POKEMON: EMERALD VERSION
A GameFAQs Guide by Mitchell Linton
Began: August 31, 2006
Updated: February 24, 2007
E-mail: mitchelllinton@yahoo.com
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| 1.   The Mitchell Linton Story...........................[deodorant] |
| 2.   Versions............................................[mouthwash] |
| 3.   Introduction.......................................[toothpaste] |
| 4.   Pokemon for Beginners..........................[hand sanitizer] |
| 5.   Walkthrough......................................[cotton swabs] |
|      5.01  The Journey Begins.................................[soap] |
|      5.02  The Stone Badge.................................[shampoo] |
|      5.03  The Knuckle Badge...........................[conditioner] |
|      5.04  The Dynamo Badge.............................[acne scrub] |
|      5.05  The Heat Badge....................................[floss] |
|      5.06  The Balance Badge...................[fingernail clippers] |
|      5.07  The Feather Badge.....................[nosehair trimmers] |
|      5.08  The Mind Badge.............................[toilet paper] |
|      5.09  The Rain Badge..........................[clean underwear] |
|      5.10  The Elite Four............................[rash medicine] |
|      5.11  The Last Parts of Hoenn.................[calamine lotion] |
|      5.12  The Battle Frontier..................[pinkeye medication] |
| 6.   Checklist......................................[electric razor] |
| 7.   Pokedex..........................................[corn remover] |
| 8.   Items  .....................................[aftershave lotion] |
| 9.   TMs/HMs.......................................[cold sore cream] |
| 10.  Berry List............................................[tissues] |
| 11   Trick Master's House............................[drool-be-gone] |
| 12.  Gym Leader/Elite Four Guide.....................[Preparation H] |
| 13.  Rivals Guide.........................................[flu shot] |
| 14.  FAQ......................................[shower to begin with] |
| 15.  Credits & Thanks..............................[don't be French] |
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|                  THE MITCHELL LINTON STORY             |  deodorant  |
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A long time ago, in a galaxy not too far away (about driving distance),
there lived a simple young boy. No one could see anything special about
him, but little did they know that he would one day change their entire
lives forever. You see, this boy, named Mitchell, had a dream. A dream
that, to most people, remained distant and among the unreachable. But
not to Mitchell. He felt in his heart that one day, if he worked hard
enough, he would accomplish his ultimate goal: to write a GameFAQs guide
that was highly informative, but gave any no major plot spoilers.
All of his noble life, he traveled around the world, in search of the
key ingredients to fulfill his quest. He explored the depths of the
unknown, squared off against monsters, and conquered every obstacle
that blocked his path. After years of countless trials and tribulations,
he finally mastered the art of the GameFAQs. However, there was one who
managed to stall his lifelong mission. A girl named Luanda stole his
heart, and shared with him lessons of love that he would soon never
forget. Nevertheless, Mitchell knew he needed to leave the only person
he ever cared for in order to complete his destiny. Before his final
expedition, he arranged to meet with her one last time.
"Luanda," he began, "I must leave you."
"I know," she said with a sigh. "I always knew you would go off and
finish what you were always meant to begin. But why? Haven't you
finally found true happiness with me?"
"I have. But this cannot be helped. I must put this unalleviated hunt
to rest once and for all. It's in my blood."
"But listen to reason!" Luanda pleaded with him. "You don't have to do
anything! If you're happy here, you shouldn't force yourself to leave."
"Damn it, woman! You just don't understand." Mitchell turned his back
on her, not able to bear the look of anguish on her lovely face. "All
of my life, I have longed to complete the perfect GameFAQs guide. If I
relent now, what does that say about me? I just cannot live with a
guilty conscience like that!"
Luanda buried her tear-drenched face in her palms, as she now realized
her undying adoration was not enough to stop a man from his ambitions.
Mitchell turned back and lent a comforting hand on her shoulder. Once
she revealed the sparkling eyes he treasured so much, he reminded her
in a soft truthful tone, "I will always love you, my butterfly."
"Promise me you'll return...alive," she added as she placed her
delicate hand over his.
"I'll do my best," was all he could guarantee. They engaged in one
last passionate kiss before he departed into his spaceship, unsure of
the challenges that awaited him. Luanda watched him fade away into
the night sky, wondering when and if her gallant hero will once again
return.
Will Mitchell be successful in his quest for completing the all-around
best GameFAQs guide ever? Can he answer all gamers' questions regarding
some of the trickiest puzzles and battles in video game history? And is
the jerk who wrote this on crack or something? These questions will be
answered...by you! Just follow the guide before you, and you can be the
judge whether or not Mitchell Linton was able to perfect the most
instructive and spoiler-free strategy manual ever! Or you can just spit
on it and make fun of how stupid I am. Either way, enjoy the following
guide presented by the self-proclaimed King of GameFAQs!
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Version 1.0: Walkthrough, FAQ, and other crap complete. I'll make re-
visions where necessary later. I will also put in a Poke-
dex whenever I feel like it. Don't you dare pressure me!
Version 1.1: Just updated a few things, including a heartbreaking mess-
ages involving my Pokedex.
