Pokemon Diamond

 

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Translation Guide | | 5. Walkthrough | | | |___) 5.1. Coal Badge | |___)---- 5.1.1. Twinleaf Town | |___)---- 5.1.2. Route 201 | |___)---- 5.1.3. Masago Town | |___)---- 5.1.4. Route 202 | |___)---- 5.1.5. Kotobuki City | |___)---- 5.1.6. Route 204 | |___)---- 5.1.7. Route 203 | |___)---- 5.1.8. Kurogane Gate | |___)---- 5.1.9. Kurogane City | |___)---- 5.1.10. Kurogane Mine | |___)---- 5.1.11. Kurogane Gym | | | |___) 5.2. Forest Badge | |___)---- 5.2.1. Route 207 | |___)---- 5.2.2. Kotobuki City | |___)---- 5.2.3. Route 204 | |___)---- 5.2.4. Sono-oh Town | |___)---- 5.2.5. Route 205 | |___)---- 5.2.6. Valley Power Plant | |___)---- 5.2.7. Sono-oh Flower Garden | |___)---- 5.2.8. Valley Power Plant | |___)---- 5.2.9. Route 205 | |___)---- 5.2.10. Hakutai Forest | |___)---- 5.2.11. Route 205 | |___)---- 5.2.12. Hakutai City | |___)---- 5.2.13. Route 211 (West) | |___)---- 5.2.14. Hakutai Gym | | | |___) 5.3. Kobol Badge | |___)---- 5.3.1. Hakutai City (Galaxy Building) | |___)---- 5.3.2. Cycling Road | |___)---- 5.3.3. Route 206 | |___)---- 5.3.4. Route 207 | |___)---- 5.3.5. Tengan Mountain | |___)---- 5.3.6. Route 208 | |___)---- 5.3.7. Yosuga City | |___)---- 5.3.8. Contact Plaza | |___)---- 5.3.9. Route 209 | |___)---- 5.3.10. Lost Tower | |___)---- 5.3.11. Zui Town | |___)---- 5.3.12. Route 210 | |___)---- 5.3.13. Route 215 | |___)---- 5.3.14. Tobari City | |___)---- 5.3.15. Tobari Gym | | | |___) 5.4. Fuen Badge | |___)---- 5.4.1. Tobari City | |___)---- 5.4.2. Route 212 | |___)---- 5.4.3. Route 212 (Rainy Area) | |___)---- 5.4.4. Nomose City | |___)---- 5.4.5. Nomose Gym | | | |___) 5.5. Relic Badge | |___)---- 5.5.1. Nomose City | |___)---- 5.5.2. Route 213 | |___)---- 5.5.3. Risshi Lake Area | |___)---- 5.5.4. Route 214 | |___)---- 5.5.5. Route 210 | |___)---- 5.5.6. Route 210 (Foggy Area) | |___)---- 5.5.7. Kannagi Town | |___)---- 5.5.8. Route 211 (East) | |___)---- 5.5.9. Yosuga Gym | | | |___) 5.6. Mine Badge | |___)---- 5.6.1. Route 218 | |___)---- 5.6.2. Mio City | |___)---- 5.6.3. Mio Gym | | | |___) 5.7. Glacier Badge | |___)---- 5.7.1. Tengan Mountain | |___)---- 5.7.2. Route 216 | |___)---- 5.7.3. Route 217 | |___)---- 5.7.4. Eichi Lake Area | |___)---- 5.7.5. Kissaki City | |___)---- 5.7.6. Kissaki Gym | | | |___) 5.8. Beacon Badge | |___)---- 5.8.1. Mio City | |___)---- 5.8.2. Risshi Lake | |___)---- 5.8.3. Shinji Lake | |___)---- 5.8.4. Eichi Lake | |___)---- 5.8.5. Tobari City | |___)---- 5.8.6. Team Galaxy HQ | |___)---- 5.8.7. Tengan Mountain (South) | |___)---- 5.8.8. Tengan Mountain (Peak) | |___)---- 5.8.9. Shinji Lake | |___)---- 5.8.10. Risshi Lake | |___)---- 5.8.11. Eichi Lake | |___)---- 5.8.12. Route 222 | |___)---- 5.8.13. Nagisa City | |___)---- 5.8.14. Nagisa Gym | | | |___) 5.9. The Pokemon League | |___)---- 5.9.1. Route 223 | |___)---- 5.9.2. Victory Road | |___)---- 5.9.3. The Pokemon League | | | | 6. Post-Game | | | |___) 6.1. Receiving the National Dex | |___)---- 6.1.1. Twinleaf Town | |___)---- 6.1.2. Kannagi Town | |___)---- 6.1.3. Masago Town | | | |___) 6.2. The Pal Park | |___)---- 6.2.1. Route 219 | |___)---- 6.2.2. Route 220 | |___)---- 6.2.3. Route 221 | |___)---- 6.2.4. Pal Park | | | |___) 6.3. The Northeast Island (Coming soon!) | | | |___) 6.4. Catching Creseria | |___)---- 6.4.1. Mio City | |___)---- 6.4.2. Full Moon Isle | | | |___) 6.5. Giratina and the Return Cave | |___)---- 6.5.1. Route 214 | |___)---- 6.5.2. Funeral Spring Path | |___)---- 6.5.3. Return Cave | | | |___) 6.6. Regigigas and Kissaki Temple (Coming soon!) | | | | 7. Optional Areas | | | |___) 7.1. Forest Manor | |___) 7.2. Cave of Doubt | |___) 7.3. Zui Ruins | |___) 7.4. Pokemon Mansion and Proud Garden | |___) 7.5. Safari Zone | |___) 7.6. Tatara Ironworks | |___) 7.7. Steel Island | |___) 7.8. Cave of Doubt (Secret Area) | | | | 8. Useful Lists | | | |___) 8.1. Item Locations | |___) 8.2. Key Item Locations | |___) 8.3. TMs and HM Locations | |___) 8.4. Poke Watch Applications | |___) 8.5. Places and People of Interest | | | | 9. Mini-games | |___) 9.1. Pokemon Super Contests | | | | 10. Frequently Asked Questions | | 11. Contact Info | | 12. End Credits | |__________________________________________________________________________ |____________________________________________________________________________| | Hint: To jump to a section, select the section number (4.1.2., for example)| | and press CTRL + C, then CTRL + F, and then type "s" and press | | CTRL + V, then hit the enter key and you'll be taken to the section! | '____________________________________________________________________________' ,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. ( s1. INTRODUCTION | ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ) `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` Hello! This is the second FAQ that I am publishing to GameFAQs (and to any other sites whom have received my permission to use this FAQ). I have been super enthusiastic about the new Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl games that were released in Japan recently since the day they came out. I have been working dilligently on trying to acquire as much information as possible about the two games, and now, I have decided that it is time to work on writing a good Walkthrough for the two games. This task will be a very different one for me, seeing as the games are barely out in Japan at the time of writing this walkthrough. Please understand that most all names are going to change when the game hits the USA shores. I have tried to translating everything to the best of my ability, but unfortunately I know only limited Japanese, so I cannot guarentee the accuracy of any of my translations. I will try to spell out the translations of things like Pokemon and Town Names to help you pronounciate them better (ex., "Sono-oh Town" is actually "So - no - o - Ta - u - n" in Japanese Katakana, but if I listed it as "Sonoo Town", English-speakers would pronounce it as "So - New"). All Pokemon names, Item names, character names, Trainer names, etc. are all translated by me and not taken from another source like, say, Serebii. I apologize if this causes any confusion, but I don't believe that Serebii, or anyone's translations (my own included) are absolute, so I just work with what I read. That's how I am. All names will be updated to their English counter- parts as soon as I get ahold of the English version. THIS IS NOT A SPOILER-FREE WALKTHROUGH! In fact, this Walkthrough will have as many spoilers as possible! The game is only out in Japan for the time being, so in reading this Walkthrough, you're probably spoiling the game for your country's release of the game anyway. (: You