Was this the Pokerus?

[The Outrage]

Well, never having the Pokerus before, I wouldn't know. In my pearl cart, I recently aquired a Loppuny, and on the Menu page, there is a little yellow frownie face at the bottom left hand corner. Was this the mark that the pokerus leaves after it's been cured?

 

[Kasumi]

Yep, that's it.

 

[The Outrage]

Well that's a bit sad that the pokerus was cured before it got to me

EDIT: Forgot to say Thank you.

 

[Silver Kaede]

I know this sounds newbie, but what is pokerus?

 

[TTEchidna]

[bp=PokéRus]Bonk.[/bp] Bulbapedia's there for a reason.

 

[Silver Kaede]

Ah~ Thank you. I actually realized that after posting ^^"

 

[exdeath64]

Pokerus: a history

the pokerus is a microscopic organism that attatches to your pokemon. this virus enhances the stat growth of your pokemon. over time it will get rid of the virus and become immune to catching it again. but here is the thing. it can spread through your party, a box, a day care center, and any other such thing. but unfortunately the odds of getting it are astronomical, but you can probably use the wi fi connection to find another trainer with it.

 

[Vereux0]

Yeah, Wi-fi's pretty much the only way to get it.

 

[magpie]

Actually, I have NEVER been a lucky Pokemon player. I'm the guy that get's paralyzed five times in a row and when my pokemon is confused, you can be sure it'll knock itself out ^_^

However, so far in the 3rd/4th Gens, I've caught a wild shiny pidgey, hatched two shiny magikarps and have received the Pokerus from a wild Abomasnow in my Pearl cart!

Good stuff ^O^

Oh and that is most definitely the 'I've had the Pokerus' symbol on your pokemon. Remember that it still gets the effects of Pokerus, even if it can't transfer the beneficial virus =)

 

[Sketch]

the pokerus is a microscopic organism that attatches to your pokemon. this virus enhances the stat growth of your pokemon. over time it will get rid of the virus and become immune to catching it again. but here is the thing. it can spread through your party, a box, a day care center, and any other such thing. but unfortunately the odds of getting it are astronomical, but you can probably use the wi fi connection to find another trainer with it.

Pokerus does not pass through the box.

 

[Te-em]

So even if the Pokémon is cured and has a black dot instead of pokerus, it still get double EV? So it's not that bad if it's cured, it's just that it cannot pass it over to another Pokémon?
I always put pokerus Pokémon in the box, since they cannot get cured there. Only takes them out to infect other Pokémon that I will train.

 

[Jedi_Amara]

I got Pokérus really early in Ruby, so I just used that to infect everything else... XD The chance of catching Pokérus is the same as finding a shiny, 1/8192.

 

[Geoffrey]

Actually, I believe that finding Pokerus is more difficult than finding a shiny.

 

[Jedi_Amara]

Not according to what I've read on it. I'll see if I can find something to refer to.

It was, however, more difficult in Gen II.

 

[eeveeeon]

Actually, I believe that finding Pokerus is more difficult than finding a shiny.

Actually the chances of finding pokerus are about 1/1,000. But the tricky thing is that you dont know that the pokemon has pokerus! We have all probably KOed a pokemon with pokerus many times. The chances are actually lower now because we KO more than 95% of the pokemon we see.
sooooo the chances of catching a pokemon with pokerus are about
1/21,000

 

[PokemonMINILeague]

Pokerus is really cool, I think... I got traded a Pokemon that was actively infected on Pearl and I used it to infect pretty much all of my other Pokemon. It's funny that I had no idea what it was when I got it, though.... I asked one of my friends what it meant, and the first thing she said was, "You're so f---ing lucky!" XD

 

[Mewiscool]

from what ive read though when you encounter a Pokemon with Pokerus it will have that as its Status. is this true?