[FL] Trading between FireRed and LeafGreen

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I assume it's true to say that while FireRed and LeafGreen cannot interact
with RS, Coli or Box until the National Dex is unlocked, they CAN interact
with each other. I deduce that this is to prevent you getting any monster
from 152 - 386 before you complete the game retro-style.

Are there any guidelines, therefore, about trading between two FL carts?
What I mean is, if one has the National Dex unlocked, what happens when you
try trading with a cart without the National Dex? Can you only trade
Pokémon 1 - 151? Can you trade at all?

Reason I ask is that I have both FireRed and LeafGreen, but currently only
one GameBoy. I want to play LeafGreen as much as possible, but I want it to
still be possible to trade starters from FireRed without playing the game
all the way through.

Related question: Apart from the choice of three starters, all other
decisions are between two, right? Fossils, the Hitmonguys. I'm hoping that
once I reset after trading Starter Two Of Three to LeafGreen, I won't need
to reset again to get the rest.

--
Steffan Alun

http://iceduck.pkmn.co.uk/ - my site
http://www.pkmn.co.uk/ - want Pokeyman?

Sapphire PokéDex: 201

LeafGreen PokéDex: 35

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"STEFFAN HEDD ALUN" <sha3@aber.ac.uk> wrote in message
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>I assume it's true to say that while FireRed and LeafGreen cannot interact
>with RS, Coli or Box until the National Dex is unlocked, they CAN interact
>with each other. I deduce that this is to prevent you getting any monster
>from 152 - 386 before you complete the game retro-style.

Until you get the national pokedex, you can't trade 152+, or any eggs at all
(even if they are of original pokemon). However you can trade the starters
between the 2 cartridges as soon as you get the pokedex (and capture a 2nd
pokemon).

There is one other thing that depends on your starter pokemon. After you
defeat the Elite 4 the first time, one of the legendary cat-dogs starts
running around. Of course if you have Colosseum, you already have all 3. But
it never hurts to have more.

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Yes, my friend at work has his NPD, but I have only just beaten Lt. Surge.
He and I traded back and forth just fine, and (since I work at a game store)
he and I both have taken a third copy and traded in the starters.


"STEFFAN HEDD ALUN" <sha3@aber.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> "Brion K. Lienhart" <brionl@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:S-SdndTTb8CZdf3cRVn-sw@comcast.com...
>> Until you get the national pokedex, you can't trade 152+, or any eggs at
>> all (even if they are of original pokemon). However you can trade the
>> starters between the 2 cartridges as soon as you get the pokedex (and
>> capture a 2nd pokemon).
>
> I understand this much, but what happens if one cart has unlocked the
> National Pokédex and the other cart hasn't? Will the cart with the full
> Dex be able to trade with the other AT ALL?
>
> --
> Steffan Alun
>
> http://iceduck.pkmn.co.uk/ - my site
> http://www.pkmn.co.uk/ - want Pokeyman?
>
> Sapphire PokéDex: 201
>
> LeafGreen PokéDex: 44
>

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"STEFFAN HEDD ALUN" <sha3@aber.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> "Jim Haidle" <dynatok@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Yes, my friend at work has his NPD, but I have only just beaten Lt.
>> Surge. He and I traded back and forth just fine, and (since I work at a
>> game store) he and I both have taken a third copy and traded in the
>> starters.
>
> Awesome, thanks for the help.
>
> I don't suppose you tried taking in some new Pokémon to see what happened,
> did you?

If you try to trade in a Poke from the National dex before you are updated -
you get 'this pokemon cannot be traded at this time' but all pokes in the
local dex work fine.