Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire: Discussion/Speculation
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Well- it hasn't been said on when at what point in the game Bank will be accessible. It could be right away or some time in the story mode.
As far as trading over, it should be just after your able to obtain pokeballs. The demo gives you some, so it seems to me trading could happen after your first Pokemon center visit. There could be a restriction, like "the system is in upgrade" line like previous games, so who knows at this point.
There should be no hassles with X/Y and ORAS in Bank use and "normal" trading.
As far as trading over, it should be just after your able to obtain pokeballs. The demo gives you some, so it seems to me trading could happen after your first Pokemon center visit. There could be a restriction, like "the system is in upgrade" line like previous games, so who knows at this point.
There should be no hassles with X/Y and ORAS in Bank use and "normal" trading.
There was the recent trailer for the 'Delta Episode' so it sounds like Pokemon 'Delta Emerald' is built-in for ORAS. Going into space with Mega-Rayquaza to fight Deoxys sounds very cool, but would you need to catch Rayquaza before this or does this allow the player to catch Rayquaza afterwards? Or is it like cover Pokemon in certain games where the player must catch the Legendary to progress (unless the PC box is full)? I'd hope that catching Rayquaza is a separate thing and we still get to climb the Sky Pillar to get him. As for the other legendary trios being in the game, it sounds pretty cool. However a lot of people are complaining about the game having too may Legendaries. It's quite the opposite of Pokemon X/Y which had fewer Legendaries than previous games. People are mentioning version exclusivity too. I'm putting it down now, I hate the way they made Legendary trios version exclusive and required owning both to get the third in gen 5. I would be a bit upset if they did these trios 5th gen style. However, Pokemon X/Y dealt with Legendary trios better. Some people may have complained about getting only one of the trio per game, but at least it's better that version exclusive trios. I hope that the legendary trios work in the same way as in X/Y. It can still retain the prestige of having all 3 of a trio. The option to trade for them is still available too. And people like me will play the game 3 times, banking Pokemon to get all 3 of a trio. Heck, it adds replayability with Pokemon Bank allowing us to carry our Pokemon over to new saves. So lets hope the trios are done as they are in Pokemon X/Y, heck it may even get them more subscribers for Pokemon Bank. Though we still can't keep items. That's my biggest complaint about Pokemon Bank.
As for an ORAS team? I plan to play it through 3 times, with a different starter each time. I'll go serious on the last run, since I'll know the game after the first two times. So far its Sceptile, Groudon and Gallade for run 3 and of course, I'll breed them 5IV with natures and any egg moves, just because I enjoy breeding perfection. I am a perfectionist after all. I'll use Blaziken on run 2, but I feel like I should go the extra mile and breed a 5IV speedboost Torchic too, which won't take too long since I've already got perfect adamant Pokemon of it's egg group in the bank. I wonder if ORAS will still have the IV checker guy and how early would we be able to use him? As for other options, I'm considering Absol, since it's such a badass, but I used one on my first run of Pokemon Y and I want to use different Pokemon. Perhaps that Mega-Glalie would come in useful? I like to keep my options open with Mega's, especially as we can keep opponents guessing whether they'll actually go Mega or not. I'll have a couple of spare mint condition Groudon's up for trade as a result too. Speaking of which, would anyone want a mint Yveltal for a Xerneas? Actually, wrong place for that, sorry.
I'm very busy these few weeks, therefore I'm unable to attend the Diancie event. Especially since it's so far away and I don't own a car. As such I've relied on my younger brother to get it on my game for me, hopefully it'll pull through like he did with Shiny-Gengar for the same reasons. I might even use it on one run if it's capable of interesting builds.
As for an ORAS team? I plan to play it through 3 times, with a different starter each time. I'll go serious on the last run, since I'll know the game after the first two times. So far its Sceptile, Groudon and Gallade for run 3 and of course, I'll breed them 5IV with natures and any egg moves, just because I enjoy breeding perfection. I am a perfectionist after all. I'll use Blaziken on run 2, but I feel like I should go the extra mile and breed a 5IV speedboost Torchic too, which won't take too long since I've already got perfect adamant Pokemon of it's egg group in the bank. I wonder if ORAS will still have the IV checker guy and how early would we be able to use him? As for other options, I'm considering Absol, since it's such a badass, but I used one on my first run of Pokemon Y and I want to use different Pokemon. Perhaps that Mega-Glalie would come in useful? I like to keep my options open with Mega's, especially as we can keep opponents guessing whether they'll actually go Mega or not. I'll have a couple of spare mint condition Groudon's up for trade as a result too. Speaking of which, would anyone want a mint Yveltal for a Xerneas? Actually, wrong place for that, sorry.
I'm very busy these few weeks, therefore I'm unable to attend the Diancie event. Especially since it's so far away and I don't own a car. As such I've relied on my younger brother to get it on my game for me, hopefully it'll pull through like he did with Shiny-Gengar for the same reasons. I might even use it on one run if it's capable of interesting builds.
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Ah yes, hence the name. Got it.
Mahius, if there are some items you want to keep, instead of sending all your pokemon to Pokemon Bank, you could always trade the pokemon over to a friend or relative's game, then trade back and still have the item available to you. That's what I plan on doing. I will still use Bank of course, but I don't plan on losing my items if I can help it. If I can help you, please let me know.
Mahius, if there are some items you want to keep, instead of sending all your pokemon to Pokemon Bank, you could always trade the pokemon over to a friend or relative's game, then trade back and still have the item available to you. That's what I plan on doing. I will still use Bank of course, but I don't plan on losing my items if I can help it. If I can help you, please let me know.
Funny you said that. I actually traded most of my items over to my younger brother's copy Pokemon X after my first 2 play-throughs of Pokemon Y. He's got roughly a box full of my Pokemon & items, though it was previously 2 boxes. I've retrieved one lot so far and banked the Pokemon from it (it takes a while to catch trade-fodder & trade over). I don't think we can trade over Pokemon/items form ORAS to XY now can we? Though my brother did say he was planning on buying AS somehow. Won't really matter till Christmas, I'll take it easy with my first play-through and I can continue on Y if I have to wait for him to get his copy of AS. Or maybe... I have the perfect idea for a Christmas present... hehehe! Oh and as for my final team build, I've just remembered Mega-Salamence! I've got perfected Bagon's in the bank ready to rock, rumble and Mega-Evolve, I'd be a fool not to use one in OR. Especially since I've not used one recently in Pokemon. That's 4 spots in my final party taken up and since Treecko is in the Dragon egg-group, it's easier to breed a perfect one since I've already got Bagons and the like to breed the perfect IV's/natures in. I'm wondering whether they'll have the equivalent of Kalos cafe's to grind levels on in ORAS? Or I may just have to trade my Pokemon over to Y to maintain decent levels. Especially with teams of 6. Gah, I can't hold the excitement, just a week and a day away from having the game! Mega-Swampert here I come!
One major question I have about game mechanics, which would likely be able to be answered in a couple of days, Sceptile can't learn Dragon Pulse on level up or TMs. Would there be a move tutor able to teach in in ORAS, cos we could do that in B2W2? I want to utilise that 105 Sp. A, along with Mega-Sceptile STAB if I can.