(Little) Things that annoy you in Pokémon

[Sixfortyfive]

Colosseum Bonus Disc.

Japan only, and it also seems to have required a completed Colosseum save file.

US version had Jirachi instead.

 

[R_N]

I do not really miss the era when some Pokemon were tied to distribution events that were so rare that they sometimes didn't even happen at all. (Unless I've overlooked something, Celebi literally wasn't distributed outside of Japan at all in 3rd gen, in any game, through any means.)

I thought there was one so double checking against Serebii's database it seems there was a giveaway in 2006 for the 10th Anniversary...but only in the US & Taiwan (& Japan, of course)

Europe getting the short end as was usual for the era.

 

[Sixfortyfive]

I thought there was one so double checking against Serebii's database it seems there was a giveaway in 2006 for the 10th Anniversary...but only in the US & Taiwan (& Japan, of course)

Europe getting the short end as was usual for the era.

You're right. So I guess we can add a couple dozen cities to the list, on one specific day each.

Kind of surprised I forgot about this in retrospect, as I'm certain that I have a Celebi with a 10ANIV trainer ID sitting in one of my boxes somewhere that I'm pretty sure was cloned from somebody who went.

 

[DreamPrince]

do not really miss the era when some Pokemon were tied to distribution events that were so rare that they sometimes didn't even happen at all. (Unless I've overlooked something, Celebi literally wasn't distributed outside of Japan at all in 3rd gen, in any game, through any means.)

I checked through Bulbapedia and Celebi was obtainable through Journey Across America event distribution that took place during Gen 3.

 

[QuentinQuonce]

Funnily enough, in the Prima Guide for FRLG there's a full Pokedex for the first 251 Pokemon detailing their movesets and locations, except for Mew, Lugia, and Celebi which all had blank entries with "this Pokemon is not available in the United States" in them. Which of course was true at the time... except for the fact that Lugia is obtainable within FRLG, something the guide does not in any way acknowledge. Wonder if the guide's writer actually knew of the event's existence, or if they knew but weren't allowed to reveal its existence before the event ticket was officially distributed.

 

[DreamPrince]

Funnily enough, in the Prima Guide for FRLG there's a full Pokedex for the first 251 Pokemon detailing their movesets and locations, except for Mew, Lugia, and Celebi which all had blank entries with "this Pokemon is not available in the United States" in them. Which of course was true at the time... except for the fact that Lugia is obtainable within FRLG, something the guide does not in any way acknowledge. Wonder if the guide's writer actually knew of the event's existence, or if they knew but weren't allowed to reveal its existence before the event ticket was officially distributed.

I’m pretty sure colosseum was released before FRLG, and Ho-oh was catchable in that.

 

[Cobalt Empoleon]

Something that irks me a little about Megas and Z-moves (and Eternamax Eternatus specifically) is how they affect stat and move trivia. It's annoying that almost every list of the strongest moves by type needs a little "*excluding Z-moves" disclaimer, and while there's nothing strictly wrong with having Megas and/or Eternamax at the top of almost every ranking by individual stat, something about it bothers me.

 

[QuentinQuonce]

I’m pretty sure colosseum was released before FRLG, and Ho-oh was catchable in that.

I did not mention Ho-oh in that post, and in fact Ho-oh's location in the listing in question is literally "trade from Colosseum"

 

[Coronis]

I did not mention Ho-oh in that post, and in fact Ho-oh's location in the listing in question is literally "trade from Colosseum"

Yes I’m pretty sure the point was being made that being event exclusive at that time (which Ho-oh was not) was why they didn’t receive an entry, which makes sense.