will not find any pictures (for obvious reasons) or stats (will be released in a seperate guide) on the Pokemon in this guide. For pictures of the new Pokemon, you can check out: http://pokemon.marriland.com/diamond-pearl.php?page=pokepics Also, since making a text-based Pokedex out of my existing Pokedex just isn't time-sensible, you can view my D/P Pokedex on my site, at the following page: http://pokemon.marriland.com/diamond-pearl.php?page=pokedex I will probably not bother converting the whole Pokedex to text to put into this Walkthrough. I might someday make a seperate Pokedex FAQ in text-form, but for now, use that. This is a Walkthrough - not a Pokedex. Special thanks to pika for allowing use of the sprites for my site. With that being said, please do enjoy the Walkthrough I have written. I hope it helps you out through the game, or, if you do not own the game and merely wish to take a peek at what the game is all about, I hope it gives you a good idea of what to expect when it is released outside of Japan! ,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. ( s2. VERSION HISTORY & FUTURE UPDATES | ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ) `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` ____________________________________________________________________________ (_| s2.1. Version History |__________________________________________________) Version 1.00 (1/16/07 - 528KB) - Yes, after over two months, I finally have an update - one that I deem "completes" the Walkthrough. - The entire Northeast Island section has been added and covered (sections 6.3.1. to 6.3.11.). - Updated sections 7.4. (Pokemon Mansion & Proud Garden) and 7.6. (Safari Zone) to include a little information about there being more Pokemon that you can catch after obtaining the National Dex. (I still need to add how to get Rotomu to the Forest Manor section, I know.) - Added some info on the Pokemon Super Contests. - Updated the lists of locations and items to reflect the new additions. - Made a whole ton of assorted other updates over the past two months that I can't really remember them all. - DIAMOND AND PEARL WILL BE RELEASED IN THE USA ON APRIL 22nd, 2007!! - Changed some of the names to reflect the revealed English names. Professor Nanakamado to Professor Rowan, Futaba Town to Twinleaf Town, and Perap to Chatot. - Fixed several typoes (calling Rock Climb "Rock Slide" NUMEROUS times throughout the walkthrough ... shame on me!) - Probably other stuff I'm forgetting that you'll just have to hunt down! Version 0.95 (11/8/06 - 460KB) - Did some reorganizing of the different sections, now dedicating section 6. to Post-Game, section 7. to Optional Areas, section 8. to Useful Lists, and the sections afterward have just been post-incremented by 2 to reflect the new additions. - Added many of the Post-Game events, covering sections 6.1. to 6.5. and all subsections, except for 6.3. Still have a lot of Post-Game stuff to write about, though... - Most likely going to merge Post-Game and Optional Areas into one section later on, since several of the Optional Areas are much, much more interesting after completing the game and unlocking the National Dex, however they aren't exactly Post-Game because you can access them early on. Hmm, decisions, decisions... - Added the Useful Lists section which has an easy to read listing of all of the Held Items, Key Items, TMs/HMs, Poke Watch Applications, and important places and people. Hopefully this will help answer everyone's questions before they are asked, plus it saves you the time of having to wade through the Walkthrough to find what you are looking for. - Fixed a few typoes here and there. - I feel so sad only adding .05 to the version number after adding almost 100KB of content. Ugh. I'm going to mark this as "complete" and make it version 1.00 in the next update, where I cover the northeast island. Version 0.90 (10/30/06 - 370KB) - Covered sections 5.9.1. (Route 223) through 5.9.3. (The Pokemon League). Doesn't seem like a lot, but it really was. - Also added section 5.9.0. to list all of the optional areas you can revisit now that you can use Waterfall. - Added Route 210 to the list of locations that you can visit after you can use Rock Climb (see section 5.8.0.). - The Walkthrough now covers from the beginning of the game to the end! Not going to mark it as complete just yet, though. I'm going to add all of the Post-Game events first. - Renamed section 2. to "Version History & Future Updates" so I can put all of the updates I have planned for this Walkthrough in here as well. - Added two more credits to section 9. - Oops, I realized I forgot to update the version number in the last update, ha ha ha, silly me, I knew that would happen eventually. Version 0.80 (10/25/06 - 331KB) - Covered sections 5.8.1. (Mio City) through 5.8.14. (Nagisa Gym). This took close to forever due to all of the events that happen in this part of the game. - Added Cave of Doubt (Secret Area) to the Optional Areas (section 6.8.). - Added a ASCII-rendition of the World Map to the Translation Guide (in section 4.). - Fixed numerous things throughout the Walkthrough based on information that was either sent in via e-mail or checked on my Pearl version's playthrough. - Did some slight graphical updates on the Walkthrough, changing the section headers and such to a new look. - Added another site to the list of sites able to use this Walkthrough. - Ran out of time to add more questions to the Frequently Asked Questions section of this guide. Oh well, I'll try do that in the next update. - Added two new bits to the Credits section. Version 0.70 (10/18/06 - 262KB) - Covered sections 5.7.1. (Tengan Mountain) through 5.7.6. (Kissaki Gym). - Renamed "Royal Relic" to "Tengan Mountain" to help avoid confusion and remain more consistant in the recognized names for things. - Added Route 211 (West) to section 5.2. as 5.2.13., and reordered Hakutai Gym as 5.2.14. - Added a bit about the Ruin Maniac's Grotto in Route 214 (section 5.5.4.). Version 0.60 (10/17/06 - 238KB) - Covered sections 5.6.1. (Route 218) through 5.6.3. (Mio Gym). - Added Steel Island to the Optional Areas (section 6.7.). - Finally designed an AWESOME logo for the Walkthrough in ASCII! Woohoo! - Fixed, like, one or two typoes. Version 0.50 (10/16/06 - 216KB) - Covered sections 5.5.1. (Nomose City) through 5.5.9. (Yosuga Gym). Also covered all of the optional things you can do after you can use Surf in section 5.6.0. - Added Tatara Ironworks to the Optional Areas (section 6.6.). - Added the location of some items, as well as Pokemon to catch to older sections that I missed before. - Fixed the location of the Move Relearner. - Fixed a lot of typoes. I am ALWAYS getting Kotobuki and Kurogane City mixed up. Argh! - Also added ASCII for the Japanese "Yes" and "No" to the Translation section. - Decided to up the version number a whole .2 points instead of .1 due to the fact that I've gotta be at least half way through, plus a lot of extra areas are covered. 