Transfer your old team(s)? Or let them stay where they were born?
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Transfer your old team(s)? Or let them stay where they were born? - Results (2 votes)
Yes, I intend to transfer because I want to use them again.
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Yes, I intend to transfer to complete the Pokédex.
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No, I don't think Pokémon should be taken away from their home.
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No, I don't find it necessary to bring in what isn't found in game already.
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Other (please post).
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Me and my boyfriend were having a rather heated debate about the need, or not, to transfer Pokmon from older generations up to the current games, whatever those games are at any given time. I'm of the mind that it's cruel to take Pokmon away from their native region (game) just to use them in a new game when you already have an abundance of creatures to catch, breed, or otherwise obtain and that it wouldn't be fair to rip them away from their original Trainer when you already have a team to use. I mean, what will happen to your character in the old games you transfer from when their beloved 'mons are taken away? Especially Legendaries! That's the whole point of them being in their native games. What is Diamond without Dialga or SoulSilver without Lugia? They're supposed to be there. His opinion is that it means he likes, or even loves, the Pokmon enough to keep using them game after game after game and that it's great to have the option to bring them with him on future adventures to come. He also believes I'm in the minority when it comes to not transferring. But it's not like I'd never transfer or that I haven't. I just think you shouldn't transfer your main team, Legendaries, exclusives, Event Pokmon, and other special ones that you can't really replace by just catching. Like, if I wanted a Hoenn Zigzagoon in my Sword Version I'd be fine with catching one or breeding one and transferring it because it's common in Hoenn, but not found in Galar. But I'd NEVER transfer my Starter from any game or my main team or a Legendary because they're meant to stay where you caught them. Also, I'm viewing this example from a lens of all Pokmon being available to add to any game after the National Dex is obtained. I know Sword and Shield are an outlier in this, but traditionally it was possibly before this.
And where does it end? Why bother even getting a new game if you're not going to try out the new Pokmon and form a new team? You're just using the same team over and over and over again without trying out what the new region has to offer. And it's not even feasible considering your old team is over leveled right off the bat and/or the ability to transfer is locked off until a certain point in the game. Not to mention possible Type changes, moveset differences, stat and Ability rebalances, and loss of features through items, like the Griseous Orb being locked to Platinum or the Soul Dew being nerfed. You'd have to completely rework some winning strategies that just don't hold up like they used to. Finally, once you transfer, there's no going back. It's so permanent and sudden that I just can't get behind it.
So, what do you guys think? Keep your partners where they're meant to be? Or transfer them ever upward and continue the adventure?