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Thank you, and have a good time editing here! --MoldyOrange 23:30, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
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For a full crash course on link templates, look at the list of link templates. ----The Kkllnnator サンタクロース 20:27, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
Grats
Congrats on the Gen III pokedex, I don't blame you for cheating on gettin g the ones you did it's rediculus for nintendo to think that just any person can visit all the nintendo events to get those. Does your mew/Deoxys listen to you? I'm just wondering if the cheat you used bypasses that flag issue that makes them not listen -- D558 06:41, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks! I live in Canada, so I couldn't even attend the events if I wanted to. All of my cheat Pokémon obey me, I've even trained my Mew quite a bit (lv. 68-ish) and my Deoxys a little, too. For Mew and Deoxys I just cheated to get the event item in my inventory, but for Celebi and Jirachi I just used the wild Pokémon modifier, and they obey me, too. Zesty Cactus 15:07, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
- cool, I live in Canada as well so, along with me not really wanting to be at a convention with such big crowds of overwhelming fans, it is nearly impossible for me to get such exclusive pokemon. -- D558 16:05, 17 July 2009 (UTC)