Pokemonday's New Nightmare · 1:02pm Aug 31st, 2015
This Pokemonday blog post is dedicated in memory of Wes Craven
August 2, 1939 – August 30, 2015
Pokemon Shuffle
After catching all of the latest batch of new Pokemon and two of the new EX stage Pokemon (Terrakion and Cobalion), I spent most of last week farming EXP and coins. Yesterday, I finished S-ranking all the new stages, unlocking Cobalion.
Haven't caught Cobalion yet.
Today, Carnivine was added as another Try 'Em Items stage. Caught on the first try. Lugia has been added as a new 30 second Special Stage (not EX, Special, meaning you only have two weeks to catch it). I burned all my remaining coins trying to catch it to no avail, so I've gotta grind coins this week for another attempt.
Safari #1 is back, incidentally.
Pokemon caught: 290
* Main stage Pokemon caught: 1-220
* Expert Stage Pokemon caught:
Absol, Articuno, Blastoise, Blaziken, Charizard, Chesnaught, Delphox, Dragonite,
Entei, Genesect, Greninja, Heatran, Lucario, Mewtwo, Moltres, Raikou,
Rotom (Electric), Sceptile, Suicune, Swampert, Terrakion, Venusaur, Virizion,
Xerneas, Yveltal, Zapdos
* Special Stage Pokemon caught:
Arceus, Carnivine, Carvana, Celebi, Cherrim, Cherubi, Cresselia, Darkrai,
Darmanitan, Darumaka, Dialga, Druddigon, Electrike, Farfetch'd, Furfrou, Gabite,
Garchomp, Gible, Girafarig, Giratina, Groudon, Jirachi, Kecleon, Keldeo, Kyogre,
Luvdisc, Manaphy, Manectric, Mew, Pachirisu, Phione, Pignite, Rayquaza, Regirock,
Relicanth, Rotom (Fire/Water/Ice/Flying/Grass), Seviper, Sharpedo, Shaymin,
Shuckle, Sigilyph, Spinda, Spiritomb, Stantler, Starmie, Staryu, Tepig, Torkoal,
Tropius, Victini, Wobbuffet, Wynaut, Zangoose
* Special Stage Pokemon NOT yet caught:
Pinsir (missed)
* Safari #1: All Pokemon caught
* Safari #2: All Pokemon caught
* Safari #3: All Pokemon caught
Main stages cleared: 1-220
S-ranks: 220
Max combo: 113
Escalation Battle #1 level reached: 51
Giratina caught at: level 12 (12% catch rate)
Escalation Battle #2 level reached: 51
Cresselia caught at: level 4 (4% catch rate)
Escalation Battle #3 level reached: 51
Darkrai caught at: level 13 (13% catch rate)
Ranking Event awards won:
Banetteite, Blastoisinite, Blazikenite, Garchompite, Lucarionite, Manectite, Venusaurite
Pokemon X
I arrived in Kiloude City and had a look around. The main features of interest here are the Friend Safari (pointless since I already have all the Friend Safari Pokemon) and the Battle Maison (which I'll actually need to get some of the items I need to finish evolving a bunch of Pokemon).
Speaking of items and Pokemon: UGH! I put a Scyther with a Metal Coat up on the GTS to trade 1:1, with a note explicitly and politely asking for a Scyther WITH a Metal Coat for Scizor.
I got screwed. Out of an item that's incredibly difficult to replace. 
On the plus side, I managed to obtain some new legendaries, one of which--Ho-Oh--I got for a common waterfowl! I also evolved a Wonder Traded Scatterbug into a Vivillon I already had, and traded it on GTS for one I didn't. Sweet!
Before I did anything at all in Kiloude, I decided to tie up some loose ends around Kalos, beginning with catching Zygarde at the Terminus Cave. With that done, my next stop was Ambrette Town to catch a missing Super Rod fish on Route 8 and hunt for missing Fossils (Gen III-V) in the Glittering Cave. The fossil hunt was easier than I expected; within fifteen minutes I'd found four of the six I needed. The last two took a while longer, but eventually I had all six! Plus extras of a bunch of them and an extra Old Amber.
