Ideas for different Ribbon Masters (post bank end of service)
Just like all of you, I am devastated by the end of Pokémon Bank support. One of the main aspects of playing retro Pokémon is that you’re able to bring these Pokémon eventually to the current version of the game. Ribbon farming underlines that process for me.
I do hope that Nintendo comes up with a way to continue Ribbon Masters as before, by either getting all the games in their Switch ecosystem or allowing some way of transfers. However, this seems unlikely and we’ll probably need to rely on support from modded hardware or adjusted systems.
I would love to continue to have a meaningful way to play the retro games, with regards to Ribbon Mastering. For my own copium methods, I’ve come up with a new way to treat Ribbon Masters. I don’t expect anyone to agree with it, but if like me, you’re struggling with the concept of not being able to get Pokémon from Gen 5 to Gen 6, Gen 6 to Gen 7 or Gen 7 to Pokémon Home, maybe this will help you.
First of all I consider the ‘old’ Ribbon Master the True Ribbon Master. All titles I’ve come up with here are in effect a smaller version of that. But they might be meaningful still.
Splitting the Ribbon Master Title
Disregarding the True Ribbon Master, it would be nice to treat Ribbon Pokémon who have obtained all Ribbons in their games as a special kind of Ribbon Master. This opens up possibilities for:
Advanced Ribbon Master (eg. Salamance the Advanced RM) by completing all Ribbons in the Gameboy Advance Games. Same goes for the DS Ribbon Master (eg. Garchomp the DS RM) who has completed all Ribbons on the DS Games.
The Generational (X) Ribbon Master by completing all Ribbons in a certain (or more than one) generation of games. This would work for Gen 3, 4, 6 and 7. A Pokémon could have more than one generation in it’s title (eg. Blaziken the Generational (3-4) RM).
The (Game name) Ribbon Master for people who like to play only a single game in the series. This would work for any game (eg. Mimikyu the Omega Ruby RM).
Maybe there’s even more titles possible, please let me know your ideas so this Ribbon Mastering may forever continue!