r/Pokemondiamond

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Currently fulfilling a childhood wish of completing the Pokédex in every mainline Pokémon game. Just finished gen 4 and got a full living Dex in Platinum. I've also completed all the national dexes in Diamond, Pearl, HeartGold & SoulSilver.

For Platinum and assembling the main living Dex pictured - this was nowhere near as tedious as finishing gen 3's living dex with the amount of games needed there (all 5 main games + GameCube games). Every Pokémon that could be obtained in Platinum was caught in game for this living Dex (including a legit Honey Tree Munchlax). The remainder were traded in from other gen 4 games.

After completing Platinum's living Dex, I worked on completing the dexes in the other 4 gen 4 games. I really wish there was a Pokémon Box equivalent for this gen. It would've made things so much easier!

It took a long time transferring Pokémon up from gen 3 (where I had completed living Dexes for each regional Dex in RS FRLG), thanks to the stupid 6 Pokémon per 24 hours limit. This was for the Kanto and Hoenn sections in Diamond & Pearl. Some Johto Pokémon were transferred up while others were from HGSS. All Sinnoh Pokémon were obtained in both Diamond & Pearl, alongside in Platinum for the main living Dex. This helped complete the DP dexes.

After finishing the transfers up, some Hoenn & Sinnoh Pokémon were touched traded from DP to HGSS to register the Dex entries. Combined with completing Johto living dexes there, this helped complete the Dex in those 2 games.

Fortunately, all the legendaries could be obtained within the 5 gen 4 games for the main Platinum living Dex, once I obtained the event Regigigas. Thankfully I was able to get the unobtainable mythicals using the DNS exploit, as I sadly was never able to get these as a kid back in the day.

Aside from the DNS exploit (which I don't really consider cheating), no cheats were used at all for completing these dexes and assembling the Platinum living Dex.

The platinum living Dex will stay in that game. Onto gen 5 next. It's been a while since I played a Unova game, so I'm really looking forward to it!

Hey everyone!

I’ve decided to start a pretty massive personal challenge. My goal is to beat every single Pokémon game using a completely different team every time. No repeats allowed!

I'm starting from the classics and my dream is to eventually make it all the way to Scarlet & Violet (and beyond). To make things even more intense, I’m aiming for 100% completion in every run—filling the Pokédex and finishing all post-game content.

So far, I’ve completed:

FireRed & LeafGreen

Emerald

HeartGold

Platinum

I just started my journey in Sapphire, and I’d love to hear your suggestions!

What are some fun, underrated, or powerhouse teams I should try for Sapphire? Also, if you have any tips for staying sane while grinding for that 100% completion, let me know!

Traded egg team. Only getting experience from trainers.

Lots of experience in between the last update. Doing Fighting Gym first. Vespiqueen should have this.

Team before Gym #2

Traded egg team. Only getting experience from trainers.

I don't think I should have much trouble here, but I will try to get some levels with Combee.

Team before Gym #1

Driving to Nevada tomorrow and decided to restart Diamond with the goal to beat the Champion by the end of the drive.

Decided to trade over a Cyndaquil (Zuko) as my starter. Excited for this journey. Got a couple ideas for other team members but most of it is unplanned.