Pokémon (Not-So) Griefing Thread - Scarlet and Violet Released with 10 Million Copies in First 3 Days in Buggy States

[Archeops]

I don't how (did NoJ fuck up their times too?) but I'm pulling off Wonder Trades after 5 PM, I just managed to get a Japanese Uxie and a Shiny Turtwig named Twiggy.

 

[30+GameOvers]

Well, I ended off Gen 7 with a bang. I got a shiny Ultra Solgaleo, which is illegal outside of a one event in Japan. It's hacked to hell and back, it's Chinese and got all the ribbons(including the Mt Battle ribbon from Gen 3) but fuck if I care. I might have to trade it away to another game when I use the bank but that's about it.
I have no clue why the servers aren't down, but I guess I might do a little bit of trading in Gen 6 as well.

 

[Archeops]

Well, I ended off Gen 7 with a bang. I got a shiny Ultra Solgaleo, which is illegal outside of a one event in Japan. It's hacked to hell and back, it's Chinese and got all the ribbons(including the Mt Battle ribbon from Gen 3) but fuck if I care. I might have to trade it away to another game when I use the bank but that's about it.
I have no clue why the servers aren't down, but I guess I might do a little bit of trading in Gen 6 as well.

The current theory is that it's going down on a game-by-game basis, Mario Kart 7's online features are dead now.

 

[Squawking Macaw]

Nintendo updated the page to correct to 5 pm but it's way past that as well.

 

[30+GameOvers]

Error Code 002-0110
This service has been discontinued
Thank you for using this service.
(Gotten using Alpha Sapphire)
Welp, I guess I didn't make it. Let's see if Ultra Moon is still getting any wonder trades.

 

[Archeops]

Error Code 002-0110
This service has been discontinued
Thank you for using this service.
(Gotten using Alpha Sapphire)
Welp, I guess I didn't make it. Let's see if Ultra Moon is still getting any wonder trades.

I'm still getting Wonder Trades in Ultra Moon but I haven't disconnected from the service since I added in more breedjects from Bank.

 

[30+GameOvers]

I'm still getting Wonder Trades in Ultra Moon but I haven't disconnected from the service since I added in more breedjects from Bank.

/vp/ is theorizing that if you keep the console on, you can still connect.
I turned my off like a retard to use another DS to fire up Alpha Sapphire. Don't turn your DS off or disconnect from the service and you should be fine.
Man, this takes me back to Halo 2 days, when people would keep their consoles up for days and played each other until they literally burned out when the OG Xbox Live was shutting down. I wonder if we will see that again here?

 

[Kari Kamiya]

This is what I get for not keeping up on Pokémon stuff, had no idea the 3DS servers shut down today. Not that I used it, but that still sucks.

Secret Base QR codes can still be generated and scanned, right? That's not affected by the server shutdown?

 

[Squawking Macaw]

My Ultra Moon was just disconnected. Error code 006-0811, maintenance.

/vp/ is theorizing that if you keep the console on, you can still connect.

Seems to be the case, I disconnected my Ultra Moon briefly to get more breedjects ready and now I can't reconnect. Meanwhile my Y is still going strong.

Edit: My second 2DS just updated, WTF?

This is what I get for not keeping up on Pokémon stuff, had no idea the 3DS servers shut down today. Not that I used it, but that still sucks.

Secret Base QR codes can still be generated and scanned, right? That's not affected by the server shutdown?

I believe QR codes aren't affected, the same should be true for the event Magearna.

 

[Some Badger]

Despite getting breedject slop that I ultimately transferred to gen 7 and Wonder Traded there, I managed to get a Shiny Kyogre in WT in Y and an Axew with almost perfect IVs in a Heavy Ball in Moon. There are worse ways to cap off the fun, I suppose.

I already shut down my 3DS so I'm officially severed from the divine light of Nintendo Online for good, supposedly. Just gonna have to be patient for a replacement service...

I made a map with some friends highlighting every place that I got a wonder trade from (minus the box of Zorua). Pretty interesting, I think. Was very surprised by the Russian as I've never gotten an Eastern European before then despite how many Wonder Trades i've done.
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With the exception of Greece and Poland that one time, I've never encountered Eastern Europeans in WT. I just assumed that Pokemon simply isn't popular anywhere west of Germany. Itould be a cultural thing, but I imagine the people living in ex-commie states who play Pokemon are probably fluent enough to play the games in either English (or German), hence why X&Y don't have cyrillic among their alphabets.

People could also just be spoofing the listed region of origin in their 3DS manually, idk.

 

[Archeops]

/vp/ is theorizing that if you keep the console on, you can still connect.
I turned my off like a retard to use another DS to fire up Alpha Sapphire. Don't turn your DS off or disconnect from the service and you should be fine.
Man, this takes me back to Halo 2 days, when people would keep their consoles up for days and played each other until they literally burned out when the OG Xbox Live was shutting down. I wonder if we will see that again here?

Thirding this, I’m going strong on Ultra Moon on my main 3DS but firing up Sun on my modded 3DS failed to launch.

EDIT: I just got a blatantly-hacked Shiny Electivire named MA NIGGLING. Which one of you sent it?

