Poll of the Day > Which Pokemon game introduced online trading?

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JigsawTDC
04/30/21 7:24:06 AM
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I'm writing a short story right now and one minor but important detail is the characters are unable to trade Pokemon with each other because they live far apart, like back when we needed a link cable with the Game Boy games. But I want to set the story as close to modern times as possible, so I want to use the last Pokemon games before online trading was introduced. I stopped in the Diamond/Pearl era and still remember you needed to be near a person to trade Pokemon with them (I don't think you needed link cables though? like it was down with wifi or something?) but I'm not sure if they introduced it later to that game because I lost interest super quick. I'm actually not even 100% sure that online trading is a thing in modern Pokemon. I'm just assuming it is because it seems weird not to at this point.
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trodi_911
04/30/21 7:25:45 AM
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Diamond and Pearl.

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FinalFantasyVII
04/30/21 8:17:35 AM
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This year is the 15 anniversary of online trading.
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Lokarin
04/30/21 8:20:19 AM
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Gold/Silver could do IR trading, or maybe you couldn't trade and the IR was just for Mystery Gifts so IDK

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TheSlinja
04/30/21 9:33:49 AM
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Lokarin posted...
Gold/Silver could do IR trading, or maybe you couldn't trade and the IR was just for Mystery Gifts so IDK
the ir waa just for mystery gift, online trading wasnt untill DP, and ir trading not untill black and white

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JigsawTDC
04/30/21 2:51:00 PM
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Damn, I'll have to set the story a little earlier than I wanted. Gonna have to change some details. Thanks!
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SpeedDemon20
04/30/21 8:37:49 PM
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You could make one of the characters not have a Nintendo Online subscription.

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JigsawTDC
04/30/21 9:07:56 PM
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SpeedDemon20 posted...
You could make one of the characters not have a Nintendo Online subscription.

Is that required to trade online? Because that could easily work for my story. One of the characters is from a lower socioeconomic status (the game and system are gifted to him by the friend he would be trading with).
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FrozenBananas
04/30/21 9:11:25 PM
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FinalFantasyVII posted...
This year is the 15 anniversary of online trading.

damn bro now Im feeling old. I only played the original and Gold and Silver before I dropped off

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ReturnOfFa
04/30/21 9:13:28 PM
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Ah boy, Diamond was the last Pokedex I completed. I traded Munchlax's for everything online.

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SpeedDemon20
04/30/21 9:29:01 PM
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JigsawTDC posted...
Is that required to trade online? Because that could easily work for my story. One of the characters is from a lower socioeconomic status (the game and system are gifted to him by the friend he would be trading with).
Yeah, if you want to trade online, you need the Nintendo Online subscription. That might be something you have to consider writing out, so it wouldn't be a solution ("DOH, MY FAMILY PLAN IS FULL. CAN'T ADD YOU." or "It's my dad's plan. I don't know if he'd add you on the plan." Or "Hey, I snuck into the family account and added you! Let's trade!" And then have the characters get busted and not be able to trade anymore).

You can still trade locally without Nintendo Online.

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CaptainStrong
04/30/21 9:41:47 PM
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The Japanese version of Crystal had online trading.
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DeltaBladeX
04/30/21 10:21:44 PM
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Judgmenl
04/30/21 10:25:10 PM
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Japanese Crystal like others mentioned.
Mobile GB
Was proposed to come to the west, but was eventually scrapped.

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faramir77
04/30/21 11:48:18 PM
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FinalFantasyVII posted...
This year is the 15 anniversary of online trading.

Wtf why do you need to remind us of this

That legitimately makes me feel old.

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