Hi all, please skip to 1. for actual questions
I have been playing Pokémon for a very long time, and after taking a lengthy hiatus since purchasing my last games, HeartGold and SoulSilver, I finally purchased my new 3DS XL along with X and Alpha Sapphire. I was excited rejoin and experience these games as prior to quitting them I counted in my collection all Generation III & IV core series games, with multiple copies of most games. In anticipation of transferring many pokés to Gen VI and capitalizing on my numerous saved wondercards and uncaught legendaries, I also bought Black 2 and Pokemon Box to complete the transfer chain. Being very much interested in the trading/competitive scene and having patience to master RNG manipulation that I lacked before quitting, I successfully RNGed a handful of viable and valuable pokés with ease that I definitely intend to use or trade.
I was aware that Pokemon Bank has a 'legality checker' and began to question if my pokés, saved wondercards and time spent manipulating RNG would be wasted as I read horror stories of people around the web claiming their 'legit' event pokés were rejected. I can't know if every poster is truthful in their claim, but all of my pokemon and wondercards are definitely legitimate and I attended/ downloaded all of the events myself. So if any of my legitimate pokés are rejected or unusable due to the subtleties of Pokemon Bank's legality checker or the game mechanics of XY & ORAS, I would like to know so I don't waste my time RNGing them.
- Which of the following event Pokémon would restricted from entering Pokemon Bank through Poke Transfer from my Gen IV games?
TRU Regigigas, TRU Arceus, GAMESTP Pichu, GAMESTP Jirachi, SMR2010 Jirachi, FAL2010 Mew, Manaphy Egg(transferable wondercard from Pokemon Ranger), Oak's Letter Shaymin, Member Card Darkrai
- Are all Pokemon that can be legitimately RNG manipulated in Gen IV(for IV's/nature and/or shininess), including possibly legitimately shiny events like the Oak's Letter Shaymin and Member Card Darkrai, allowed into Pokemon Bank?
- I've heard some rumor that the Pal Park feature in Gen IV can mess up or corrupt Pokemon data, causing them to be flagged as illegal by Pokemon Bank. I've also dabbled in Gen III RNG manipulation. Will my legitimate pokés be rejected?
- What about Gen III events? I own Eon Tickets and the Jirachi bonus disk. What about Ageto Celebi?
- What about Colosseum/ XD Pokemon with unique moves, like my psycho boost Lugia?
- Are any of my Pokemon restricted by date in any way? Must the date I actually redeem the wondercard Pokemon from the delivery guy, or capture the event Shaymin/Darkrai on my DS coincide with the distribution date of the actual wondercard? Or can I safely receive/encounter my Pokemon on any time/date?
- What kind of gameplay restrictions are there for these Pokemon in a Gen VI game? What are older pokés/ events unable to do that pokés with the blue pentagon can do?
- Where on Smogon can I read more about similar topics?
- I'm new to these forums, how/where do people trade on here?
- Where should I go ask these questions if this isn't the right place?