Pokemon Contest

In Pokemon Contest houses, you may enter your Pokemon into a contest for a chance to win a medal. However if you enter without any Porok level ups, you will have a very low chance of winning. The way to raise this is to go out and find the trees with berries on them, then press A. You will then receive 1 to 4 berries. If you now go to a Pokemon House, you will see small gray machines on the right. The empty one on the top is for multi-player. For now, find a house in a city that only has a man at the bottom. Go to the other side of the machine and press A. You will then be asked to pick a Porok (berry) and throw it in. The spinner will come down and start moving. The objective is to press A just when the spinner hits your arrow:

Circle Within A Circle: Direct hit (much faster)

Circle: Near hit (slightly faster)

X: Miss (slower)

The faster you (and your opponent) get the spinner moving, the better. Once the meter at the top hits the end, it is over and the results and the fastest RPM the spinner was moving will appear. You will then receive a Blended Porok. The level of it depends on how fast you got the machine going. The average appears to be 11. Next, open your Special Items Pocket and go to your "Pez dispenser" type item (which you must have to play the game -- it is obtained from the girl in the first contest house). You will then pick a Blended Porok and feed it to a pet, making one of his Pokemon Contest stats (viewable in the Poke-Navi) go up. Some can even raise multiple stats. The more you do this, the better chance you have of winning.

Recommended starting Pokemon

The best type of starting Pokemon (in order) are: Water, Grass, and Fire. Torchic proves to be the best as you get farther in the game, but proves to be difficult in the beginning. Mudkip is strong in the beginning, but weaker against the Elite Four. Mudkip is a good choice if playing Pokemon Ruby. Treeko is somewhat neutral, but is best to choose if playing Pokemon Sapphire because of Team Aqua.

Recommended moves for Blaziken or Cumbusken

If you have a Combusken or Blaziken, the best moves for it are Ember (can replace with Flare Kick if desired), Double Kick, and since it is able to learn a Bird type move, Steel Wing or any other powerful TM flying based move. Also give it an HM (preferably Cut).

Regis

Use the following steps to capture the three mysterious Pokemon called the Regis. Go to the southeast part of Route 134 and dive into the water. It is difficult to get to due to the currents, and it is the only deep part of that route. You will find a cave. At a part of the cave, there are some Brail writing on the wall. At that point, float to the top of the water, where you will end up in a cavern. Go into the last room by going forward, use Dig, and in the next room you must do something strange. Put a Relicanth in the front of your party, and a Wailord at the last place. Walk to the top of the room and read the Brail . You will trigger an earthquake, which will unlock the Regis. You can fish up a Wailmer to evolve at level 40 at Route 122, and find a Relicanth outside Sootopolis in the underwater grass (rarely, but it is there).

To find Registeel, you can access a volcano in the southwest region of Route 120. Enter it, then move towards the center of the room. Use Fly to find Registeel.

To find Regirock, fly to lavaridge, bop down the mountain, and enter the desert. In the southern part of the desert, you will find a cavern. Enter it, then walk up to the center tile at the top of the room. Go three steps down and two steps right. Use strength to open the passage to Regirock.

To find Regice, in Route 105, there is an island on the west side that has a mountain on it. Go there, enter, and stand in front of the tile. Press A, read it, press A again, and do not do anything else. The door will open after twenty seconds, and the last Regi is yours.

You never have to use the Master Ball to catch all the legendary Pokemon. You can catch them all with about 60 Great Balls. However, you might need to use a Master Ball against the last one in the tower.

Sharpedo

Once you are able to track down Sharpedo in your Pokedex, do whatever is necessary to capture it. It is an excellent Water/Dark Pokemon that already knows Crunch, Dark's most powerful attack. His speed is incredible and will be of great use later in the game.

TM 02

In order to do this, you must Have waterfall, Surf Pokemon at least level 35. Aqua/Maga will steal the meteorite. However, there is more for the Meteor Falls. Go deep into the cave. Use Waterfall on the fall. Go through the cave and find TM 02.

