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burninmylight on 29 September 2014
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the_dengle said:
teigaga said:
the_dengle said:

Here's an idea. Suppose you have three save files.

Save to file 1 just before fighting Mewtwo. Catch Mewtwo. Save to file 2. Load file 1. Catch Mewtwo. Save to file 3. Trade Mewtwo to file 2. Load file 1. Catch Mewtwo. Save to file 3. Trade Mewtwo to file 2. Load file 1...

Infinite Mewtwo exploit.

I don't think anyone means being able to save one game in multiple different files, more being able to create more then one profiles like Zelda. 

*shrug* you could still do minor exploits. Infinite starters. Infinite event Pokemon.

You can sort of do this kind of thing already thanks to Pokemon Bank, but that's a brand new service and it isn't available to everyone.

Infinite starters is a complete non-issue and totally legal.

  1. Go to the GTS and look for the starter you want. Trade for it.
  2. Go breed it.
  3. Repeat the first two steps.

Unless you want a perfect specimen, they are incredibly easy to acquire in the GTS because there are thousands available from everyone else making thousands of eggs in order to get to that one perfect specimen. I've sent at least 20 Squirtles and Fennekins each through Wonder Trade myself from breeding in order to get the one I want for my team, and I'm not nearly as meticulous as most competitive players. I've gotten several Charmanders, a couple of Bulbasaurs, a Chespin, a Froakie, a Totodile and whatever that grass starter's name is from Gen 5 from Wonder Trade as well.

It's impossible to exploit event Pokemon through new save files. I found this out the hard way, because I bought my 3DS and cart of Pokemon Y used from my nephew. He already downloaded the Pokebank and received the free Celebi. I wiped out all of his data from both the 3DS and Y, including his NNID and save file. When I downloaded the Pokebank and tried to get my free Celebi, it said that I couldn't get it again, even though I got Club Nintendo points for it. So the servers either keep track of an invisible number on the 3DS or the cart (I'm guess the latter), and when it sees that you received an event Poke already, it denies you a second time, even with a new file.

EDIT: I see your point though. If I had to share the game with a sibling, I'd be pissed I couldn't have my own file. And knowing Nintendo, only one event Pokemon would be allowed on a cart/system even with multiple saves, so your brother or sister would have to miss out. But like I said, owning multiple legendaries or event Pokes won't get you very far outside of battles with absolutely no rules.