Version 1.2: Fixed up some crap. Probably the last time I'm updating
this unless some psycho points a gun to my head (though
I'm the biggest psycho I know).
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|                        INTRODUCTION                   |  toothpaste  |
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Hello all, and welcome to Mitchell Linton's (a.k.a.: iamhungry) guide to
Pokemon Emerald! It is the third game of the third installment of the
Pokemon RPGs, so I guess that means its lucky or something. While the
Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald games greatly improved graphics and gameplay, it
still hasn't lived up to the expectations of the previous two series.
Nevertheless, it's a pretty good game that can get you addicted if you
aren't careful. I have to go to meetings twice a week because of this!
Plus, Emerald added a plethora of new stuff to the Hoenn games that made
it more concise and enjoyable to play, including the new kick-ass Battle
Frontier. So let's get this party started, yo! Just pretend I didn't say
that.
GAME BOY ADVANCE CONTROLS:
D-Pad  - Move character, scroll through options
Start  - Bring up/put away pause menu
Select - Move items and attacks, use registered item
A      - Confirm, Talk, Examine
B      - Decline, Cancel, Run
L      - Nothing
R      - Nothing
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|                 POKEMON FOR BEGINNERS             |  hand sanitizer  |
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Okay, if you are new to this Pokemon ordeal, you’ve come to the right
place. Although you could just buy the game and look in the little
manual that comes with it to find out everything I’m about to explain to
you in this section, I’m glad that you’ve chosen to rely on me instead.
*laughs evilly at you* However, you should only read this if you find it
necessary. Usually, one is able to play the game without prior knowledge
of what to do by just going with the flow. I mean, who really reads the
manual?! Ikea buyers, can I get a "What what"?
WHAT THE FUDGE ARE POKEMON ANYWAY?
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I'm glad you asked in such a non-derogatory manner. First off, "Pokemon"
is short for Pocket Monster. But since that's kind of dumb, just call
them Pokemon. Here's the basic premise behind them. Pokemon are really
just magical animals that you can catch and carry around in compact
compartments so you may release them to do your bidding. It's kind of
like if you had a dog with fire breath that you're allowed to sic on the
neighbor's cat. Nothing unethical about that, is there? In the Pokemon
world, Pokemon trainers search the world to find the best Pokemon they
can catch, and then battle with them to see who's the greatest trainer
around. Some people only use Pokemon as pets, while others revolve their
entire meaningless lives around them for sport. You're going to be one
of the latter. Aren't you special?
BATTLING WITH POKEMON
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To become stronger, Pokemon must battle. If they don’t battle, then
what’s the point of you having the game? Jeez, if you’re just going to
waste it, give it to a poor Ethiopian kid for Pete’s sake. The first
Pokemon in your party will be automatically sent out when you engage in
a battle. You can switch the order of your party at any time. When your
Pokemon comes face to face with another, you have the opinion of four
choices:
Fight
Item
Pokemon
Run
When Fight is selected, your Pokemon’s moves will be displayed. Four is
the maximum number of moves a Pokemon can have. Choose an attack and the
battle sequence begins. Whichever Pokemon has the higher Speed is given
the liberty of attacking first. Some moves do damage and others do not.
Each attack has a type so use them to your advantage. They also have a
certain amount of PP, the number next to the attack. That shows how many
times you can use the attack. When it reaches 0, you can no longer use
it. Generally, stronger moves have less PP. And if the letters PP made
you think of urination in anyway, may God help you.
When you click on the Pokemon option, you go to a screen of Pokemon. You
can select switch in which you switch in a Pokemon and waste a turn, or
just check a Pokemon's stats. You always go first when switching unless
your opponent using the attack Pursuit.
When Item is chosen, you can use an item in battle if it can be used,
but you can't attack afterwards. You always go first unless Pursuit is
used.
Run is escape from battle. You can only run from wild Pokemon; running
away from trainers is forbidden. You don’t lose anything if you run from
a wild Pokemon (except for your pride, you pansy).
With that being said, let's review the two kinds of battles: Trainer and
Wild. To start a wild Pokemon battle, just go to a place wild Pokemon
may live. They are usually found in grasses but they also live in caves,
oceans, abandoned buildings, and more. They are random battles consist-
ing of one Pokemon. The only reward you get from winning is experience.
Only certain Pokemon are in certain areas.
Trainers usually hang out at just about anywhere except cities and
towns. To start a battle with them, let them make eye contact with you.
Trainer battles are a bit different from wild Pokemon battles. First,
you cannot run so make sure you have Pokemon in good shape. Second, they
will have more than one Pokemon usually, including Pokemon you cannot
Find in the wild or that area. They are smarter and are a higher level
than those wild Pokemon. Third, you will get both experience and money
as a reward.
CATCHING THESE FUDGING THINGS
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Catching Pokemon is essential. You need to have a wide variety of
Pokemon on your team and getting all 386 is part of the fun, if you call
endless nights of playing, hard labor, wasting time and money, and cont-
inuously doing pretty much the same thing with every Pokemon over and
over and over again fun! *sigh* Here's how to do it.
First, get into a wild Pokemon battle. Weaken the Pokemon down to red to
low yellow health. Now go to the item screen, press right till you are
in the balls pocket (shut up, sicko), and use one of your Pokeballs.
