=============================================================================== ******************** POKEMON CHANNEL: FAQ/WALKTHROUGH ************************* =============================================================================== TV 'em Up; released 2004 UK (PAL) FAQ/Walkthrough (Version 1.0) 10/05/2004 Author - falsehead (Sophie Cheshire). Contact me at falsehead@aol.com Copyright stuff; this is (c) Sophie Cheshire. If you wish to use this FAQ on your website, feel free to do so under the following conditions. a) You email me first and let me know where it will be appearing and b) you do not alter the content in anyway (if you need to change the formatting slightly for display purposes that's OK). This guide may NOT be used as part of a restricted Pay-to-Enter website or in print unless you are prepared to pay me for its inclusion. If I find out that any part of this FAQ has been lifted and used without credit to me, especially if you use it to earn money, then I will be annoyed. I didn't type all this up for the good of my health you know. ATTENTION: This is for the PAL version of Pokemon Channel, available in the UK, Europe and Australia. Only this version has the rare Pokemon Jirachi available to upload to your GBA Ruby and Sapphire games. The NTSC/USA versions do not have Jirachi, so please DON'T email me asking me how to get it if you are not playing a PAL version of the game. =============================================================================== *********************************** CONTENTS ********************************** =============================================================================== 1) INTRODUCTION/REVISION HISTORY 2) WALKTHROUGH - Day One - Day Two - Day Three - Day Four - Day Five - Day Six - Things To Look Out For 3) GENERAL FAQ 4) NICE CARD LOCATIONS 5) POKEMON QUIZ ANSWERS 6) SHOP N' SQUIRTLE ITEMS 7) JIRACHI FAQ =============================================================================== ****************************** 1) INTRODUCTION ******************************** =============================================================================== INTRODUCTION - Why a guide for Pokemon Channel? Well, why not. It's a nice mellow little game which has helped me through some very stressful nights recently and I am sure there will be someone out there who'll find it useful, even if its just the fastest way of being able to get to upload rare pokemon Jirachi. This guide contains a walkthrough for the main part of the game, and a comprehensive list of all the Nice Card locations and the locations of all the pokemon you can acquire them from. I have tried to double check when each pokemon is out and about, you'll definitely find the pokemon at the times listed, but some may appear at other times as well. I have tried to note this, but as always, submissions and corrections are very welcome. Enjoy! ******************************************************************************* REVISIONS - Version One (10/05/2004). Full guide written up with all the Nice card Locations and Shop N' Squirtle items listed. I am skipping through all the months of the year to see if any more fun things happen, and there maybe some random Box items I haven't discovered yet. =============================================================================== ****************************** 2) WALKTHROUGH ********************************* =============================================================================== Before you begin the game it is worth noting that it will use your Game Cube internal clock to mark time in the game itself. Once you have watched your allotted programmes, new ones will not be broadcast until after 0500 the next morning. To quickly move onto the next day, you should save and exit the game turn it off and then move the clock forward before reloading the game. Your save files will not be affected by this even if you set the clock to a time before you last saved. You can also do this to move to certain times of the day to acquire all the various nice cards. So although the main body of the game takes place across six "days" you can speed through using the clock trick. Depending on how friendly you are towards Pikachu, certain events might take place earlier or later than listed, but only by a day either way, this guide was written assuming you will be very friendly towards Pikachu. Onwards! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DAY ONE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your first day as a test audience for Pokemon Channel dawns. A team of Magnemite will arrive with your first TV and Professor Oak will brief you. Your first task is to enter your name and watch Part One of the Anime "Pichu Bros in Party Panic". Once you have watched that you will file a report, using the report Channel, this is where you will always go to save your game and quit if you want to. Professor Oak will also give you 20P, this is special pokemon money you can spend via the Shopping Channel. Before you carry on watching, a wild Pikachu will arrive with Torchic, Mudkip and Treecko. The others are too shy to come in but Pikachu will enter your room. You can call it using the A button and you can pet it using the yellow c-stick. At first it will become easily alarmed, but it will soon become used to you. Professor Oak will see this is a great opportunity to check out how much the new channels will appeal to Pokemon. Your next task is to watch all the new channels. You can move through the list of channels using the buttons on the TV or the back R and L triggers. Each channel will have NEW over the top. To fully watch each channel you must watch one broadcast from start to finish, that is from the opening titles to the channel ident that appears between shows. If you change channels during a broadcast, the NEW will not disappear and Professor Oak won't accept your report until you have watched them all. If you also try and turn the TV off too soon Pikachu will become angry and will not leave the room until you are done watching. This applies to every day there are new channels to watch. ------------------------ PNF (Pokemon News Flash ------------------------ This news channel is presented by Psyduck, with reports from roving reporter Meowth. Meowth's on-the-scene reports will show you which areas certain pokemon will be found in. Also after some time, there will be special "can you meet this Pokemon" reports which tell you where certain rare pokemon can be met. They won't appear until you have seen the report. Meowth will also draw your attention to any crates that appear in the various areas which you can then break open for interesting items. Sometimes Psyduck will fall asleep during a broadcast, when Pikachu gets more relaxed in your company it will get vexed and yell "pika! pika!!!" to try and wake Psyduck up! ------------------------ SHOP N'SQUIRTLE ------------------------ Here you can spend your pokemon money on various goodies, presented to you by arch capitalist "Spencer" the Squirtle. You'll want to purchase the Nice Card binder first of all, as the Bus Passes may not turn up for sale if you don't get the binder first. Later on you can buy a Pass to Viridian Forest, then to Colbalt Cove the next day and to Mt. Snowfall the day after. You can also buy games for the Pokemon Mini, posters, Nice Cards, plush dolls, pokepads and wallpaper. Mini games, Binders and Passes will arrive straight away, everything else will arrive the next day. As Pikachu gets more relaxed with you it will get more enthusiastic about items it wants to get. But be careful, if it really likes an item it may lunge