Slow news period again. It’s the calm before the storm I guess. Corocoro is still a bit off seeing as it releases on the 12th of August. Be patient, my dear friends!
In the meantime, let’s talk about something else than X&Y for a bit, and let’s discuss Secret Bases! Everyone’s favorite side-mechanic from Ruby and Sapphire (and DPPt) I guess. I kinda hope it makes a return in X&Y, but somehow I doubt that and I believe they’ll hold it out for a bit longer until the remakes hit. Secret bases work perfectly combined with Streetpass, as opposed to having to link your GBA with those nasty link cables. Anyway, back to Secret Bases. Do you like them? Do you prefer the underground version above the Hoenn version? What was your favorite location for secret bases? (Mine was in the ‘hidden’ route on the left of Hoenn, which was basically the best spot for secret bases) And do you think they should return in the newer games?
We’ll be back tomorrow with some Smash coverage. In the meantime, you can comment on this article or ask us a question in the new Ask PJN. Happy commenting!
~Dae~
I really hope secret bases return for X and Y, and like you said, they would work perfectly for Street Pass. Maybe they could include some furniture or PokeDolls available for your base that you can download for a certain period of time. Sort of like in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. To me, the best location for my secret base was Northern Route 115 in Hoenn. It required you to have Surf and you had to make it past a few trainers to reach it.
Maybe you could purchase the dolls from the Dream world and transfer them or something.
Hopefully they continue to do the dolls for X and Y.
You just made me realize with the Poké Doll downloading remark, I bet the Dream World home is the reason Secret Bases were excluded for this Generation. I like the home, but it’s just not the same. Hopefully GAME FREAK will agree someday!
I love secret bases! One of my more favorite features of R/S/E. In fact I just visited my secret base thanks to this post, lol. I would tell you where it is but then it wouldn’t be much of a secret 😉 I took a picture, though so you might be able to figure out where it is. (Below this might give away where it’s at, but Wynaut) Secret bases would one of the many reasons why I would like R/S remakes soo much! To be honest I hated the underground secret bases in D/P/Pt more. I never really enjoyed them. My secret base is rather small I’m thinking of moving to a larger secret base I think already know where (When I wrote this I got a happy feeling inside of me like when I was younger :’) (ﾉ^_^)ﾉ Nostalgia!)
Wow, that’s awesome you took a picture! Inspired me to do the same haha 🙂 Here’s my secret base: Front and Back.
I just moved my secret base like 10 mins ago into the same one as yours, lol. I was looking for the biggest one. Now I am looking for the planks so I can walk on the dark squares. 😀 It looks awesome!
Lmao, cool! Gee, it’s been a while, I honestly forget where to get the planks xD I wanna say the Department store sale on the rooftop, but I may be wrong :S
I just have to wait for the Mega mart sale on the Lilycove department store so yes you are right. Did you get those statues at the sale, too?
The gym statues? Yeah, I believe they’re at the Rooftop sale too 😀
I’m trying to decorate but it doesn’t let me 🙁 It says that it can’t be placed anywhere.. is it that I have to place the planks before anything?
I think if you’re trying to decorate in an area only accessible by placing a plank, you have to place the plank first.
Edit: Just tried it in my game, what I had said isn’t true. You can decorate in places that are only accessible via the plank without the plank having to be there.
I just placed a Pokemon desk in one of the areas only accessible by planks lol. I can’t place my Mudkip doll or a cushion anywhere though..
Ohhhh, the dolls and cushions! The dolls can only be placed on a table or rug, the cushions can only be placed on a rug (forget if they can go on a table too).
Thank you so much! I forgot, I haven’t been to my secret base in like a year (Really) lol.
Hahaha, happy to help 🙂
MY GAME JUST GLITCHED AND IS MAKING THIS WIERD NOISE!! Edit: It’s fine. Wheww..Turned it off then back on and it stopped doing that.
:O Shut if off and turn it back on! See if that fixes it.
Wheww.. That was scary I thought my file would have been corrupted and I would have had to start over, luckily that wasn’t the case but I didn’t save during the whole secret base thing so I have to start over, I remember how it looked though, so that should be easy. I was trying to take a picture of the game to show you and the game went into the slot too far and it made this noise and it was frozen D: THANK YOU!
Hehe, I know exactly what you’re talking about. That’s happened to my game a few times, but only because back then I would drop the freaking system -_- It froze and was like this screeching/repeating noise, so just shut off and turn on haha.
Lol, I was scared because that never happened to me before :p Thank you 🙂 🙂 🙂
You’re welcome 🙂 Even though you turned it off before I replied lol ;P
I told you then I thought about it but I couldn’t do anything since it was frozen so it was my only choice, but still thank you! 🙂 I have a question though- how do you get to put more than 16 items in your secret base? My limit is 16.
