Pokemon Platinum Hints

ok there are going to be a lot new things in this game and i will put down what i know so far

the trainers have new cloths because of the sudden change of climate in shinnoh
a diffrent story line
2 new pokemon
giritana has a orgin forme
shaymin has a sky forme in this game
new places like a castle and the demiesion giritana comes from torn world witch takes the ds's 3-D capabilaties to the extreme
and much much more

At Solaceon town, go on the right-most side of the dirt road. (Still on the dirt road, though) You get on the bike's faster speed and keep going up until you can't, then down until you can't. Repeat until the egg hatches. (Make sure you've beaten all the trainers first)

The Battle Castle is similar to the Battle Tower, just with a few changes. Players must fight seven opponents in a row. Winning allows players to receive Castle Points, which allow them to buy items for use inside the Battle Castle or see future opponents. In the Battle Castle, Pokémon will not be healed automatically after a battle, so this is very challenging to both new and old trainers.

Cattleya and Kokuran are the Frontier Brains for the Battle Castle.

Roark has stayed pretty much the same since the D/P days. He got a cool animation though. Here are his pokemon's stats.

Lv12 Geodude-Rock/Ground
Rock Throw, Stealth Rock

Lv12 Onix-Rock/Ground
Screech, Rock Throw, Stealth Rock

Lv 14 Cranidos-Rock
Headbutt, Leer, Pursuit

Turtwig and Piplup can sweep through this Gym easily, Chimchar will have some trouble with it though. Good thing Chimchar evolves early at lv.14 and learns Mach Punch. The new Monferno can sweep through rock types with its new found power.

Unlike D/P, Platinum totally revamped this gym. It looks cooler but there really is no puzzle here. Just beat the trainers to rotate the clock-hands. You'll eventually end up at where Gardenia is. Here are her pokemon.

Lv20 Turtwig: Grass
Grass Knot, Razor Leaf, Sunny Day, Reflect

Lv20 Cherrim: Grass
Grass Knot, Leech Seed, Magical Leaf, Safeguard

Lv22 Roserade: Grass/Poison
Grass Knot, Magical Leaf, Poison Sting, Stun Spore

Chimchar or Monferno can sweep this gym. Flying types also do well here. You can use Prinplup and Pluck/Peck, but it isn't recommended. Grotle or Turtwig can resist the attacks, but won't do much in return. Ponyta can also be a good addition if you don't have other fire types.

Like woah! Fantina is no longer the 5th gym like in D/P. She can be directly battled for another badge right after Gym#2. So this makes her the third gym now. She has few weaker pokemon, obviously because of the gym # drop. They also got rid of that stupid math puzzle. They added a cool new match puzzle. Here are Fantina's pokemon.

Lv24 Duskull: Ghost
Will-o-Wisp, Pursuit, Shadow Sneak, Future Sight

Lv24 Haunter: Ghost/Poison
Shadow Claw, Sucker Punch, Hypnosis, Confuse Ray

Lv26 Mismagius: Ghost
Shadow Ball, Psybeam, Magical Leaf, Confuse Ray

You might have the third evolution of you starter by now, or maybe not. Try to get a pokemon that knows a Dark move. Luxio should already know Bite. So that's good training for this electric type.

Instead of pushing around walls like in D/P, Platinum added a newer puzzle involving punching bags. You need the punch the bags to knock over the tires. When you knock over the one blocking the path to the top, you can battle Maylene.

Lv28 Meditite: Psychic/Fighting
Drain Punch, Confusion, Rock Tomb, Fake Out

Lv29 Machoke: Fighting
Karate Chop, Rock Tomb, Strength, Focus Energy

Lv32 Lucario: Steel/Fighting
Drain Punch, Force Palm, Metal Claw, Bone Rush

Lucario is a formidable type. You should have your third starter evolution by now or be close to it. Infernape tears through Lucario and is equal to other fighting types. Beware of Bone Rush though, its super effective. Empoleon can utilize Peck, preferably Pluck to deal some double damage. Watch out for its added Steel type. Torterra can crush Lucario's steel type with Earthquake and can take hits from the fighting type pokemon. Any starter is good here.

This gym remained the same from D/P. BORING! Just go through the motions again to get to Wake. He has a cool animation though, but it doesn't make up for the same boring gym. He has some stronger pokemon too.

