>trading is a core mechanic on which the games are built one>despised by most of the fanbase
*despised by friendless manchildren
>>57184673Because it is there simply to sell more games.
>>57184673Not many of us had friends growing up.>inb4 hahaha, loser!Well, where the fuck do you think we are, "friend"?
>>57184710trade online nigger
I didn't trade with my friends because nobody ever wanted to do a fair trade. Little life lesson pokemans taught me early on.
>>57184719online was not for everyone since it started in gen 4, stupid zoomer
>trading is a core mechanic>NPC trades you a Haunter>it doesn't fucking evolve
>>57184719>"Oh, wow, another illegal 31 IV, comp distributed 510 EV shiny Arceus."When is GF just giving us a list request? That should cut the middle man.
>>57184756You already have that in Pokémon HOME, people will still ask for Ursaluna (Bloodmoon) for their route 1 junk.
>>57184756Please understand programming Pokémon is very hard. Which is why, for many years now, Pokémon HOME has people requesting impossible Pokémon for no reason
>>57184769GTS was already fucked up in gen 4, but i really find it hard to believe that anyone ever managed to use the one in Home, even for shitmons
it was fine at the time, literally one of the reasons the games took off, but the design philosophies that came with it have since become archaic and are now worse for the games overall
>>57184760Nah everyone just asks for GO exclusive Furfrou 90% of the time. The only other things that end up getting actual trades are Shinies, Exclusives (50/50), or Legendaries.
>>57184673>trading is a core mechanic>we haven't had a new trade evo mon in years>the version exclusives feel tacked on as an afterthoughtIf only it wasn't a developer's nightmare for one version to take place in an completely different region or have a completely unique roster compared to the other version so trading actually feels worthwhile.
>>57184798Those furfrou trades are impossible too. Go mons only get to level 50 and they’ll ask for 91-100
>>57184836At that point, dexit would make A BIT of sense. You can't get some Pokémon because is not their natural habitat, so you need to trade.
>>57184836Palafin isn't technically traded but you still need to go into multiplayer with other people. They'll probably make it a normal trade evo in future Gens.
>>57184857I mean hell even if you did manage to find one that was possible at Lv. 50, you'd just get a spoofed mon anyway. Hell I did a wonder trade randomly with some shit and immediately got a spoofed shiny scizor. I think there's only been 3 trades I've ever gotten that haven't been spoofed, it's quite annoying.
I cannot fathom someone ever wanting to use Pokémon that aren't theirs.
>>57184725Even if you had Wi-Fi back then it wasn't even a guarantee it'd work with your DS either.
>>57184877I mean, back in the old days it made sense, like card trading.Oh, wow, my buddy got a cool mon! And you are telling me it can have an exp bonus with some moves I never saw? And his ID may help me win some prizes in the super store's roulette? Let's do it! Let's trade!Now that everything is online, the "mystic" of traded pokémon is gone. Like, yeah, you surely got a cool pokémon. But the pokémon is either inyected, a "troll" trade like the woman in Snowpoint, or a shiny that you can catch/breed with ease because the pokémon you had was infected with the Masuda Method and you are carrying the Shiny Charm already.
>>57184899>Now that everything is online, the "mystic" of traded pokémon is gone. Like, yeah, you surely got a cool pokémon. But the pokémon is either inyected, a "troll" trade like the woman in Snowpoint, or a shiny that you can catch/breed with ease because the pokémon you had was infected with the Masuda Method and you are carrying the Shiny Charm already.Just goes to show that Autists ruin everything
