The Toughest-To-Get pokemon.

the undertaker gonzo | April 19, 2008 | Reviews | Wii DS Misc

Games Radar decided to take a look at the most difficult Pokemon to catch of all time. There are only three Pokemon which have been put in this category. The three which have received this, err, honor are Chansey, Feebas and Deoxys, each of which have varying reasons for there toughness.

There are some Pokemon that are just a pain in the butt to catch - legendaries, Pokemon that run around the map, honey tree Pokemon, etc. Thankfully, as the Pokemon games have progressed, many of these Pokemon are much easier to catch in Diamond/Pearl than they were in the forerunners. Still, it makes us reminisce about the good old days. We had our fair share of frustrations back then, but it all seems a bit funny now. This week's Pokemusings is a flashback dealing with some extremely difficult-to-catch Pokemon. Let's take a trip down memory lane!

News Story attached to:

Pokémon Diamond [DS]
Pokémon Pearl [DS]

23 comments | go to source (www.gamesradar.com) | Add to favorites!

favourite this article |

send to friend

Images about this story:

Latest Comment

Most recently commented on by FFXFREAK on Apr 22, 2008

137	Easiest and Toughest Games to Boost Your Gamerscore (6) June 21, 2009
380	Pokemon Heart Gold and Pokemon Soul Silver CONFIRMED to exist (76) May 7, 2009
293	Pokémon Heart Gold and Soul Silver CoroCoro Scans: All Pokémon Can Follow You; Revamped Pokédex, Menu Interface (19) June 12, 2009
144	Pokemon seeing familiar colors again (24) May 3, 2009
374	Yes, even Pokemon has had it's share of scandals (16) April 6, 2009

Comments

0 thumbs!
Play ISDF | April 19, 2008

Well you gotta catch em all!
0 thumbs!
ShinyMilotic | April 19, 2008

I think that is true lol, Feebas especially annoyed me. >_>
0 thumbs!
black doom | April 19, 2008

Ah Chansey, malpractice with you was great fun.

Toxic
Softboil
Minimize
Defense Curl
0 thumbs!
Envoy of Darkness | April 19, 2008

Yeah, Feebas was of the most difficult Pokemon for me to catch!
0 thumbs!
Gothic Girl | April 19, 2008

I thought that catching a Tauros in the Safari Zone was alot harder than catching a Chansey. Tauros usually ran away as soon as you entered a battle against it. >_>

And let's not forget Mew! We all thought that Mew was a Pokemon that you could catch after obtaining the other 150.
But then it was finally announced that only way to get him is to to to a Pokemon convention and get him traded to you, or use a glitch.
- 0 thumbs!
  tidus04 | April 19, 2008
  
  He was one of the worst to try and catch, I hated having to get Tauros
0 thumbs!
Slumpy monkey | April 19, 2008

Yea Tauros was a bitch to catch. Although I remember back in good ole Pokemon blue and red times I got a chansey. First time ive heard of feebas though. Dammit now ive got to go boot up sapphire. Lol
0 thumbs!
Zeon I | April 19, 2008

What the hell type of Tauros were you guys fighting? Everyone I fought stared me down for at least 3 Turns. Now, Feebas was a complete bitch to capture. It took me and all of my friends forever to find. Good Thing I legit Hack now.

@ The Deoxys Comment: Screw Events, I have Hacks!
0 thumbs!
BANDITO ATTACK | April 19, 2008

chansey dont have NOTHING on feebas. feebas is easily way harder to get than any other pokemon. deoxys just costs you 30$ for the AR youre going to eventally need if you want him that damn much.
0 thumbs!
Alvaroduck | April 19, 2008

I remember on Pokemon Pearl - I just got past the part with the Psyducks and I found a Chansey in the grass. I threw my only great ball, and with some magnificent stroke of luck I caught it. It can be a real bastard to catch though.

Feebas wasn't that hard, you just had to fish in every square of water in 2 areas iirc. Although there was only something like a 1/5 chance of it appearing.

Tbh, I hate the ones with weird requirements the most. "Show up at some random patch of grass at 6 A.M. on Thursday morning". Stupid Drifblim.
-1 thumbs!
jmac353 | April 19, 2008

Toughest-To-Get? Most difficult to obtain. Hardest to get.
0 thumbs!
Euphoric | April 20, 2008

Feebas equals the hardest. No questions. I mean it verges on the ridiculous trying to catch him.
0 thumbs!
Synergized | April 20, 2008

Bullshit, Pikachu was hard!
0 thumbs!
Altaura | April 20, 2008

Feebas was hard to capture, yet I caught one. The games make the pokemon hard to capture so that they're more rare, and less people have them. I would prefer if they kept it this way, so you could brag to your friends about your pokemon you caught =D
0 thumbs!
Elcheezo | April 20, 2008

I would have thought Mew would be in that list. I have caught a Chansey many a time in my old Pokemon Blue, but never even seen a Mew. As far as I know you have to go to a convention to get it.
0 thumbs!
ShinyMilotic | April 20, 2008

Latios and Cresselia and them are hard as well since they run away after one move...
- 0 thumbs!
  the undertaker gonzo | April 20, 2008
  
  Yeh but they can be legitamtely obtained and the master ball comes in there. Chansey is a b*itch to catch with safari balls. Feebas is in 6 tiles and Deoxys needs a special ticket, though so do some others. Which doesn't make sense?
- 0 thumbs!
  Altaura | April 20, 2008
  
  You can use wobbuffet, or trapinch, or any pokemon with that special ability to prevent them from fleaing. It's much more easier =)
  - 0 thumbs!
    the undertaker gonzo | April 21, 2008
    
    Yeh that does make it much easier but then again you can just clone the master ball in Emerald to have a lot of master balls to catch them all .
0 thumbs!
Altaura | April 20, 2008

THere's only one master ball, and then there are people who use cheating systems and all that. But you can always use wobbuffet to prevent those pokemon from fleaing
0 thumbs!
Zeon I | April 20, 2008

Wobbuffet can be roared, though.
0 thumbs!
Remino52 | April 21, 2008

I remember in PKMN gold chansey was really hard to get.And I could never get a feebas in saphire.
0 thumbs!
FFXFREAK | April 22, 2008

Chansey is the most annoying pile of crap in the world T_T, honestly I went crazy trying to get one xD. Chansey was really easy to get in Red/Blue though, but in FireRed quite a pain >>.

~FFXFREAK