By Justin V.
The time has come! After many months of anxious anticipation and patient waiting, the legendary pokémon Darkrai will finally be available to the general public! On May 31st (Saturday) and June 1st (Sunday), every participating Toys R Us will be handing out “Inn Keys” that will help you unlock the highly desired Darkrai in-game. From Noon to 4 pm, Toys R Us will be handing out these “Inn Keys” in order to promote the release of the newest Pokémon DVD on May 27th: The Rise of Darkrai.
Darkrai is a purely Dark-Type pokémon that has a particularly high stats in Special Attack and Speed. His special ability is “Bad Dreams,” constantly reduces a sleeping opponent’s HP. This ability compliments his signature technique: “Dark Void”, which has 80% accuracy (10% higher than Hypnosis), and automatically puts every opposing pokémon to sleep.
So, for all you virtuous non-hackers out there, you can finally get your hands on this master of nightmares!
For the entire month of April, we would like to celebrate a milestone for The Pokémon Times. In the month of March the website was viewed by over 5000 people! A big thank you is in order for all of our readers/viewers/listeners, new and old. Thanks, also, to all of our staff members for creating the excellent content that makes this site great!
We’ll see you at 10,000.
By Jeremy Sheer
Imagine you are having a Pokémon battle. You throw out Dialga. Your opponent throws out a tyranitar. ‘This should be an easy win for me,’ you think. You command Dialga to use Roar of Time. However, the move only cuts Tyranitar’s HP down by 5. ‘What in the world?’ you think to yourself. Tyranitar is then is commanded to use Crunch – only this time, Crunch knocks out your Dialga in one shot. How can this be?
Welcome to the world of hacking! ‘Hacking,’ in the world of Pokémon, is to manipulate or change certain parts of the game by using third-party software like Action Replay, Gameshark, Pokesav, which are not endorsed by Nintendo.
Hacking in Pokémon has been around since the start of the series. But when Diamond and Pearl allowed players to battle and trade pokémon online, the new online features lost some of their appeal because of hacking. Many trainers believe hacking is fine. “You’re not hurting anybody,” they say. In reality, hacking can ruin the enjoyment and replay value of the game.
Many hackers also claim that if you use an ‘über’ pokémon, they will have a fit or stop playing the game. Übers are more legitimate than hacked pokémon, since they are endorsed by Nintendo, but the company will not allow them in tournaments. Hacking has left many fans frustrated because they are beaten easily when their opponent doesn’t deserve to win. more…
This week we discuss hacking within the Pokémon games with our guest, Victory Saber.
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WTDP – Digimon World Dawn and Dusk
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