You have to link the Pokewalker to an authentic HeartGold or authentic SoulSilver cartridge in order to use it. You would then select a Pokemon from your PC box, for example Psyduck, to take on a stroll on a selected route on the Pokewalker. You can battle and catch up to 3 Pokemon on the Pokewalker via a mini-game of sorts and after you catch them on the Pokewalker you then would connect to the same linked HeartGold or SoulSilver cartridge same applies to any items to find on the Pokewalker too.

Additionally the main Pokemon (for example Psyduck) you transferred from your PC Box onto your Pokewalker you can use to help you battle and catch Pokemon on your Pokewalker, that’s one of the mini-games on the Pokewalker another mini game on the Pokewalker is to hunt for items.

All Pokemon encountered and caught on the Pokewalker are shiny-locked meaning you cannot get shinies using the Pokewalker. You CAN put a previously obtained shiny pokemon onto your Pokewalker from your PC box but due to there being no color display, think of it as a slightly more advanced DMG GameBoy screen but of course in a smaller aspect ratio.

Also Pokewalkers are not region-locked so if you wanted to you could buy a Pokewalker from a Japanese listing online, reset it and connect it to any language/region cartridge of HeartGold or SoulSilver so long as said HG/SS cartridge is authentic, if said HG/SS cartridge is not authentic then the Pokewalker will be not able to connect to it and therefore cannot be linked to it.

Pokewalkers cannot trade/transfer Pokemon to another authentic cartridge and items on the Pokewalker cannot be transferred to another cartridge either. Only the linked HG/SS cartridge can connect and receive the caught pokemon and found items from the Pokewalker.

Pokewalkers can connect albeit temporarily to another Pokewalker given both Pokewalkers have their own Pokemon onto it like for instance I have two Pokewalkers; one has Crackers the Psyduck on it (linked to HeartGold) and Meatball the Geodude (linked to SoulSilver) and every few hours at a time I can temporarily connect the two Pokewalkers to each other to have Crackers and Meatball have a play date and both Crackers and Meatball will be gifted an item for you to transfer to the respectively linked HG/SS cartridge.

Pokewalkers can ONLY be connected/linked to authentic cartridges of HeartGold or SoulSilver. They CANNOT connect/link to Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, or any other Pokemon game.

Pokewalkers cannot be used to evolve any Pokemon, and yes that does also mean that you cannot use it to evolve trade-method evolution Pokémon such as Gravler into Golem.

BONUS FACT:
A Wii U Fit Meter shell and LCD screen can be used as a replacement shell/screen for a Pokewalker as
Wii U Fit Meter and Pokewalkers are essentially the same thing the only difference is the ROM on the respective board on the inside behind the screen and battery slot. Both Wii U Fit Meters and Pokewalkers use the exact same CR2032 watch style battery and even the same battery covers. So if you happen to want a Pokewalker with a belt clip battery cover you can easily get a Wii U Fit meter that has the same belt clip battery cover from eBay for about $5-$10 and put it on your Pokewalker for very cheap!

^ Important: I would be VERY careful when doing transplant surgery on your Pokewalker if you’re gonna swap the battery enclosure from a Wii U Fit Meter with the broken battery enclosure on your Pokewalker. I’m not sure if there’s any special wiring behind it or not that would connect to the display and/or to the board so I would take things slow throughout the whole process. I do know the display (for both Wii U Fit Meters and Pokewalkers) itself is connected to the board via a thin yellow ribbon connector of which is rather fragile, it’s similar to the yellow ribbon connectors that are spiraled in the hinges of every DS, DS Lite, DSi, 3DS, and “NEW” 2DSXL.

^^ Additionally of course you’ll need a Tri-Wing Y0 screwdriver for their screws and a PH0 screwdriver is also needed for some parts.

For a complete list of requirements, criteria and more info for routes, Pokemon encounters on specific routes, items that can found and more in general check out this Serebii article here:
https://www.serebii.net/heartgoldsoulsilver/pokewalker-area.shtml](https://www.serebii.net/heartgoldsoulsilver/pokewalker-area.shtml)

You have to link the Pokewalker to an authentic HeartGold or authentic SoulSilver cartridge in order to use it. You would then select a Pokemon from your PC box, for example Psyduck, to take on a stroll on a selected route on the Pokewalker. You can battle and catch up to 3 Pokemon on the Pokewalker via a mini-game of sorts and after you catch them on the Pokewalker you then would connect to the same linked HeartGold or SoulSilver cartridge same applies to any items to find on the Pokewalker too.