at the TV screen and order it. So quickly click "Don't Buy" if you don't want it. I ended up with three Clefairy dolls because Pikachu was faster than me. doh! ------------------------ SMOOCHUM SHAPE UP ------------------------ Spending to much time in front of the TV? Well work that flab with Smoochum's exercise programme, for humans and pokemon alike. Smoochum takes you through a variety of basic aerobic exercises. Pikachu will try and copy Smoochum, at first it will get tired quickly, but after a few days, Pikachu will be working out like a demon. ------------------------ QUIZ WOBBUFFET ------------------------ Time to test your pokemon knowledge and earn yourself more poke-cash to spend. Wobbuffet hosts a quiz with three competing pokemon. Whowever answers the most right and reaches the bottom first wins. Wobbuffet asks three questions in the first half, then there is a "Present Quiz" that you can do. The questions are either identify a pokemon from it's silhouette, its cry or a glimpse through a crack. The quicker you answer correctly, the more poke-cash you get, either 200, 100 or 50. After the break Wobbuffet asks up to three more questions then another "Present Quiz", so you can win up to 400P in one viewing session. Pikachu will root for certain pokemon over others (usually Pichu or Togepi or any starter Pokemon) and will suggest answers and be pleased or disappointed depending on if it guesses correctly. ------------------------ SMEARGLE 2 ------------------------ After you have watched all the channels and none of them have NEW over them, make a report on the Report Channel. You'll get 50P and then the Smeargle 2 Paint system will be delivered. You have to test it out so as it only works with Pichu Bros at the moment, tune into that channel and activate the Paint system when a screen you like comes up. Spend as much or as little time as you wish colouring it in. Once you have done and saved it and displayed it on the wall, file another report with Professor Oak. Another good way of earning poke-cash is auctioning off old paintings, as you can only display one picture at a time you have the choice of auctioning the old one. If you do Oak will give you the money the next day. You seem to get more money for pictures using lots of different colours and that have lots of pokemon in them. ------------------------ SPRINGLEAF FIELD ------------------------ Once you have tested and filed a report on the Smeargle Paint system, you can now turn off the TV and explore without Pikachu getting angry. However on this first day, Pikachu will accidentally blow up your TV! Oak will deliver you an emergency Retro TV which only shows in Black and White. So now is a good time to look around the area. First of all check out the bedroom. You don't have much now, but later on you will be able to fill the shelves with pokemon dolls for Pikachu to play with. For now get Pikachu to look under the bed. It will find a box, let it look inside and you'll find the pokemon mini case. Now you can order all the pokemon mini games from Shop n'Squirtle. There are two ways out. The front door leads to the street and depending on the time of day there will be two pokemon out there you can talk to for Nice Cards. Once you have the relevant Buss Passes you can catch Buses from here as well. If you go out through sliding door into the Yard you'll find two more Pokemon to talk to. You can do other things to. You can get Pikachu to pull up weeds, eat the fruit and look in the box. Usually there is a banana in the box, but sometimes a fun item shows up. If Pikachu eats the banana he'll toss the skin. Send it over to the skin to watch it slip (heh heh). If you go to the far left you can go and plant two seeds. Water then for a couple of days and they will grow a berry. Once a berry has sprouted, Pikachu will share them with another pokemon. The next day the plants will die and after that you can plant two more and carry on the cycle. Once you are done in the yard. Go out into the field, usually there are just two pokemon here, but sometimes there are three. Chat to them to get their cards, then search the hole. Pikachu will find a ball and ask to play catch, if you want Pikachu to become your friend quickly choose to play with it. Try and catch the ball by clicking on it before it lands, and hold it up high when you throw it. The game ends when you throw it too far away. The only other thing to do here is to search the clover patch. As Pikachu grows fonder of you, it is more likely to find and give you a four leaf clover as a gift. As you cannot change the weather yet, you won't see a great variety of pokemon just yet. Once you are done, choose to save via the report channel and quit the game. The next lot of channels won't be broadcast until after five AM the next morning so either wait or (most likely) set your Game Cube clock forward and begin Day Two... (There is a possibility that a Buss Pass may show up on Shop N' Squirtle on Day One, it didn't for me but I heard it happened for others. They seem to come in a random order, so I have listed the areas you can visit on consecutive days in order the Buses show up) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DAY TWO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Two starts with Pikachu most likely arriving at the window, soon afterwards your TV will show up all nice and repaired. You can now order new TVs from Shop n' Squirtle and change them using the Pokepad TV section. Your pokepad also records details of the various TV programmes and all the things you and Pikachu get up to. You can order different pads from Shop n' Squirtle but the contents won't change. There are three new channels to check out and if you auctioned a picture Oak will give you any poke-cash it earned. Also Delibird will show up with any orders you made the previous day from Shop n' Squirtle. If you ordered lots of Nice Cards and end up with over 25 different ones, Oak will give you a new binder that holds fifty and several rare Platinum cards. Once all that is done settle down to watch TV. First off watch the second part of the Pichu Bros cartoon, once that's done with check out the better stuff. ------------------------ SMEARGLES ART STUDY ------------------------ Lawks it's the scary beret wearing pokemon from Pokemon G/S. Whatever picture you have created and have hanging upon your bedroom wall will also be displayed in his Art Gallery. Smeargle will pass judgement upon your daubings in his own inimitable style. Every time you paint a new picture it will show up to be graded by Smeargle. Pikachu gets very excited when it sees your artwork and will sometimes ask you to paint a new one. Go on, keep the fella happy. ------------------------ SLOWPOKES WEATHER REPORT ------------------------ If you are interested in collecting all the Nice Cards, this is the channel you'll be watching a lot of. There are three weather types, clear, cloudy and rainy/snowy. Each type of weather brings out different pokemon. But Slowpoke doesn't just forecast the weather, he changes it. So say it's clear in Springleaf field. If Slowpoke is in Springleaf field and selects Rainy, the weather outside will change to rain and the pokemon will change to. However, he takes AGES to make up his mind and will fall asleep several times while selecting what the weather will be like. This may annoy you, but it sends Pikachu into a frenzy of annoyance! Actually watching Pikachu get mad at Slowpoke helps pass the time, heh heh. The weather covers each area thusly: Springleaf field - Yard, Street and Springleaf field Viridian Forest - Viridian Forest and Camp Starlight