Nintendo Scares Up Pumpkaboo for October Pokémon X & Y Distribution

Awesome! I just got mine!

Cute, but I'll stick to the medium size. Might download this one, though.

Super sized? What's size got to do with pokemon or did I miss something new?

@Porky Pumpkaboo and Gourgeist come in four different sizes. The stats are different depending on its size.

@Octane Oh. That complicates things. Thanks.

@galachef55 - Sorry if this is kinda picky, but Gourgeist and Pumpkaboo need to be capitalized. Also, your pumpkin wordplay made me chuckle.

I rather like Pumpkaboo, so I'll be sure to get this big little fellow.

@OracleOfTruth I think it depends on whether you consider a Pokémon's species name a proper name as well.

I'll get it soon. Haven't really used Pumpkaboo or Gourgeist but it's always nice to have an event Pokémon. It also has Rocky Helmet which I've found to be a nice little item.

Who wants a shiny one? I would trade for charizardite x

doesn't have Y anymore, lol

Still waiting for the PSL (Pumpkin Spice Latte) pokemon. It could be like Rotom, but be a sponsored by Starbucks.

(Im joking btw)

I got this for the sake of it. I'll probably never look at it again.

I already had a Pumpkaboo, but not a super-sized one. Plus mine got it's hidden ability, so that's pretty cool.

I'd like to enter the competition, but unfortunately Gorgeist is a trade evolution, while I don't have anyone with whom to trade in person, so I'm going to have to get lucky on the GTS.

Its stats and nature will be random, right? I think I'll skip this event and just breed my own.

@BulbasaurusRex You can ask someone online to trade and trade back. I'll help you with that, if we catch each other online.

Nice

Grabbed it this morning and evolved it! It's a great addition to my collection.

I JUST GOT MINE YESTERDAY ^o^! Next event I'll get diance and darkrai!
LOL XD!

How do u evolve it??

Wow, that actually remembered that players exist outside of Japan!

Also available in Australia. Just downloaded mine

Spooky Scary Pumpkaboos

I'll be sure to get it tomorrow. (Soft-resetting until it has its hidden ability and decent IVs.

@jdwag24 Trade it.

Argh! Special Pokémon can't be traded?! That means these Pumpkaboo can't be evolved and won't help anyone enter the competition! That is so not fair!

I suppose the ones with the Insomnia ability can still breed while their children are able to evolve, but I'm not sure how breeding works with the size mechanic, and in the best case scenario it's still a bunch of extra work.

@Iggly
so ive never done the soft resetting thing for fear of losing my pokemon and not being able to get another one. can you or anybody give me a quick guide on how to do it to make sure and get the hidden ability. also - this might sound stupid but ive never gotten a shiny. how can u tell when you see or get a shiny pokemon?

@BulbasaurusRex What? I was able to trade mine just fine VIA local wireless...

Not sure about Wonder trade or GTS or Wi-Fi though.

@Uberchu Well, I got that message when I attempted to put it on the GTS. I wonder why they have that specific limitation.

@3dcaleb To soft reset, you save infront of the Pokémon/ Person you are receiving a Pokémon. If you dont get the desirable stats, you exit the game and try again.[Or do a button combo to reset, but I forgot what it was]

To know if a Pokémon is shiny, they should be a different colour from the regular version and have a red star. Though I believe you can't soft reset Event Pokémon for shiny versions, but you can soft reset for betters stats/nature.

@Iggly
ok - so you download the mystery gift first, then go to the pokemon center, and save right before u talk to the girl that gives it to you. then if u dont like it u can reset and talk to the girl and get it again? is that right?

@Iggly
also - i was wondering if you or anybody knows, i have a copy of x and y, one physical and one downloaded. is there any way to trade with myself without using pokemon bank? i want to give myself a pokemon with an item from one game to another and pokemon bank wont allow items in it. how can i do it?

@3dcaleb Pretty much.

To answer your trading yourself question, you'll need to borrow someone else's 3DS if you want to transfer items.

So is this event pokemon actually shiny locked? I have read mixed answers elsewhere.

Got mine a few days ago

@Olaf Oh ok

@Uberchu I would trade with your friends

@okamiki I would like a Charzardite X! Because I've been asking for it
and do you also have Tyranitarite?

Yes, I really lucked out! I discovered that the sizes are easily differentiated when searching for them on the GTS, and I was able to nab one for a mere Vivillion. It was also newly bred at Level 1, so I didn't need to use a Heart Scale to teach it Phantom Force. For the cherry on top, I then discovered it had the hidden Insomnia ability.

@jdwag24 I also want a charizardite x. I offered my shiny pumpkaboo for it

@okamiki I almost got one until I was ripped-off 0_0!