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GAME FREAK amassing army of Ponyta


You now have the opportunity to get some virtual collectibles from Pokemon developers GAME FREAK, for the low, low cost of one Ponyta. Junichi Masuda, director of GAME FREAK, art director Ken Sugimori, and battle director Shigeki Morimoto have put 30 Psyducks each up for trade on Diamond and Pearl's Global Trade Station.

From the 19th to the 23rd, and from the 26th to the 30th, any Ponyta offered in trade for a Psyduck with no preference for gender or level may net you one of the developers' Psyducks. If you're a jerk and you want a Ponyta, now would be a good time to put your Psyducks up for trade. Jerk.

Pokemon cheaters banned

And they do.A primary concern of Pokemon Diamond/Pearl (or, at least, that of this blogger) is the incredibly rampant cheating. In the past, use of an Action Replay wasn't a horrible offense ... your team would be uber, and a couple of your personal friends might be a bit ticked, but that was all.

These days, in the era of Wi-Fi, ridiculously impossible trades litter the GTS. What, you don't have a Level 100 shiny Palkia? Well, hmph, you can't have my Level 7 Munchlax, then. For honest players, or those that don't have access to hacking tools, such Pokemon would take days to train up and impossible luck/determination for one with shiny status. That's why we're happy that Nintendo is cracking down on some Action Replay users, specifically ones using the "All 493 Pokemon," "All Shiny," and "National-Dex" cheats. They will henceforth be banned from online barter.

Feel free to start a flamewar regarding the justification of cheating, by the way. We're pyros.

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