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Porygone
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posted 04-15-2003 11:02 AM
It's basically a very large PC. Yay.
Click.
EDIT: Damn typo in an otherwise perfect post. [ 04-15-2003, 11:03 AM: Message edited by: Porygone ]
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posted 04-15-2003 11:15 AM
Oh cum the fuck on.
Nintendo just got so much fucking lamer.
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posted 04-15-2003 04:16 PM
This could be a way to get old rbgs pokemon. *wishful thinking*
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posted 04-15-2003 04:17 PM
I dunno, my hopelessly optimistic interpretation of "a GameCube expansion disk designed to add to your adventures in the Game Boy Advance Ruby & Saphire titles" is "Uiru gets his Butterfree with super-accurate Stun Spore and Sleep Powder". Even if it is just the Pokémon Storage System in GameCube style, remember how insanely useful the labs were in the Stadium games?
Also, look: it's coming with a Mem Card 59 (for about the price of a Mem Card 59). Presumably, this game/app will take a considerable amount of space. What's it saving? 1500 Pokémon. I don't think it takes a third of a kilobyte to store one Pokémon's data. There could very well be something more to this.
Oh, and maybe you haven't noticed, but that's a POKéMON CRYSTAL game pak on one of those screens. Hmm. ~Uiru [ 04-15-2003, 04:20 PM: Message edited by: Uiru ]
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posted 04-15-2003 04:24 PM
Good point Uiru. This may finally be that legit way to import my lovely lovely Snorlax into my Ruby game.
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posted 04-15-2003 04:32 PM
There ain't nothing lovely about Snorlax.
The problem with RBYGSC -> RS conversion, though, are the stats. Maybe they'll lop all the Stat EXP off, translate the IVs and let you retrain? Maybe they'll only allow Pokémon with no prior stat EXP? Or perhaps the older games are used simply to unlock new Pokémon in RS. Who knows. Regardless, that's a Crystal game pak on that screenshot, and if the screen was any better I'd be going over that list of Pokémon with a katakana table looking for names that shouldn't be there. ~Uiru
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posted 04-15-2003 04:55 PM
quote: Originally posted by Uiru: Even if it is just the Pokémon Storage System in GameCube style, remember how insanely useful the labs were in the Stadium games?
Oh, and maybe you haven't noticed, but that's a POKéMON CRYSTAL game pak on one of those screens. Hmm.
Yeah, I remember how helpful they were for sorting out Pokemon based on stats and determining DVs and all, but my problem with it seems to be JUST a Stadium PC. I was hoping for just a bit more.
And no, I didn't notice it had a Pokemon Crystal Game Pak on one of the screens. Pokemon Box just got more interesting.
*wants his old friends to meet him again in Hoenn*
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posted 04-15-2003 09:08 PM
If it's as useful as the Poké Lab in PS2, then I'm there. Linking up with the old versions sounds even better.
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posted 04-15-2003 09:24 PM
That looks dumb
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posted 04-16-2003 06:24 AM
Thank God we won't have to pay the normal NGC price for this handy piece o'software.
I don't mind this at all.
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posted 04-16-2003 11:48 AM
quote: Originally posted by Porygone:
And no, I didn't notice it had a Pokemon Crystal Game Pak on one of the screens. Pokemon Box just got more interesting.
*wants his old friends to meet him again in Hoenn*
Oo' You're right Oo' It really seems a Crystal Gamepak in that picture Oo'
WTF! XD
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posted 04-16-2003 02:16 PM
Uiru, are you sure (with the low quality of the picture) that it's not a Sapphire game pak?
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posted 04-16-2003 02:24 PM
quote: Originally posted by White Cat: Uiru, are you sure (with the low quality of the picture) that it's not a Sapphire game pak?
Looks to me like its a Crystal Game Pak. The Sapphire Pak is a dark blue colour. In the PS2 PC, the Crystal Pak shows up as a Game Pak with a bright blue sticker on front, similiar to what is shown in the pic. Furthermore, the Game Pak in question is also square shaped, with a square 'indent' in the corner, very similiar to the original Game Boy cartridges. Pokemon Sapphire, being a Game Boy Advance game, would be more likely to show up as a rectangular cartridge, and wouldn't have a corner like that.
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posted 04-16-2003 03:42 PM
Which picture? I don't seen ANY gameboy pkmn game in the background...
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posted 04-16-2003 03:45 PM
The third pic. The "Poke-spreadsheet".
Check the upper left corner. Yeah.
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posted 04-16-2003 04:30 PM
But is it possible to have a regular Gameboy cartridge and the GBA-GC link cable on at the same time? I admit that I don't have a GBA-GC link cable, therefore I don't know if it blocks the cartridge slot or not.
