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Celebi- The Rarest Pokemon?

By Anonymous

Strange types can lead to victory, or a harsh defeat. It all depends, and it will always depend. Some types can be just plain awesome, no other words to describe it. Some can sound cool, but can lead to a horrible defeat. Some can have a weakness that can be up to four or more times powerful then a regular attack! A Pokemon like Mantine, for example. He is a water type Pokemon and a flying type Pokemon. Both water and flying types are weak to electric type attacks. So if a Raichu used Thunderbolt on Mantine it will most likely defeat it in one hit due to a times four weakness.A legendary Pokemon known as Celebi is similar to this.

Celebi is a great Pokemon, don’t get me wrong. But Celebi is a psychic type Pokemon and a grass type Pokemon, it again sounds cool, but it is open to a lot of weaknesses, maybe not a times four weakness, but still a times two weakness. Due to the grass half of Celebi, it is weak to ice, fire and bug type Pokemon. Due to it’s psychic type half, it is weak against ghost and dark type Pokemon. That leaves a total of five weaknesses. Though Celebi is beneficial, being psychic type and a grass type Pokemon it has a lot of move advantages. Celebi is one of the rarest Pokemon to date because of it being so rare.

Celebi has been given out several times in Japan through the years. In American you couoold only get a 10 ANIV Celebi or a WIN2011 Celebi which was just recently given out and allows you to transfer it to Pokemon Black Version or Pokemon White version to get the Pokemon Zorua.
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The C-Gear

By Matt

Featured in Pokemon Black and White, the C-Gear is a wireless function that is part of the game in order to interact with other players. Since this is only for Black and White versions, you cannot communicate with other games, except for using Poke Transfer. After you’ve received the C-Gear, you will be asked if you want to start it up. The default option is yes, to enhance your gameplay experience, but if you’re sure there’s no one around you, it’s safe to turn it off. This wireless communications device takes up the entire bottom part of your DS screen, like the Poketch in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum. If it’s off, buttons won’t appear as options; if it’s on, the C-Gear will flash colors occasionally.

The first section on the far left when you receive it is Online, which allows you to access Game Sync. Game Sync is for the Pokemon Global Link, and you must sign up for an account if you want to make the most of this function.

The middle section is InfraRed, or IR. This lets you use InfraRed Connection to play with your friends. By having both game cards close together, the IR will connect the two systems and you and a friend will be able to play co-op or as opponents. There is a function for battling, trading, exchanging friend codes for Wi-Fi, and a Feeling Check. The Feeling Check is a small game where you and your friend do the same actions required on the screen. When it is done, you will get a rating of how much you are in sync. Depending on your rank, you will get a number of Sweet Hearts, which can be used as HP-restoring items, or exchanged for Heart Scales. The side on the far right features Wireless, which allows you to communicate with others in a range as far as your system can reach.
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Catch Em All Online

By Anonymous

While Pokemon gaming fans can name off all the handheld role-playing games to date, not so many fans can tell about browser Pokemon games. In the in-between months, each summer, fall, and winter between releases, many Pokemon fans fill the gap by either replaying the latest or previous releases, or perhaps investing in the version parallel. Still others have turned to the Internet for their Pokemon fix. For fans that emulators are beyond them, they often turn to browser games. Unlike flash games, which are games found online where there are no links to external pages but simply a small screen in which a single game is contained, browser games are an entire website that may be explored as a game in itself. One such game is the currently in-beta vdexproject.net.

The VirtualPokedex Project, abbreviated either vdexproject or vdex, is a browser game where registered users may explore any of the Pokemon regions as well as specialty areas, such as Mirage Island and Birth Island, through events coordinated by the admins and owners. While exploring, players may get Pokedollars, through routinely logging in, selling, or battling, which they can buy Pokeballs with, which they can, in turn, collect Pokemon with. Furthermore, Pokemon may be bred, though egg claim requires a fee, as the use of the daycare is free. All routes, regions, and Pokemon are available, along with some special edits specifically designed for the web game. As players collect different species, they may begin to unlock achievements, which range from collecting sets such as the Eeveelutions, raising a number of Pokemon to level one hundred, and raising and hatching eggs. Achievements for participation in events are also available, such as the “Sweet” and “Bittersweet” achievements for catching two variations of the “Chocolate Mareeps” available for the 2011 Easter campaign.

