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~Table of Contents~
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I.Introduction                            |
I 1.Notice                                |
I 2.The Story                             |
I 3.Purification                          |
I 4.Natures                               |
I 5.How to Properly Snag a Pokemon        |
I 6.Pokeballs                             |
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II.Story Mode Walkthrough                 |
II 1.Outskirt Stand                       |
II 2.Phenac City                          |
II 3.Pyrite Town                          |
II 4.Pyrite Building                      |
II 5.Pyrite Cave                          |
II 6.Agate Village                        |
II 7.Mt. Battle                           |
II 8.The Under                            |
II 9.Shadow Pokemon Lab                   |
II 10.Realgam Tower                       |
II 11.Team Snagem Hideout                 |
II 12.Secrets and Shadow Pokemon Rematches|
II 13.Mt. Battle-Best source of training  |
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III.Colosseum Mode                        |
III 1.Phenac Colosseum-Singles            |
III 2.Phenac Colosseum-Doubles            |
III 3.Pyrite Colosseum-Singles            |
III 4.Pyrite Colosseum-Doubles            |
III 5.Under Colosseum-Singles             |
III 6.Under Colosseum-Doubles             |
III 7.Orre Colosseum-Singles              |
III 8.Orre Colosseum-Doubles              |
III 9.Tower Colosseum-Singles             |
III 10.Tower Colosseum-Doubles            |
III 11.Orre Colosseum (Lv.100)-Singles    |
III 12.Orre Colosseum (Lv.100)-Doubles    |
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III 13.Mt. Battle Area 1-Singles          |
III 14.Mt. Battle Area 2-Singles          |
III 15.Mt. Battle Area 3-Singles          |
III 16.Mt. Battle Area 4-Singles          |
III 17.Mt. Battle Area 5-Singles          |
III 18.Mt. Battle Area 6-Singles          |
III 19.Mt. Battle Area 7-Singles          |
III 20.Mt. Battle Area 8-Singles          |
III 21.Mt. Battle Area 9-Singles          |
III 22.Mt. Battle Area 10-Singles         |
III 23.Mt. Battle Area 1-Doubles          |
III 24.Mt. Battle Area 2-Doubles          |
III 25.Mt. Battle Area 3-Doubles          |
III 26.Mt. Battle Area 4-Doubles          |
III 27.Mt. Battle Area 5-Doubles          |
III 28.Mt. Battle Area 6-Doubles          |
III 29.Mt. Battle Area 7-Doubles          |
III 30.Mt. Battle Area 8-Doubles          |
III 31.Mt. Battle Area 9-Doubles          |
III 32.Mt. Battle Area 10-Doubles         |
III 33.Final Words about Mt. Battle       |
III 34.Gang Battle                        |
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IV.Information Center                     |
IV 1.Pokemon Type Chart                   |
IV 2.Move Statistics                      |
IV 3.Status Effects                       |
IV 4.Stat Altering Moves                  |
IV 5.Good Moves and Good Combos           |
IV 6.Natures                              |
IV 7.Abilities                            |
IV 8.Move-Dex                             |
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V.EV Training and IV Stats for Dummies    |
V1.Stat Compensation                      |
V2.Attack Usage                           |
V3.How EV's are Used                      |
V4.How IV's are Used                      |
V5.The Nature Dilemma                     |
V6.Items                                  |
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VI.Credits                                |
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~I.Introduction~
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Hello! You might know me as Deathborn 668 on the message boards and I
decided to write this FAQ for Pokemon Collosseum, the first Pokemon
game for the Gamecube. This FAQ will cover nearly everything within the
game.
If you see any information that's wrong, or that I haven't put in here
yet, please E-Mail me at someguy668 (at) yahoo (dot) com
Also, I ask that if you find this Walkthrough printed on someone else's
website giving themselves credit, please notify me at once. I do not
tolerate plagerism well and would like to stop people stealing any of my
guides before it gets out of hand. Thank you.
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~I A.Notice~
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I don't have enough time on my hands to tell you the Pokemon every
single trainer has. Most, not all. I will though tell you the Shadow
Pokemon thay have. This is because I ain't go5ng replay the long story
mode for a few trainers. Since you can rebattle almost every trainer
in the game, there isn't much of a need to know their entire team.
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~I B.The Story~
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You are a former member of Team Snagem', an organization that seals the
door to a Pokemon's heart, thus causing it to be an awful fighting
machine. Your mission? Seek out and Snag all 48 Shadow Pokemon and
purify them of the Shadow. It's a difficult task. Can you do it?
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~I C.Purification~
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This is when you eliminate all traces of the shadow from Pokemon. There
are 5 different ways to purify a Pokemon from the shadow.
1.Use it in battle
2.Call it out from Hyper Mode
3.Walk around with it in your party.
4.Put it into Pokemon Day-Care
5.Use the Cologne Case on it.
From the beginning all a shadow Pokemon knows is the attack Shadow Rush,
a strong attack that has recoil damage. Sometimes, when using Shadow Rush
your Pokemon will go into Hyper Mode, which means 3 things:
1.You can call it out from Hyper Mode by using the Call Out feature
2.Shadow Rush will have a very high critical hit ratio.
3.Your Poke will only obey Shadow Rush until out of Hyper Mode.
The shadow is put into 5 bars. I'll tell you what clearing each bar
means.
No Bars-Pokemon only knows Shadow Rush
1 Bar cleared-Pokemon gains back 1 attack
2 Bars cleared-Pokemon starts gaining Exp. and EV's. (Doesn't actually
benifit from Exp. and EV's until fully purified). Also, you'll now know
the nature of the Pokemon.