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posted 04-16-2003 05:35 PM
Also this.
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posted 04-16-2003 09:28 PM
Argh! A month away! And so close to Eł! I'm sure we'll see it in action around that time.
But if this turns out to be another Snap game or Hey You, Pikachu, I'm gonna be so pissed.
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posted 04-17-2003 07:18 AM
quote: Originally posted by Porygone: Also this.
*shrugs* Palette has said for at least a month now that there will be a second Pokemon Gamecube game due out in December or thereabouts.
Edit: Here's Palette's listing for Pokemon Box Ruby & Sapphire ... http://www.pokepale.com/game/gc_poke3.htm
And here's the listing for the second game ... http://www.pokepale.com/game/gc_poke4.htm [ 04-17-2003, 07:21 AM: Message edited by: Crimzonite ]
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posted 04-17-2003 07:50 AM
quote: Originally posted by Crimzonite: But is it possible to have a regular Gameboy cartridge and the GBA-GC link cable on at the same time? I admit that I don't have a GBA-GC link cable, therefore I don't know if it blocks the cartridge slot or not.
Yes, you can use GBA-GC Link Cable with an old cartridge. So... perhaps you can use Pokémon Box to arrange your old pokémon in old games, without sending them to RS versions.
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posted 04-17-2003 10:08 AM
It'd seem somewhat silly to store metallics and gematics Pokemon on the same memory card without the ability to interchange them.
Looks to me like Nintendo's leveraging metallics trading to get hapless fans to buy a Cube.
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posted 04-17-2003 12:45 PM
Hmm... if that's the case, I wonder if we'll be able to use old items on new Pokémon. If so, this could be the break we're looking for. Maybe not for R/S items, but at least for R/B/Y/G/S/C.
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posted 04-17-2003 08:03 PM
Those bastards.. all this hype about a potentially good Pokemon game for the Cube wasted for a piece of shit idea like that. I wanted an actual game.
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posted 04-17-2003 09:13 PM
They didn't really hype it to be the Next Big Thing. It was practically done before it was announced, and they said it wouldn't cost very much.
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posted 04-17-2003 09:52 PM
Yeah, when I heard that it was gonna be real cheap and there'd be two versions, I figured it'd be some sort of expansion for Ru/Sa. I wasn't expecting a PC though, more like maybe playing Ru/Sa in 3-D or something that expanded the gameplay of Ru/Sa like exploring new areas or maybe a way to sail to Kanto or Johto, something to connect the old games with the new ones.
I'm disappointed, but at least it's something, and of course there's that mysterious May announcement, just in time for Pokémon Heroes to come out in theaters.
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posted 04-17-2003 10:27 PM
Copying from one memory card to another == easy TM and Pokemon duping.
*schwing*
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posted 04-17-2003 10:32 PM
Okay, here's the best use for this new pokemon box, that kicks the ass.
1. Give all 50 TM's to Zigzagoons or something. 2. Store them in your Pokemon box. 3. Insert second, empty memory card into slot #2. 4. Reset GC and goto main menu. 5. Copy PokeBox data to fresh card. 6. Enjoy all your new TM's
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posted 04-17-2003 10:39 PM
Hmm... I hope that works. 'Cause if you didn't know, Animal Crossing data can't be copied to other cards for some reason. Nintendo might just be smart enought to implement that sort of lockout for Pokémon. [ 04-17-2003, 10:39 PM: Message edited by: Ferquin ]
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posted 04-17-2003 11:23 PM
quote: Originally posted by Donald: Copying from one memory card to another == easy TM and Pokemon duping.
*schwing*
Nintendo's way ahead of you. Either in the GameCube or Memory Card instruction manuals, it mentions that certain types of save data may not be copyable. I'd imagine this game would have such safeguards.
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posted 04-17-2003 11:32 PM
See? Just like Animal Crossing!
Noooo...! Let's hope Nintendo overlooks this.
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posted 04-18-2003 02:05 AM
Wouldn't a USB memory card allow file copying no matter how many safeguards were built into Pokemon Box? USB cards made AC very hackable...
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posted 04-18-2003 07:35 AM
GBA MegaMem (if/when it exists) could care less whether or not the GCN data is write-protected. 10 minutes for instant 16x replication of anything and everything you could possibly want.
And to get around the GSC/RS conversion conundrum...could I be seeing "Enter the stat quality of this Pokemon (0-31):" ?
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posted 04-18-2003 08:54 AM
... the hell?! Just what we needed, something to throw off the "brand new start" of Ruby and Sapphire...
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posted 04-18-2003 02:43 PM
It was a brand new start. We all started fresh. Now we want our old Pokémon back. You gotta catch 'em all, right? And damnit! I want my Snorlax!
