Official Black 2 & White 2 Help thread

[Kanethedragon]

You can't even transfer Pokemon if you don't have save data on the file.

And yes, you could hold off on transferring until you had all of the legendaries.

Oh, okay thanks.

[varanus_komodoensis]

Do the Hidden Grotto Pokemon have fixed genders, or can I soft reset for a female?

[Shine]

Do the Hidden Grotto Pokemon have fixed genders, or can I soft reset for a female?

The gender is fixed, but the Nature and IVs are not.

To get the one with different gender you have to wait until it spawns again and hope this time it's the correct gender.

I'm wondering something about the Serene Grace Deerling that you get in Route 6 from that scientist.
Does it have a fixed nature? Because on my Black 2 I got a Jolly natured female and my sister also got a Jolly natured male on her Black 2.
I looked on Serebii, but it didn't list a nature for it.

Just pure luck. The Nature isn't fixed. I soft reset for a female one and keeps getting different Natures.

[thekorean]

I assume people dont really care about personality and IV training at the beginning of the storyline?

[varanus_komodoensis]

I assume people dont really care about personality and IV training at the beginning of the storyline?

I kind of do. I don't care as much what my team members' natures are, but I still care enough to have their natures at least be decent, or not debilitating. For example, if I'm raising a Gible on my team and I catch one that has a nature that reduces Attack or raises Special Attack, I will catch another one that doesn't have a nature that is completely useless. I'll use neutral natures and natures that I normally wouldn't (my Lucario has a Lonely nature, whereas the one I use competitively is Adamant) on a competitive team. And I certainly don't care about EVs and IVs on my in-game first-runthrough team.

[malakasfcp13]

Hello all
Yesterday, finally i got the White 2 game and i didnt want to start before i got a shiny tepig. Since this game is quite different at its beginning, meaning that you dont battle after you receive your pokemon and you can just press X and see the pokemon in your menu, how would you hunt for it? it may be a really stupid question but since these things take time i dont want to waste it! thank you in advance
p.s. i mean am i doing right not to wait for the battle and just see the pokemon in the menu? or i must battle in order for it to be right (this seems to me highly unlikely)

[Hydrohs]

Hello all
Yesterday, finally i got the White 2 game and i didnt want to start before i got a shiny tepig. Since this game is quite different at its beginning, meaning that you dont battle after you receive your pokemon and you can just press X and see the pokemon in your menu, how would you hunt for it? it may be a really stupid question but since these things take time i dont want to waste it! thank you in advance
p.s. i mean am i doing right not to wait for the battle and just see the pokemon in the menu? or i must battle in order for it to be right (this seems to me highly unlikely)

You can tell if a Pokemon is shiny in its summary page, there's no need to battle.

[malakasfcp13]

Perfect. As i thought. Thank you very much

[Dangertrout]

2 questions:
1) Can you fire people from Join Avenue? I wish to replace my barber and can't find a way to remove him.
2a) How do the keys work exactly? I just got a key for Easy Mode in W2 and I'm wondering what to do with it.
2b) What do I need to do to unlock the Challenge Mode?

[Ynia]

1) Recruit another person if your slots are already filled, and you can replace your barber that way.

2a) You can go to the Unova Link (from the main menu) and activate your key from there. I dunno how it affects your in-game, like I don't know if it means you can rebattle the Gym Leaders, go through the story again, or what. You can share the key with others via the IR funtion. (Can't be shared over wi-fi, unfortunately.

2b) You need someone, or a second DS, and a Black 2 save file that has beaten the E4 and Champion, then you can give/receive the Challenge Key using IR.

[Dangertrout]

so the key is mainly for other games then. i've beaten the E4 and only got one key on white 2 (easy mode key) does that mean i need to beat the E4 a second time to get the Challenge Mode key?

[TotalPotato]

No. You can only unlock the Challenge Mode key by defeating the Elite Four in Black 2.

[Dangertrout]

hmm. ok, and do the keys stay only on the version they were obtained, or can i send the challenge key to white2, reset black2 and then use the challenge key on it from white2?

[TotalPotato]

No, you can only send keys from the game you unlocked them on. So you can receive the Challenge Key in White 2 from your Black 2, but you can't then send it back to Black 2.

[Dangertrout]

ok. ultimately, i'm trying to figure out how i'm going to engage in nuzlocke challenge on challenge mode in Black 2. I assume keys get deleted if you reset your game, so... can i use a key from a friends Black2 on my own Black2?

[TotalPotato]

Yes, you can do that.

[Dangertrout]

alright, last question. do the keys get consumed when you use them? I assume they don't, but if I'm using someone else's key I should make sure

[TotalPotato]

The player who sends the key doesn't lose the key they send. Once you unlock a key in the game, you can't lose it (unless you delete your save file).

[Dangertrout]

awesome. thanks a bunch =)

[stocking101]

Hello everyone,

I was wondering how pal pad registered friends worked with Join Avenue. None of my pal pad friends show up in Join Avenue (we have traded). I was wondering if that's intended or there is some other requirement that needs to be fulfilled. Any info is appreciated. Thanks.