I got a shiny Rayquaza over Wondertrade. I noticed it didn't have the blue pentagon next to it. I've been told that's the sign of a hacked pokemon. Will it hurt my game in anyway because I have it?
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On the Pokemon status screen, underneath the Pokemon and to the left of the custom markings, is a small blue pentagon:  This doesn't seem to be present on Pokemon obtained through the Pokemon Transporter from Gen V:  I've looked into it myself, and popular opinion seems to be that it's either some kind of &quot;Legitimate Pokemon&quot; mark or simply to indicate that the Pokemon originates from Gen VI. The latter seems far more likely to me, but do we know for sure what this blue hexagon means?
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I just dropped my Vaporeon off at the gym, but to my surprise, he can still be viewed in my Pokémon list! The buttons are there to level him up, but I'm not gonna be able to get any Eevee candy for a few hours to try. Can I level him up while he's in the gym?
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I've defeated the Elite Four and the Champion. The credits rolled and I've been teleported to my home in Vaniville Town. What is there to do now? Any specific events/features that are unlocked now?  I already know of and caught Mewtwo and Zyrgarde.
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I've been considering restarting my save and replaying the story with access to the entire National Pokedex (Minus a few Event-only Pokemon I'm missing) from the start. But I would first like to confirm: Can I withdraw my stored Pokemon from the bank if my game is reset? It seems that the only contributing factor is that I end up signed in with the same Nintendo Network ID, so as long as my network ID remains the same, I can withdraw stored Pokemon regardless of what save-game or cartridge is in my system, correct?  While I'm reasonably confident it works the way I think it does, past experience (My Pokemon Ranch being tied to specific trainer IDs, and something about the dream world being tied to the game's wireless settings) has made me just cautious enough to ask before attempting.
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Say someone has , which is a 0/3 Defender, and after some mechanics, transforms into a 13/13 Lizard Horror with Trample.  Say this someone managed to transform said card into its 13/13 Trample form, and then cast  on it (or any other clone type card if it would matter between different ones). Does the Metamorph/Clone/etc. come into play transformed, or as the 0/3 Defender?
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Pokemon GO isn't working at all for me right now. I'm in one of the following circumstances and can't do anything:   My game is displaying a "Try Again" message I'm stuck on the Loading Screen When I sign in I get a message that the servers are experiencing problems. I see the map but nothing is loaded, and my team color is wrong The "loading" Pokeball just ends up spinning and I can't catch or interact with things When I try to catch a Pokemon, the Pokeball just sits on my screen doing nothing Gym opponents will drop to 1 HP and won't take any more damage or attack When I open a pokestop, the pokestop image and the name of the pokestop does not load.   What's causing this? Is there a way to fix it?
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In my case, I joined team Instinct but it looks like all the gyms in my area are taken by Mystic.  I'm not a high enough level to battle these gyms now, and since they aren't mine I can't train. How much will this set me back in the game, if at all?
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Me and my friends have encountered this situation many times. We need to decide which Pokemon to evolve. Take the following scenario:   Growlithe A: 20% more CP than Growlithe B. (898 instead of 743). Growlithe B: 26% more IV than Growlithe A. (87 instead of 69 in this case).   I didn't give more details about each Pokemon because I'd like a general answer that others can use.  Thank you kind folks!  P.S this is not a duplicate, since I understand what a higher IV interprets into.  Yes, a higher IV will define the MAX CP, but it's not the only thing to consider. A higher IV also means better chance of better moves for the evolved pokemon - and those are much more important than a high CP. Also consider that I have many Arcanines and I don't have the stardust to max them out (that is a different question).
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There is a tornado like swirl on my map. It has dust clouds lighting coming from it. It is in a random spot next to a poke stop. Nothing is popping up in that circle. It is not attached to me like it looks like in the picture. My brother has Pokémon Go and it is not showing up on his.  What does this tornado indicate?
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I've been seeing people getting millions of shiny Pokémon in X &amp; Y without effort. My first shiny on Pokémon X (Corsola) also took only 93 fishing encounters.  I'm wondering: is the chance of finding a shiny in Pokémon X &amp; Y better than it used to be?   If so, what is the chance to find a wild shiny in X &amp; Y? How does it compare to the previous games in the series)?
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My female Charmeleon evolved into a male Charizard. How is this possible? Charmeleon was from Diamond transferred to Pokemon X.
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A bit of a multiheaded question here, but it didn't quite justify being four different questions.   Is it possible to get a shiny legendary pokemon in the Pokemon games? If so, when is it generated? Does the overworld sprite reflect the shiny status? Does this vary by generation?
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Today I started having the following issues in Pokémon GO:   I can't spin pokéStops and get rewards When I catch pokémon, even the lowest CP ones, they escape every time. I've tried using razz berries, that doesn't work. Neither does using great balls.   I do have Internet. I'm not on wifi. I can send messages and browse Internet.  NOTE: I did try to modify my gps location and I was unsuccessful. I only got a pokémon or two and deleted them immediately. I do apologize for trying to hack it but I'm now fully legit.
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So, maybe these have always been there, but I just noticed that at the top of my catch screen, I briefly see tiny icons that look like the medals. What purpose do they serve (other than identifying which categories the pokemon would fall into)?  I tried clicking on them, but nothing happened. I just wondered if I might be missing out on something?
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So I defeated a Team Valor gym earlier today using my highest cp Pidgeot. It turned grey, so I went to claim it with that Pidgeot, except it wouldn't let me. What determines which pokemon you are allowed to place at a gym? Is it just those who have participated in a battle can't? Is there a time period for it? What about training at a friendly gym? Does this impact anything?
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Before, when I transferred a Pokemon to the professor, I returned to the same Pokemon in the A-Z function; now I am returned to the beginning.  This means scrolling down after each transfer, which is a time consuming matter.  What happened? I tried resetting the game and the phone but that did not change it. Any ideas?
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This feature has existed for a while (I'm not sure since when exactly), but I'm mainly interested in the Gen VI implementation (hence the tag).  Usually, at the start of a game, you have some number of Boxes available. In B/W, those were 8, in X/Y I think it was 15. Under certain conditions though, you receive additional Boxes that just appear at the end of your current Boxes list. Which brings me to Part 1 of my question:     1) What are the exact conditions for additional Boxes to appear and do you always get 8 additional Boxes? (Using Pokemon Bank reveals that in X/Y, the maximum number of Boxes is 31, which I have experienced to be unlocked in 2 steps of 8 Boxes each.)   Since I'm a person who really likes to order and organize stuff, my Boxes have names and are used to categorize my Pokemon. This results in some Boxes ending up empty for a while most of the time. So here's to     2) Do additional Boxes you receive stay forever or do they disappear if the conditions for them are no longer met?      3) If they disappear, is there a way (such as renaming or putting any Pokemon in the last Box) to make them stay no matter what, even if you released all your other Pokemon?