In addition to all of the expected functions of the Pokemon games, the web browser-based game also includes more exclusive features. One instance of said features: the non-player characters. Rather than going into a town’s buildings and speaking to each and every resident to unlock TM’s and trades, the owner has designed the original non-player characters that interact with the player. Much like in-game characters, these bots will offer daily and weekly rewards, like berries, as well as special items.
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Generation Starters Of Old And New

By JC

Hey guys, so Pokemon Black and White has been out for a while and I think people are starting to warm up to the new batch of Pocket Monsters (if you didn’t like them already). At first I thought the new Pokemon looked awkward and that their names weren’t very creative. I was beginning to think that Nintendo had no more ideas left, but the inhabitants of Unova have grown on me in just a short time. It’s been a while since I’ve played my Pokemon Black Version, but I remember clearly when I had to choose my starter. I chose Snivy—he looked the cutest and the coolest. Oh and it’s pronounced SN-IVY, in case you didn’t know. The Unova starters—Snivy, Oshawott, and Tepig—are great, but how do they compare to the starters of past generations?

The Kanto starters are almost as iconic as Pikachu itself. Bulbasaur, Chamander, and Squirtle remain perennial favorites. There’s not much I can say about them that you don’t already know. They’ve got great names, great artwork, and great voices, what’s not to love? Bulbasaur is like a dinosaur with a plant symbiont attached to its back. Charmander is a fire lizard (salamander?) Squirtle is like a blue mini ninja turtle. The original trio set the standard really high for the next generation of starter Pokemon.

I remember all the hype surrounding the release of Pokemon Gold and Silver. I know I was excited to get the games and see the new Pokemon. The Johto starters include Chikorita, Cyndaquil, and Totodile. Chikorita looks like a dwarf brontosaurus (my best description based on what it involves into). Cyndaquil’s Pokedex information describes it as the “fire mouse” Pokemon, but it has a really long nose. Totodile is easily the most familiar. It’s a chibi crocodile that stands on its hind legs. I felt like the creators did an excellent job on these starters and found them very stylish.
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Pokemon Black City & White Forest Mechanics

By Matt

Black City and White Forest are both exclusive areas east of Nimbasa City for each version of Pokemon Black and White. There again is that conflict which states if people should move onto the future, which is Black City, or keep a part of old-fashioned times with us, which is White Forest. I like how each area is unique and that two different games are needed to interact with each other, emphasizing buying different games and making the most of your money. So let’s start with Black City first. When you beat the game, a new area will open to the right of Nimbasa City. You could have gone there before, but the Marvelous Bridge was closed for construction up until this point.

Once you get to the next town, you will find that it has numerous buildings. Step inside one of them, and there are Trainers of many kinds that want to battle you. The Pokemon levels depend on the Trainer; it is advised to have a powerful backup if one wishes to train a weaker one. Each building has a different Trainer, but the Trainer’s Pokemon will stay the same. It is a one-on-one battle each time, so it shouldn’t take too long.

Black City should feature a marketplace if you have enough people there. These items are hard to find in the game, and the collection varies through the kinds of Trainers occupying Black City. They are usually priced very high, but can be worth it if there’s absolutely nothing left of that item in your game, like a certain evolution stone. To make the cost easier to reach, a man located in the back will tell you how many Trainers you have defeated. Every ten you defeat, he will award you with 10,000 Poke Dollars.
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Competitive Battling: Ubers

By Anonymous

For those of you who have stalked the GameFAQS and IGN forums, you’ve surely seen battle requests and tournaments. The curious sorts of you may have actually considered joining one of these tournaments, even if just for laughs, or maybe to see just how your team matches up. So, now you’ve entered the thread, just to see an all caps rage in bold saying, “NO UBERS.” Alright then, so what is an “Uber?” In short, an Uber is a Pokemon who has base stats that are unfairly high without any significant drawbacks, including many legendary Pokemon. Some of the Ubers includes, but is not limited to, Mewtwo, Lugia, Kyogre, Rayquaza, Dialga, Arceus, Zekrom, and Wobbuffet. Note, that individual competition organizers may deem additional or fewer Pokemon as Ubers, or even disallow certain forms of Pokemon under the Uber pretense, such as Shaymin’s Sky forme.