Mt. Snowfall - Mt, Snowfall and The Ruins of Truth Cobalt Cove - Colbalt Cove and the Secret Cove ------------------------ VIRIDIAN FOREST ------------------------ Once you acquire the Bus Pass you should go out onto the street and catch the Bus to the Forest. In this small wooded area you can meet more new Pokemon. You may start encountering the Magnemite Camera Operator out doing reports. If you click on it, Pikachu and the other Pokemon will pose for it. Next time you choose to watch PNF Pikachu will see itself on TV! The forest has a Bell towards the back. Click on it to have Pikachu take part in a short concert with a group of Togepi's or Cleffa's. There are also mushrooms in the forest which Pikachu may pick and eat or try and roast with it's Thundershock. Off to the left is another area called Camp Starlight. ------------------------ CAMP STARLIGHT ------------------------ This area is only open at night, between 1900 and 0500. Here you will always find Treecko, Torchic and Mudkip. You will also find one other different Pokemon each day of the week. The pokemon appear as follows: Monday: Teddiursa Tuesday: Magby Wednesday: Wooper Thursday: Snorlax Friday: Azumarril Saturday: Pichu Sunday: Jirachi (after PNF report and/or the end of the game) If the weather is clear you can look up at the sky and pick out Pokemon constellations. Also once you have found all the parts of the Pichu Bros cartoon you can watch the whole thing projected across the sky here. Once you are all done for the day, quit and either wait or jump forwards to Day Three. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DAY THREE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Have you been nice to Pikachu? Well if you have then most likely from today onwards Pikachu will stay overnight with you, ahhh. At some point today you'll probably get the opportunity to name it. Don't call it something like Toilet, you'll regret it later on. Anyway, once you have collected your Shop N'Squirtle items and listened to Oak it's time to watch Part 3 of Pichu Bros and then enjoy another two new channels. ------------------------ FORTUNE CHANNEL ------------------------ It's that big lovable pink lucky Chansey, and she's got a channel that dispenses wise sayings at the click of a button. Simply click on one of the cookies floating around her and be rewarded with something as stunning insightful as "Good luck is an eel in the pond of fools" or "To tell the truth is dangerous, to listen to it is annoying." Actually you don't get anything as useful as that, and you only get one fortune a day as well. Boo. ------------------------ EGGZAMINATION ------------------------ The awesome Egg Channel is the very last word in edge-of-your-seat programming. You are presented with an egg and how long until it hatches. You choose from one of four options on what pokemon will hatch out. Then sit back, crack open some beer and you and Pikachu can get totally smashed while you place ever higher bets on who it will be. OK, that's a bit of a lie, but you can earn quite a lot of poke-cash betting on the eggs. The longer you have to wait the more cash you get when the eggs hatches. However its harder to guess who it will be. As a rule of thumb the quicker the egg is going hatch, the more common the pokemon. Interesting pokedex facts also scroll across the top of the screen as you view. Luckily for you the first egg will hatch fairly quickly. After you have watched the first time, you don't have to be watching when the egg hatches, if you tune in after the egg you bet on hatches you'll be told what it was and receive any winnings you earned. ------------------------ SNOWFALL MOUNTAIN ------------------------ After you have watched all the new stuff and filed your report, tune into Shop N'Squirtle and pick up the next Bus Pass, which most likely will be for Snowfall Mountain. At the moment there is only one area to explore here, on day 5 you'll be able to reach the Ruins of Truth from here. For now you can chat to the new pokemon and collect new Nice Cards, you can have Pikachu search the igloo and stumps where he may find an item or some poke-cash, you can also click on the snow balls to have Pikachu create a little "snow pikachu" and finally you can see Jigglypuff and Kecleon duet together. Luckily Kecleon has the ability to stop Jigglypuff sending everyone to sleep! Spend the rest of the day puttering about changing the weather to meet different pokemon, earning cash and keeping Spencer in business. When you are done, quit and jump forwards to Day 4. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DAY FOUR ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pikachu should have settled in very well now and you'll start to find other Pokemon round visiting when you turn the game on or come back to your room after an outing. Pikachu will start giving your dolls away as gifts with your permission to, if you let it, it will be very happy. As per usual, listen to Oak and collect any merchandise from Delibird. Then watch Pichu Bros part 4 before checking out three more new channels. Also today you get your Smeargle 2 upgraded to work with all channels not just The Pichu Bros cartoon. ------------------------ MAREEP FARM ------------------------ In what could be a stunningly ironic comment on the nature of modern television, or just evidence of the programmers incipient lunacy, here is a Relaxation Channel where you can count Mareep as they leap over a fence. Actually you know it is kind of.. kind of.. hypnotic... zzzzzz. Er.. uh.. anyways, first time you tune in you only have to watch for a count of about 25 before the programme ends. After that, it can go as high as 1500. ------------------------ ODD ONE OUT ------------------------ A double or nothing betting channel opens up for your entertainment, here you have to guess if an odd or even number of pokemon will appear. The bet starts at fifty and quickly depletes, so the quicker you bet the more you can get. If you guess correctly, you have the option to take the cash and end the game, or double the bet on the next lot of pokemon. But you lose it all if you are wrong. You can keep going until you either decide to quit with your winnings or you lose it all. The first lot of pokemon are Oddish, then Togepi's and Wynaut's will line up. This is a fairly unreliable way of winning cash, but quite cool when you get a good run and have to decide whether to push your luck further. ------------------------ CHUM CHUM RANKING ------------------------ Shape Up Smoochum's twin sister hosts the ranking channel. First you'll see the top five pokemon, though I have no idea how they are chosen (sometimes this changes to a poll of things like how many mins you have watched each channel). Then there is a demented poll where pokemon are asked to choose what they like best between two things, Poison or Ice type pokemon, peach or trumpet, bra or pond, that kind of thing. Finally Smoochum presents your "secrets" which are stats of things like how often you go to certain areas, how many cards you have, how many minutes of TV you have watched and other things. ------------------------ COLBALT COVE ------------------------ Once you have filed a report with Oak on the new channels, check out Shop N'Squirtle to get the final Bus Pass to Cobalt Cove. Here you will find more pokemon to talk to, you can play Tic-Tac-Toe with Pikachu during the day and Pikachu will try to swim out to the Faraway Island. He won't be able to make it over there before swimming back, it doesn't seem reachable as of yet. The other things to do at Cobalt Cove is fishing in the Secret