hey guys,i am just here to help all the newbies with breeding in pokemon emerald(it is possible to do in the other games but it is extremely hard). http://www.serebii.net/games/breed.shtml that is the link to the breeding homepage on serebii. Breeding is very importatnt to be a good pokemon trainer. By breeding,you are able to get pokemon with good ivs(individual values). Those with emerald are able to pass natures(the things like jolly etc that determine what stat has a 10% increase in certain stat and what stat has a 10% decrease) with the aid of the everstone. ps you must make the mother hold the everstone to pass down nature of mother. Tms can also be bread down from the father. These things are explained on the above link. What i want to explain is chain breeding for ivs. First,it is not too hard ,but time consuming. First up you may have noticed that some pokemon have different stats even if they are at the same level and same pokemon. THis is explained in the following link at serebii: http://www.serebii.net/games/ivs.shtml . Now breeding for ivs is essential to get high iv pokmon(25 and above). I am assuming you have read the links so you have an idea of what i am talking bout. First,you must have a male and female of the same egg group. Breed them and if you are playing emerald,you can pass down natures (eg if you want your salamence to be a special sweeper you would want to pass it down a nature like mild) so if you have a ditto with a mild nature or a female pokemon of the salamence line with the mild nature,give it an everstone to hold. You will notice that 50 percent of the time the hatched eggs will have that nature. If you dont have a pokemon of the required nature,just breed until you get one.(also if you have emerald,you can hatch eggs in about half the time with a slugma or a pokemo n with a flame body or magma armor nature). Now what you do is,you take that pokemon with the required nature and breed with a ditto. Hatch about 4 eggs,and you should have a male with the requiered nature and a female with the required nature. Now put them in the daycare and give the female the everstone and continue to breed. Hatch about 10 to 15 off the eggs,and pick the ones with the required nature. From there,look at their stats. YOu can kinda predict the ivs if you look at their stats and compare them. If you notice that you have 2 heracrosses with the same nature,(eg adamant which raises attack)and you notice one has higher attack than the other,that pokemon has higher ivs. In emerald,after you beat the game,you have the oppurtunity to go to the battle frontier and a man in a house close to the pokemon centre tells you basic phrases about the ivs,such as "this pokemon has average ivs" which means this pokemon is pretty inept at ivs. If you get a statement like "it is quite impressive in abilty"then it is a pretty good pokemon. Further more,he gives what is his best stat,like attack etc. IF he says that your pokemon has outstanding attack,it has high ivs,if he says it has flawless ability,it has maximum ivs in that stat. Now with your super parents,breed them,and follow the previously mentioned actions. Do this and continue to show the newly breed pokemon with the right nature to the iv man(in emerald). you may have to breed about 80 eggs,or about 5 generations before you get great pokemon. IF the iv man says your pokemon is wonderfully outstanding in ability,know that that pokemon is extremely good. Well guys,this has been a long post,and i am not sure you even understand what i said,but i tried,and i hope you pick up some tips. Please post if you want some clarification. I hope they dont delete this thread...