Are you Playing Pokemon Wrong? Here's how the Pros Play
Added: 23.08.2014 16:00 | 1 views | 0 comments
Much of what makes Pokémon appealing to its most dedicated players isn't readily apparent to its more casual fans. The "pro" Pokémon player is someone who knows every in and out of the game, who goes way beyond the surface knowledge most players have and seriously commits to the breeding and training of Pokémon so they're ready for battles with other dedicated players.The series has come a long way since For most gamers, playing Pokémon is still about catching as many monsters as possible on their way to the Elite Four, watching the credits roll, catching a few legendary monsters, and then letting the game gather dust. But for the truly dedicated, that's just the stuff you rush through to get to the real game, the part you'll spend hundreds of hours on. In Pokémon X and Y, beating the Elite Four gave you access to a new town, Kiloude City, with several fixtures that are very important to competitive players. It's there you find the Friend Safari, where you can catch Pokémon that aren't found elsewhere in the game (and who are guaranteed to have good base stats, a perk casual players are probably unaware of). Kiloude also has the Battle Maison, which sells the best items and where competitive trainers can hone their skills, though most players don't last long there. And on top of all that there's a man standing in the Pokémon center in Kiloude there who will tell you what your Pokémon's highest IVs are, and whether they're the highest they can be. This is the crux of Pokémon breeding, which is a whole other complex and lengthy conversation. Suffice to say that breeding for competitive-grade Pokémon is pointless until you have access to Kiloude CIty. The great thing for wannabe-Pokémon masters is that each generation of games caters more and more to them. This was true in X and Y, with faster ways to EV train, awesome advancements in breeding, the helpful Friend Safari, and more online features than ever. If Game Freak holds to this pattern, then Pokémon fans have a lot to look forward to when Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire drop in November.
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www.gamespot.com
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