Each Pokemon's catch rate can differ. Generally, the higher level the
Pokemon and the rarer it is the harder to catch. Legendaries are by far
the hardest Pokemon to catch.
Each Pokeball also has a catch rate which can affect the chances of the
Pokemon staying in the Pokeball. The basic ones are Pokeball, Great
Ball, Ultra Ball, and Master Ball, but there are several others in
which you can get.
The Pokemon's status can also affect the difficulty of capturing it. Try
to get it to fall asleep or even better, frozen (I'll explain those in a
bit). Any other status will work fine but with these two, the Pokemon
doesn't have a chance of fainting itself and can not attack.
Remember that some Pokemon may be holding items that will help them.
A POKEMON'S STATS
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There are six different stats that each Pokemon have. Here they are:
HP: Stands for hit points. When you have 0, your Pokemon faints.
Attack: Decides how strong your physical attacks are along with a move's
base power.
Defense: Decides how much damage you take from physical attacks.
Special Attack: Decides how strong your special attacks are along with a
move's base power.
Special Defense: Decides how much damage you take from special attacks.
Speed: The Pokemon with higher speed goes first. On wild Pokemon
battles, if your Pokemon is fast it also has a higher chance of running
away when selected.
The higher the stats are, the better they are. Different Pokemon have
different stats then others. Usually higher level Pokemon have better
stats.
A new addition to the third generation games are Abilities. All Pokemon
has a specific ability that will alter how to fight with it (or defeat
it). For example, Oddish has the ability Chlorophyll, which will double
its Speed when there is sunny weather about. There are several abilities
out there, and I suggest you take a few hours or days out of your point-
less life to learn them all. Hehe, sucker.
CRAPPY CONDITIONS
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When battling sometimes Pokemon have attacks that may change your normal
condition. These will impede on your battling abilities and are very
annoying. There are two kinds of conditions, direct and indirect.
You can only have one direct condition at a time and it will say so
above your HP. They stay after the battle and when switched and can only
be cured when you go to a Pokemon Center or use a special item. These
conditions are:
Poison (PSN): Takes about 1/16 out of a poisoned Pokemon’s total HP each
turn in battle. Outside of battle, it takes away 1HP every four steps.
You will know when this happens because you will hear a really annoying
noise and the screen will distort for a millisecond. There is also a
special poison condition when Toxic is used. This starts off taking only
1/16th of your max HP, but doubles every turn until switched.
Sleep (SLP): Cannot attack unless you use a special move for being
asleep. Wakes up after two to five turns.
Freeze (FRZ): Cannot attack for two to five turns. Frozen Pokemon
getting hit with a Fire attack automatically defrosts.
Paralyze (PRZ): Speed is cut in half. Paralyzed Pokemon have a 30%
chance of not being able to attack and wasting a turn.
Burn (BRN): Attack is cut in half. Takes about 1/8 out of a burned
Pokemon’s total HP each turn.
Faint (FNT): User cannot stay or be sent into battle.
Indirect status conditions are not mentioned directly. Many of these are
incurable by items and are eliminated by switching out or ending the
battle. Here's a list of some indirect conditions:
Confusion: 50% chance of confused Pokemon attacking itself. Damage
determined by Attack and Defense.
Leech Seed: Seeded Pokemon will have 1/8 of its total HP drained and
given to its opponent.
Attract: 50% chance of attracted Pokemon not attacking. Eliminated if
either Pokemon are switched out or fainted.
POKEMON TYPES
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Each Pokemon has a type (some even have two). Moves also have types.
Types determine how effective a type move is against another. All these
Pokemon types do affect the battle. Some types of attacks are strong
against others. If the Pokemon is dual type, things aren't much
different. If one type is strong against another, it does 2x the damage.
If both types are weak to the attack, it does a whopping 4x the damage.
If the type is resistant to the attack, it does 1/2 the damage. If the
type is immune to the attack, it does no damage. If one type is weak to
the attack but the other attack is resistant to it, the damage will be
normal. Sometimes critical hits and added effects happen on moves. Are
you following this?