Cove. ------------------------ SECRET COVE ------------------------ Here Pikachu will fish for various pokemon that can only be found here. You can toss food in the water but this doesn't seem to affect what Pikachu catches. If you stay long enough you'll be able to catch everything at all times and all weathers, but some are VERY rare so make sure you haven't drifted off and don't click on them in time to answer their Quiz. The pokemon are as follows (the rarity rating is just rough guide): Magikarp - common Remoraid - common Staryu - common Goldeen - common Horsea - common Starmie - average Lanturn - average Octillery - average Marrill - average/rare Krabby - rare Shellder - rare Wailmer - rare Poliwag - rare Cloyster - really frickin' rare >:( When you are ready to stop, just press B to quit, a score-sheet will pop up telling you what you caught and then you'll be back on Cobalt Cove. If the Pokemon you are after just hasn't turned up, quit back to the Beach then straight go back in again. If the first few pokemon you catch are different from what was mostly showing up before then you may have a better chance of getting the one you want. Keep quitting out after every ten pokemon or so and it should "cycle" round to the rarer ones sooner rather than later. Spend some time if you wish travelling about getting new cards and watch TV, then quit the game and jump forward to the penultimate day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DAY FIVE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day 5 begins with a news flash from PNF. Blaziken has entrusted the delivery of the final part of the Pichu Bros Cartoon to a Magnemite. But the silly thing drops it on the way to the studio. Professor Oak calls on you and Pikachu to find out where it's gone. Your first task is to go out into Springleaf field. Whatever the time, you will find Duskull hovering about. As this is unusual, have Pikachu go and talk to it. You'll find out it wants to play with the Ball, so have Pikachu retrieve it from the hole. Simply click on the ball for Pikachu to hand it over to Duskull. In return the lovable skull-faced ghost will give you the Duskull Lamp. ------------------------ RUINS OF TRUTH ------------------------ Now its time to travel to Snowfall Mountain. Once up there if you check to the far right you'll see a signpost pointing to a new area - The Ruins of Truth. So that's the next stop. However you'll see a big Gengar blocking the entrance, if you go to talk to him, Pikachu will automatically use the Duskull Lamp to give it a fright and it will run off. Now you can enter the Ruins. Inside is very dark apart from two flowers. Click on them to have Pikachu use Thundershock on them, this lights up the Ruins and when both are lit up a signpost will rise up letting you move to the back of the ruins. Here you'll see a plinth, click on it and answer the totally random trivia question that it asks you. If you get the question wrong just leave and re-enter to have another go. Once you have answered correctly, a Golbat statue will rise up. Have Pikachu search the statue (wiggle the stick to get his lardy arse out) and he'll pop out with Pichu Bros part 5! You can now leave (return and answer another question to get Golbats Nice Card) the Ruins and Magnemite will show up to collect it. Now all that's left to do is to return home and watch the final part of the Anime. Once that's done file your report with Professor Oak, he'll tell you as a thank you he's arranging something nice for you and Pikachu for tomorrow. So when you are ready to do so, save and jump to Day 6. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DAY SIX ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As promised when you load the game up on Day you get a nice treat. No matter what the actual time is, it will be night in the game, and a very special pokemon will show up at your back door. Yep, even Oak can't believe his eyes, the super-rare steel/psychic Jirachi has arrived and invites you to join it at Camp Starlight for a special screening of "Pichu Bros in Party Panic". You and Pikachu will automatically go to the campsite and the Anime will be screened from start to end projected across the night sky. This is the "end" of the game, as the Anime plays you'll get the full game credits as well, and at the finish it will say "The End" and you'll be back at the game menu screen. However (in the PAL versions only) you can now access a new option, "Jirachi" in the front Options menu, here you can upload Jirachi into your copy of Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire if you meet the right conditions (see the Jirachi FAQ at the end of this document for full details). If you load up the game you can carry on playing for as long as you like, there are a couple more extras, most notably Togepi will show up with the "Hosted by Kasumi" disc which is the Pichu Bros cartoon in Japanese (Kasumi is the Japanese version of Misty). You can also find different language versions to fill the final "fuzzy channel" (this may change depending on which language you are playing it in - I was playing in English and found a full length Spanish version) by breaking open the mystery crates. Once you have seen the end credits, that's the game finished, but you can play as long as you like simply hanging with Pikachu, watching TV and collecting cards. Some fun things to look out for are covered in the section below. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you are playing the UK/European version, you can watch Pichu Bros in various languages before you find the "official" tapes. Simply go to the language option screen and you can choose English, Spanish, Italian, German and French. Obviously this also changes the default language of the whole game, but the interface is simple enough that you shouldn't have problems changing back. It's worth doing, it's a lot of fun seeing Meowth talk German or listening to the Pichu Bros song in French! Once you have answered a Pokemon Quiz question and got the card, you can still talk to the pokemon, answering the quiz correctly again will net you 10P each time. If your Pikachu is a nightmare for changing channels, purchase the Snorlax doll. Looking at this makes Pikachu fall asleep leaving you free to channel surf! On a clear night you can look up at the stars and see various Pokemon Constellations, but these change throughout the year, so you can see different ones in winter than in spring. The PNF is actually packed with lots of fun Pokemon "in-jokes", watching it at length provides some genuinely amusing moments for the poke-maniac. Various items can be found in the wooden crates that appear every day or so. Some like the harmonica and trumpet are just for Pikachu to mess about with for your entertainment. Other items have a more drastic effect. The Wobuffet Spray is one of the more surreal ones. If Pikachu uses this, it shrinks to a teeny tiny size and its voice gets super squeaky. It's only temporary, but if you get this to happen at Cobalt Cove, go fishing. The sight of teeny Pikachu hauling in a Wailmer is quite giggle inducing. =============================================================================== ******************************* 3) GENERAL FAQ ******************************** =============================================================================== Q: I went to so-and-so location, and such-and-such pokemon wasn't there? You lie! A: Sometimes it's not obvious if it's cloudy or clear, recheck the list. And if you're looking for Lapras, Celebi, Blaziken, Latios, Latias or Jirachi.. well did you see the report on PNF? No? Well that