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Sun & Moon: Ultra Prism
Trading Card Game Set
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General information
 Cards 173 (English)
156 (Japanese)
 Series Sun & Moon
 Region Focus Sinnoh
 Previous Expansion Crimson Invasion
 Associated Decks Fighting Mach Strike
Water Imperial Command
 Released February 2nd, 2018 (English)
December 8th, 2017 (Japanese)
 STD Legal Deck? Yes
Ultra PrismPokemon Sun & Moon: Ultra Prism is the fifth main expansion of the Sun & Moon series of the Pokemon Trading Card Game. The English set contains a total of 173 cards, continues to feature GX Pokemon and focuses mostly on Gen VII and Sinnoh, it is also the first expansion to introduce the new Prism Star cards.

It should be noted that whilst people in Western countries recieved this deck as Pokemon Ultra Prism, in Japan they have a similar set broken down into two parts known as ウルトラサン Ultra Sun and ウルトラムーン Ultra Moon, these dual sets combine to make up a 156 Card equivalent set.

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Official Description

An Unknown New Dimension!
Pass through the Ultra Wormhole into a bizarre new Pokémon world, where familar sights become strange and new powers are unlocked! Watch Necrozma's power grow, and marvel as brand-new Prism StarPrism Star cards reveal their astounding effects on play. Meet Dialga-GX and Palkia-GX, and encounter bizarre Ultra Beasts and wild new forms of Alola's Legendary Pokémon. Explore a new dimension in the Pokémon TCG: Sun & Moon—Ultra Prism expansion!

The Ultra Prism Set List Ultra Prism Symbol

A list of all the cards which make up the Ultra Prism set which contains a total of 173 cards comprising 10x Pokémon-GX cards, 6 of the new Prism Star cards as well as an abundance of Pokemon from both the Alola and Sinnoh regions. This list is how this set is being recieved in all countries except Japan where they instead have two smaller sets; The Pokemon Ultra Sun & Pokemon Ultra Moon sets. We'll be adding good quality pics of each card once we get them.