3 Bars cleared-Pokemon learns a 2nd move
4 Bars cleared-Learns a 3rd move
All Bars cleared-Go to Celebi Shrine to completly heal the Pokemon,
learns a fourth move.
When all bars are cleared, head to the Celebi Shrine in Agate Village to
completly purify the Pokemon. Note:You can only catch Shadow Pokemon, not
every one you encounter.
Note:There are no wild battles, just trainer battles. However, you can
rematch a trainer as many times as you want in most cases. Just enter
any building  and come out. Talk to the trainer after doing this and
they should want a battle. It will work most of the time.
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~I D.Natures~
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Natures. Most of them give you a stat boost and a stat negative, while
others don't do a thing. But more importantly, they determine what
method of purification they like best. Here is a list showing which
natures like which method.
Likes:
Using in battle:Adamant, Bold, Brave, Calm, Hardy, Hasty, Impish, Jolly,
Naughty, Quarky, Sassy.
Call from Hyper Mode/Sleep:Doctle, Lonely, Serious, Timid.
Walk around in Party:Adamant, Bold, Brave, Hardy, Impish, Lax, Lonely,
Naive, Naughty, Sassy.
In Pokemon Day-Care:Bashful, Calm, Careful, Gentle, Mild, Modest,
Quarky, Relaxed, Timid.
Using Cologne Massage:Bashful, Calm, Careful, Gentle, Hasty, Jolly, Lax,
Lonely, Mild, Rash, Relaxed, Timid.
Pokemon usually hate all other methods of purification-in other words,
their Shadow Meter won't go down as fast.
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~I E.Lesson 101-How to Properly Snag a Pokemon~
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When in battle, your partner will notify you when a Shadow Pokemon comes
out and who it is. Then, the snagging process, just like all the other
games, begins. How to Snag:
1.Weaken the Pokemon's HP to low yellow/red. The lower it is the better
odds of Snagging.
2.Give it a Sleep, Paralyze, or Freeze condition. Poison and Confusion
and Burn conditions might make it kill itself so avoid those.
3.Choose your Snag Ball and hope the Pokemon is captured!
See? Nothing to it really. If the Pokemon breaks out of the ball, use it
again or try to weaken it a little further. Remember, Shadow Pokemon know
the Shadow Rush move and in battle they will use it often, and it's
recoil might eventually kill itself. Thusly, you may need to rechallenge
a trainer several times in order to catch the Pokemon they have. You have
as many chances as you need to catch every Shadow Pokemon, so don't fret
in the event you miss one of them.
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~I F.Pokeballs~
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In order to catch a Shadow Pokemon, you must have Pokeballs in your
packet. There are many different balls. More expensive balls have better
catching rates. Here are the balls, a description, and their prices:
Poke Ball
Cost: $200
A cheap ball with a normal catching rate. Upgrade to better balls as
soon as you can,
Great Ball
Cost: $600
A ball with a catching rate twice as effective as a Poke Ball. Recommended
whenever you get the chance to buy these early in the game.
Ultra Ball
Cost: $1200
A ball with a catching rate triple as effective as Poke Balls. Available
after getting your first E-Mail from Duking.
Master Ball
Cost: N/A
A ball with a 100% chance of catching a Pokemon. You get only 1 so use
it wisely! Using a glitch, you can catch Pokemon with a Master Ball and
still actually keep the Ball itself.
Net Ball
Cost: $1000
Catches Bug types and Water and double their normal catch rates.
Premier Ball
Cost: N/A
You get 1 of these free for every 10 Poke Balls you purchase at once.
They have a capture rate that is exactly the same as a Poke Ball.
Nest Ball
Cost: $1000
Catches low level Pokemon at double the normal catching rate.
Timer Ball
Cost: $1000
For every 10 turns in battle the catch rate greatly increases. (Max. of
30 turns).
This is pretty much all the basics. Now comes the actual Walkthrough!
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~II.Walkthrough of Story Mode~
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In order to get most of the endgame bonuses, you need to first complete
the Story Mode of the game. It isn't too overly difficult, much like all
the other Pokemon games. Many things have changed compared to the handheld
Pokemon games, but you should eventually get used to the differences and
will be able to play well.
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~II 1.Outskirt Stand~
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You'll first be prompted to name your character so do so. His real name
is Wes so I'll refer to him as "Wes" during this guide. After that is
done you'll be in front of what appears to be a big train engine. Just
so you know, all battles in Orre are 2 vs. 2, so you'll always have at
least 2 Pokemon with you at all times. Right now, you have a Lv. 26
Umbreon and a Lv. 25 Espeon. Espeon is much stronger and Umbreon has
more health and defenses, but weaker offensive stats. They will work
well in battle, and become even better as they level up. Now, enter the
train engine and talk to all the people, and if you want you can buy a
few items. This is what they sell:
Antidote: $100
Awakening: $250
Burn Heal: $250
Full Heal*: $600
Great Ball*: $600
Ice Heal: $250
Net Ball**: $1000
Nest Ball**: $1000
Paralyze Heal: $250
Pokeballs*: $200
Timer Balls**: $1000
Ultra Balls**: $1200
*=On sale after you recieve you first 5 Pokeballs free from the
Shopkeeper.
**=On sale after you get your first E-Mail from Duking.
Now, head outside and Trainer Willy will follow you. He'll challenge you
a battle. He's very easy. All the little runt has is 2 Lv. 24 Zigzagoons
which are easily killed by Umbreon's and Espeon's Bite and Confusion.
After winning that battle head off to the side and the map screen will
come up with a new destination: Phenac City. Head there right now!
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~II 2. Phenac City~
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There's going be a welcoming comittee on your first step into the city.
Sadly, it's a bad one. You'll meet up in a cutscene where 2 Team Snagem
grunts are carrying a moving bag. They notice you and we all can see
where this is going.