Here are the Pokemon and move types:
Normal (No)
Fire (Fi)
Water (Wa)
Electric (El)
Grass (Gr)
Ice (Ic)
Fighting (Ft)
Poison (Po)
Ground (Gd)
Flying (Fl)
Psychic (Ps)
Bug (Bu)
Rock (Ro)
Ghost (Gh)
Dragon (Dr)
Dark (Da)
Steel (St)
For example, Fire type Pokemon are weak against Water type moves, so it
does 2x the damage. Fire type moves aren't very effective against Water
type Pokemon, so it does .5x the damage. Fighting and Electric are
normal damage to each other, so a Fighting type move on an Electric type
Pokemon does 1x the damage. There are a lot of combinations, so watch
out for them. Here's the freaking chart for all of the types abilities
against one another:
O : 2x damage
- : 1x damage
X : 0.5x damage
/ : No damage
TYPE OF POKEMON ATTACKED
No Fi Wa El Gr Ic Ft Po Gd Fl Ps Bu Ro Gh Dr Da St
T  No  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  X  /  -  -  X
Y  Fi  -  X  X  -  O  O  -  -  -  -  -  O  X  -  X  -  O
P  Wa  -  O  X  -  X  -  -  -  O  -  -  -  O  -  X  -  -
E  El  -  -  O  X  X  -  -  -  /  O  -  -  -  -  X  -  -
Gr  -  X  O  -  X  -  -  X  O  X  -  X  O  -  X  -  X
O  Ic  -  X  X  -  O  X  -  -  O  O  -  -  -  -  O  -  X
F  Ft  O  -  -  -  -  O  -  X  -  X  X  X  O  /  -  O  O
Po  -  -  -  -  O  -  -  X  X  -  -  -  X  X  -  -  /
M  Gd  -  O  -  O  X  -  -  O  -  /  -  X  O  -  -  -  O
O  Fl  -  -  -  X  O  -  O  -  -  -  -  O  X  -  -  -  X
V  Ps  -  -  -  -  -  -  O  O  -  -  X  -  -  -  -  /  X
E  Bu  -  X  -  -  O  -  X  X  -  X  O  -  -  X  -  O  X
Ro  -  O  -  -  -  O  X  -  X  O  -  O  -  -  -  -  X
U  Gh  /  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  O  -  -  O  -  X  X
S  Dr  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  O  -  X
E  Da  -  -  -  -  -  -  X  -  -  -  O  -  -  O  -  X  X
D  St  -  X  X  X  -  O  -  -  -  -  -  -  O  -  -  -  X
And if you connect all of the Xs and Os, you'll spell out a hidden mess-
age! Hehe, that'll keep you occupied while I'll make myself a sandwich.
AH, THEY'RE GROWING UP SO FAST!
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Pokemon become stronger by battling other Pokemon, whether they are wild
or trained. As Pokemon become stronger, they also learn better moves.
You can keep up to 4 moves. When you're trying to learn a new move, they
will first ask if you want to keep that attack, then you go to a screen
where you choose the attack you want to delete. If you select no or the
new move, then the game will ask if you are sure you don't want to learn
the new move. Say yes or no. To reach a certain level, a Pokemon needs a
certain amount of EXP Points. You automatically gain these when you make
your opponent faint. Pokemon also have different growth rates. Some
Pokemon get to level 100 with only 600,000 experience, but some can take
more than 1.5 million.
At a certain level, most Pokemon turn into stronger creatures, or evolve
(blasphemy!). They will have higher stats, but sometimes they will not
learn attacks they could only learn in their previous stage and they
learn new attacks more slowly. Some Pokemon even evolve twice! If you
wish to stop evolution, press B when the Pokemon is evolving. Some
Pokemon require a certain condition in order to evolve although most
evolve with level. There is:
Level: Evolves at a certain level.
Stone: You need to use a certain evolution stone.
Trade: Trade it with a friend, and get that sucker back.
Taming: Make the Pokemon happy by giving it vitamins, battling with it,
and never letting it faint. Probably the hardest and stupidest to do.
GETTIN' IT ON, BABY
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Breeding is an essential thing to raising good Pokemon. There are many
advantages to it, such as passing new moves and TMs or getting multiples
of rare one of a kind Pokemon. Get a male Pokemon and a female Pokemon
in the same egg group and putting them both in a Breeding Center. Come
back later and you may find an egg. Walk around a lot, and it will
eventually hatch into a Level 5 Pokemon.
Most Pokemon can breed with a Ditto, even if it doesn’t have a gender.
There are a few that aren’t allowed to breed at all. If you put two
Pokemon in the Breeding Center and the man says that the two don’t like
each other, then there is a high chance of the two not breeding.
When breeding two different species, the egg will always be the species
of the female (unless Ditto is used, then it will be the one other than
Ditto). The egg can take a certain amount of steps before hatching
depending on the Pokemon.
SOME GOOD IDEAS
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There are some essential things that you should do that are vital in the
game. These tips are sure to help beginning players:
- Save often. This is a must in every game. Do especially after tough
battles and before a legendary or Gym Leader.
- When you reach a town, the first thing you should do is go to a Poke-
mon Center and heal your party unless a guide says not to.
- Have at least 10 balls with you (12 if you're male). You never know if
a rare Pokemon comes up.
- Don't use your Master Ball unless you are facing a legendary that can
run (*cough* Raikou, Suicine, Entei *cough*).
- Have a wide variety of moves so that you can have an attack that is
super effective to all types.
- Have HM Slaves. Stick worthless HMs on Pokemon you won't use so that
your "good" team won't have useless attacks.
- Each type of trainer (going by sprite) usually holds specific types of
Pokemon. Ex: Hikers usually hold Rock types and Machop/Zubat and have
a fat sprite (you'd think hikers would burn some of it off).
- Search around in each area of grass for new Pokemon.
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Now that we've gotten all of that straightened out, LET'S DO THIS THING!
