Enter Joshua, who managed to figure out that for every 256 steps you take with your Pokemon, it gains one happiness point. This means that in order to achieve the maximum 250 happiness points for your Pokemon, you would need to take 64,000 steps in-game, which is no small feat.* Joshua was determined to get his evolve on though and managed to find several spots in the game with moving floors, allowing him to take 13 steps every six seconds. He'd still have to sit there and do it though, right?
Wrong. Joshua set up a pair of wrenches to handle his meatbag hands' job and after a good night's rest, he woke up to find several super-happy, fully-evolved Pokemon. Way to cut corners, Joshua!
*We love puns.
[Via Joystiq]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
5-30-2007 @ 7:14PM
mathew15 said...
i play my ds in my class room and battle my friends across the room and i never get caught!!
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5-30-2007 @ 7:16PM
Lucretius said...
ya know, you could just tape down the buttons, do the same thing...some painters tape wouldn't even leave and sticky adhesive...just saying. :p
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5-30-2007 @ 7:43PM
ArashiUzumaki said...
That's kinda a shame though!
What happened to the sence of achievement when one of your pokemon finally evolved!
The best feeling a trainer can feel!
Hah
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5-30-2007 @ 8:47PM
DKong said...
There's a ton of other ways to avoid having to walk 64,000 steps that don't involve "hacking" your DS. There are a few hold items that greatly increase the amount of happiness gained per step. If you're loaded with pokedollars, you could also just opt to buy the vitamins (protein, zinc, hp up, etc), which can get a pokemon to max happiness after like 10 or 20 vitamins (which will cost a ton of cash, but if you have the money, getting a poke to max happiness can take like 2 minutes doing it this way).
Also, if your pokemon is a "cute" pokemon, it can walk in the Amity square and gain a lot of happiness points.
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5-30-2007 @ 9:29PM
Crass said...
http://www.ds-scene.net/forum/forum.php?topic=2956
'Nuff Said....
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5-31-2007 @ 2:02AM
Tweak said...
@5 - Crass
FTW!
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5-31-2007 @ 8:05AM
strider_mt2k said...
I like the hardware hack.
Extra credit for cushioning those jaws to avoid damage!
Two thumbs up! (supported by a bench vise)
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6-18-2007 @ 4:52PM
go13ninja said...
Cheaters never win in real life. =P
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