There's no "abandoning" it. The GTS, Wi-Fi portions of the Battle Tower, and Wi-Fi trading and battling are still fully functional, and from what I hear, some of the event Pokemon distribution (POKEMON, not event items) can still utilize D/P (at least that's the case in Japan and Arceus distribution).
I still use my Diamond version, I just don't use it for the reasons I
should be using it for.
A company who's aim is profit is always going to promote the latest game. It gives consumers an incentive to buy that game.
Yeah, I'm sort of surprised and yet, I'm not surprised people here haven't figured this one out yet. I thought this was common sen- oh wait. Right, I stated not too long ago that good ol' common sense was dead. Nevermind.
Most of the Event Pokémon in D/P are already available through something called Tweaking.
You know you can say "glitch", "AR" and the like. You just can't
discuss about information relevant to them, that's all (of course, the glitch in question
was discussed here for a while... so it
may not count).
Tweaking is using a glitch to reach the areas where Darkrai and Shaymin are found (Full Moon and Floarama).
If your referring to the Japanese E4 glitch then yes. I don't recall if it was able to get you Shaymin, but I know it worked for Darkrai.
Sorta like how Red/Blue players got Mew if they didn't make the SS Anne leave port.
Okay, no. That's a rumor. Just like those stupid "beat the E4 x number of times to get a special reward" things.
There are websites that detail how to do it, but I'm not providing a link since I'm not sure if it would violate rules. My understanding is that you can talk of the existenace of RNG's, PokeSavs, and and other ways of altering data/hack but not give step-by-step details.
Good, you figured it out on your own. Also, if you do know about stuff like this, you can send PMs between each other. Just so long as you don't discuss this stuff on the main forums, your fine. Keep those sort of discussions private.
Your options are to Google "tweaking" and find another site that will explain it fully, find a friend who owns the event poke you want, or buy Plat.
Tweaking is a very bad term to use to explain this. You're referring to "Glitch Exploitation". Or, something to that extent.
Pokemon.com has said that the Arceus giveaway will be available for DP and Pt.
Well that's something neat... unfortunately for me, it probably won't be available over Wi-Fi until later (like Darkrai, and soon Shaymin). Oh well, at this point, as long as we
do get Arceus over Wi-Fi I'm happy. Hell, just being able to get event Pokemon has been a nice change of pace (the
only downside of living in Canada...).
The theory is that the Surf Glitch in the early JApanese pressing forced hands to do direct distribution events. With the direct distribution, they can slap a Classic Ribbon on it and put it in a Cherish Ball.
Is that so. Huh, well that may explain a few things.
That's a rumor, but it makes sense. Also, direct distribution at a retail outlet is great promotion for the other arms of the franchise.
Yeah, well it's not exactly "convenient" for everyone. Then again, these things have never been know to be "convenient" except for how you obtain the legendaries/events.
They aren't really events if you just do it via in-game glitches. I'm not saying that's BAD, but it isn't an official method.
It'd be more of a loophole than anything; you're not "hacking" with a cheating device, but you're still exploiting a glitch in the system to do things that weren't originally meant to be. However, that's how many players have managed to accomplish speed runs; by exploiting a large number of glitches.
It's not official per se, but on the other hand, you didn't use anything illegitimate to get it either. So it's kind of in between.
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