Evolution by trade

[Miss Doronjo]

Ever since Gen 1, more and more pokemon need to be evolved by trading. Do you think its nessesary for pokemon to evolve by trading? If you could remove a pokemon that evolves by trading, what would it be? What's your favourite or least favourite evolved-by-trade pokemon? Just to give you a list of pokemon that needs to be evolved my trade:

From Generation I
Kadabra → Alakazam
Machoke → Machamp
Graveler → Golem
Haunter → Gengar

From Generation II
Poliwhirl → Politoed (if King's Rock is held)
Slowpoke → Slowking (if King's Rock is held)
Onix → Steelix (if Metal Coat is held)
Seadra → Kingdra (if Dragon Scale is held)
Scyther → Scizor (if Metal Coat is held)
Porygon → Porygon2 (if Up-Grade is held)

From Generation III
Clamperl → Huntail (if DeepSeaTooth is held)
Clamperl → Gorebyss (if DeepSeaScale is held)

From Generation IV
Rhydon → Rhyperior (if Protector is held)
Electabuzz → Electivire (if Electirizer is held)
Magmar → Magmortar (if Magmarizer is held)
Porygon2 → Porygon-Z (if Dubious Disc is held)
Dusclops → Dusknoir (if Reaper Cloth is held)

From Generation V
Feebas → Milotic (if Beauty Scale is held)
Boldore → Gigalith
Gurdurr → Conkeldurr
Karrablast → Escavalier (if traded for Shelmet)
Shelmet → Accelgor (if traded for Karrablast)

I'll go more in depth of my answer later, by my favourite pokemon evolution by trade is Haunter to gengar. =)

 

[Twilight-kun]

I HATE not being able to catch them without cheating...that's my biggest "grrrrr" moment
at least you can find Steelix in the wild in Gen IV

now show me a Scizor!
or...you know, level it up in Mt Coronet?
it's a steel type...

 

[angel]

My favorite would have to be Seadra → Kingdra. Mostly because I love the family.

Having to trade Pokemon is ok. I don't hate or love it. I think having to trade some Pokemon make the games more challenging. It would be boring if there were only a couple ways of evolving the 649 Pokemon we have now. With that being said, I'm not a big fan of the requirements that some Pokemon need to evolve by trade.

 

[Timbjerr]

Gengar is my favorite forever and always. I still wish you can evolve it in-game. :D

Trade evolution of course makes no sense logically, but I can see the point of them from a gameplay aspect...the whole theme of promoting friendship so you can trade pokemons and whatnot. XD

 

[imevil]

its annoying especially because scizor is one of my favorite pokes and i have to trade and trade back to evolve my scyther,

 

[レイジングブラスト]

My favorite is Karrablast for Shelmet. I found kind of interesting based on what the Pokedex said. My least favorite is Steelix because it just doesn't seem like it was ever worth all the trouble of trading to get but, I guess that's why they made it available in the wild in D/P/Pt.

 

[Meganium]

It's kinda annoying to trade a Pokemon so it can evolve. Because, for example, you want to trade your Haunter for a Poliwhirl, you'd get back a Politoed, and the person you traded with gets back a Gengar. I don't think it's necessary, because people are going to get their Pokemon back from trading anyways. ;)

If I were to remove one of the Pokemon on the list, it would be Feebas -> Milotic. Because I don't see a point that Feebas would require a Beauty Scale when you can actually evolve it with max beauty.

 

[Legobricks]

It's to encourage trading, ergo greater sales as people persuade their friends to buy copies so they can get their monsters evolved... I guess. I don't see any other reason for it. It's obviously not necessary anymore, assuming it ever did work; by now it's just there to be... well, annoying is all it can be.

As long as Magikarp doesn't need to be traded to evolve, I'm alright...

 

[mew_nani]

Back in the day, having to trade Pokemon to evolve them sucked. You needed either a Link Cable or a Wireless Adapter - neither of which I had for the first two-three years I had Pokemon.

