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*All 493 Pokémon will be catchable, breedable and otherwise obtainable. [[Legendary Pokémon]] however, are slightly different. All legendary Pokémon (including any trios) can only be found after triggering an event, which will only happen once every year or so. This big change was probably made to keep | *All 493 Pokémon will be catchable, breedable and otherwise obtainable. [[Legendary Pokémon]] however, are slightly different. All legendary Pokémon (including any trios) can only be found after triggering an event, which will only happen once every year or so. This big change was probably made to keep legendary Pokémon being legendary. | ||
*If you lost to an NPC or a [[wild Pokémon]] and had all of your Pokémon fainted, you wouldn't simply vanish to the last visited. Poké Center. Rather you will be prompted to choose to use a [[Revive]] or walk (or alternately use an [[Escape Rope]]) to a Poké Center. While this seems odd and that the team promised to try to keep as close to the [[Pokémon games]] as possible, simply vanishing to a Poké Center would seem albeit 'strange' and unrealistic. Several people have posed some potential problems with this change though, saying players can use it to cheat by slipping by NPCs without a battle. There will probably be a fix to this. | *If you lost to an NPC or a [[wild Pokémon]] and had all of your Pokémon fainted, you wouldn't simply vanish to the last visited. Poké Center. Rather you will be prompted to choose to use a [[Revive]] or walk (or alternately use an [[Escape Rope]]) to a Poké Center. While this seems odd and that the team promised to try to keep as close to the [[Pokémon games]] as possible, simply vanishing to a Poké Center would seem albeit 'strange' and unrealistic. Several people have posed some potential problems with this change though, saying players can use it to cheat by slipping by NPCs without a battle. There will probably be a fix to this. | ||
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*The [[Orange Islands]] will be able to be accessed. You will be able to obtain all of its gym badges and visit nearly all of the islands it has to offer. The Orange Islands will not be one of the starting regions you can choose to start from, but rather have the same role as the [[Sevii Islands]] have. | *The [[Orange Islands]] will be able to be accessed. You will be able to obtain all of its gym badges and visit nearly all of the islands it has to offer. The Orange Islands will not be one of the starting regions you can choose to start from, but rather have the same role as the [[Sevii Islands]] have. | ||
*A second trade system similar to {{game|Diamond and Pearl}}'s [[Global Trade Station]] will be possible. It will be located on the second floor of every Poké Center. You'll be able to seek, offer and search a Pokémon. When posting an offer you'll be able to seek for the Pokémon you want in a lot more advanced way. You can seek by the Pokémon itself, its gender, status ([[Pokérus]] or [[alternate coloration|shiny]]), from (in terms of region), level range, [[nature]], characteristic, and even what [[move]]s it knows. For status and 'from location' seeking, you must either have seen a Pokémon from the region or have once obtained a shiny or a Pokémon that was infected by Pokérus. | *A second trade system similar to {{game|Diamond and Pearl|s}}'s [[Global Trade Station]] will be possible. It will be located on the second floor of every Poké Center. You'll be able to seek, offer and search a Pokémon. When posting an offer you'll be able to seek for the Pokémon you want in a lot more advanced way. You can seek by the Pokémon itself, its gender, status ([[Pokérus]] or [[alternate coloration|shiny]]), from (in terms of region), level range, [[nature]], characteristic, and even what [[move]]s it knows. For status and 'from location' seeking, you must either have seen a Pokémon from the region or have once obtained a shiny or a Pokémon that was infected by Pokérus. | ||
When an offer has been posted, the system will auto-search for any matching Pokémon. When a match has been found the player has to wait for the original owner to accept the offer, decline or sometimes the system will cancel the offer if an error should arise. Unless a match cannot be found or if an offer is still in waiting to be accepted or decline, the 'offer' button will be replaced by 'pending'. The system will also be quite 'smart' and will not allow people to seek Pokémon that are incapable of learning certain moves or being at a certain level, examples are that you cannot search for a level 9 {{p|Mewtwo}} and cannot seek a {{p|Buizel}} that knows {{m|Ember}}. | When an offer has been posted, the system will auto-search for any matching Pokémon. When a match has been found the player has to wait for the original owner to accept the offer, decline or sometimes the system will cancel the offer if an error should arise. Unless a match cannot be found or if an offer is still in waiting to be accepted or decline, the 'offer' button will be replaced by 'pending'. The system will also be quite 'smart' and will not allow people to seek Pokémon that are incapable of learning certain moves or being at a certain level, examples are that you cannot search for a level 9 {{p|Mewtwo}} and cannot seek a {{p|Buizel}} that knows {{m|Ember}}. | ||
Revision as of 07:22, 21 June 2008
Pokémon Online (commonly shortened to POL) is a fan-made MMORPG created with Clickteam's Multimedia Fusion. The project is handled by a wide variety of team members with the current leader being Haris. The MMORPG is planned to be based on the gameboy Pokémon games. Many of the forum members help the team out by posting suggestions, helping to create sprites and revamp older ones, mapping and more. Occasionally the team sometimes offers people to be hired and help work in a certain 'department'.