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Picture No. Rarity Card name Card type
1 Exeggcute 1/156 Common Exeggcute Grass
2 Yanma 2/156 Common Yanma Grass
3 Yanmega 3/156 Uncommon Yanmega Grass
4 Roselia 4/156 Common Roselia Grass
5 Roserade 5/156 Rare Roserade Grass
6 Turtwig 6/156 Common Turtwig Grass
7 Turtwig 7/156 Common Turtwig Grass
8 Grotle 8/156 Uncommon Grotle Grass
9 Torterra 9/156 Rare Holo Torterra Grass
10 Cherubi 10/156 Common Cherubi Grass
11 Cherrim 11/156 Uncommon Cherrim Grass
12 Carnivine 12/156 Common Carnivine Grass
13 LeafeonGX 13/156 Ultra-Rare Rare LeafeonGX Grass
14 Mow 14/156 Rare Mow Rotom Grass
15 Shaymin 15/156 Rare Holo Shaymin Grass
16 Dewpider 16/156 Common Dewpider Grass
17 Araquanid 17/156 Rare Araquanid Grass
18 Magmar 18/156 Common Magmar Fire
19 Magmortar 19/156 Rare Holo Magmortar Fire
20 Chimchar 20/156 Common Chimchar Fire
21 Chimchar 21/156 Common Chimchar Fire
22 Monferno 22/156 Uncommon Monferno Fire
23 Infernape 23/156 Rare Holo Infernape Fire
24 Heat 24/156 Rare Heat Rotom Fire
25 Salandit 25/156 Common Salandit Fire
26 Salazzle 26/156 Rare Salazzle Fire
27 Turtonator 27/156 Uncommon Turtonator Fire
28 Alolan 28/156 Common Alolan Sandshrew Water
29 Alolan 29/156 Rare Alolan Sandslash Water
30 Alolan 30/156 Common Alolan Vulpix Water
31 Piplup 31/156 Common Piplup Water
32 Piplup 32/156 Common Piplup Water
33 Prinplup 33/156 Uncommon Prinplup Water
34 Empoleon 34/156 Rare Empoleon Water
35 Buizel 35/156 Common Buizel Water
36 Floatzel 36/156 Uncommon Floatzel Water
37 Snover 37/156 Common Snover Water
38 Abomasnow 38/156 Rare Abomasnow Water
39 GlaceonGX 39/156 Ultra-Rare Rare GlaceonGX Water
40 Wash 40/156 Rare Wash Rotom Water
41 Frost 41/156 Rare Frost Rotom Water
42 Manaphy 42/156 Uncommon Manaphy Water
43 Electabuzz 43/156 Common Electabuzz Lightning
44 Electivire 44/156 Rare Electivire Lightning
45 Shinx 45/156 Common Shinx Lightning
46 Shinx 46/156 Common Shinx Lightning
47 Luxio 47/156 Uncommon Luxio Lightning
48 Luxray 48/156 Rare Holo Luxray Lightning
49 Pachirisu 49/156 Common Pachirisu Lightning
50 Rotom 50/156 Uncommon Rotom Lightning
 51 Drifloon 51/156 Common Drifloon Psychic
 52 Drifblim 52/156 Uncommon Drifblim Psychic
 53 Spiritomb 53/156 Uncommon Spiritomb Psychic
 54 Skorupi 54/156 Common Skorupi Psychic
 55 Drapion 55/156 Rare Drapion Psychic
 56 Croagunk 56/156 Common Croagunk Psychic
 57 Toxicroak 57/156 Rare Toxicroak Psychic
 58 Giratina 58/156 Rare Holo Giratina Prism Star Psychic
 59 Cresselia 59/156 Rare Holo Cresselia Psychic
 60 Cosmog 60/156 Common Cosmog Psychic
 61 Cosmoem 61/156 Uncommon Cosmoem Psychic
 62 Lunala 62/156 Rare Holo Lunala Prism Star Psychic
 63 Dawn 63/156 Ultra-Rare Rare Dawn Wings NecrozmaGX Psychic
 64 Cranidos 64/156 Uncommon Cranidos Fighting
 65 Rampardos 65/156 Rare Holo Rampardos Fighting
 66 Riolu 66/156 Common Riolu Fighting
 67 Lucario 67/156 Rare Holo Lucario Fighting
68 Hippopotas  68/156 Common Hippopotas Fighting
 69 Hippowdon 69/156 Rare Hippowdon Fighting
 70 Passimian 70/156 Common Passimian Fighting
 71 Murkrow 71/156 Common Murkrow Darkness
 72 Honchkrow 72/156 Uncommon Honchkrow Darkness
 73 Sneasel 73/156 Common Sneasel Darkness
 74 Weavile 74/156 Rare Holo Weavile Darkness
 75 Stunky 75/156 Common Stunky Darkness
 76 Skuntank 76/156 Uncommon Skuntank Darkness
 77 Darkrai 77/156 Rare Holo Darkrai Prism Star Darkness
 78 Alolan 78/156 Common Alolan Diglett Metal
 79 Alolan 79/156 Uncommon Alolan Dugtrio Metal
 80 Magnemite 80/156 Common Magnemite Metal
 81 Magnemite 81/156 Common Magnemite Metal
 82 Magneton 82/156 Uncommon Magneton Metal
83 Magnezone 83/156 Rare Holo Magnezone Metal
 84 Shieldon 84/156 Uncommon Shieldon Metal
 85 Bastiodon 85/156 Rare Holo Bastiodon Metal
 86 Bronzor 86/156 Common Bronzor Metal
 87 Bronzong 87/156 Uncommon Bronzong Metal
 88 Heatran 88/156 Rare Holo Heatran Metal
 89 Solgaleo 89/156 Rare Holo Solgaleo Prism Star Metal
 90 Dusk 90/156 Ultra-Rare Rare Dusk Mane NecrozmaGX Metal
 91 Magearna 91/156 Rare Magearna Metal
 92 Morelull 92/156 Common Morelull Fairy
 93 Shiinotic 93/156 Rare Shiinotic Fairy
 94 Tapu 94/156 Rare Tapu Lele Fairy
95 Alolan Exeggutor 95/156 Rare Alolan Exeggutor Dragon
96 Gible 96/156 Common Gible Dragon
 97 Gible 97/156 Common Gible Dragon
 98 Gabite 98/156 Uncommon Gabite Dragon
 99 Garchomp 99/156 Rare Garchomp Dragon
 100 DialgaGX 100/156 Ultra-Rare Rare DialgaGX Dragon
 101 PalkiaGX 101/156 Ultra-Rare Rare PalkiaGX Dragon
 102 Lickitung 102/156 Common Lickitung Colorless
 103 Lickilicky 103/156 Rare Lickilicky Colorless
 104 Eevee 104/156 Common Eevee Colorless
 105 Eevee 105/156 Common Eevee Colorless
 106 Buneary 106/156 Common Buneary Colorless
 107 Lopunny 107/156 Uncommon Lopunny Colorless
 108 Glameow 108/156 Common Glameow Colorless
 109 Purugly 109/156 Uncommon Purugly Colorless
 110 Fan 110/156 Rare Fan Rotom Colorless
 111 Fa 111/156 Rare Shaymin Colorless
 112 Yungoos 112/156 Common Yungoos Colorless
 113 Gumshoos 113/156 Uncommon Gumshoos Colorless
 114 Oranguru 114/156 Uncommon Oranguru Colorless
 115 Type 115/156 Rare Type: Null Colorless
 116 SilvallyGX 116/156 Ultra-Rare Rare SilvallyGX Colorless
 117 Drampa 117/156 Rare Holo Drampa Colorless
 118 Ancient 118/156 Uncommon Ancient Crystal Item
 119 Cynthia 119/156 Uncommon Cynthia Supp.
 120 Cyrus 120/156 Rare Holo Cyrus Prism Star Supp.
 121 Electric 121/156 Uncommon Electric Memory Item
 122 Escape 122/156 Uncommon Escape Board Item
 123 Fire 123/156 Uncommon Fire Memory Item
 124 Gardenia 124/156 Uncommon Gardenia Supp.
 125 Lillie 125/156 Uncommon Lillie Supp.
 126 Looker 126/156 Uncommon Looker Supp.
 127 Looker 127/156 Uncommon Looker Whistle Item
128 Mars  128/156 Uncommon Mars Supp.
 129 Missing 129/156 Uncommon Missing Clover Item
 130 Mt. 130/156 Uncommon Mt. Coronet Stad.
 131 Order 131/156 Uncommon Order Pad Item
 132 Pal 132/156 Uncommon Pal Pad Item
 133 Pok  mon 133/156 Uncommon Pokémon Fan Club Supp.
 134 Unidentified 134/156 Uncommon Unidentified Fossil Item
135 Volkner  135/156 Uncommon Volkner Supp.
 136 Super 136/156 Rare Holo Super Boost Energy Prism Star Colorless E
 137 Unit 137/156 Uncommon Unit Energy GFW Colorless E
 138 Unit 138/156 Uncommon Unit Energy LPM Colorless E
 139 LeafeonGX 139/156 Rare Ultra LeafeonGX Grass
 140 PheromosaGX 140/156 Rare Ultra PheromosaGX Grass
 141 GlaceonGX 141/156 Rare Ultra GlaceonGX Water
 142 XurkitreeGX 142/156 Rare Ultra XurkitreeGX Lightning
 143 Dawn 143/156 Rare Ultra Dawn Wings NecrozmaGX Psychic
 144 CelesteelaGX 144/156 Rare Ultra CelesteelaGX Metal
 145 Dusk 145/156 Rare Ultra Dusk Mane NecrozmaGX Metal
 146 DialgaGX 146/156 Rare Ultra DialgaGX Dragon
 147 PalkiaGX 147/156 Rare Ultra PalkiaGX Dragon
 148 Cynthia 148/156 Rare Ultra Cynthia Supp.
 149 Gardenia 149/156 Rare Ultra Gardenia Supp.
 150 Lana 150/156 Rare Ultra Lana Supp.
 151 Lillie 151/156 Rare Ultra Lillie Supp.
 152 Looker 152/156 Rare Ultra Looker Supp.
 153 Lusamine 153/156 Rare Ultra Lusamine Supp.
 154 Mars 154/156 Rare Ultra Mars Supp.
 155 Pok  mon 155/156 Rare Ultra Pokémon Fan Club Supp.
 156 Volkner 156/156 Rare Ultra Volkner Supp.
 157 LeafeonGX 157/156 Rare Secret LeafeonGX Grass
 158 PheromosaGX 158/156 Rare Secret PheromosaGX Grass
 159 GlaceonGX 159/156 Rare Secret GlaceonGX Water
 160 XurkitreeGX 160/156 Rare Secret XurkitreeGX Lightning
 161 Dawn 161/156 Rare Secret Dawn Wings NecrozmaGX Psychic
 162 CelesteelaGX 162/156 Rare Secret CelesteelaGX Metal
 163 Dusk 163/156 Rare Secret Dusk Mane NecrozmaGX Metal
 164 DialgaGX 164/156 Rare Secret DialgaGX Dragon
 165 PalkiaGX 165/156 Rare Secret PalkiaGX Dragon
 166 Crushing 166/156 Rare Secret Crushing Hammer Item
 167 Escape 167/156 Rare Secret Escape Board Item
 168 Missing 168/156 Rare Secret Missing Clover Item
 169 Peeking 169/156 Rare Secret Peeking Red Card Item
 170 Unit 170/156 Rare Secret Unit Energy GFW Colorless E
 171 Unit 171/156 Rare Secret Unit Energy LPM Colorless E
 172 LunalaGX 172/156 Rare Secret LunalaGX Psychic
 173 SolgaleoGX 173/156 Rare Secret SolgaleoGX Metal

