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Generation IV Glitch Discussion

Level 4 Staravia? - Page 1

Level 4 Staravia?

Posted by: RPBnimrod
Date: 2008-01-06 10:50:53
I'm not sure wether to call this a glitch or just game oddness but I was playing on diamond and was in the I think the first of the three lakes and I found and caught a level 4 staravia. If you don't understand why that is odd, it's odd because starvia only evolves into staravia after level somewhere between level 13-17. Has this happened to anyone else?

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Posted by: Missing? NO!
Date: 2008-01-06 10:59:32
That has happened to me, but mine was a level 4 Bibarael.

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Posted by: fivex
Date: 2008-01-06 14:58:23
I saw a lvl 1 Bibarael.

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Posted by: Missingnoguy55
Date: 2008-01-06 15:23:11
It has happened to me before. It happens if you have Firered, Leafgreen, or Emerald in the GBA slot.

I saw a lvl 1 Bibarael.

I REALLY doubt that.

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Posted by: Sorreah
Date: 2008-01-06 18:35:13
Really? How odd. I've heard of GBA-inserted wild Pokemon, but nothing like this. And to have them so underlevel…

Then again, I know you can catch a Lv. 16 Haunter or a Lv. 16 Gengar if you have any GBA game inserted and you're in the room with the red-eyes picture on the wall.

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Posted by: Abwayax
Date: 2008-01-06 21:32:16
Evolved Pokemon in the wild can be at a lower level than the level they actually evolve at. Check out Viridian Forest in Pokemon Yellow to find underlevel Pidgeotto.

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Posted by: RPBnimrod
Date: 2008-01-06 21:43:27
Come to think of it, I think in the past I did see an under-level pigeotto, I think it was level three or something like that.

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Posted by: Sarial
Date: 2008-01-06 21:49:36

Evolved Pokemon in the wild can be at a lower level than the level they actually evolve at. Check out Viridian Forest in Pokemon Yellow to find underlevel Pidgeotto.

Yea, I remember getting level-9 pidgeotto's in Yellows Virian forest ^.~

And I think I've seen underlevel Furrets and Raticates in GSC somewhere…

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Posted by: Sorreah
Date: 2008-01-06 21:53:25
I remember those Yellow Pidgeottos too. And, for that matter, Lv. 16 Raticates in G/S/C. Furrets were never wild any game version I know, though.

I've also seen underlevel Pokemon on Trainer teams. There was a Lv. 16 Raticate on one of the Rocket's teams in Mt. Moon, if I remember right. I also remember Gary's Gyarados knowing something that it shouldn't have at its level. (either Dragon Rage or Hydro Pump)

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Posted by: Sarial
Date: 2008-01-06 21:59:48
Also, in RSE, I've seen underlevel Pellipers on some sea routes, last I checked -.-

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Posted by: RPBnimrod
Date: 2008-01-06 23:13:13

I remember those Yellow Pidgeottos too. And, for that matter, Lv. 16 Raticates in G/S/C. Furrets were never wild any game version I know, though.

I've also seen underlevel Pokemon on Trainer teams. There was a Lv. 16 Raticate on one of the Rocket's teams in Mt. Moon, if I remember right. I also remember Gary's Gyarados knowing something that it shouldn't have at its level. (either Dragon Rage or Hydro Pump)


could have TM'd the moves into the Gyrados

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Posted by: MissingNO. #1 Master
Date: 2008-01-07 02:25:52
Could this be how the Cinnabar guy got a level 2 Electrode?

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Posted by: Guy
Date: 2008-01-07 18:06:18

Could this be how the Cinnabar guy got a level 2 Electrode?
Level 3.

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Posted by: Bassmasta
Date: 2008-02-22 23:49:43
G/S/C had a lot of under-level pokemon. Some examples are a level 10 Gyrados, a level 19 Slowbro, and a lot of under-level evolutions in Kanto's early routes (Route 1 to about 4 or 5), with Furrets, Dodrios, and Pidgeottos to name a few.

I'm not sure wether to call this a glitch or just game oddness but I was playing on diamond and was in the I think the first of the three lakes and I found and caught a level 4 staravia. If you don't understand why that is odd, it's odd because starvia only evolves into staravia after level somewhere between level 13-17. Has this happened to anyone else?

I think that's normal after you beat the Elite Four, or beat Team Galactic, or something like that.

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Posted by: Guy
Date: 2008-02-23 05:22:56
I definitely realized it in GSC (also you missed Lv9 Pidgeotto). Also Lv3 Electrode + Sonicboom = A wicked good PkMn for Trainer Tower.