Pokémon Diamond & Pearl

[Mega Flare]

I hope for the online you can set rules for rooms like No Legendarys.

 

[kosterz]

Thats unfair to do that. Just because you don't have legendary and you aren't quite good enough to beat them, doesn't mean that they can't be used. Level restricting would be good. The creator of the room can state when levels your pokemon can be. But "No Legendarys" is unfair, they're pokemon just like any others.

 

[Mega Flare]

Did you know in Tournaments for Pokemon Games, legendarys are allways(ussaly) banned

 

[Alan.]

Legendaries are really overpowered, if they were allowed they would basically be the only ones you could use.

That actually reminds me, what I really would like them to do with Diamond and Pearl is fix the balance issues. Victory mostly depends on the Pokemon's type.

 

[Prexus]

But there are multi-type pokemon which use all types of attacks and special attacks to win. Most ppl pump their pokemon full of Special Defense and Special Attack and go to town that way so you can sneak in normal/fighter/steel attacks that do a lot of damage.

 

[Despain v.1]

...joto, kanto and Herion...

What!? I can understand forgetting the 'h' in Johto, but come on- Hoenn isn't even CLOSE to Herion.

Did you know in Tournaments for Pokémon Games, legendarys are allways(ussaly) banned

Not necessarily- it's usually just ubers and Wobby. Some legendaries aren't incredibly good.

 

[Mega Flare]

yeah good point. Like the 3 birds in Red/Blue/Yellow, they kind of sucked

 

[kosterz]

They were only good for their vs. opposite element kind of fights.

 

[Prexus]

Zapdos wasn't all that much more powerful than Electabuzz. Moltres not much more powerful than Magmar. Articuno not much more than [insert some ice pokemon I never cared a shit about].

In those days, it was more of a matter of filling your pokedex than power.

Regardless, if you levelled a Zapdos from lv1 to lv99, it'd be about 25% stronger than the Zapdos you get at lv50 levelled to 99. Simply because Wild Pokemon are always weaker than an equal comparison Pokemon that was levelled to where it is.

 

[Anonymous]

Regardless, if you levelled a Zapdos from lv1 to lv99, it'd be about 25% stronger than the Zapdos you get at lv50 levelled to 99. Simply because Wild Pokémon are always weaker than an equal comparison Pokémon that was levelled to where it is.

That's not the way it works.

Effort Values (EVs), Individual Values (IVs), and base stats determine level 100 stats (plus some adjustment for personality).

IVs are set when you acquire the Pokemon, and are a number between 0 and 31. This number is used in the calculation of stats, and is fixed.

EVs are gained throughout the game by either battling (1-3 EV points for a certain stat per pokemon battled) or through special items, like Protein, which give 10 EVs in a given stat (although there are restrictions on this I won't get into). Any Pokemon can have a max of 510 EV points, distributed any way among the stats, up to 255 EVs per stat.

Stats are recalculated any time a pokemon levels up, evolves, or is put into storage and taken out. Thus, you can take a lv 100 Pokemon, battle it a lot and/or feed it lots of stat up items until you max out the EVs, put it in your PC, take it out, and it will be just as tough as the same pokemon raised from level 1 with the same distribution of EVs. (Yes, this means that Rare Candies really aren't bad, they just mean you don't gain any Evs while leveling.)

Thus, delaying the evolution of a pokemon has no effect on its stats at level 100. You're simply giving up power now to learn moves faster.

The biggest effects on a pokemon's power are its IVs, which are randomly determined when it is generated (although they tend, but are not guaruanteed, to be higher when you breed instead of catch wild) and how many and where your EVs are distributed. There are lots of guides to calculating the IVs of fresh caught/bred pokemon, what pokemon give EVs to what stat and how much, and how personality traits effect stat growth.

 

[Alan.]

@Prexus: True, but you can still probably kill them in only 2 or 3 attacks and that's for really competitive multi-player. You can beat almost every gym with just one Pokemon. Yeah I know multi-player is where the real game is, but still.

 

[Anonymous]

I just hope they put in something to detect cheating. Fighting someone who maxed out their IVs with a gameshark would not be fun. I beleive there was something like this in Stadium or Colosseum.

 

[Mega Flare]

The natures of a pokemon effect them by this. They rasie one stat by 10% and lower one by 10%. So its best to have one the rasies there best stat and lower there weakest or one they dont use. Like for a snorlax it would be best for one that up Attack and lower Speed since well he is slow and for Machcamp Up Attack and lower Speacial attack. Best way to get the one you want is to Breed or keep catching them.

I think this is going to be the easyest version to catch all the pokemon. Since there is online trading. And with that it would be easyer to get pokemon you want.

 

[Anonymous]

The natures of a Pokémon effect them by this. They rasie one stat by 10% and lower one by 10%.

Although there are several that raise and lower the same stat, effectively giving them no effect.

 

[Tox Garou]

That's not the way it works.