Shady Guy Folly
Whismur Lv. 25
Whismur Lv. 25
This battle is way to easy. Espeon's confusion will kill one of them and
Umbreon's bite will bring down the other one. If it doesn't, then you
should easily be able to wrap up the battle on your second turn.
The two grunts will run off and all that's left is the bag. Run to it
and push A and say yes to open the bag and, as it turns out, they were
carrying an ugly looking girl in that sack. Yeah, it's weird but all to
be explained.
You'll now get to name your sidekick. Her real name is Rui but you can
name her whatever you want. I'll refer to her as Rui through this guide.
In the next scene she'll explain to you she was kidnapped because she
has this strange power to see Shadow Pokemon (because they normally look
like normal Pokemon to most people's eyes.) Now, head to the right and
go into the Pokemon Center and go to the PC and save if you wish. I
won't ever say when to save from now on, but whenever you snag a Shadow
Pokemon, it's best to save. All Pokemon Centers, and several other key
buildings, have a PC in them. You can save at any PC and, as usual, enter
the Box system and change around the Pokemon on your team.
Above the Pokemon Center is a Pokemart, so stock up on some goods if
wanted. Now, head around the Pokemart, up the large stairs and to the
right you'll find the Mayor's house. Before you enter, a mysterous man
exits the house. He'll introduce himself as Nascour and say that you two
will end up seeing each other again soon. Anyways, enter the Mayor's
house and he'll introduce himself as Es Cade. He'll say that the Shadow
Pokemon situation is absurdly bad and all that stuff and tell you to go
check out the Pokemon Stadium. So, exit and head to the right and then
north where you'll encounter a huge dome with water rushing on top.
Enter and talk to the receptionist and she'll say a battle has already
started. So, just exit the stadium and you'll meet up with a few former
collegues. They'll state you were a former member of Team Snagem
and your partner will ask you if that is true. She doesn't care what
answer you pick. So now, we of course are gonna have a battle!
Team Snagem Grunt Wakin
Koffing Lv. 25
Corprish Lv. 25
Still easy. Confusion takes out Koffing in one hit and Corphish will die
on the next turn as Bite isn't very effective against it.
Now, your partner will come up with the question of how you are going
catch Shadow Pokemon. She'll say to go check for Poke Balls in the town's
mart. However, they don't have any and she won't let you leave until you
talk to the man sitting at a table on the 2nd floor of the mart. He will
say this town doesn't sell Poke Balls, that's for sure. However, the
Outskirt Stand once sold them. Let's head back, shall we?
Talk to the Outskirt Stand's shopkeeper and click buy, but exit out of
it. Your partner will comment about how he used to sell Pokeballs. He'll
somehow just find them and give you a free pack of 5 Pokeballs. Now,
Pokeballs and Great Balls are in stock. I recommend getting a few Great
Balls as we're about to catch our first Pokemon!
Head back to the Mayor's house and you'll find instead two grunts,
and a crazy disco man with a Poke Ball hairdue? Ahem. He'll say he's
Miror B. and say that Cipher is behind the Shadow Pokemon plot. He'll
instead leave you to deal with his two assistants. Battle time!
Miror B. Peon Folly
Whismur Lv. 26
Lotad Lv. 25
(What happened to his other Whismur?) Anyways, like the last battle,
Confusion and Bite will do it's work on him and this will end pretty soon.
Not like you have too much of a choice in attacks.
After this battle, the other grunt will attack you.
Miror B. Peon Trudly
Duskull Lv. 25
Spinarak Lv. 25
Makuhita Lv. 30 (Shadow Pokemon)
Defeat Duskull or Spinarak as quickly as possible as they can get very
annoying, usually infecting you with nasty status effects that will make
the battle that much harder. Once you do, he'll send out his Makuhita,
and Rui will come up and say that he is a Shadow Pokemon! Now comes the
fun part. Don't use confusion because it will kill him in one shot easily.
Instead, use Bite and Swift to slowly lower his HP. Once he is in the
yellow or red use a Great Ball and hopefully he will be caught. If not,
try the ball again.
Now, you can't leave the town because 3 Mystery Troops are blocking your
way. For now, let's go to the Pokemon Academy and talk to the lady on the
right. Take the challenge where you face 4 trainers in a row. They are
very easy and go down to Confusion and Bite quite quickly. After beating,
them you'll recieve a White Herb. This is a hold item that prevents any
stats from being lowered by attacks in battle.
Now, if you want a Quilava, talk to the Red Mystery Troop. If you want a
Bayleef, talk to the Green Mystery Troop. If you want a Croconaw, talk
to the Blue Mystery Troop. You can catch the others at a much later time
(by that, I mean after you beat the game) so choose wisely.
Mystery Troop Rosso/Verde/Bluno
Spoink Lv. 24
Grimer Lv. 26
Quilava/Bayleef/Croconaw Lv. 30 (Shadow Pokemon)
It's all about catching the G/S/C starter you want. Take down the other
two Pokemon first and then slowly weaken the starter. When weak enough
throw a Great Ball as you won't get the chance to Snag them again until
the end of the game!
After the battle all the Mystery Troops leave and a new location appears
on the map. Go to it.
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~Construction Lot~
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Nothing here, but a Colosseum will be here soon and this place become a
little important for a second soon.
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~II 3. Pyrite Town~
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Welcome to the town of thugs, agressive trainers, and a whole lot of
Shadow Pokemon! Start off by going to the middle of the town to find 6
trainers waiting there for a battle in "Duel Square". Each of them has a
Shadow Pokemon, so bring some Pokeballs. You can fight them whenever you
want. There is also a woman walking around there too and also wants a
battle. Bring a little luck as you may want several of these Pokemon on
your team.
