Secret - Always hatch female or male Pokemon from eggs If you have a egg and want to hatch it into a female hatch it at Hearthome city or Floaroma town.And if you want to hatch your egg into a male hatch it at Solaceon town. Hope I helped Send     Print

Secret - Oreburgh Gym-Roark 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. Send     Print

Secret - Eterna Gym-Gardenia 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. Send     Print

Secret - Hearthome Gym-Fantina 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. Send     Print

Secret - Veilstone Gym-Maylene 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. Send     Print

Secret - Pastoria City-Crasher Wake 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. Send     Print

Secret - Canalave City-Byron 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. Send     Print

Secret - Snowpoint Gym-Candice 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. Send     Print