The Pokemon Questions Thread Again!

[Lord Fighting]

Where can I find a legit spikey ear pichu?

[Dangertrout]

Where can I find a legit spikey ear pichu?

You can only get it if you have HG/SS. They can't be traded, so you would need the event Pikachu Colored Pichu (aka PCP) to activate the event and catch one yourself.

[ebevan91]

Is the encounter rate of male/female Pokemon correlated to your player's gender?

I swear it must be, because I'm playing as a female and I'm finding more female Pokemon than male Pokemon.

[Dangertrout]

Is the encounter rate of male/female Pokemon correlated to your player's gender?

I swear it must be, because I'm playing as a female and I'm finding more female Pokemon than male Pokemon.

no, but if your lead pokemon is a male that has cute charm, that would explain it. or if you're in an area with pokemon that have a high female ratio.

[ebevan91]

no, but if your lead pokemon is a male that has cute charm, that would explain it. or if you're in an area with pokemon that have a high female ratio.

I guess I'm just imagining things, my only male is a Gurdurr and I know it doesn't have cute charm lol.

[Chaos Werewolf]

If Cinccino could have Technician and Skill Link at the same time how much damage would Tail Slap do?

[Wishing Star]

If Cinccino could have Technician and Skill Link at the same time how much damage would Tail Slap do?

25 base power x 1.5 (Technician) x 5 (Skill Link) x 1.5 (STAB) = 281.25 base power.

[JFought]

In all of you guys opinions, are Legendaries immortal?

I say some are, while some aren't. It all depends on how many there are. You see, legendaries like Mew, Mewtwo, Ho-Oh, and Rayquaza only have one of their species, yet they haven't changed at all. So I guessed, Maybe, if their is only one Pokemon of a certain species, it will be immortal. However, there are legendaries with more than one in its species. These are:

Shaymin. Proof? Anime
Lugia. Proof? Anime
Zapdos. Proof? All information regarding
Articuno. Proof? All info regarding
Moltres. Proof? Look ^
Deoxys. Proof? They came from another planet with probably countless Deoxys
Heatran. Proof? Anime and Games

These Pokemon have more than one in their species, only under the name of "Legendary" due to their extreme rarity and exceptional powers. So, since they are able to breed, they have no need to be immortal. Latios and Latias, even though there is only one of both, are not immortal either, since when one of them dies, they become soul dew and the missing of the duo will reemerge from it.

That's what I think. What do you have to say about the question?

[varanus_komodoensis]

In all of you guys opinions, are Legendaries immortal?

I say some are, while some aren't. It all depends on how many there are. You see, legendaries like Mew, Mewtwo, Ho-Oh, and Rayquaza only have one of their species, yet they haven't changed at all. So I guessed, Maybe, if their is only one Pokemon of a certain species, it will be immortal. However, there are legendaries with more than one in its species. These are:

Shaymin. Proof? Anime
Lugia. Proof? Anime
Zapdos. Proof? All information regarding
Articuno. Proof? All info regarding
Moltres. Proof? Look ^
Deoxys. Proof? They came from another planet with probably countless Deoxys
Heatran. Proof? Anime and Games

These Pokemon have more than one in their species, only under the name of "Legendary" due to their extreme rarity and exceptional powers. So, since they are able to breed, they have no need to be immortal. Latios and Latias, even though there is only one of both, are not immortal either, since when one of them dies, they become soul dew and the missing of the duo will reemerge from it.

That's what I think. What do you have to say about the question?

There are also multiple Latios/Latias (in the anime, there's someone who owns a Latios, and wild ones are also seen in one of the movies) and multiple of the Legendary Dogs. We know that there are multiple Enteis because the Pokedex entry in SoulSilver says that an Entei is born every time that a volcano forms. If there is more than one Entei, we can most likely assume that there is more than one Raikou and more than one Suicune. I also believe that one of the movies had a shiny Entei/Raikou/Suicune (correct?), and in order to classify them as shiny, there must be others of normal color to compare them to. Otherwise the shiny color would be the normal color.

So therefore there are multiple Latios/Latias and Entei/Raikou/Suicune. If you really wanted to extrapolate, you could go as far as to say that because Entei/Raikou/Suicune and Latios/Latias are the roaming legendaries for GSC and RSE respectfully, which were released one after the other, and because GSC was the first game to have roaming legendaries, it is probably safe to say that ALL roaming legendaries have multiples of their species, so we can include Azelf/Mespirit/Uxie and Thundurus/Tornadus/Landorus in with the non-unique legendary Pokemon.

EDIT: Oh, and if there is more than one Lugia, chances are that there is more than one Ho-Oh.

As for immortality, Mew may be immortal because it holds the genetic code for all Pokemon and in Gen I, the research center on Cinnabar refers to it as being ancient. Arceus is probably immortal because he is the Poke-God.

Mewtwo could go either way because Mewtwo was created by humans. Mewtwo is a clone of Mew, but it is not a PERFECT clone or it would look just like Mew. So the scientists messed up somewhere, and Mewtwo has an at least slightly different genetic code than Mew. So while Mew is immortal, Mewtwo may or may not be, depending on which of its genes were retained and which were changed by humans. Just because there is only one Mewtwo doesn't make it immortal because humans created it.

[Wishing Star]

In all of you guys opinions, are Legendaries immortal?

