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07/11/2007: Summer Megaparty: Pokemon Diamond.

I really, really love Pokemon Diamond, and I think you will, too. It’s very much in the same spirit as all of the other Pokemon games, and while nothing will match the original thrill of sifting through Celadon City on the hunt for a free Eevee, Diamond (and Pokemon Pearl) just spin the idea into something so immense and involved that it’s nearly impossible to put the DS down once you get into a groove.

It’s the kind of game that requires a lot of patience, not because it’s in any way difficult, but because you’ll be tempted to “finish the levels already” and skip all of the little cool things lurking around just about everywhere. Like, you’ll go into a hundred different houses and know that no more than six of them will have anything you even remotely need, and yet, you’re cheating yourself if you don’t start a conversation with every person and electronic device found inside, because that’s the thrill — all of the exploration.

I’ve clocked nearly six hours of play at press time, and I’ve barely scratched the surface. I’ve only got one of the eight gym badges, so on a conservative estimate, there’s at least thirty hours solid of play before things start winding down.

I’m late to the dance on this recommendation, but I’ll make it anyway: Buy this game. Then trade me a Charmander, because I really want one. (Yes, you can connect with your friends using the DS’s Wi-Fi capabilities, for battles and trades and slapped fives.)

Without further ado, my current Pokemon team:

My first Pokemon and team leader is “Monferno,” an evolved form of “Chimchar.” Monferno bests the rest by being a monkey and by having a tail that’s perpetually on fire. Second in command is “Luxio,” evolved from a “Shinx.” I kind of regret nicknaming him “Bluey” now that I see that his evolutionary track is only going to make him blacker, but even with a stupid name, he’s still a cool cat.

I’ve been trying to bring up a “Budew” as my team’s third-in-command, but he’s neck-and-neck with “Shellos,” a pink sea slug who may very well end up as my next mindless doodle the next time I’m on hold with the cable company.

In the fifth spot is “Geodude,” a G1 Pokemon who looks like a Swedish meatball. Rounding out the team is some beaver-esque thing called “Bidoof.” I’ve been thoroughly neglecting Bidoof because he looks like an asshole on my battle screen. Sucks, because he looked really cool from the front.

Also of note: When I picked up the game, a nearby clearance rack caught my eye. I’m ten bucks poorer, but one Pikachu DS carrying case and a few Pokemon cartoons richer:

Do they still make those Game Boys Advance Video cartridges? Always seemed like a dumb idea to me, but I have a terrible track record when it comes to turning down any Toys ‘R’ Us product with a red clearance sticker. Mmmm. The cartridge includes two full episodes of the Pokemon cartoon, and one of those two is all about Ho-Oh. I’ve been saving it for my next long bus ride into the city, but now that I think about it, I’m going to feel way too dumb watching Pokemon on a corporate commuter bus. Maybe I can fashion my DS some kind of cardboard shield.

And now that I think about it some more, the Pikachu carry case is sized for the DS Lite, not the bulky old model I’m still rocking. I wasted ten bux.

That whole post might as well have been in Swaheli. I’m no Pokemon-er. Sorry Matt.

Bill: I love F132’s trailer. Wasn’t really a scary movie, but that trailer really worked.

The carrying case may still work with your DS. I bought a white one fashioned with various Mario things, and while my DS (bulky full-sized version) fits quite snugly, it still fits. So hopefully yours will too!

I don’t think they make the GBA video cartidges anymore, but you can probably find them on clearance some places. I own the same one you do, and another one (Johto Photo Finsh, I think it’s called, is on it) and I firmly deny *sweats bullets* the ownership of a Strawberry Shortcake cartridge *shifty eyes*

Hey, look on the bright side (can’t get much brighter than that case, can you?) you could…you could keep sunglasses in the case

For some reason I thought TRU was having its “double clearance” sale, so when I brought the thing up to the register, I was expecting to pay five dollars. It took me too long to remember that GREEN clearance stickers meant double clearance, and took even longer for me to remember that that particular sale ended over a year ago. I felt too stupid to put it back, so here I am.

You’re not alone Matt. I’m still sporting the cluncky, old DS also…a hand-me-down, from my son. I still have not been bitten by the Poke-bug.

