A female Pinsir will only make eggs containing more Pinsir, never Heracross. Of those Pinsir, 80% will have their hidden Ability, while the remaining 20% will have a random, non-hidden Ability.

I found a list of possible choices on Serebii: List of Offensive, Defensive, and Balanced NPC Pokemon

Quick Attack is a physical move, while Air Cutter is a special move. The damage of physical moves is calculated based on the user's Attack stat and the target's Defense stat, while the damage of special moves is calculated based on the user's Special Attack stat and the target's Special Defense stat. You can recognize the type of moves by the icon in their description: for physical moves, and for special moves. Tranquill's Attack is much higher than its Special Attack, so Quick Attack will deal more damage than Air Cutter against a target with equal defensive stats. Physical attacks like Wing Attack and Aerial Ace are better on a Pokémon with higher Attack like Tranquill.

It isn't. The only time it's been possible to transfer Pokemon back to a previous generation was way back in gen 2 where they could potentially be sent back to gen 1. From gen 3 to gen 4 onward any transfers of Pokemon to newer generations have been permanent including those done through that silly archery minigame thing you use to move them from gen 4 games to gen 5.

In generation 5 games, Reshiram and Zekrom have a capture rate of 45, not 3. Of course a Zekrom's 45 capture rate would make it easier to capture than Kyurem's 3 capture rate.

Two Roserades with identical IVs and EVs will have the same stats, whether they evolved from a Budew or hatched as a Roselia. The advantage of breeding a baby pokemon is that baby pokemon can learn moves that their evolved forms cannot, and keep them when they evolve. In this case, Budew can learn Water Sport, Worry Seed, and Uproar. If you want your Roserade to have any of these moves, breed a budew. If you don't need any of them, you can ignore the incense and just hatch Roselias.

According to this article about breeding, the male's ability cannot be passed down by breeding. If the male could pass down abilities, it could lead to a monstrosity of different pokémon with unknown abilities. The article also says that there is a 50/50 chance to get either ability if the pokémon has two possible abilities. If the female has a rare ability from Pokémon Dream World, there is an 80% chance the ability will be passed down.

Short Answer: Pokemon who have used the Move Tutor for viable moves. Long Answer: There are two types of moves that often become inaccessible in new Generations, and therefore are useful for transferring. I've tried to summarize the specific moves to look for. 1 - Old Move Tutor Moves The first thing to look for is Pokemon with Move Tutor moves. A specific example I know of is Gengar, which can be tutored Icy Wind in Gen V or Gen VI (ORAS), but cannot get access to it in Gen VII (SM). This also happens in the case of Azumarill with Knock Off. Popular Gen V move tutor moves include Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, Iron Head, Icy Wind, Dragon Pulse, Knock Off, Drain Punch, Tailwind, Stealth Rock, Skill Swap. This is not the complete list of Gen V move tutor moves, but ones I recall as being competitive. I had originally included Roost, but it is now a TM instead. Dark Pulse became a TM again in Gen VI. 2 - Obsolete TM The second type of move to look for are TMs which are no longer TMs, such as Pluck, which was TM88 in Gen V. Both Swanna and Togekiss can learn Pluck from TM in Gen V, and have no access to it in Gen VII. There aren't many moves that lost TM status, but some may have niche use. Pluck, Ally Switch, Retaliate, Dig, and Telekinesis all were TMs in Gen V, and are not in Gen VII. Defog is another popular move from an HM in Gen IV that still sees use in Gen VII competitive formats. Bonus - Breeding From Previous Generation This really isn't going to be comprehensive, as Egg Moves are specific to the the Pokemon, and there isn't a master list to reference. Anyways, some moves can be bred on, but the Pokemon required for breeding aren't in the current generation. Extra fun is that sometimes Chain Breeding isn't enough, and you need to set that up in the previous generation to get the move you want. And if you checked that link, you'll notice that Bulbapedia does not have a comprehensive list for me to cite, but just two examples. For example Exeggcute has Power Swap as an egg move, you just need to breed with Seedot or Tangela (who actually needs it from Seedot anyways), who aren't native to Sun or Moon and have to be transferred from a previous generation. Seedot doesn't even learn Power Swap, but needs to get it from Espeon, which you can get in Gen VII. If you need all cases of where this method is applicable you'll likely need to crawl Bulbapedia yourself. My recommendation is to look for the Pokemon you want to use, and then backtrack all of the moves that you are interested in.

Another thing to consider when using Surf and Waterfall is that Surf is a "Special" move and Waterfall is a 'Physical' move. What this means is that when you attack with Surf, the damage it does is based off of your Pokemon's Special Attack stat and the defending Pokemon's Special Defence stat. With Waterfall, it's your Pokemon's (regular) Attack and the defending Pokemon's (regular) Defence. So, for a pokemon like Gyarados, you would be better off using Waterfall as he can make use of his higher Attack stat to deal more damage than he would with Surf.