Lv33 Gyarados: Water/Flying
Brine, Waterfall, Bite, Twister

Lv34 Quagsire: Water/Ground
Mud Bomb, Rock Tomb, Water Pulse, Yawn

Lv37 Floatzel: Water
Brine, Ice Fang, Crunch, Ice Fang

The real threat here is Floatzel. With its quick speed and high attack, it can deal some damage. Torterra with be crushed with Ice Fang and Empoleon can only deal damage with its non water/steel moves, Infernape may be a good choice, but fails if it doesn't land 1hko moves. Stick with Luxray or another grass type if you have them.

This gym has also remained the same from D/P. Byron also has a pretty lame animation. The only upside is that the gym has better steel types. So you won't run into all the Steelix and Bronzor like in D/P. Also the random trainer with the Azumarill in D/P has changed.

Lv37 Magneton: Electric/Steel
Flash Cannon, Tri-Attack, Thunderbolt, Metal Sound

Lv38 Steelix: Steel/Ground
Flash Cannon, Ice Fang, Earthquake, Sandstorm

Lv41 Bastiodon: Rock/Steel
Metal Burst, Stone Edge, Iron Defense, Taunt

Pretty much all the starters do well here. Infernape with fire and fighting moves. Empoleon boasts its water type attacks and Torterra with Earthquake. Watch out for Bastiodon's Metal Burst. It's just like Counter and Mirror Coat combined. So any attack can backfire if you don't 1hko this pokemon.

Another same old gym. LAME LAME LAME! Her animation is decent, but not great. At least she has new cooler additions. Hey cool, ice, lol. Yeah bad pun.

Lv40 Sneasel: Dark/Ice
Slash, Aerial Ace, Faint Attack, Ice Shard

Lv40 Piloswine: Ice/Ground
Avalanche, Stone Edge, Earthquake, Hail

Lv42 Abomasnow: Ice/Grass
Avalanche, Wood Hammer, Water Pulse, Focus Blast

Lv44 Frosslass: Ice/Ghost
Blizzard, Double Team, Shadow Ball, Psychic

Empoelon will do only decent here, so let's just take that pokemon out of the equation. Infernape completely crushes this gym. Don't think about using Torterra, you'll have a very hard time without of some rock type moves. Even if you do, Torterra's slow speed will still make it fall. Froslass is a cool addition, so watch out for that. Blizzard gains a 100% accuracy in hail.

ORIGIN FORME GIRATINA
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There are two ways to get Origin Forme Giratina. The first is to take Giratina
into the Torn World, but obviously this is barely practical as there is nothing
you can do with it.

The second way is to obtain a "Platinum Orb". To get the Platinum Orb you must
go back into the Torn World. Go to Turnback Cave in Sendoff Spring (off Route
214) and try and make your way to the end. Just keep going through door after
door - south to north every room gets you there eventually. At the end you
should see a portal where Giratina used to be in D/P. Enter the portal and
just go along the platforms until you reach an item ball. This contains the
Platinum Orb - equip this to a Giratina and it will boost all Dragon and Ghost
moves it uses by 20% AND also keep it in Origin Forme permanently. You may as
well exit the Torn World after this as there is nothing else in this part of it.

SKY FORME SHAYMIN
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Getting a Sky Forme Shaymin requires you to have a movie Shaymin. There is also
a Wondercard code for this which I will list in this section near the bottom.
It is possible that all you need is a Shaymin with the Classic Ribbon though
but I am not sure about it.

Anyway, once you get a Shaymin that fits the requirement to go Floaroma Town
and talk to the blonde girl near the center of the town. She'll notice the
Shaymin in your party and give you the Glacidea Flower. Go to your Key Items
pocket and use it on Shaymin to turn it into Sky Forme Shaymin. Note that you
cannot turn Shaymin into Sky Forme at Night. In addition, Sky Forme Shaymin
will automatically turn back into Land Forme at Night. You can also turn a
Sky Forme Shaymin back into Land Forme by putting it in the box.

ROTOM ALTERNATE FORMS
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To get these, you must have a key item called the "Secret Key". Once you have
this (you must get it from a Nintendo event, unfortunately) go to the Galactic
Hideout in Eterna City. As Serebii.net says, "You can go to one of the rooms
and use the Secret Key between a bookcase and a wall." Once the key is used,
you can pass into another room behind the now opened path. In this new room
are five pieces of red furniture. Simply bring Rotom with you and interact
with a piece of furniture to make Rotom possess it and gain that form. If you
want to reset Rotom's form to its regular one then simply interact with the
same piece of furniture and it will release its posesssion of it.