Pokemon Ultra Sun Set list (Japanese only) Japanese USUM Symbol
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No. Rarity Card name Card type
1/66 Rarity C Yanma Grass
/66 Rarity C Yanmega Grass
3/66 Rarity C Roselia Grass
4/66 Rarity U Roserade Grass
5/66 Rarity C Turtwig Grass
6/66 Rarity C Turtwig Grass
7/66 Rarity C Grotle Grass
8/66 Rarity R Torterra Grass
9/66 Rarity C Cherubi Grass
10/66 Rarity U Cherrim Grass
11/66 Rarity C Carnivine Grass
12/66 Rarity RR Leafeon GX Grass
13/66 Rarity U Mow Rotom Grass
14/66 Rarity R Shaymin Grass
15/66 Rarity C Magmar Fire
16/66 Rarity R Magmortar Fire
17/66 Rarity C Chimchar Fire
18/66 Rarity C Chimchar Fire
19/66 Rarity C Monferno Fire
20/66 Rarity R Infernape Fire
21/66 Rarity U Heat Rotom Fire
22/66 Rarity C Salandit Fire
23/66 Rarity U Salazzle Fire
24/66 Rarity C Turtonator Fire
25/66 Rarity C Murkow Dark
26/66 Rarity U Honchkrow Dark
27/66 Rarity C Sneasel Dark
28/66 Rarity R Weavile Dark
29/66 Rarity C Stunky Dark
30/66 Rarity C Skuntank Dark
31/66 Rarity PR Darkrai Prism Star Dark
32/66 Rarity C Alolan Diglett Steel
33/66 Rarity C Alolan Dugtrio Steel
34/66 Rarity C Magnemite Steel
35/66 Rarity C Magnemite Steel
36/66 Rarity C Magneton Steel
37/66 Rarity R Magnezone Steel
38/66 Rarity U Shieldon Steel
39/66 Rarity R Bastiodon Steel
40/66 Rarity C Bronzor Steel
41/66 Rarity U Bronzong Steel
42/66 Rarity R Heatran Steel
43/66 Rarity PR Solgaleo Prism Star Steel
44/66 Rarity RR Dusk Mane Necrozma Red GX Steel
45/66 Rarity RR Dialga GX Dragon
46/66 Rarity C Lickitung  Colorless
47/66 Rarity U Lickilicky  Colorless
48/66 Rarity C Eevee  Colorless
49/66 Rarity C Glameow  Colorless
50/66 Rarity C Purugly  Colorless
51/66 Rarity U Fan Rotom  Colorless
52/66 Rarity C Oranguru  Colorless
53/66 Rarity U Potion  Item
54/66 Rarity C Pal Pad  Item
55/66 Rarity C Unidentified Fossil  Item
56/66 Rarity U Nest Ball  Item
57/66 Rarity U Pokemon Catcher  Item
58/66 Rarity C Missing Clover  Item
59/66 Rarity PR Cyrus Prism Star  Supporter
60/66 Rarity U Gardenia  Supporter
61/66 Rarity U Pokemon Fan Club  Supporter
62/66 Rarity U Mars  Supporter
63/66 Rarity U Lillie  Supporter
64/66 Rarity U Mt. Coronet  Stadium
65/66 Rarity U Double Colorless Energy Colorless Energy
66/66 Rarity U Unit Energy GFW Colorless Energy
67/66 Rarity SR Leafeon GX Grass
68/66 Rarity SR Dusk Mane Necrozma Steel
69/66 Rarity SR Dialga GX Dragon
70/66 Rarity SR Gardenia Supporter
71/66 Rarity SR Pokemon Fan Club Supporter
72/66 Rarity SR Mars Supporter
73/66 Rarity HR LeafeonGX Grass
74/66 Rarity HR Dusk Mane NecrozmaRed GX Steel
75/66 Rarity HR DialgaGX Dragon
76/66 Rarity UR Peeking Red Card  Item
77/66 Rarity UR Missing Clover  Item
78/66 Rarity UR Unit Energy GFW  Colorless Energy