Somebody decided it'd be a fun idea to pass around a Magikarp named "Thx4urbiznis". There are some real jackasses on Wonder Trade...
I didn't get around to trying out the Battle Maison yet. All I really have left to do is the Unknown Dungeon, the incredibly obnoxious hunt for Zapdos, farming points in Battle Maison for the items I need to evolve certain Pokemon (if I don't just GTS for them), and praying I can GTS/Wonder Trade what I have left to find.
Next Monday will probably be my final regular update for Pokemon X.
==Wonder Trade Goodies!==
Level 100 SHINY Clawitzer with the following moves:
Water Pulse, Dark Pulse, Dragon Pulse, Aura Sphere
New Pokemon since last update:
Anorith (revived from Fossil)
Archen (revived from Fossil)
Archeops (evolved from Archen)
Armaldo (evolved from Anorith)
Bastiodon (evolved from Shieldon)
Carracosta (evolved from Tirtouga)
Cradily (evolved from Lileep)
Cranidos (revived from Fossil)
DEOXYS (GTS - traded Togekiss)
HO-OH (GTS - traded Swanna)
Hydreigon (evolved from Zweilous)
KYUREM (GTS - traded Entei)
Lileep (revived from Fossil)
Pidove (GTS - traded Fennekin)
Qwilfish
Rampardos (evolved from Cranidos)
Rufflet (GTS - traded Mandibuzz)
Scizor (GTS - traded Slurpuff)
Sewaddle (GTS)
Shieldon (revived from Fossil)
Tirtouga (revived from Fossil)
Tranquill (evolved from Pidove)
Unfezant (evolved from Tranquill)
Venomoth (GTS - traded Granbull)
Venonat (Hatched from Egg)
ZYGARDE
Pokemon I can presently Mega Evolve:
Ampharos, Blastoise, Charizard (X build), Gengar, Lucario, Venusaur
Badges: 8
Shinies: 4
Vivillons collected: 5/20
Current Pokedex: 680 seen
667 obtained
Champion party: Ampharos, Garchomp, Golurk, Lapras, Lucario, Talonflame
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Okay, fuck you 2010's.
if u still need that one butterfly, i still have it...
3360237 What pattern is it? I need to check it against what I've got first.
3360237 BTW, if you need any fossils, I can probably hook you up. I've got a LOT of fossils.
3360273 same one as before, the Polar pattern, im gonna be restarting my Y game, i think. gimmie a bit to save all my Mon to Pokebank that i want to keep then restart. we can have some fun then, since im challenging myself on this run. my Starter Pokemon will not be one of the Trinity,
3360289 Sure thing, no rush. BTW, how's a Deino sound for that Vivillon? I can attach a Root, Cover, Claw, Armor, or Plume Fossil.
3360331 that will work well, i will agree to that trade. as to the Fossil, surprise me...
3360331 although...im useing the character of Fluttershy as a base for this game...so that just adds comedy value...
3360370 Cool, stuck a fossil on it and set it aside.
3360331 hot damn, i found two more in my boxes while i was moving shit around, Fancy patter and Garden pattern...
3360399 Neat! I'll offer up...hmm...how about a spare Wobbuffet and...hmm...eh, something.
3360402 show me what u got, poke trade, Start Up!
3360402 got some trade evos in u got the time?
3360411 About to head to bed in a minute actually...kinda sick today again. Thanks for the Vivillons!
Why don't you have any Rumble World data in these posts?
3360635 he's already tried it. didnt care much for it.
3360635 Because I played Rumble World exactly twice and it's boring and I don't like it.
3360790 I probably will, but right now I'm ready to put Pokemon X away for a little while. I just caught Mewtwo. I'm more or less going to let it go at that...it's time to move on to another game now. All I'm really interested in is filling out the rest of the Pokedex, and at this point, I'm thinking spending one or two evenings a week poking around GTS/Wonder Trade is about all that's really worth when I have other games that need playing.
3360917 I'm aware of that. Even though that's not technically accurate (I regularly delete "story not updating today" blog posts).