I say some are, while some aren't. It all depends on how many there are. You see, legendaries like Mew, Mewtwo, Ho-Oh, and Rayquaza only have one of their species, yet they haven't changed at all. So I guessed, Maybe, if their is only one Pokemon of a certain species, it will be immortal. However, there are legendaries with more than one in its species. These are:

Shaymin. Proof? Anime
Lugia. Proof? Anime
Zapdos. Proof? All information regarding
Articuno. Proof? All info regarding
Moltres. Proof? Look ^
Deoxys. Proof? They came from another planet with probably countless Deoxys
Heatran. Proof? Anime and Games

These Pokemon have more than one in their species, only under the name of "Legendary" due to their extreme rarity and exceptional powers. So, since they are able to breed, they have no need to be immortal. Latios and Latias, even though there is only one of both, are not immortal either, since when one of them dies, they become soul dew and the missing of the duo will reemerge from it.

I can definitely disagree with Lugia. You can capture it in HG/SS, and I believe that's it. (Dream Radar doesn't count, since I don't view that as something that actually happens within the continuity of the main series games.)

I'm not 100% positive on there being more than one Heatran. Without any form of technology, the bare minimum number of Heatran there would have to be to determine a 50/50 gender ratio would have to be two (one female, one male). But with some form of determining gender ratio (through DNA extraction or what have you), then one could conclude that there is a 50% chance of Heatran being either gender, and that the only one existence just so happens to be either male or female, depending on which gender of Heatran is captured during DPP.

As for Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres, I can definitely say that there are more than one of each of these. In Platinum, they roam around the region, whereas in HG/SS, they're in their respective hideouts. Since these are assumed to happen at the same time, they can't be at both places at the same time.

Finally, one could say that when a Lati dies, it's turned into Soul Dew, and rematerializes into a new Lati of the kind that died. Nothing says that it's the same one that re-emerges, I don't think.

[varanus_komodoensis]

I can definitely disagree with Lugia. You can capture it in HG/SS, and I believe that's it. (Dream Radar doesn't count, since I don't view that as something that actually happens within the continuity of the main series games.)

There is definitely more than one Lugia - there have to be at least 3 because in one of the movies, an adult Lugia has a baby, which means that there has to be a breeding pair and the baby. Unless Lugia is parthenogenic. But even then, Lugia are reproducing, and there HAVE to be at least 2. And if it's breeding, I sure hope it's not immortal because anything that can breed but not die will eventually exponentially create so many of itself that it will literally take over every inch of space on earth.

[Wishing Star]

There is definitely more than one Lugia - there have to be at least 3 because in one of the movies, an adult Lugia has a baby, which means that there has to be a breeding pair and the baby. Unless Lugia is parthenogenic. But even then, Lugia are reproducing, and there HAVE to be at least 2. And if it's breeding, I sure hope it's not immortal because anything that can breed but not die will eventually exponentially create so many of itself that it will literally take over every inch of space on earth.

Of course, I'm talking about game continuity, and not anime continuity.

But even then, it wouldn't be surprising if Lugia need a breeding pair to have a baby. I mean, it's extremely hard to believe that every single Pokémon with a myth or legend involving them (legendary Pokémon) coincidentally either doesn't breed or breeds with only one parent, and that Pokémon that don't have myths or legends involving them all have to have a child by having two parent Pokémon mate.

[Cutty]

Let's not forget the ability of Arceus to create legendaries.

In HG/SS we can get Palkia/Dialga/Giratina created by Arceus at level 1.

So this makes them not unique.

[Candy Coated Gengar]

I have a question concerning cloning Pokemon. Are cloned Pokemon "legit" or "legal"?

[Wishing Star]

I have a question concerning cloning Pokemon. Are cloned Pokemon "legit" or "legal"?

Most people consider a Pokémon legitimate if it was obtained using completely legitimate methods. A Pokémon that is cloned but was obtained using completely legitimate methods is often still deemed "legitimate"; the person who cloned it just made more copies of a completely legitimate Pokémon. (:

Likewise, if a Pokémon were obtained using hacks, like a level 2 Zekrom, and that were cloned, there would be two or more copies of a hacked Pokémon.

[Candy Coated Gengar]

Most people consider a Pokémon legitimate if it was obtained using completely legitimate methods. A Pokémon that is cloned but was obtained using completely legitimate methods is often still deemed "legitimate"; the person who cloned it just made more copies of a completely legitimate Pokémon. (:

Likewise, if a Pokémon were obtained using hacks, like a level 2 Zekrom, and that were cloned, there would be two or more copies of a hacked Pokémon.

Thank you for clarifying that. Now to just go find a trusted, legitimate cloner on here.

[BCVM22]

I have a question concerning cloning Pokemon. Are cloned Pokemon "legit" or "legal"?

Despite what you've been told, there is no majority consensus on this.

Focus more on the sensibilities of whatever you intend to do with the cloned critter. For example, if you intend to trade the clone to someone, disclose its origins to them in full and make sure they're okay with that.

[Jirachi9]

Is a Darkrai or Shaymin obtained by the tweaking method considered hacked, legal or legit?

[randomspot555]

Is a Darkrai or Shaymin obtained by the tweaking method considered hacked, legal or legit?

Neither since the key items for Darkrai/Shaymin in D/P were never legitimately released or distributed.

[SS_Ａｐｐｅｎｄ]

Is a Darkrai or Shaymin obtained by the tweaking method considered hacked, legal or legit?

Hacked, since the Member's Card and Oak's Letter were unavailable to D/P.