National Dex/Completing the Shinou Dex Luckily, in this game, all you have to do to complete the Shinou Dex is SEE all the Pokemon in the Dex, as opposed to catching them like in previous games. And once you see all the Pokemon, you unlock the National Dex. There are 151 Pokemon in the Shinou Dex, but not all the new Pokemon are included in it.
Unlockable: | How to Unlock: | National Dex | Complete the Shinou Dex (see all 150 Shinou Pokemon, Manaphy (#151) is not included) |
Elekid and Magby When you have Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen version in your GBA slot, it will unlock two Pokemon that cannot be found elsewhere:
Unlockable: | How to Unlock: | Elekid | Have FireRed in your GBA slot; search in the Power Plant | Magby | Have LeafGreen in your GBA slot; search in Hard Mountain |
Starting Pokemon The starters are Naetle, Hikozaru, and Pochama. Naetle is Grass tpe with the ability Overgrow. Hikozaru is a fire chimp with Blaze. Pochama resembles a penguin with Torrent, just like the Pokemon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald starters.
GBA Insert Pokemon Insert the following games to and then go to the location to find the pokemon.
Unlockable: | How to Unlock: | Arbok | FireRed/ safari game | Caterpie | FireRed/ route 204-south | Ekans | FireRed/ route 212-south | Elekid | Have the Game Boy Advance game Pokemon Fire Red in the cartridge slot and search for Elekid in the Power Plant. | Emuritto | Meet at Trust Lake, then go to Shino and look in the grass. At random, a wild Emuritto will appear. | Gengar | Any GBA pokemon game/ forest mansion-the room with eyes on the wall | Giradina | Go to Return Cave to catch Giradina. | Gligar | Have the Game Boy Advance game Pokemon Emerald in the cartridge slot and search for Gligar. | Growlithe | FireRed/ route 201, route 202 | Haunter | Any GBA pokemon game/ forest mansion | Hiidoran | Go to Hard Mountain to catch Hiidoran. | Kakuna | LeafGreen/ eterna forest | Kureseria | Meet at Full Moon Island, then go to Shino and look in the grass. At random, a wild Kureseria will appear. | Lombre | Saphire/ route 212-south, route 229 | Lotad | Have the Game Boy Advance game Pokemon Sapphire in the cartridge slot and search for Lotad. | Lotad | Saphire/ route 203, route 204, route 205-north, route 212-south | Lunatone | Saphire/ lake verity surroundings, lake verity, lake acuity, lake valdor, mt coronet, spring path, turnback cave | Manafi | To get Manfi you must download it from Pokemon Ranger. | Mawile | Ruby/ iron mountain | Metapod | FireRed/ eterna forest | Nuzleaf | Ruby/ route 229 | Phione | Breed a Manaphy and a Ditto. When you hatch the egg, it will be a Phione. The National Dex is required. Phione will not evolve into a Manaphy. | Regigigas | Trade Regirock, Regice, and Registeel from Pokemon Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald and keep them in your team. Then, go to Kissaki Temple to catch Regigigas. | Rotomu | Go to the Hakutai House at night and go to the television. A wild Rotomu will appear. | Ryperior | Get a Rhydon, equip it with the Protector, and do a link trade. It should evolve into Ryperior. | Sableye | Saphire/ iron mountain | Sandshrew | LeafGreen/ wayward cave | Sandslash | LeafGreen/ route 228 | Seedot | Ruby/ eterna forest, route 203 and route 204 | Seviper | Saphire/ route 208 | Shemei | Catch at Flower Elysim. | Shuckle | Have the Game Boy Advance game Pokemon Emerald in the cartridge slot and search for Shuckle at Route 224. | Solrock | Have the Game Boy Advance game Pokemon Ruby in the cartridge slot and search for Solrock. | Teddiursa | Have the Game Boy Advance game Pokemon Emerald in the cartridge slot and search for Teddiursa at Route 211. | Weedle | Have the Game Boy Advance game Pokemon Fire Red in the cartridge slot and search for Weedle. | Yukishii | Go to Wisdom Lake to catch Yukishii. | Zangoose | Ruby/ route 208 | Zangoose | Have the Game Boy Advance game Pokemon Ruby in the cartridge slot and search for Zangoose at Route 208. |
Manafi To get Manfi you must download it from Pokemon Ranger.