explains it then. Q: What else is different about the PAL version of this game and can I play the PAL version on a USA GameCube? A: As far as I am aware, the only difference is Jirachi is available as an uploadable character, and that there are several different European language versions available of the Pichu cartoon. You may be able to get the PAL version to play on a US cube, but you'd need a PAL compatible TV, and also its unlikely that the US version of the Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire game carts would then register a Jirachi from a PAL disc. So.. probably not worth your cash really. Q: Who are the Pichu Bros anyway? A: Call yourself a Pokemon fan? Well if you saw the third Pokemon film that came out a couple of years ago (Pokemon 3: Spell of the Unown), you may have seen the short film before it that showed Pikachu meeting the Pichu Bros and the rest of the gang and playing around the adventure playground. Q: Can you see Mew? A: Although Mew is mentioned on PNF, she never puts in an appearance as far as I have found. But if anyone can prove otherwise I am all ears. Q: Pikachu keeps changing channels, how can I stop him? A: Pikachu develops favourite channels. Mine got obsessed with the egg channel for a while then Odd One Out. Best let it watch for a few mins, otherwise it will keep changing back. Of course if you want to watch TV in peace, buy the Snorlax Doll. Make Pikachu look at it until it keels over asleep, now you can watch in peace. mwahahah! Q: I found a harmonica/pokemon cream/some other thing in a crate? Why? What? A: The crate items seem to be just something for Pikachu play with there and then to help you build your friendship. You can't take them back home with you. Q: Can you reach the Faraway Island? A: I am not sure. I forced Pikachu to exercise its lardy butt every day for a couple of weeks and talked to all the pokemon on the beach and went every time of day in all weathers. Pikachu still "almost drowns" when he tries to swim out there. If anyone has managed to get over there, I would love to hear how! Q: What do you get if you collect all 330 Nice Cards? A: You get a lovely warm feeling inside. Q: I only got this game to get Jirachi, it sucks... A: I don't think it sucks, I actually enjoyed it a lot. It shows that some care as gone into constructing this whole other "pokemon" world and I liked the insights into pokemon life done with quite a bit of wit and good humour. Ever see that early episode of the Anime when all the pokemon get stranded on the Island and we get to see them talk via subtitles. Seeing Bulbasaur as the inveterate cynic, chafing against the "homeboy" Squirtle and the naive Charmander tickled me and I would liked to have seen more of that sort of thing. Well anyways, that's why I enjoyed the game so much... =============================================================================== ************************** 4) NICE CARD LOCATIONS ***************************** =============================================================================== There are 101 Nice cards to collect, although there are three variations of each one. The Single Card is a plain card with a picture of the Pokemon on it. The Motion card has a moving picture on it. Both types can be found the Nice Card packets. The final type is Platinum, which has a moving picture and the Pokemon's cry. These are acquired by either answering correctly the Quizzes from Wild Pokemon (apart from Golbat and Kecleon) or from Professor Oak, when you fill up the first two Binders. To get the Kecleon Card you only need to talk to Kecleon and choose to send it Fan Mail. To get the Golbat card you must revisit the Ruins of Truth after getting the final part of the Anime. Answer the random question and search the Golbat statue to get its card. Certain Pokemon will only appear after you have seen them mentioned on PNF. These are Lapras, Celebi, Blaziken, Latios, Latias and Jirachi. Once they have been mentioned, they will always appear at the specified time and place. The times of day are roughly as follows: 0500 - 0900 Morning 0900 - 1600 Day 1600 - 1900 Evening 1900 - 0500 Night The weather can be changed by watching Slowpokes weather channel. During the evening and night it can be tricky to tell if its cloudy or clear so recheck the weather if a pokemon hasn't appeared. If you are out in an area when the times changeover you won't actually see a change until you leave and then revisit. So for example if you are in Springleaf Field at 0856 and stay until 0904, you'll still see the morning pokemon. If you then leave and enter the Yard then re-enter the field, the pokemon will have changed to the Day ones. The Pokemon you fish for at the Secret Cove are unaffected by weather, time of day or even the food you fling for them. Keep fishing and you'll get them all, but some, such as Wailmer, Cloyster, Marril and Shellder are rarer than the rest. If it is raining at Camp Starlight there will be no pokemon there. Once you have all 101 types, Pikachu will present you with nine special Pikachu cards (27 in total actually as you get the Platinum, Motion and Single in one go). You do not require 101 Platinum cards, just 101 different cards. NICE CARD LOCATIONS 001: Bulbasaur - STREET, clear morning/day/evening; rainy evening 002: Charmander - MT. SNOWFALL, clear/snowy day; cloudy/clear/snowy evening 003: Squirtle - From Professor Oak with a Binder Upgrade 004: Caterpie - VIRIDIAN FOREST, clear nights. 005: Butterfree - VIRIDIAN FOREST, cloudy evening/night. 006: Beedrill - VIRIDIAN FOREST, cloudy mornings. 007: Pidgey - VIRIDIAN FOREST, cloudy/clear day 008: Raichu - VIRIDIAN FOREST, clear mornings and evenings. 009: Clefairy - VIRIDIAN FOREST, cloudy evening/night. 010: Vulpix - RUINS OF TRUTH, clear/snowy evenings; cloudy nights 011: Jigglypuff - MT. SNOWFALL, mornings and days, all weather. 012: Zubat - RUINS OF TRUTH, mornings, all weather. 013: Golbat - Revisit Ruins and search statue after getting Pichu Bros part 5. 014: Oddish - YARD, rainy day/evening, night 015: Gloom - VIRIDIAN FOREST, clear day. 016: Diglet- YARD, clear/cloudy morning. 017: Dugtrio - YARD, clear/cloudy night. 018: Meowth - From Professor Oak with a Binder Upgrade 019: Psyduck - From Professor Oak with a Binder Upgrade 020: Poliwag - Fish at Cobalt Coast's Secret Cove. 021: Machop - VIRIDIAN FOREST, clear mornings. 022: Bellsprout - VIRIDIAN FOREST, cloudy days; rainy mornings. 023: Geodude - VIRIDIAN FOREST, cloudy mornings. 024: Slowpoke - From Professor Oak with a Binder Upgrade 025: Magnemite - YARD, cloudy morning/day/evening. 026: Shelder - Fish at Cobalt Coast's Secret Cove. 027: Cloyster- Fish at Cobalt Coast's Secret Cove. 028: Gengar - RUINS OF TRUTH, snowy/cloudy evenings/night. 029: Krabby - Fish at Cobalt Coast's Secret Cove. 030: Voltorb - RUINS OF TRUTH clear/cloudy/snowy mornings. 031: Exeggcute - VIRIDIAN FOREST, rainy mornings. 032: Exeggutor - COBALT COAST, clear days. 033: Cubone - RUINS OF TRUTH, cloudy/clear mornings; clear days. 034: Hitmonlee - STREET, rainy mornings/days/night; clear days. 035: Lickitung - COBALT COAST, clear mornngs. 036: Koffing - RUINS OF TRUTH, clear/snowy days. 037: Weezing - RUINS OF TRUTH, clear/cloudy evenings/night. 038: Chansey - From Professor Oak with a Binder Upgrade 039: Horsea - Fish at Cobalt Coast's Secret Cove 040: Goldeen - Fish at Cobalt Coast's Secret Cove. 041: Staryu - Fish at Cobalt Coast's Secret Cove. 042: Starmie - Fish at Cobalt Coast's Secret Cove. 043: Mr.Mime - STREET, clear/cloudy mornings; clear/cloudy days. 044: Magikarp - Fish at Cobalt Coast's Secret Cove. 045: Lapras - COBALT COAST, rainy nights (after PNF report). 