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I'm not sure why no has paid attention to the news that Celebi is going to be transferred to Black and White. I've asked Yaminokame to translate the screenshot:

That picture is of sending Celebi to B/W, and it just says that:

"Sending Pokémon using the Transmitting Machine!
Please wait a moment."
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So there are similarities both to the Time Capsule and to Pal Park. The remaining question is whether or not the transmitting machine works in both directions, which is possible since this is not a carbon copy of Pal Park. It is also interesting to consider what, if anything, is shown on the Generation IV game's screen during the transfer.

Since there has been no warning that transferring Celebi means losing the ability to unlock the Giovanni event in HGSS, it is still possible that transfers are not limited to one direction.
 
I hope the transfers aren't one-way... then I'll just have to clone, as I refuse to lose Pokemon in one Generation in order to get them in another. There's a reason I do all my Pal Parking to Gen IV from Emerald.
 
I thought it said that trades were compatiable two-way...
...then battles would have to.
...then no features would be added. Boooo!
 
TM2-Megatron said:
I hope the transfers aren't one-way... then I'll just have to clone, as I refuse to lose Pokemon in one Generation in order to get them in another. There's a reason I do all my Pal Parking to Gen IV from Emerald.
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Most definitely.

Pokemon not of the 5th Generation need to be able to be traded back and forth (with the proper requirements).

Though, this could be something exclusive to the Celebi process, so who knows.
 
V Faction said:
Though, this could be something exclusive to the Celebi process, so who knows.
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I don't see what makes you think that. I agree that the follwoing Pokémon feature may be exclusive to the event (I suspect it), but if Game Freak have made it possible to transfer even one Pokémon (we know of four), it means that they've made it possible for everything. Also note that the message in the screenshot is generic and makes no explicit reference to Celebi.
 
Exclusive to events then.

You're right, it does say 'Transfering Pokemon' and not Celebi by itself, but that doesn't tell me one thing or another.

So I'll do like I usually do and wait for more info, while hoping that it does indeed apply to all Pokemon.
 
Again, I don't understand your reasoning, but it doesn't matter: Last month's CoroCoro issue had a section about catching Pokémon in the Johto Safari Zone to prepare them for Black and White. We know for a fact that everything can be transferred from Generation IV to Black and White.
 
Well then there's your answer. If you want to know my reasoning, it's this: waiting for the proper information to be revealed. It's a very good bet that this is the function that will enable transfering from Gen. IV over to B&W, but we've got a tentative name and no other information on it. I tend to wait till these features get BIG, NEON reveals before going into lengths about them (from something other than a hypothetical standpoint).

"It could be this.... ooooor it could be that" to sum it up.
 
I still think it'll be one-way. The word transmit sorta makes me think so even more (because they could also have used trading instead).
 
Mijzelffan said:
I still think it'll be one-way. The word transmit sorta makes me think so even more (because they could also have used trading instead).
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It is obvious that we are dealing with transfers rather than with trades, but it could still work in both directions. The only problem with the Time Capsule was that it forced players to send a Pokémon caught in Generation II to the older games. Ideally, that should be an option used mostly for sending Pokémon back to their original games.
 
Honestly I think it would be similar to the Time Capsule. You can send Pokemon back and forth, but for some reason that's made up in the games, you can't send them back with new moves or new Pokemon.
 
I'm betting this transmitting machine is one way only from gen IV to bw. I think a time machine esque feature will still be there for trading and maybe battling too. Maybe the transmitting machine is something that is unlocked later in the game so for a while you still have to trade something back.
 
TM2-Megatron said:
I hope the transfers aren't one-way... then I'll just have to clone, as I refuse to lose Pokemon in one Generation in order to get them in another. There's a reason I do all my Pal Parking to Gen IV from Emerald.
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That's funny. I like one-way trading because it makes transferring pokemon to my newest game easier. Although, I don't see why we can't have both for a change.
 
1 a : to send or convey from one person or place to another : forward b : to cause or allow to spread: as (1) : to convey by or as if by inheritance or heredity : hand down (2) : to convey (infection) abroad or to another
2 a (1) : to cause (as light or force) to pass or be conveyed through space or a medium (2) : to admit the passage of : conduct <glass transmits light> b : to send out (a signal) either by radio waves or over a wire
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Lets get trading and the time machines out of our heads.

"Transfer" implies a one way move.

That means any pokemon can be moved to BW.
But it doesn't imply the pokemon can't be sent back.

What if instead of the trade/move system we've had in place for so long, Pokemon can be moved freely between generations?

Basically, a trade without a pokemon in return.

Move Celebi to BW, the Generation 4 game gets nothing in return.

Move Celebi back to DPPtHGSS BW get nothing in return.

It's a combination of both methods, and the tie machine is now null in void because of the new pokemon policy since RS.

"New" Pokemon aren't "recently discovered", they're native and only found in their region.

That rules out the time machine.

Pal Park is unlikely, it's one way, remedial, and was used because GBA/DS can only interact in certain ways. (more specifically, DS can read GBA, but the GBA can't communicate with the DS in the same fashion)

It has to be a trade of some sort.
 
Trade without the cumbersome "exchange 1:1 Pokemon" limit has been my dream for a long time.

The only caveat would be being able to transfer more than one Pokemon and Pokemon not in your party. At the very least, being able to select 5 Pokemon from your team at once to 'transfer' would still be okay with me.

They really need to get into more details with this, especially in regards to how the Gen 4 games would recognize this method.
 
V Faction said:
Trade without the cumbersome "exchange 1:1 Pokemon" limit has been my dream for a long time.

The only caveat would be being able to transfer more than one Pokemon and Pokemon not in your party. At the very least, being able to select 5 Pokemon from your team at once to 'transfer' would still be okay with me.
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I would like that alot actually.

Honestly, I doubt it happens, but it'd be the greatest thing since slice bread.

Because this is something between games, I think it's very well possible that BW will have the ability to transfer pokemon from any location; Party or box.

For the 4th Generation games, it'll likely work the same as a regular trade, unless it's coded in a way that the 4th Gen. games are "passive" and BW are the only "Active" party.


V Faction said:
They really need to get into more details with this, especially in regards to how the Gen 4 games would recognize this method.
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Eh, we still have 3 months before release, and it's not like wee need to know everything before the game comes out.
 
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