Sticky Orange Islands SQSA Thread

QuentinQuonce said:
There's actually a similar curiosity with their appearance in Lavaridge Town; IIRC in RS if you white out due to poison damage inside the gym after beating Flannery, the rival will be hanging around in the middle of town and you can avoid talking to them, but in Emerald I believe they'll automatically approach you once you take a step. Though it might still be possible to skip them if the last Pokemon Centre was in a different location (unless the game automatically sets it to Lavaridge? Idk. Might give that a try sometime).
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Probably of interest to no-one but myself but I just tested this: in RS the Lavaridge Town encounter is entirely skippable with a poison whiteout - leaving and re-entering the town, as well as the gym, doesn't re-trigger the encounter so May/Brendan will just stand around outside the Pokemon Centre until spoken to. In Emerald the encounter starts automatically once the player whites out and reappears: the game sets Lavaridge Town's Pokemon Centre as the last one automatically (even if it hasn't been visited) so there's no way to spawn elsewhere.
 
What is the fastest way to get Nature Mints in SV? I booted up Violet for the first time, got screwed on my Spigatito's nature (Calm), and can't soft reset because I left autosave on.
 
Bulbapedia said:
After obtaining the Balance Badge, if the player is on a map with eligible Trainers, each Trainer on the map has a separate 31% chance to be ready for a rematch after 255 steps taken. This 255 step counter is only reset if one (or more) of the eligible Trainers did get the 31% chance triggered and is now ready for a rematch. Should no Trainer be ready for a rematch after the 255 steps simply reloading the current map (by e.g. exiting the current Route and re entering it) will reroll the 31% chance. This can be repeated until a Trainer is ready for a rematch.
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How does Trainer's Eyes in Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire Versions *actually* work? I would like to have a rematch with Bug Catcher James. I take over 255 steps and quickly re-enter Petalburg Woods from Route 104 many times. Lady Cindy, Lass Haley and Rich Boy Winston have already been made available for rematches. If Bug Cather James declines a rematch after my re-entering Petalburg Woods over 20 times, I am astronomically unlucky. Do Cindy, Haley and Winston trigger even if they are already available for a rematch?

1. *Cindy, Haley and Winston are each available for a rematch*
2. Go to North Route 104
3. Walk 255 Steps
4. Go to Petalburg Woods
5. James is unavailable for a rematch
6. Go to North Route 104
7. Repeat (4) through (6) indefinitely?
 
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Noah3475 said:
How does the Trainer's Eyes in Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire Versions *actually* work? I would like to have a rematch with Bug Catcher James. I take over 255 steps and quickly re-enter Petalburg Woods from Route 104 many times. Lady Cindy, Lass Haley and Rich Boy Winston have already been made available for rematches. If Bug Cather James declines a rematch after my re-entering Petalburg Woods over 20 times, I am astronomically unlucky. Do Cindy, Haley and Winston trigger even if they are already available for a rematch?

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1. *Cindy, Haley and Winston are each available for a rematch*
2. Go to North Route 104
3. Walk 255 Steps
4. Go to Petalburg Woods
5. James is unavailable for a rematch
6. Go to North Route 104
7. Repeat (4) through (6) indefinitely?

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Hm, have you tried walking 255 steps while in Petalburg Woods before checking if James was ready to battle?

1. Go to Petalburg Woods.
2. Walk 255 Steps.
3. Use Trainer's Eye to see if James is ready.
4. If not leave Petalburg Woods & re-enter it.
5. Repeat Step (2) though (4) a few times to see if that works.

If that doesn't work, maybe you need to defeat Cindy, Haley and Winston before doing a reset?
 
Noah3475 said:
Maybe someone can comment on the technical aspects, but walking in Petalburg Woods worked.
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If I can hazard a guess, in order to reset the RNG % chance of trainers you need to walk the 255 steps in the location those trainers are in, then it locks those in unless you walk in-and-out of the area & walk 255 steps again. That way you can leave and come back to the location later and still have the trainers who did respond to the Trainer's Eyes/Match Call available to battle.
 
What are all the known glitches in gen 3 that can be used to generate or edit a Pokemon, like how the Pomeg glitch can be used to generate eggs whose species depends on your Pokemon's EVs?
 
What's the best way to grind in RBY's postgame? I'm deciding to complete a Pokédex in Yellow for the first time, and I was thinking of how I'd handle grinding out evo levels for some Pokémon, especially Dragonite. I was thinking maybe replaying the Elite 4 with the exp all in my bag, and a team of just Dratini and one of my team soloing the league? Even if I don't beat every member, that sounds efficient enough and a good way to grind out money for the eventual Porygon as well. Is there a better method I'm missing?

Oh, and the same question for GSC, actually! I'm not sure yet if I want to do complete the Pokédex in Crystal too, but I may as well find out if anyone here knows in case I do decide to go for it eventually
 
Kurona said:
What's the best way to grind in RBY's postgame? I'm deciding to complete a Pokédex in Yellow for the first time, and I was thinking of how I'd handle grinding out evo levels for some Pokémon, especially Dragonite. I was thinking maybe replaying the Elite 4 with the exp all in my bag, and a team of just Dratini and one of my team soloing the league? Even if I don't beat every member, that sounds efficient enough and a good way to grind out money for the eventual Porygon as well. Is there a better method I'm missing?

Oh, and the same question for GSC, actually! I'm not sure yet if I want to do complete the Pokédex in Crystal too, but I may as well find out if anyone here knows in case I do decide to go for it eventually
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Get some strong Pokemon (Probably Mewtwo...) then just spam the pokemon league

Cerulean cave has high leveled Pokemon, and even Chansey in some parts of the cave, but I am pretty sure the time to exp ratio is way better just going through the league again and again.

Doubly so for Gen 2, where the strongest wild pokemon in Mt Silver are weaker than gen 1's cerulean cave
 
R_N said:
Get some strong Pokemon (Probably Mewtwo...) then just spam the pokemon league

Cerulean cave has high leveled Pokemon, and even Chansey in some parts of the cave, but I am pretty sure the time to exp ratio is way better just going through the league again and again.

Doubly so for Gen 2, where the strongest wild pokemon in Mt Silver are weaker than gen 1's cerulean cave
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I'm pretty sure "grind the Pokémon League" is the answer to this question for at least the first five generations and XY.
 
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