046: Ditto - STREET, cloudy day; clear/cloudy night. 047: Eevee - SPRINGLEAF FIELD, cloudy days. 048: Snorlax - CAMP STARLIGHT. (Thursday) 049: Chikorita - SPRINGLEAF FIELD, cloudy/rainy/clear evenings. 050: Cyndaquil - STREET, cloudy mornings; clear evenings, cloudy nights. 051: Totodile - STREET, rainy mornings/day/evening/night. 052: Hoothoot - RUINS OF TRUTH, snowy nights. 053: Ledyba - YARD, clear morning/day/night. 054: Crobat - RUINS OF TRUTH, snowy/clear/cloudy evenings. 055: Lanturn - Fish at Cobalt Coast's Secret Cove. 056: Pichu - CAMP STARLIGHT. (Saturday) 057: Cleffa - MOUNT SNOWFALL, clear mornings/days/evenings. 058: Igglybuff - COBALT COAST, clear evenings 059: Togepi - COBALT COAST, rainy/cloudy days. 060: Natu - COBALT COAST, cloudy mornngs/days. 061: Mareep - From Professor Oak with a Binder Upgrade 062: Bellossom - SPRNGLEAF FIELD, clear day/evening 063: Marill - Fish at Cobalt Coast's Secret Cove. 064: Azumarill - CAMP STARLIGHT (Friday) 065: Sudowoodo - MOUNT SNOWFALL, cloudy days/evening/night. 066: Hoppip - YARD, rainy morning/day/evening/night 067: Aipom - MOUNT SNOWFALL, cloudy/snowy mornings/days. 068: Sunkern - MOUNT SNOWFALL, clear days. 069: Yanma - YARD, cloudy days. 070: Wooper - CAMP STARLGHT. (Wednesday) 071: Espeon - MOUNT SNOWFALL, snowy/cloudy nights. 072: Misdreavus - RUINS OF TRUTH, clear/snowy days. 073: Wobbuffet - From Professor Oak with a Binder Upgrade 074: Girafarig - COBALT COAST, cloudy/rainy nights. 075: Dunsparce - MOUNT SNOWFALL, clear nights. 076: Shuckle - COBALT COAST, cloudy evenings/nights. 077: Heracross - MOUNT SNOWFALL, cloudy mornings. 078: Teddiursa - CAMP STARLIGHT. (Monday) 079: Swinub - MOUNT SNOWFALL, snowy days/evenings/nights. 080: Corsola - Fish at Cobalt Coast's Secret Cove. 081: Remoraid - Fish at Cobalt Coast's Secret Cove. 082: Octillery - Fish at Cobalt Coast's Secret Cove. 083: Delibird - From Professor Oak with a Binder Upgrade 084: Phanpy - SPRINGLEAF FIELD, rainy days; cloudy nights. 085: Smeargle - From Professor Oak with a Binder Upgrade 086: Smoochum - From Professor Oak with a Binder Upgrade 087: Magby - CAMP STARLGHT. (Tuesday) 088: Celebi - SPRINGLEAF FIELD, clear mornings (after PNF report). 089: Treeko - CAMP STARLGHT; SPRINGLEAF FIELD, cloudy days; clear evenings. 090: Torchic - CAMP STARLGHT; SPRINGLEAF FIELD, clear day/evening; cloudy morn. 091: Blaziken - RUINS OF TRUTH, snowy mornings (after PNF report). 092: Mudkip - CAMP STARLGHT; SPRINGLEAF FIELD, rainy morning/day/evening/night. 093: Wailmer - Fish at Cobalt Coast's Secret Cove. 094: Kecleon - MOUNT SNOWFALL, Write fan mail, clear/cloudy/snowy evenings. 095: Azurill - COBALT COAST, rainy mornings. 096: Wynaut - SPRINGLEAF FIELD, cloudy/rainy mornings; cloudy days. 097: Duskull - SPRINGLEAF FIELD, clear/cloudy/rainy nights. 098: Volbeat - SPRINGLEAF FIELD, clear/rainy nights. 099: Latias - COBALT COAST, cloudy night (After PNF report). 100: Latios - COBALT COAST, clear night (After PNF report). 101: Jirachi - CAMP STARLIGHT (Sunday) (After PNF has report). PIKACHU NICE CARDS: SP1: Pikachu - From Pikachu after you collect 101 different Nice Cards. SP2: Pikachu - From Pikachu after you collect 101 different Nice Cards. SP3: Pikachu - From Pikachu after you collect 101 different Nice Cards. SP4: Pikachu - From Pikachu after you collect 101 different Nice Cards. SP5: Pikachu - From Pikachu after you collect 101 different Nice Cards. SP6: Pikachu - From Pikachu after you collect 101 different Nice Cards. SP7: Pikachu - From Pikachu after you collect 101 different Nice Cards. SP8: Pikachu - From Pikachu after you collect 101 different Nice Cards. SP9: Pikachu - From Pikachu after you collect 101 different Nice Cards. =============================================================================== *************************** 5) POKEMON QUIZ ANSWERS *************************** =============================================================================== Because I am nothing if not thorough, here is a complete list of all the Pokemon Quizzes and the correct answer listed in alphabetical order. If you accidentally get an answer wrong, you'll have to leave the area and return to be able to answer the question again. Once you have gained the Nice Card, you can keep answering the Quizzes to get Poke-cash. AIPOM Q: What part of the body does Aipom use to hang from trees? A: Tail. AZUMARRILL Q: What do Azumarrills ears function as? A: Sensors. BEEDRILL Q: How many poisonous stingers does Beedrill have in total? A: 3. BELLOSSOM Q: When Bellossom gather and seemingly "dance" what are they said to be doing? A: Ritual to summon the sun. BELLSPROUT Q: Bellsprout is rumoured to be a type of mythical plant. What is the plant? A: Mandrake. BLAZIKEN Q: Blaziken takes pride in it's jumping ability. What's the tallest building it can clear? A: 30 story building. BULBASAUR Q: What is the seed on Bulbasaur's back filled with? A: Nutrients. BUTTERFREE Q: Butterfree can fly in rain because it has what kind of wings? A: Wings that repel water. CHARMANDER Q: The flame on Charmander's tail can be considered the what of it's health? A: Barometer. CELEBI Q: Celebi is sometimes called the what of the forest? A: Guardian. CHIKORITA Q: What does the leaf on Chikorita's head smell like? A: It has a sweet aroma. CLEFFA Q: Cleffa is rumoured to have arrived on what? A: A shooting star. CLOYSTER Q: What is said to effect the growth of Cloysters spikes? A: Strength of the Ocean Current. CORSOLA Q: When the branches on Corsola's head grow out and drop off what do they become? A: Treasures. CROBAT Q: How many wings does Crobat have? A: 4. CUBONE Q: Why has no-one ever seen Cubones face? A: Because it wears a skull. CYNDAQUIL Q: When do the flames on Cyndaquils back burn furiously? A: When its angry. DIGLETT Q: When does Diglett emerge out of the ground? A: When it's not bright out. DITTO Q: What does Ditto transform into to avoid attack while it is sleeping? A: A rock DUGTRIO Q: Dugtrio moves its three heads around to do what to the soil? A: Soften it. DUNSPARCE Q: If it is spotted, Dunsparce furiously bores into the ground with its tail to do what? A: Escape. DUSKULL Q: It is said that if Duskull gives chase it will follow the target till what comes up? A: The morning sun. EXEGGCUTE Q: How many eggs make up one Exeggcute? A: 6. EXEGGCUTOR Q: If an Exeggutor head falls off, what does it become? A: Exeggcute. ESPEON Q: Espeon can sense the flow of air to predict what? A: The weather. GENGAR Q: Why do people shiver when Gengar appears? A: Because it steals heat GEODUDE Q: Why do Geodude bump into each other? A: To get their bodes hard. GIRAFARIG Q: What attracts Girafarig's tail and makes it bite? A: Smells GLOOM Q: Does Gloom like the smell of the honey that dribbles from its mouth? A: Likes it. GOLDEEN Q: Which of these descriptions of Goldeen is wrong. A: The Storm-Bringing-Maiden. HERACROSS Q: Heracross can throw something weighing how many times more than it's own weight? A: 100 times HITMONLEE Q: What happens to the soles of Hitmonlee's feet at the instant of impact when it is kicking? A: They harden. HOOTHOOT Q: Hoothoot begins crying at a certain time. This makes it useful as a what? A: Clock. HOPPIP Q: Why do Hoppp gather together in a cluster? A: Prevent being blown away. HORSEA Q: What does Horsea release from its mouth when in a pinch? A: Ink. IGGLYBUFF Q: If Igglybuff falls over it won't stop moving for a while because of what? A: It's rubbery body. JIGGLYPUFF Q: What happens when you hear Jigglypuff singing? A: You become sleepy. JIRACHI Q: What will waken Jirachi from its 1000 year