Topic: Pokemon Sword & Shield

@Fizza So it does sound like the pokemon is otherwise completely legal, then.

Ah so you'll breed for a new more legit shiny rowlet? Good luck!

@Kermit1 huh is it a normal free give away or does it need a code from a store or something?

Edit: ah I found the article. Hm a Japanese event… the names might be in Japanese then.

@Eel I'm having the greatest luck ever today in surprise trade. I got 2 Marshadows in a trade! A Mew in a trade! and a Victini in a trade! I'm pretty sure they were not hacked in, they are the ones from the Pokemon S&M events.

my general rule with mythicals and shinies is that if they look legit, then they're most likely at least cloned.

@Eel I think they might be cloned then... I've gotten like 5 Pokemon from Pokeclub.com from a surprise trade those are fake.

@Kermit1 yeah anything that has an url or @ like that is just advertisement. There's usually nothing bad about using them, but if you don't want to keep them, I'd recommend releasing them instead of trading them away.

@Eel ya they get re-traded a lot

I remember discovering that you could catch version exclusive mon via raids. Sometimes I'd join others to kill time, and... they'd be shiny. I wouldn't try to capture (or even battle, for that matter) out of fear that the encounter was hacked. Assuming that's even possible... which it probably is.

Better safe then sorry I guess. But I hate being afraid of things like GTS and the like because Nintendo and / or Game Freak can't keep cheaters out.

At least it's not as bad as Gen 7 GTS. Freeze your console and require a hard reset in one easy step!

Those encounters are most likely just found via system time modification. They're ok to catch.

Though in my experience they usually run away.

You'd think Gamefreak would've banned the use of website addresses as names by now huh.

@Eel I was doing some Surprise Trades not too long back with the breedjects from my shiny Drilbur hunts and in the same session I managed to get both a Glastrier in a Master Ball and a shiny 6IV Hidden Ability Quagsire in a Dream Ball. I released them immediately afterwards (but not before breeding that Quagsire to get a 6IV Hidden Ability Dream Ball Wooper of course) but I guess it just goes to show how shameless some people online can be huh?

"reads that while playing on my modded 2DS XL playing Metroid Fusion"

Where is the code for the Cap Pikachu I can't find it anywhere and todays the 11th.

@Eel a code for a special Victini is going to come out some time next week. I wonder if the code will be limited.