Your question is quite vague. If you've just accessed the lower levels after your first encounter with Faba: From this walkthrough: After you have defeated him, Faba will grant you access to the lower floors. When Gladion asks you if you’re ready to go, reply with “no”. Head south until you find the friendly Aether Foundation Employee who offers to heal your Pokémon. Now head back and travel down to the lower labs with Gladion. You are unable to go back until you have cleared the lower level section. Continue forward. If instead you are referring to the second Faba encounter, near the end of Aether Paradise: Guzma and Lusamine make a swift exit after the battle so you can relax for a bit now. Leave the mansion and Lillie will be waiting outside for you. Gladion hands Lillie a Moon Flute (Pokémon Sun) / Sun Flute (Pokémon Moon). He also hands you a Master Ball. There’s not much more to do on Aether Paradise right now so it’s about time that you head over to Poni Island. Simply retrace your steps by heading south, taking the elevator down to B1F: Docks and speak to Gladion. Additional source (spoilers)

EVs spread can be changed in order to optimize your pokemon against his main counters and/or other opponents. I begin explanations with basics : 4 EVs increase of 1 point the aimed stat, also you can give a max of 252 EVs since gen 6 (it was a max of 255 EVs before, but I recommend you to read more about it on that Bulbapedia page as it would be too long to explain and off topic) to a same stat and 510 EVs at total (so 2 EVs as a margin) Usually, we tend to maximize 2 stats in order to be faster and attack more harder (in most sweeper cases) But there are few pokemons which we can adapt these EVs spread, in order to be able to survive against few opponents particular attack, so this pokemon could : - survive and win his fight against his counter and/or - become a better check against other usual opponent which he can't survive at 2 attack from him if you would have maximize 2 stats Let's take an example : here is the Smogon guide usage of Venusaur in OU. As you can see, Venusaur EVs spread are really weird, with 252 HP,172 Def,68 SpD and 16 Speed, but if you keep reading, you can understand why EVs are like that : The EV spread listed allows Venusaur to survive two Dark Pulses from Choice Specs Greninja after Stealth Rock while outspeeding maximum Speed Mega Mawile. The rest is dumped into Defense to make Mega Venusaur a worthwhile Mega Mawile, Kartana, and Tapu Bulu check. Just don't forget that you can always choose different ways to use your pokemon, as Smogon is a really good databank for beginners, because it can surprise your opponent if you spread differently your pokemon (in both senses of the term). And there isn't a unique moveset suitable for every pokemon, so it's the same for EVs spread.

TL;DR: Mega Aggron and Mega Steelix are both good choices that have good options when playing, though each offers a slightly different niche. However, rest-talk may not be the best set for them. Advantages Mega Steelix has: Its ground typing means it has electric immunity, which allows it to ruin the momentum of volt switching Pokemon. As you mention, it has the powerful combination of curse and gyro ball. It also has access to STAB-boosted earthquake, which benefits from curse as well. Advantages Mega Aggron has: Mega Aggron has the powerful ability Filter, which makes super-effective moves less damaging against it. Its pure steel typing means that, unlike Steelix, it has no weakness to water attacks, and also has a resistance against common ice attacks. A base attack of 140 (vs M-Steelix's 125) means it hits a little bit harder. Essentially, the prime difference between M-Steelix and M-Aggron is that M-Steelix is a slow-to-start but powerful sweeper, that works best when you swap it in smartly to build its Curse boosts until it becomes unstoppable. M-Aggron is a bulky attacker that doesn't try to boost its stats but instead comes out of the gates swinging with powerful attacks like Earthquake and Heavy Slam. One thing I will caution you against: while rest-talk isn't an impossible set to run, in most situations it's not going to be a set that shows off Mega Steelix's full potential. A slow Pokemon like Steelix doesn't like to allow opponents a chance to set up on it, and having a Pokemon switch in to your sleeping Steelix and ruin the health you just got back is devastating. Sleep Talk's unpredictable nature means you only have a one-in-three chance to actually attack your opponent with Gyro Ball, leaving your opponent an opening to bring in a special attacker that can ruin your Steelix's day and force you to swap out and lose all your stat-ups from Curse. Steelix tends to benefit much more from having at least one support move like Stealth Rock or Toxic that leaves attackers frightened to switch in on it, and having a teammate with Wish who can pass it heals instead of trying to heal itself.

