Topic: Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver remakes on the way

[BeautifulShy]

Hmm I just checked my pokewalker and all of my steps are gone.Watts are still there though.

You need 10,000 steps on the pokewalker to get the Flying Pikachu. Surf Pikachu you need 9,500 steps.

[Pale]

So yeah, you have to do it in a single freaking day.

[rbtr]

It only counts steps for each individual day, and watts are sent back after every "stroll".  As far as Pokemon available for catching, it splits them into three groups, common, uncommon, and rare.  There's 6 pokemon available per course, 2 for each group.  Every "stroll" it pulls one pokemon from each group for you to catch.  Naturally, in this case, Fly pikachu, and surf pikachu are both in group C.  So every time you take a walk on the course you have a chance for one or the other, but not both, and there's no way to tell until you transfer them back.

10,000 steps really isn't that much.  On days when I work, and have class I average about 20k.  Of course, not everybody may have the same oppurtunities to walk, in that case there's dozens of ways to cheat the walker.

[Halbred]

If I take my dog on a good long walk, I get just over 10,000 steps.

[Stratos]

I shake the pokewalker a bit before I go to bed to get more watts.

[BeautifulShy]

Well I beat Lance.Here was my team. Espeon,Wishcash,Roselia,Feralagatr,Absol,Infernape.
Infernape was my highest at level 50 and my lowest was Roselia at level 41. Feralagatr had my only Ice type move and was at level 44.
Fealagatr beat the level 50 Dragonite.
My complete time was 32 hours and 18 mins.
My Platinum complete time was 57 hours and 34 mins.
My platinum team was in its 60's when I beat the elite 4. I attribute the Platinum time to me not really being familar with the Sinnoh region and EV training my pokemon. I also bred lots of pokemon in Platinum.

[Dasmos]

So I'm on my way to the sixth gym, I think.

My team so far is:
Lvl 32 Togekiss
Lvl 32 Feraligatr
Lvl 31 Crobat
Lvl 19 Larvitar
Lvl 30 Magneton
Lvl 29 Kangaskhan

Probably gonna turn Kangaskhan into my HM bitch and train up Larvitar some more. Also I didn't relaise Magneton had some bullshit evolving technique that can't be replicated in HG/SS. I don't want to trade it my old game just to evolve it, **** that noise.

[BeautifulShy]

Well I am up against The Psychic gym. The level 55 Alakazam is a pain. It has Psychic,EnergyBall,Skill Swap and Reflect.
Whenever I send in my Absol it uses Skill swap before I can taunt it and Alakazam takes my Super Luck ability from Absol which makes Critical hits more likely.
I need to raise my team more.

[Halbred]

Oh, Sabrina? Yeah, she sucks. I beat her last night, actually. My Gallade took care of her first two Pokemon pretty easily (he knows Night Slash). He took down most of the Alakazam's HP before dying, then Lucario finished the job.

[BeautifulShy]

I have Galade as well on Platinum. I used my Feralagatr versus the Espeon. It knows Crunch. Espeon used Psychic but Feralagatr survived. Espeon had about a quarter of its health. Feralagtr was at level 45 while I think Espeon was level 52. I switched in Absol on the Psychic and I used Pursuit to take it down. I kept in Absol for Alakazam and thankfully it didn't use Skill Swap. So I used Slash and Pursuit to finish it off. Mr.Mime wasn't really any problem It tried to use Mimic on my Absol but it got Pursuit. Mr.My attack and defence is its lowest. So I just kept on Pursuiting.
Absol should get Night Slash the next level.

[Stratos]

I've become obsessed with the Pokewalker. I take it everywhere and am always trying to catch new pokemon on it. It's quite a brilliant idea and I hope you can carry it on to the next gen games.

[BeautifulShy]

Well I have been playing alot lately. I have the Safari Zone so that it can be custimized.
I have beaten All the gyms in Kanto except Brock,Blane and Gary.
There is a Snorlax in my way at the moment and it isn't waking up when I play the music. Any help would be appreciated.

[MegaByte]

So Nintendo discovered a better way to get players moving than Wii?

[TJ Spyke]

Well I have been playing alot lately. I have the Safari Zone so that it can be custimized.
I have beaten All the gyms in Kanto except Brock,Blane and Gary.
There is a Snorlax in my way at the moment and it isn't waking up when I play the music. Any help would be appreciated.

