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    Pokémon HeartGold/SoulSilver

    Game » consists of 12 releases. Released Sep 12, 2009

    Remakes of the original Game Boy Color games, Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver are given updated graphics and gameplay on the Nintendo DS.

    Competitive Play?

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    #1  Edited By Lost_In_Gaming

    I recently bought Soul Silver for my DS, giving me a reason to actually play my DS for the first time in years. Apparently, things have changed drastically since I last played Pokemon (Ruby Version). Mainly, I found out about the competitive side of Pokemon and how much depth there is to it.  
    What I wanna know is where is the one-stop place on the internet for all my "competitive" questions? I sort of  know what EVs are and that there are certain builds for each Pokemon that people use, but I'm still very noobish and find my self checking Google for questions like, "should I forget/learn "X" move?" I have heard of Smogon.com but it seems they haven't updated their website for HG/SS. Any tips?

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    #2  Edited By The_Laughing_Man
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    #3  Edited By Lost_In_Gaming

    Not exactly. That seemed to just have a basic description of what HG/SS is. Check out  http://www.smogon.com/ It's more along the lines of what I am looking for, but it seems they haven't updated for HG/SS.

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    #5  Edited By conker
    @Kyreo:
    Ok, and after the sun blows up?
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    #6  Edited By The_Laughing_Man
    @Conker said:
    " @Kyreo: Ok, and after the sun blows up? "
    4chan would be our main pokemon source. 
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    #7  Edited By conker
    @The_Laughing_Man:
    K phew, I got worried there for a second :P
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    #8  Edited By Supermarius
    @Lost_In_Gaming:  that smogon place is good. You will probably notice that serious pokemon play does not actually happen on the carts, but in simulator programs. Thats because its too easy to hacks the cartridge and make insanely strong pokes.  Online simulators prevent hacking which is cool but i think pokemon loses alot of charm when you aren't actually using the pokemon you actually trained in game.

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