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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.
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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
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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!
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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.
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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!
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DAY ONE
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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.
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PNF (Pokemon News Flash
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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!
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SHOP N'SQUIRTLE
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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!
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SMOOCHUM SHAPE UP
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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.
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QUIZ WOBBUFFET
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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.
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SMEARGLE 2
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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.
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SPRINGLEAF FIELD
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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)
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DAY TWO
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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.
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SMEARGLES ART STUDY
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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.
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SLOWPOKES WEATHER REPORT
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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
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VIRIDIAN FOREST
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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.
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CAMP STARLIGHT
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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.
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DAY THREE
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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.
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FORTUNE CHANNEL
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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.
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EGGZAMINATION
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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.
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SNOWFALL MOUNTAIN
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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.
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DAY FOUR
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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.
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MAREEP FARM
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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.
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ODD ONE OUT
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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.
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CHUM CHUM RANKING
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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.
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COLBALT COVE
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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.
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SECRET COVE
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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.
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DAY FIVE
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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.
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RUINS OF TRUTH
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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.
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DAY SIX
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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?