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>Haven't played a contemporary pokemon game since Gen 3
>Been emulating for last ten years whenever the urge to pokemon takes me
>Easier, cheaper, never cared for event legendaries, never had any friends to trade/battle with, can fix trade evolutions, etc.
>Give in to Sun/Moon hype and don't want to wait another decade for Citra to get its shit together and for someone to crack Gen 7
>Buy comfy old 2DS and a copy of Alpha Sapphire
>Going great
>Love Hoenn
>ooo DexNav, what's that all about
>Catch a Taillow with "2-star" potential, and a fucking 140-powered attack at lv 12 (Boomburst)
>Holy shit
>Check nature
>Fucking -Attack +Special Attack
>Start chaining with the DexNav to try and find one with the proper nature
>Realize "stars" are perfect IVs
>Spend the last two fucking days on Route 116 digging for a Taillow with either Boombust or Brave Bird, a not-shit nature, AND not-shit IVs
>Have to catch everything in premier balls because balltism
>Box my starter
>Still digging for taillows
Fucking DexNav is basically like playing Pokemon Go, inside a major pokemon title. Constantly chaining the same thing over and over again because if you don't, you're playing with a Taillow that could know Boombust at Lv. fucking 10, with excellent IVs and a nature that doesn't gimp its attack.
Help me, /vp/