Pokemon Ultra Moon Set list (Japan only) Japanese USUM Symbol
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No. Rarity Card name Card type
1/66 Rarity C Alolan Sandshrew Water
2/66 Rarity U Alolan Sandslash Water
3/66 Rarity C Piplup Water
4/66 Rarity C Piplup Water
5/66 Rarity C Prinplup Water
6/66 Rarity R Empoleon Water
7/66 Rarity C Buizel Water
8/66 Rarity C Floatzel Water
9/66 Rarity C Snover Water
10/66 Rarity U Abomasnow Water
11/66 Rarity RR Glaceon GX Water
12/66 Rarity U Wash Rotom Water
13/66 Rarity U Frost Rotom Water
14/66 Rarity C Manaphy Water
15/66 Rarity C Electabuzz Electric
16/66 Rarity U Electivire Electric
17/66 Rarity C Shinx Electric
18/66 Rarity C Shinx Electric
19/66 Rarity C Luxio Electric
20/66 Rarity R Luxray Electric
21/66 Rarity C Pachirisu Electric
22/66 Rarity U Rotom Electric
23/66 Rarity C Drifloon Psychic
24/66 Rarity C Drifblim Psychic
25/66 Rarity C Spiritomb Psychic
26/66 Rarity C Skorupi Psychic
27/66 Rarity U Drapion Psychic
28/66 Rarity C Croagunk Psychic
29/66 Rarity U Toxicroak Psychic
30/66 Rarity PR Giratina Prism Star Psychic
31/66 Rarity R Cresselia Psychic
32/66 Rarity PR Lunala Prism Star Psychic
33/66 Rarity RR Dawn Wings Necrozma Red GX Psychic
34/66 Rarity U Cranidos Fighting
35/66 Rarity R Rampardos Fighting
36/66 Rarity C Riolu Fighting
37/66 Rarity R Lucario Fighting
38/66 Rarity C Hippopotas Fighting
39/66 Rarity U Hippowdon Fighting
40/66 Rarity C Passimian Fighting
41/66 Rarity C Gible Dragon
42/66 Rarity C Gible Dragon
43/66 Rarity C Gabite Dragon
44/66 Rarity R Garchomp Dragon
45/66 Rarity RR Palkia GX Dragon
46/66 Rarity C Eevee Colorless
47/66 Rarity C Buneary Colorless
48/66 Rarity C Lopunny Colorless
49/66 Rarity U Shaymin Colorless
50/66 Rarity C Yungoos Colorless
51/66 Rarity C Gumshoos Colorless
52/66 Rarity R Drampa Colorless
53/66 Rarity C Order Pad Item
54/66 Rarity U Crushing Hammer Item
55/66 Rarity C Unidentified Fossil Item
56/66 Rarity U Ultra Ball Item
57/66 Rarity U Looker whistle Item
58/66 Rarity U Rare Candy Item
59/66 Rarity U Rescue Stretcher Item
60/66 Rarity U Escape Board Item
61/66 Rarity R Cynthia Supporter
62/66 Rarity U Volkner Supporter
63/66 Rarity C Looker Supporter
64/66 Rarity U Sophocles Supporter
65/66 Rarity PR Super Boost Energy Prism Star Colorless  Energy
66/66 Rarity U Unit Energy LPM Colorless  Energy
67/66 Rarity SR Glaceon GX Water
68/66 Rarity SR Dawn Wings Necrozma Red GX Psychic
69/66 Rarity SR Palkia GX Dragon
70/66 Rarity SR Cynthia Supporter
71/66 Rarity SR Volkner  Supporter
72/66 Rarity SR Looker  Supporter
73/66 Rarity HR GlaceonGX Water
74/66 Rarity HR Dawn Wings NecrozmaRed GX Psychic
75/66 Rarity HR PalkiaGX Dragon
76/66 Rarity UR Crushing Hammer  Item
77/66 Rarity UR Escape Board  Item
78/66 Rarity UR Unit Energy LPM  Colorless Energy


Other Ultra Prism / Promo Cards

These cards are/were special Ultra Prism Promo cards that although don't form part of the main set, are pretty cool to have especially for collectors.
     
Water 32/156 Piplup
Holo Toys "R" Us Exclusive Promo Card
Water 34/156 Empoleon
Exclusive Holo from Imperial Command Theme Deck
Fighting 67/156 Lucario
Exclusive Non-Holo from the Mach Strike Theme Deck
     
Steel 83/156 Magnezone
Non Holo Exclusive to the Ultra Prism PreRelease Kit
Steel 88/156 Heatran
Non Holo Exclusive to the Ultra Prism PreRelease Kit
Dragon 99/156 Garchomp
Cracked Ice Holo Exclusive to Mach Strike Theme Deck

 

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Welcome to our complete list of Z-Moves for Pokemon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon. Z Crystal's can be used to upgrade moves to Z-Moves when used in conjunction with the Z-Ring. Z Moves are often considerably more powerful than standard moves and take up so much energy that they can only be used once per battle.

The Z Move will inherit attributes such as type, move classification (eg physical, special etc) and how powerful it is from the standard move it was based on. So lets give Thunderbolt as an example, the standard moves base power is 90, but when done as a Z-Move its at 175, nearly double! Because the move classes as Special so does it's Z move. It should be noted that in order to use any Z Move your Pokémon must be holding an appropriate Z Crystal.

So now that we understand how Z Moves power etc is decided lets check out the full set of available Z Moves in Pokemon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon.  These moves break down into the following categories: Universal-Adaptable Z Moves, Pokemon Specific Z Moves and Type Specific Z Moves.

 

Universal, Adaptable Z Moves

These moves will normally inherit characteristics from the base version of the move and would in the vast majority of cases line up with the Z Crystal's type. I believe these moves never miss (please correct if anyone has encountered otherwise), and can even break through defencive moves whilst still dealing 25% to 50% of their intended damage. These Z moves will normally preserve the traits of their original base move too for example if the base move had a chance to cause a status effect such as poison, paralysis or burn then the Z Move has an equal chance to do so too, although after an appropriate Z Move hits the right target there will probably be little left there to afflict!

Likewise moves which give positive stat increases to the user will continue to do so in their Z Format. Check out all the base attacks and what their Z Move adaptations look like, as well as how powerful they are and any other effects they cause.