I, too, still use the fat boy DS. Even though the screen and size may not beat the Lite, the sound definitely does. Those things get /loud/.
Anyone else pumped for Halloween yet? I’m starting to get very hopeful (then shortly disappointed) every time I step foot into Walgreens these days.

Well, if you really want the Charmander, I just hatched one. I’m a big fan of X-E and I’d kill for a Pokemon from your game.

Interesting how there haven’t been any free roaming Pokemon games in 3D yet. Yes, that excludes Stadium and Pokemon Snap.

I also always hate Stadium because the moves were all the same. I remember renting it when it first came out and getting pissed because my Bulbasaur (?) attacked with lightning.

Eddie: I’m trying desperately to keep my Halloweenosity at bay, because I know how I usually get by August. I’m just glad that I can make my schedule a little more fit-for-me for the first time in a few years, and maybe actually do some of the Halloweeny things I’ve been pining for.

Sorry Matt, I only have a Squirtle. When I started the game my mind was only determined to catch mostly G1 Pokemon only for some reason, so my roster ended up being a Piplup, Starly, Geodude, Ponyta, Psyduck, and Zubat (even though Zubat totally sucks, no pun intended).

I’m glad you liked it, pal. I’m a sucker for old horror trailers. I especially enjoyed the Jaws trailer. That guys voice alone will give me nightmares.

I totally missed the whole Lazy Dazy post from last night, but I had better things to do … you know like go to a midnight screening of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I’m a huge Harry Potter nerd … I mean fan, and while I was entertained I was slightly disappointed in some plot changes.

Wait til you get to Eterna City and get to the Underground. You get the Explorer’s Kit from the house next to the pokemon center. It gets even more addicting with this little feature added.

It’s the only place you can get the fossils (Diamond gets you the version-exclusive Cranidos), and you get an assload of the evolution stones there, especially after getting the National Dex (I currently have 7 Water stones)

And, yes, there is a free Eevee in this game too. BUT you need to get the National Dex first (see all 150 pokemon in the Sinnoh Dex). You get it in the house next to the pokemon center in Hearthhome City.

Also, you can only get Charmanders from transferring one from FireRed/LeafGreen to PAL Park onto a Dimond or Pearl game.

You evolve Budew by Friendship during the day. Bidoof evolves into Bibarel, the token HM Slave of the game, learning 6 of the 8 HMs (Fly & Defog are flying-type moves)

Empoleon
Staraptor
Bronzong
Luxray
Skuntank (japenese one off GTS, not available in Pearl)
Golem.

This was my 6 that beat the Elite 4, and I’m getting ready to train more battle-ready pokemon.

Also, speaking of my free Eevee…what should I evolve mine into? These are the choices:

Vaporeon (Water stone)
Jolteon (Thunder Stone)
Flareon (Fire Stone)
Espeon (Friendship during Day)
Umbreon (Friendship during Night)
Leafeon (level up at Moss Rock in Eterna Forest)
Glaceon (level up at Ice Rock on Rte 217)

I know how you feel Matt about Clearance priced items I cannot not buy one if it’s cheap enough and if I have a slight interest. Walmart the other day were marking things down like crazy in the clearance section to try to get rid of everything most was crap but there was a trivial pursuit snl edition game there for 10 bucks i’ve been wanting. I honestly don’t play board games and have no one that would be able to tolerate me playing it so even if I had the money it wouldn’t be smart.

I love yard sales too and I can finally go this weekend because my best friend is getting paid on friday, that is a different story. I could go on and on and on about how many great things i’ve found. Like I got a practically new rain coat target brand for 2 bucks that I have needed for a good 3 years. Woohoo. Ok I’m done.

Pokemon Diamond was actually my very first Pokemon game, and after I got it I played it like a drug for nearly a month before I forced ymself to stop. The amazing thing was that there are still things I could do in the game, even after playing that long! I want to pick it up again, but I’ve been ‘Pokemon sober’ for awhile and I’m not sure it is such a good ideas :P. Plus, I’ve got tons of other games I still need to finish before the summer ends/Mario Strikers comes out.

Honestly, I’m not a fan of the new Pokemon. I think they should’ve stopped at Yellow. Reminds me of Power Rangers. The original was flipping awesome (well, when I was five) but now it’s become so bastardized that it’s almost a giant fuck you to the original series. :/ Honoes, it’s killing my childhood! D:

Thank you, Matt, for once again helping me figure out a good way to blow part of my quarterly bonus.