0.40 just didn't seem to do it justice. Version 0.30 (10/15/06 - 166KB) - Covered sections 5.4.1. (Tobari City) through 5.4.5. (Nomose Gym). - Replaced section 5.A. with 5.4., since that is where you're supposed to go (as I thought). The Pokemon Mansion and Proud Garden sections have been moved to the Optional Areas (section 6.4.). - Added the Zui Ruins, Pokemon Mansion and Proud Garden, and the Safari Zone to the Optional Areas. - Included where to get the Raising Checker Poke Watch Application in the Zui Town section, as a note. (You get it after hatching 5 Eggs.) - Fixed a few more typoes. - Added another Frequently Asked Question. Version 0.20 (10/11/06 - 147KB) - Covered sections 5.3.10. (Lost Tower) through 5.3.15. (Tobari Gym). - I can't believe it took me two days just to get from one town to another. I guess it makes sense seeing as I'm a total information geek and have to explore every single area before I progress to the next one. I mean, my play time was at 27:00+ when I got my third badge, ugh! Enough ranting! - Fixed Hyouta's gender... Sorry, but he looked like a girl. Now he's just one of many feminine men in Pokemon... with a hardhat! - Updated a few things earlier in the FAQ. Also changed 5.3.10. from Zui Town to the Lost Tower and changed Zui Town to 5.3.11., because you can go to the Tower that early and you might as well pick up HM04 while you are in the area rather than forget later. - Added another question to the Frequently Asked Questions. Version 0.13 (10/9/06 - 111KB) - Covered sections 5.3.1 (Hakutai City) through 5.3.9 (Route 209). - Added the Optional Areas section along with the optional areas "Forest Manor" and "Cave of Doubt", both of which seem to be optional at this point. - Fixed a few minor errors throughout the guide. (I mean, come on, it said that Version 0.10 was made in 10/4/05, haha! My bad!) - Added a link to the pictures and Pokedex, since a lot of people want to see that stuff anyway. - Added some commonly asked questions to the Frequently Asked Questions section. - Allowed two new sites usage of using this FAQ. Version 0.10 (10/7/06) - Initial release of the Walkthrough. Setting version # at 0.10 since I am, by my estimations, roughly 10% through writing the Walkthrough part. - Only the Walkthrough is available for the time being. Other sections will follow in later releases. - Covered sections 5.1.1 (Twinleaf Town) through 5.2.13 (Hakutai City Gym). ____________________________________________________________________________ (_| s2.2. Future Updates |___________________________________________________) These are some of the plans I have for this Walkthrough. I will list each idea I have, as well as a basic idea of when I will work on each listed section. ......................................................... .: List of all Sinnoh Pokemon & where to catch/see them :. ::.......................................................:: : Eventually, I want to compile a list of the where you : : can see every Pokemon in the game to help readers : : complete their Sinnoh Pokedex so they can use the Pal : : Park. It will show a list of where you can see each of : : the Pokemon and will also show where you can obtain : : each of them as well. : : : : This update can be made at any time, and will be made : : when I have the time to do so. : :.........................................................: ......................................................... .: Coverage of all Post-Game events and Optional Areas :. ::.......................................................:: : This is probably priority number one right now. I want : : to cover everything there is to do after beating the : : game and unlocking the National Dex, because there : : really is a lot to do. : : : : This update is the one I am currently working on, : : although I may still include other updates as I am : : doing this one. : :.........................................................: ,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. ( s3. LEGAL STUFF | :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ) `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` This walkthrough and all of its contents may not be reproduced, republished, or redistributed under any circumstances, with the exception of personal, private use. This walkthrough and all of its contents may not be used on any website (with the exception of the listed websites below) or other publicly viewable resource without my permission. Use of this walkthrough and any of its contents on any other website (with the exception of the listed websites below) or any publicly viewable resource is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright. I am in no way affiliated or associated with Nintendo, The Pokemon Company, Game Freak, Creatures Inc., or any other parties involved in the creation, development, distribution, or marketing of this game. 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The list above will always be updated with the most current version, so just in case I add a few sites to the list and some older versions of this walkthrough are still up somewhere, I will still be able to update who can use this walkthrough and you will be able to check it. ,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. ( s4. TRANSLATION GUIDE | :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ) `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` I am assuming that you already know how to play the Pokemon Games (otherwise, you probably would not have bought this game), so I am not going to go into explaining the basic game controls. I will only explain any changes made to game controls, as well as provide a translation of the main menus you will need to familliarize yourself with. A button - No changes; still an "Accept" / "Action" key. B button - No changes; still a "Cancel" / "Back" key; can also hold it in to run once you have the Running Shoes. Y button - Use SET item (instead of Select). X button - Bring up the Menu (instead of Start). L button - Change Box to the left in the PC R button - Change Box to the right in the PC Also, remember, as a general rules, "YES" will always be on top of any boxes where there are just two options. It has two Japanese characters in it, while "NO" has three (the first two characters are identical). Remember that well. The following is an ASCII representation of YES in Japanese: ## ## ## ## ######## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ###### ## ## ## ## # ## ## ## #### ### And