I can only assume you are using the e-shop version and not cartridge. To my understanding, you were trying to transfer the save data from one SD card to another. To that, I say there is no need. If the SD card works, just use it. If not, a quick Ctrl + A, Ctrl + C is the most reliable method of backup. If you have a new 3DS system or something of the such, you should be able to plop the old SD card into the new system. Once you log in and download Pokémon Sun, everything should be there. Another bit of advice to you, do not delete anything until you know for sure that everything is working. This applies to everything you do. This way, if something goes wrong, you will still have the original files. Unfortunately, I don't know exactly what you touched. If you are asking how to recover files, I'm sorry to say, they are gone for good. However, since it isn't clear what specifically you tried to move, there is a small chance that your issue is fixable. We will need more specificity than just "I transferred my save over from the old card to the new one."

Since placing a Pokémon in the PC puts its ‘time frame’ for contagiousness on pause, as soon as you take it out of the PC it will resume being contagious unless it’s time is up. It does not matter if it is in Poké Pelago, it has no effect on the virus whatsoever. If it does have Pokerus, it should continue having it when you resume the next day. I have a Granbull I found wth Pokerus, and putting it in Poké Pelago did not affect it. Make sure to remember, the longer it is in your party, the less time you have until it is cured.

Technically no. Molayne calls Kukui the Masked Royal twice. These are quotes from Molayne said directly to the Professor: "You're still as fired up as ever, eh, 'Royal'?" "But I was the captain once, my masked friend." However Kukui never confirms this himself. Whilst not as strong evidence, Molayne also asks you to return the Masked Royal mask to Kukui. "And if we're done here, ... Could I ask you to do a favor for me? Professor Kukui forgot this." One could potentially say that Moylane made a claim that Professor Kukui was the Masked Royal, but the claim was false. For all we know, he could have an identical twin not formally introduced in-game that is actually the Masked Royal, and after you give Kukui the mask, he was going to return the mask to his twin. (Whilst plausible, this is as unlikely as it sounds!) So as you said, whilst it's clear that Kukui is the Masked Royal, it's not explicitly stated. EDIT: In the anime, but not the games, it is clearly confirmed that Kukui is the Masked Royal. In episode SM140, the mask falls off the Masked Royal and reveals his true identity as Kukui to Ash. This knowledge is then made public in the next episode.

Pokemon Sun and Moon games cannot save Battle Videos when pitted against Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon games. Either use an Ultra Sun or Ultra Moon game, or have your friend use a Sun or Moon game.

I just went ahead and finish the game again and this time it did not take me back to the elite four. I don’t know why it did that the first time but it’s good now.

Smogon rules ban using more than one Pokemon with the same national dex number. Different forms are stil the same pokemon so, under Smogon rules, you would not be allowed both Ninetales on the same team. Other tournaments may use different interpretations, but this is the most commonly used ruleset.

The chance of encountering Shiny Pokemon is random, with a base chance of 1 in 4096, however this chance can be increased in a few ways. Shiny Charm - A Key Item awarded upon completing the Alolan Pokedex, which increases the chance to encounter a shiny to 3/4096. Chaining - You can use an Adrenaline Orb in SOS battles (where the enemy Pokemon calls another Pokemon to the battlefield) to 'chain encounter' the same Pokemon over and over again. According to Bulbapedia, a chain of 31 will increase the shiny chance to 13/4096 Of course, some Pokemon can't be found in SOS Battles, so you'll need to either encounter them without chaining, or breed for them. The Shiny charm still helps with breeding, as well as using the Masuda method.