Bidoof? I’m talking about the oldschool DS, foo’

It’s so gray, and the screens are so dark. I’m glad I didn’t buy a DS until last year.

Also, I will not be talked into buying a Pokemon game. No, no, no. But I will keep switching my ava back to May for all of my tenure at Shrine, I can make you that promise.

I was real skeptical about Pokemon Diamond when I got mine. I mean, I had Red/Blue way back when, but after that I sorta fell out of the Pokemon scene. I come back to find that there’s now 500 Pokemon to collect…and what’s this I hear about DOUBLE battles?!

But man, Diamond/Pearl is great. I’ve got over 100 hours of playtime and I haven’t even cleared the Elite Four yet. Pokemon breeding; there’s just something about it that’s so addicting.

I too still have the old clunky DS. Really though, the Lites look so small that I wonder if my hands would cramp while I play it. I have a hard time with games that don’t use the stylus on the DS I have now, and my hands are pretty small.

Seriously, does anyone have both? Can anyone compare the way you hold them? I don’t want a Lite if my hands are going to be useless claws after an hour.

Sorry for the double post, but I have to add that Advance Wars is the best DS game I’ve played. Also, the Metroid game was awful.

“no more than six of them will have anything you even remotely need, and yet, you’re cheating yourself if you don’t start a conversation with every person and electronic device found inside, because that’s the thrill â€” all of the exploration”

And this is why I will never understand the appeal of these sorts of games. Hours of repetitive nothing just to get a randomly placed something does not sound like my idea of a good time.

Hypocritically, I don’t apply the same standards to my movie watching, as I’ll sit through an hour and a half of boring in a poorly made ’80s slasher movie for the five minutes of sex and violence interspersed throughout.

You’ll love Diamond, Matt. One of my favorite things that I’ve found, since beating the E4, is that after you do that, A LOT more PokÃ©Mon will become available for you to catch. Between Pearl and Diamond I beliefe that you can get all but about 50 PokÃ©s. Also, if you trade Friend Codes with people, when you are trading or battling over WiFi, you can actually talk through your DS…yeah, kicks ass.

If ya wanna battle or trade sometime (with a complete stranger, worry not, I won’t molest ya), let’s trade FCs.

Ubu: Yeah, I get what you’re saying — and certainly, if you’re used to more dynamic action games, something like this can get really tedious. But I’m so far from a gamer and so much closer to someone who doesn’t want to think or try too much during his downtime that it’s good for me.

Ehh, as much as “Diamond” intrigues me, I’m not buying a DS. Then again, I used to love playing my brother’s original Pokemon Red game on his old purple Game Boy, so maybe if I ever have the money, I will break down and try this.

Yeah when I got a gba (my first and only game boy) the first game I got was pokemon crystal. It was fun, but like the fate of most of the times I play a video game, I got stuck and whatever I did I couldn’t get through so I stopped. My cousin was about 10 and he got me through that part (it was a battle dont’ remember what gym it was) and played a little bit farther then that and I didn’t know what to do next so I stopped and haven’t played since. I don’t play modern video games anymore I play older games like snes, nes, and pogo. simple games. But when I used to play modern games I used to love Morrowwind. That was a really good RPG and I loved to wander around and kill animals, steal things, buy things, do jobs for people, talk to people etc. Great times. I just think it’s a waste of effort now even though I want a Wii just to play warioware and wiisports and such. I tell myself ok when you loose your temper you won’t play anymore, I do that because if I take it too seriously it’s going too far.

I’m too old for the pokemon thing, but I’ve talked to a number of younger gamers who have been turned on to “real” RPGs thanks to pokemon….so I approve.

I think Pokemon was precisely the time I had to make the suicide jump off the toy fad train into adulthood…I was down with the Pikachu phase because I have a brother 2 years younger than me but once he started getting into details I knew it was time for me to get a job and give the working world a try… HOWEVER i DO have a DS Lite…and it is my best friend.

