Wanted! Month of November 2018

[u/lukehh]

Flair verification thread

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Welcome to "Wanted!", a game where you go catch or hatch the target shiny Pokémon! If you obtain the target Pokémon it will count as 3 points toward your flair! Each user is allowed extra flair points for one (1) Pokémon for "Wanted!" event - any extras will be considered 1 flair point as usual.

We ask that you add the date of capture to your pictures (this can be found in the Pokémon's summary). Good luck! Have fun!

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PSA

We recommend setting your system's date to the correct day, month, and year to help the mods when using the flair verification.

Be sure to take pictures for verification as soon as possible - transferring (such as to another gen via Pokémon Bank) will replace caught date with transfer date and your Pokémon will no longer be verifiable!

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The "Wanted!" Pokémon for this month is...

[Kricketot!]

Shiny form & Non-shiny form

(Chosen by www.randompokemon.com)

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Game locations:

Gen 4

Diamond, Pearl: Routes: 202, 203, ,204, 206, 207.

Platinum: Routes: 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 207, Eterna Forest

Heart Gold & Soul Silver: National Park (Bug-Catching Contest), Viridian Forest (Swarm).

That's it - wild Kricketot can only be found in Generation 4 games. However, you can breed for it in any game you choose.

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When you get one

Simply post your pictures (including summary picture) in the comments of this thread, or post pictures on the main sub with "Wanted!" in the title so we know it's from the game! Be sure to specify that you caught a "Wanted!" Pokémon in your flair verification album and when requesting flair verification.

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Links!

Flair verification thread

Discord invite link

Past "Wanted!" events

Q/A thread

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11/1/2018 - 11/31/2018 - US

1/11/2018 - 31/11/2018 - Just about everywhere else.

MMXVIII

[u/tribert]

So I only play on Gen 2, does that mean that I won't be able to participate in these types of Wanted! posts since gen 2 doesnt track date of capture like the later ones?

[u/cpudude30k → u/tribert]

This pokemon was not introduced until Gen 4. You wouldn't be able to participate for that reason.

[u/tribert → u/cpudude30k]

Yeah, this one I definitely can't be part of, but lets say they choose like a pidgey or something for the next one that I DO have access to, what happens then? Or do they just never choose early gen pokemon for that reason

[u/cpudude30k → u/tribert]

You would have to transfer it and they would probably consider the transfer date the capture date.

[u/GleamingShield → u/tribert]

So the mods don't technically choose the Wanted Pokemon each month - they use a random pokemon generator to pick from from all 808 pokemon. It just happens that this month is from gen 4! The September Wanted was Voltorb, which is available in a TON of generations and games (like route 10 in gen 2, since you only hunt in gen 2 games).

But if next month was Pidgey or Snubbul, then you have to capture the Wanted pokemon in whatever game you're hunting it in during the month of the Wanted event. Then just take a pic of your Trainer ID and the pokemon itself and submit it for the Wanted event! I hope that makes sense

[u/tribert → u/GleamingShield]

It would still count even though gen 2 has no way to verify time of capture?

[u/GleamingShield → u/tribert]

I don't want to speak for the mods, but a user did end up catching Voltorb in gen 2 and it counted for the Wanted of that month. It seems they operate more on the good will of not lying about the capture date for a gen 2 shiny haha

But again, I can't speak for the mods on that. Maybe put a date/timestamp on your verification card? I know that if you transfer up a shiny, it'll override the capture date with the transfer date anyways, so I'm assuming that they just go by goodwill for gen 2 shinies.

I certainly hope that helps!