The WORST Grind In Every Pokemon Game

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• TO

  @townhomes13 · 11 months ago

  Does anyone else find roaming legendaries pure hell without a drop of fun or redeeming qualities?

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• IS

  @isaacfaith9369 · 10 months ago

  I remember finding a Munchlax in my first Diamond playthrough. I thought it had a cute sprite so I caught it, back then I didn’t know how disgustingly rare it was.

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• MR

  @MrElViktor · 11 months ago

  I had no idea the HGSS Safari Zone was so complex. I admit it's a place I rarely visited, but I thought it was a simple safari zone.

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• DA

  @DataDrain02 · 11 months ago

  The WORST thing about the Festival Plaza was.... It replaced the PSS from X/Y.<br><br>That was THE perfect online search for this series.<br><br>Have it up, and you could get online battle challenges while doing something mundane like Egg hatching. It was a great way to do 6v6 battles....<br><br>And then they replaced it. So to wait for battles now. You HAD to be in the plaza.... It just sucked for someone looking for casual low stakes battles.

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• PU

  @PURPLE_G0J0 · 11 months ago

  It feels like a war crime to not mention the Lorelei decoration side quest in FireRed and LeafGreen. You have to beat the league 100s of times to unlock all of the secret Lorelei plushies.

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• JO

  @JonAbstractt · 11 months ago

  I will never forget when I was very young I did encounter a Munchlax on a random tree and ended running away because it wasn’t the pokemon I wanted, little did I know I had encountered a legendary pokemon lol

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• AR

  @ArcticPenguin17 · 11 months ago

  For Pokémon FireRed and Leaf green I would argue there are more “grindy” things. Such as Loreleis Plush Collection or The Trainer Card Stickers.

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• VA

  @VampDemigod · 11 months ago

  Okay so. &nbsp;For gen 4, there is now actually a workaround for the time manip detection. &nbsp;It requires specifically a DSI, but you can now skip all of the time grind.<br><br>That said the fact that this was discovered in 2025, when these games came out in 2007, is freaking wild.

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• SH

  @shreym03 · 11 months ago (edited)

  The worst grind in Gen 9 is actually the Blueberry Quests. It&apos;s fine if you connect with friends but it&apos;s horrifying if you have to do it alone. And considering you need BP for a lot of important things like the Item Printer or Unlocking Starters, that makes the grind more painful. I would also say money grinding in SV is a chore too

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• AT

  @AtlanteanDeerPrince · 11 months ago

  Pokemon Amie rocked, Refresh too honestly. I loved getting to actually bond with my little guys.

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• MA

  @masterdmo · 10 months ago

  Worst gen 3 grind is 100% acquiring a Milotic from start to finish

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• PO

  @pokedude720 · 11 months ago

  For X/Y I&apos;d give it to the Battle Chateau <br><br>Not many trainers spawn at a time, and to get the max title you need 1k points, when the max points you get/fight is 8 from an E4 member.

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