Base Attack Z Move Attack Base Power (ZM) Status Effects & Notes
Absorb Bloom Doom 100  
Accelerock Continental Crush 100  
Acid Acid Downpour 100  
Acid Armor Acid Downpour N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Acid Spray Acid Downpour 100  
Acrobatics Supersonic Skystrike 100  
Acupressure Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users chance of getting critical hits
Aerial Ace Supersonic Skystrike 120  
Aeroblast Supersonic Skystrike 180  
After You Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users speed
Agility Shattered Psyche N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Air Cutter Supersonic Skystrike 120  
Air Slash Supersonic Skystrike 140  
Ally Switch Shattered Psyche N/A Significantly increases the users speed
Amnesia Shattered Psyche N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Anchor Shot Corkscrew Crash 160  
Ancient Power Continental Crush 120  
Aqua Jet Hydro Vortex 100  
Aqua Ring Hydro Vortex N/A Increases the users defence
Aqua Tail Hydro Vortex 175  
Arm Thrust All-Out Pummeling 100  
Aromatherapy Bloom Doom N/A Restores the user to full HP
Aromatic Mist Twinkle Tackle N/A Significantly increases the users Sp. Def
Assurance Black Hole Eclipse 120  
Astonish Never-Ending Nightmare 100  
Attack Order Savage Spin-Out 175  
Attract Breakneck Blitz N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Aura Sphere All-Out Pummeling 160  
Aurora Beam Subzero Slammer 120  
Aurora Veil Subzero Slammer N/A Increases the users speed
Autotomize Corkscrew Crash N/A All stat debuffs are cleansed from the user
Avalanche Subzero Slammer 120  
Baby-Doll Eyes Twinkle Tackle N/A Increases the users defence
Baneful Bunker Acid Downpour N/A Increases the users defence
Barrage Breakneck Blitz 160  
Barrier Shattered Psyche N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Baton Pass Breakneck Blitz N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Beak Blast Supersonic Skystrike 180  
Beat Up Black Hole Eclipse 100  
Belch Acid Downpower 190  
Belly Drum Breakneck Blitz N/A Restores the user to full HP then sacrifices 50% of HP to raise attack stat
Bestow Breakneck Blitz N/A Significantly increases the users speed
Bide Breakneck Blitz 100  
Bind Breakneck Blitz 100  
Bite Black Hole Eclipse 120  
Blast Burn Inferno Overdrive 200  
Blaze Kick Inferno Overdrive 160  
Blizzard Subzero Slammer 185  
Block Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users speed
Blue Flare Inferno Overdrive 195  
Body Slam Breakneck Blitz 160  
Bolt Strike Gigavolt Havoc 195  
Bone Club Tectonic Rage 120  
Bone Rush Tectonic Rage 140  
Bonemerang Tectonic Rage 100  
Boomburst Breakneck Blitz 200  
Bounce Supersonic Skystrike 160  
Brave Bird Supersonic Skystrike 190  
Brick Break All-Out Pummeling 140  
Brine Hydro Vortex 120  
Brutal Swing Black Hole Eclipsde 120  
Bubble Hydro Vortex 100  
Bubble Beam Hydro Vortex 120  
Bug Bite Savage Spin-Out 120  
Bug Buzz Savage Spin-Out 175  
Bulk Up All-Out Pummeling N/A Increases the users attack
Bulldoze Tectonic Rage 120  
Bullet Punch Corkscrew Crash 100  
Bullet Seed Bloom Doom 140  
Burn Up Inferno Overdrive 195  
Calm Mind Shattered Psyche N/A All stat debuffs are cleansed from the user
Captivate Twinkle Tackle N/A Significantly increases the users Sp. Def
Celebrate Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Attack, Sp. Atk, Defence, Sp. Def, Speed and Accuracy. Also increases critical strike chance.
Charge Gigavolt Havoc N/A Increases the users Sp. Def
Charge Beam Gigavolt Havoc 100  
Charm Twinkle Tackle N/A Increases the users defence
Chatter Supersonic Skystrike 120  
Chip Away Breakneck Blitz 140  
Circle Throw All-Out Pummeling 120  
Clamp Hydro Vortex 100  
Clanging Scales Devastating Drake 185  
Clear Smog Acid Downpour 100  
Close Combat All-Out Pummeling 190  
Coil Breakneck Blitz N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Comet Punch Breakneck Blitz 100  
Confide Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Sp. Def
Confuse Ray Never-Ending Nightmare N/A Increases the users Sp. Atk
Confusion Shattered Psyche 100  
Constrict Breakneck Blitz 100  
Conversion Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Attack, Sp. Atk, Defence, Sp. Def, Speed and Accuracy, Crit Chance and Evasion.
Conversion 2 Breakneck Blitz N/A Restores the user to full HP
Copycat Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users accuracy
Core Enforcer Devastating Drake 140  
Cosmic Power Shattered Psyche N/A Increases the users Sp. Def
Cotton Guard Bloom Doom N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Cotton Spore Bloom Doom N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Counter All-Out Pummeling 100  
Covet Breakneck Blitz 120  
Crabhammer Hydro Vortex 180  
Crafty Shield Twinkle Tackle N/A Increases the users Sp. Def
Cross Chop All-Out Pummeling 180  
Cross Poison Acid Downpour 140  
Crunch Black Hole Eclipse 160  
Crush Claw Breakneck Blitz 140  
Crush Grip Breakneck Blitz 190  
Curse Never-Ending Nightmare -- Ghost type user gets full HP restore. Non Ghost user gets increased attack stat.
Cut Breakneck Blitz 100  
Dark Pulse Black Hole Eclipse 160  
Dark Void Black Hole Eclipse N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Darkest Lariat Black Hole Eclipse 160  
Dazzling Gleam Twinkle Tackle 160  
Defend Order Savage Spin-Out N/A Increases the users Defence
Defense Curl Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Accuracy
Defog Supersonic Skystrike N/A Increases the users Accuracy