Of course, there are players unfamiliar with competitive play that are quick to be frustrated with the widespread Uber disdain. After all, if a Pokemon is in game, why not make use of it? For those of you who agree, then consider this: there are seventeen officially designated Ubers. As they are the most powerful of all Pokemon, the only way to effectively compete would be to build the player’s team entirely of these Ubers. Now, how exciting can a tournament of the same handful of Pokemon be, over and over? Moreover, you couldn’t have much move set variation, as there are powerful moves that are the obvious choice for these Pokemon. So that there may be at least some use of the nearly seven hundred species, Ubers are disallowed as to offer some room for competitive players to work. That’s not to say there aren’t staples to such players, but there is at least some room for players to work and strategize.

What’s more, one of the building blocks of a good Pokemon team is good blood; what legendary Pokemon, and consequently Ubers, can’t do is breed, making it mere chance to get a good Pokemon to build into an official fighter. Through various methods, bred Pokemon can be fashioned to be the most effective fighter for the Pokemon species. For instance, IV’s. For those of you unaware, every Pokemon has an IV, and individual value, for each of his or her stats. The higher the IV is, up to thirty-one, the higher the maximum the stat can attain once the Pokemon has been fully raised to level one hundred. Wild Pokemon have random IV’s, and a Pokemon with more than one high IV is more than a bit rare. In order to raise the strongest Pokemon possible, breeders must essentially hit-and-miss with eggs, gambling on getting the highest set of IV’s they can. What’s more, having high IV’s isn’t enough. There’s also nature, which can both boost and hurt a Pokemon’s individual stats. In order to get the most powerful combination, competitive players more than put their time in. As breeding is impossible with many Ubers, it’s nothing more than chance that the Pokemon will have either good IV’s or nature, and a gamble that they’ll have both. As skill and patience is worth more than simple luck, non-legendary Pokemon are more worthwhile and sensible to train than legendaries.
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A review Of The 3DS Application: Pokedex 3D

By Brandon Yeo

I’m sure many of you have heard of this application because it is indeed one of a kind. Ever envied the trainers in the anime who whipped out their Pokedex upon meeting new Pokemon, well you can do the same, but it’s slightly different as clearly Pokemon “don’t exist” in reality.

In general, this is a brilliant free application by Nintendo to show the genuine beauty of the Unova Pokemon in its 3D form. Unfortunately it contains only the newest 150 Pokemon and not all 646 of them. It allows you to of course view each Pokemon in 3D, being able to rotate all around and zooming both in and out at the same time. In addition, it’s indeed a Pokedex, with the comparable stats of each Pokemon, abilities, Egg group and of course learnable moves.

First and most important is of course the 3D function and viewing each Pokemon. It provides you with a choice of different backgrounds you would like to view it in. Whether it is a Minccino in the surreal forest setting, to an Unfezant with a background of clouds. My personal favourite is the forest setting with a setting sun in the horizon, giving a warm brown glow. What is noticeable is how the colour of the background also affects the tinge of colour to each Pokemon, such as a Samurott being slightly yellowish and lighter blue in the setting of a setting sun. If you would like a plain background, the default Pokeball base background would definitely be ideal. Currently with only 3 types of background, you aren’t spoilt for choice, but hopefully in time Nintendo with continually update the application. In addition to the background changes, each Pokemon has its own animation and they’re by no means similar. My favourite, possibly biased is Oshawott and Samurott’s animations. Oshawott throws his scalchop in the air while Samurott removes its “Shell-Sword” from its sheave on his leg. The most detailed however are the Pokemon legendaries such as Reshiram using Fusion flare and being encased in a mountain of fire.

What is notable is that you don’t start off with all 150 Pokemon, but only 16, with 6 others obtainable through the net – Victini, Reshiram, Zekrom, Cobalion, Terrakion and Virizion. You have to get the others through spotpass or from friends. This is great as you can only get 3 per day, so there is some sort of satisfaction and mystery incentive to keep checking back and getting your 3 free data.
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Pokemon Battle Frontier

By Anonymous

The area of Pokemon battling is always fresh. With new attacks, abilities, and strategy being incorporated every generation. But is there a place where you can go to battle all you want? There are trainers all over the place that are willing to challenge you. From Route One all the way to the Pokemon League, there is someone willing to challenge you. Just look, there are some places however where you can go and battle many different trainers. There is a place called the Battle Frontier. The Battle Frontier is a place filled with all sorts of different facilities that will let you battle other trainers and earn Battle Points that will alow you to get rewards in return. It is pretty cool, isn’t it? Some facilities are the Battle Tower, which is a place where trainers go and battle their way up the tower to get to the highest number possible and fight the strongest of trainers to earn respect and a lot of Battle Points!