this is an ASCII representation of NO in Japanese: ## ## ### ## ## ## ## #### ## ## ## ## ########## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## # ### ### ## ### ____________________________________________________________________________ (_| s4.1. After the Title Screen |___________________________________________) These are the menus you see after the Title Screen. They will not be displayed if you do not yet have a Saved Game. ____________________________ | CONTINUE | | Trainer Name NAME | | Play Time 999:59 | | Gym Badges 8 | | Pokedex 151 | '----------------------------' ____________________________ | NEW GAME | '----------------------------' ____________________________ |Wi-Fi SETTINGS | '----------------------------' ____________________________________________________________________________ (_| s4.2. Main Menu |________________________________________________________) You can access this menu by pressing X during gameplay. At first, Pokedex and Pokemon will not be available to you. ____________________ |[ICON] Pokedex | (Goes to the Pokedex.) |[ICON] Pokemon | (Goes to your Pokemon.) |[ICON] Bag | (Goes to your Inventory.) |[ICON] Trainer Card | (Views your Trainer Card, which shows Money, etc.) |[ICON] Save | (Saves the game. Select "Yes" twice to save.) |[ICON] Settings | (Goes to Settings.) |[ICON] Cancel | (Exits Menu.) '--------------------' ____________________________________________________________________________ (_| s4.3. World Map |________________________________________________________) _____ | R |S| _ _ | _|_| |@| |#| | | |r| |h| _ _ ___| |_ | | | |Y|_q__q | |h|_____ |p|_ |s| |_g__g | |__X|_____|s|_ |Q| |_W_|_u__u__t_| _ | | |Z| _ |P| _____ ___ _| |_ _ _____ _| | | H _| I_|b Q b|N|_a_ a| _|o _| _| _| |_| | | | |_____ ___ |V|_| |_ | | | _| | |a _f_f_| L | | | |F| |_ | | | Q_| |_|_ |___| |n| |_|5_G| |6| | | ___ |_K_| |e|___ | | _ |4| | |_| |___| J |_| | | | % | | | |O|___ _|_|_____|__7 Q__8_|___|_9_| |e|___| |n| |_|_i_| D |__3__|_E | | | _|_| |_|_ ___ |___| |_| |c| |T |_____|U | | B |___|2| | |_____ ___ _| |__m__|___| |___|_1_|C| |c___c__| M |d d | |A| |j|______ |___|_____| ,-----------. |_k__l__$| / LEGEND ,----------------------.-----------------------.--'---------------'---. | A: Twinleaf Town | K: Zui Town | U: Nagisa City | | B: Shinji Lake (+Area)| L: Tobari City | V: Pokemon League | | C: Masago Town | M: Nomose City | W: Fight Area | | D: Kotobuki City | N: Kannagi Town | X: Battle Park | | E: Kurogane City | O: Mio City | Y: Survival Area | | F: Sono-oh Town | P: Steel Island | Z: Resort Area | | G: Valley Power Plant | Q: Tengan Mountain | @: Hard Mountain | | H: Hakutai Forest | R: Eichi Lake (+Area) | #: Full Moon Island | | I: Hakutai City | S: Kissaki City | $: Pal Park | | J: Yosuga City | T: Risshi Lake (+Area)| %: Funeral Spring | '>----------------------+-----------------------+----------------------<' | 1: Route 201 | b: Route 211 | l: Route 221 | | 2: Route 202 | c: Route 212 | m: Route 222 | | 3: Route 203 | d: Route 213 | n: Route 223 | | 4: Route 204 | e: Route 214 | o: Route 224 | | 5: Route 205 | f: Route 215 | p: Route 225 | | 6: Route 206 | g: Route 216 | q: Route 226 | | 7: Route 207 | h: Route 217 | r: Route 227 | | 8: Route 208 | i: Route 218 | s: Route 228 | | 9: Route 209 | j: Route 219 | t: Route 229 | | a: Route 210 | k: Route 220 | u: Route 230 | `-----------------------'-----------------------'-----------------------' This is an ASCII representation of the world of Sinnoh. These are all of the locations that can be seen by using the Town Map, so if you need to know the translation of a location, use this map in conjunction with your Town Map to figure things out. ____________________________________________________________________________ (_| s4.3. Pokemon Menu |_____________________________________________________) After selecting Pokemon from the Main Menu, you will see all of the Pokemon in your Party. You can select one, and the following menu will be shown if you press A on one of them: __________ | STATUS | (View Stats of Pokemon.) | SWITCH | (Rearrange the Pokemon.) | ITEM | (Give/Take held item. Give is the 1st option, Take is 2nd.) | CANCEL | (Return to selecting a Pokemon.) '----------' ____________________________________________________________________________ (_| s4.4. Pokemon Status |___________________________________________________) After selecting Pokemon from the Main Menu, you will see all of the Pokemon in your Party. You can select one, and the following menu will be shown if you press A on one of them: (IN is the icon for the Pokemon Info page; DA is the icon for the Trainer Memo page; ST is the icon for the Pokemon Stats page; and MO is the icon for the Moves page.) ______________________________________________ |Pokemon Info_________.----.----.----.----.----| |(o) NAME G ,----'_IN_|_DA_|_ST_|_MO_|_<-.| This shows the information | Lv.50 | Dex No. | 113 || screen. The "G" by the name | ___________ | Species | Chansey || stands for Gender. Everything | | | | Type | [NRM] || else should be self- | | PICTURE | | O.T. | HUMAN || explanitory and make sense | | | | ID No. |_12345 ________|| from the previous games. | |___________| | Total amount of EXP________|| |________________| [_123456________]| |_Held_Item______| EXP until_next_Level_______|| | TwistedSpoon | [_left:_12345_________]| '----------------'----------'EXP(|||_______)'--' ______________________________________________ |Trainer Memo_________.----.----.----.----.----| |(o) NAME G ,----'_IN_|_DA_|_ST_|_MO_|_<-.| | Lv.50 | NATURE || <- Pokemon's Nature in Red | ___________ | Date caught at || <- YYYY, MM, DD | | | | Location caught at || <- Location in Red | | PICTURE | | Level caught at || <- Lv.XX, then Japanase | | | | How it was caught || <- Usually just "Met" | |___________| | ?????????????????? || <- Don't know what this is |________________| ?????????????????? || <- Nor do I know what this is |_Held_Item______| || | TwistedSpoon | || '----------------'----------------------------'' ______________________________________________ |Pokemon Stats________.----.----.----.----.----| |(o) NAME G ,----'_IN_|_DA_|_ST_|_MO_|_<-.