Push in the game, turn on your Game Boy, sit back, and watch the opening
movie thing. Wasn't that great?! Press Start to go to two choices. Let's
screw around with the options for a sec. Set your text speed, sound, and
border frame. Battle scene means whether or not you want to see the att-
acks during a battle. Make sure it's on to get the full Pokemon expir-
ence. In Battle Style, there are two choices: Shift and Set. Shift means
you can switch a Pokemon while in battle mode, and set means you must
keep the same one out until it faints. It really doesn't matter. I sugg-
est you go with Shift, even if you're an expert, just so it's easier to
strategize. Button Mode switches around the configuration of the con-
troler, so I suggest you leave it on Normal. When you're done, press B,
and click on New Game!
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LITTLEROOT TOWN
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Answer the obvious questions at the beginning. Make sure you check your
own body to see if you got your gender correct, then input your name.
I'm sorry, Mohammed, but you're only allowed seven letters to a name.
After that, scroll through the crap this Birch guy has to say to begin
your game.
Once you can move, exit this small compartment to your right. That's
rather mean how you get stuck riding in the cargo truck. What, your mom
couldn't spring for an extra plane ticket? Enter the house and go up-
stairs once your mom stops gabbing. Next to you is a clock on the wall.
Click on it and input the time on the analog clock (who has those any-
more?). Unlike in the previous games, the time has hardly any implicat-
ion in Emerald. In fact, there are only two I can think of. That really
blows. Before you go back downstairs, look at your desk in the upper
corner of your room. On one side, you can find out some pretty import-
ant (or if you played Pokemon before: obvious) information on how to
control the game. Now go on that computer on the other side. Choose Item
Storage, then Withdraw Item, then Potion. Congrats, you received a
POTION! These will be vital when you start battling. Now go downstairs.
After another little talk from your mother, exit the house altogether.
Depending on your gender, you're either the house on the upper-left side
or the upper-right side. Whatever it is, go to the house on the other
side and enter it. After you introduce yourself to Mrs. Birch, go up-
stairs and click on the red and white ball in the center of the room. At
that point, somebody will barge into the room. If you're playing as a
boy, an annoying broad named May will start talking to you. If you're a
girl (or a sick guy playing as a girl), you'll meet a cocky jerk named
Brendan. Whatever the case, this person will be your rival in the game.
Every Pokemon game has a rival that you'll catch up with every now and
then. What sucks about this game is that you aren't allowed to name him/
her like in the previous games. Damn, I always like to give my rival a
curse word for a name (i.e.: Assface).
Go back outside and talk to the folks around here. When you're ready, go
north to where this enormous town ends. Yes, I was using sarcasm. Get
used to it, because I'm the Sarcastic King (I was knighted or some-
thing). Ahhh! You must save Prof. Birch from a raccoon! Wait, a raccoon?
What kind of pansy is this guy? Whatever, just click on the bag here and
you'll be given the choice of three Pokemon. Whatever you pick now will
be your starting Pokemon forever, so choose wisely. Since I'm a nice
guy, I'll critique them for you. Yes, I know, I love you too.
TREECKO - This here is a Grass type Pokemon. It will learn some good
attacks like Slam and Leaf Blade down the stretch where it
proves itself to be the fastest of the three. Also, it will be
pretty good against the first Gym Leader's tough Rock Pokemon.
However, just like in the other Pokemon games, Grass isn't a
real necessity in every winner's team.
TORCHIC - A Fire type starter is always a plus since other Fires are
hard to come by in the wild. But when you evolve this guy, it
will gain a sweet second type: Fighting. Teach it some cool
karate chopping moves like Brick Break or Sky Uppercut and it
will use its high Attack score to your advantage. Good luck
using it in the first Gym though.
MUDKIP - The infamous Water starter. While Treecko and Torchic are great
choices, Mudkip is by far the best of the pack. You absolutely
can't go anywhere in this game without a Water type, and it is
probably the coolest one around. It will also get a dual-type
when it evolves, making it a Water/Ground type. It's only weak-
ness will be Grass at that point, and there are no major Grass
trainers in the entire game. Give it Surf and Earthquake, and
you've got an unstoppable force. You can even train it the en-
tire game and beat it with one Pokemon in your party, although
I don't recommend it (the game kind of loses its fun that way).
Hurry and pick one (Birch might have gotten rabies already during the
time you spent reading the above explanations), and you'll be launched
into battle. If you have no bloody idea what you're doing in battle
mode, scroll up to the Pokemon for Beginners section. It's pretty easy
though. You'll face a Lv2 Zigzagoon that only has Tackle and Growl. Just
do Pound/Scratch/Tackle a couple times and you've won your first battle.
That was freaking easy! Birch will bring you to his lab.
He'll give you that Pokemon you just battled with as thanks and gives
you the option to nickname it. I prefer it just to add a little spice to
my life (it's sad when Pokemon is the most exciting thing I ever do).
He'll then ask you to look for Brendan/May and teach him/her a thing or
two. Exit the lab, then go north and exit Littleroot.
ROUTE 101
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Notice the weird plants to your left. That is wild grass; where a lot of
Pokemon are found. Walk around in it and you'll be launched into a bat-
tle with a wild Pokemon. Unfortunately, you can't catch them yet, but
you might as well fight them for Exp. Points. Poor unsuspecting saps.
Here are the percentage rates for the Pokemon in the wild grass on this
route.