The Battle Factory is where you can use rental Pokemon and battle with them, it is a great way to let you develop strategy and can let you experiences using other Pokemon, you can still get battle points from this which is great.

There is the Battle Castle where you fight trainers and can be lucky enough to get your Pokemon healed, or get a status condition. If you beat one of these places you can challenge the leader, also known as the Frontier Brain of the facility, if you beat them they will reward you with a lot of Battle Points.
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The Benefits Of Trading Pokemon

By Matt

As Pokemon Trainers, we know that we can capture Pokemon. But something we’re not too accustomed to is trading Pokemon. Sure, we can just go catch one ourselves, but getting Pokemon from trades is an exciting thing and comes with a few hidden benefits. After you’ve completed a trade in the Global Trade Station (GTS or GTS Negotiations) you can use that Pokemon to your advantage in a number of ways.

The first significant benefit is the slight EXP gain the Pokemon will get. This happens all of the time, and helps in leveling up certain Pokemon that are game-specific, like Cottonee or Petilil. It may not have your OT or ID number on it, but it’s the fact that getting Pokemon that aren’t yours to acknowledge your friendship with them that makes trading worthwhile.

GeoNet, the globe in the Pokemon Center, will tell you the places where your trade partners live, if they’ve registered their location. In Castelia City, a man in a suit will ask if you’ve traded Pokemon. He is located in the top-left corner of the Pokemon Center, and what he does is check the number of different IDs you have. This also counts event Pokemon and imported Pokemon using Poke Transfer or Pal Park. Once he’s given you a number, he will also present you with some hold items: A Wide Lens for 5 different IDs, an Everstone for 10, a Zoom Lens for 20, a Choice Scarf for 30, a PP Max for 40, and a Master Ball for 50. Of course, that’s just an incentive to get you to trade, but who doesn’t want a good item like a Master Ball?

I must admit that getting a trade to work on GTS Negotiations is very tough, so using GTS and waiting for someone to accept your offer will suffice. Like I mentioned before, traded Pokemon will also have a positive impact on Trainers who want to breed. Pokemon that are traded have the ability to be more compatible and friendly with its breeding partner, and the Day-Care Man will tell you how well they’re getting along. Usually, Pokemon with different ID tags make good breeding partners, especially if you want to pass on their nature via an Everstone or an Individual Value (IV) through an EV training “Power” item (found in Gear Station). Pokemon that come from different regions in the world, or that are from a different language game increase the chances of breeding a Shiny Pokemon. This was revised to an even wider chance in Generation V, but the probability is around 1 in 1,300.
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After-Games: Then And Now

By Anonymous

If you’ve played any of nintendo’s role-playing handheld Pokemon games, then you’ve become familiar with the layout following your “New game” selection.

Through some method or another, the player begins by finding him or herself at the age where a youth is to be given a companion, with which he or she shall embark upon a fantastic and glorious journey with. Proceeding through the game, the player will encounter one of several antagonist factions, whose plot shall be revealed and left to the player to thwart. After doing so, the player will experience the greatest aspiration of any trainer: to defeat the Pokemon Elite Four, no small task indeed. Following the conquering of both the antagonists, the player is left to do as he or she wishes–continue exploring the region, defeat one of a few more recently added additional challenges, restart the game, or fall for the marketing “only one save permitted per cartridge” ploy.

These post-story activities and opportunities are often the hook for long time Pokemon fans; the after-game often makes the game for us familiar with the tired story. Generation III, the first glimpse of Hoenn, was a bit of a milestone for the Pokemon video game legacy. With the introduction of contests, an entire new half of the game was opened up to players. Focusing on the ?visual effect? of attacks brought a new spin on the possibilities of Pokemon, even if it was better portrayed in the anime with more in-depth mechanics. Nevertheless, the introduction of the side quest was a major step forward. With the Battle Frontier introduction as well, Generation III was arguably the greatest. Also considering it was the first Game Boy Advance Pokemon handheld, there’s no doubting Nintendo did something right. It was also this generation that began an internet sensation that will not soon be forgotten.
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