If I ever got a Shaymin, I would trash it. Unless of course... it's new "form" doesn't look like a chia pet in Platinum (given that it receives a new form).
Yeah, I stopped using cheats on games that I enjoy years ago. My rule in gaming now is that you cannot use a cheat code unless you've beaten the game. A game is designed for the player to experience everything that it has to offer. Why use the knowledge of others to discover these things? Strategy guides are also junk for this reason. The only reason that I would ever buy one is for referential purposes (this is in particular relation to Zelda). Also, they feel like collector's items to me.
I agree with you. Cheating and strategy guides can ruin a game. That's why I only use cheats in
very special cases, or just for fooling around. That's what makes some old games so much fun; the glitches in there can be really fun. I would not have gotten Darkrai, Shaymin, or Arceus using AR if I weren't convinced I would never get them legitimately. For the past three generations, I have not gotten a single event legendary. Not one. I only got a Mew in Red from my friend's GameShark, and a Mew in Ruby by duplicating my friend's legit one. The same thing applies here; I only got it that way because I *thought* I would never be able to get a legit one. I'm sort of regretting that now, but at least I can get a legit one as well. I tried to get them as legit as possible without actually getting them legitimately; I entered battle and caught them fairly. It's still cheating, technically, but again...I wanted to get them and I never thought it would happen legitimately.
I got the AR for Gamecube and DS for the same reason I love glitches in old games; to fool around. I would
NEVER use one to beat a game. Just to exploit things like Debug Mode in Melee. Boy, is that a riot. Fighting on Homerun Contest is a lot of fun, and being able to play as Master/Crazy Hand, Giga Bowser, and Wireframes is fun as well.
But you get my point.
After I had already beaten every aspect of the game and collected 480-something number of pokemon, THEN I asked my friend to use his AR to get me the unobtainable legendaries for this game (Mew, Lugia, Ho-oh, Celebi, Jirachi, Deoxys, Shaymin, Darkrai, Manaphy, Phione, and Arceus). Now I have all 493 pokemon, and am quite pleased with myself. Of course, when I played in the Gamestop tournament, I had to release the illegal pokemon, in order to compete in it. It was worth it, because I won second place, and got that really cool Battle Revolution t-shirt for free.
Ah, I entered that tournament as well. I only got to the second round, but I wasn't even expecting to get that far. It was by a miracle that I got to the second round; somehow...it was either my Infernape faster than his Garchomp or vice versa, I can't recall. Anyways, I did
not think it would be quicker, but it was, and I won, by a small margin. 3 of my friends ended up entering as well; one of them had a really funny incident with a Bibarel (they lost, but they were fighting Scizor; they used Ice Beam, froze him by chance. They keep fighting, and use Headbutt. "Scizor was thawed!" Person controlling him says "Yes!" Then, "Scizor flinched!" Person controlling him says "You've got to be kidding me!"), one of them got to the Semi-finals, and the other came in first. They already had PBR, so they gave it to my friend who didn't (the Bibarel owner).
New idea for your post. Maybe there could be nominations for like. The best one in certain categories? Like, best fused, coolest idea, most fearsome, funniest (Pimpachu would win that), and the like.
Just a suggestion.
Pimpachu kicks *** by the way.
It's a good idea, but I fear that would make this too competitive. The awards would make some feel bad, some might be envious, some might argue over who really deserved the award...I think it would mess with the atmosphere. But it is a good concept.
Thanks.
EDIT: The results of the battle are posted!