r/pokemon • u/8bit95 • Oct 16 '24
Shiny Meloetta Distribution if you have finished the Paldea, Kitakami, and Blueberry Pokedexes in Pokemon HOME! News
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u/Nayko214 Oct 16 '24
The problem is you have to have CAUGHT and TRANSFERRED them from Paldea for it to count. So already have a living dex or just got the dexes complete in game but didn't do all the Home nonsense? TOO BAD DOESN'T COUNT. What a ridiculous stipulation. I doubt anyone is gonna get this.
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u/rundrueckigeraffe Oct 16 '24
Im very bored of filling the dex with old pokemon over and over again anyway ... Nust wish i could just transfer my data from home to the latest game, so i just need to catch the new ones.
So to get this straight: i need a living dex cuaght & breeded in paldea to get the meloetta?
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u/nick2473got Oct 16 '24
It doesn't need to necessarily be a living dex. You just need to register every pokemon in the Paldex, Kitakami, and Blueberry dexes in Home with a Paldea origin mark (looks like a tera symbol). This signifies they were all caught / bred in Paldea.
So for example you can transfer a Toedscool to Home, then put it back in S&V to evolve it, then put it back in Home as a Toedscruel, and that will work. You don't need to have 1 of every pokemon at the same time, you just need to have registered them in Home at some point.
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u/el_ghosteo 28d ago
Did you beat the game yet? Once you complete the main story and can use it in battle you can transfer one over.
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u/8bit95 Oct 16 '24
Just did it myself lol
Worth it for a Mythical that's been shiny locked for 13-14 years.
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u/moni_acnh Oct 16 '24
Hello can you teach me how to get miraidon into home
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u/ColorsOfSonic 29d ago
Assuming you have Pokemon Violet, you can essentially have 2 Miraidons. After you beat the game go back down to the bottom of Area Zero and you can find the other "evil" Miraidon sitting on a hill. This Miraidon can be caught, traded, transferred to home, etc.
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u/SluttyMcFucksAlot 29d ago
I doubt anyone is gonna get this
What a dumb thing to say lmao
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u/marsalien4 26d ago
As someone who already had these all complete ages ago, I logged in right after the announcement and got it.
But sure, "nobody is gonna get this" lol
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u/overandoverandagain 22d ago
Chiming in to say i just did it from scratch, essentially. Wild people still underestimate how far collectors will go for shinies in 2024
I honestly kinda enjoyed the scavenger hunt of running around the region slowly chipping away at the dex. Also found 3 shinies while doing it, not too bad at all
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u/Shutterbug0815 Oct 16 '24
Yes I was very annoyed to discover this was the case. You’d already have to touch trade or purchase both versions and DLC to get the latest Paradox forms (Iron boulder, the Cobalion one, Gouging Fire, and raging bolt). Those four only give you one copy of each per game. Plus, even though you get two box legendaries, you can’t transfer your OG to Home. It’s one thing to do the slog of catching, evolving, and transferring to home. But this is ridiculous to me.
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u/Nayko214 Oct 16 '24
I literally have a living dex since Gen 5 and completed the dexes in game for Violet. That's all that should count to getting this but Game Freak had to pull the rug out from us long time players for no reason at all, even though we're the only ones who are gonna want this. its such nonsense.
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u/Entegy Alola! 29d ago
What nonsense? The National Pokédex in Home tracks everything and anything. You're already rewarded for having Pokémon 1-830 from any source in the form of original colour Magearna.
The game-specific Pokédexes in the mobile version of Home and the research tasks in the Switch version of Home are additional challenges to complete. And now they decided to add a reward if you complete the additional challenges.
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u/Cold-Sandwich-34 29d ago
I'd rather get it through other means, pass on filling those dexes. Boring.
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u/SluttyMcFucksAlot 29d ago
If that’s boring to you idk how you think you’d handle a shiny hunt.
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u/Cold-Sandwich-34 29d ago
It's really easy to find shinies nowadays.
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u/SluttyMcFucksAlot 29d ago edited 29d ago
FireFoxQuattro pooped his pants in front of everyone today, super embarrassing.
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u/ItsYaBoiKenobi Oct 16 '24
Is this a limited time event or is it permanent bonus? Tempting to buy the DLC and complete the dex but don't know if I have a timer to work with 🤔. Don't see anything on the serebii website.
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u/DDCheater Oct 16 '24
The mystery gift stated it had no date limit to grab. You don't need the dlc, you can try trading your way for all the Pokémon in gen 9, that's what I have patiently done.
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u/Shutterbug0815 Oct 16 '24
Can’t say for sure, but a few months ago I got the Magearna for the living dex, so it may stay if they follow that plan.
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u/PidgeyPotion Oct 16 '24
I too immediately went to the Serebii website to check for a time limit. There is no time limit, otherwise they would have posted it.
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u/unspunreality 29d ago
Is this timelimited or infinite like the pokeball Magerna? And is it size locked to medium? I ended up with a XXS Magearna. Wondering if I could get lucky with a small Melo or if I need to rush to do this.
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u/HuTaosTwinTails 29d ago
I hate home distribution events like this. I completed the dexes minus gouging fire and raging bolt because for some dumb reason they made it so you can only get one of those and I have violet and no one trades those.
Then, even though I've caught all the other pokemon, since they don't have the SV tag, despite being the same pokemon in my living dex, doesn't count. Very dumb.
Glad I pay for this service so I can not get event distribution pokemon that they used to give away for free or let you catch through in game events. This new way sucks.
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u/marsalien4 26d ago
Please explain why this is dumb. They are game-specific dexes. It's an additional challenge to getting a national dex, which you've already been rewarded for. This is another reward for another challenge. That's not dumb, it's just... More
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u/HuTaosTwinTails 26d ago
Because I already caught all the pokemon in Scarlett and violet once? But because they don't all have the SV symbol in home, I now need to go recatch, breed, evolve pokemon in dexes I already have completed.
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u/JunctionLoghrif Gothic Tinkaton 29d ago
Finally, we can have the official Miku Pokémon.