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posted 04-18-2003 05:26 PM
I must say I'm hoping that we will never be able to transfer RBYGSC Pokemon to RS, just the ability to catch the non-202 guys in the wild.
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posted 04-18-2003 05:53 PM
I wouldn't mind if a few species were allowed into the R/S games, mainly to pull off 'impossible' breeding combinations (like getting Plusle/Minun/Spinda/etc. with Wish).
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posted 04-18-2003 08:58 PM
Well, there's also an USB Memory Card for the Gamecube that would allow you to save a copy on the PC, take them off the memory card, copy the PC save to the card, remove..repeat.
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posted 04-18-2003 10:41 PM
Wouldn't a USB memory card allow file copying no matter how many safeguards were built into Pokemon Box? USB cards made AC very hackable...
Yup. I've got one, it's very sweet...
It would allow you to do this...
*Transfer all 1337 Pokémon to USB memory card *Backup save file onto your harddrive *Transfer all pkmn to a friend or back to your GBA *Restore previous save file to memory card...
You just cloned everything =)
Plus, with hex editing skills, you can edit the save file itself, giving us Jirachi, etc... without gamesharko =)
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posted 04-19-2003 02:14 PM
It can play R/S on the TV!
Well whoopty-frickin'-do! The PC is great and all, but with the GameBoy Player coming out for the Cube, this is just plain retarded.  [ 04-19-2003, 02:17 PM: Message edited by: Ferquin ]
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posted 04-19-2003 02:28 PM
Say hello to Dodrio mode then.
This is nothing but good.
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posted 04-19-2003 02:55 PM
Meh. They might as well have just said they're making Stadium, but without the stadium.
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posted 04-20-2003 12:32 PM
You'd pay more for a Stadium.
I would like to know if it'll have all the Lab functions, or if it'll just be the PC. I'd love to have the Pokédex location data.
Dodrio Mode... *drools* ~Uiru
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posted 04-22-2003 08:49 PM
Bad news.
http://www.pokemon.co.jp/game/rubisafa/box.html
Little orange box on the bottom says:
As for this software, it cannot communicate with pocket monster red * green * blue * ピカチュウ * gold & silver * crystal version. In addition, we do not correspond to " the ポケモンスタジアム " series. This software to play, game boy advance itself or the game boy advance SP itself and ' the pocket monster ruby * sapphire ' is necessary.
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posted 04-22-2003 09:59 PM
Well, there goes my 850+ hours of playing Crystal down the toilet.
This fucking BLOWS! What the fuck was the point of playing this game and raising teams just to find out they ain't worth squat in the next game? The thing I really liked about this series was the backwards-compatibility. Being able to start from the original series and upgrading them in the next series. It added longevity and a sense of continuity to the game.
I'm seriously getting fed up with this crap. I am this close to just giving up the game series all together. ![[Mad]](mad.gif) [ 04-22-2003, 10:18 PM: Message edited by: Ferquin ]
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posted 04-23-2003 12:05 AM
ahaha im glad
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posted 04-23-2003 01:29 AM
As for this software, it cannot communicate with pocket monster red * green * blue * ????? * gold & silver * crystal version.
Good.
Well, there goes my 850+ hours of playing Crystal down the toilet.
This fucking BLOWS! What the fuck was the point of playing this game and raising teams just to find out they ain't worth squat in the next game?
Don't be ridiculous. All your Pokemon in Crystal are still just as good as they've always been. And just how many RPG's allow you to carry your characters over to the sequel, anyway?
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posted 04-23-2003 05:42 AM
Exactly.
Still, it would be nice if I could transport my old team to Ruby. Ah well...
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posted 04-23-2003 05:04 PM
Excellent. Time to get back to plotting noob (a.k.a. stupid dummy at my school) domination...
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posted 04-23-2003 08:42 PM
quote: Originally posted by White Cat: Don't be ridiculous. All your Pokemon in Crystal are still just as good as they've always been. And just how many RPG's allow you to carry your characters over to the sequel, anyway?
I still wanted to see how they'd compare to the new Ru/Sa Pokémon. I WANT MY DAMNED SNORLAX!!
In any case, the whole backwards-compatibility thing was really really appealing to me. I thought for sure that there'd be some way to keep that going. I mean, I thought that the others were still coded into Ru/Sa, right? This still sucks. I wanted to have fun breeding my Crystal Pokémon and having their offspring join up with my Ruby team. I miss my Snorlax!
And to answer the other question, Golden Sun. And in a way, The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages/Seasons.
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posted 04-23-2003 10:03 PM
I still wanted to see how they'd compare to the new Ru/Sa Pokémon. I WANT MY DAMNED SNORLAX!!
Me too :massivetears:
We'll get the box for now, later they'll make a gamecube pkmn game that's a real game... in time...
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