Chaser Emok
Zubat Lv. 27
Gulpin Lv. 27
She's quite easy if I do say so myself. The Gulpin will try to put you to
sleep by Yawning on the first turn, so try to knock it out first.
Rider Vant
Skitty Lv. 28
Zigzagoon Lv. 28
Misdreavous Lv. 30 (Shadow Pokemon)
Makuhita will be useful here as his fighting attacks will kill Skitty
and Zigzagoon fast. Slowly hurt Misdrevous as she can be pretty strong
later on. Nowhere near as good competitively, but you have little choice
on who to use in this game.
Bandana Guy Divel
Psyduck Lv. 29
Quagsire Lv. 30 (Shadow Pokemon)
Another easy fight. Psyduck can take a while as he powers himself up and
Quagsire is pretty weak, so don't overdue the attacks!
Roller Boy Lon
Igglybuff Lv. 29
Azurill Lv. 28
Swablu Lv. 29
Slugma Lv. 30 (Shadow Pokemon)
A big team, but Igglybuff goes down fast. Water is good against Slugma,
so avoid that. Kill of the rest of team before weakening Slugma so he'll
be singled out.
Rider Nover
Noctowl Lv. 33 (Shadow Pokemon)
I can't remember the rest of his team, but he does use some flying
types. He goes down pretty fast and his Noctowl can be a pest.
St. Performer Diogo
Flaffy Lv. 30 (Shadow Pokemon)
I can't remember her's either, but she is a pushover. Her team has low
HP and the same is with her Flaffy so weaken it with Swift and Return.
Snag when ready.
Rider Leba
Skiploom Lv. 30 (Shadow Pokemon)
Her team is mainly of grass types so she'll go down in a heart beat if you
were able to catch Sligma and got back some attacks, or you chose Quilava
earlier. Her Skiploom, which knows Sleep Powder, is very useful for
catching other Shadow Pokemon, so catch it when you have the chance.
After all that fun of Snagging, let's head to the north to the Colosseum,
shall we? Upon entering, you'll find out again that a competition is
already underway. Talk around some more and you will find out the prize
for winning is another Shadow Pokemon! Head to the house with a white
"G" on front. Go to the bookshelf and say yes. Talk to the kids inside.
Exit and you'll see Silva, Duking's friend, saying he shouldn't let Miror
B. run the Colosseum. Then he'll run off. Head to Cail at the front of
town.
Trainer Cail
Ralts Lv. 28
Machop Lv. 30
Seedot Lv. 27
Furret Lv. 33 (Shadow Pokemon)
His Furret is the prize of the day and it's the toughest one to catch so
far. It's not all that hard but may give you a little bit of trouble if
you have no more Great Balls. It's also pumped up at level 33, so a
critical Shadow Rush will easily destroy your Pokemon, especially if they
aren't leveled up as high as Furret yet.
Anyways, Cail will talk about some funky dude that's giving away the
Shadow Pokemon. Guess who that dude happens to be? Miror B. A cutscene
will appear about him talking about the Shadow Pokemon plan going very
successfully.
Head to the north and into a building near a windmill where you'll see a
scientist come out and fall over. Inside, Silva stole a gear that powers
the windmill, which generates power for the Colosseum. Now you must
retrieve it, but there are many gears everywhere. I believe you can guess
why he stole the gear.
Head back to the Construction Lot and in the top-right corner you will
find the correct missing gear. Return to the windmill and put it in place.
Duking will be there too and you'll be on his good side now. He'll tell
you that the Colosseum is giving out strange prizes, and he wants you to
enter and win. So head to the colosseum and do so.
You will battle 4 trainers in a row and be healed after ever battle.
However, this isn't an actual Colosseum battle and the trainers are very
easy and their Pokemon are defeated quite fast. In the order you will
meet them, here they are.
Trainer 1
Sandshrew Lv. 31
Barboach Lv. 30
They both go down to grass attacks, so use those for an easy win.
Trainer 2
Natu Lv. 30
Meditite Lv. 30
Dark types prevail here as they are both Psychic. Umbreon's Bite wins it.
Trainer 3
Cacena Lv. 31
Vulpix Lv. 30
Ground type moves will easily kill Vulpix, use fire for Cacena.
Trainer 4
Bagon Lv. 31
Goldeen Lv. 32
Magnimite Lv. 31
Delibird Lv. 32
A lot of variety, so just use strong attacks and you should be fine.
Ok, after winning you will be escorted by a Cipher Peon to the Pyrite
Building to claim your prize. The grunts, realizing who you are, give you
nothing but a fight.
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~II 4. Pyrite Building~
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Cipher Peon Nore
Nincada Lv. 31
Pineco Lv. 32
Surskit Lv. 32
Yanma Lv. 33 (Shadow Pokemon)
Psychic attacks will take out this team quickly, but be careful not to
overdue the attacks against Yanma. Because it's the Pokemon your trying to
Snag, don't panic if you kill him-you'll get another shot (Along with
any Shadow Pokemon you accendentily killed) again after beating the game.
Duking will now come in and he will talk to you about what they're doing
here. Sounds pretty bad doesn't it? Well, that's what were here for-to
stop this stupid Shadow Pokemon project. Pick up the glittering thing on
the floor. It's a report on Hyper Mode and you should read it to learn
more. Let's move on shall we? Head to the right and go up, then to the
right through some doors where another trainer will attack you.
Roller Boy Pike
Hoothoot Lv. 34
Taillow Lv. 33
If you Snagged Flaffy earlier, its Thundershock will be super effective
here. If not, it should still be an easy battle, just a long one as
they will continually use Fly, which will drag out the battle for a while.
