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Let's take a look at how the popular game of Pokemon lines up with God's word.
Um… no. It's weird to just force a religion on a fantasy world incompatible with it.
Pokemon teaches children to depend on "psychic powers"
Actually, no one in Pokemon ever does that.
and to trust in their "Pokemon" or "pocket monsters".
Isn't that good?
The "good" creatures in the game use their occult powers (which are forbidden by God),
What God? There's no equivalent of "God" in this world. (unless you count Arceus's role as a creator) And in this world, there's nothing wrong about their powers.
to overcome "evil" Pokemon.
WHAT??? DID YOU EVEN WATCH THE ISLAND OF THE GIANT POKEMON EPISODE!???? Besides, most trainers are "good," anyway.
Pokemon creatures show a power that is of a supernatural and spiritual source. Creatures such as Hypno, Mewter, and Haunter all display psychic powers.
Supernatural? No… Spiritual? No…
(unless you count the psychic type) NOT MEWTER
Just because these popular creatures are labeled "good" in the Pokemon game, does not mean they measure up in God's word.
Okay, so animals don't measure up in God's word…
To achieve your goals in Pokemon you begin to believe it's OK to cast spells,
As far as I know, no one has ever cast a spell in a Pokemon game (besides that channeler that made a space that heals your party) and no one can do it anyway.
use psychic powers,
No, the PEOPLE don't do that, the POKEMON do. At least some, but I don't even know if psychic powers are REAL anyway.
magic,
There's no magic. (unless you count the extreme wonderfulness of Pokemon's existence)
poison,
The poison used in the game isn't even fatal!
cheat, steal, deceive or kill others.
Okay, this is going over the line here…
You begin to believe these things, because many of the people who control our entertainment have lied to you, and have told you to believe that it is OK to take part in them.
Those people have NOT told us that. Who's the liar now?
Another false promise that the game of Pokemon teaches is that you can become your own "master".
Last time I checked, being a master meant being really good at it.
Did you know that all other religions around the world (except for Christianity), were brought into existence by Satan?
LIAR.
Most all of these religions teach that you can become a god (master).
ERNT. WRONG.
Remember the first big lie that Satan told in the Garden of Eden? The lie "ye shall be as gods". The Bible tells us, no one can become a "god" or a "master". This is a false promise. Satan, Adam and Eve all suffered terrible consequences for believing this lie and disobeying God.
That's different.
The New Age Movement theme can be detected once again throughout Pokemon. It is good to use your mind, but your mind should concentrate on good things, not evil things (see Philippians 4:8-9). When children play this game, many begin to get mixed-up between what is real and what is make-believe. The game becomes reality to them and pulls them into the story like they were really there. This is what the game was meant to do.
This would also be so for books, and every other video game in the world.
It is dangerous, because your mind is busy focusing on things that God hates, rather than on things God loves.
So apparently, God hates one man's imaginative dream.
Many children believe they have power at their fingertips, the power to give commands. This is magic
No. Many normal people can do that.
and it is a very destructive power that will lead only into Satan's trap.
So, being a leader is bad…
Did you know that those who call themselves "Wizards of the Coast" created the Pokemon game?
No, Nintendo did.
These wizards are calling themselves something that God has forbidden. Let me make it clear that God loves the person, but hates the practice of a wizard.
BUT THEY'RE NOT REALLY WIZARDS!!! Nor could they ever be.
These "Wizards of the Coast" are also the creators of "Dungeon's and Dragon's" and "Magic:The Gathering". These games also have many occult forbidden practices in them, that need to be avoided.
You just thought that because of the words "magic" and "dragons."
Overall, Pokemon is teaching you how to practice witchcraft and sorcery. It is teaching you to put your trust in Satan's occult forces which are in reality "demonic spirits".
Yeah right, as if. DEMONIC!??
Satan wants to attract you to these things by making them fun for you to play or watch on TV, while in a sneaky way, he draws you away from the true God who loves you.
Yeah, like every single cartoon on the planet! What are these guys on, (insert drug here)
Just remember, these things are not pleasing to a God that truly loves you!
Yeah, like fun, imagination, and happiness.
I pray that all of you who are addicted to Pokemon will decide that your Pokemon game just is not worth it!
I pray that your prayer doesn't come true.
Nothing is worth getting between you and God. If you are already a Christian, you must ask God's forgiveness from being involved in these forbidden practices.
FORBIDDEN???
Christians must separate themselves from these things.
If this is what being a Christian means, then I won't be one.
The Bible says in 1 Thessalonians 5:22 very clearly to; "Abstain from all appearance of evil".
Exactly my point. Where is this "appearance" of evil?
You see, God did not put verses in the Bible to disallow us from doing fun things, but to protect us from evil.
I don't think this is what God had in mind…
You must decide who you would rather follow; God, your loving creator or Satan, the master deceiver?
Well, God, but I don't see how this whole thing's message is "follow Satan."
Do you want to learn how to follow Jesus Christ the one who loves you and made you?
WRONG!!! According to Christians like you, GOD made us, not Jesus.
As a side note, I got the Johto and Kanto starters by a trade arranged at that previously-mentioned site.
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The reply link actually didn't exist at the time of those comments! I just added that this April.
You guys somehow made a response thread without using the response button… nice
Two words: trapping abilities
PD: I got the gen 4 roaming lol
Wow, I have no idea how I randomly missed a Pokémon. Thanks! It has been added.