I believe that’s as much as you can place…sadly 🙁
They should definitely take off the limit or maybe that would be too crowded. Maybe they should at least make the limit higher and the bases bigger in the remakes!
Sounds like a great idea for Hoenn remakes 😀
Sorry for the quality :
Haha, no worries about the quality. Looks great! I like how the Blue Tent leads into the base! Just gotta get a couple planks now so you can get to those other areas 😀
😀
Wait wouldn’t that sale count as a time based event since it’s on certain days? My battery has run dry D:
Oh crap…do you have Pokemon Colosseum? If you do and you’re able to connect to that, I believe that every time you do that it sets your clock to that time on your console (Be it Wii or GameCube). Something like that.
I don’t have Colosseum :/. I think what you’re talking about is the berry glitch, though.
I also found this, how to replace the battery: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvnHvhOl7I4
Now the only thing I would be afraid of is losing all of my precious time.. I think I should move to another base that doesn’t need planks 🙁 but thank you sooo much! You have been a huge help 😀 🙂
Yeah, that’s probably best. Forget the planks, there are other bases 🙂
Hehe I feel like I’m buying a house. 😛 Let the search… begin (if you know of any good big places that need planks but don’t interfere with accessibility or don’t need planks in general but is roomy just tell me! =] )
Go to Rustboro City, head north to Route 115. Surf all the way up. When you get on land, there will be a split with the trees, take the left path. There will be a tree secret base. Open up the right side 🙂
Thank you! You are awesome 😀
Lol, you’re welcome 🙂
Home Sweet Home 🙂
I feel it should be a mixture between 3rd and 4th gens secret bases. You make the base above and if you want you can connect the base to the underground area.
I really liked Secret Bases. I hope they make a return in Gen 6, either in X and Y or the hopeful Gen III remakes. They added an extra layer of fun to the game, and if you could add trainers that you pass by (or even set teams for EV training) it would make the experience a lot better.
I would hope for better locations though. In the truck of a tree doesn’t really make sense, especially for the size of the secret bases.
It makes perfect sense; they use Poké Ball technology, of course!
Would you like a Deoxys (or anything really) avatar because I keep thinking you are a guest, lol.
I appreciate the offer, but I’m OK. One of these days I’ll get around to uploading an avatar! Maybe I’ll prioritize it, I’d hate to keep confusing you.
No worries, take as long as you like! After all it is your account. 🙂
Nintendo logic..
Secret Bases in R/S/E were the best! Mine was in the route west of Fortree, up the waterfall, across the bike ramps, to the VERY top left of the route, there was a large bush 🙂
On a side note, if Coro Coro is being released on the 12th, doesn’t that mean it’ll leak on the 9th or 10th..?
yes it does, my guess is that is when they will officially reveal Oortto if not in Pokemon smash
Though this is slightly off from the intended topic, I just remembered this and wanted to get others’ opinions: Did anyone else feel like Hidden Hollows were kind of like a tease to fans of Secret Bases? Not necessarily an intentional one, but one that certainly lead to longing for Secret Bases’ return due to the similarities. To me they almost seem like Secret Bases for Pokémon!
Yes!
Yup.
http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=282875
i love the Hoenn version i all ways made my base in the tree on that small island before mauville city
“Team Magma/Aqua Rulez!” was written on a sign next to that secret base if I remember correctly haha.
Yea it did i loved that spot it always felt more Secret for a base like my own island that no one could get to
I would love for them to return, and more importantly, letting your pokemon roam throughout your little base 🙂
Maybe thats where you would be able to do the pokemon anime in Pokemon X and Y
I know this is off topic but what time will Pokemon Smash air tomorrow if u live in Georgia
ahahahwell Its hard to say that xD what time it’s there?
umm 10:20pm
You live in the Eastern Time Zone like I do.
That means PokéSmash will air at 6:30 pm for us.
koo
i am going to assume by your name that your choosing fennekin for your starter
of course fennekin would be my first fire type starter ever
It will be around 6PM-7PM. I also live in the eastern time zone.
Hoenn version I like. Favorite spot was at the little indent right next to Meteor Falls’ entrance. I would like it if these came back in X/Y.
Well, in the Kalos Map, the Railway Tracks seem to lead nowhere but underground. Hmm..
I would like to see the PC maybe live in an apartment in the big city and have the entire team out so that they could be interacted with. I’d like that more than secret Bases
Haha Yeah.. doubt it.. but would Love it =]
I LOOOOVED secret bases! especially in Ruby and Saphire, I’d love for them to come back more or less the same as they did in those games, and with street pass it would be even better 🙂
I hated the underground digging. It made the bases so limited. My secret base was hidden in a Grotto on the water. Beartic!
