Randoman Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Does anyone know how genders are assigned to Pokemon traded from Pokemon Blue/Red/Yellow/Green to Gold/Silver/Crystal? I mean, Pokemon from the former games listed don't have genders assigned to them, and I'm wondering what decides the gender of the Pokemon when they're traded over. The only thing I can recall on that particular topic was me trading over the 3 starters, a few other Pokemon, and Pikachu from Pokemon Yellow to Pokemon Silver way back in the day. All of the Pokemon that were traded over were male except for the Nidoqueen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solrocknroll Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Gender is based on the Attack IV in Gen II. I think 15 and below means female, 16 and up means male. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book of Ereshkigal Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Sex seems to be determined by the attack IV in GSC http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Gender#Trivia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konnor97 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 (edited) It's also ties in with gender ratios. For "50%" female pokemon, females had an attack DV from 0-6, while males had an attack DV from 7-15. In GSC, the supposed 50/50 gender ratio was actually weighted slightly more towards males. "25%" female pokemon were also weighted slightly, though actually for females (0-4 and 5-15). 12.5% females had 0-1 while 87.5% males had 2-15, and 75% females had 0-11 while 25% males had 12-15. Obviously 100% female pokemon could go the full attack DV range of 0-15. Edited May 19, 2016 by Konnor97 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirmola Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 SHininess is also determined based on DVs in GSC, so you can trade a shiny pokemon to rby and back and they keep their shinyness. Held items actually use a byte in the pokemon's data that is set in RBY but never used, so trading does not cause them to get forgotten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magical Glace Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 (edited) There's also a Ditto bug that lets you guarantee a Gen I Ditto will be shiny if sent to II, interestingly. Another thing, Gen 2 Pokémon always had the same SpAtk and SpDef IVs. This is to retain compatibility with Gen 1 where they were one stat Edited May 19, 2016 by Glaceon Mage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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