 

[30+GameOvers]

I don't think I exaggerate when I say that Gen 6-7 had the best online experience out of all Pokemon games. Gen 4 and 5 had it, sure, but you have to remember how shitty and limited it was back in the day. Hell, with how the connection worked on original DS, some wi-fis couldn't even be read by the system, like my home internet, so I had to go to my local library like a dork with my DS if I ever wanted to trade something on the GTS.
3DS changed all that, not only was every connection viable like in any other piece of hardware but the games changed everything. PSS, Friend Safari, Street Pass, Wonder Trade, Festival Plaza and online battling that was better than ever. It was not only easily accessible by everyone, but an integral part of an experience as well.
Future gens on Switch not only require a monthly subscription just to connect, already limiting who can access, but the servers themselves are crap from what I heard, and many features are either limited or cut entirely. Wonder Trade might be the only decent online experience left, unless you really like Raids(which only work if everyone knows what they're doing, if some dumbass kid brings everyone down with his shitmon you can pretty much forget about it if it's a harder raid). Don't even get me started on Gen 9, which was meant to also seamlessly integrate the online experience with the main single player one, but the game is so broken that it barely works offline and breaks completely when you invite other players in.

This is an end of an era, not just for 3DS but for Pokemon as a whole. Well, I guess that era will technically end when Bank shuts down, but we're one foot in the grave already as of today. I hope we get fan alternatives that let us connect just like we got alternatives for Gen 4 and 5 DS online play letting you still access GTS today. Even then, 3DS games will only be a shadow of their former self. I felt it when the GTS was overrun with hackers and I stopped using it, I will definitely feel it when I can't connect my Festival Plaza online anymore or wonder trade whenever I come back to my Gen 7 games. These experiences will simply not be the same, I genuinely believe you were meant to connect to the plaza and level it up as you played the game.
Speaking of which, I guess all my guests the Plaza had are now forever trapped in my game, huh? Whoops. I guess that's kind of dark, huh? Hope the Rare Kitchen can feed them or something.

Edit: Found this on /vp/. Here is something for nostalgia's sake, the first proper wifi general with Gen 6:

 

[Some Badger]

Online has been discontinued for me on my Moon save. If it was an incremental shutdown, then it's already reached me on the East Coast.

 

[Archeops]

I got a Shiny Skorupi from someone in Canada but I’m starting to notice that I’m starting to see the same people on Wonder Trade.

It’s a sad sight to see.

EDIT: I just got a Shiny Smeargle, this one came from VC Gold and comes packing PokéRus. It’s probably hacked but it‘s nice to see.

Online has been discontinued for me on my Moon save. If it was an incremental shutdown, then it's already reached me on the East Coast.

If you swapped games at any point past the kill time then you‘re locked out of the servers.

 

[Squawking Macaw]

It's way past midnight where I live and at this point I'm only online for the sake of being online. Time to disconnect, farewell, 3DS.

 

[Archeops]

Nothing new so far, I did get a hacked event Delibird (it’s the one you could get for competing in an online tournament during ORAS’s run) for one of my Pokémon. If it’s not too hacked I may just use PKSM to give it the Ribbon it’s missing and transfer it to SV for the novelty.

Oh, and I have a box and-two-fifths of Pokémon left to Wonder Trade. After that I‘ll dig through my boxes to see if there’s anything I can Wonder trade without it hurting too much and then log off of Nintendo Network for the last time.

EDIT: And just as I post this I get a Shiny Empoleon. It doesn’t look hacked but I’ll double-check it in PKSM.

EDIT 2: I just got a Shiny Ribombee as of 7:32, it‘s OT matches the person I traded with so I doubt it’s hacked.

EDIT 3: I’m still finding trade partners it being 9:43 PM PDT but the quality of the Pokémon popping up has taken a nosedive, the last “decent” Pokémon I got was a Reshiram.

EDIT 4: Still trading as of 10:58 PDT, I’m starting to see more trade bots, I ended up getting hacked Shiny Paras, a Shiny Jirachi that’s based off of a Chinese event, and a hacked Dusk Mane Necrozma. I did get a Shiny Lopunny that appears to be legit though.

EDIT 5: Still going strong as of 11:30 PM PDT. I got another Shiny Lopunny with the exact same stat spread, OT, Poké Ball, level, and learn set as my previous one so I suspect they may be clones.

It's way past midnight where I live and at this point I'm only online for the sake of being online. Time to disconnect, farewell, 3DS.

Godspeed, Nintendo Network. You were a real OG.

 

[That Guy You Know]

With its closure, I sure wish that I played online stuff more, especially the GTS before it was molested. Was still a fun last few hours though which is a good place to leave it. It brings peace of mind that servers will probably be figured out for all these games and they will be playable online easily, but the charm will be lost for me as well as the uncertainty of stuff like the community around Pretendo.

 

[Archeops]

Ugh, I got a second hacked Shiny Dusk Mane Necrozma and I think it was from the same person too.

With its closure, I sure wish that I played online stuff more, especially the GTS before it was molested. Was still a fun last few hours though which is a good place to leave it. It brings peace of mind that servers will probably be figured out for all these games and they will be playable online easily, but the charm will be lost for me as well as the uncertainty of stuff like the community around Pretendo.

I’m actually a bit disappointed with Pretendo, you’d think that they’d at least get some work done on making the main line 3DS Pokémon games work to some extent on their servers but the only two games they have right now are Pokémon Rumble World and Pokkén Tournament.

 

[6MillionCoofs]

Anyone know whether the physical SV with the DLC has all the DLC on the cart and it’s just a game update that’s required?

 

[Helghandidnothingwrong]

I’ve been Wonder trading some old breedjects in X and I‘ve mostly been getting garbage, the only things of note so far is a Shiny JPN Doduo (that I’ll more than likely transfer to SV) and a JPN HA Turtwig packing Superpower.

Reminds me of when i got a shiny JPN Eevee in a wonder trade for a magikarp. Kind've felt bad after that.