Additionally the main Pokemon (for example Psyduck) you transferred from your PC Box onto your Pokewalker you can use to help you battle and catch Pokemon on your Pokewalker, that’s one of the mini-games on the Pokewalker another mini game on the Pokewalker is to hunt for items.

All Pokemon encountered and caught on the Pokewalker are shiny-locked meaning you cannot get shinies using the Pokewalker. You CAN put a previously obtained shiny pokemon onto your Pokewalker from your PC box but due to there being no color display, think of it as a slightly more advanced DMG GameBoy screen but of course in a smaller aspect ratio.

Also Pokewalkers are not region-locked so if you wanted to you could buy a Pokewalker from a Japanese listing online, reset it and connect it to any language/region cartridge of HeartGold or SoulSilver so long as said HG/SS cartridge is authentic, if said HG/SS cartridge is not authentic then the Pokewalker will be not able to connect to it and therefore cannot be linked to it.

Pokewalkers cannot trade/transfer Pokemon to another authentic cartridge and items on the Pokewalker cannot be transferred to another cartridge either. Only the linked HG/SS cartridge can connect and receive the caught pokemon and found items from the Pokewalker.

Pokewalkers can connect albeit temporarily to another Pokewalker given both Pokewalkers have their own Pokemon onto it like for instance I have two Pokewalkers; one has Crackers the Psyduck on it (linked to HeartGold) and Meatball the Geodude (linked to SoulSilver) and every few hours at a time I can temporarily connect the two Pokewalkers to each other to have Crackers and Meatball have a play date and both Crackers and Meatball will be gifted an item for you to transfer to the respectively linked HG/SS cartridge.

Pokewalkers can ONLY be connected/linked to authentic cartridges of HeartGold or SoulSilver. They CANNOT connect/link to Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, or any other Pokemon game.

Pokewalkers cannot be used to evolve any Pokemon, and yes that does also mean that you cannot use it to evolve trade-method evolution Pokémon such as Gravler into Golem.

BONUS FACT:
A Wii U Fit Meter shell and LCD screen can be used as a replacement shell/screen for a Pokewalker as
Wii U Fit Meter and Pokewalkers are essentially the same thing the only difference is the ROM on the respective board on the inside behind the screen and battery slot. Both Wii U Fit Meters and Pokewalkers use the exact same CR2032 watch style battery and even the same battery covers. So if you happen to want a Pokewalker with a belt clip battery cover you can easily get a Wii U Fit meter that has the same belt clip battery cover from eBay for about $5-$10 and put it on your Pokewalker for very cheap!

^ I would be VERY careful when doing transplant surgery on your Pokewalker if you’re gonna swap the battery enclosure from a Wii U Fit Meter with the broken battery enclosure on your Pokewalker. I’m not sure if there’s any special wiring behind it or not that would connect to the display and/or to the board so I would take things slow throughout the whole process. I do know the display (for both Wii U Fit Meters and Pokewalkers) itself is connected to the board via a thin yellow ribbon connector of which is rather fragile, it’s similar to the yellow ribbon connectors that are spiraled in the hinges of every DS, DS Lite, DSi, 3DS, and “NEW” 2DSXL.

^^Additionally of course you’ll need a Tri-Wing Y0 screwdriver for their screws and a PH0 screwdriver is also needed for some parts.

For a complete list of requirements, criteria and more info for routes, Pokemon encounters on specific routes, items that can found and more in general check out this Serebii article here:
https://www.serebii.net/heartgoldsoulsilver/pokewalker-area.shtml

For instance I like to give food names and food-related names to the Pokemon I catch and/or use for my playthroughs if I can manage to come up with one for example the Pokemon within my user flair for this subreddit are the following regardless of which game I get them in (not including regional forms/varients);…

- Cheese the Rattata/Raticate
- Cheddar the Pichu/Pikachu/Raichu
- Bubblegum the Slowpoke/Slowsis/Slowqueen
- Doritos the Doduo/Dotrio
- Gatorade the Totodile/Croconaw/Feraligatr
- Bug Juice the Spinarak (will never be allowed to evolve)
- Lemonade the Mareep/Flaaffy/Ampharos
- [I can never come up with anything for Wooper/Quagsire so skip]
- Choc. Chip (Chocolate Chip) for Giraffarig
- Hershey the Skarmory

Bonuses:
- For the Geodude line I name her Meatball as to me when evolved into Gravler and Golem they look like big meatballs 😂

- Crackers the Psyduck (does not get to evolve)

- In my SoulSilver and Diamond playthroughs, I’ve gone through the somewhat annoying steps to set up the Cute Charm glitch exploit, and I got myself a shiny Zubat in both games and name both female Zubats “Sprite” (both caught in Duskballs, neither will ever be allowed to evolve)

Sorry to the admins/mods if this isn’t allowed more or less just wanted to vent off some steam.

