Pokémon (Not-So) Griefing Thread - Scarlet and Violet Released with 10 Million Copies in First 3 Days in Buggy States

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Grayback said:
But they also had something unusual: boxes with mystery graded cards in them. As if they're really going to put some incredible card that's graded a solid 10 in a random box for 21 dollars. But hey, you can buy it and hope to get lucky, right?
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I've seen these kinds of products before, they generally have some cheap graded card even if it's a pristine 10 grade.
Grayback said:
If you look closely, two of the four packs in every one of the cardboard-backed bundles has been replaced with the Trick-or-Trade packs. The ones with 3 cards in each of them, instead of the 10 that you're supposed to get from a normal pack. AND they wanted 24 bucks for the things now. Booooooooo.
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These products are usually made by a distributor taking damaged products, gutting them of any undamaged packs and promos, and repackaging them into something they can sell. I don't see any issue with it other than the usage of the Trick or Trade packs to buffer the numbers in the seller's favor.

That said Amazon does sell a repack containing 3 booster packs and a promo that actually contains 3 10-card boosters (along with two Trick or Trade packs) and it often sells out when it goes for around 15 bucks.
Grayback said:
So Pokémon cards are clearly making money for the store. If something is selling a ton, you'd think that a store would want to sell more of it.
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I hate to be the bearer of bad news but they actually don't make any money for the store (especially in Walmart's case) since it's all supplied by a third-party vendor like MJ Holdings. It's part of the reason why Walmart never really gave a shit about keeping them secure until recently.

Oh, and you're really lucky to see Pokémon products at a Walmart these days since a lot of their product is getting backdoored by either employees, the distributors themselves, or scalpers paying the two previous parties under the table.
Grayback said:
Maybe they're just not going to be carried in most physical stores anymore. Maybe they'll all be online—where the seller can adjust the price instantly to match market trends (and charge you the most money possible), where they can hide how much they have in stock to manipulate scarcity (or slow down bulk-buying scalpers), and where people can't steal them.
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Target actually tried that recently (even going so far as charging above market value) and people gave them hell over it and price-matched any product they could buy, so much so that they were forced to alter the price.
Grayback said:
Or maybe this behavior is just limited to one store, and it's an anomaly. I'd be interested to know if the rest of you have seen anything similar.
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It's not, I've seen my local big box stores do the same and it's kind of shitty. Sadly they're not the ones with any power here, it's all on the distributors stocking big box stores and selling products to smaller shops at or above MSRP instead of wholesale.
 
Im a very casual fan, and I was just gifted a 3DS which I modded and now I'm playing Omega Ruby for the first time. I played up until sinnoh, then stopped. My first video game ever was Sapphire, and I remember panicking and wasting my master ball on an Absol because I thought it was a legendary pokemon after seeing the Jirachi Wishmaker movie. Any tips for someone who's getting back into it? Or silly stories from when you were a dumb kid
 
no-exit said:
Im a very casual fan, and I was just gifted a 3DS which I modded and now I'm playing Omega Ruby for the first time. I played up until sinnoh, then stopped. My first video game ever was Sapphire, and I remember panicking and wasting my master ball on an Absol because I thought it was a legendary pokemon after seeing the Jirachi Wishmaker movie. Any tips for someone who's getting back into it? Or silly stories from when you were a dumb kid
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Box the Mega Lati when you get it from Steven Stone so it doesn't trivialize the experience for you. Receiving it for free just killed my engagement with the game.
 
no-exit said:
My first video game ever was Sapphire, and I remember panicking and wasting my master ball on an Absol because I thought it was a legendary pokemon after seeing the Jirachi Wishmaker movie.
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Don't feel bad. When I was like 5 my older brother let me mess around on his Pokemon Blue and I wasted his Master Ball on an Onix.
 
Imperial Commandos said:
Are things really that bad to where the TCG is the only thing going for this franchise anymore?
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The only reason why we’re discussing it is because it’s the more visible shitshow currently, when more PLZA news comes out that’ll drown out a lot of it.
chimpSculpture said:
TCG is goyslop
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At least it isn’t as cancerous as MTG, as much of a clusterfuck as YGO, or as dead as the Digimon TCG or Lorcana are. I will admit to buying a few of YGO’s Quarter-Century Stampede tuck boxes and enjoying it more than opening the scant few Prismatic Evolutions packs I managed to find.
 
Archeops said:
At least it isn’t as cancerous as MTG, as much of a clusterfuck as YGO, or as dead as the Digimon TCG or Lorcana are. I will admit to buying a few of YGO’s Quarter-Century Stampede tuck boxes and enjoying it more than opening the scant few Prismatic Evolutions packs I managed to find.
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Whatever you've spent this most money on, is the worst.
 
