"I have absolutely no idea how Gamefreak messed up Trading Pokemon in such a horrible way but its truly inexcusable to be this incompetent."

So we all know Gamefreak has its (multiple) moments where they do something completely asinine. But I never thought I’d run into such a colossal screw up until I attempted to trade online for Pokemon Shield.I just beat the game and while it was extremely enjoyable I am more of a End Game Competitive kind of guy and IMMEDIATELY as I beat the story I start going around trying to obtain my version exclusives from whatever game I didn’t buy. Easy as pie. Now I can mass breed and send them out via surprise trade.But no.You can’t trade directly with friends in this game apparently and it’s absolutely bull crap.You have to do Link Code, put the same code in as your friend and PRAY that you get linked up with your friend so you can trade directly. While at the same time you’ll get linked up with other individuals who are using that code.I tried to go down to the stamps and click “Friends Only” but nothing pops up. I’m utterly baffled at how they messed something up that wasn’t broken in the first place.. via /r/pokemon https://ift.tt/2KGsKfz