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    Game » consists of 16 releases. Released Oct 12, 2013

    The first Pokémon games on the 3DS and the first to be released simultaneously worldwide.

    Communication Error in GTS

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    PandaBear

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    So 80% of my trades in the GTS end in a "Communication Error" where I have to press the 3DS power button to close Pokemon, got back to the system menu and start the game again. It's almost like the 3DS equivalent of the blue screen of death. Does this happen to anyone else? I'm wondering if it's a router settings thing? Or is it a common bug?

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    #2  Edited By alanm26v5

    It's happened to me, at first a lot but less so over time. Or maybe it's server time of day related. Turning off the search filter once you find what you're looking for was suggested and seems to help.

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    #3  Edited By Pugtato

    Yeah, I don't think you can use the filter that only shows trades asking for Pokemon you have. That worked for me.

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    Friend of mine was having a similar issue a few days ago: he could Wonder Trade all he wanted, but whenever he tried to use the GTS it would end in a communication error. It didn't soft-lock his game like yours, though.

    I personally have never had any communication errors of any kind.

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    Strange. I've done a fair amount of GTS trading and it hasn't happened to me at all.

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    It's happened to me, at first a lot but less so over time. Or maybe it's server time of day related. Turning off the search filter once you find what you're looking for was suggested and seems to help.

    That's probably it ... I filter by Pokemon I actually have. I guess I'll just wade through the unreasonable "trade me a lvl 1 Mewtwo for a Magikarp"... that's a slight exaggeration haha

    Anyway, thanks everyone. (And for the record I can Wonder Trade no problems, same with direct trading... it's just GTS)

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    I've done over 50 GTS trades, apparently, and I've never seen this once.

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