Expanded Pokedex Discussion Thread [Read First Post]

[Star Champion AJ]

I'm kinda mad they put all of the good Pokemon early in the game, because I'm going to have 5 members of my team before the 3rd gym battle. :/

Well, I'll get a full team before facing super sexy Skyla...

[rocky505]

Pupitar: A cocoon that will abruptly release the compressed gas inside of its body and rocket around violently.

I shall use a Pupitar and name it fartrocket. Lmao

[R_N]

Combee: A Pokemon 3-pack. At bedtime, 100 Combee gather and make a big nest.

hahahah
I just...love the wording

[Shinluxray348]

I think i may be catching and using aron. He eats iron! How can one top that?! :3

[charmanderandswampertguy]

im happy my fav growlithe caught before E4 i like the idea of my fav being the only non 5th gen in my team before E4 after E4 ill deposit swanna and giglaith and replace them floatzel and noctowl so happy these 2 can be caught in BW2.

p.s if i was making the expanded pokedex for BW2 heres the pokemon that should not have been in the expanded dex and heres ones that should have in my oponion.

ones that i wish were in the new unova dex

ekans
arbok
ponyta
rapidash
krabby
kingler
kangaskan
hoothoot
noctowl
phanpy
donphan
giraferag
poocheyna
mightenya
torkoal
kecleon
shinx
luxio
luxray
glameo
purugly


ones that should not have been in the new unova dex

tangela
tangrowth
dunsparace
bronzor
bronzong
swablu
altaria
corsola
shuckle
dribloom
baltoy
claydol
tropius
nosepass
probolass
castform
budew
roselia
roserade
corphish
crawdnawt

[Elysian]

Meeting Riolu early in the game? YES!
I am excited about the new dex, but a bit confused on where the Pokemon from earlier generations came from

[GoldCyndaquil]

Meeting Riolu early in the game? YES!
I am excited about the new dex, but a bit confused on where the Pokemon from earlier generations came from

But if you want to get technical it's soo rare...5%

[Elysian]

Don't care. I will kill everything, and catch a Riolu. + I get some free training too.

[Underachiever007]

But if you want to get technical it's soo rare...5%

That just makes it sweeter when you actually catch one. Like Ralts in Pokemon Emerald. 4% encounter rate, I believe.

[KyuremCraze]

That just makes it sweeter when you actually catch one. Like Ralts in Pokemon Emerald. 4% encounter rate, I believe.

Yup, Stuffs a lot sweeter when you earn it!

The new Unova dex is awesome!

[Räven]

Well, I'll get a full team before facing super sexy Skyla...

You guys are so lucky. I don't get Skarmory until, like after the 7th gym, and I have to trade a Sneasel egg over from Black so I don't have to wait until Giant Chasm to get one.

[Scaldaver]

But if you want to get technical it's soo rare...5%

Which is approximately 20 encounters... not that much...

[Elysian]

I can't wait for this game to come out.
And I can trade eggs from White, is that so?

[Bolt the Cat]

Something else occurred to me about the Pokemon distribution problem. There are several base forms which are totally uncatchable and must be bred, but you can't breed until post game. Which means that Cleffa, Budew, Blitzle, Larvesta, Drifloon, Shuppet, Wingull, Vanillite, Swinub, Beldum, Golett, and Deino are also unavailable before post game (unless you trade, and even then a few of these can't even be seen before post game). Really poor decision keeping the Day Care on Rt. 3 Game Freak, Sangi Ranch would've been a nice place for it IMO.

And why in Arceus' name is Heatmor in Twist Mountain? It's a snowy mountain, which doesn't make sense for a Fire type. Rebirth Mountain or Victory Road would've made more sense.

I am excited about the new dex, but a bit confused on where the Pokemon from earlier generations came from

One of the Rangers from BW1 mentions something about Poketransfer Pokemon escaping.

[R_N]

Something else occurred to me about the Pokemon distribution problem. There are several base forms which are totally uncatchable and must be bred, but you can't breed until post game. Which means that Cleffa, Budew, Blitzle, Larvesta, Drifloon, Shuppet, Wingull, Vanillite, Swinub, Beldum, Golett, and Deino are also unavailable before post game (unless you trade, and even then a few of these can't even be seen before post game). Really poor decision keeping the Day Care on Rt. 3 Game Freak, Sangi Ranch would've been a nice place for it IMO.

And why in Arceus' name is Heatmor in Twist Mountain? It's a snowy mountain, which doesn't make sense for a Fire type. Rebirth Mountain or Victory Road would've made more sense.



One of the Rangers from BW1 mentions something about Poketransfer Pokemon escaping.

Heatmor go where Durant go
Honestly, though, one would think we'd find more fire types in icy areas.
It's not like heat's a problem for them

[Elysian]

But in Twist Mountain? Heatmor doesn't look like something that would dwell in snowy cold places.
Btw, where does Sneasel hang out?

[Bolt the Cat]

Heatmor go where Durant go
Honestly, though, one would think we'd find more fire types in icy areas.
It's not like heat's a problem for them

I know it has to do with Durant, but Durant is also in Clay Road and could also probably fit pretty well in Rebirth Mountain or Victory Road too. The best move would've probably been to put them both in Rebirth Mountain and/or Victory Road. And even with the warmth, it's not really feasible for them to be in colder areas, they'd be using up more energy trying to stay alive. Again, it comes down to poor placement. I could come up with better wild Pokemon rosters in my sleep.

Btw, where does Sneasel hang out?

Giant Chasm, which is where the vast majority of Ice types are in this game.

[GoldCyndaquil]

Which is approximately 20 encounters... not that much...

If you want to get technical. That's just like saying that you'll get a shiny for every 8192 encounters. Every encounter has a 5% chance of being Riolu. I personally don't care much for technicalities.

[Bolt the Cat]

If you want to get technical. That's just like saying that you'll get a shiny for every 8192 encounters. Every encounter has a 5% chance of being Riolu. I personally don't care much for technicalities.

Anyone who knows anything about probability can tell you it doesn't work like that. Since every encounter is an independent event, there is no guarantee that you'll get a Riolu after 20 Pokemon or a shiny after 8192 or anything like that. It could be on your first try or your millionth try.

[Rampharos]

5% isn't so bad. Yanma in HGSS was a real pain at 1% :P