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|  ROUTE 101  | % RATES |
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|Poochyena    |   50%   |
|Wurmple      |   25%   |
|Zigzagoon    |   25%   |
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This game picked up on something completely absent from the Gold/Silver/
Crystal games: a Dark that you can catch early on. I mean REALLY early
on. Poochyena is that Pokemon. However, this mutt's stats are pretty
much down the toilet even compared to the other crappy dudes here, and
it won't get much better when it evolves at Lv18. Plus, it hardly learns
any attacks naturally, making it one of the most useless guys out there.
Zigzagoon is very similar stats wise. If you've played Pokemon before,
this is the Rattata of the RSE games: a weak Normal type that you'll see
a million times during your adventure. It's fast, but not worth using.
Wurmple is an odd fellow. This Bug will evolve at Lv7 into one of two
cocoon Pokemon randomly. Both are exactly the same at first, but at Lv10
it'll evolve again into another Pokemon (Silcoon into Bug/Flying Beauti-
fly; Cascoon into Bug/Poison Dustox). I prefer Beautifly myself, but
it's completely random.
You have to be mentally retarded to get lost on this road (in other
words, I got lost on this road). From the first wild grass you see, go
north and right immediately into the next grass. Next walk up again then
left a bit until you may go north once more into Oldale Town.
OLDALE TOWN
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The first thing you probably notice is the red-roofed building with the
letters PC on the front. This is a Pokemon Center! Enter it and talk to
the lady behind the counter to have your Pokemon healed up...for free!
Shibby! In real life, I need to take a second job after I go to the doc-
tors! There is also a computer thinger in here that will let you with-
draw or deposit Pokemon and items. That will be convenient later on,
trust me (although I can tell you don't trust me already).
Go to the house directly right of the Center but don't enter it. Instead
talk to the person standing outside it. He (or she, I'm not quite sure)
will direct you to the Pokemart and give you a free POTION! Man, they
are just giving away crap in this town! By the way, a Potion will heal
your Pokemon's HP by 20, in case you're getting low in the middle of a
battle. Inside the Mart you can buy more Potions, plus an assortment of
other things. ANTIDOTE cures Poisoning, PARLYZ HEAL takes care of Paral-
ysis, and AWAKENING heals sleeping Pokemon.
You cannot take the route west of here, so go north and explore that
area.
ROUTE 103
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|  ROUTE 103  | % RATES |
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|Poochyena    |   64%   |
|Wingull      |    8%   |
|Zigzagoon    |   28%   |
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Wingull will be way more common as you progress, but here's your first
chance to catch one (once you get Pokeballs). This dude is a Water/
Flying, which means you can teach two of the games most important moves
all to one Pokemon. It gains a pretty good move, Wing Attack, at Lv13,
making it a good early choice. Also, its stats will all nearly double
(except Speed) when it evolves into Pelipper at Lv25! Good luck trying
to find one now though.
Zigzag your way around here until you find that kid you met in Little-
root. If you talk to him/her, you will be launched into your first
trainer battle! Oh crapshait! Brendan/May will have the weakness of
whatever you chose as your first: if you have Treecko, he/she has Tor-
chic; if you have Torchic, he/she has Mudkip; if you have Mudkip, he/she
has Treecko. If you leveled up your guy at least once or twice with the
wild Pokemon, this will be cake. Just keep attacking it and remember you
have a few Potions in case you own HP is low. When Brendan/May is de-
feated, he/she'll tell you to return to Prof. Birch's Lab.
BACK TO LITTLEROOT
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Hop over the ledges for a shortcut south back to Oldale, then continue
to Littleroot. Enter Prof. Birch's lab to get into a long boring-ass
conversation. When it's all said and done, you'll receive your handy-
dandy POKEDEX! This will record all the Pokemon you'll see on your jour-
ney. Brendan/May will also give you some POKEBALLS for catching crap.
Mazel tov!
Exit the Lab and go near your house. Your dear sweet mother (who throws
you in the moving van) will stop you and give you a pair of RUNNING
SHOES! Do they really need instructions? Just press B while moving to
go faster. I don't think it's too difficult to understand...maybe. Now
return to Oldale and catch stuff in the surrounding routes if you wish.
You can even buy some more Pokeballs in the Mart here! Now that's ser-
vice! When you're all set, exit Oldale to the west.
ROUTE 102
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|  ROUTE 102  | % RATES |
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|Lotad        |   30%   |
|Poochyena    |   30%   |
|Ralts        |    6%   |
|Seedot       |    4%   |
|Wurmple      |   20%   |
|Zigzagoon    |   10%   |
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Tons of new crap to catch with your newly acquired Pokeballs. Lotad has
the odd never-before-attempted combination of Grass and Water, cutting
down on a bunch of weaknesses. It has high Special Attack and Defense,
(perfect for its dual type) and can learn high powered attacks for both
of them. Its partner in Grass crime (if you know what I mean), Seedot,
thrives on high Attack and Physical moves. It will take on a new roll as
a half-Dark type at Lv14, but hardly gets any Dark moves. Still a pretty
decent dude. Ralts is definitely the best. A good Psychic type is a must
for every party, and its hard to get more gooder than this guy. Hehe, my
English professor would castrate me if she heard me say that. Anyway,
Ralts has excellent Special Attack that can blow away basically anything
in its path. You'll need to search quite a bit for one, but it's worth
your precious time.
