The Official Pokédex 3D Discussion Thread & Image Gallery

[lucario beast]

its past 12 here and i havent got my new pokemon is there somthing i have to do

[Del Mundo]

Do you think that you'll get new pokemon if you change the date backwards?

[Venomrec]

How come pokemon i scan are "who's that pokemon" unknown?

[BCVM22]

Because there'd be no challenge if you could acquire the actual entries just by scanning the AR markers.

[PorygonV7]

I'm having the exact same problem as SinnohChampion. No update, and I'm pretty sure it's been over 24hrs. Is anyone else having this issue? For those of you who did get updates, what state was your 3DS in, and what software was open at the time? Sorry, I just really want to get this working.

[Heroo]

To get your pokemons, you need to open up the pokedex, close your DS (it will enter sleep mode) Open it up again, and you'll receive 1 pokemon. Repeat the progress to get the other two.

[Asrialys]

To get your pokemons, you need to open up the pokedex, close your DS (it will enter sleep mode) Open it up again, and you'll receive 1 pokemon. Repeat the progress to get the other two.

I did nothing of the sort. For Wednesday, I did have to open and close Pokedex 3D to get each Pokemon. However, on Tuesday, I received two Pokemon while playing with the Pokedex and received the third some time later after re-opening the application. I may have received all three Pokemon while my DS was in Sleep Mode, but I didn't have to put it in Sleep Mode each time, nor did I have to leave the Pokedex open while doing so.

[Zuzu14]

After scanning all the QR codes, I started Spot Passing, and I'm changing the date to get more

[Vīnoga]

Finished the Pokedex. ^_^' It was rather tiring, but fun.

[wichu]

Repost from another forum:

I was bored, so I reverse-engineered the AR marker encoding. I made an Excel spreadsheet that generates the AR marker for any Pokémon (including ones not in the Pokédex app yet).

XLSX download
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I made it using Excel 2008 for Mac, but it should work with any version of Excel. Just select a Pokémon from the drop-down menu (or type its name in the box), and it will display the marker.

Pokémon before Victini and after Kyurem won't work (they're not programmed in to the Pokédex), but I'm fairly certain their codes will work once they're added. Also, I haven't checked the order of the alternate forms, so they might be a bit off.

If you want to know how it works, the marker encodes a 10-bit number (0 - 1023). The lower 9 bits are encoded around the outside, using white as a 1 and black as a 0 - starting from the lower left and going anticlockwise, the bit order is 036147258 (i.e. corners first, then anticlockwise from the corner pixel). The last 3 pixels of the outside are checksums (for each group of 3 bits in the 9 encoded bits). The inner 4 pixels take 1 of 2 possible configurations depending on the 10th bit of the number (bit 9); the middle lower left is always white, and the middle upper right is always black. I assume the lower right encodes the bit, and the upper left is a checksum, but I'm not certain (there is no need to encode an 11th or 12th bit, as there are only 728 Pokémon/forms).
The base form of each species is encoded by its national dex number - 1 (from 0: Bulbasaur to 648: Genesect). Alternate forms follow (from 649: Unown B to 724: some form of Genesect), and finally, the 5th gen gender 'alternate forms' (725: Unfezant, 726: Frillish, 727: Jellicent). The numbering works out exactly.

As a final note, has anyone noticed that the backgrounds of the stickers all depict the same AR code (rather than that of the Pokémon on the sticker)? Try drawing/printing the code and scanning it in!

If you can't be bothered, it's Victini's code

The fact that there's exactly enough space for all the older Pokémon suggests they'll be added eventually, too.

EDIT: Also, codes 988 to 1011 are special. 988 to 999 display a copy of another marker, while 1000 to 1011 display a random Pokémon you've already got. I have no idea why. This explains some of the odd goings-on with certain codes.

[Pasukaru]

I'm working on some printable QR Cards~ I was testing with colors and contrasts and you can actually do quite a lot for them to still work. I tested them on my reflective Mac screen, non-reflective LG screen and iPhone 3G/4. They're 640x960, so they're fitting on most smartphones (iPhones, anyway). Also, if you print them on 300dpi, they're about the same size as Pokemon TCG cards, which should work nicely if you're making scenes and stuff.