If your SD card has at least 294 open blocks of space, you should be fine. The extra data takes up only 4 blocks of space, so Pokemon Sun would take around 300 blocks of storage in total.

Pokerus is contagious for 1 - 4 days, this is random, not inherited. So even if your hypno was contagious for three days, a new pokemon freshly infected might just be contagious for one.

I've been able to try this for you. So I caught a Pidgey in Pokémon Red, I then transferred this to Pokémon Silver, then using the Poké Transporter / Bank I was able to move it to Moon (pictures below). Unfortunately it doesn't say what region it was from, exactly. Of course one of the benefits of transporting Pokémon to Sun/Moon or Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon is they instantly get 3 max IVs and Hidden Ability. Apologies for the low quality pictures, I was using my mobile phone and 3DS, and also for no picture of Red. Pidgey named STACKEXCH! caught in Red placed in Box 1 in Silver. Pidgey transferred to Poké Bank via Poké Transporter Pokémon moved within Poké Bank to Moon And finally the summary page, which unfortunately doesn't say what region it came from, only that "Seems to have traveled across both space and time to reach you from a distant land in the good old days" The Gameboy icon indicates it was from Gen 1/2 but isn't specific.

The plot of Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon is an alternate retelling of the plot of Sun and Moon. It is not a sequel like Black 2 and White 2 were to Black and White, so it can be fully enjoyed without having any knowledge of Sun and Moon. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that since Sun and Moon have a very unfinished feeling to them, it is probably better to not play them before Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

Note: This answer does not go into the base power calculation of hidden power, as gen 6 and above normalized hidden power's base power to 60. The type of hidden power is determined by the least significant bit (or odd/even-ness) of each of your IVs by the formula let a, b, c, d, e, f = HP, Atk, Def, SpA, SpD, Spd IV mod 2 type = Floor( (a+2*b+4*c+8*d+16*e+32*f) * 15 / 64 ) where the resulting number type is an integer from 0-15, and the type number is mapped to a hidden power type. Since we are looking at hidden power dark, we want a type of 15, which is only possible when a,b,c,d,e,f are all odd, or the pokemon's HP, Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense, Speed IVs are all odd. Given that you are chaining pokemon, 4/6 of your IVs are 31, or odd. This leaves 2 IVs that are evenly distributed over [0-31]. Since you know the pokemon's hidden power type is dark, the non-perfect IVs are (1,3,5,7.... 31). There is a 1/16 chance for each of the two IVs to be 31, or 1/16*1/16 = 1/256 chance that both are 31 (0.390625%) and you have a perfect pokemon.

Any question like this can be answered by looking at the bulbapedia page of any given Pokémon. According to the page for Toxapex, these are the moves it can learn and at what level: Moves not possible in-game lvl.1 Baneful Bunker lvl.1 Poison Sting lvl.1 Peck lvl.1 Bite lvl.1 Toxic Spikes lvl.5 Peck lvl.9 Bite lvl.13 Toxic Spikes lvl.17 Wide Guard lvl.21 Toxic lvl.25 Venoshock lvl.29 Spike Cannon lvl.33 Recover lvl.37 Poison Jab Upon Evolution lvl.38 Baneful Bunker By Leveling Up lvl.44 Venom Drench lvl.51 Pin Missile lvl.58 Liquidation Toxipex can learn TMs, but these are the moves it can learn by level.

Each event can only be redeemed once per save file, even with multiple codes. By starting a new file, you can use a new code to redeem the event again.

You can still do a trade between games, and give this item to a Pokemon you are trading. You are not able to do this on one 3DS unfortunately.

Yes, you should keep them. All 3DS physical games are saved to the cartridges they are played on. Only digital version games are saved to the system memory. Some games do save SpotPass and StreetPass information to the system memory, so you may lose only those random users in your Festival Plaza. Source, Nintendo support.

Yes, egg moves are stored in their own special location in a Pokémon's data and cannot be overwritten or modified by anything except hacking.