I haven't played the re-makes, but have you tried the method used in the original games? In Gold/Silver/Crystal, you walk up to Snorlax and tune the Radio into the Pokemon Flute station.

[BeautifulShy]

Well there is no poke flute station but there is the music station. I have it on but nothing is happening.

[TJ Spyke]

Did you get the Kanto expansion card? I just looked this up at the GameFAQs for the remake:

Go onto the radio card, then drag the cursor to the top manually. You should be able to hear the familiar Poke Flute sound. Close the radio now and save. Talk to Snorlax and it will attack!

[BeautifulShy]

Thank you TJ Spike. That did it.

[Caterkiller]

Hey when can one trade over wifi? is it after you get the first badge?

[BeautifulShy]

Yeah it is after you get the first badge Caterkiller.

[BeautifulShy]

So I beat Gary a few days ago. He has a Trick Room team but thankfully he didn't get to use it. His Gyarados was a pain.
Anyway I am at Mt. Silver and I need to know what HMs I need to use to get to Red. Let me know if you know.         
In the meantime I am going to level up my team. Beat Gary at level 55. Red's pokemon are in their 80's.

[Halbred]

I beat Gary today, actually. He wasn't so bad, but everyone on my team is around level 55. I'm training a Dragonair and just got a Larvitar in a Global Trade (not from overseas, unfortunately, more like Oregon). I'm not ready for Mt. Silver yet. I'm pretty sure you'll need ALL the HMs, Maxi. My recommendation is to take along one HM slave and give the Water-based HM moves to one or more of your strong Water-type Pokemon, if you have one or more.

For example, my Feraligatr knows Waterfall, and Gyarados knows Surf. I leave everything else to Bibarrel.

[TJ Spyke]

I don't know how they changed Mt. Silver  for the remakes, but in the original games you didn't need any HM's if you only wanted to get to Red/Ash (you could use Flash though since the cave is pitch-black). You only needed other HMs if you wanted to explore the cave for items, and even then you only needed Waterfall.

Red is tough though. even tougher in the remakes. I just checked GameFAQs and this is his team in the remakes:

Pikachu lv 88
Venusaur lv 84
Charizard lv 84
Blastoise lv 84
Lapras lv 80
Snorlax lv 82

[Shaymin]

At minimum you need Rock Climb, and there's a couple of smashable rocks lying around.

If you want to get a flaming chicken, you'll also need Waterfall (and as a result, Surf).

[BeautifulShy]

Well I beat the Elite 4 the second time around.

I had some problems the first few times. I got to Lance my first 2 times. But Gyarados beat me. So this time around I taught a few of my Pokemon a few moves. On Infernape I put a choice scarf on it and got rid of Taunt for stealth rock. I lead with Infernape and threw up the rocks.All of Lances Pokemon are weak to Rock except Garchomp. Salamence used Dragon Claw and it took two turns to beat Infernape. After Infernape died I sent out My Feralagtr which I taught Rock slide to to help with Gyarados. I used Ice Fang on Salamence and it was finished. In comes Gyarados and it used its ability on me Intimidate on me making my psychical attacks weaker. I used Rock Slide and is didn't really do much. It used Dragon Dance and it kept on doing waterfall after that. I managed to beat Gyarados. Next comes Garchomp and it used Outrage. I taught my Wishcash Ice beam before facing Lance and gave it Nevermeltice. I managed to get it down to the 25 percent mark. I revived my Infernape and it had 1 close combat left. I outran Garchomp and beat it. Next comes in Altera and I sent in my espeon since Wishcash and Feralagtr were hurt. Alteria used Double team while I was healing and it beat my Espeon with Dragonpulse.Espeon had half of its life left. I bring in Wishcash and use Ice Beam and I get a critical hit. Level 75 Dragonite comes in I send out Feralagtr and use a X defend. It uses Draco Meteor which is a special attack and it also lowers the users special attack allot. I use a Dire hit item which increase the likelyhood of Critical hits. I keep healing while Dragonite uses Draco Meteor. When I only take a small amount of damage from Draco Meteor I use Ice Fang and I get a critical hit.

This time around most of my Pokemon were low 60's.

My completion time this time around was 53:51.

[Stratos]

What about your rival? Don't you have to face him too after Lance?