I wonder (rhetorically) what constitutes too old for Pokemon. Unless it’s like, 80, I have a feeling I’m entering the territory so I don’t wanna know.
I really like how the Megaparty is letting us get a peek at whatever random thing you’re into at a given moment. Not that the blog isn’t always like that, but it’s on a schedule.

They don’t make anything cool for the real DS. I mean, as opposed to the DS lite. That thing is for pansies.

I was in NYC back in May, and when I bought Paper Mario I got a free Pokemon Diamond/Pearl DS holder. For something that was free, it’s pretty sturdy. Though, I’ve had my DS since it came out and I haven’t bought a game for it. Actually, I have a GameCube and only one game as well. But I’ve got a Wii and my Nintendo collection is starting to pan out again after my love affair with the XBox. Though I am saving my pennies for a 360.

That clearance sticker reminds me- I sould really get my butt into the Toys R Us sometime this summer. Walking the toy aisles at Target made me want to go back to being seven.

I, too, am one with an old school DS. I’ve been meaning to get a pretty black one, but I just never get around to it. But yeah - the screen on mine is WAY dark compared to the new ones.

The repetition was bugging me, on Pearl, so I haven’t fired it up in ages. I know I have at least 3 of those pictured above, though. Piplup was my #1, but he morphed into something bigger and not as cute.

I have a TRU update for you all… Those neon orange clearance stickers? They are going by the wayside. Since the guy that owns (or used to own, I forget) Target now owns us, we are now NOT Garvey tagging anything (unless it’s in a bin) and we will have little plastic “flag” things on the shelves, and that’s it. No more damn signs saying how much it was and is. We are literally turning into the Target toy store.

If your TRU still has the X shaped fixtures in each section, look for those to be gone soon, too, and replaced with straight aisle and a more “open” feel.

See? And when I was bitching about not being able to get Pokemon Diamond the second it came out, you totally thought I was over reacting.

Ryane I was wondering what was up with my TRU…I thought it was just because they were adding a Babies R Us or something to the store, but a new owner? And Target, nonetheless? That’s nuts. I hope our TRU does not become like our Target, because our Target sucks at stocking new toys and games; their toy shelves are actually empty 80% of the time

and it takes them days if not weeks to put out new video games.

I hope to God that doesn’t mean there won’t be a Halloween section this year? That was my one stop shop for everything spooky.

I forgot: for those interested, I finally did that write up on the trip to the GA Aquarium. Click my name and scroll down if you want to read or see picks

I don’t know if anybody watches Psyche (it’s fairly goofy but one of my housemates is into it so I’ve watched it a few times) but Tim Curry’s on this Friday’s episode playing a Simon Cowell-alike. Just a heads up.
I only have a PSP and a Wii so I can’t join in the DS love

I can’t wait for the new Smash Brothers.

Honestly, only you know the answer to that question. More often than not you can sober up enough to get to work (or school) if you commit to it and stop drinking and try to get sleep. Then again, if you have gone past the point of no return, then have another, try to make the most of the night, and skip school.

However I just finished eating a can of Chef Boyardee’s “Beef” Ravioli at 1:20 AM… so take my advice for what it’s worth.

This has nothing to do with the conversation, but I’ve watched it upwards of 100 times tonight and it’s STILL making me giggle.

Mystie, I say play hooky

I’m assuming you’re usually good about going to class, so why not take a day for yourself once in awhile?

Dammit Magic Toe, you had to mention the Chef. Here goes spaghetti and meatballs.

Sorry guys, Pokemon for me follows the 2 minute glimpses I’ve seen of the show and the 10 minute gaming time I’ve had on the Advance, though I did find it fun.

I forgot to mention that I, too have the kind-of-old-school DS. It, as well as my pearl version, was actually “lent” to me by my gamer frat bro. (it’s a good chance he’s not getting either back anytime soon)

He also has the DS Lite and playing Pearl on both…Hmm. The GBA game fits more convincingly in the old school DS while the DS Lite has…light, and is a bit smaller. I was so used to the old school DS controls, so the start/select buttons are lower on the Lite than on the Old School one. So either is good, but I’m sticking with Old School.

And great find, DocDragon. What’s really weird is that the reversed version sounds VERY similar to the original Icelandic version.

