Tuesday, January 10, 2012

New Pokémon Team Theme Idea: Pokémon With Hats

I've had many different Pokémon teams in my years. I usually gravitate towards a party with at least one Ghost, Fire, Electric, Water, Flying, and a wild card of any other type I choose. My sister created a six-Pokémon party that consisted entirely of Miltanks. I have a new idea for a themed party. My idea is simple. I want to create a team of Pokémon that wear hats. Meaning, I will be creating a team not based on their strengths, but based on if they're wearing a hat.



You must be thinking that this is patentedly absurd. Or you think this is an awesome idea. The qualifications for "wearing a hat" are as follows: The Pokémon must look like it's very clearly wearing a hat. Admittedly, there aren't that many to choose from, but I've listed as many as I can think of after doing a thorough reading down a list of all Pokémon.


Thursday, January 5, 2012

How to Replace the Internal Battery in Pokémon Gold and Silver


There's nothing worse than turning on your Gameboy to find that your beloved and hard-fought Pokémon collection has been erased. In the second generation Pokémon Gameboy games, an internal clock has been added to the infrastructure of the game. This feature introduced the availability of Pokémon at various times of the day, such as Hoothoot at night and Pidgey in the afternoon. Due to the game mechanics suddenly keeping real time, as well as days of the week, the internal battery inside the cartridge has an average of a seven year lifespan. The first generation Pokémon Gameboy games have a fourteen year battery life, compared to the decreased lifespan of the second generation games. After the battery has given up, the save file will be permanently deleted, and it will be impossible to save a new game. This is a major bummer, to say the least.

Fortunately, there is a solution, albeit a technically difficult one. The internal battery can be replaced, and we'll show you how we did it.