Box Organization

Autism.

I sort my boxes by Egg Group. That way, if I get dupes, it's fine, since most mons belong to multiple egg groups anyway.

I keep a set of 3-5 boxes for breeding fodder and unsorted mons, and another 1-2 boxes for stuff I actually use and stuff that you only get once (Event mons, legends, stuff like that).

I don't completely understand this. You catch literally everything you run into and now you want advice how to organize?

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To give you some idea of my process, last generation I finally sat down and sorted the boxes according to types then sorted the pokemon within them according to number separated by type.

This kind of sucked.

The normal and water boxes were full to overflowing and required multiple boxes while ghost or flying were completely empty leading me to consider moving the typical pidgey-esque schlock into the flying box despite that not being the first type listed in their summary page.

http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_Pok%C3%A9mon_by_evolution_family

Ideally I'd like to sort by evolution family and numbers not unlike the bulbapedia chart linked above! If I don't get better ideas from this thread I'll probably set about translating that page into a plain text file or maybe RTF so I can easily build a chart, add more to the document with new generations, and maybe quickly and easily mark which pokemon families I already have a member from and which ones I don't.

>>30965795
This is some next-level autism. I think you might be tripping into Compulsive territory, anon.

When's the last time you were on your meds, or had an appointment with a trained professional?

>>30965704
tl;dr

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>>30965777
Yeah, basically.

>>30965752
Egg groups seems like a good idea. A little unintuitive sounding initially but I might give it a try and see how I like it.

>>30965795
>>30965704
Dude, literally just catch one of every Pokemon in the Dex and organize it by Dex number. If you're catching as many Pokemon as I think you're catching(as in repeats) I have bad news for you. Sun and Moon PC space isn't as big as you think. After the entire live dex, you only have 5 empty boxes for extra shit. I had to split mine between two versions because fuck Bank. My friend kept all his Pokemon in PokeBank then the cuck got banned and now they might be gone forever. ALSO I remember reading that if you're too late on renewing your PokeBank before removing them, they'll get deleted. Basically, PokeBank is only good for mass trading, but I don't trust it as storage for my live dex para nada.

TLDR just organize them by Dex number. (Something that'll be a pain in the ass if the National Dex isn't gonna be in the game itself.)

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Ok this is not at all autism, So you guys need to get your shit straight. It is OCD and there is nothing wrong with being OCD in a game though I do have to wonder about Possible hoarding issues considering that animal hoarding is very unhealthy for you and the animals.

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>>30965968
That sounds kinda lame. I would REALLY prefer just having one pokemon per evolutionary family.

>>30965968
the sm pc adds boxes as you get more pokemon (thats 32 boxes=960 pokemon)

>>30965704
Honestly OP, I recommend holding back a bit until you get access to pokebank. I have a similar issue, where I don't release a pokemon, haven't done so since xy. I completed a living dex in oras, and have recently finished the addon for sm, (that's whats in the first couple of boxes in my pc) after that is my breedjects and eventually wondertrades. I keep the nice wondertrades that I might use for breeding/replacing in my living dex with shinies/using as trade fodder on wt and then I add the extras into the pokebank. (each mon gets its own box) hope that helps.

>>30966271
It's been 32 boxes for a while now, but there are now 800-ish pokemon. That's almost 27 boxes just for a living pokedex.

My autism is strong. I have a living Dex that includes every Pokemon and every form, they are untouchable and apart from my competitive teams so, for instance, I have two Landorus on the Living Dex plus another for actual fighting. As soon as I'm done with that for SM I'll start working on the Shiny One.

>>30966388
In fact, this is also the first gen where there is not enough room for a living form dex

>>30965704
I just have living dex in a separate section of the bank and then a pile of junk and dream ball pokemon. Also a complete Unown and Vivillon set.

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>>30966393
Why would you put yourself through that? I put up with the compulsion to catch everything I can as it shows up in game because the hunt doubles as experience (and with a persian money). I couldn't begin to stomach catching every form, let alone building a shiny collection. My brain would just die.

>>30966519
Add in getting every Pokemon from their home region and doing two at once (with one being all Pokemon that can be female are female)

Playing through Gen 4 six times was painful

>>30966393
Have you ever fucked your dex?