sleep? A: Pure singing. KECLEON Q: Kecleon can't change the colour on what part of its body? A: It's belly. KOFFING Q: If you are exposed to the gas held inside Koffing's body what won't you be able to stop? A: Your tears. KRABBY Q: What does Krabby release from its mouth when in a pinch? A: Bubbles. LANTURN Q: How deep in the sea can Lanturns light be seen from the surface? A: Over 3 miles. LATIAS Q: Latias's body is covered in a down that is like what? A: Glass. LATIOS Q: Latios is said to become friendly only towards a trainer that has what knd of spirit? A: A compassionate spirit. LEDYBA Q: Ledyba uses fluid to let others know where it is. Where does this fluid get released from? A: Its feet. LICKITUNG Q: If Lickitung licks you what may happen? A: You'll feel tingly. MACHOP Q: What is Machop said to use for weight training? A: Graveller. MAGBY Q: How hot is Magby's body? A: 600 degrees. MAGIKARP Q: What s Magikarps record for jumping up while using Splash? A: 7 feet. MAGNEMITE Q: What happens if Magnemite attaches itself to power lines and feeds on electricity? A: A power outage. MARRILL Q: Marrill won't drown because the tip of its tail is filled with what? A: Oil. MISDREAVUS Q: What does Misdreavus love to do? A: Cause mischief. MR MIME Q: Mr Mime gets angry if its disturbed while practising what? A: Pantomiming. NATU Q: Natu sometimes jumps onto tree branches to eat what? A: Shoots. OCTILLERY Q: Octillery has what kind of head? A: A rock hard head. ODDISH Q: What happens if you mistake Oddish for a weed and try and yank it out of the ground? A: It cries. PHANPY Q: Why does Phanpy bump things with its trunk? A: To show affection. PIDGEY Q: What does Pidgey throw on its foe to protect itself when in a pinch? A: Sand. POLIWAG Q: What determines which way the spiral pattern on Poliwags belly goes? A: Where it hatched. RAICHU Q: If Raichu has its tail planted in the ground what is it thought to be doing? A: Discharging electricity. REMORAID Q: Remoraid uses its fin to stick onto which pokemons back? A: Mantaine. SHELLDER Q: When Shellder swims which way does its body point? A: Backwards. SHUCKLE Q: The body fluids that seep from Shuckles legs mix with berries to become what? A: Juice. SNORLAX Q: Snorlax's snores and stomach rumblings are often mistaken for what? A: Crying. STARMIE Q: What is rumoured to come out from the centre of Starmies body? A: Radio waves. STARYU Q: If Staryu's body is torn it can regrow missing parts if it has what? A: Its core. SUDOWOODO Q: What does Sudowoodo hate? A: Rain SUNKERN Q: If under attack Sunkern whips what around to defend itself? A: It's leaves SWINUB Q: Why does Swinub dig up the ground? A: To find food. TEDDIURSA Q: Teddiursa is always licking its paws because they taste of what? A: Honey. TOGEPI Q: Togepi's shell is said to be filled with what? A: Happiness. TORCHIC Q: How hot is the fire that Torchic breathes? A: 1,000 degrees TOTODILE Q: What makes Totodile react and bite whatever is in front of it? A: Movement. TREECKO Q: Treecko is good at climbing walls because it has what on the soles of its feet? A: Small hooks VOLBEAT Q: Volbeat gather and draw what sort of patterns in the night sky? A: Geometric patterns. VOLTORB Q: Why does Voltorb resemble a pokeball? A: For camouflage. VULPIX Q: What part of Vulpix's body darkens in colour and increases in number as it grows? A: It's tail. WAILMER Q: From where does Wailmer spout seawater? A: It's nostrils. WEEZING Q: What can be made by thinning the gases inside Weezing's body? A: Perfume. WOOPER Q: What happens if you touch Wooper's body with bare hands? A: Your hands feel tingly. WYNAUT Q: What do Wynaut do to improve their Counter Move? A: Mash against each other. YANMA Q: With its big eyes, how far around itself can Yanma see? A: 360 degrees ZUBAT Q: What does Zubat put out from its mouth so it can fly without crashing into anything? A: Ultrasonic waves. =============================================================================== *************************** 6) SHOP N'SQUIRTLE ITEMS ************************** =============================================================================== Courtesy of Spencer Squirtle you can buy lots of pokemon merchandise and deck out your room like the poke-fanatic you are. Most items are delivered next day but the Binder, Bus Passes and Pokemon Mini games arrive immediately. You can only order a maximum of ten items a day for next day delivery. ------------------------ PLUSH DOLLS ------------------------ Bulbasaur 13P Charmander 17P Clefairy 47P Diglett 11P Gengar 97P Geodude 19P Grimer 37P Jigglypuff 49P Lapras 101P Machop 29P Magikarp 19P Oddish 23P Poliwag 29P Shellder 23P Snorlax 97P Squirtle 41P Staryu 17P Surfing Pikachu 43P Unown 43P Voltorb 11P Weedle 37P These dolls will be displayed about your room. Snorlax, Gengar and Lapras are giant dolls. When pokemon come to visit they sometimes request a doll as a gift. Pikachu will also lay with them. if you draw its attention to them. ------------------------ PICTURE FRAMES ------------------------ Ekans 50P Pokeblocks 50P Shiny 50P Shroomish 50P Smoochum 50P Tentacool 50P Torchic 50P Victreebell 50P Stylish frames to show off your own paintings. ------------------------ POKEPADS ------------------------ Gengar 50P Goldeen 50P Mudkip 50P Ordinary 50P Pikachu 50P Smoochum 50P Togepi 50P Torchic 50P Treecko 50P These will only change the cover of the pad, the contents are transferred over each time you purchase a new one. ------------------------ POKEMON MINI ------------------------ Blue Pokemon Mini 50P Gold Pokemon Mini 50P Green Pokemon Mini 50P Purple Pokemon Mini 50P Wood Pokemon Mini 50P When you get your Pokemon mini case, the blue one comes with it. If you wish to switch back to it later, you'll have to buy it again. ------------------------ POKEMON MINI GAMES ------------------------ Chansey's Dribble 38P Pikachu's Rocket Start 38P Pokemon Pinball Petit 38P Puzzle Collection Petit 38P Slowking's Judge 38P Snorlax's Lunch Time 38P You need to have found the Pokemon Mini case under the bed before these will show up for sale. More detail on the games can be found at the end of this section. There will be a game already in the case, this may be random, but for me it was Snorlax Lunch Time. ------------------------ POSTERS ------------------------ Cool Poster 10P Flame Poster 10P Friendship Poster 10P Wobbuffet Poster 10P ------------------------ TELEVISIONS ------------------------ Aipom TV 150P Hoothoot TV 200P [photo negative effect] Hoppip TV 150P [drifting clouds effect] Lanturn TV 150P [spotlight effect] Magnemite TV 100P Marill TV 200P [rain effect] Meowth TV 150P Mudkip TV 150P [waterfall effect] Ordinary TV FREE Pikachu TV 500P Retro TV FREE [black and white] Smoochum TV 150P [pink tint] Stage TV 150P Sudowoodo TV 200P [sepia tone] Sunkern TV 100P [yellow tint] Voltorb TV 100p Wooper TV 200P [distorted "goldfish bowl" effect] Wynaut TV 100P [rainbow effect] Certain TV's have a graphical effects added similar to the pokemon they are based on. You can switch between TV's using the start menu "pokepad". ------------------------ WALLPAPERS ------------------------ Blue Wallpaper A 25P Blue Wallpaper B 25P Green Wallpaper A 25P Green Wallpaper B 25P Gray Wallpaper 25P Orange Wallpaper 25P Purple Wallpaper 25P Red Wallpaper A 25P Red Wallpaper B 25P Yellow Wallpaper 25P When you order a wallpaper you lose the previous one that was up, you can't switch between them like you can poke-pads and TV's. ------------------------- MISCELLANEOUS ------------------------- Binder w/ Nice Cards 10P Cobalt Coast Bus Pass 10P Mt Snowfall Bus Pass 10P Nice Cards 