Just curious how far back can you get pokemon from these days? And can anyone explain to me the process (or link me to somewhere that can) of getting older gen pokemon to newer games. Also, what all games, systems, accessories are required? I have cool stuff on some of my games (pokerus, shinies, unique items, etc) just don't know how far back you can get them from. what are the OLDEST games you can still recover pokemon from to the newer/est games?

This post was edited by DAUaname on Nov 12 2013 04:11am

You cannot get pokemon from Blue, red, yellow, gold, silver, and crystal, as they are not compatible with the GBA pokemon games.

The GBA games (ruby, sapphire, fire red, leaf green, emerald) are the oldest games you can get Pokemon from.
Using a Nintendo ds with a GBA port you can transfer Pokemon from GBA games to a gen 4 ds game. (diamond, pearl, plat, soul silver, heart gold)
From the gen 4 you need 2 Nintendo ds's, one will have the 4th gen game, while the 2nd would have a gen 5 game (black, white, B2, W2).
You can transfer the Pokemon from 4 to 5 using the wireless download play functions on the ds.
Now that the Pokemon are in the gen 5 games, you have to wait till December when the poke bank app releases which would allow you to transfer the Pokemon into the new Pokemon X and Y versions.

if anything isnt clear, feel free to pm me

that is exactly what I needed to know. have they made a way you can trade pokemon via internet yet? and if so, what is the first games you can do that in?

yes, you can trade Pokemon over wifi in any of the gen 4 games and up.

you can also get the special jirachi and shadow pokemon from gamecube

you can also get extremespeed linoone from that saphire ruby storage thingy on the gamecube

all mews are from mr. game
unless hax
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