I’ve always thought the Dream Homes from the Dreamworld and the Hidden Grotto’s in B2&W2 gave a very nastalgic reminder of the Secret Bases in R/S/E. It would’ve been sick to capitalize off the dreamworld, and be able to use all the items/furniture we purchased from the DW to be placed in secret bases in R/S. Shame their shutting the DW down though.
I do feel like they were intentional, and a bit off topic but I do feel like we are still getting 3D R/S remakes/sequels after X and Y.
off topic – but i bet once we beat x & y we’ll be able to go back to unova (again) in 3D. that’ll be sweet.
That would be cool and maybe battle the unova gym leaders
It will be cool. But it wouldn’t be smart. We already have B2/W2 which cover the Unova Region, 2 year later. X & Y events happened around the time of B2/W2 (Assuming). So, it will just be like playing Pokemon Black and White 2 again. In X & Y I doubt we will go to any region, we will most likely just say in Kalos. I think Pokemon wants us to enjoy the beauty and lust of the Kalos Region. Yet, anything is possible. 😉
Yes! The secret bases were great! I could link with my friends and download their favorite team in just a minute or two if we didn’t have time to battle! It would be great if this feature was added back, and is one of the things I’ve been hoping for a come back. I preferred the Hoenn version more than the Sinnoh, but I liked the features of traps and spheres and other treasures in Sinnoh.
Just like to point out that the file size for X/Y has been revealed to be 1.7GB when downloaded from the eShop. This makes it the second largest file size for a 3DS game coming under Fire Emblem.
Oh yeah, the Limited edition X/Y 3DS LL is bundled with a copy of either game in Japan.
Already seen this. Yet, it looks really nice. I’m not buying the bundle because I already own a 3DS. Nintendo will make a lot of money if they make the bundles available worldwide. 😉
I admit, that they should release this worldwide like the games.
I could see a lot of people buying it. It will help with Nintendo’s Wii U financial trouble. Also, it will be a really smart idea, because a lot of people love Pokemon. 😉
I think it’s likely that will happen. They had a lot of success doing the Animal Crossing 3DSXL, even worldwide, and it came with AC pre-installed. Hell, my regular 3DS doesn’t have a special exterior, but it was a special red edition with a mario game pre-installed.
Better yet, release the gold one worldwide!
Oh god, i don’t know what my problem is, OCD? I felt so disturbed, I needed to fix it!!!
Fix what? xD
The colour. I couldn’t resist :/
The color of what? :I
The colour of Yveltal 3DS.
Huh. The system is not supposed to be red (I think). Isn’t supposed to be all blue. 😛 Where did you get the image?
I did it to satisfy my self as mentioned above.
K. It’s not really a problem.
It’s a Photoshop edit etc.
I like Y and the red color better, so I appreciate your work.
Wut?
Off topic, but, why haven’t we seen Oorotto’s official art yet?
CoroCoro Magazine. They will show the Official Art an its Typing (Highly) on August 10-August 12. So, just wait until then before we get official art. 😉
we might get it in pokemon smash but i ain’t putting much stock in that though
if they remake hoenn, they need a new story because it happened at least 5 years ago
I don’t think you know what a remake is.
Hint: it is not a sequel.
i know, i think a remake would be great, but a sequel would be more canony for gen 6
I love them so much.
I actually prefered the secret bases in R/S/E the DPP because of the tree looking bases If Secret bases where in XY it could be like ACNL streetpass to see other ppls bases & get items from each other/etc (not sure if that’s how ACNL rly works cause i don’t hav it…) I don’t rly remember were i put my base, but my favorite part of the bases where all the Pokemon plushies/furniture + now u can sit on those mats u bought! (but most likely u’ll be able to buy stuff for your room in XY that’s what i think)
“Everyone’s favorite side-mechanic from Ruby and Sapphire”
*raises hand* Uh, I was pretty indifferent to secret bases. I guess I can see the attraction of them now, with all the better graphics, but back in 3rd gen I just didn’t see the point to them. They were tiny, boring, and you could barely see the different between one pokedoll and the next.
If they brought them back I probably wouldn’t even care until post-game. If they do, I at least hope they’ll have a wider stock of stuff to put into them too.
(But maybe I’m just bitter because I had no friends into pokemon back in 3rd gen who could visit my secret base xD)
It would be nice to have them back as that was a good side part to the games, and was fun to customise too, and now with all the wifi and wireless technology it be nice to link to friends and visit them all in their bases, personally I preferred the original bases from ruby and sapphire in the tress than the ones from pearl and diamond, just couldn’t be bothered to dig about all the time and be transported underground away from the main game, I thought it was more fun looking for trees 🙂
As an american living in the US, would I be able to order one of those 3DS LLS with Xernias on it from amazonjapan? Like would they ship it here?