Numbur_9
You guys are all cheaters. rolleyes
It's no disrespect but AR's are just bad with Pokemon especially with the challenge of getting through the story. I mean, it's difficult without an AR but that's how it should be imo or you're just playing another Pokemon game really quick.
...Although I have occasionally used it for TM's at the game corner and "hard to get again" TM's though...but those suckers are impossible to get again let alone trade for with someone.
...I guess it does depend. lol It's already been made clear that hacking is fine (who's going to stop people anyways?) so long as users make it clear that they are using hacked Pokemon in battle, or are trading hacked Pokemon, which of course you can decline from participating in as well.
Personally I've gotten quite tired of having to defend myself in other Pokemon guilds and forums for hacking. Yes I do it and I do it a lot. Why? Because I have been playing Pokemon since 2nd grade, I have been through all the games at least twice over each, I know the levels, I know the battles, I know it all.
I don't see the point in wasting my time trudging through the game the hard way all over again when I just want to get my badges, kick the Elite Fours a** and get around to EV training and competitive battling with my friends IRL.
AR makes this so much faster and easier, not to mention I can EV train and have more Pokemon all around which makes it a lot more fun for me as well as my friends.
Although I have been taking my time with Platinum this time around. I am enjoying the new landscape and Gym designs for sure and Fantina kicked my Monfernape's and my Kadabra's butt in the 3rd gym because I haven't bothered to find codes for Platinum yet, at least item codes.
xp Anyways, I hope I'm not coming off as aggressive, but I do hope I've made my point.
@ Kiwijona: OMG yeah, Piplup looks unusually furry in their drawing. xD It cracks me up how well they made them look like Pokemon but how different they are when up close to get around the Copyright issue. Haha!