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:You're right, you can trade/transfer just about any Pokémon to a fifth generation game and evolve it into any of its possible evolutions. But by that logic, every evolved Pokémon that's not otherwise available in should just say "evolve <previous species>, but that's not exactly useful information. So that suggests you can transfer a Bayleef from a SoulSilver cartridge to a White2 one, evolve it, and the page should say you can get a Meganium in White2 by evolving Bayleef. But it already says so at the top of the page that you get Meganium by evolving Bayleef. | :You're right, you can trade/transfer just about any Pokémon to a fifth generation game and evolve it into any of its possible evolutions. But by that logic, every evolved Pokémon that's not otherwise available in should just say "evolve <previous species>, but that's not exactly useful information. So that suggests you can transfer a Bayleef from a SoulSilver cartridge to a White2 one, evolve it, and the page should say you can get a Meganium in White2 by evolving Bayleef. But it already says so at the top of the page that you get Meganium by evolving Bayleef. | ||
:So the way these tables work, essentially, is to tell whether or not the Pokémon is a version exclusive, as in where you can find its evolutionary family in the paired version without trading for one. So the table should say Metapod is "only in White/White2," since the Caterpie family is exclusive to those games. [[User:Dimenticare|Dimenticare]] ([[User talk:Dimenticare|talk]]) 01:40, 9 August 2012 (UTC) | :So the way these tables work, essentially, is to tell whether or not the Pokémon is a version exclusive, as in where you can find its evolutionary family in the paired version without trading for one. So the table should say Metapod is "only in White/White2," since the Caterpie family is exclusive to those games. [[User:Dimenticare|Dimenticare]] ([[User talk:Dimenticare|talk]]) 01:40, 9 August 2012 (UTC) | ||
::People are not stupid. Version exclusivity isn't about whether a Pokémon can evolve in a certain game, as all Pokémon are able to evolve in all games (with the sole exception of Magneton/Nosepass/Leafeon/Glaceon in HGSS). Version exclusivity is about whether the Pokémon can be obtained ''at all'' without the use of trading. It doesn't matter if you're able to evolve Caterpie in Black 2, you still need to trade with White or White 2 to get a Caterpie, which makes Caterpie, Metapod and Butterfree all version exclusives. Saying that Metapod isn't exclusive to White 2 is exactly the same as saying Black Kyurem isn't exclusive to Black 2. Sure, they both can be obtained within the other game, though you still need to trade with another game to obtain what is needed to get them, making them both version exclusive. - [[User:Blazios|<span style="color:navy">Blazios</span>]] [[User Talk:Blazios|<span style="color:limegreen"><sub>talk</sub></span>]] 12:35, 9 August 2012 (UTC) | |||