TM 43

Go through the tunnel by the cable cars that lead to Mt. Chimney. Then, go right until you can go up. You will find a person looking at a sort of "pine tree". Talk to him to receive TM43 or Secret Power. You can now make secret bases.

Hidden message

After you unlock the three rare Pokemon, the Pokemon in the cave on the road after the town with the tree houses, the hidden messages is "With new time Hope and love Aim to the sky in the middle".

Premier Ball

Buy at least ten Pokeballs and you will get a free Premier Ball.

Bike wheelie

Press B on a bike to pop a wheelie. Without a bike you will run.

Bike bunny hops

Get the Acro Bike and hold B without moving the D-pad to bunny hop.

Mach Bike/Acro Bike abilities

Once you reach Mauville City, there is a building called Rydel's Cycles. Go inside and talk to Rydel. Once he learns that you have walked from Littleroot Town to Mauville City, he will give you a bike to ride. There are two bikes that you can have -- the Mach Bike and the Acro Bike. The Mach Bike can go fast, but has very bad handling. It is used for riding up sandy slopes and for speeding past crumbling floors in some caves. The Acro Bike is the one you can do tricks on. It does not go as fast as the Mach Bike, but has very good handling. You can hold B while riding to do wheelies, or stop and hold B to do little bunny hops. You can also tap B + D-pad in any direction to take little jumps. This bike is used for getting across narrow, white rails that span some rivers.

Gym tactics

First, try using Kyamome or a Water/Grass starter. Then, try Water/Fire starter Grass at level 20 to 25. Finally, try Sandshrew with lots of Ground attack. If you chose Torchick as your first Pokemon, you will soon find out that the first Gym Leader will be difficult without the proper Pokemon. When you reach the first beach area (next to the forest entrance), try to catch a Wingull. Then while in the forest, spend some time to level it up and your Torchick. Get the Wingull to at least level 10, and the Combuskin to about level 16 to 18. You can now take out the three Geodudes the Leader has with the Wingull's Water-Gun, and use the Combuskin as backup.

Defeating your Rival

When facing your rival at the start that has Treecko, use a level 6 Wurmple; Mudkip use a level 7 Silccoon or Cascoon; Torchic use a level 5 to 6 Wingull. Wingull can be found in Route 103. Wurmple can be found in Route103. To get Cascoon or Silccoon, evolve Wurmple at level 7.

Poke-Navi

This is a useful item with multiple functions:

Map: This will display a map of Houen. You can move the pointer with the D-pad and can also press A to zoom in.

Poke-Info: This will display information about your Pokemon stats. These may show how much of a chance your Pokemon has of winning a Pokemon Contest. These can be raised with Poroks (the berries).

Trainer-Dex: This will show information on all of the trainers you have fought.

Hall Of Fame: After defeating the Elite 4, you can see your Pokemon that defeated them in the Hall of Fame.





• HM list

  HM 01 (Cut): Cuts down small bushes. Found inside the house to the left of the Pokemon Center in Kanazumi City.

  HM 02 (Fly): Can fly to cities: Found in the town with the sixth Gym.

  HM 03 (Surf): Can Swim. Found in the house left of the fourth Gym.

  HM 04 (Strength): Allows you to push some rocks. Found in the town with fourth Gym.

  HM 05 (Flash) Lights up dark areas. Found in the cave on the island with the second Badge.

  HM 06 (Rock Smash): Smashes some rocks: Found in the house to the left of the third Gym.

  HM 07 (Waterfall) Allows you to climb waterfalls. Found in the cave with the Legendary Pokemon in Rune.

  HM 08 (Dive): Allows you to submerge under the ocean. Found in Tokusane City after beating the seventh Gym.