Move on and go down and heal up and save at the restoring machine and
PC. Now, go back up and head up the stairs, where we're going to have to
fight a lot more.
Bandana Guy Geats
Pupitar Lv. 31
Barboach Lv. 32
Carvanha Lv. 32
I think you should know your types by now. Water against Pupitar and
Grass against Barboach and Electric against Carvanha. What an easy battle.
Well, now head to the right for another trainer battle. Sheesh I am sure
we are all sick of them.
Hunter Geare
Magnimite Lv 32
Remoraid Lv. 33
Pretty simple, I should say. Ground type moves will make this no problem.
Well, continue on as usual and go through the doors to find a battle and
5 Great Balls, which is useful. Sadly, I have no idea what the battle is
so I can't report it (But he has Pokemon weak to grass for your
information).
Head to the left as usual to find another trainer preventing you from
using the stairs.
Body-Builder Akmen
Voltorb Lv. 31
Electrike Lv. 31
Use Bite and Confusion as you won't have any ground type moves at this
point of the game. They will most likly paralyze you, so go back to heal
if neccessary after this battle.
Head up the stairs. You're so close! Don't back down now. Sadly, another
damned trainer is gonna attack you. Figures.
Rider Raleen
Swablu Lv. 31
Doduo Lv. 32
Ledyba Lv. 32
Flaffy will cook these Pokemon quite nicely, so do so. It'll also help
purify her as well, another plus for using them in battle.
Keep heading right for another battle. (Man, they wanted you to waste
time didn't they?)
Hunter Tura
Snorunt Lv. 32
Spheal Lv. 31
Fire attacks will kill them fast, so if you have Quilava don't hesitate
to use him.
Head up and to the right and go through the second door for a revive.
Now, continue to the right then go up for the last trainer (sorta) in
the building.
Bodybuilder Akmen
Cacena Lv. 32
Tentacool Lv. 33
She has a mix of types so use fire and electric to put her in the place
she deserves.
Now, head to the right and out the exit. You're on the roof with a guy
guarding the entrance to somewhere. Ignore him, head into the building
on the right. You'll find Silva in trouble, and two Cipher Peons
laughing at him. They'll battle you, no surprise there.
Miror B. Peon Reath
Spinarak Lv. 33
Luvdisk Lv. 32
Remoraid Lv. 20 (Shadow Pokemon)
He'll start with Remoraid every time, so make sure you use a low level
attack on him. If you KO him, don't panic, you can easily catch him
after beating the game. Spinarak can piss you off though, so don't let
it.
Right after that, the other grunt attacks you.
Miror B. Peon Ferma
Aipom Lv. 32
Yanma Lv. 33
Furret Lv. 31
Mantine Lv. 33 (Shadow Pokemon)
Huge variety, so it's best just to use brute strength. Mantine is a pain
to normally catch, but a Water Pokemon will help you later in the game.
Catch it if you wish. If you are having trouble with it, you can always
catch it later.
Now that that's over with, let's talk to Silva. He'll explain that while
trying to rescue Plusle, he was captured. Now, Miror B. will appear on
the TV near you and exclaim that he has Plusle. He'll say he's at the
bottom of Pyrite Cave. He'll be waiting.
Head back out the door and talk to the guard blocking the cave entrance
for a battle.
Hunter Doken
Goldeen Lv. 33
Linoone Lv. 33
Qwilfish Lv. 33 (Shadow Pokemon)
It's all about the electric types. Qwilfish, if attacked with a Physical
Attack, will Poison you, so be careful. Snag Qwilfish if you missed
Mantine, or just catch him anyways, he's pretty useful for the time
being.
He'll gladly move out of your way once defeated. Now, head inside the
cave and prepare for a long trek to battle Miror B.!
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~II 5. Pyrite Cave~
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Note: I will be putting here only the quickest route to Miror B. There
are, however, some side-quests in the cavern with trainers nearby. I
won't list them, but those trainers will have mostly Water, Grass, and
Flying Types. Past them are some good items. This is optional.
Now, on with the Walkthrough. Head down the first set of stairs
ignoring the Trainer if you wish. After this flight of stairs you're
going to end up in a fight.
Chaser Maiz
Ralts Lv. 31
Koffing Lv. 32
Shroomish Lv. 32
Another mix of types but still, you should have Snagged the right
Pokemon long ago.
Head to the right still, ignoring the seen stairway for another battle.
Rider Twan
Bagon Lv. 33
Numel Lv. 32
Meditite Lv. 33 (Shadow Pokemon)
It's best to use Confusion on Meditite as it'll do less damage and you
won't run the risk of KO'ing him with Bite.
Continue heading north and down the stairs, where you will meet another
trainer. The environment has changed to a sewer like area. You are close
to a very important place!
Rider Sosh
Mareep Lv. 34
Cacena Lv. 34
Dunsparce Lv. 33 (Shadow Pokemon)
Dunsparce has been made so much more better nowadays. He, as with
Togetic and Jirachi has the legendary Serene Grace ability. It
makes him another useful asset to your team if you exploit that power.
This ability doubles the odds of a special effect of a move occuring.
Quite nice.
Keep heading to the right and near the staircase you'll find a PC and
health restoring machine. Save, heal, and keep going on. You are so close
to Miror B. now.
Well, after going up the stairs, just keep heading north until you see
one last staircase. Only 1 trainer blocks it, so I think you know what's
gonna happen.
Hunter Zalo
Swablu Lv. 33 (Shadow Pokemon)
Lombre Lv. 32
Lotad Lv. 31
Beldum Lv. 32
It won't be easy getting attack advantages here, just attack with power.
Snag Swablu when you have the chance.
Now head down the stairs then to the north. Miror B.'s theme will play.
