PokePoindexter

For the last week or so I've been trying to get a Timid, Near-perfect-IV Vulpix to show up in the Hidden Grotto in the Abundant Shrine in Black 2. I've been looking everywhere and trying everything (including Hozu's article on Smogon), and I am completely lost right now. I've made it past the first part and got the Vulpix to appear, but I can't seem to figure out a way of adjusting the Nature or IVs. Here are the questions I have: *Do the frames start at a specific number when you load the game or are they controlled by how many saves/Chatot sounds you've done during the course of the whole game? Additionally, are there any other ways to advance the frames besides those two? *Do I have to readjust my DS Clock's time to load the game at the same time and date as was on the seed that I was able to successfully put the Vulpix into the Grotto with? (I use a DS Lite, BTW) *Do I start by going for the Nature and then the IVs afterward, or is there a way of going for both simultaneously? I'm very new to RNG manipulation, so I apologize if there's some obvious thing I'm overlooking. Any help is appreciated.

So they have a new Eeveelution out now. Has a color palette that reminds me of Milotic, so maybe it'll evolve from Eevee in a similar manner, where you have to max out its Beauty stat or something. That said, I like it, but Umbreon's still tops.

Since I've always loved Vulpix and Ninetales, I'm a little dismayed to see them shoved aside, but Fennekin is just too adorable, so I'll forgive him. That said, either Fennekin or Froakie will be my most likely pick. Not too sure about Chespin yet.

I know this is a slight bump, but I thought I'd go ahead and share some of my opinions of the game thus far. At this point, I'm a bit too lazy to do much else besides review the six Pokemon that are part of my team and how good I think they are in-game (in general, that is, not the specific versions of these Pokemon I have):

Some of mine: Carnivine: Audrey II (named after the flytrap in Little Shop of Horrors) Lucario: Anubis (named after the jackal god of the same name) Cobalion: Athos (named after the character of the same name from the Three Musketeers) Sawk: ROCKmSOCKm (for some reason, both he and Throh remind me of those Rock 'em Sock 'em toy robots; probably because one's red and the other's blue) Sceptile: Grassilisk (Portmanteau of Grass and Basilisk) Kingler: Oh, Krab! (I don't think this one needs explaining) Elemental Monkeys from Black and White: SageNoEvil, SearNoEvil, PourNoEvil (Named respectively after the three monkeys who "Hear/See/Speak no evil") Chatot: Elvis (Because of Chatter) Drapion: Eurypterid (A gigantic prehistoric scorpion that Drapion is probably based off of) Honchkrow: Al Capone (Another one I don't think needs much explaining) Magikarp: Seafood (Yep...it's a piece of seafood that can splash over a mountain) Abomasnow: Obamasnow (I can't help it; they sound very similar to one another. I have plenty of jokes to make about Romney too.) Espeon: Bonbon (named after my cat ) Umbreon: Outlaw (named after my other cat )

I have just one question: Is the Abundant Shrine accessible before beating the main game? It seems like every walkthrough ignores this place, so I'm currently convinced you can't, but the levels of the wild Pokemon (according to Serebii) in that area are all about the same as the ones on the outlying route.

Ninetales gets Foul Play? Sweetness! Frankly, I always thought Umbreon would benefit from this too, but I guess he would be expected to be able to use it if it became a MT move, since he's a Dark-type himself.

If I'm not mistaken, mine was a Geodude.

I think the Kyurem forms are gonna have a lot to do with the frozen part of Unova.

All I can say is that the more I hear about the storyline of this game, the more I like it.

Well, if we're altering base stats as well, I'd rearrange those of a specific Eeveelution: Flareon: I've given up trying to get Flareon to gain access to Flare Blitz; ever since Darmanitan came, Flareon's last hope to be the best Physical Fire-type has gone.

A female left-handed guitarist for a gym leader?! Sweetness! Now us musicians can finally be properly represented in the Pokemon world. (Albeit I'm a man and play bass - and right-handed - but it's close enough)

I use it if I run into Lati@s.

Empoleon tobogganing into an opponent as a battle move sounds wickedly cool. Here's another:

Yeah, I guess Dark Void is out of place on Umbreon. Maybe Hypnosis instead. Foul Play certainly fits him better than any other current user; Krookodile and Zoroark should use their own Attack stats rather than relying on the opponent's. Got another one here: [HGSSSPRITE]038[/HGSSSPRITE]