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    edmasterchaos

    [161]Apr 14, 2010
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    BAC510 wrote:

    edmasterchaos wrote:
    BAC510 wrote:


    Finally got through the Elite 4. I was soooo underleveled, like around Level 37-40 when I first arrived. But after about 10 times that I battled the Elite 4 and lost, my Pokemon all were Level 42-45, so Will, Koga, Bruno, and Karen were a breeze........ but that Lance sure does have luck on his side, he got like 5 Critical Hits after I Iron Defensed with Scizor.-_- But after resetting like 3 times for his battle, I won. Can't wait for Kanto!!!!!


    I feel sooooo good after reading this and remembering how i not only used only pokemon that i could catch in Johto along with not even evolving Togetic to Togekiss but i also had my pokemons in lvl 38-42 (Typhlosion being in 42, the rest didn't hit 40 until during the match with Lance) and i still won with no trouble against the Elite 4. =)


    Woah!?!?! WTH, Lance was easy for you and you were much more underleveled than me? Please tell me you didn't use Lugia/Ho-Oh/Other Legendaries???- I was tempted to use Lugia but I decided not to.

    Wouldn't say easy though, i posted the entire fight on page 4 or 5, but yeah, no legendaries, those are for people who are weak
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    phonzee101

    [162]Apr 15, 2010
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    Pikachu315111 wrote:

    phonzee101 wrote:


    Trying to catch raikou and entei it's going to take a while.



    Being the only runners in the game, you might as well use the Master Ball on one of them.

    I already used mine on lugia. And beseides I want a little challenge catching them.
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    BAC510

    [163]Apr 15, 2010
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    phonzee101 wrote:
    Pikachu315111 wrote:


    phonzee101 wrote:


    Trying to catch raikou and entei it's going to take a while.



    Being the only runners in the game, you might as well use the Master Ball on one of them.


    I already used mine on lugia. And beseides I want a little challenge catching them.


    I forget what the Red Apricorn turns to when given to Kurt.............. wait, you should give Kurt some Red Apricorns and turn them into Fast Balls. Those should be a good help.


    I just gave Kurt 8 Black Apricorns so I can use some Heavy Balls on this Snorlax that is blocking my way.

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    phonzee101

    [164]Apr 15, 2010
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    BAC510 wrote:

    phonzee101 wrote:
    Pikachu315111 wrote:


    phonzee101 wrote:


    Trying to catch raikou and entei it's going to take a while.



    Being the only runners in the game, you might as well use the Master Ball on one of them.


    I already used mine on lugia. And beseides I want a little challenge catching them.


    I forget what the Red Apricorn turns to when given to Kurt.............. wait, you should give Kurt some Red Apricorns and turn them into Fast Balls. Those should be a good help.


    I just gave Kurt 8 Black Apricorns so I can use some Heavy Balls on this Snorlax that is blocking my way.

    ya that is what I'm doing.
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    SPDShadowRanger

    [165]Apr 15, 2010
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    BAC510 wrote:
    I forget what the Red Apricorn turns to when given to Kurt.............. wait, you should give Kurt some Red Apricorns and turn them into Fast Balls. Those should be a good help.


    I just gave Kurt 8 Black Apricorns so I can use some Heavy Balls on this Snorlax that is blocking my way.




    Red are Level Balls. White are Fast Balls.

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    thec0mebackman

    [166]Apr 24, 2010
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    any suggestions on what I can do before battling Red? i want to train my Poke' all the way to their 80's. re-match gym leaders? what else ...
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    Shiny_missingno

    [167]Apr 24, 2010
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    change your DS time to 20:00 on sunday when you get blues number



    fight until you cant fight anymore..


    after you level up enough


    fight Red

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    SPDShadowRanger

    [168]Apr 24, 2010
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    Once you get into the mid-60's battle the Elite 4 again as well. Gym Leaders and Elite 4 is really the only thing you can do.
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    thec0mebackman

    [169]Apr 25, 2010
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    Shiny_missingno wrote:

    change your DS time to 20:00 on sunday when you get blues number



    fight until you cant fight anymore..


    after you level up enough


    fight Red


    hmm, are you telling me we can fight as many times as we want when we re-battle the gym leaders? no way, nice. yeah sorry I'm a bit slow lol

    SPDShadowRanger wrote:
    Once you get into the mid-60's battle the Elite 4 again as well. Gym Leaders and Elite 4 is really the only thing you can do.