I wanted to claim the Pokemon Day phone case in Violet so I loaded the game up despite my borked joycon that has suddenly started going crazy on its own. I hadn't played in awhile and dayum is that game jank. I mean I liked it a lot despite the problems. But the graphical glitches are more glaring if you haven't played in awhile and gotten used to them. The models are also pretty ugly compared to older games. I really like the art in Cafe Remix. Those pokemon designs are really well done. I think Pokemon just looks better in 2D. I'd love a 2D traditional Pokemon game with the Cafe Remix art style.
 
no-exit said:
Im a very casual fan, and I was just gifted a 3DS which I modded and now I'm playing Omega Ruby for the first time. I played up until sinnoh, then stopped. My first video game ever was Sapphire, and I remember panicking and wasting my master ball on an Absol because I thought it was a legendary pokemon after seeing the Jirachi Wishmaker movie. Any tips for someone who's getting back into it? Or silly stories from when you were a dumb kid
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Omega Ruby has this little thing with the touchscreen, where you can repeatedly encounter the pokemon you select, and it's a good way to get a shiny. Just select, and then walk to the grass that pops up. Bring repels so you don't get cucked.

Every 10th pokemon you find with this method will be +10 levels higher, though, so it's also good for training.
 
no-exit said:
Any tips for someone who's getting back into it?
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If you have any Pokémon in old games that you want to keep with you going into future generations (instead of them being stuck in their old game), you'll need:
  • A DS or DS Lite (with a working GBA slot)
    • (gen 3 to gen 4)
  • Another DS of any version, and be able to use both at once
    • (gen 4 to gen 5)
  • A 3DS with Pokémon Transporter already downloaded onto it—or, you can download it with a modded 3DS
    • (gen 5 to gen 6)
  • A 3DS with Pokémon Bank already downloaded onto it—again, you can download it with a modded 3DS
    • (gen 6 to gen 7)
    • (also gen 6 or 7 to gen 8 and 9 by transferring to Pokémon Home)
  • A Switch or a mobile device with Pokémon Home downloaded onto it, so that you can set up a Home account with which to receive your old Pokémon
You might not think much about it now, but those old Pokémon might have sentimental value in the future. And eventually, they'll be stuck in their old game forever. Better to do it while you can than to miss out.
The issue (and the reason to do this sooner than later) is that Pokémon Bank will eventually shut down (at some still-unspecified point in the future, thanks Nintendo), which will break the link from gen 8 and 9 to anything that came before it.


Ask us if you have any specific questions for how anything works. Some features in the games, like the DexNav mentioned earlier...
anliteralidiot said:
Omega Ruby has this little thing with the touchscreen, where you can repeatedly encounter the pokemon you select
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... are really poorly explained on places like Bulbapedia.
 
Grayback said:
The issue (and the reason to do this sooner than later) is that Pokémon Bank will eventually shut down (at some still-unspecified point in the future, thanks Nintendo), which will break the link from gen 8 and 9 to anything that came before it.
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I still reckon we have a decade or two. They’ll do it when you can no longer get any of the okd games and enough time has past that the new Gen never even played or knows what Gen 7 is.

Wii Servers to download and run stuff after almost 20 years.

Game Freak won’t cut it while they know a lot of the audience knows what Gen 3-7 are.
 
Grayback said:
You might not think much about it now, but those old Pokémon might have sentimental value in the future. And eventually, they'll be stuck in their old game forever. Better to do it while you can than to miss out.
The issue (and the reason to do this sooner than later) is that Pokémon Bank will eventually shut down (at some still-unspecified point in the future, thanks Nintendo), which will break the link from gen 8 and 9 to anything that came before it.
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There's no need to rush if you're willing to hack your consoles. You can hack both your 3DS and Switch to install PKSM and transfer Pokemon, or even use PkHeX to move them between games (it simulates the transfer process). It's not endorsed by Nintendo as you can imagine, and it has some issues (it scrambled my Pokemon's PID and I had to fix it manually), but it lets you move large batches of Pokemon without needing an internet connection and it's free.
 
The Ultimate Ramotith said:
The demo f Gamma Emerald got released.
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This looks like shit

is "minecraft-esque" Pokemon really what the kids are into these days?
 
Thiletonomics said:
This also looks like an imitation of ORAS, but somehow the creator made it look even worse.
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Bingo, this is ORAS but trooncore(I am just going to assume it's made by trannies, because why wouldn't I?)
The Ultimate Ramotith said:
The idea is Octopath Traveler Pokémon, but playable. Lots of Pokéfans wan that look, especially those who say that Pokémon should have stayed 2D.
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I dunno, BW look much better than this. The 3D effect of the environment just makes it look like a diorama or a pop-out book more than anything, which I don't like.
 
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