Go in front of the podium and he'll talk about how long it took you to
get here. See his 4 dancing Ludicolo's all aligned? You're facing them
and another mystery Pokemon. Well, time for Boss battle #1!
Cipher Admin Miror B.
Ludicolo Lv. 28
Ludicolo Lv. 29
Ludicolo Lv. 30
Ludicolo Lv. 31
Sudowoodo Lv. 35 (Shadow Pokemon)
This is one bad boss. His Ludicolo's will start off with Rain Dance to
collect HP every turn, then use Leach Seed to gather more HP from you.
Sudowoodo is a nice addition, but he is a pain to Snag, so don't bother
unless you really want him.
After winning, he'll escape, so head into the room just in front of you.
Plusle is in there, and when you talk to it Silva and Duking come and
you'll be taken back to his house. Leave, and exit town but talk to the
lady outside to Fortune Telling shop. She'll say the answer to
purification is in the north. Let's head there.
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~II 6. Agate Village~
=====================
See the large tree in the middle of the village? That's where we're
headed. Inside that house is Rui's grandparents. Yep, it's what she was
doing before she got kiddnapped. Talk to her grandparents Beluh and
Eagun and then some old guy will rush in and tell you that some strange
people trespassed into Relic Forest! Head to the Pokemon Center, and
infront of it to the left is an almost unseen path leading to the
forest. You have some battles here, so come prepared!
Cipher Peon Doven
Carvanha Lv. 34
Spheal Lv. 33
Easy, Electric'll do.
Continue up a bit to see another trainer.
Cipher Peon Silton
Cacnea Lv. 34
Shroomish Lv. 34
Yeah, use some Fire-type attacks. No problem.
Keep heading up, and near the exit one final trainer attacks.
Cipher Peon Kass
Kirlia Lv. 35
Baltoy Lv. 35
Ralts Lv. 35
Dark, Dark, Dark. Do these trainers get any harder?
Now head through the exit to stumble upon a battle. Eagun vs. Cipher
Peon Skrub!
You're just gonna watch a Lv. 50 Pikachu (Eagun's) Vs. Skrub's Lv. 38
Shadow Hitmontop. Pika uses Quick Attack and misses. Himontop uses
Shadow Rush and nearly KO's Pikachu. The Hitmontop wins since Eagun fails
as a trainer. Then he sees you, and we all know what the end result is
after him saying this important speech. The relic your infront of is
Celebi's Shrine. It has the power to completely get rid of the Shadow of
a Pokemon. They have come to get Celebi, then destroy the shrine. Now,
we aren't gonna let them get away with that right?
Cipher Peon Skrub
Hitmontop Lv. 38 (Shadow Pokemon)
Wynaut Lv. 37
Clamperl Lv. 38
Geodude Lv. 38
Don't send Umbreon into this battle, he'll be KO'd fast. Hitmontop is
pretty much the only Fighting type Shadow Pokemon so if at all possible
capture it. Electric and Water will KO the rest of this team.
He will make his escape. Eagun will thank you but there's something more
important. Head to the house near the Poke'Mart and talk to Senilor
inside. He'll explain everything about Celebi's Shrine. Now. Head back
to Rui's house and Beluh will have a Stone Tablet for you. It'll tell
you about the Shrine's power. A connection to purifying maybe? Leave the
house and you'll receive urgent E-mail. Mt. Battle has been take hostage
by Cipher. Well, time to hit the road again!
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~II 7. Mt. Battle~
==================
A huge volcano, the place set for the ultimate endurance test--Mt.
Battle. With 100 Platforms you will need to battle 100 trainers. However,
the actual place is closed due to Cipher's take-over. Defeat the Trainers
on platforms 1-9 and then the boss on Platform 10 to clear Cipher from
the area. Heal and enter through the buildings doors when you are ready.
Almost all of the trainers are using Ground and Rock types. Have a Water
Pokemon to flood out to competition.
Rider Turo
Numel Lv. 34
Trapinch Lv. 35
Sandshrew Lv. 35
Hunter Drovic
Swinub Lv. 35
Larvitar Lv. 37
Baltoy Lv. 38
Rider Kimit
Numel Lv. 37
Sandshrew Lv. 37
Geodude Lv. 38
Rider Riden
Graveler Lv. 37
Pineco Lv. 35
Baltoy Lv. 35
Houndour Lv. 37
Hunter Telia
Lileep Lv. 38
Barboach Lv. 38
Trapinch Lv. 38
Trapinch Lv. 38
St. Performer Nortz
Spinda Lv. 37
Kadabra Lv. 37
Cacnea Lv. 37
Hunter Weeg
Graveler Lv. 38
Vibrava Lv. 37
Sandslash Lv. 38
Cipher Peon Kison
Kirlia Lv. 38
Duskull Lv. 38
Houndour Lv. 37
Koffing Lv. 37
Cipher Peon Berlin
Geodude Lv. 38
Sandslash Lv. 38
Geodude Lv. 38
That was 9/10 battles. Heal and save if necessary and get ready to face
the boss and the chance to capture a legendary Shadow Pokemon! Back at
Platform 10, Dakim, some muscle head, is pushing around Vander, the Area
1 Leader. He has a Time Flute, which is used to call Celebi and Dakim
wants it! Let's stop this.
Cipher Admin Dakim
Metang Lv. 37
Golem Lv. 38
Camerupt Lv. 38
Marshtomp Lv. 38
Entei Lv. 40 (Shadow Pokemon)
Metang and Golem/Camerupt will ALWAYS be first. Dakim uses the
Earthquake/Protect combo. Golem/Camerupt will always use Protect first
turn and Metang will use Earthquake. Then, it switches next turn and
keeps alternating. Get rid of Camerupt, Metang, and Golem ASAP if Entei
comes out because they WILL use Earthquake and there is always the
possibility it will KO him. Entei is quite a prize, and you should
capture it. If you don't want him or you're about to lose the battle, go
and KO him, save him for later.