Ohhh yeah, Pokemon Diamond! You rock, Matt! ;D I’ve been hooked on that game for months now; I have over 200 hours clocked on it. Sorry I can’t breed a Charmander for you. I have a Charizard on my main team, but he’s male. =( Let me know if you want a Phione or Munchlax. ;D

Norbert, my favorite Eevee evolutions are Umbreon and Leafeon. I got a female Eevee in the Trophy Garden, though, so I have all of them. ;D

I’m watching Vanishing Point for the first time tonight. So far, so good. Anyone else seen this 1971 muscle car (so-called) classic?

Haha, I’ve been saying Bidoof looks like a nasty turd from behind all along. You will learn to hate Bidoof, and later his evolved form, Bibarel. Where Bidoof looks like an asshole/turd from behind, Bibarel looks like a turd covered asshole who is also cross-eyed, but from the front.

I still haven’t beaten my copy of Pearl, though. I have all the badges, just not the willpower the beat the final length. I guess if you get that far I’ll have to go back and beat it.

I work at Toys ‘R’ Us, and those game boy video things went on clearance like a week after they came out…so I don’t think they’re too popular….so yeah, they probably don’t make them anymore.

I am pretty sure my boyfriend think I am disgusting for still eating Chef Boyardee regularly at the ripe ol’ age of 25. He gives me that grossed out look whenever I put some in the cart, and he never never eats any…more for me!

Was running around the safari zone in diamond cuz they had psyducks running around in there…and I run into a shiny Bibarel…a sparkling giant turd mountain. But I got a couple of Psyducks to bad they don’t go psy ay ay.

In response to someone asking about the DS browser–
I bought one without reading the fine print, opened the wrapper without reading the fine print, and found a cartridge that was awkwardly-shaped and too small to fit into my old DS. Only then did I notice that some tiny words on the front of the box say “For DS Lite.” I’ve always been the type of person to impatiently rip off all the plastic wrap on my stuff the second I get in the car, but this $30 lesson has taught me not to do that anymore.

Heard the browser is horrible. No plugins are available for it so no flash and no java. The consensus is that it’s not really worth the money. Pretty sure other countries have the browser for the old DS. Plus there are homebrewed browsers out by now I’m sure.

Dig this shit. Between me and my sister, I had all five GBA Pokemon titles open to me. In case you didn’t know, slotting-in one of the GBA carts makes a handful of oldschool Pokemon appear for catching. I believe you need the National Dex first, though.

Right now, I think my ’seen’ count is in the lower 320s. My own count is nearing 170 or 180 or so. Roughly. You have to go to the PC and ask Prof. Oak there.

I’ve got every starter (GSC included) ported over save for two from Gen 3, and those’ll be coming in the next two days.

I think my girlfriend’s kid brother has all the GBA pokemon games I’ll probably just steal em…er i mean borrow…heh I wish there were more easily accessible G1 pokes in diamond and pearl I’d love a bulba and a squirtle…

Never really been much for the Pokemans, but I can’t really poke fun. I’ve spent the last week completely obsessing over Vampire - The Masquerade: Bloodlines ~ Long Title.

Now, I’m no fan of vampires. I’ve read enough terrible material in my day to treat anything vampire related as “highly suspicious.” But the game is on Steam for like twenty bucks, and the nearest game store is two hours away, and I really love all of Troika/Black Isle’s other stuff. Most of the people who worked on this game were also responsible for the Fallout games and Arcanum. So while on the surface you have a respectable horror RPG based on an established license, if you halfway pay attention you start to see all the cultural references, in-jokes, and random absurdities that made Fallout such a legendary game. It sort of takes the edge off the usual “I am slightly foreign and full of angst” vampire vibe. Plus, there’s a whole clan of insane vampires you can play that lets you get into an argument with a street sign.

FC: 0559 3925 1359 Danny…I got a crap load of volt tackle pichu’s went a little nuts breeding them while trying to make some poke happy

thats weird, I actually had an idea to make a short film about someone who goes around yelling at street signs for ‘telling him what to do’, guess I’m too late!

On the off chance that you have not seen this watch. Only true pokemon fans will find this funny.

It is so worth it.

I still have the old DS as well; the lite doesn’t seem to fit in my hands as easily, and I’ve gotten used to the size of the original.

