Resources for off-topic content

Question

This page keeps external links for content that isn't/won't be covered by PokeBase's three sections. You can link it to help people find somewhere to post.

Flick a message to staff if you have suggestions for this list.

Index: trades, in-game teams, merchandise appraisal, discussion forums, Pokemon Go FCs, Friend Safari FCs, official customer support, art, fan games

Answer 1

None of these sites are affiliated with PokeBase or PokemonDB

Trading Pokemon

• r/pokemontrades: Structured forum for trading Pokemon, especially high-value trades (ex: competitive, shiny). Harsh rules around legitimacy.
• r/casualpokemontrades: Like the above, but less "hardcore". Good for tradebacks (e.g. help me evolve Machoke).
• Neoseeker Trading Forum: General purpose trading community.
• PokeCommunity Trade Corner: General purpose trading community.
• r/SVExchange: For TSV trading abuse in Gen 6 and 7.
• Plenty of Discord servers to use for tradebacks as well.

Rating in-game teams (and other casual teams)

• r/pokemonteams: Loose set of rules, good for casual advice.
• PokeCommunity: Casual community that may not labour details like the format, EVs, etc. as we do.

Merchandise appraisal

• tcgplayer.com: For TCG cards. Put the set your card belongs to into the dropdown and then Ctrl+F for your card. Has a reputation for showing the lowest price you can get.
• eBay advanced search: Put the precise name of your product into the keywords box. Under "Search including", uncheck all except "Sold items". Sort the results by highest price or lowest price depending on your preference.

General discussion forums

• Bulbagarden Forums: General purpose Pokemon forum.
• Serebii Forums: General purpose Pokemon forum.
• Smogon Forums: Focused on the competitive game and its bespoke battle formats. Also has large subforums for other purposes.
• Reddit: Anything Pokemon-related that might have its own community, probably does on Reddit. There are many communities that will accept discussions and fan content that is out of place on PokeBase. Care adult content is allowed on Reddit.
• PokeBeach Forums: Focused on the TCG.
• Project Pokemon Forums: Focused on save editing (especially PKHeX), hacks/mods, and hardware.
• PokeCommunity: The best traditional forum for fan-curated content.
• GameFAQs boards: Discussion tailored to each Pokemon game, including spin-offs.
• PokeCharms: Has an active roleplaying subforum if you're into that.
• A lot of communities exist primarily or entirely on Discord.

Pokemon Go Friend Code exchange

• r/PokemonGoFriends: Largest forum for exchanging PoGo FCs.
• pokemongofriendcodes.com: Allows you to add friends en masse through QR codes.

Friend Safari code exchange

• SafariCode: Platform for adding 3DS friends based on their Friend Safari. Also a general-purpose site for arranging multiplayer in Pokemon games.
• r/friendsafari: Largest forum for adding Safari FCs, requesting particular Safaris, etc.

Nintendo, etc. support

• Nintendo customer support knowledgebase (North American but likely applicable elsewhere; use the region selector below if you need)
• Nintendo support ticket submission: Select your region using this site, then scroll to the bottom of the page and hit "Contact" or "Contact Us".
• TPC customer support knowledgebase
• TPC customer support ticket submission
• Niantic (Pokemon Go) customer support knowledgebase
• Niantic (Pokemon Go) support ticket submission

Sharing art

• Reddit (r/pokemon, r/pokemonart)
• Art sharing platforms (Deviantart, Pixiv)
• social media

Frequently-posted fan games

• Pixelmon: official forum, Pixelmon Harmony forum, Pixelmon Wiki, r/PixelmonMod
• Cobblemon: Discord server, r/cobblemon
• Pokerogue: r/pokerogue
• Unbound: PokeCommunity discussion, Pokemon Unbound Wiki, r/PokemonUnbound, Discord server
• Radical Red: PokeCommunity thread with link to Discord server, r/pokemonradicalred
• Project Bronze Forever (Brick Bronze): Discord server, Fandom.com
• PokeMMO: official forums, r/pokemmo

Comments

this is really helpful, thank you @fizz