Surprise! After saying Water Stone was the last update before winter break, here I am with another update about a week after the last one. The reason I didn't make this topic ahead of time to keep everyone updated is because I wasn't sure if I would finish in time before I went back to university. I didn't want to get everyone's hopes up with promises of new features coming soon only to turn around and say it'd actually be 3-4 months time before the update. As such this shouldn't become standard practice - update feature lists should normally appear ahead of time to allow people to keep track of and comment on upcoming updates.
Here's what has been added in this update, with a quick recap of what's already been mentioned in the news post of the front page:
Shiny Pokémon: Shiny Pokémon, like in the games, are obtained by chance while breeding. Don't worry if you've got a non-breedable Pokémon you want a shiny version of however - there is a way to turn Pokémon you've already obtained shiny!
Berries: After the addition of items last update come berries, which this update is named after. Berries play quite a large role in the new Adoption Agency, having numerous effects on your Pokémon. You can also grow berries yourself.
Bug Catching Contest: This is a contest that runs every day with the aim of catching the strongest bug Pokémon you can. What sets this feature apart from others however is in the Bug Catching Contest your opponents are other players!
Held items - Your Pokémon can now hold items. This ties in with the berry update, as numerous berries have an effect on your Pokémon when they are held. It also can be used as a means of trading items by trading Pokémon with the item attached.
Train Station - You can now visit the train station which brings in a new visitor every day of the week. What does the visitor do? You'll have to visit to find out!
Happiness - Your Pokémon now have a happiness stat! This can be influenced by having the Pokémon interacted with while holding certain berries.
New evolution methods - Happiness and trading Pokémon have been added as evolution methods.
General - Nothing specific here or interesting on the surface here but this update involved rewriting a lot of the core code the Adoption Agency runs on to make it a lot more flexible. Now instead of things being set in stone, like interactions always giving 1 exp point, it's flexible. Experience gained can now fluctuate depending on what items you have, what items your Pokémon is holding etc and other people can influence the chances of catching a Pokémon while fishing etc.
Bug fixes:
Though originally classed as "it's not a bug, it's a feature" many users didn't like the fact that gender specific Pokémon could be caught as either gender. As such, gender specific Pokémon have now been implemented. This won't affect any Pokémon obtained before this update however, so whether you consider them freaks of nature to be released immediately or prized unobtainable collectibles now is up to you
The breeding centre used to accept a breeding pair of incompatible egg groups if both male and female did not have secondary egg groups. This has now been fixed.
do you nick the berry from kurt or something i cant find it out?
I just wanna grow it!
trainer card made by Undead!
Snorlax and the new fire starter and bidoof is unappreciatated! The others ecspecially chimchar and mr mime are a bunch of superfragilisticexpialidocious!!!
Lawl to find superfragilisticexpialidocious i had to search on google!
mine died the same day i got it forsome reason i guess the berry was to weak in the games the berry`s can last days without dying! :/
I just nicked it this morning!
hm im also finding it hard fishing it`s like a hundred times ive tried fish with if i may say the piece of superfragilisticexpialidocious of an old rod it`s pretty hard but ill just try some more i guess it`s like the odd`s of a meteorite falling on my head escpecially 20 times!
trainer card made by Undead!
Snorlax and the new fire starter and bidoof is unappreciatated! The others ecspecially chimchar and mr mime are a bunch of superfragilisticexpialidocious!!!
Lawl to find superfragilisticexpialidocious i had to search on google!
Reverted a last minute decision I made in the code as a lot of people seem to be losing their berries.
Now if a berry reaches its harvest stage it will not wither no matter how long you do not water it. This should make it easier for first time growers as it essentially means the berry Kurt gives you only has to be watered once.
I'm just gonna guess your not gonna tell us how to make pokemon shiny, but I have 1 question, a weedle and a venonet both have won a contest. They beat both of the scyther I caught. I'm confused, how does a worm and a puff ball stronger then a human sized bug with swords?
DUNSPARCE ARE UNAPPPRICIATED!!!!! Spoink are a bunch of ##^$@^#$^#
trainer card made by Undead!
2 cheri berries!
