon out their suck.

 

[scw55]

I've never traded sincerely with another player.

Pokemon franchise always felt like it was for Middle Class twerps to meet up with other Middle Class twerps and battle/trade.

If you were upper working class (like the vast majority of people in the Western World you were screwed)


I love Pokemon but I also hate how it forces you to socialise with other players. Not everyone lives in a sprawling Metropolis Nintendo. I have NO ONE to trade with. I am 23 years of age, and if I go to the local Primary School to 'trade Poky Men' I'd be arrested for being a Paedophile.

 

[keniakittykat]

I personally catch 6 pokemon, pre-decided, and use them throughout
To spite the designers
muwahahaha

Yup, other kids used to get confused when I told them I had finished the game and only caught maybe 20 pokemon.

 

[The Cheezy One]

I personally catch 6 pokemon, pre-decided, and use them throughout
To spite the designers
muwahahaha

Yup, other kids used to get confused when I told them I had finished the game and only caught maybe 20 pokemon.

Ten to get HM05 Flash to get through Rock Tunnel (optional if you have a map or a lot of patience), then get about ten more as random gifts (such as Lapras in Silph Co., Hitmonchan (because Hitmonlee always scared me)), Rares (Snorlax/Legendary birds/Mewtwo, etc.) and evolutions would bring my Pokedex to about 30 by the time I finished.

My favourite team would be: Charizard, Kingler, Scyther, Onix, Jolteon, Fearow. A decent spread, in my opinion, although I admit Scyther is there only because I want one in real life, and isn't especially spectacular in-game.

 

[ahsivenia]

Who here has actually caught all of them in one of the games?

I have finished Blue, Gold, Emerald, and 3/4 of the way done with Pearl.

Can I say "victory" yet? Please?

actually i have caught them ALL! in pokemon diamond, i used all my boxes, all my money, had to beat the league 27 times to get even more money, and had to use walk through walls...to get shaymin/darkrai/arceus

 

[ahsivenia]

personally though, i traded from pokemon heart gold to get a** loads of mudkips stuffed in 1 box (i breed them cuz i love mudkips )[btw, you can BREED legendaries!!!!! seriously today i hatched a dialga egg that i was waiting for since i got the game (diamond) for christmas in 2008!