Effort Values (EVs), Individual Values (IVs), and base stats determine level 100 stats (plus some adjustment for personality).

IVs are set when you acquire the Pokémon, and are a number between 0 and 31. This number is used in the calculation of stats, and is fixed.

EVs are gained throughout the game by either battling (1-3 EV points for a certain stat per Pokémon battled) or through special items, like Protein, which give 10 EVs in a given stat (although there are restrictions on this I won't get into). Any Pokémon can have a max of 510 EV points, distributed any way among the stats, up to 255 EVs per stat.

Stats are recalculated any time a Pokémon levels up, evolves, or is put into storage and taken out. Thus, you can take a lv 100 Pokémon, battle it a lot and/or feed it lots of stat up items until you max out the EVs, put it in your PC, take it out, and it will be just as tough as the same Pokémon raised from level 1 with the same distribution of EVs. (Yes, this means that Rare Candies really aren't bad, they just mean you don't gain any Evs while leveling.)

Thus, delaying the evolution of a Pokémon has no effect on its stats at level 100. You're simply giving up power now to learn moves faster.

The biggest effects on a Pokémon's power are its IVs, which are randomly determined when it is generated (although they tend, but are not guaruanteed, to be higher when you breed instead of catch wild) and how many and where your EVs are distributed. There are lots of guides to calculating the IVs of fresh caught/bred Pokémon, what Pokémon give EVs to what stat and how much, and how personality traits effect stat growth.

Someone here's done her homework.

I hope they nerf Blissey. /gg

 

[Despain v.1]

Prexus was talking about the old Red and Blue, before the EV training, so he was right. ;x

 

[Vash]

More New Pokémon Revealed!:

• The release date is confirmed to be September 28th 2006 for Japan.
• The Legendary Pokémon revealed 3 weeks ago are called Diaruga (For Diamond) & Parukia (For Pearl) respectively
• Diaruga is the Time-Ruling Pokémon, Parukia is the Space-Ruling Pokémon
• Three New Pokémon, Cherimu, Pachirissu and Dorapion Respectively

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Cherimu (Grass) - Sakura Pokémon, Pachirisu (Electric) - Electric Squirrel Pokémon, Dorapion (Poison/Dark) - Changeable Scorpion Pokémon

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Diaruga - Time Ruling Pokémon, Parukia - Space-Ruling Pokémon

Source: Serebii.net - New Screenshots, Scan

• Cherimu is a Grass Type Pokémon. Classification of Sakura Pokémon. It has a brand new ability called Flower Head which powers itself and any teammates up when Sunny Day is in effect. It has an attack called Trouble Seed. This attack changes the foe's ability to Insomnia temporarily
• Pachirisu is an Electric Type Pokémon. Classification of Electric Squirrel Pokémon. It has either Run Away or Pick Up for it's abilities. It knows Thunderbolt
• Dorapion is a Poison/Dark Type Pokémon. Classification of Changeable Scorpion Pokémon. It has either Battle Armor or a new ability called Snipe which increases the base value of an attack during critical hit. It knows Poison Fang. It has an attack called Cross Poison. This attack has a high chance of Critical Hitting and Poisoning
• Tamanta is a Water/Flying Type Pokémon. It's Abilities are Swift Swim and Water Absorb
• Perappu is now a Normal/Flying Type Pokémon. It's abilities are Keen Eye & a new Ability called Unstable Gait which allows for evasion to increase when confused
• Lucario's second ability is called Humble Heart which increases Lucario's speed when flinched. Lucario has a new attack called Wave Guiding Bomb. It's a Fighting Type Attack. Lucario also knows Detect & Quick Attack
• Munchlax has an attack called Nature Spurt which used the berry Munchlax may be holding to change the strength and type of an attack.
• Weavile has an attack called Freeze. This attack disables the hold item that the opponent has.
• Buizeru has an attack called Aqua Jet. This attack always hits first
• Evil Team is Team Galaxy who are stealing Pokémon everywhere and trief to befriend the professor
• Seperate rival other than the other gender. He is your childhood rival and although he is sometimes rash, he helps you along the way.
• Bottom of Pokémon Center is for WiFi features which utilise Friend Codes
• Bottom Screen during battles confirmed for Menus
• In Battle, the bag is organised as thus: HP/PP Recovery, Pokéballs, Status Recovery, Battle Use
• Bigger versions of the box art have been revealed

 

[Minkoff]

stuff

Sounds complicated. Is it safe to assume that's just in the new ones, or Red/Blue too?

 

[Anonymous]

It's the case in all the third generation (Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald, Fire Red/Leaf Green, and the GC games) and fourth generation games (Diamond/Pearl). I believe it was the case in the second gen games, too (Gold/Silver/Crystal).

Since you can't trade pokemon from first and second gen games into third and fourth gen games, it doesn't really matter all that much, though, at least for this discussion. If you have a pokemon in Diamond/Pearl, then it was raised this way.

 

[kip]

kawaiii

Well it sounds great cant wait to pre-order it