The Pokemon Questions Thread Again!

[Rennon]

Okay, just played through both Colosseum and XD and finished them. Just one question though.

Are Shadow Attacks based on your ATK or SPAtk, does it average both out, stick with the higher offense or what?
Just really curious.

 

[Akashin]

Okay, just played through both Colosseum and XD and finished them. Just one question though.

Are Shadow Attacks based on your ATK or SPAtk, does it average both out, stick with the higher offense or what?
Just really curious.

They seem to be either Physical or Special on a case-by-case basis, depending which category the move they were based on fell under. So says this page, anyway, though I can't find any page on Serebii's main site backing it up.

 

[Rennon]

Huh...ok thanks

 

[RedJirachi]

Just for fun, what are the chances of a random horde battle in Pokemon ORAS resulting in five shiny Spinda with the exact same pattern, without the Shiny Charm

 

[Lt. BLEU™]

Just for fun, what are the chances of a random horde battle in Pokemon ORAS resulting in five shiny Spinda with the exact same pattern, without the Shiny Charm

Oh, I don't even think that is even going to happen. Chances of such things are near zero.

 

[Requiem Aeternam]

Can Pickup collect items if you run from battles or do you have to win the battles? I need a lot of PP Ups but battling is taking forever.

 

[Ascended Dialga]

Can Pickup collect items if you run from battles or do you have to win the battles? I need a lot of PP Ups but battling is taking forever.

You must win the battles.

 

[Divine Retribution]

Just for fun, what are the chances of a random horde battle in Pokemon ORAS resulting in five shiny Spinda with the exact same pattern, without the Shiny Charm

Absolutely astronomical considering the chances of any two Spinda having the same pattern alone is less than 1 in 4.2 billion.


If I'm doing my math right, the odds of finding 5 Shiny Pokemon alone is 1 in 1.1529215 * 10[SUP]18[/SUP] which is uh... somewhere around the odds of being hit by lightning two million times in the same second?

Then the odds of getting 5 identical Spindas is 1 in 1.46150164 * 10[SUP]48[/SUP]. So you multiply them together and you get 1 in 1.68499666 * 10[SUP]66[/SUP]. That's 168499666 followed by 58 zeros. I don't even know if there's a word for a number that high.

 

[Theo-92]

I don't even know if there's a word for a number that high.

Well the first thing that came to my head after reqding that was "...Wow".


Anyways I'm hoping to get a HA Zapdos from the current serial codes. So far I've had 4 codes and each one has been Moltres. What factor(s) come into play for the outcome of each code, or is it just predetermind when the code is made?

 

[Requiem Aeternam]

You must win the battles.

That's unfortunate. Doesn't help that Pickup's chance of activating is so low, even with 5 Linoone I rarely get even one item. Thanks for the help

 

[Bguy7]

Then the odds of getting 5 identical Spindas is 1 in 1.46150164 * 10[SUP]48[/SUP]. So you multiply them together and you get 1 in 1.68499666 * 10[SUP]66[/SUP]. That's 168499666 followed by 66 zeros. I don't even know if there's a word for a number that high.

Good job with that math. I looked it up and found that a one followed by 66 zeroes does have a name. Which by the way you did mess that up, it's not 168499666 followed by 66 zeros, because all in 1.68499666 * 10[SUP]66[/SUP], the numbers after the decimal count towards the movement of the decimal. So it's actually 168499666 followed by 58 zeros. Anyways, such a number is called unvigintillion

 

[Divine Retribution]

Good job with that math. I looked it up and found that a one followed by 66 zeroes does have a name. Which by the way you did mess that up, it's not 168499666 followed by 66 zeros, because all in 1.68499666 * 10[SUP]66[/SUP], the numbers after the decimal count towards the movement of the decimal. So it's actually 168499666 followed by 58 zeros. Anyways, such a number is called unvigintillion

Yeah, sorry, I noticed that looking back on it. >.>

 

[RedJirachi]

Is there any reason why Gardevoir is in the Amorphous Egg Group, and Nidorina/Nidoqueen aren't in any egg group?

 

[Kelv]

Has it ever been explained how a pokemon who's asleep or paralyzed can break out of a pokeball when you are trying to catch it?

I would like to hear the logic especially for a sleeping pokemon.

 

[Akashin]

Has it ever been explained how a pokemon who's asleep or paralyzed can break out of a pokeball when you are trying to catch it?

I would like to hear the logic especially for a sleeping pokemon.

You want to know about those but not about how a Pokeball can get through to a Frozen Pokemon in the first place? With that said, Paralysis needs no explanation; Pokemon are only immobilized 50% of the time, so it stands to reason that they could still fight their way out (with the increased chance of capture representing their increased difficulty in doing so). As for Sleep, well, I guess they could design it such that a Pokemon automatically wakes up on a failed attempt (thus implying that they woke up mid-capture), but why?

It's a game. At a certain point you need to ask yourself, "Is adhering to logic worth needlessly aggravating the player?"

 

[Mips]

Hi. Could somebody tell me if there is an option in Pokemon Yellow for 3DS to transfer the pokes through the poke bank?

 

[BCVM22]

Not until Sun and Moon come out later this year. That's the only answer right now.

 

[ColossingeDeFrance]

Pokémon Super mystery dungeon : black matter ("matière")

Hello, my question aims people who have played Pokémon Super dungeon mystery : how have you made to defeat black matter (I don't know if the translation is correct from the French word "matière", it's not so important, is it ?), whoever your Pokémon are.
I find it very difficult and becomes very painful.

Thanks for your help.

 

[bobandbill]

Merged your thread with the questions thread sticky we have here.

I'll also refer you to the Spinoffs section we have, in case nobody answers here. I haven't played any MD games so I'm afraid I can't help you there.

 

[Bguy7]

Hello, my question aims people who have played Pokémon Super dungeon mystery : how have you made to defeat black matter (I don't know if the translation is correct from the French word "matière", it's not so important, is it ?), whoever your Pokémon are.
I find it very difficult and becomes very painful.

Thanks for your help.

First off, take Reviver Seeds or Tiny Reviver Seeds and Elixers. Once you have that covered, Dark Matter is easiest to fight from a distance, so make sure you have ranged moves. Step away from Dark Matter so he can't use his basic close range attack on you. After that all you have to do is spam your ranged attack (have your partner do this too) and avoid Dark Matter's ranged attacks. Keep it up like this and you'll eventually defeat it.