So just followed a tutorial video to unlock the event routes for the Pokewalker via the modified DNS settings including the special event route for Torchic.

My question is; is it worth it to hunt for the 1% Torchic and by extension breed it for a shiny female Torchic with my shiny Ditto???

I’d like to see if anyone has hunted for the 1% Torchic in their Pokewalker(s) and specifically bred for a shiny Torchic with it within HG/SS. Also, given I do decide to try it out myself I would name the shiny female Torchic McNugget, and she’d never be allowed to evolve.

I got the shiny Ditto from Pokemon Red (using the shiny Gyrados with Mimic that I got in Pokemon Silver) which I transferred from Red via PokeTransporter GB on an EZ Flash Air cartridge to Pokemon Sapphire from which I transferred to Pokemon Diamond.

Also if anyone is wondering why I want a *female* shiny Torchic, it’s because in my experience regardless of the gender ratio whether it’s 50/50, 1 in 7, etc. and regardless of the game every Pokemon game I’ve played including the Gen 4 games where I’ve used the Cute Charm Exploit where female shinies are the target encounters, about 90% of the time the RNG tends to give me male Pokemon so I like to catch, hatch and/or use female Pokemon only plus most opposing Pokemon with infatuation moves are female Pokemon so if you use female Pokemon yourself there’s a higher likelihood of the infatuation moves failing unless it’s like a male Buneary/Lopunny

Who here has at least one celebrity crush? For me it’s Amy Lee (of course lead singer of Evanescence), Kat Dennings (who played Max Black in 2 Broke Girls), and Mayim Bialik (who played as Amy Ferrafowler on The Big Bang Theory), Aubrey Plaza, and Kathryn Hahn 😅🫣

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Since updating to MacOS 26.5 that was just released by Apple, OBS version 32.1.2 has become a bit unstable/broken in that the locked docks for YouTube streaming related docks are not staying whenever I force close OBS on my MacBook Air. Each time I force close OBS and reopen it I have to sign into my YouTube account in the streaming section of OBS’s settings, then do that again separately on the YouTube Live Control Panel dock and reapply the YouTube live chat dock as that disappears altogether after force close and reopen of OBS.

Before MacOS 26.5 was released I was on MacOS 26.4.1 with OBS 32.1.2 and the above issue did not happen at all.

I have the HD60X and the 4KX and while I get video just fine in OBS, audio does not appear at all. Neither Elgato capture card shows up as an option for the audio input capture drop down menu. I have already tried Elgato’s support via email a while back (like last year or whatever) but they stopped responding to me altogether. The last email I received was that they were going to send me replacement units even though both capture cards work just fine on my MacBook Air.

There are a number of programs that are not supported on MacOS but are on Windows, hence why I’d like to get the capture cards to work on my windows laptop.

If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated!
For reference my windows laptop is the ACER Nitro v15 with AMD Ryzen 5 7000 series & NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX and my MacBook is the MacBook Air M2 Chip (15 inch, 2023 model). Everything on both are up to date for software and drivers.

I have downloaded Elgato Studio and Elgato 4K Capture Utility and again I get video but no audio whatsoever on the windows 11 laptop.

1: if a mutant were to eat another mutant for example Tiger Claw were to eat Fish Face, would that cause Tiger Claw to double mutate? Surely there’s mutagen within every mutant’s bloodstream (as we have seen in Pigeon Pete, Professor Cluckingsworth and Super Shredder with enlarged veins) so that would cause another mutation to occur right?

2: Additionally, we’ve seen double mutation occur within Leo in the Post Mutagen Bomb Apocalypse and Bradford. So how many times can someone or something be mutated? Would they continuously mutate or would they eventually die after a certain number of mutations?

3: Additionally additionally; if Donnie’s retro mutagen can de-mutate a single-stage mutant (with just a single drop surprisingly enough as seen with April’s Dad’s bat mutation) could the same be applied to a multi-stage mutant?