Anyone on here ever play Phoenix Wright? You should be able to find the first one relatively cheap by now, the third one will be coming out in a few months… I’m finally finishing up the second one (I got busy and switched games), so I’m definitely looking forward to more courtroom battles.

I played the first one been meaning to get the second and I guess the third now that that’s coming out. pretty good series I think Japan has like 6 of em already and they jus make a translation and add DS controls.

I’ve been sitting on the fence about diamond/pearl since it came out. Good thing friday is pay day. I’m grabbing it then. Norbert… Vaporeon is by far the best.

I’d love to give Diamond/Pearl a try (Yellow was my last Pokemon game), but I just can’t afford it right now, and I still want to get Final Fantasy III, too. Plus, I just picked up Final Fantasy IV (on clearance at a Kmart in the middle of no where for only 15 bucks, I couldn’t resist it!), so I’m working on that one…

How can I get a squritle I heard hes not on the new game? Hes always been my favorite Pokemon especially is 3 evolution.

Haven’t seen it, Magic Toe, though of course Death Proof made me want to. It’s playing nearby in the next few weeks so I’m interested in whether it’s worth checking out (Vanishing Point, that is. I’m already seeing Death Proof tomorrow :D).

I got my DS at launch. I prefer bulkier feel, but I would love to have the brighter screens and larger stylus. And now that I hear the “new” PSP allows for video output I am really begin to curse my early adopter ways.

Looks pretty kick ass. Finally got an official release date for Mario Galaxy (Nov 12th) which I can’t wait for. The zapper and Mario Kart look neato.

You are seeing Death Proof alone? I am assuming Grindhouse has been split up. I know there was talk of that when the film first hit and some theaters around where I live even did it the second week. I contacted one of the theaters and was told that the studio had decided to split up the films in certain markets to see if they played any better. I suppose that means to check and see if they could make more money.

I watched a double-feature of Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry & Vanishing Point last night. Yes, it was without a doubt Tarantino-inspired. I had already seen DMCL a very long time ago, barely remembering it, but VP was a new experience. I actually enjoyed it quite a bit.

The style of the films, especially the sudden endings, definitely made me want to watch Death Proof again. Who knows when it will finally hit DVD.

Norbert: If you want, I can get you the icelandic version with raunchy subtitles.

Shaunfu - Yeah you probably are getting a Babies R Us. I know our store is moving in like 2 years and we’re going to have one, then. Thank God. I’m so sick of hearing people bitch that there isn’t one nearby. Actually the Target owner guy took over about a year or two ago, but we’ve had so many f’ed up changes over that time span, they can’t make up their minds as to what they want to do as a “standard”.

I don’t think our distribution centers are changing any, so there shouldn’t really be a decrease in toy supply.

Cotter - I haven’t seen one Halloween item enter the store yet, except for infant costumes of the “shirt and pants painted to look like a skeleton” variety. Thankfully it’s still early, and though I have no hope for seeing much other than costumes, I’ll keep you updated.

But yeah, the past 2 years at my store has absolutely sucked for Halloween goods.

Magic Toe, last I heard they were saying possibly September for the Death Proof DVD; no word on the Planet Terror release though. I can’t wait to see the extended versions of both, but I’m seeing the regular Grindhouse release tomorrow. I am inordinately excited about this, considering I’ve already seen it twice.

Haha. I’ve seen it twice at the theater as well. The first time I made the mistake of taking my girlfriend. I think she still holds it against me to this day. The next weekend I was a bit more intelligent and took my brother.

Hey, click the link on my name. It looks like we missed the boat on the full experience, but you can still check out the beginning.

You can breed Charizard with a Ditto. You find it on Rte 218 with the pokeradar, which also requires National Dex. (it takes a while to find it, though)

As for the Old Starters, you need to transfer them from the GBA game to PAL Park in Diamond/Pearl, but you need National Dex first. You get the Kanto & Hoenn Starters in their respective games (Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald, FireRed/Leafgreen) but the Johto starters are a bit trickier…You get one after completing the Hoenn Dex in Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald.

With Eeveelutions…I agree that I love Vaporeon, but 1) my original Eevee back in Red was a Vaporeon 2) It was luckily female when I transferred it to Silver so I was able to breed it. 3) I already have a good water type (Empoleon) 4) I’m thinking of evolving it to Flareon, as I need a solid fire type.