In-game reset Press L + R + Start + Select during game play.
Happy Birthday If you set your calendar on your DS to your registered birthday and talk to you Professor Rowan's assistant they will wish you a happy birthday! This is only possible after you beat the elite four.
Mystery Gift At the Jubilife television station, talk to anyone you see. If you find the person enter "EVERYBODY HAPPY". Then for the WiFi people enter "WI-FI CONNECTION". Those will get you Pokemon such as Arceus, Shaymin, and Darakai. Note: You must have a WiFi or DS wireless link cable.
Polishing your Badges Open your Trainer card menu. Open your badge case and rub the stylus over the badges that you have won from the gym leaders. They will become shiny after a good polishing. Also, each badge makes a different noise, allowing you to play them like an instrument.
Lucario Egg After beating the 6th gym, take the boat nearby to reach some caves, where a new character gives you this egg, after beating some Team Galaxy enemies.
Master Ball To get free Master Balls, go to Floroma City. Go to the house next to the Pokecenter. Save the game before you talk to a man on a laptop. Talk to him and bring him the Pokemon before 1 a.m. If you bring him the Pokemon he will give you any Pokeball. If you did not get a Master Ball, turn off the game and try again.
Hatching eggs quickly While still in Solaceon town, get on the far right side of the path next to the Pokemon Center. Simply ride your bike in the fastest gear up and down until you hit a tree or mountain and repeat. You must have done at least 400 steps each "lap" and get a egg or get one to hatch more quickly than riding elsewhere.
Tricking the clock Because the in-game clock is in sync with your Nintendo DS and since certain events only happen every once in a while, there is a simple but not-so-obvious solution -- just adjust your DS clock. For example, the guard in the Pokemon Mansion is guarding the Bronze Statue around the clock, but he takes a break between 2 and 5 a.m. Just adjust your clock to that time and he will be gone. You can also do this to speed up berry production by jumping a few days back and forth.
Trainer card ranks Complete the indicated task to earn stars and change the color of your trainer card.
Unlockable: | How to Unlock: | Black Trainer Card (five stars) | Win 100 times in a row at the Battle Tower. | Blue Trainer Card (one star) | Defeat the Elite Four. | Bronze Trainer Card (two stars) | Win all of the Master Rank Contests | Gold Trainer Card (four stars) | Capture 482 different Pokemon. | Silver Trainer Card (three stars) | Complete the Underground Flag mini-game with friends |
Easy experience Spend your money on any desired item. Go to the Pokemon League and keep fighting the Elite Four until you lose. You will have gained, then lost a small amount of money but your Pokemon might have leveled up. If not, level up. You can buy a lot of Revives and Potions to use to get to the last of the Elite Four and they might just be level up.
All Pokemon You cannot catch all Pokemon in this game. You must trade them from your Game Boy Advance Pokemon games. In this game, you can get all the fourth generation Pokemon, but only about fifty original Hoenn / Kanto / Johto Pokemon.
Calculator sound Use the calculator on the Poketech. If you get an answer to a problem it will make a sound oise corresponding to the number/Pokemon in the Pokedex, but only if you have seen that Pokemon.
Pokeballs To obtain free Pokeballs of all types, go to the house to the right of the Pokecenter in Solaceon Town. Catch the type of Pokemon the man requests that day. Show it to him by the time he must run his article. Save the game before you show him the Pokemon. If you do not get the type of Pokeball desired, turn off the game and talk to him again.
Kureseria Meet at Full Moon Island, then go to Shino and look in the grass. At random, a wild Kureseria will appear.
Pal Park Pal Park will be on route 221 when you get the National Dex |