| | Lv.50 | HP ( 100/100 ) || | ___________ | Attack | 100 | || | | | | Defense | 100 | || | | PICTURE | | Sp. Atk | 100 | || | | | | Sp. Def | 100 | || | |___________| | Speed _______|__100___|__|| |________________|Ability_/_ABILITY_NAME______|| |_Held_Item______|Effect of the Ability goes || | TwistedSpoon |down here. || '----------------'----------------------------'' The fourth screen just shows your Pokemon's moves, type of each move, and how much PP the move has left. It doesn't need to be covered, because it's all pretty much self-explanitory. ____________________________________________________________________________ (_| s4.5. Inventory |________________________________________________________) In your Bag, when you press A on an item, the following options will usually be available to you: ____________ | USE | | GIVE | | TRASH | | CANCEL | '------------' On items that can't be used, the first option will be removed. Berries have the option to Check Tag, and any Key Items can be Set with the second option that appears. ____________________________________________________________________________ (_| s4.6. Settings |_________________________________________________________) The first line in Settings is the Message Speed. From left to right, the options are FAST, NORMAL, and SLOW. The second line is for Animations. The first option is "On", the second is "Off". The third line is for replacement Pokemon rules, like when your opponent's Pokemon faints and is about to send out another one. If this is set to the first option, you will have the option of switching Pokemon at that time; if it's set to the second option, you will not be able to switch between Pokemon. The fourth line is Sound Options. Either STEREO or MONAURAL. The fifth line is Button Mode. You can set it to either NORMAL, START = X (which makes the Start Button bring up the Menu), or L = A (which makes the L button act as the A button). The second-to-last line is Window Type, which can be set to one of 20 different styles by pressing Left or Right. And lastly, there's the cancel line, which takes you out of the Settings Menu. ,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. ( s5. WALKTHROUGH | :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ) `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` ____________________________________________________________________________ (_| s5.0.0. Getting Started |________________________________________________) At the beginning of a new game, you will be greeted by Professor Rowan. He will then let you ask him questions about the game controls, but since it is all in Japanese, you will probably just want to select the third option down. If you do find yourself in one of the first two options, keep in mind that whenever it shows the red DS symbol inside of the text on-screen, you will need to (or, often times, simply have the option to) use the touch screen to make a selection. He will then explain to you about Pokemon, and will instruct you to open a Poke Ball. A Poke Ball will appear on the touch screen. Simply touch the center of it, and a Munchlax will pop out. After putting the Munchlax away, you will be able to choose whether to play as a Male or Female character. Just highlight the one you want to play as and press A. It makes no significant impact on the gameplay and is merely personal preference (to my knowledge). (For the sake of this Walkthrough, I am going to assume that you are playing as a Male character.) You will then be prompted to enter a name, which can be up to 5 letters, symbols, or Japanese Hiragana/Katakana in length. After entering your name, your "rival" will be shown on screen and you will be prompted to give him a name as well. Same rules apply, except there are different default names for him. For the sake of this walkthough, I am going to refer to him as Rival. Yeah, pretty original nickname for him, huh? You will then be shrunk into the game, and your journey will begin. _____________________________________________________________________________ / | s5.1. Coal Badge | / `-'------------------'------------------------------------------------------` ____________________________________________________________________________ (_| s5.1.1. Twinleaf Town |__________________________________________________) There will be a news article on TV about a Red Gyarados in some mountain. But the news article will then end, and you will have control over your character. Notice the Wii in your room. Game Freak and Nintendo are such teases! Proceed to head down the stairs where you will be greeted by your Mother. She will instruct you to go and see Rival. On your way out, she'll say something else. Leave the house and make your way to the northeastern-most house and Rival will pop out of the door. He'll start to run off, but must have forgotten something as he heads back inside. Go in after him, heading up to the second floor, and he'll leave. Go north, up to Route 201, and you'll find Rival. He'll mention something about the Red Gyarados on TV and will follow you. Take him over to the west (you can't go east yet), in to the forest. If you want to save before picking your starter Pokemon (for trying to get a certain gender, positive stats, shiny, etc), do so before entering the forest. Inside of the forest, by the lake, you will see Professor Rowan and Hikari. After some dialogue between them, they'll notice the two of you, and will then leave. However, the Professor forgot his suitcase, as you and Rival quickly discover. As you approach it, though, you are attacked by some wild Pokemon! Now is the time that you'll be able to choose your Starting Pokemon, so choose wisely! .----------------------------. | NAETORU (Turtle) GRASS | '--.-------------------------`._________________________________ | Naetoru, the Turtle Pokemon, is a pretty solid choice. It | | has great Defense and Attack, although it is pretty slow. | | Fortunately, it will be able to take hits throughout the | | game, which is a good thing. It learns Razor Leaf pretty | | early on, too, giving it a nice offensive attack. Later | | on, Naetoru will eventually evolve into Hayashigame, | | followed by Dodaitosu, which is Grass / Ground and capable | | of unleashing Earthquake. | .----------------------------.__________________________________| | HIKOZARU (Monkey) FIRE | '--.-------------------------`._________________________________ | Hikozaru, the Monkey Pokemon, is all about doing damage. | | It learns a wide variety of various Physical-based attacks | | and it has the Attack stat to use them fairly well. | | Although it may have difficulty with the first Gym, it | | will prove to be a strong fighter during the rest of your | | journey. When Hikozaru evolves into Moukazaru at Level 14, | | it will become part Fighting-type as well and will start | | learning Fighting-type moves to utilize its second type. | | Its final form, Goukazaru, is also part Fighting-type, and | | is also quite fast to boot. | .----------------------------.__________________________________| | POCCHAMA (Penguin) WATER | '--.