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Waiting on the third AND fourth one

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Total Members Voted: 51

[Silfurdreki]

Ultimuh's sarafi gives Quagsire and Krabby. Not sure on third pokemon yet though.

Ooooh, beat elite 4 quickly, there's a 25% chance that the last pokemon in there is Frogadier! A Protean Frogadier safari would be delicious.

[RekkaAtsuma]

Argh, why must Ralts be so.. elusive in my game?
I have been running all over theese flowers for over an hour now.
And accidenlty killed two THREE!!! due to critical hits.

Unless you're bent on getting a ralts before the second gym, you can receive one in an In-game trade after beating the champion.

[Ultimuh]

Argh, why must Ralts be so.. elusive in my game?
I have been running all over theese flowers for over an hour now.
And accidenlty killed two THREE!!! due to critical hits.

Unless you're bent on getting a ralts before the second gym, you can receive one in an In-game trade after beating the champion.

Oh? Well then, sounds like half my problem is solved.
Thing is that I want two Ralts, one male and one female.

[Calech]

Argh, why must Ralts be so.. elusive in my game?
I have been running all over theese flowers for over an hour now.
And accidenlty killed two THREE!!! due to critical hits.

Unless you're bent on getting a ralts before the second gym, you can receive one in an In-game trade after beating the champion.

Oh? Well then, sounds like half my problem is solved.
Thing is that I want two Ralts, one male and one female.

Whenever there's a forced-capture event (which has happened in previous games; Black / White didn't allow you to continue the story unless you capture the version legendary), I breed a bunch of Synchronize-ability pokémon so that I can catch it with the nature I want.

So with X, I figured I'd capture and breed Ralts (last version, it was Eevee -> Espeon / Umbreon, which was hilariously inefficient), once I got to the point that Ralts was a thing.

I've got about a box and a half of them spare if you wanted to trade a couple of more easily-obtained pokes for them This was pre-E4, though, so I can't guarantee their stats and they're all level 1, but if you want a specific nature I've probably got it (I have 24/25 Synchronizers, because I can't remember if there is a nature-specific daily event this time)

My FC is 1934-0651-7388 if this is any help to you.

And since I'm posting my FC, if anyone could let me know the type and inhabitants of my Safari, I'd be grateful (and also grateful for having some Friends to Safari, since at the moment I'm all on my own )

[Ultimuh]

Added you, Calech.

[ekolis]

So is there any *disadvantage* to Mega Evolving your Pokemon, apart from the fact that (as far as I can tell) you can only do it for one Pokemon per battle? If not... ugh, cutscenes EVERY single battle?

[Silfurdreki]

I added you as well. Mine, along with many other's FCs are in the first post. If you add people there, you won't be all on your own any more!

[Kansa]

Well you can't use other held items if you do use mega evolution

[Calech]

So is there any *disadvantage* to Mega Evolving your Pokemon, apart from the fact that (as far as I can tell) you can only do it for one Pokemon per battle? If not... ugh, cutscenes EVERY single battle?

You only get the long cutscene once per game-startup, as far as I can tell; afterwards you get the shorter version. (Haven't tried competitive yet, so it may be always-shorter for that).

And there are some disadvantages; the type changes may not always be favourable (eg. Mega-Evolving Gengar into an Earthquake, or Charizard-X into an Outrage), so if an enemy predicts your move or gets lucky, it might not be so good. (pre-edit) Also takes up an item slot that could be used for other things, as Kansa pointed out.

But for general in-game purposes, there's very little reason not to Mega-Evolve where possible, especially since you're guaranteed at least two pokes capable of it.

[ekolis]

Long vs. short cutscene? Huh, I only noticed one version...

Oh, good point about the items - I forgot that the mega stone consumes the Pokemon's item slot! I guess mega evolution is for folks who want generalist Pokemon, seeing as it raises all their stats at once, while the other items such as the ones that increase power of specifically typed moves are for more specialist Pokemon fans?

[Tsuchigumo550]

The long one is pretty OK, so...

Since I mostly go double battles, I either mega on first chance (depending on who goes out first on both sides) or have two in reserve. Yes, it takes items, but I don't have enough items to care, plus that one time I accidentally left my Roseli berry on my Yvetal during single player...

[RekkaAtsuma]

So is there any *disadvantage* to Mega Evolving your Pokemon, apart from the fact that (as far as I can tell) you can only do it for one Pokemon per battle? If not... ugh, cutscenes EVERY single battle?

You only get the long cutscene once per game-startup,

If fighting E4 and you start up, you have long cutscene on your first E4 challenge, then once more on your challenge with Champion.
Always happens for me and always happens against rival for me as well. I think it's randomized outside of those important battles though.

[Calech]

Oh, I hadn't noticed that - mostly because Mega-Evolving would be a bit overkill in those fights (I had the Exp Share on through the game so outlevelled the Champion for the first time ever)

I think the Champion one may be because...

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

She uses a Mega-Evolved pokémon of her own, so it plays the long cutscene for both of you

And it would be logically the same for the other fights where that applies, but in most cases through the game I didn't use my megas.

Spoiler: About a post-game event (click to show/hide)

So I just encountered the roaming legendary bird which is in my version; as I chose Charmander, it turns out to be Moltres. This is about the fourth time I've encountered it so far, mostly due to me being incapable of biking in a straight line (who knew Pokémon simulated real life so accurately?).

What I've only just noticed, though, is the music in the background - usually the legendaries have pretty awesome music. But I happened to let it run on this time... and heard something familiar in the background. It's been a long, long time since I heard the Gen I battle music back in Blue version when I played it.

[Elephant Parade]

Wait, you lose Mega Evolution items when you use them? How do you get extras?

[Calech]

Wait, you lose Mega Evolution items when you use them? How do you get extras?

No, they stay attached to your Pokémon. Just don't trade them off unless you have a spare somehow!