Julius

I have, it's the Palkia, though technically I've got some from older games, but I could say the same for the rest I guess

So Masuda doesn't give you a new pointless piece of paper for catching all 151 in the Sinnoh Dex as opposed to seeing them, so this will have to do: Thanks for your help @Glen-i! It's the first time I've done this since the original Diamond, and I think I may have caught a Pokémon-catching fever need to try and hold it off until Legends: Arceus!

Thanks as always Glen, appreciate it!

I'll send over spares of the exclusives for the others if that's okay?

After the Electabuzz trade might need to back out for a sec just to add the Dubious Disc to Porygon2

Okay cool Egg is ready, Link Code is 11235813 Shall we start with the Trade Evo's?

Will do. Also, did you need a Larvitar? I think it's an exclusive and I have one, but I think I've somehow avoided mentioning it until now. Can breed one if you need!

Yeah, my bad, Seedot somehow got shifted our of my dedicated trading Box - it's still to the side, don't worry! Would love a Bonsly! As for Feebas, only took me about 10 minutes or so, but as I found out a few days ago, someone has also made a very helpful tool on GitHub for finding Feebas. I tested it yesterday and caught a couple more, so if anyone is hunting for one, that's a really helpful tool. Will just get to work on the Treecko egg now, so shouldn't be too long. Wouldn't say no to the other starters (wasn't particularly looking for them, but how do you say no to starters?!) if you don't mind

Paper Mario is coming to the service on 10th December! I guess they're going to be coming out slowly and one at a time, huh?

@Glen-i any chance you'll be free over the weekend for some more trading? I've managed to grab all of the Honey Tree critters and a Feebas, so in terms of updated lists... In terms of exclusives, I'm still looking for: Shieldon* Glameow* Seviper Bagon Stantler Still got the Kecleon, Ekans, and Caterpier to the side if you still need them There are also some rare Pokémon I'd really appreciate your (or anyone else's) help with if you've caught them: Yanma (still no luck at the Great Marsh!) Nosepass (a swarm Pokémon I haven't had yet) Bonsly (no luck in Trophy Garden, believe this one's available in the wild in Shining Pearl?) Beyond that, got a few trade evolutions left to trade and trade back: Porygon > Porygon2 > Porygon-Z Machoke > Machamp Haunter > Gengar Graveler > Golem Electabuzz > Electivire And if you've managed to grab a spare Magmarizer, would appreciate trading for one with one of my spare Electirizers to add a Magmar > Magmortar trade evolution to the list! I've only got 9 Pokémon left to obtain in the Sinnoh Dex at this point, so if anyone wants me to breed anything for them like the Sinnoh starters or rare Pokémon like Feebas, Spiritomb, etc., just let me know! I've also come across a lot of other things down in the Grand Underground, like starters from other regions prior to Gen IV, so if you want any of those that aren't named Charmander, Squirtle, or Chikorita, more than happy to breed some. Oh, and other rare Underground Pokémon, like Tangela, etc., so if anyone needs help with getting a hold of something like that, odds are I've come across, so feel free to ask and I'll let you know End of the Sinnoh Dex and Living Sinnoh 107 (well, 103 for now!) is finally in sight, just trading and daily event ones left. Still got the grind left that is getting all those Mysterious Shards for Ramanas Park (woo) to get the other legendary Pokémon beyond the Regi's (I caught all three and Regigigas in Premier Balls pretty easily, which is...perplexing), the Contests, a couple of trainer rematches, and a visit to Route 224 which I've been putting off until now, but yeah, think my time with the game will probably wind down after the weekend (will of course still be free for trades if anyone needs them after that). This is far cry from the remake I've been dreaming of since I was a kid, but it's been a whole lot of fun regardless. I've passed the 50 hours played threshold in a Pokémon game for the first time in nearly a decade (Omega Ruby was the last one, and with a total.playtime of 53:10 on that, this will be my most played Pokémon game since White when I put it down), and man, that Grand Underground is a near malicious kind of addicting. The Game Corner gets closed and we get this dopamine fest instead

I have no idea how I missed this, but Robot Chicken's Animal Crossing bit from last month just turned up in my YouTube recommendations, so: Always appreciated their attention to small details

It's been available on Xbox and PC for a while now, but Deep Rock Galactic is finally coming to PS4 and PS5 next month! Dwarves, mines, alien creatures and guns. Looks like a hell of a lot of fun, already convinced my mates to hop in with me when it launches if you need further convincing that this game might be for you, I definitely recommend checking out Skill-Up's video:

Oh yeah, I get that. But I don't know, when it comes to online multiplayer games like this I'm definitely one of those "it's the journey not the destination"-types. Not saying that the journey is always going to be good (like you say, the campaign reviewed pretty terribly), I just think it's an odd thing to cut from the game when bringing it to PS+, even if it makes sense. I don't know why you'd choose to upgrade for the poorly reviewed campaign, either? It's just...weird. I want to say that the Monster Hunter World approach with Iceborne and XIV's approach with its DLC, basically paying your way into the newest content / endgame and being given appropriate gear / levels for the challenge, might have been a more convincing approach...but yeah, the fact that no-one is interested to begin with makes that a bad idea. Oh well, just another one to throw on the pile of PS+ titles I'll probably add to my library and never boot up

The games of December: People have (rightly, in my opinion) been kicking up a fuss over Godfall's Challenger Edition, which seems to cut out the real meat of the full game. From PushSquare: We've seen some bizarre decisions over the last 12 months with these PS+ titles, but I think this takes the cake for the weirdest.