-------------------------`._________________________________ | Pocchama, the Penguin Pokemon, is, unfortunately, not that | | great early on in the game. It doesn't learn any strong | | moves until Bubblebeam, which is Level 24 at it's second | | stage. However, its forms have good Special Attack, and | | its final Evolution, Enparuto, is part Metal-type, making | | it resistant to most any attacks. | |____________________________________________________________| You will have to fight against a Level 2 Mukkuru. Just keep using your Pokemon's first attack and you will win. Rival will take the Pokemon that you are weak to. Afterward, Hikari will return and take back the suitcase. Leave the forest, and then you and Rival will run into Hikari and the Professor again. He will mention something about the two Pokemon that are missing, but will then leave and Hikari will follow. You will then be taken back home, and your Mother will tell you to go to Masago Town, followed by giving you the Running Shoes. Now you can hold in B while moving to run, woohoo! ____________________________________________________________________________ (_| s5.1.2. Route 201 |______________________________________________________) Return to Route 201, although this time you can actually proceed east, through the tall grass. Do so, and make your way east bound until you get to Masago Town. I would also recommend fighting 2 or 3 battles to get up to Level 6. If your HP gets below 10, you should return back to your house and speak with your Mother to heal your Pokemon. ____________________________________________________________________________ (_| s5.1.3. Masago Town |____________________________________________________) Upon arriving in Masago Town, Hikari will be waiting for you there, and she will lead you to the Professor's Lab. Rival will then walk out just then and will run off. Hikari will take you inside. After a bit of scolding, the Professor will decide to give you the Pokemon you chose as a Present. You can then give it a nickname, if you desire. Eventually, he will ask you if you want to travel throughout Sinnoh and catalog information on the different Pokemon in it. Say yes, and you will receive the Pokedex. After some more dialogue, Hikari will receive the remaining starter Pokemon. Leave the building, and then Hikari will take you around the town, showing you the different features (such as the Pokemon Center and Poke Mart). She'll then head north, up to Route 202, and won't let you pass. Return back to your house and speak with your Mother. She'll heal your Pokemon, and will then give you the Note. Lots more dialgoue here, followed by Rival's mother walking in, eventually giving you another key item (Package). She will tell you to go to Kotobuki City to find Rival or something. ____________________________________________________________________________ (_| s5.1.4. Route 202 |______________________________________________________) __________ .' POKEMON `. | Tall Grass | Type Levels Freq. Time `-.----------'---.-----------.------------------------------.-----.-----. | Bippa | NRM | 3 - 4 | CMN | ANY | | Mukkuru | NRM / FLY | 3 - 4 | CMN | ANY | | Korinku | ELC | 3 - 4 | CMN | ANY | '--------------'-----------'------------------------------'-----'-----' __________ .' TRAINERS `.___________________,----. | Youngster Yuuta ($ 80 ) `-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Mukkuru | NRM / FLY | L 5 | M | .-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.' | Miniskirt Rumi ($ 48 ) `-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Bippa | NRM | L 3 | F | | Bippa | NRM | L 3 | F | .-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.' | Youngster Katsumi ($ 48 ) `-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Korinku | ELC | L 5 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---' ,-------._________________ | ITEMS | Potion | `-------| | '-----------------' Make your way back to Route 202 where Hikari was, and she'll show you how to catch Pokemon. After she catches a Bippa, she will give you 5 Poke Balls. I would reccommend buying five more, though, just in case, as well as 3 or so Potions (for when it gets rough). Whenever you're done catching some Pokemon, continue past where Hikari was and you'll have to start fighting Trainers along your path. The first one will only have a Level 5 Mukkuru and is pretty easy. Battle your way through the other two Trainers, and you will eventually reach Kotobuki City. ____________________________________________________________________________ (_| s5.1.5. Kotobuki City |__________________________________________________) When you arrive, Hikari will tell you how many Pokemon you've caught and will tell you to visit the Trainer School. She says that Rival is there. Then, she leaves. The Trainer School is the house right to the left of the Pokemon Center. Enter, and then talk to Rival. You'll give him the Package and inside it will be 2 Town Maps. He decides to give you the second one. He then sets his sights for Kurogane City to go to the Gym there. He'll say some other stuff, and then leave. While you're in the Pokemon School, you can fight the two Trainers on the blue carpet if you want some exp. __________ .' TRAINERS `.___________________,----. | School Boy Neoto ($ 120 ) `-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Abra | PSY | L 6 | M | .-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.' | School Girl Chisato ($ 120 ) `-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Abra | PSY | L 6 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---' The Abras both know only Hidden Power and shouldn't be too difficult for any of your Pokemon at Level 8 or above. You can talk to the boy after battling both of the two to receive TM10 (Hidden Power). As you try and go past the School, a man in a suit will approach you and will tell you that he'll give you a Poke Watch if you can bring him three coupons. He'll also tell you that there are three jesters in town, and each of them has a coupon. The jesters are wearing a yellow outfit, with a yellow hat that has two little white balls on the top of it. Each jester will ask you a trivia question. They can be found in the following locations: - Behind the Pokemon Center - Outside of the Poke Watch Company (west side of town) - In front of the TV Station (north side of town) Answer yes to any of their questions and you'll receive one of three Poke Watch Coupons. Once you have all 3 coupons, return to the man (he will be standing by the Pokemon Center) and he will give you the Poke Watch (Poketchi). The Poke Watch has some pretty handy features that are covered in the Poke Watch section of this guide. You can get the Old Rod right now if you head west past the Poke Watch Company and talk to the Fisherman in the building. Answer Yes and he'll give you the Old Rod, which you can use to catch things like... Magikarp. To fish, just use the Old Rod near a body of water and wait until a "!" appears over your head. When the "!" appears, press the A button, and you'll start the battle. You can try it out by exiting the building onto Route 218, although there really isn't anything else there other than a dock ... for now. Anyway, if you want to get in a little extra training, go north of Kotobuki City to Route 204. Otherwise, now that you have the Poke Watch, head east to Route 203. ____________________________________________________________________________ (_| s5.1.6. Route 204 |______________________________________________________) __________ .' POKEMON `. | Tall Grass | Type Levels Freq. Time `-.