10P Viridian Bus Pass 10P Wobbuffet Punch Bag 10P ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- POKEMON MINI GAMES GUIDE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Once you get the Pokemon Mini case from under the bed you can buy new games for it from Spencer. They are quite good fun, anyone who had a Dreamcast and played downloadable games on their VMU's will get a rush of nostalgia here =) ------------------------- CHANSEY'S DRIBBLE ------------------------- No Chansey hasn't gone senile, she's just taken up football. Using the control stick you have to try and steer Chansey behind the football, if you accidentally get ahead of the ball you lose a lot of time back tracking, so the aim is to steer steadily and reach the goal in the fastest time. ------------------------- PIKACHU'S ROCKET START ------------------------- It's a test of your lightning reflexes this time, Pikachu is racing other pokemon and you must hammer the A button as soon as you feel a rumble in your controller. If you start pressing too soon it's a false start and you lose. A nano-second too slow and you'll be beaten. ------------------------- POKEMON PINBALL PETIT ------------------------- Using Diglett you can embark on a "Quest Mode" to pot the balls in the allotted time. Simply hold the Z button to draw Diglett back then release to have it pop up. f you clear Quest Mode once you can play as Pikachu. Other pokemon may also be available, but unfortunately, your progress cannot be saved and if you quit it's back to square one. ------------------------- PUZZLE COLLECTION PETIT ------------------------- An absorbing selection of sliding puzzles are on offer here. Using the A button just switch the squares about until you complete a pokemon picture. Once a pokemon has been revealed their info is put in the "minidex". Again though, you cannot save your progress so when you quit all progress is lost (that said, this is still a great selection of puzzles, the best of the lot). ------------------------- SLOWKING JUDGE ------------------------- Slowking has a job moonlighting as a line judge at a tennis match. Use A to call ball in, and B to call it out. The faster you make the calls, the better your score. ------------------------- SNORLAX LUNCH TIME ------------------------- A simple test of reactions, food will drop down in front of Snorlax. Press A to have him eat t. But don't think you can hammer the A button, sometimes Pichu will drop down and if you try to eat him, it's game over! =============================================================================== ******************************* 7) JIRACHI FAQ ******************************** =============================================================================== A lot of you may have just bought or rented this game simply to get Jirachi. Here is a quick list of what you need to have done to get it. 1) You MUST have beaten your Ruby/Sapphire game by having faced and beaten the Elite four once and got pokemon into the Hall of Fame. 2) You MUST have a GBA link cable, the gameboy player will NOT work. 3) You must have finished Pokemon Channel, that means watching all the new programmes across five days, finding the final part on day 5 and watching the full version on the Sky Projector all the way though to THE END. 4) Other than watching all the new programmes and filing your reports, the only other thing you need to do is make sure you have brought the Bus Pass for Mt. Snowfall, you may have to purchase the Binder and some other Passes before you can do so. 5) Once that has been done, you find the JIRACHI option accessible under the OPTIONS menu at the opening screen. 6) Link up your GBA and make sure you have an empty space in your GBA team as long as all the conditions have been satisfied you should be able to upload this rare pokemon without a hitch. Only one Jirachi can be registered per GBA cart. 7) This upload will also make a minor adjustment to the GBA games Berry growing programme, it appears there were some minor glitches with certain berries being planted in certain areas after a full calendar year of gaming. This update fixes those issues. 8) You can't name Jirachi. ------------------------ IS JIRACHI WORTH IT? ------------------------ Well lets take a look at it. Jirachi has the following base stats and natural ability. #384 National Pokedex number #201 New Pokedex number - JIRACHI (Wish Pokemon) Type: Steel/Psychic Height: 1' 0" Weight: 2.4 lbs. Ability: Serene Grace[Raises added effects chance] Pokédex Entry (Ruby): A legend states that Jirachi will make true any wish that is written on notes attached to its head when it awakens. If this Pokémon senses danger, it will fight without awakening. Pokédex Entry (Saph): Jirachi will awaken from its sleep of a thousand years if you sing to it in a voice of purity. It is said to make true any wish that people desire. Base Stats: HP: 100 Attack: 100 Defence: 100 Speed: 100 Special Attack: 100 Special Defence: 100 It learns the following moves: Wish (Normal) - N/A Confusion (Psychic) Rest (Psychic) Swift (Normal) - Level 10 Helping Hand (Normal) - Level 15 Psychic (Psychic) - Level 20 Refresh (Normal) - Level 25 Rest (Psychic) - Level 30 Double-edge (Normal) - Level 35 Future Sight (Psychic) - Level 40 Cosmic Power (Psychic) - Level 45 Doom Desire (Steel) - Level 50 It can learn the following TMs: TM03 (Water Pulse), TM04 (Calm Mind), TM06 (Toxic), TM10 (Hidden Power), TM11 (Sunny Day), TM15 (Hyper Beam), TM16 (Light Screen), TM17 (Protect), TM18 (Rain Dance), TM20 (Safeguard), TM21 (Frustration), TM24 (Thunderbolt), TM25 (Thunder), TM27 (Return), TM29 (Psychic), TM30 (Shadowball), TM32 (Double Team), TM33 (Reflect), TM34 (Shock Wave), TM37 (Sandstorm), TM40 (Aerial Ace), TM42 (Facade), TM43 (Secret Power), TM44 (Rest), TM48 (Skillswap). Like Mew and Celebi, Jirachi's base stats means it has a balanced high growth in all areas. So it has no super strengths, but also no crippling weaknesses. Personally of the three super-legendaries, I still rate Mew the highest as it is a single type so lacks the duel weaknesses and can learn every TM going meaning Mew still has the capacity to surprise. However Jirachi is powerful and unusual and will most likely become an integral part of your game. Definitely worth getting the game for. Finally I should point out that pokemon channel will set you back less than £20, even less if you rent it out. A few years ago spent twice that amount on train tickets to get to an official pokemon event being held a couple of hundred miles away and had to stay in one of the most boring towns in England (Stroud), for the chance to upload two Official Mew's to my pokemon red and blue carts. If your a REAL pokemon fan, these inconveniences are nothing. So be grateful you only have to play trough a cheap short game to get this super rare gift. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ******************************************************************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feel free to email me about any aspect of this guide, any contributions you would like to make will be fully credited if used and are more than welcome. Please inform me of any errors, typos etc so I can rectify them immediately My email is falsehead@aol.com (Blatant plug: check out my games website at www.kungfuhamster.cjb.net for loads of info on Martial Arts, Beat 'em Ups, Kung Fu Movies and Pokemon!) Please also check out another great site for next generation gaming news and reviews htpp://www.thunderbolt.be Big Thanks to CjayC, the cool bloke who runs GameFAQs. 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