As of now version 0.6 was released to the project and is a prototype of what is to be expected. The servers have been recently closed while work on version 0.7 was made. However during the holidays of 2007 the servers were opened up and became a 'Christmas gift' of sorts for those who wanted to play. A hacker had than striked the servers and it is said that better security will be in the plans for version 0.7.
The website, forums and server sometimes have downtimes which can last up to a week sometimes although not very often, this is to be expected when a team is running a MMORPG and its website.
The original Pokémon Online website had mysteriously vanished off the face of the internet. However, the POL Team has retained a complete up-to-date backup of all of the project's files. It has been stated by the POL Team that the project will be delayed due to this setback. The team plans to get a new site up and running this Summer, possibly earlier, bigger and stronger than ever. The team had set up a temporary website on deviantArt, as well as a temporary forum on zetaboards.
Recently the temporary website has been set up. According to the updates, the real site was supposed to return around Summer 2008 but couldn't due to time restraints.
The Website
The Pokémon Online website is where announcements of the MMORPG's updates are posted, sometimes announcements simply being related to the project itself is also posted. The website also shows server status, beta screen shots of the project, important information about how the engine will work as shown in World Concepts and more.
The website also has a forum where many of the members are quite active even today. Not all of the announcements are posted on the website, half of it are for the forum members. Forum members are also given the privileges to post suggestions, show their spriting/mapping work and help the team in various ways.
The Host
POL's main server is hosted by one of its forum members, Chibimmy, of Coinoperatedboy.net.
Planned Features
Most of the planned features are listed in Pokémon Online's World Concepts, the page is highly detailed and informational. It is recommended that before someone suggests an idea, that he or she is to read the World Concepts page before making a suggestion. This is to avoid questions and suggestions that can simply be answered by reading the World Concepts.
Some of the noteable features that will be included are;
- All 493 Pokémon will be catchable, breedable and otherwise obtainable. Legendary Pokémon however, are slightly different. All legendary Pokémon (including any trios) can only be found after triggering an event, which will only happen once every year or so. This big change was probably made to keep legendary Pokémon being legendary.
- If you lost to an NPC or a wild Pokémon and had all of your Pokémon fainted, you wouldn't simply vanish to the last visited. Poké Center. Rather you will be prompted to choose to use a Revive or walk (or alternately use an Escape Rope) to a Poké Center. While this seems odd and that the team promised to try to keep as close to the Pokémon games as possible, simply vanishing to a Poké Center would seem albeit 'strange' and unrealistic. Several people have posed some potential problems with this change though, saying players can use it to cheat by slipping by NPCs without a battle. There will probably be a fix to this.
- The Orange Islands will be able to be accessed. You will be able to obtain all of its gym badges and visit nearly all of the islands it has to offer. The Orange Islands will not be one of the starting regions you can choose to start from, but rather have the same role as the Sevii Islands have.
- A second trade system similar to Pokémon Diamond and Pearl's Global Trade Station will be possible. It will be located on the second floor of every Poké Center. You'll be able to seek, offer and search a Pokémon. When posting an offer you'll be able to seek for the Pokémon you want in a lot more advanced way. You can seek by the Pokémon itself, its gender, status (Pokérus or shiny), from (in terms of region), level range, nature, characteristic, and even what moves it knows. For status and 'from location' seeking, you must either have seen a Pokémon from the region or have once obtained a shiny or a Pokémon that was infected by Pokérus.
When an offer has been posted, the system will auto-search for any matching Pokémon. When a match has been found the player has to wait for the original owner to accept the offer, decline or sometimes the system will cancel the offer if an error should arise. Unless a match cannot be found or if an offer is still in waiting to be accepted or decline, the 'offer' button will be replaced by 'pending'. The system will also be quite 'smart' and will not allow people to seek Pokémon that are incapable of learning certain moves or being at a certain level, examples are that you cannot search for a level 9 Mewtwo and cannot seek a Buizel that knows Ember.
The History
Pokémon Online was first originally being developed by an old Bulbagarden member named Konidias a.k.a MeowthBG. Bulbagarden was one of the first places to hear about MeowthBG's dream of a real working Pokémon MMORPG. Because Bulbagarden was - and still is - so popular, the first stages of Pokémon Online was able to get enough help and support and the project became an enigmatic dream.
The first stages of the project were however short lived, lasting only from 1999 to 2003. The sudden and unknown departure of MeowthBG may have been the main reason, although no one is quite sure the real reason and only theories exist why Pokémon Online stopped so soon. Whatever the reason was it caused quite a stir in the supporters of the project, which in turn only fueled the desire to continue the project on their own. Currently there seems to be no older version of Pokémon Online existing, and only copies of the newer projects exist today.
The project, now revived, is handled by a variety of team members. Some are part in the programming department, others in spriting department etc. The leader of the project is Haris.
Extras
The website also includes a Map Editor, available for download, in which you may make your own maps that resemble the ones in POL and the Game Boy games.