----------'---.-----------.------------------------------.-----.-----. | Subomi | GRS / PSN | 4 - 5 | CMN | ANY | | Mukkuru | NRM / FLY | 4, 6 | CMN | ANY | | Bippa | NRM | 4 | CMN | ANY | | Koroboshi | BUG | 6 | CMN | M/N | ,-------------.--'-----------'------------------------------'-----'-----' | Inside Cave | Type Levels Freq. Time `-.-----------'--.-----------.------------------------------.-----.-----. | Zubat | PSN / FLY | 4, 6 | CMN | ANY | | Geodude | RCK / GRD | 5 | CMN | ANY | '--------------'-----------'------------------------------'-----'-----' __________ .' TRAINERS `.___________________,----. | Miniskirt Nao ($ 112 ) `-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Bippa | NRM | L 7 | F | .-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.' | Youngster Teruki ($ 80 ) `-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Magikarp | WAT | L 5 | M | | Mukkuru | NRM / FLY | L 5 | M | .-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.' | Miniskirt Mei ($ 112 ) `-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Subomi | GRS / PSN | L 7 | F | `--------------'-----------'-----'---' ,-------._________________ | ITEMS | Parlyz Heal | `-------| Antidote | '-----------------' You can catch Subomi, a Grass / Poison Pokemon, in the fields here. If you started with Hikozaru, I strongly recommend catching one and training it so it learns Absorb. It will come in handy later, trust me. There's also three Trainers to battle to help you get Money and EXP, so help yourself. If you go inside of the cave to the back, you can pick up a Antidote, and can also fight Geodudes and Zubats. ____________________________________________________________________________ (_| s5.1.7. Route 203 |______________________________________________________) __________ .' POKEMON `. | Tall Grass | Type Levels Freq. Time `-.----------'---.-----------.------------------------------.-----.-----. | Mukkuru | NRM / FLY | 4 | CMN | ANY | | Bippa | NRM | 4 | CMN | ANY | | Korinku | ELC | 4, 5 | CMN | ANY | | Abra | PSY | 4 | UNC | ANY | '--------------'-----------'------------------------------'-----'-----' __________ .' TRAINERS `.___________________,----. | Pokemon Trainer Rival ($ 900 ) `-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Mukkuru | NRM / FLY | L 7 | M | | | | | | | - If you picked Naetoru: - | | Hikozaru | FIR | L 9 | M | | | | | | | - If you picked Hikozaru: - | | Pocchama | WAT | L 9 | M | | | | | | | - If you picked Pocchama - | | Naetoru | GRS | L 9 | M | .-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.' | Youngster Tomoki ($ 80 ) `-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Bippa | NRM | L 5 | M | | Zubat | PSN / FLY | L 5 | M | .-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.' | Youngster Masaru ($ 112 ) `-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Koroboshi | BUG | L 7 | M | .-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.' | Miniskirt Sayuri ($ 64 ) `-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Bippa | NRM | L 4 | F | | Subomi | GRS / PSN | L 4 | F | | Mukkuru | NRM / FLY | L 4 | F | .-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.' | Youngster Mitsuo ($ 112 ) `-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Machop | FTG | L 7 | M | .-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.' | Miniskirt Chika ($ 80 ) `-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Mukkuru | NRM / FLY | L 5 | F | | Bippa | NRM | L 5 | F | `--------------'-----------'-----'---' ,-------._________________ | ITEMS | Poke Ball | `-------| Repel | '-----------------' As you enter Route 203, you'll run into Rival, who will challenge you to a battle. He will use a L7 Mukkuru and then a L9 of the Pokemon that he started with. The Mukkuru should be pretty easy, although the Starter can be a bit more challenging. If you picked Pocchama, you're probably not going to be having a fun time against the Naetoru he will use since it likes to use Withdraw a lot. A Mukkuru of your own at Level 9 or higher (for Wing Attack) is a good way to counter that. After beating him, he will run off toward Kurogane City to try and challenge the Gym Leader there. Now, there's quite a few Trainers to fight along the way. They're all pretty easy, though, but will give some good EXP for your Pokemon, so I would recommend fighting all that you can, running back to the Pokemon Center in case you get weak. Make your way through the Trainers and you'll find a cave entrance. If you don't have any Water- or Grass-type attacks in your Pokemon Movepool, you should definitely go back and heal before you enter. I'd recommend doing that anyway, just to be on the safe side. There be Trainers in the tunnel! ____________________________________________________________________________ (_| s5.1.8. Kurogane Gate |__________________________________________________) ___________ .' POKEMON `. | Inside Cave | Type Levels Freq. Time `-.----------'---.-----------.------------------------------.-----.-----. | Zubat | PSN / FLY | 6 | CMN | ANY | ,-------------.--'-----------'------------------------------'-----'-----' | Basement | Type Levels Freq. Time `-.-----------'--.-----------.------------------------------.-----.-----. | Zubat | PSN / FLY | 6, 8 | CMN | ANY | | Psyduck | WAT | 9 | CMN | ANY | '--------------'-----------'------------------------------'-----'-----' __________ .' TRAINERS `.___________________,----. | Camper Hajime ($ 112 ) `-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Korinku | ELC | L 7 | M | .