  
  
  

  • Pokemon that cannot be captured

    The following Pokemon cannot be caught:

    203. Bulbasaur

    204. Ivysaur

    205. Venusaur

    206. Charmander

    207. Charmeleon

    208. Charizard

    209. Squirtle

    210. Wartortle

    211. Blastoise

    212. Caterpie

    213. Metapod

    214. Butterfree

    215. Weedle

    216. Kakuna

    217. Beedrill

    218. Pidgey

    219. Pidgeotto

    220. Pidgeot

    221. Rattata

    222. Raticate

    223. Spearow

    224. Fearow

    225. Ekans

    226. Arbok

    227. Nidoran (F)

    228. Nidorina

    229. Nidoqueen

    230. Nidoran (M)

    231. Nidorino

    232. Nidoking

    233. Clefairy

    234. Clefable

    235. Paras

    236. Parasect

    237. Venonat

    238. Venomoth

    239. Diglett

    240. Dugtrio

    241. Meowth

    242. Persian

    243. Mankey

    244. Primeape

    245. Growlithe

    246. Arcanine

    247. Poliwag

    248. Poliwhirl

    249. Poliwrath

    250. Bellsprout

    251. Weepinbell

    252. Victreebel

    253. Ponyta

    254. Rapidash

    255. Slowpoke

    256. Slowbro

    257. Farfetch'd

    258. Seel

    259. Dewgong

    260. Shellder

    261. Cloyster

    262. Gastly

    263. Haunter

    264. Gengar

    265. Onix

    266. Drowzee

    267. Hypno

    268. Krabby

    269. Kingler

    270. Exeggcute

    271. Exeggutor

    272. Cubone

    273. Marowak

    274. Hitmonlee

    275. Hitmonchan

    276. Lickitung

    277. Chansey

    278. Tangela

    279. Kangaskhan

    280. Mr. Mime

    281. Scyther

    282. Jynx

    283. Electabuzz

    284. Magmar

    285. Tauros

    286. Lapras

    287. Ditto

    288. Eevee

    289. Vaporeon

    290. Jolteon

    291. Flareon

    292. Porygon

    293. Omanyte

    294. Omastar

    295. Kabuto

    296. Kabutops

    297. Aerodactyl

    298. Snorlax

    299. Articuno

    300. Zapdos

    301. Moltres

    302. Dratini

    303. Dragonair

    304. Dragonite

    305. Mewtwo

    306. Mew

    307. Chikorita

    308. Bayleef

    309. Meganium

    310. Cyndaquil

    311. Quilava

    312. Typhlosion

    313. Totodile

    314. Croconaw

    315. Feraligatr

    316. Sentret

    317. Furret

    318. Hoothoot

    319. Noctowl

    320. Ledyba

    321. Ledian

    322. Spinarak

    323. Ariados

    324. Cleffa

    325. Togepi

    326. Togetic

    327. Mareep

    328. Flaaffy

    329. Ampharos

    330. Sudowoodo

    331. Politoed

    332. Hoppip

    333. Skiploom

    334. Jumpluff

    335. Aipom

    336. Sunkern

    337. Sunflora

    338. Yanma

    339. Wooper

    340. Quagsire

    341. Espeon

    342. Umbreon

    343. Murkrow

    344. Slowking

    345. Misdreavus

    346. Unown

    347. Pineco

    348. Forretress

    349. Dunsparce

    350. Gligar

    351. Steelix

    352. Snubbull

    353. Granbull

    354. Qwilfish

    355. Scizor

    356. Shuckle

    357. Sneasel

    358. Teddiursa

    359. Ursaring

    360. Swinub

    361. Piloswine

    362. Remoraid

    363. Octillery

    364. Delibird

    365. Mantine

    366. Houndour

    367. Houndoom

    368. Porygon2

    369. Stantler

    370. Smeargle

    371. Tyrogue

    372. Hitmontop

    373. Smoochum

    374. Elekid

    375. Magby

    376. Miltank

    377. Blissey

    378. Raikou

    379. Entei

    380. Suicune

    381. Larvitar

    382. Pupitar

    383. Tyranitar

    384. Lugia

    385. Ho-oh

    386. Celebi