Dakim will jump away and Vander will get up and give you the Time Flute.
With it, you can call Celebi to completely purify 1 Pokemon, getting rid
of all of it's darkness wherever the bar is. Next to Vander is a shiny
object which is the F-Disk. Pick it up, it's very important later on.
Leave Mt. Battle and go to the new destination: Shadow Pokemon Lab.
Here, the Main Gate is closed, and can only be opened with a key gotten
elsewhere. You'll get an E-Mail from Duking saying that they caught some
suspects and put them in jail. Let's head to Pyrite.
Back at Pyrite, head into the green building, Pyrite Jail. Go through
the doors and grab the Jail Key from the table. Now, go to the Southern
Cell and open it, and talk to the sleeping Peon. Steal the Key in his
pocket. Now, head to Pyrite Building. Remember that Elevator that girl
was guarding before? Using the Elevator Key, you can open the door to
that Elevator. Do so. Now, it's time for a little Spy Work!
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~II 8. The Under~
=================
Stepping off of the elevator, head to the left and you'll be involved
in watching a TV Show. The Under Time is airing, and Lady Venus is
warning all citizens in The Under to beware of spies. Who could they be?
Anyways, head down the stairs to the right and go south and through some
doors. You'll be in a Hotel, which will restore your Pokemon for $1000.
Meh, a little detour can make that free.
Head upstairs and out the door and go across the bridge. Battle the
trainer if you want to.
Chaser Gurks
Wailord Lv. 40
Feebas Lv. 38
Magikarp Lv. 38
I'm not sure why he has a Magikarp, since all it does is Splash. Fairly
easy battle.
Head inside the doors and head to the basement of the Junk Shop. Talk to
the kid down here and he'll tell you that he's late delivering a package
to someone else. He'll ask you to do so. Take the Powerup Part, and exit
the building. Head back up and go to the stairs on the right and talk to
the kid infront of the building. He'll be ecstatic you have the Powerup
Part. You'll now be brought inside the Kids Grid HQ. Nett, head
technical genius will take the part from you to get their Satellite Dish
back and running. Exit the house for a little surprise.
The spies have been captured, and it's not you! Head back to the
Elevator for a scene where two Cipher Peon's lock up none other than
Silva. They put him in a caged cell and locked the door. This can't be
good. Head to the left side of the cell, to a little part jutting inwards
and push "A". Silva will come over to you and hand you an R-Disk. Now,
we can put an end to Venus's evil plot. Head down for a little Exp.
Hunter Zada
Jigglypuff Lv. 35
Shuppet Lv. 35
Oddish Lv. 34
Skitty Lv. 35
Now head back to the entrance of the cell where the two Cipher Peon's
are guarding. Talk to them to battle, it's optional, but for a Shadow
Pokemon!
Cipher Peon Kloak
Spinarak Lv. 39
Ledian Lv. 40 (Shadow Pokemon)
Volbeat Lv. 38
It's all about fire here. Ledian is weak, so whittle away it's HP slowly.
Now, the other Cipher Peon next to her will battle you!
Cipher Peon Dagur
Gloom Lv. 38
Ariados Lv. 38
Illumise Lv. 40
Mmmmm, barbecue!
Now, head back to the stairs and you'll see a pathway of stairs leading
up to a UFO. To the left of those stairs is a Disk Slot telling the UFO
what direction it should move in. Put in the F-Disk to go forward to
Under Colosseum and a healing machine. Or put in the R-Disk if you're
ready to take on Venus. Inside the TV Studio, Venus is standing at a
desk acting all pretty like. (Hard to believe she's a bad guy.) So
let's get ready to battle Boss 3!
Cipher Admin Venus
Delcatty Lv. 45
Vileplume Lv. 44
Banette Lv. 45
Steelix Lv. 45
Suicune Lv. 40 (Shadow Pokemon)
Miror B. used Rain Dance/Leech Seed. Dakim used Earthquake/Protect.
What's with Venus? Attract. She's gonna piss you off. Don't attack
Delcatty with Physical attacks, or her ability will automatically make
you Attracted to her (Assuming you're a male). Vileplume should be first
order of business. She'll use Giga Drain, Attract, and Stun Spore
endlessly. Banette is quite strong so use Dark attacks to KO her fast.
Steelix will use Earthquake, and that gives you a slight advantage as
her other Pokemon never uses Protect. Suicune, finally, is quite a
prize, and is the best Water Pokemon catchable in this game.
Well, after that battle, head down the stairs in the studio and unlock
the black door and head right, up the stairs and into the Under
Colosseum! Nice shortcut. Heal up and save and go back to that door,
but this time keep heading left, through the brown door and you will
see two exits. Go to the right one. You'll now see Venus flee down
the Elevator and into a Subway Station. You have some battles coming
up (3) and each has a Shadow Pokemon! Keep heading down the stairs for
a battle.
Hunter Frena
Teddisura Lv. 37
Shroomish Lv. 36
Jigglypuff Lv. 38
Gligar Lv. 43 (Shadow Pokemon)
Gligar is part Ground/Flying (Weird isn't it?) so don't bother with
Ground or Electric. He has no real weakness making him a good Pokemon
if not for his so mediocre stats.
Head down the next flight of stairs. Another battle awaits.
Chaser Liaks
Stantler Lv. 43 (Shadow Pokemon)
Gloom Lv. 38
Roselia Lv. 38
Kirlia Lv. 37
Another boring battle. You can catch Stantler I guess. He isn't too
terribly strong, however.
