I've been playing Pokémon Ultra Moon on my 3DS for a while now and it's about time for me to start writing about it.
A complete review will have to wait, because right now, I want to tell you about my pokémon breeding in 'Pokémon Ultra Moon'.
(My trainer picture)
About pokémon breeding
Pokémon breeding isn't completely new. In previous versions, you would deposit pokémon at the day care or nursery and they would level them for you. You could deposit a maximum of two pokémon and if you deposited two compatible pokémon, one male, one female, they would eventually have a very good time together and create you an egg.
This egg would then have to hatch and in able to do that, you would have to carry it with you and basically walk a lot. You could give up a slot in your team and just continue on your adventures, or you could run around like a mad (wo)man until the egg hatched.
(I always did the latter.)
This would either give you the same kind of pokémon as the parents (I think I read somewhere that it would be the species of the female with the moves of the male), or it would give you the baby version of the parents. Think Pichu, instead of Pikachu.
In Ultra Sun and Moon, you can also leave your pokémon with a couple of kind strangers. They are on a ranch this time and they are completely focussed on breeding. No more leveling there, which also helps a lot in cutting back the costs. It always costs $500 to get your pokémon back, while previously, it all depended on how many levels they had gained.
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About pokémon trading
I bred pokémon once in a while and started doing more of that once I discovered the global trade system. With this you can do a 'Wonder trade', where you send a pokémon to a random person and receive a random pokémon in return. You can also do a specific trade (GTS), where you can offer up a pokémon and ask for a certain one in return. Or, you can browse between other player's offered pokémon and hope you find a player that wants one of yours in return.
I always enjoy doing wonder trades. I offer up unwanted pokémon and I get random ones in return. Some turn out to be awesome pokémon, while others are unwanted and get traded again.
Recently, I started checking out the specific trades. This is where I checked certain pokémon I wanted (like Jolteon or Zapdos), to see if anyone wanted one of mine in return. I browsed through many and found out that some of the pokémon I owned were actually wanted from time to time.
Well that's wonderful news! I need copies!
So, I decided to start breeding these specific pokémon.
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Ditto
That's where ditto came in. In Pokémon Ultra Moon, you will eventually visit a town where there are two ditto's disguised as townspeople. You battle them and either kill them or capture them. Well I couldn't kill them ofcourse, because they are way too valuable!
Not only are ditto's wanted on many trades, they also help you out with breeding.
See, ditto can turn into anything it sees. So when I leave a pokémon at the breeders, I can add ditto as the second pokémon and they will get along as if they were exactly the same kind! So I don't need a mommy and a daddy anymore, I just need one parent and a ditto.
Now what?
I checked out the wanted pokémon I had available and started breeding them. The eggs will become available after you walk around a bit, so that's what I did. I left my pokémon at the ranch, I then walked back and forth a bit, picked up an egg, and walked back and forth some more to pick up the second, third, and so on, and so on. From time to time I switched in a different pokémon and this resulted in a box filled with eggs!
Now they just had to hatch...
Pokémon Pelago
A new feature in the Alola region of pokémon is 'Pokémon Pelago'. It's a set of islands that's all about your boxed pokémon. You know, the ones you deposit into the computer, never to be seen again. Here, your pokémon can hang out, hunt for treasures, train and tend to berries. There are also hot springs in which your pokémon can relax.
Relaxation isn't the only thing these hot springs are good for though. Oh no, you can deposit your pokémon eggs there and after some time inside the hot springs, your eggs will hatch!
No more walking around like a mad (wo)man, now you can just wait for the hot springs to do the work for you, while you continue on your adventure.
Results
My breeding machine is still in full swing and I have plenty of eggs that still need to hatch. I did, however, manage to make a few trades already:
(Screenshot from my Global Link account)
I bred a couple of Torchics and managed to trade one for Charmander. Swablu was traded for Eevee, so I can breed many more Eevees. I want all of Eevee's evolutions and already made myself a Jolteon to replace Pikachu in my team.
Chinchou seems to be more wanted than I would have guessed, so I breeded a few of those and traded one for a Ralts! I now have a couple of Ralts eggs, because I'm sure some people will want that one for certain trades.
Sadly, not all pokémon can be bred, but it's still a great way to expand your pokedex!
I get side-tracked in games plenty of times and Pokémon is no different. My boyfriend is so much further along in his story and his pokémon are much higher level. I've been spending so much of my time breeding and trading, I just can't keep up!
It's a fun way to waste some time though!
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We are hoping to start some breeding services in our chat if youre interested. We have people that shiny hunt in our rooms as well.
That's cool! I gotta say, I'm just breeding those pokemon I think would be useful in some trades, but I don't know too much about specific breeding yet. I got one shiny through breeding, but that was more of a happy accident than actually knowing what I was doing :D
I will soon start to breed in USUM. Are there differences for dv’s compared to SM?
Oh, I'm sorry, I don't know the answer to that question :-(
Great Post! I myself breed a lot of pokes but have you ever breed for shiny pokemon?
Thanks! I haven't bred specifically for shiny pokemon, but I did manage to hatch one of them a couple of days ago :D
How about you?
Seems to be a minor game but it's very fun by the way.
I Love the way you gave some good details about it @playfulfoodie
Thank you! Well the breeding and trading I was talking about is really a very small part of the overall game.
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Great review, I have Ultra Sun and my girlfriend has Ultra Moon but we are both have yet to start playing. I love Pokemon games but It's one of those games where I have to mentally prepare for the time It takes to play. If I start to play and don't have the time, I'll end up putting It down for a while and then because of the time I've left It without playing I'll then want to start the game from scratch. Maybe I'm the only one that does that but I need to make sure that I have dedicated time to play Pokemon 😃
Haha, I completely get what you mean! I need enough time to play the game aswell, because it's like you said, if it hasn't been played for a long time, you kinda just want to start fresh.
My boyfriend bought us the duo pack, so he's playing Sun :D
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks that way. Me and my girlfriend have had every single Pokemon game where we both have the opposite game and play along side eachother, which Is why neither of us has started yet lol. I'm 27 and still playing these games, cannot get enough 😃
Hey, I'm 29 and I don't think I'll ever stop playing games :D
I think I skipped a couple of pokémon games, but that's exactly what we've been doing with pokémon on the DS aswell! My boyfriend always manages to get far ahead of me though, but that's because he never takes breaks ;-)
Haha I tend to rush ahead but only because she likes to take her time levelling up her Pokemon and I like to just ump Into It.
I won't ever stop and even better I can live through my children as they grow lol.
Hah, what an advantage of children!
Haha yes exactly!
Cool post , if I had a 3DS I would like to try this: C
Comprehensive review as this adventure game focus on breeding @playfulfoodie
spectacular, I as a Pokemon fan I think this content is 10/10 excellent, curious fact my favorite pokemon is pokemon pearl and in all the pokemon games as initial I grab the water type! @playfulfoodie
Thank you, I'm glad to hear you like this content :-)
Always the water type huh? I always pick other ones, but it usually depends on which one I find the cutest :D
wow... the game might not have the greatest of graphics... but it is sure a very interesting game that everyone can play and enjoy... very nice @playfulfoodie
Thank you :-) The game's graphics are not the best maybe, but they are definitely a step up from previous Pokémon games. This is exactly what you expect to get from a Pokémon game :D
About pokémon breeding...... thanks for share😁😁😁
excellent post ,thanks for sharing
Nice one. where can i download the game from
It's a game for the Nintendo DS, so you'll have to buy it in a store or order it online. You'll need the DS/3DS for it.
good profile picture .. hehheh @playfulfoodie