There are a few trainers on this road that will challenge you to a bat-
tle if you get in their line of sight, so be weary. Keep south where
Youngster Calvin will come at you. Use his easy Pokemon for Exp., then
continue west and north. At the very top, go right a bit and you'll see
some odd looking trees. These are berries that you can actually pick!
In Gold/Silver/Crystal, they touched upon Berries a bit, but they blow
them out of proportion in this game. There are 43 different berries in
Emerald that do 43 different things, but most aren't that important.
The two here however you may want to keep in mind. ORAN BERRIES have the
same effect as a regular Berry in GSC: automatically heals 10HP if a
Pokemon holding it is getting low. PECHA BERRIES will cure a Pokemon of
Poisoning, which you might have trouble with soon. Notice that the trees
are gone once you pick them. You actually need to plant new trees in
their place in order to obtain more berries. To do so, click on the dark
soil and plant a berry of whatever you want in the spot. Depending on
the berry, it will take a certain amount of time to grow back. For Oran
and Pecha, it will be a half-day. Also, make sure you have at least one
of each berry you find in your bag; some can only be picked in a certain
spot and will be gone forever if you use them all without planting some
more.
Now that our little gardening lesson is over, go straight left. When you
hit wild grass, walk south, hop over the ledge, click on the item ball,
and you'll have yet another POTION! Get out of this area and go west
once more to our next destination.
PETALBURG CITY
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Heal up at this Pokemon Center here. You can also talk to the guy next
to the PC. He's collecting profiles and wonders if you want to make one
of your own. Input a four word phrase from the choices they give you.
The words are limited, but you can come up with something good if you're
creative and/or demented enough.
The Mart here sells some new items you may be interested in. ESCAPE
ROPES will teleport you out of a cave or forest (*cough* like the one
we're about to enter *cough*) right away. REPEL is a handy spray that
will ward off Pokemon weaker than you for a 100 steps. So what if its
responsible for global warming, I'm still using it! The X stat in-
creasers will up the designated stat for a battle; not really worth it.
And don't buy the mail thingers either, for they're only useful if you
have friends, and if you're still playing Pokemon, you probably don't
have any friends (I'm living proof).
Try to leave this "city" to the left and some jerk will stop you and
lead you to the Gym. Oh, might as well check it out. Talk to the man
here and you'll discover *breathes like Darth Vader* he is your father.
Blah blah blah, and some kid will come in asking for a Pokemon. You need
to show him how to catch one. You'll be sent to the grass in Route 102
until a wild Pokemon appears. Oh sure, HE finds a Ralts right off the
bat! This is designed to be a little tutorial on how to catch stuff, but
you probably should have figured that out already.
After that Wally kid leaves the Gym, your father will ask you to take
the Pokemon League Challenge and win some Gym Badges. Alright, Dad, but
this is the last time you try to mold me into what you want. Remember
when you forced me to join Little League all those years? Did I ever hit
the ball once?! Fouls don't count! Sorry, just a little past emotional
trauma there. Now it's time to embark on our real journey. Take the west
exit out of this town.
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|                        Chapter Two:                      |           |
|                      THE STONE BADGE                     |  shampoo  |
|                                                          |           |
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ROUTE 104 SOUTH
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|  ROUTE 104  | % RATES |
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|Marill       |   12%   |
|Poochyena    |   32%   |
|Taillow      |   12%   |
|Wingull      |   12%   |
|Wurmple      |   32%   |
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What was up with that weird guy in the sunglasses? Whatever. Wingull's
a little more common here, but not by much. Another Flying type,
Taillow, is more or less the Pidgey of the game. It's fast and has some
good moves, but I recommend you use a Flyer that has a dual type other
than Normal (like Wingull!). And then there's Marill. This pure Water
thing is slow as crap and has no Attack whatsoever. Even when it evolves
at Lv15, it hardly gets any better. You'll have plenty of time to snag
a water Pokemon if you don't already have one.
Down in the beachy part are some trainers eager to be beat, so prove
your worth on them. North on this road is a house, but there's nothing
in it. However, there are some berries northeast of there! Take some
more PECHA and ORAN BERRIES for the road, then plant some more. You have
a nice green thumb there. Now walk left, beat the Lady here, and north
into the scary forest.
PETALBURG WOODS
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|  PETALBURG WOODS  | % RATES |
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|Cascoon            |    8%   |
|Poochyena          |   12%   |
|Shroomish          |   20%   |
|Silcoon            |    8%   |
|Slakoth            |   16%   |
|Taillow            |    4%   |
|Wurmple            |   32%   |
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There are some Cascoons and Silcoons wandering around here in case you
don't want to take a chance on Wurmple's evolution. However, they can be
rather difficult to catch. Shroomish is yet another Grass type that's a
pretty good choice. Sweet moves like Mega Drain and Headbutt will come
about as you train it, not to mention Mach Punch and Sky Uppercut when
it evolves into a Grass/Fighting at Lv23. Sure it's stats stink other
than Attack, but you'll hardly need them with all the one-hit-KOs you
might be doing. Slakoth and its evolutions could've been good as well.