And I’ll take that Phione. My FC is 1976 6905 0153. Sadly, I can only access WiFi every once in a while, as I don’t have it in my house.

Hey, check out the link below. It looks like we missed the boat on the full experience, but you can still check out the beginning.

Woah! Monferno looks like the Ultimate Warrior! I started with the new bulbasuar thing, so I didn’t notice it until now.

Thanks for the information. Funny, my Target is always fantastic about keeping it seasonal. They never run out of Halloween soda (I hope that link turns out). They also have little corners of the store devoted to Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Halloween (and sometimes Valentines Day).

I was about to get into Pokemon when it first became popular (I watched a show or two. I played one of the games,) but then it got too complicated with Pokemon Red, Pokemon Blue, Pokemon Gold, Pokemon Chartreuse, and so on.

For me, there’s not a big enough difference between the old DS and the DS Lite, so I’ve been sticking with the former.

I REALLY want to transfer my old pokemon into Pokemon Diamond. I’ve put over 40 hours in so far and I’m STILL working on that stupid national dex. It’s a pain I tell ya. A pain.

Matt, now that you have Pokemon Diamond & Pokemon Stadium, I’m ready to woop some ass!

Phantom Hourglass, ftw, and I really wish they had said something about Pilotwiings.

I picked up Pearl because it seemed to be the version that no one wanted. Just finishing up the game now, trying to get through the last bit of push before you can start importing all your old Pokemon in. Just need to see five more Pokemon.

Norbert - will I be able to breed a -male- Charizard with Ditto? If that is so, this turns around everything I thought I knew about Pokemon breeding. >.> I was under the impression that only females would reproduce, even with Dittos.

I think I already have you registered in my pal pad from the last time there was a big Pokemon discussion in this blog. Let me dig mine up: 4124 1605 7416. I’ll go stuff Manaphy in the daycare with a sexy Ditto. Oh yeah, I can get on wifi anytime I’m home, so feel free to message me on AIM at Oh My Gackt or Yahoo at ayachansenpai to let me know when you can get on.

I just bought a Shellos toy at the Japanese supermarket, and I noticed that Matt’s image of of the green/blue form of Shellos, but the color is pink. >.> So which do you actually have, Matt?

Also, it happened: I lost about 45 minutes of the game to a power drain last night. It’s going to suck doing that over.

Ahh, yeah, shortly after I wrote that, I realized that you won’t encounter the blue/green ones until you get to Pastoria. And man, that sucks. =(

anyone know how to actually use the underground? i have never seen anyone there… and when i am there i dont think my wifi bars show a signal even though i know my DS connects with no problems

The underground only works with other people with a DS within range of yours. You would need to get a group of friends together in the same room in order to meet someone there.

Instead of a Chamander,How about a Charizard?Heres my friend code and Nickname:Dani
3179-2876-4723 Add me on your pal pad!

My pokemon team would turn your team inside out then feel bad and turn them outside in. Then they would eat them or something because that is how I roll…What Im really trying to say is how do you make the wireless connection work?

“Bidoof” is, without a doubt, the single coolest name in history. Not just for Pokemon, but the flat-out coolest name ever.

I hate Bidoof for his name and his stupid looking stupid-ness. He is just so ugly and stupid that I can’t stand to have him on my team. Bibarel is even worse.

Pearl is awesome too. I got one of those clearance packs too, but mine came with a sick stylus, a DS LITE case (which won’t work for me, same way as you do.) and a screen protector which I didn’t need. I beat the first part (aka the champion stuff) in 6 days.

You win for picking Chimchar AND for picking Diamond. Best Starter, best version. You’ll thank yourself later when you get to the Elite Four.

While you’re at it, get a Stunky. Once it evolves into Skuntank, It fires Flamethrowers, presumably out of its butt.

“There goes the challenger, being chased by the super blue meanies on wheels, the vicious traffic squadcars are after our lone driver,the last American hero, the Olympic centaur, the demigod, the golden driver of the golden west.Too nasty not to cause a profile on the beautiful lone driver,the police cars are getting closer,closer,closer to our soul hero in his soul mobile. Yeah,baby,they about to get him, smash,rape the last beautiful free soul on this planet…..”—Cleavon Little “Vanishing Point”

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