Now you only need two DSs to trade and evolve Pokemon, making it much easier. Still slightly annoying though.... Especially for item trading Pokemon. A lot of those items are rare. Much easier than before, though. :D

 

[Palkia]

I find it annoying, but not unnecessary because it's supposed to force players to come together, but the idea was kind of obliterated with the introduction of the GTS.

Also, Feebas should've NEVER become a trade evo + item pokemon. Now it just makes Milotic harder to obtain, making it less popular.

 

[Kenshin5]

Back in the day, having to trade Pokemon to evolve them sucked. You needed either a Link Cable or a Wireless Adapter - neither of which I had for the first two-three years I had Pokemon.

Now you only need two DSs to trade and evolve Pokemon, making it much easier. Still slightly annoying though.... Especially for item trading Pokemon. A lot of those items are rare. Much easier than before, though. :D

That or you could use Wifi.

I find it annoying, but not unnecessary because it's supposed to force players to come together, but the idea was kind of obliterated with the introduction of the GTS.

Also, Feebas should've NEVER become a trade evo + item pokemon. Now it just makes Milotic harder to obtain, making it less popular.

Having Feebas getting Maxed out beauty compared to having a trade evolution makes it harder to obtain and less popular how? Milotic is still popular in my eyes. OMG Wallace has Milotic win! It may be harder to obtain if you don't have access to trade evolution methods, but for people with Wifi and multiple DS's it easier.

Do you think its nessesary for pokemon to evolve by trading?
Pokemon Co. likes money, so of course its "necessary.

If you could remove a pokemon that evolves by trading, what would it be?
Steelix, if you can find them in the Wild then there is really no reason to have them as a trade back poke.


What's your favourite or least favourite evolved-by-trade pokemon?
Favorite would be Gengar. And my least favorite(s) would be Huntail and Gorebyss, just not feeling the design. I do love the Shelmet for Karrablast concept I will say.

 

[Zeffy]

I don't like not being able to evolve Pokemon by trading, especially back during Gen I/II/III. It sucks, you know. But nowadays, we have Wi-Fi trades. That makes me happy. My favorite Pokemon that evolves via trade would be Gurdurr to Conkeldurr, Haunter to Gengar, and Kadabra to Alakazam. Pity, it would've made me happy if I had two cartridges back during Gen I/II/III.

 

[Kirbychu]

Evolution by trading is good because it encourages interaction amongst players. Interaction between every player was the inspiration for Red and Blue and is still something the franchise never fails to achieve.

 

[Oryx]

I'm going to be the odd one out here and say I hate evolution by trade.

I imagine the original plan was something along the lines of a surprise, you trading your Pokemon to another, and they get a whole new one instead! But the way it is now, I know that this Pokemon will evolve via a trade. Therefore, I have to get one of my friends when they're not busy and feel like playing Pokemon, make sure they're not in the middle of something in the game, and then trade back and forth with them. It take a long time, and isn't "challenging" or fun, just tedious. It's just like every other evolution, except inherently unfun to evolve. If a Pokemon has a trade evolution requirement I won't use it, no matter how strong it is. I can't stand it. :/

 

[Hikamaru]

I often have to do trade evolutions in secret.

My brother NEVER lets me borrow his DS without permission.

 

[tjb90]

I like trade evolutions, they are cool and fun to do because you have to interact with other people to do them!

 

[fenyx4]

Ever since Gen 1, more and more pokemon need to be evolved by trading. Do you think its nessesary for pokemon to evolve by trading? If you could remove a pokemon that evolves by trading, what would it be? What's your favourite or least favourite evolved-by-trade pokemon? Just to give you a list of pokemon that needs to be evolved my trade:

From Generation I
Kadabra → Alakazam
Machoke → Machamp
Graveler → Golem
Haunter → Gengar

From Generation II
Poliwhirl → Politoed (if King's Rock is held)
Slowpoke → Slowking (if King's Rock is held)
Onix → Steelix (if Metal Coat is held)
Seadra → Kingdra (if Dragon Scale is held)
Scyther → Scizor (if Metal Coat is held)
Porygon → Porygon2 (if Up-Grade is held)