Destiny Bond Never-Ending Nightmare N/A Only the user can be targetted for the turn after this attack is used
Detect All-Oout Pummeling N/A Increases the users Evasion
Diamond Storm Continental Crush 180  
Dig Tectonic Rage 180  
Disable Breakneck Blitz N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Disarming Voice Twinkle Tackle 100  
Discharge Gigavolt Havoc 160  
Dive Hydro Vortex 160  
Dizzy Punch Breakneck Blitz 140  
Doom Desire Corkscrew Crash 200  
Double Hit Breakneck Blitz 140  
Double Kick All-Out Pummeling 100  
Double Slap Breakneck Blitz 100  
Double Team Breakneck Blitz N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Double-Edge Breakneck Blitz 190  
Draco Meteor Devestating Drake 195  
Dragon Ascent Supersonic Skystrike 190  
Dragon Breath Devestating Drake 120  
Dragon Claw Devestating Drake 160  
Dragon Dance Devastating Drake N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Dragon Hammer Devastating Drake 175  
Dragon Pulse Devestating Drake 160  
Dragon Rage Devastating Drake 100  
Dragon Rush Devestating Drake 180  
Dragon Tail Devestating Drake 120  
Drain Punch All-Out Pummeling 140  
Draining Kiss Twinkle Tackle 100  
Dream Eater Shattered Psyche 180  
Drill Peck Supersonic Skystrike 160  
Drill Run Tectonic Rage 160  
Dual Chop Devestating Drake 100  
Dynamic Punch All-Out Pummeling 180  
Earth Power Tectonic Rage 175  
Earthquake Tectonic Rage 180  
Echoed Voice Breakneck Blitz 100  
Eerie Impulse Gigavolt Havoc N/A Increases the users Sp. Def
Egg Bomb Breakneck Blitz 180  
Electric Terrain Gigavolt Havoc N/A Increases the users Speed
Electrify Gigavolt Havoc N/A Increases the users Sp. Atk
Electro Ball Gigavolt Havoc 160  
Electroweb Gigavolt Havoc 100  
Embargo Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Sp. Atk
Ember Inferno Overdrive 100  
Encore Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Speed
Endeavor Breakneck Blitz 160  
Endure Breakneck Blitz N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Energy Ball Bloom Doom 175  
Entrainment Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Sp. Def
Eruption Inferno Overdrive 200  
Explosion Breakneck Blitz 200  
Extrasensory Shattered Psyche 160  
Extreme Speed Breakneck Blitz 160  
Facade Breakneck Blitz 140  
Fairy Lock Twinkle Tackle N/A Increases the users Defence
Fairy Wind Twinkle Tackle 100  
Fake Out Breakneck Blitz 100  
Fake Tears Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Sp. Atk
False Swipe Breakneck Blitz 100  
Feather Dance Supersonic Skystrike N/A Increases the users Defence
Feint Breakneck Blitz 100  
Feint Attack Black Hole Eclipse 120  
Fell Stinger Savage Spin-Out 100  
Fiery Dance Inferno Overdrive 160  
Final Gambit All-Out Pummeling 180  
Fire Blast Inferno Overdrive 185  
Fire Fang Inferno Overdrive 120  
Fire Lash Inferno Overdrive 160  
Fire Pledge Inferno Overdrive 160  
Fire Punch Inferno Overdrive 140  
Fire Spin Inferno Overdrive 100  
First Impression Savage Spin-Out 175  
Fissure Tectonic Rage 180  
Flail Breakneck Blitz 160  
Flame Burst Inferno Overdrive 140  
Flame Charge Inferno Overdrive 100  
Flame Wheel Inferno Overdrive 120  
Flamethrower Inferno Overdrive 175  
Flare Blitz Inferno Overdrive 190  
Flash Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Evasion
Flash Cannon Corkscrew Crash 160  
Flatter Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Sp. Def
Fleur Cannon Twinkle Tackle 195  
Fling Black Hole Eclipse 100  
Floral Healing Bloom Doom N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Flower Shield Bloom Doom N/A Increases the users Defence
Fly Supersonic Skystrike 175  
Flying Press All-Out Pummeling 170  
Focus Blast All-Out Pummeling 190  
Focus Energy All-Out Pummeling N/A Increases the users Accuracy
Focus Punch All-Out Pummeling 200  
Follow Me Breakneck Blitz N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Force Palm All-Out Pummeling 120  
Foresight Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users critical hit chance
Forest's Curse Bloom Doom N/A Increases the users Attack, Sp. Atk, Defence, Sp. Def, Speed and Accuracy, Crit Chance and Evasion.
Foul Play Black Hole Eclipse 175  
Freeze Shock Subzero Slammer 200  
Freeze-Dry Subzero Slammer 140  
Frenzy Plant Bloom Doom 200  
Frost Breath Subzero Slammer 120  
Frustration Breakneck Blitz 160  
Fury Attack Breakneck Blitz 100  
Fury Cutter Savage Spin-Out 100  
Fury Swipes Breakneck Blitz 100  
Fusion Bolt Gigavolt Havoc 180  
Fusion Flare Inferno Overdrive 180  
Future Sight Shattered Psyche 190  
Gastro Acid Acid Downpour N/A Increases the users Speed
Gear Grind Corkscrew Crash 180  
Gear Up Corkscrew Crash N/A Increases the users Sp. Atk
Geomancy Twinkle Tackle N/A Increases the users Attack, Sp. Atk, Defence, Sp. Def, Speed and Accuracy, Crit Chance and Evasion.
Giga Drain Bloom Doom 140  
Giga Impact Breakneck Blitz 200  
Glaciate Subzero Slammer 120  
Glare Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Sp. Def
Grass Knot Bloom Doom 160  
Grass Pledge Bloom Doom 160  
Grass Whistle Bloom Doom N/A Increases the users Speed
Grassy Terrain Bloom Doom N/A Increases the users Defence
Gravity Shattered Psyche N/A Increases the users Sp. Atk
Growl Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Defence
Growth Bloom Doom N/A Increases the users Sp. Atk
Grudge Never-Ending Nightmare N/A Only the user can be attacked the turn after using this.
Guard Split Shattered Psyche N/A Increases the users Speed
Guard Swap Shattered Psyche N/A Increases the users Speed
Guillotine Breakneck Blitz 180  