    cool, thanks. this might sound stupid buuut ...what exactly is the legitimate definition of "completing a Pokemon game"? i don't think i have ever completely beat a Pokemon game, in my life. filling up your Pokedex? getting all hidden items? I'm asking because i want to accomplish this with my HeartGold.
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    Pikachu315111

    [170]Apr 25, 2010
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    thec0mebackman wrote:
    Shiny_missingno wrote:


    change your DS time to 20:00 on sunday when you get blues number



    fight until you cant fight anymore..


    after you level up enough


    fight Red


    hmm, are you telling me we can fight as many times as we want when we re-battle the gym leaders? no way, nice. yeah sorry I'm a bit slow lol
    SPDShadowRanger wrote:
    Once you get into the mid-60's battle the Elite 4 again as well. Gym Leaders and Elite 4 is really the only thing you can do.
    cool, thanks. this might sound stupid buuut ...what exactly is the legitimate definition of "completing a Pokemon game"? i don't think i have ever completely beat a Pokemon game, in my life. filling up your Pokedex? getting all hidden items? I'm asking because i want to accomplish this with my HeartGold.


    However I do think you have to set it ahead/back to the next/previous day, you can't battle twice in the same day just by going back/ahead a few hours.


    As for what does completing the game mean, well that's up for debate. It all depends what your goals. Here are the mains one people usually have:


    1. Defeat all 16 Gym Leaders, the Elite Four, Champion, and Red.
    2. Complete the Pokedex.
    3. Get the Gold Commemorative Prints for all the Facilities in the Battle Frontier.
    4. Capture at least of every species of Pokemon (commonly called a "living Pokedex")
    5. Get medals for each of your Pokemon in the Pokeathlon.


    And other goals, such as maybe training each of your of Pokemon to level 100.

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    Shiny_missingno

    [171]Apr 25, 2010
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    You can battle a gym leader as many times as you want during the time you can call them for rematches until the time ends



    you can change the DS' clock to fight them again


    whenever you want


    as long as you want


    as many times as you want

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    edmasterchaos

    [172]Apr 25, 2010
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    Definition of finishing the game in HGSS would be:


    Beat the Elite 4
    Beat 100 trainers in the battle tower.
    Get a pokemon with five Shining Leaves to Lyra.
    Win all the events in the Pokethlon.
    And, of course, catch all the pokemon! (minus event-exclusive such as arceus and darkai i believe)


    How do you know you've finished the game? Your trainer card is now color black and with five golden stars.

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    Pikachu315111

    [173]Apr 25, 2010
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    Shiny_missingno wrote:


    You can battle a gym leader as many times as you want during the time you can call them for rematches until the time ends


    you can change the DS' clock to fight them again


    whenever you want


    as long as you want


    as many times as you want



    Really, you would think Nintendo would at least force you to move to a different day, being this is sort of a game breaking "trick" for training your Pokemon, lol!


    edmasterchaos wrote:


    Definition of finishing the game in HGSS would be:


    Beat the Elite 4
    Beat 100 trainers in the battle tower.
    Get a pokemon with five Shining Leaves to Lyra.
    Win all the events in the Pokethlon.
    And, of course, catch all the pokemon! (minus event-exclusive such as arceus and darkai i believe)


    How do you know you've finished the game? Your trainer card is now color black and with five golden stars.



    Ah yes, forgot about the Trainer Card. But remember that that's just getting your Trainer Card to be Black with all five stars, everyone's definition for "completing" the game is quite different. For example, to get a star you just need to defeat 100 trainers in the Battle Tower, though if you just do that you may complete your Trainer Card but you don't have the five gold Commemorative Prints.

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    thec0mebackman

    [174]Apr 26, 2010
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    alrity, thanks everyone. that is a LOT to accomplish. & the battle tower is sucha pain.
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    Adv193

    [175]Apr 28, 2010
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    Got the second Prima book today, which contains not only all the Pokemon and Kanto guide, but also the Battle Frontier and tips and most notable of all a poster similar to the one from their Diamond and Pearl Pokedex book. The two major changes that made this poster larger than the last one are that all the Pokemon that weren't involved with the old poster (Rotom's additional formes not included) and that while the original used game sprites, this one used official artwork.

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    SPDShadowRanger

    [176]May 1, 2010
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    Ok, now that everyone has gotten used to the games and enjoyed them for a couple of months, this thread serves no individual purpose anymore. Please redirect any HG/SS questions to the Official Question thread.
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