From Generation III
Clamperl → Huntail (if DeepSeaTooth is held)
Clamperl → Gorebyss (if DeepSeaScale is held)

From Generation IV
Rhydon → Rhyperior (if Protector is held)
Electabuzz → Electivire (if Electirizer is held)
Magmar → Magmortar (if Magmarizer is held)
Porygon2 → Porygon-Z (if Dubious Disc is held)
Dusclops → Dusknoir (if Reaper Cloth is held)

From Generation V
Feebas → Milotic (if Beauty Scale is held)
Boldore → Gigalith
Gurdurr → Conkeldurr
Karrablast → Escavalier (if traded for Shelmet)
Shelmet → Accelgor (if traded for Karrablast)

I'll go more in depth of my answer later, by my favourite pokemon evolution by trade is Haunter to gengar. =)

It's a good idea in theory, but it's freaking annoying and an unnecessary mechanic. If you have two handhelds and two cartridges, "interaction" is thrown out the window (though you'll have to exchange quite a hefty sum of money... >_>). If I could remove one of those trading restrictions, it would have to be Feebas/Milotic in their Generation 5 incarnation.

In Generations 3 and 4, it had one of the most novel ways of evolving that wasn't by standard level-up, trading, or even Stone usage. Maxing out its condition, a feature that would also complement the Ducklett line. Come Generation 5, Feebas loses its novelty and becomes yet another generic "evolve-by-trade" Pokemon.

The Escavalier/Accelgor trade requirement is also innovative in theory, but it's like a Scrappy Mechanic because now you not only have to trade it, you have to trade it for a specific Pokemon, which can be downright annoying in speed runs and such.

My favorites are probably Scizor, Steelix, Rhyperior, Conkeldurr, Gengar, Electivire, and Magmortar.

Least favorites would have to be Escavalier and Accelgor. They're okay; it's just that their designs leave something to be desired...

But yeah...not EVERYONE necessarily wants to interact; I'd like to be able to evolve all Pokemon in-game without trade requirements and depending on another Trainer... In Emerald, I just borrowed a friend's GBA and Sapphire, doing multitudes of trades by myself, and returning their equipment later. Pertaining to trades, I don't need "prolonged interaction" in this case; I know exactly what trades I need to conduct. Another person manually involved would just slow my process down. And if you can't find a trustworthy person to trade with (to ensure they won't run with your Pokemon as they trade you a Pokemon that they didn't even want anyway), exactly what are you supposed to do?

If Game Freak is going to bother instituting the trade limit, I wish it were on the "not-cool-looking" Pokemon. I know it's subjective; but I'd much rather have to trade for the Pokemon evolutions of Trubbish, Clefairy, and Panpour (visually unappealing Pokemon, IMO), rather than restrict the likes of Onix, Scyther, and Rhydon's (cooler-looking Pokemon IMO) evolutions to trade-only.

 

[Misty Fan]

Yes it is annoying to trade to evolve because on Emerald i had a lvl 65 Graveler and had no one who could trade with me.

Do you think its nessesary for pokemon to evolve by trading?
Nope.

If you could remove a pokemon that evolves by trading, what would it be?
Like everyone else is saying Steelix.

What's your favourite or least favourite evolved-by-trade Pokemon?
Fav would be Politoed and Gorebyss and least fav would be Gigalith.

 

[Aura.Lucario]

Do you think its nessesary for pokemon to evolve by trading? N
A big no...some people just can't use wi-fi, ya know? :(

If you could remove a pokemon that evolves by trading, what would it be?
Scyther -> Scizor, it just hurts me when I know my Scyther can't evolve no matter what.

What's your favourite or least favourite evolved-by-trade pokemon?
Favourite...Gengar.
Least favourite...Gurdurr

 

[PlatinumDude]

I think trade evolution is a good way to promote the trade function in the video games. I'd remove Rhyperior from the list of trade evolution Pokemon because Rhydon is already good enough. My favorite trade evolution Pokemon is Porygon-Z, even though it's harder to get than the other trade evolution Pokemon.