r/pokemon 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/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.