Todd Howard talking over more concept art in this latest update, before they start talking about it in vague terms and oblique concepts: We've been getting a fair bit lately, and we're less than a year out; this game feels nailed on to appear at The Game Awards, right, with an actual gameplay trailer? Really feel like it could be a missed opportunity for Xbox / Bethesda if not, given how Xbox have good ties with Keighley, there will be a lot of eyes on the show from owners of other systems, etc., from a casual perspective maybe even more so than Xbox's E3 might get. I just want to see more

Nintendo Switch recorded it's best sales week in the UK off the back of some crazy Black Friday sales: We're just four months away from the console turning five years old, so that's pretty insane. Crazy to think what might happen next year if they were to slash their console RRP's a bit (not that they need to, but clearly the massive savings to be had were a big reason for it's great sales last week).

Next-gen update aiming for a Q1 2022 release: Please don't release in February, please don't release in February, please don't release in February...

That's fair enough honestly going through and releasing them all individually after has been a bit of a pain, but it's faster than the alternative for getting all the Ultra Balls and Quick Balls I'll need to get my Dex to where I want it (as opposed to the resort couple + Vs. Seeker to farm money), so I'll take it. Can't help but find it hilarious how many methods there are to exploit the game, just like back in the day. I'm not going to do it, but I've seen that it's possible to break boundaries with Surf again to go get yourself a Shaymin. Yeah, I've got to play the DLC at some point anyways, but I've got Sword so I might take you up on your offer when Home launches, if the offer still stands then, would greatly appreciate it Unless my luck drastically improves before we trade, I might be interested in both an Aipom and a Heracross if you don't mind? Slathering honey over trees in this and getting nothing, I'm very confused about how easily I got a Heracross in Platinum for my first playthrough back in the day...

Welp, there are multiple methods now to clone Pokémon now, meaning much faster ways to duplicate items. Fastest I've found: Reminds me of hearing about the GTS cloning method back on the original games. Man, this game is so busted, but still, guess this will save me having to buy loads of Balls now, as well as the time that the other exploit took. It's tough because I don't like making use of such exploits, but it just saves time plus, I still need to catch the things! @Glen-i let me know if you'd be interested in a Dialga clone that you can keep for a Palkia clone, until there's an event I guess this will probably be the only way I can get a Living, BDSP-Caught #387 - #493

Atlus really are bringing everything to the Switch besides mainline Persona, huh? Thanks for reminding me that I've had the PS4 version sitting on my shelf, SEGA hopefully this will bump it up the pecking order some!

Finding an Electirizer took around two hours, probably 30+ Elekid, and that's with a Super Luck Absol out front using Thief, a Pokémon with Static in my party, and only Electric-type statues in my base. That was painful. On the upside though, I now have 10+ Electirizers for anyone who needs one

@Glen-i I've got the remaining four exclusives you need hatched and ready to trade for Thursday: Caterpie, Ekans, Seedot and Kecleon. I'll keep them to the side for you will also have a few trade evolutions to do when the time comes too, which could help with your Dex also: Graveler, Machoke, and Porygon > Porygon2 > Porygon-Z (I have a few Upgrades and Dubious Discs ready for that one). The Ditto trade is definitely helping because there are now eggs popping out of these Pokémon I'm breeding like Catholic rabbits So I've got all of the non-legendary exclusives apart from Larvitar ready to go, if anyone else needs them / wants them earlier in the game: In terms of rare Pokémon, a Feebas would be greatly appreciated, and I'm also looking for a Yanma if anyone manages to get one at the Great Marsh (I've had no luck so far). I'll also need a Magmarizer to evolve Magmar, though it's a pain to find (seems like the only place to find it is in the Grand Underground with a 5% attach rate to Magby; thanks to the duplication exploit, you should only need to find one to duplicate!), so that would certainly be appreciated, and I'll be hunting down an Elekid with an Electirizer next and duplicating that for trade too. Why they didn't keep the attach rates the same as they were in the original games I have no idea, that's got to be one of the strangest decisions in the game given some of their other decisions, like how many starter Pokémon I'm encountering in the Grand Underground. Think I'm adjusting my aims to a completed Sinnoh Dex and then a Living, BDSP-caught #387 - #493 (I mean, bar Palkia of course!). Beyond that I've got a list of things I want to do now before I put the game down, not sure how much I'll bother with the Battle Tower and National Dex at this point, so at least I've set myself an endgame of sorts. Already spent much more time with this than I did Sword... though that does make me want to check out the DLC and even Let's Go. Though I might save my hunger for more Pokémon until Legends: Arceus so that I don't burn out! Also... Yeah, still works like a charm. First Mesprit encounter, Mean Look + False Swipe + Hypnosis and then caught with the first Ultra Ball. I guess making faithful remakes meant keeping quirks like that around

Thanks again Glen!

That would be great if you don't mind! Also @Ike I just tested the duplication method you shared and it works like a charm! Definitely going to be helpful in avoiding the Dex evolution grind and to duplicate trade evolution items, thanks for sharing it going to make a rule for myself to only use those Rare Candies to evolve Pokémon I'm not going to use (because these post-game battles are proving to be a fun challenge!), but man, as if this game needed something to make it even easier for newcomers. Then again, it gets rid of the need to grind out the post-game, which might be nice. Oh the sweet, sweet irony of the last Pokémon game I cheated in also being the first one I cheated in, with a friend's Action Replay months after we'd all finished the original Diamond & Pearl, and the remakes being the next one's I could potentially now go for 999 Rare Candies in. Doubt I'll need that many, but this takes me back for sure

Awesome, I've got to cross all my fingers for a Porygon to turn up at Trophy Garden and find some Electirizers, but for now it's back down into the mines for me to find those other exclusives! Cheers @Glen-i