Here is a quick description of the new Battle Frontier area. Check my later guides for more in-depth info. This new area is similar to Emerald's Battle Frontier. You will receive battle points to exchange for prizes. There is also an added move tutor area. You can teach some of your pokemon cool moves if you have the BP for it.

If you haven't figured this out already, the new Battle Frontier replaced the old Battle Park. The Battle Tower is still standing and the Battle Factory is still continued from Emerald. There are 5 venues where you can test your skills as a trainer.

You can use your pokemon in these different areas. Battle Tower, Battle Factory, Battle Roulette, Battle Caste, and Battle Stage. Each area is unique and like in Emerald, each area has a Frontier Brain.

The Battle Tower has remained the same since D/P. Win 7 battles in a row to complete one level. Each consecutive battle gets increasingly difficult. Even seasoned trainers will have a hard time getting through 50 consecutive wins. Like in D/P, the Frontier Brain is Palmer.

You can choose between these four different battle options:
Single
Double
Multi
Wifi

The Battle Factory is a recurring battle venue at Sinnoh's Battle Frontier, having basically the same ruling as the Hoenn Battle Frontier's Battle Factory. The player will be able to choose three rental Pokémon of six and battle another trainer with rental Pokémon. This tests your skills to work out of the comfort zone of your own pokemon. You will have to get 7 consecutive wins to receive BP.

The Frontier Brain here is Nejiki, who will also use randomized pokemon everytime you battle.

Battles in the Battle Roulette are either 3 vs 3 (single) or 4 vs 4 (double). Trainers play roulette before each match. The choice may affect the player's Pokémon, the opponent's or even the field. The roulette may land on status ailments, weather changes, level changes, berries and more. It may even land on nothing. The status ailments appear to be based on moves with certain types, therefore, Steel-types are immune to poison and Ground-types are immune to paralysis. It takes some amount of luck to get through here. To get the most out of your battles, try to have pokemon that can resist ailments or weather effects.

Dahlia is the Frontier Brain for the Battle Roulette.

The Battle Stage features a series of one on one battles. One Pokémon is entered, and then an opponent is chosen from a list of types. As a Trainer moves up through the facility, the levels go higher, making this the only facility to feature Pokémon above level 50. The game can occasionally throw a curveball, such as if a player chooses to use an Electric-type against their Flying-type opponent-- only to find out that the opponent is using the Ground/Flying Gligar— immune to Electric moves. So you'll have to play smart against types and choose a pokemon who can cover most of them. Electivire, for example, can learn Ice Punch which does 4x damage against Gligar.

Kate is the Frontier Brain for the Battle Stage.

Giratina
Uxie
Azelf
Mespirit
Dialga
Palkia
Heatran
Regigigas
Cresselia
Regice
Re gisteel
Regirock
Articuno
Moltres
Zapdos
Darkai
Shaymin
Arceus

Again, some require cheating. But The legendary birds do not. They're actually found in the game. They roam around in the grass like Mespirit and Cresselia. Take full advantage of your tracking map to hunt them down.

In D/P, all you got was a Riolu and an Eevee (only after you got the national dex)

Well, in Platinum, you can get Riolu, Eevee, Togepi, and Porygon even before you get the national dex. All of them are young, so Exp. Share is recommended.

In Pokemon Platinum, Fantina is actually the 3rd Gym leader instead of the 5th. You can battle her right away. This has never happened in the history of pokemon.

u can get shiny pokemon in 4 ways:
1. wait for luck to appear and find a shiny pokemon
2. u can also cheating
3. u can look for pokemon in swarm. it's hard, i recommend u use ur pokeradar because u must see 41 exactly pokemon in the area where pokemon are swarming
4. u can also trade with someone that has one (GTS recommended)*that's how i got my shiny salamence

When you save at Pal Park you have a choice to migrate pokemon from your GBA games. It allows you to select up to six pokemon from your game. You return back to your game, and then you can enter Pal Park to capture your pokemon. Once you've caught your six pokemon, you can choose between having to recapturing them, or puttung them in the PC. If you put them in the PC you get to keep all six of them.

WARNING: Using Pal Park to capture pokemon from GBA games will not allow you to send them back after they have migrated, be cautious about it.