Make sure you are standing where you are so the cross-hair appears. Then, move one step towards any direction and turn 180 degrees so you are facing the hidden item. Press A like you normally would to pick it up.

There are some advantages using Regenerator with your Mienfoo: It makes using recoil moves like High Jump Kick less risky (if it misses or fails, user loses half its max HP) It helps with Life Orb recoil (boosts power by 30% but makes the holder take 10% recoil each attack) It works amazingly well with U-turn (user attack then automatically switches). More info on Smogon.

Your first stumbling block will be event Pokemon. Simply put, without someone to trade with, you wont. You can still trade locally, but if you have no-one to trade with nearby you won't be able to get certain Pokemon. That said, if you simply discount event Pokemon, then it is possible to get the rest of the national dex, but you'll need to at least purchase Pokemon Black, as well as Heartgold/Soul Silver, Diamond/Pearl/Platinum, and possibly the R/S/E games as well.

Pokemon has only ever allowed one save file to exist for one game at one time. In Pokemon Black & White (5th Gen), if you start a new game while another game save exists, you will be unable to save your new game. This is to prevent accidental save-overs of your main game, while still allowing a 'guest' (friend/sibling etc) to have a go of your Pokemon game. If you want to completely start a new game, you must first erase the old save by pushing and holding UpSelectB at the Title screen. You will then be prompted to erase the old Save file.

No, you have to be moving for rustling tiles to spawn. Per Bulbapedia: A phenomenon will vanish after it is encountered or if the player picks up a visible item, interacts with an NPC, or exits the area or room entirely; it will also vanish if an NPC steps on it. Repels stop the random encounters but not the rustling grass encounter.

In Fifth gen there's a key item called Shiny Charm, that increases the chance of encountering a Shiny Pokémon, both in the wild and through breeding. You can receive that item from Professor Juniper after obtaining all the Pokémon in the National Pokédex, with the exception of event Pokémon. But it's only present in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2. I don't think there's something similar in Pokemon White. Note: As a key item it can't be traded from B2W2 to any other game.

In non-competitive scenarios such as playing through the story (which is what you mention that you're playing), it shouldn't really matter too much. You can simply outlevel other trainers and Gym leaders and overwhelm them with pure force. As for movesets, use your Pokemon's secondary typings to your advantage. For example: Use Magcargo's & Aerodactyl's Fire and Flying moves vs Grass & Bug Pokemon, Use Tyranitar's Dark moves vs Psychic Kabuto's Water vs Fire, Rock and Ground and so on. Even having Non-S.T.A.B. coverage moves on your Pokemon is worth it. Kabutops can learn Ice Beam, which will be helpful when taking on Dragon types for example. If you want to build a team that actually takes advantage of slow Pokemon's speed, you might also want to consider a Team that revolves around Trick Room: Trick Room reverses the move order within each priority bracket so that Pokémon with a lower Speed stat attack first, whilst those with a higher Speed stat will attack last. If you're looking for Pokemon that can set it up, Bronzong would be a good example of a Trick Room Pokemon that fits your criteria. It's a slow Steel/Psychic type.

No, Baton Pass and U-Turn/Volt Switch are fundamentally different, despite being similar. U-Turn and Volt Switch simply force the user to switch out after dealing damage, even if the user should be locked in due to the effects of moves and abilities like Mean Look, Ingrain, Magma Storm, and Arena Trap. This means that a Pokémon switching out after using U-Turn will be hit by Pursuit with doubled power, and a Pokémon switching in will have no volatile statuses like Attack or Defense changes, confusion, being targeted by Lock-On, and the above mentioned trapping moves (Bulbapedia on volatile statuses and volatile effects). On the other hand, Baton Pass does not count as a switch, so it will not trigger Pursuit's effect, and does keep volatile effects on the Pokémon being switched in (not infatuation, as it's a condition between two Pokémon, not just on one). Like U-Turn and Volt Switch, it allows the user to switch out of trapping moves and effects, and those effects are not carried to the next Pokémon. TL;DR: U-Turn and Volt Switch are exactly like switching, Baton Pass is not

In Gen4 and Gen5, there's no distinction between an unnamed Pokémon and one nicknamed its species name. This differs from Gen3, which had a "nicknamed" flag. A Pokémon loses its nickname when it evolves, if its nickname is the same as its species name in any language. In one case, I had a Japanese Vibrava (named ビブラーバ, its species name). I had to evolve it to Flygon to fill a gap in my Pokédex, but I didn't want to because I knew it'd lose the nickname. In the end, though, I decided to let Flygons be Flygons.

No, you can play Pokemon White 2 without Pokemon White, as any other game of the series. The game takes place two years after the events of Pokémon Black and White, it's just a sequel.

Their was originally a 50 pokemon limit in the NA version, but it has since been removed: At some point in 2010, the limit that meant that players could only ever send 50 Pokémon from the Friend Board was removed.