I however haven't been able to print them out yet (color/bw) or test them on other types of screens (phones, CRT monitors). Anyone willing to help me with this?

Here's the first four:
#000/#494 Victini http://twitpic.com/593xuf/full
#001/#495 Snivy http://twitpic.com/593xxo/full
#002/#496 Servine http://twitpic.com/593y1w/full
#003/#497 Serperior http://twitpic.com/593y5r/full

Example:


I'm planning to do the initial 16 first and slowly work my way to all of them. I guess I'll take requests as well, so if you want to see a Pokemon soon, let me know which one!

Oh, and uh... I wanted to make a new thread for these, but I'm not sure it should go here or in Fanart.

[Icay4321]

Geez! Those cards are huge!!!

[TheHumbleFellow]

Only the third day with this, and look who I found!

http://thehumblefellow.deviantart.co...blefellow&qo=0

[Pasukaru]

Geez! Those cards are huge!!!

Not if you print them They'll turn up in the size of Pokemon TCG Cards. They're this big on your screen because they're 300dpi. Also, they aren't even fullscreen on some new phones and the iPad, so they're not *that* big xD;

...But I see what you mean. If only used on your PC, they might be a bit too big, so I resized them to 50%

[Icay4321]

The linked ones copy-paste to full-page size, so I did that for Victini.

[Silent Conversation]

Okay, so last night I kept my 3DS on Sleep Mode for 11 hours straight, and got nothing when I woke up and checked it. My Internet is working, my Spot Pass on my 3DS is enabled, my Spot Pass on my Pokedex 3D is enabled and I've tried closing the system both on the home menu and when I'm physically in the app. Is there something I'm missing here?

[Del Mundo]

Finished the Pokedex. ^_^' It was rather tiring, but fun.

Did you even get all of the elemental monkeys and alternate forms of frillish deerling, and unfezant?

[Icay4321]

Not if you print them They'll turn up in the size of Pokemon TCG Cards. They're this big on your screen because they're 300dpi. Also, they aren't even fullscreen on some new phones and the iPad, so they're not *that* big xD;

...But I see what you mean. If only used on your PC, they might be a bit too big, so I resized them to 50%

Marvelous! Keep up the good work! They are really awesome!

Okay, so last night I kept my 3DS on Sleep Mode for 11 hours straight, and got nothing when I woke up and checked it. My Internet is working, my Spot Pass on my 3DS is enabled, my Spot Pass on my Pokedex 3D is enabled and I've tried closing the system both on the home menu and when I'm physically in the app. Is there something I'm missing here?

As weird as this may sound, try going into the eShop and back, and then go look. Mine downloaded at ~7PM my time when I had downloaded the Dex at ~Midnight. You also do know that your system will only alert you by a blue dot on the top of the software's image on your Menu, right? (I don't mean to sound condescending, just covering all bases.)

[Pasukaru]

Did you even get all of the elemental monkeys and alternate forms of frillish deerling, and unfezant?

Doubtful. I guess you'll have to trade them. As far as I know, you just *can't* get other formes via Spotpass.

Okay, so last night I kept my 3DS on Sleep Mode for 11 hours straight, and got nothing when I woke up and checked it. My Internet is working, my Spot Pass on my 3DS is enabled, my Spot Pass on my Pokedex 3D is enabled and I've tried closing the system both on the home menu and when I'm physically in the app. Is there something I'm missing here?

I think you only get them on a certain time in the day, not in the morning. Also, you have to be near a WiFi spot for Spotpass to work, of course

Marvelous! Keep up the good work! They are really awesome!

Thanks!

[Silent Conversation]

As weird as this may sound, try going into the eShop and back, and then go look. Mine downloaded at ~7PM my time when I had downloaded the Dex at ~Midnight. You also do know that your system will only alert you by a blue dot on the top of the software's image on your Menu, right? (I don't mean to sound condescending, just covering all bases.)

I know that you only get a blue dot, I just haven't gotten one. But I'll try looking at it again in the eShop.

I think you only get them on a certain time in the day, not in the morning. Also, you have to be near a WiFi spot for Spotpass to work, of course

Well, there's Wi-fi working through my entire house, so that's not the problem. And yesterday I closed my DS for hours at a time all throughout the day, and didn't get anything.