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Most Useless Game Feature?

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Probably the phone in Crystal/HG/SS... most annoying person ever goes to Joey.
 
Pokemon following you because they serve no beneficial purpose to players who do not use Pokemon accessories.
 
Most useless?

Pokemon Musical. It is a feature. And its worthless.

Did it once, couldn't figure out the point, so that is the only building I don't visit regularly in Nimbasa.
 
I agree with what everyone has said so far. I hate the phone is gen 2 and its remakes. soo annoying! and the Pokemon musicals, don't get me started. I never liked contests, but I actually would rather have contests over that nonsense. and definitely the deposit and withdraw options in the PC because I never use them the move option is just so much easier.
 
Unown Dex. Are you the kind of person who likes to pick up trash in the street and categorise it by shape and smell when you get home? Then cataloguing your own collection of the most useless and uninspired Pokemon ever may be right up your alley!
 
At least in Generation IV, unless the phone call is plot-important, you can just let it ring.

That said:
- The Phone
- The Withdraw/Deposit options in the PC
- Pokémon Musicals
- the Wi-Fi Plaza in Platinum
- Defog as an HM.
 
Like many other people, the Withdraw/Deposit functions on the PC.

Ghetsis-Dennis said:
Pokemon following you because they serve no beneficial purpose to players who do not use Pokemon accessories.
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But it's fun to see them following you, I don't give a damn about the accessories.
 
Muk-a-matic said:
The move Frost Breath. Ice Beam is less redundant and more accurate a move.
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The point of the auto-criticals is that it ignores defense buffs. Not entirely useless, although since the metagame is mostly offense-based last I heard...
 
As bad as the phone was in Gen II, they made it even worse by making it to where you canNOT delete the people you register. I was going to say no to everyone that asked in the game, but i was in a hurry once and clicked yes by mistake so i am forever stuck with that person fanboying over his rattata in my ear
 
The Everstone! Just hold B when you're at the evolution screen and it does the exact same thing. What makes the everstone even worse is that its a held item so your pokemon will end up holding it instead of something useful.
 
xanderthevampire said:
The Everstone! Just hold B when you're at the evolution screen and it does the exact same thing. What makes the everstone even worse is that its a held item so your pokemon will end up holding it instead of something useful.
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The Everstone is actually a godsend when you're breeding: it passes on the nature of the pokemon that's holding it 50% of the time. Really, really, really useful, to me anyway, since I do a lot of breeding.
 
Blitzle said:
The Everstone is actually a godsend when you're breeding: it passes on the nature of the pokemon that's holding it 50% of the time. Really, really, really useful, to me anyway, since I do a lot of breeding.
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Really? I didn't know that. That's actually quite handy since I just started breeding, myself. Thanks. :)
 
The Wi-Fi Plaza in Pt/HG/SS.

I still remember when it first came out, man I was dissappointed. Not only is there a very short time limit, but half the time you can't even get into mini games, so it's pretty much pointless.
 
Using the Daycare Center in the way the old couple originally intended.

It's safe to say almost no-one leaves their Pokemon at the center for the level ups. They can't do it as fast as you can yourself, and have the annoying tendency to replace moves you wanted to keep. Especially bad when you're trying to pass on breeding moves.
 
Gen II - the phone feature. I really dislike it when I'm trying to bike and there's suddenly a call. And yes, I'm looking at YOU, Joey.

Gen III - I liked the phone feature here because I could call Steven whenever I wanted XDD, but the Match Call system itself was a bit annoying.

Gen IV - the poketch itself. Now I really really hate it when apps are installed without my permission - it just makes it harder to shift through everything to find what I really want.

Gen V - the Musicals. What use...?
 
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