Its stats all grow exponentially the higher it levels up, which is per-
fect for a dude that can be taught about 3/4 of the TMs (we'll get to
them later). What's the problem, you ask? Its ability, Truant, only
allows it to attack every other turn, which can be a downer in heated
battles. It's one of the few negative abilities in the game, and those
jerks at Nintendo just had to give it to a good Pokemon!
I'm pissing my pants just being in this creepy place, so let's get
through it quickly. If you walk straight ahead and read the sign here,
it gives a pretty good idea. Put a low-leveled dude on top of your par-
ty, then when the battle starts, switch out to a stronger guy. It will
work as long as you don't have it on Set mode. Go left where you'll
probably run into a trainer with a billion Wurmples! Okay, it's more
like three, but you get the hyperbole. Now walk upwards and take the
PARLYZ HEAL sitting there in the corner and continue right. Go all the
way until you must go north where a man is fidgeting around. Suddenly,
he'll be attacked by some guy in a horrible striped shirt and bandana!
Man, those Queer Eye guys need to pay this man a visit. Beat his Lv9
Poochyena and he'll sulk and plan another heist in Rustboro. Why would
he tell you that? The Shroomish man will thank you with a GREAT BALL.
It's a lot like a Pokeball only...greater! Nintendo spent weeks coming
up with that name.
After that's done, go up a little more than west until you hit the tree-
wall. Beat the annoying Nincada jerk here and walk up some more for an
ETHER. These things will heal 10PP of one attack, which is pretty damn
useful. Next, continue right and up once more till we're out of this
forsaken place.
ROUTE 104 NORTH
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As soon as you come out, go left and talk to the kid here. He likes to
shoot seeds at unsuspecting bystanders and he wants you to terrorize
people the same way. Maybe that's not exactly what he said, but you get
TM09 nonetheless. TM stands for technical machine. Does that explain
it enough? Oh, alright, I'll go further. These are programmed moves that
you can teach a Pokemon that's compatible with it. This one contains
Bullet Seed, a Grass attack that will shoot seeds at your opponent for
2-5 turns. It may not do much, but it will keep them on edge for a bit.
But listen carefully: TMs can only be used once! So don't waste them,
idiot!
Left of the kid are some more berry trees! There the usual ORAN, but now
you get a taste of CHERI BERRIES! They will heal Paralysis, which I find
incredibly annoying. Plant some more berries in this four-spot patch,
and enter the building above it. These chicks are really into flowers
(at least it's not jewelry like some girls I know) and are willing to
teach you more about them. The middle one here will even give you a
WAILMER PAIL! That will be uuber-handy. Talk to the rightmost one and
she'll award you with a random berry. If you're wondering what each
berry does, scroll down to the Berries section in my thinger here. Now
go back outside to where you planted some berries. If you click on it,
the game will ask if you want to water it with the Wailmer Pail. Doing
this may produce more berries-per-tree than before! Water any planted
berries every chance you get. You may have noticed that growing berries
have stages (a berry was planted, it's getting taller, the flowers are
blooming prettily, etc). Well, watering it is only effective once per
stage, so clicking it over and over again won't be very helpful. If you
do it enough times correctly, a tree may yield three or four berries
instead of just two! Mazel tov!
Above the Flower Shop is a nice little POTION that was hiding from you
(the wild grass yields the same Pokemon as the road below Petalburg
Woods). Now travel eastward from the shop to battle two more trainers.
Get on the bridge now and half way through, you'll experience your very
first double battle. You and your opponent will release two Pokemon to
fight at the same time. It's pretty simple though; just select an attack
and what Pokemon to use it on. Some moves will affect both your enemy's
Pokemon, so which out for that.
At the top of the bridge, go right and pick the berries. LEPPA BERRIES
will restore 10PP for one move if given to a Pokemon. Also, talk to the
old woman standing around for a CHERI BERRY. Get a job, lady. Now walk
northwest to a huge city.
RUSTBORO CITY
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Straight up is the Pokemart, which sells SUPER POTION. It's the same as
Potion only more super-y (heals 50HP). Shibby! North of the Pokemart is
the Pokemon Center, and west of that is the Cutter's House. Speak to the
man in there for HM01! HMs are like TMs only you may use them as many
times as you want. HM01 contains Cut, a strong Normal move in battle.
Also, this thing allows you to chop down little trees that may be block-
ing your path. Yeah, save the rainforest my ass!
Up and to the right of the Center is the Pokemon Trainers' School. Talk
to everyone and even read the blackboard for some information, then
speak to the teacher for a QUICK CLAW. A Pokemon who holds this has a
pretty good chance of attacking first, so give it to the chubby white
guy of your team, so to speak.
Look around some more in this place. The ginormous building on the upper
left corner of town is the Devon Corporation. They are the overruling
electronics monopoly in Hoenn that squeezes its customers for every
measly little cent that they broke their backs working for. But don't
you just love their cleverly written commercials? The house right of the