-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.' | Camper Girl Sachiko ($ 80 ) `-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Subomi | GRS / PSN | L 5 | F | | Psyduck | WAT | L 5 | F | `--------------'-----------'-----'---' ,-------._________________ | ITEMS | HM06 | `-------| (Rock Smash) | '-----------------' When you enter the tunnel, the Hiker by the entrance will notice your Poke Watch and will give you HM06 (Rock Smash). He'll tell you about HMs and such, and will let you know that you have to beat the Kurogane Gym Leader in order to use it out of battle. Proceed to fight your way through the two Trainers inside of the cave, then exit. You'll be coming back here soon enough. ____________________________________________________________________________ (_| s5.1.9. Kurogane City |__________________________________________________) As you enter Town, a Youngster will show you to the Gym, where Rival will be at. He'll be disappointed because the Gym Leader isn't there at the moment and is in the Kurogane Mine. You can get a Great Ball if you talk to a Youngster in the upstairs of one of the buildings. You can also get a Super Potion if you talk to the guy with the Machop near the entrance to the Mine. Whenever you're ready, head to the southern end of the town and enter the Mine. ____________________________________________________________________________ (_| s5.1.10. Kurogane Mine |_________________________________________________) ___________ .' POKEMON `. | Inside Cave | Type Levels Freq. Time `-.-----------'--.-----------.------------------------------.-----.-----. | Zubat | PSN / FLY | 8 | CMN | ANY | | Geodude | RCK / GRD | 7, 8, 9, 10 | CMN | ANY | | Onix | RCK / GRD | 9 | RAR | ANY | '--------------'-----------'------------------------------'-----'-----' __________ .' TRAINERS `.___________________,----. | Worker Kanji ($ 280 ) `-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Geodude | RCK / GRD | L 7 | M | | Onix | RCK / GRD | L 7 | M | .-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.' | Worker Genta ($ 360 ) `-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Machop | FTG | L 9 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---' ,-------._________________ | ITEMS | Escape Rope | `-------| Potion | '-----------------' Snag the Defender to the right when you enter, then descend down, deeper into the mine. One Pokemon to watch out for is Onix, who appears rather rarely. It's a real pain to catch, so if you intend on catching it, make sure that you lower its HP to the red zone, and be prepared to throw 10+ Poke Balls at it. In the second area of the mine, take a left when the path branches and jump down the ledge. Pick up the Escape Rope, and then fight with the Worker there if you want to. Keep going and then talk to the guy with the hardhat on. He'll use Rock Smash on an adjacent rock, and then introduce himself as Hyouta, the Gym Leader. He'll then invite you to come to the Gym to challenge him. Woohoo. Pick up the Potion, and then fight against the Worker (optional). When you're all done down here, find your way back to the entrance, heal up at the Pokemon Center, and get ready for your first Gym Battle! ____________________________________________________________________________ (_| s5.1.11. Kurogane Gym |__________________________________________________) __________ .' TRAINERS `.___________________,----. | Youngster Shinsuke ($ 160 ) `-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Geodude | RCK / GRD | L10 | M | .-'--------------'-----------`.__,----.' | Youngster Kouta ($ 128 ) `-.--------------.-----------.---`----< | Geodude | RCK / GRD | L 8 | M | | Onix | RCK / GRD | L 8 | M | `--------------'-----------'-----'---' Alright, here it is, the Kurogane City Gym! The Trainers in here all use Rock- type Pokemon, which is pleasant if you started with Pocchama or Naetoru. However, if Hikozaru is your Starting Pokemon, then you might have a bit of difficulty. Definitely make sure that you train your Hikozaru to Level 14 or higher so it will evolve into Goukazaru and learn Mach Punch. If you have a Level 13+ Subomi, you will stand a much nicer chance, because its Mega Drain will do a ton of damage to everything in here. Definitely use one (catch one if you don't already have it) if you ran into any difficulties in the Mine (or cannot handle the Trainers in the Gym). After getting past the two Youngsters, you'll get to go head-to-head against the Gym Leader that you met in the Mine, Hyouta. _______________ |.~~~~~~~~~~~~~.________________,-----., || BOSS BATTLE `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| $1680 | | Gym Leader Hyouta '._____.'| `---------------|-----------|-----|---/#| |*| Geodude | RCK / GRD | L12 | M |#| |*| Onix | RCK / GRD | L12 | M |#| |*| Zugaidosu | RCK | L14 | M |#| |*/--------------|-----------|-----|---#| `'^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^'^^^^^^^^^^^'^^^^^'^^^^'` __________________________________ |Marriland's Pokemon at this point:| |_____.---------------------.______| | - Pottaishi Lv16 | | - Korinku Lv13 | | - Onix Lv 9 | | - Subomi Lv 5 | | - Zubat Lv 4 | | - Bippa Lv 3 | '---------------------' Hyouta starts off by using two Pokemon that you should be somewhat familliar in fighting by now: Geodude and Onix. The Geodude knows Stealth Rock, although I don't quite know what it does, because it didn't seem to do anything to me. Against Geodude, use Bubble (not Metal Claw, if you have it), Razor Leaf, or Mega Drain. If you have none of those attacks at your disposal, use your strongest Special-based attacks. Onix comes out next, although fortunately its stats make it fairly tame. Just give it the same treatment you gave Geodude and you'll be fine, although avoid using Mach Punch or any other Physical- based attack here, because Onix has ridiculously high Defense (Razor Leaf will still cut it, though). Lastly, Hyouta brings out his Zugaidosu, which is like a Rock dinosaur thingy. Be careful, because this thing has INSANELY high attack (at least 40) and is capable of doing a lot of damage with its Headbutt attack. Take it out with Mega Drain, Razor Leaf, Metal Claw (or Bubble, if your Pocchama hasn't evolved yet), or Mach Punch. Those attacks will do the most damage to it. After your victory, he will give you the Coal Badge, which will allow you to use Rock Smash (remember that?) outside of battle, and TM76, which contains Stealth Rock. Heal up at the Pokemon Center, save your game, and then head back to the Kurogane Gate. Rival will bump into you and tell you that the next Gym in in Hakutai City. The path to Hakutai City from Route 207 had an earthquake or something, so it's impossible to take that route, but you can take the path from Kotobuki City to get there instead. So, looks like it's time to go back to Kotobuki City! DETOUR ALERT: You can take a quick detour to Route 207 to the north of Kurogane City to find two Poke Balls and catch a Machop or Ponyta. (See section 5.2.1.) On your way through the Gate, you can take the north path and use Rock Smash to find a basement area with two items (TM70, which contains Flash, and Stardust, which you can sell for cash). You can do more here later on, so keep that in mind. _____________________________________________________________________________ / | s5.2. Forest Badge | / `-'--------------------'----------------------------------------------