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Pokeconomy

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Pokénaut

Well-Known Member
Okay, so I've been wondering lately.

Do certain Pokemon have a higher values than others? If they do how much would they be worth and what would be the "currency" used to trade? Also what would the value be dependent on rarity, desirability or something else?

Please discuss.




inb4 tf2 inspired
 
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Jaguartail

Well-Known Member
Pokemon don't really have a monetary value and I don't see why they need one.
 
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Metagross8

Ribbon Maniac
The only 'values' I could think of would be their Coin values due to the Game Corners and/or what could be considered 'reasonable' to ask for were you to trade it.
i.e; Rattatta, Patrat, Pidgey etc are very common, beginning-of-the-game pokemon, so they are probably only worth asking for other 'common' pokemon like Weedle, Zorua (breeding = common), etc.
Snivy, Oshawott, Mudkip, etc are less common but breedable, so they're more or elss open to be 'worth' the same as most other pokemon that aren't legendary.
Higher-evolved pokemon like Salamence or Hydreigon would be 'worth' more or less the same; a higher-evolved pokemon that's hard to get, but excluding legendaries.
Legendary Pokemon are pretty much worth anything of the same or less, especially since non-events (thus, all legendaries gen IV onwards that AREN'T given that ribbon) can usually be obtained in each game card, so in theory they're basically 'rarer' rather than 'exclusive'.

So to summarise, reasonable values would be;
Patrat for a Caterpie, etc.
Mudkip for a Treecko or Trapinch, etc
Salamence for a Dragonair, etc
Moltres for an Uxie, etc.
 
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Metagross8

Ribbon Maniac
Oh, but of course, a SLOWPOKETAIL costs about...what? $10,000,000? So I wonder how expensive the rest of it would cost.
Actually, on that note, how expensive would a decent meal and other Pokemon products cost? Tepig ham sandwiches? Finneon and chips? Chinese Sharpedo Fins ground down into medicine....

...I'm overthinking this. But now I want some Finneon and Chips. Maybe served with fried Foongus.

Well, I guess I opened up the possibility of a Pokemon's worth also being dependant on taste, quality and availability. I'm a monster, I know.
 
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Kim62

Hello
I think Pokemon's value would depend on their rarity and maybe their level. But selling Pokemon is not practiced often. In fact, I think it's illegal to do since the only ones that sell Pokemon are Team Rocket and the Magikarp Man, but I don't know, maybe I'm wrong.

Also, the currency would be the same as it is in every game and would be PokeYen (Pen). Unless of course, you're trading Pokemon for items but I can't figure out how that system would work.
 
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flygonisok

Poke-Guitarist
Pokemon would most definitively be priceless, if Pokemon were real they would most likely replace our fauna. Some can be bought but how easy would it be to catch a Pokemon without another? They would be wild animals, in the Game Corner they were like carnival animals: for show. Except you can buy them, maybe for Pokedollars.
 
Nutter t.KK

Nutter t.KK

can Mega Evolve!
Trading.. Now if I had a Bill's Hat and a Pair of Ear buds I'd be a happy bunny.. thing .

Sorry, I was about play another game before I got the Report about this thread!

Placing a real world "Value" on an Pokémon isn't that easy, for at least Breedable Pokémon, you could have boxes full of them and wear one on your head. (I blame Jubilife TV for that line.. not TF2.)

In another Thread, I said I once managed to hit the upper money Limit with a Meowth's Pay day.. Now let me put that straight.. you've got a Pokémon that basicly gives you the ability to print money. The ingame economy actually wouldn't really work as Trainers could be millionaires very easily. It would actually kill any economy, and you'd and up needing a Million P just to buy a loaf of bread. There were places in the real world that just about everyone you met had at least 1,000,000 of the Currency in their Pockets. In Zimbabwe, they ending up at one point several Billion Z$ equalling in 1 US$, partly as the government could print the money.

But then Many "Realistic" Open World games can result in you crazy amounts of, These Include Fallout 3, New Vegas and Oblivion and Skyrim. The game "Reset" the shop owners "Storage boxes" on certain timers or event triggers, the storage boxes include most of the stores' money, Caps or Septims depending on the game. *(To prevent a Player getting rich of Killing a Store clerk/owner NPC and looting as much they want off the dead body, the game keeps a box or chest for each store or NPC, This can allow some NPCs to access the same stock. Most of the Chests are not accessible to the player unless he cheats. This also prevents you selling Self-Poisoning Armour in the games that allow it, and waiting for the NPC to die.)

The Team Fortress 2 Fans Chose about 3 or items as "units" of Currency as mainly no one could get another one, unless they were TF2 staff. So the actual amount of these items can only decrease.

But unlike the TF2 community, where the decent Trade Goods are impossible to "replicate." You can't say Mew for 4 Rattatas in top Percentage! I'm no trader but looking the GTS Stats in the Dream World page. many Pokémon are swapped for Similar Pokémon to themselves. I'm really unsure why Magnamite is No1 though..
 
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Floette

Fennekin
Note: I am discussing the value that in-game NPC's might place on pokemon (or anime).

I feel as if there is a black market for rare pokemon, when you think of the anime or games. People might trade lots of money for a "rare" pokemon.
 
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slkry

Member
Why do Pokemon need a money value for themselves ?
 
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Kaiserin

please wake up...
PocketMonstre said:
I feel as if there is a black market for rare pokemon, when you think of the anime or games. People might trade lots of money for a "rare" pokemon.
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Or for pet Pokemon, judging by the Pokedex entries of some species like Clefairy and Skitty. There's obviously a market for non-battling Pokemon, at least.
 
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Wishing Star

Astral Charm Owner
I'm going to guess that there are Spinda collectors in the Pokémon world that want to collect Spinda of every spot combination. Needless to say, I'm assuming that Spinda are worth quite a lot.
 
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SS_Ａｐｐｅｎｄ

confession
Event Pokemon, Shiny Pokemon and Fossils are worth a bit. When I say Event Pokemon, I mean those in-life, giveaway Events. Not those useless WiFi Events. Shiny Pokemon is pretty self-explainatory, since there is no RNG Abuse in the anime. And Fossils being fossils, there's bound to be a demand.

Wishing Star said:
I'm going to guess that there are Spinda collectors in the Pokémon world that want to collect Spinda of every spot combination. Needless to say, I'm assuming that Spinda are worth quite a lot.
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Not really, since you can breed 'em. So essentially every Spinda breeder would become a Spinda collector.
 
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Wishing Star

Astral Charm Owner
scraftyscrafty said:
Not really, since you can breed 'em. So essentially every Spinda breeder would become a Spinda collector.
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Of course, but the collectors would probably want their Spinda to not have to undergo what they don't want to undergo, right?
 
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