Head down the next flight of stairs. 2 Battles left!
Bodybuilder Lonia
Piloswine Lv. 43 (Shadow Pokemon)
Octillery Lv. 38
Masquerain Lv. 39
Dunsparce Lv. 39
Piloswine is an intersting combonation. Ice and Ground.
Well, head to the Subway entrance. 1 final battle. Last battle for now
in The Under!
Rider Nelis
Sneasel Lv. 43 (Shadow Pokemon)
Loudred Lv. 41
Seviper Lv. 40
Corsola Lv. 40
A hard battle because she has strong Pokemon, but not too hard. Just keep
thinking "The last battle."
Head into the Subway afterwards. Head into the Shadow Liner and exit.
Venus will taunt you that she has the only key to the Train, then run
away. Exit the station and right infront of the sign "Station" is a
glimmering object, which is the key. Now, go to the left side of the
train and use the key. After getting out of the train some Peons will
run off. Head up and get ready for a jolt. They explode the area near
you. Head inside the door, staring at the big hole they cut off the
access to the Shadow Pokemon Lab from your end. Go the right to find
the Main Gate Key, a very important item.
Head out the door and to the right, through the boxes is a chest with a
U-Disk. Use it on the UFO to get to a secret room with a Time Flute.
Head out of The Under and back to the Shadow Pokemon Lab. It's about time
to finally understand why this building is here.
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~II 9. Shadow Pokemon Lab~
==========================
To the right of the main gate is a Key Slot. Put in the Main Gate Key.
The doors in front of you are closed, so head to the open doors on the
right side of the Lab. Head through the doors next to you when you get
inside and push "A" next to the computer with a purple screen. It'll
ask if you want to push the button. Do so, and those other doors will
open. Now, a gate is in front of you and you need the Card Key to
open it up. Head to the other side of the lab and go through it until
you find a Researcher. He's guarding the Card Key. Go figure? Most of
the Reaserchers in the Lab use Electric Pokemon, bring some Ground
Types for an easy victory.
Researcher Myron
Voltorb Lv. 38
Voltorb Lv. 38
Earthquake, anyone?
He'll leave, so grab the Card Key lying on the table. Head to the
other side of the Lab and use the Key on the door. Head up and into
the Elevator. BTW, the only PC in the Lab was in the other room,
refer to it when you Snag a Pokemon. In order to reach the boss of
the Shadow Pokemon Lab you must enter a 3-Pokemon Code. Those 3
Pokemon in the code have their DNA samples hidden throughout the Lab.
There are 9 possible places for 1 sample. I'll tell you all 9
Potential DNA sample locations when we pass them. They will appear as
glowing circles at their locations. If you see nothing sparkle, that
location doesn't have a DNA sample in your playthrough. Anyways, head to
the left, through the doors until a Peon falls from the ceiling.
Cipher Peon Cole
Furret Lv. 37
Remoraid Lv. 39
Castform Lv. 41
Aipom Lv. 43 (Shadow Pokemon)
That Aipom usually hates going into Snag Balls. Maybe because of its
tail?
Anyways, after the battle head back to the right. This is Location #1
for a DNA sample.
Head down the Elevator. A Researcher will greet you with a battle.
Researcher Odlow
Magnemite Lv. 39
Magneton Lv. 39
Electrode Lv. 39
Electrode will use Self-Destruct when at Low HP. Don't let that happen.
Head down and on the table is Location #2 for a possible DNA sample.
Now, head upstairs for another battle.
Researcher Coren
Magnemite Lv. 39
Magneton Lv. 40
Electrode Lv. 39
Same battle practically.
He'll leave. Head to the table in the room and grab the Down St. Key,
which unlocks a door previously blocking your path. Trudge back through
the lab until you get to a Black Door. Use the key on it. Now, another
Peon would like to battle.
Cipher Peon Lare
Nuzleaf Lv. 38
Houndour Lv. 38
Carvanha Lv. 38
Murkrow Lv. 38 (Shadow Pokemon)
Ground type attacks until Murkrow. She has really bad stats so strong
attacks are likely to kill her fast.
Head down and then to the left. Through the door you'll see 2 open
cages. Inside each one are location #3 and #4 for possible DNA samples.
After exploring, continue heading down. Another trainer will see you and
fight.
Cipher Peon Vana
Zubat Lv. 40
Swablu Lv. 40
Pupitar Lv. 40
Forretress Lv. 40 (Shadow Pokemon)
Yep, damn Forretress is Snaggable. I know we all love him right? What a
wall. Well, anyways it's an easy fight, better than Researchers.
Now, head into the Elevator near her and coming out, head to the left
where another kind Peon would love to battle.
Cipher Peon Lesar
Ariados Lv. 43 (Shadow Pokemon)
Grovyle Lv. 40
Rhyhorn Lv. 40
Fire and Water types make this easy. Ariados isn't one of those hard
Snagable Pokemon so it'll go down fast...
Head through the doors. Locations #5 and #6 are in here for Possible DNA
samples. Head back to the right and go up, where you'll go though some
doors into a strange room. Locations #7 and #8 are here for possible DNA
samples. Head bak to the right where can probably guess you'll be
ambushed.
Cipher Peon Tanie
Linnoone Lv. 38
Granbull Lv. 43 (Shadow Pokemon)
Vigoroth Lv. 39
Fighting will destroy this team. Granbull is a pain. It has high attack
stats so it will put the hurt on you if you don't Snag him fast.
Head to the right of the 2 Elevators. This is the last place, Location #9
for a possible DNA sample. If you've gotton your 3 DNA samples, head into
the right Elevator. It'll take you to this machine to analyze the DNA