I could actually use some advice.

I like to catch 'em all in each individual gen, and then transfer stuff up from gen to gen as necessary.

How bad does it get post-gen 3? I've not played gen 4 since it was released, and I'm a little behind on anything that came after, but it really bothered me that gen 4 had some strange limit like 6 Pokemon a day who then had to be recapped.

>>30968680
>Playing through Gen 4 six times was painful
Wait, why did you need to do that?

>>30969536
Two Giratina for both living dexes' main dex portion, then two Giratina just for the Altered form slots and two Giratina for the Origin form slots

>>30969477
Gen III->HGSS eliminated the once per day limit. IV->V has the 6 mon at a time limit, but also no once a day limit and the minigame is quicker than Pal Park. Gen V->VI sends the entire first box up, so anywhere from one to 30 mons can be transferred at once. You do need to switch a bunch between Transfer and Bank (need to fully empty the transfer box between each transfer), but it's pretty painless. Gen VI->VII is probably just straight up "Shove it in Pokebank. Done, no other steps required"

As a note, sometimes something can go weird during the Gen IV->V transfer, and Pokemon can end up getting their data slightly fucked up, preventing transfer to Gen VI until the error is fixed. Often just the EVs getting messed up (which mind, due to Gen V locking EV berries behind the now shut down Dream World, is an issue), but very rarely it can also fuck up something else, like moves (It once gave Dialga Spatial Rend, which was really bizarre)

If a mon will not transfer from V to VI, start by replacing all their moves, then if that doesn't work and you have an AR, resetting their EVs

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I used to sort by type. Now I sort by Dex number. Usually while playing though the game, I notice I catch few Pokemon (my Moon playthrough filled only one box), then finishing the Dex post-game. I'm also in the middle of making a gen 4 living Dex which I'm enjoying the hell out of, as difficult and time consuming as it is.

>>30965704
>I don't have the box space to store Charmander, Charmeleon, and Charizard.

But you do

You get 32 boxes in SM, that's more than enough to store the entire dex individually

>>30971435
Read the thread. This retard catches literally everything they see and boxes it.

Like what the fuck who does that?

>>30965704
You might want to ask a doctor about this op, it could be legitimate OCD.

I'd reccommend that you just leave behind anything you don't need in the new game behind in your gen 6 games. Especially with the national dex gone there's little reason to send up boxes upon boxes of shit you're never gonna actually use.

When the pokebank comes out the only things i'm gonna immediately send up are my competitive mons and shiny collection.

Since we're talking about it:

This year I've been playing a game per gen/region to get the hype going for SM. Finished Yellow, Crystal, Emerald, LeafGreen, Soul Silver, Platinum and just started White. I won't play B2W2 since I don't own it and won't buy it.

Then, I will move to the 3DS titles: Y, AS and then Sun.

Can I start a living dex NOW and get everything? (Form, legendaries, etc)

>>30969952
that still doesn't answer why you're needed six giratinas

that moment you want to prepare for poke bank update
>boots up HG/SS,D/P/Pl, B/W +B/W2 and realize they are all 2-3 badges in and were restarted for no reason

>>30969536
Apparently this guy wanted 2 of each starter (male and female) if im interpreting it right. Of course you could save a lot more time by just breeding them and im not sure why they didn't but... oh well

>>30973996
>only two to three badges in and restarted for some reason
welcome to my life, anon

>>30965704
I organize them by where I caught them, with exceptions.
>Grass1
>Grass2
>Grass3
>Overworld/Cave
>Fishing/Surf
>Eggs
Etc. And I also have stuff like boxes for Legends and special Pokemon.

Might not help you, but my intentions for this game is a living dex, and then to organize transfers by type, region, and loosely national dex number. In that order.

>>30965968
Pokebank says that but multiple people have renewed pokebank subscriptions they had cancelled and found the pokemon still there. it's no guarantee but GF probably doesn't actually delete anything until they run out of storage space like most companies since it's easier/cheaper to not bother until the last minute.

>>30973634
Because I am literally autistic and have OCD on top of it, and Pokemon ended up my outlet