Gunk Shot Acid Downpour 190  
Gust Supersonic Skystrike 100  
Gyro Ball Corkscrew Crash 160  
Hail Subzero Slammer N/A Increases the users Speed
Hammer Arm All-Out Pummeling 180  
Happy Hour Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Attack, Sp. Atk, Defence, Sp. Def, Speed and Accuracy, Crit Chance and Evasion.
Harden Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Defence
Haze Subzero Slammer N/A The users HP is fully restored
Head Charge Breakneck Blitz 190  
Head Smash Continental Crush 200  
Headbutt Breakneck Blitz 140  
Heal Bell Breakneck Blitz N/A The users HP is fully restored
Heal Block Shattered Psyche N/A Significantly increases the users Sp. Atk
Heal Order Savage Spin-Out N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Heal Pulse Shattered Psyche N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Healing Wish N/A
Heart Stamp Shattered Psyche 120  
Heart Swap Shattered Psyche N/A Increases the users Crit Chance
Heat Crash Inferno Overdrive 160  
Heat Wave Inferno Overdrive 175  
Heavy Slam Corkscrew Crash 160  
Helping Hand Breakneck Blitz N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Hex Never-Ending Nightmare 160  
Hidden Power Breakneck Blitz 120  
High Horsepower Tectonic Rage 175  
High Jump Kick All-Out Pummeling 195  
Hold Back Breakneck Blitz 100  
Hold Hands Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Attack, Sp. Atk, Defence, Sp. Def, Speed and Accuracy, Crit Chance and Evasion.
Hone Claws Black Hole Eclipse N/A Increases the users Attack
Horn Attack Breakneck Blitz 120  
Horn Drill Breakneck Blitz 180  
Horn Leech Bloom Doom 140  
Howl Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Attack
Hurricane Supersonic Skystrike 185  
Hydro Cannon Hydro Vortex 200  
Hydro Pump Hydro Vortex 185  
Hyper Beam Breakneck Blitz 200  
Hyper Fang Breakneck Blitz 160  
Hyper Voice Breakneck Blitz 175  
Hyperspace Fury Black Hole Eclipse 180  
Hyperspace Hole Shattered Psyche 160  
Hypnosis Shattered Psyche N/A Increases the users Speed
Ice Ball Subzero Slammer 100  
Ice Beam Subzero Slammer 175  
Ice Burn Subzero Slammer 200  
Ice Fang Subzero Slammer 120  
Ice Hammer Subzero Slammer 180  
Ice Punch Subzero Slammer 140  
Ice Shard Subzero Slammer 100  
Icicle Crash Subzero Slammer 160  
Icicle Spear Subzero Slammer 140  
Icy Wind Subzero Slammer 100  
Imprison Shattered Psyche N/A Significantly increases the users Sp. Def
Incinerate Inferno Overdrive 120  
Inferno Inferno Overdrive 180  
Infestation Savage Spin-out 100  
Ingrain Bloom Doom N/A Increases the users Sp. Def
Instruct Shattered Psyche N/A Increases the users Sp. Atk
Ion Deluge Gigavolt Havoc N/A Increases the users Sp. Atk
Iron Defense Corkscrew Crash N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Iron Head Corkscrew Crash 160  
Iron Tail Corkscrew Crash 180  
Judgement Breakneck Blitz 180  
Jump Kick All-Out Pummeling 180  
Karate Chop All-Out Pummeling 100  
Kinesis Shattered Psyche N/A Increases the users Evasion
King's Shield Corkscrew Crash N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Knock Off Black Hole Eclipse 120  
Land's Wrath Tectonic Rage 185  
Laser Focus Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Attack
Last Resort Breakneck Blitz 200  
Lava Plume Inferno Overdrive 160  
Leaf Blade Bloom Doom 175  
Leaf Storm Bloom Doom 195  
Leaf Tornado Bloom Doom 120  
Leafage Bloom Doom 100  
Leech Seed Bloom Doom N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Leer Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Attack
Lick Never-Ending Nightmare 100  
Light of Ruin Twinkle Tackle 200  
Light Screen Shattered Psyche N/A Increases the users Sp. Def
Liquidation Hydro Vortex 160  
Lock-On Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Speed
Lovely Kiss Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Speed
Low Kick All-Out Pummeling 160  
Low Sweep All-Out Pummeling 120  
Lucky Chant Shattered Psyche N/A Increases the users Evasion
Lunar Dance N/A
Lunge Savage Spin-Out 160  
Luster Purge Shattered Psyche 140  
Mach Punch All-Out Pummeling 100  
Magic Coat Shattered Psyche N/A Significantly increases the users Sp. Def
Magic Room Shattered Psyche N/A Increases the users Sp. Def
Magical Leaf Bloom Doom 120  
Magma Storm Inferno Overdrive 180  
Magnet Bomb Corkscrew Crash 120  
Magnet Rise Gigavolt Havoc N/A Increases the users Evasion
Magnetic Flux Gigavolt Havoc N/A Increases the users Sp. Def
Magnitude Tectonic Rage 140  
Mat Block All-Out Pummeling N/A Increases the users Defence
Me First Breakneck Blitz N/A Significantly increases the users Speed
Mean Look Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Sp. Def
Meditate Shattered Psyche N/A Increases the users Attack
Mega Drain Bloom Doom 120  
Mega Kick Breakneck Blitz 190  
Mega Punch Breakneck Blitz 160  
Megahorn Savage Spin-Out 190  
Memento Never-Ending Nightmare N/A The user sacrifices themself so that your next Pokemon comes out at full HP
Metal Burst Corkscrew Crash 100  
Metal Claw Corkscrew Crash 100  
Metal Sound Corkscrew Crash N/A Increases the users Sp. Atk
Meteor Mash Corkscrew Crash 175  
Metronome N/A
Milk Drink Breakneck Blitz N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Mimic Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users accuracy
Mind Blown Inferno Overdrive 200  
Minimize Breakneck Blitz N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Miracle Eye Shattered Psyche N/A Increases the users Sp. Atk
Mirror Coat Shattered Psyche 100  
Mirror Move Supersonic Skystrike N/A Significantly increases the users Attack
