Why isn't the portal working?

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I found the portal to get Cobalion, Virizion, and Terrakion, but the portal won't let me battle Terrakion. I have four "Fully Trained Pokemon!" according to the Super Training, is that the same thing as having MAX EVs? Also, do you have to have exactly three? Because, like mentioned before, I have 4, not three. Where I'm getting this info is in this link (look in the description of Virizion, Terrakion and Cobalion). Same problem just happened when I tried to catch a Johto Dog in the Trackless Forest.

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Also, speaking of super training, what do the different colored balls mean, I've seen a blue ball, a green ball, and a regular black and white ball.

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I think those are the kinds of soccer balls that the Pokemon will shoot.

https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Super_Training#Shot_types

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Okay, also, just as a reminder, don't answer with a video, or a link other than serebii, I mean of course, answering with just a link, your source, can of course be whatever is most convenient.

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The same problem is happening with the Johto Dogs portal in Trackless Forest. I don't know what's going on.

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You have enough Pokemon and they're fully EV trained, but Terrakion can only be found on Tuesday and Saturday. I think that's the problem.

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Both say: "A mysterious ring is floating in the air..." But they don't give me the option of sticking my head in it, which I think is what you do to trigger the battle.

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It's Saturday today in my time Gladion, is it Sunday or Friday for you?

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Saturday for me. Did you ever change the time on your 3DS? Because it depends on the 3DS's clock I think.

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No, it's saturday in my clock.

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Hmm. I have no idea, then.

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You landed on Pathless Plain today, right? Or have you just been sitting there for multiple days?

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No, I went there today, same thing with the Trackless Forest problem.

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And just to be clear, I went to the Trackless Forest with Ho-oh in party.

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Did you take out and reinsert your game card? That can cause the game to think you changed the DS time, putting them on a halt

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Yesterday, but I can still do time based events, I was able to catch two of the lake spirits, and I also did other time based things in the past with no problem.

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Those dumb eon flute legendary things are so finicky

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Is it just a glitch or am I forgetting something?

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It sounds like a time based issue tbh. You might’ve accidentally did something to halt the time unknowingly, since you’re following all the steps to the T. Maybe wait two days and see if it works then, if so, then you know it was a time issue. If it doesn’t work in two days, then, I’m not too sure. You aren’t missing anything or doing anything wrong

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I'll try Thunderous/Tornadus, because those aren't time based, if it works, that means it was time based.

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Good luck!

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It's a time issue, I can battle Tornadus.

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Also, just for trivia, the Dusk ball works in the thundercloud.

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If you don’t mind, I’ll copy paste my comment as an answer :P

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Caught him already. Woohoo!

Answer 1

It sounds like a time based issue. You might’ve accidentally did something to halt the time unknowingly, since you’re following all the steps to the T. Maybe wait two days and see if it works then, if so, then you know it was a time issue. If it doesn’t work in two days, then, I’m not too sure. You aren’t missing anything or doing anything wrong.

Source: Experience, the comments :P
Hope this helps!

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If it still doesn’t work in a few days, I’ll hide this answer teehee

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Two days as in it should work on Monday(Saturday, Sunday, Monday)or two days as in it will work on tuesday.(Sunday, Monday, Tuesday)

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Two days as in 48 hours from nowish, sooooo Monday evening? It doesn’t hurt to check in periodically and see if it works. Keep your cartridge in your ds and stay far away from the settings, and for sure it’ll work (I hope!) be sure to save not on the islands, though