You forgot Kubfu's evolution requirements:
-Kubfu into Single-Strike Urshifu: Interact with Scroll of Darkness in Tower of Darkness with Kubfu in party (Sword/Shield), Use Scroll of Darkness key item on Kubfu (Scarlet/Violet)
-Kubfu into Rapid-Strike Urshifu: Interact with Scroll of Waters in Tower of Waters with Kubfu in party (Sword/Shield), Use Scroll of Waters key item on Kubfu (Scarlet/Violet)
I love when babelfish sprinkles in these untranslated words
For the spanish part of the mew thing: tarareando means humming, mordiscando means biting/nibbling and maúlla means meows (the verb) (it basically failed to recognise Mew as a pokemon and misunderstood it with the verb "to meow").
It's pretty interesting, actually! The tiles on that coast (as well as the east coast of Seafoam Islands) are land on the left and water on the right, and in Red and Blue (and their Japanese counterparts), there's a small oversight that means it checks the right side to determine if this tile should have wild Pokémon encounters (there are always wild Pokémon encounters on water tiles) but the left side to determine what type of encounter should happen there. Since the left side of these tiles is land, those tiles are therefore defined as having land encounters instead of water encounters!
However, there are no land encounters defined for Cinnabar Island or Seafoam Islands or the water routes, so the bit of memory that stores the land encounters for the current area doesn't get set to anything when you enter those areas. Instead, like with some bits of the Mew trick, whatever data happens to have already been in that bit of memory previously will still be there, and the wild Pokémon encounters generated on those tiles will be based on that. If you were previously in an area with land encounters, such as the Safari Zone, then it will use that encounter data - only since you're no longer in the Safari Zone, you will be able to battle those Pokémon normally!
As for Missingno., that happens because when you speak to the old man who teaches you how to catch Pokémon, the game has to temporarily replace your name and back sprite with the old man's to show the simulated battle… but once that's done, it needs to put your name and back sprite back to normal. So, while the catching tutorial is happening, the game temporarily stores your name elsewhere in memory so that it can then copy it back over from there afterwards. And as it happens - much like in the Mew trick - the game will sometimes cheerfully use the same bit of memory for multiple unrelated purposes. In this case, your name gets temporarily stored in the same place it stores land encounter data - the programmers assumed that'd be fine, because there are no Pokémon encounters in Viridian City, and whenever you enter an area that does have Pokémon encounters, it'd copy over the correct data for that location first.
So, much like in the Mew trick, you've got two unrelated little programming oversights that come together: your name gets stored where the land encounter data is, and then if you go Surf on the coast of Cinnabar Island without visiting any locations with actual land encounters in between, the game will try to generate encounters based on the data that's still there, which now isn't actually Pokémon encounter data at all, but the numbers that stand for the letters in your name. Some of the characters in your name may correspond to actual Pokémon; others will correspond to Missingno. or 'M.
Missingno, safari zone mons… What is wrong with that coast?
Is sinistea here? Its pretty hard to spot a purple teacup when the tea part of it is already purple.
Thank you so much for this! currently doing a randomized nuzlocke and this has been so helpful.
This is really neat.
Also I was trying to get Meowstic since that's my day but Arceus will do lol.
I got…Dunsparce. oof
Perfect guide! Little dumb that you write up this whole walkthrough and proceed to leave out the one annoying part… the braille lmao.
Most people could’ve done this whole thing by themselves but you decided to leave out the one thing most people are here for😂
The only good thing about this movie is that for once, an "Evil"-type (in Japan, that is the name of the Dark type) Legendary/Mythical Pokémon that appears in the movie is not an antagonist.
No in-game situation has been discovered that corresponds to the mystery terrain condition, so it can almost certainly be safely ignored. If you do bump into results that seem impossible (failing to catch a Pokémon that the calculator finds to be guaranteed), please do let me know and explain the circumstances of the capture attempt!
Hay forma de saber si estoy en terreno misterioso?
It is, indeed!
Without using the Master Ball, you have two other options:
1. Roaming legendaries have a unique property in that they can be re-encountered, as long as they are neither caught nor defeated. If you chip away at their health or give them a status effect in one encounter, they'll retain that condition for the next encounter. So you can make cathing them a multi-encounter endeavor. After the first encounter, you can track their location via either the Pokédex in Gen III, or the tracking tool in Gen IV.
2. You can use, Arena Trap, Shadow Tag or Mean Look to prevent the roaming legendary from fleeing.
Note: In gen 3, fallen wild legendaries are permanently unobtainable. But in gen 4, a completion of the Pokémon League should trigger a revive of all fallen wild legendaries.
Note 2: There is a problematic bug in Fire Red & Leaf Green, specifically, where if the roaming legendary beast uses 'Roar' to aid its escape, it will permanently disappear from the game. All three beasts have the move. For that reason, you might want to strongly consider still using the Master Ball in FR/LG. Otherwise there are moves and abilities that can cancel out 'Roar' as well.
Various Shadow Pokémon have special catch rates programmed in, and the "Shadow Pokémon (XD)" option will account for those, but Lugia does not, so it should just use Lugia's normal catch rate of 3, unless there's some evidence otherwise that has not been brought to my attention.
I guess the ome question I have is regarding XD: Gale of Darkness?
Will this calculator give correct results for XD001 by just typing 'Lugia,' level 50, and Shadow (XD)?
Or might XD001 have some other unique property that might deviate it from a regular Lugia's calculation?
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