"Regeneration"

[Kusanagi87]

I was reading the Prima Platinum Guide and it brought up the term 'regeneration' to describe how you can catch Legendary monsters even after you've defeated them in battle, etc.

Simply beat the Elite Four, and they reset their presence. They only disappear if you catch them.

Verification, anyone.

I'm pretty old school, so I didn't know this thing was in place. Is this new to Platinum? Or was this feature found in previous titles?

I also read that you can get multiple Rotom's through the TV--IDK remember if I read this before in a Neoseeeker, GameFAQs, or Bulbapedia Platinum differences list.

 

[Shinx3000]

I have not seen this happen in any other game before, so this would be the first time this happened. Usually the legendary when defeated just disappears never to be caught again, never knew it was different in Platinum.

If you beat the legendary after beating E4 and don't catch it, will it return again? Or does it do this only once?

 

[Hector]

I think this is only the case with Giratina, but I'm not sure about that. I've heard that Giratina is fightable in Turnback Cave if you faint it in the Distortion World, but I cant test it because I caught it on the first attempt. And I haven't heard anything like that for any other legends. I could test it for Heatran in platinum because I already have one from Diamond and I wouldn't care if I lost the chance to catch it a second time.

 

[Wiilio]

I did it with Giratina. I KOd it and it showed up later in Turnback Cave. It covers the entrance to Distortion World unfortunately :<

 

[Mitchman]

Yes its true and works for the faeries/pixies. Serebii gave proof of that long ago.

 

[AiedailEclipsed]

I did it with Giratina. I KOd it and it showed up later in Turnback Cave. It covers the entrance to Distortion World unfortunately :<

Just go in the hole when you catch it... but I know that you can catch more than one Rotom, and I'm pretty sure Drifloon too.

 

[Kusanagi87]

Okay. I've been trying for f---ing forever to post.

Basically the guide says the in-game legendaries all regenerate.

Dialga
Palkia
Giratina, Altered Forme in Turnback Cave (Obviously this has to, at least once)
Heatran
Regigigas
Cresselia
Azelf
Uxie
Mesprit
Articuno
Zapdos
Moltres

Drifloon, Spiritomb, and Rotom are mentioned, but they're non-consequential and infinitely reproducible.

I would test this myself, but it's a big risk; it saves after the Elite Four.

I want to know if this applies to other legendaries.

Example: the three Regis, Darkrai, Shaymin, et al.

The Prima guide is replete with bulls--t; as expected. I can't go on trust alone as they've historically demonstrated many typographical errors, inaccuracies, and information that was probably lifted from Bulbapedia. *cough* http://pokemon.wikia.com *cough cough*

 

[Mr. Pokemon]

Okay. I've been trying for f---ing forever to post.

Basically the guide says the in-game legendaries all regenerate.

Dialga
Palkia
Giratina, Altered Forme in Turnback Cave (Obviously this has to, at least once)
Heatran
Regigigas
Cresselia
Azelf
Uxie
Mesprit
Articuno
Zapdos
Moltres

Drifloon, Spiritomb, and Rotom are mentioned, but they're non-consequential and infinitely reproducible.

I would test this myself, but it's a big risk; it saves after the Elite Four.

I want to know if this applies to other legendaries.

Example: the three Regis, Darkrai, Shaymin, et al.

The Prima guide is replete with bulls--t; as expected. I can't go on trust alone as they've historically demonstrated many typographical errors, inaccuracies, and information that was probably lifted from Bulbapedia. *cough* http://pokemon.wikia.com *cough cough*

There's been a tremendous decline in quality ever since Nintendo let Prima handle their official guides, hasn't there? It sucks. First they give away Nintendo Power and then their official guides. Maybe we can contact Nintendo somehow to sort this all out...?

 

[Kusanagi87]

There's been a tremendous decline in quality ever since Nintendo let Prima handle their official guides, hasn't there? It sucks. First they give away Nintendo Power and then their official guides. Maybe we can contact Nintendo somehow to sort this all out...?

I thought I was alone in this sentiment.

I read somewhere that Nintendo plans to integrate their walkthroughs and guides electronically.

Either way, Nintendo and Prima BOTH publish the same crap. They make two OFFICIAL guides and create an illusion of standards.

ALL the guides ALWAYS have missing information with each new publication; either purposefully missing or by the powers of their frequent accidents. They're worse than the textbook industry.

How do I know this? I bought every single one of the Prima and Nintendo Guides. They compartmentalize the data and sell them in blocks at exorbitant prices. It got worse w/ Gen IV.

I wish they would publish an actual BOOK. One with a legitimate ISBN number.

Here's a thought: What if (we) the Bulbapedia community published our own comprehensive books like Wikibooks (http://en.wikibooks.org/).

We basically have done it already; all that's left is to make it official.