[quote name='sixersballernum3']May I ask how much you payed, and what version you got?
Also, is it fairly simply to use?[/QUOTE]
If you can find it at Best Buy you can get it for $15+tax with the GGC. At Gaystop and EBlames it's around 24.99 I believe and CC it's $20. The base version, I'm not entirely sure, but all of the retail models must be the same because there's an update system via PC/internets.
[quote name='Moxio']The thing with the AR is that, from what I've seen and am currently seeing, you're slowly going to become more and more reliable on the AR for things you can do yourself. I've seen it happen all over GameFAQs (where else did I get my Arceus?

), and from personal experience of cheating Pokemon games,
it burns you out. After hacking a game, I refuse to go back to that savefile because I've done everything without trying. I've gotten the legendaries with infinite MasterBalls, I've beaten all the Contests because of infinite Blocks, etc.
Personally, you should do yourself a favor and ONLY use the AR when you really need it. And I mean, getting things you can only get at events held in Cairo, Egypt.
EDIT: Sorry if I sounded demeaning, because I'm not trying to be. AR is great, especially when you hate Nintendo for stupid event-only things (*shakes fist*).[/QUOTE]
I can see what you're saying. However, coming from someone who has beaten the game and done all the work on the surface, I'd see no prob with using the AR, even for things like certain items. I find it really tolling when we start getting into breeding for natures, breeding for iv's, breeding for the right hidden power, farming berries and the like, that's when it gets ridiculous. I'm sure no one wants to take their chances at getting a decent iv pokemon when the chances are in fact near 1:1,000,000, definitely higher if you actually calculate it. I'm just saying the ratio of work and time to the final product is simply immense.
However, I still ev train my pokemon the old fashioned way (not even going to touch that 512 limit breaking code). But in the end, I'm a person who likes to manage my time. I'd rather be having the "real" fun of battling and the like than having the fun that consists of planting berries and breeding for the adamant nature most of the time.