Mirror Shot Corkscrew Crash 120  
Mist Subzero Slammer N/A The users HP is fully restored
Mist Ball Shattered Psyche 140  
Misty Terrain Twinkle Tackle N/A Increases the users Sp. Def
Moonblast Twinkle Tackle 175  
Moongeist Beam Never-Ending Nightmare 180  
Moonlight Twinkle Tackle N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Morning Sun Inferno Overdrive N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Mud Bomb Tectonic Rage 120  
Mud Shot Tectonic Rage 100  
Mud Sport Tectonic Rage N/A Increases the users Sp. Def
Muddy Water Hydro Vortex 175  
Mud-Slap Tectonic Rage 100  
Multi-Attack Breakneck Blitz 185  
Mystical Fire Inferno Overdrive 140  
Nasty Plot Black Hole Eclipse N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Natural Gift Breakneck Blitz 160  
Nature Power N/A
Nature's Madness Twinkle Tackle 100  
Needle Arm Bloom Doom 120  
Night Daze Black Hole Eclipse 160  
Night Shade Neverending Nightmare 100  
Night Slash Black Hole Eclipse 140  
Nightmare Never-Ending Nightmare N/A Increases the users Sp. Atk
Noble Roar Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Defence
Nuzzle Gigavolt Havoc 100  
Oblivion Wing Supersonic Skystrike 160  
Octazooka Hydro Vortex 120  
Odor Sleuth Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Attack
Ominous Wind Never-Ending Nightmare 120  
Origin Pulse Hydro Vortex 185  
Outrage Devestating Drake 190  
Overheat Inferno Overdrive 195  
Pain Split Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Defence
Parabolic Charge Gigavolt Havoc 120  
Parting Shot Black Hole Eclipse N/A The Pokemon who replaces the user will have full HP
Pay Day Breakneck Blitz 100  
Payback Black Hole Eclipse 100  
Peck Supersonic Skystrike 100  
Perish Song Breakneck Blitz N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Petal Blizzard Bloom Doom 175  
Petal Dance Bloom Doom 190  
Phantom Force Never-Ending Nightmare 175  
Photon Geyser Shattered Psyche 180  
Pin Missile Savage Spin-Out 140  
Plasma Fists Gigavolt Havoc 180  
Play Nice Twinkle Tackle N/A Increases the users Defence
Play Rough Twinkle Tackle 175  
Pluck Supersonic Skystrike 120  
Poison Fang Acid Downpour 100  
Poison Gas Acid Downpour N/A Increases the users Defence
Poison Jab Acid Downpour 160  
Poison Powder Acid Downpour N/A Increases the users Defence
Poison Sting Acid Downpour 100  
Poison Tail Acid Downpour 100  
Pollen Puff Savage Spin-Out 175  
Pound Breakneck Blitz 100  
Powder Bloom Doom N/A Significantly increases the users Sp. Def
Powder Snow Subzero Slammer 100  
Power Gem Continental Crush 160  
Power Split Shattered Psyche N/A Increases the users Speed
Power Swap Shattered Psyche N/A Increases the users Speed
Power Trick Shattered Psyche N/A Increases the users Attack
Power Trip Black Hole Eclipse 160  
Power Whip Bloom Doom 190  
Power-Up Punch All-Out Punch 100  
Precipice Blades Tectonic Rage 190  
Present Breakneck Blitz 100  
Prismatic Laser Shattered Psyche 200  
Protect Breakneck Blitz N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Psybeam Shattered Psyche 120  
Psych Up Shattered Psyche N/A The users HP is fully restored
Psychic Shattered Psyche 175  
Psychic Fangs Shattered Psyche 160  
Psychic Terrain Shattered Psyche N/A Increases the users Sp. Atk
Psycho Boost Shattered Psyche 200  
Psycho Cut Shattered Psyche 140  
Psycho Shift Shattered Psyche N/A Significantly increases the users Sp. Atk
Psyshock Shattered Psyche 160  
Psystrike Shattered Psyche 180  
Psywave Shattered Psyche 100  
Punishment Black Hole Eclipse 160  
Purify Acid Downpour N/A Increases the users Attack, Sp. Atk, Defence, Sp. Def, Speed and Accuracy, Crit Chance and Evasion.
Pursuit Black Hole Eclipse 100  
Quash Black Hole Eclipse N/A Increases the users Speed
Quick Attack Breakneck Blitz 100  
Quick Guard All-Out Pummeling N/A Increases the users Defence
Quiver Dance Savage Spin-Out N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Rage Breakneck Blitz 100  
Rage Powder Savage Spin-Out N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Rain Dance Hydro Vortex N/A Increases the users Speed
Rapid Spin Breakneck Blitz 100  
Razor Leaf Bloom Doom 100  
Razor Shell Hydro Vortex 140  
Razor Wind Breakneck Blitz 160  
Recovery Breakneck Blitz N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Recycle Breakneck Blitz N/A Significantly increases the users Speed
Reflect Shattered Psyche N/A Increases the users Defence
Reflect Type Shattered Psyche N/A Increases the users Sp. Def
Refresh Breakneck Blitz N/A The users HP is fully restored
Relic Song Breakneck Blitz 140  
Rest Breakneck Blitz N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Retaliate Breakneck Blitz 140  
Return Breakneck Blitz 160  
Revelation Dance Breakneck Blitz 175  
Revenge All-Out Pummeling 120  
Reversal All-Out Pummeling 160  
Roar Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Defence
Roar of Time Devestating Drake 200  
Rock Blast Continental Crush 140  
Rock Climb Breakneck Blitz 175  
Rock Polish Continental Crush N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Rock Slide Continental Crush 140  
Rock Smash All-Out Pummeling 100  
Rock Throw Continental Crush 100  
Rock Tomb Continental Crush 120  
Rock Wrecker Continental Crush 200  
Role Play Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Speed
Rolling Kick All-Out Pummeling 120  
Rollout Continental Crush 100  
Roost Supersonic Skystrike N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Rototiller Tectonic Rage N/A Increases the users Attack
Round Breakneck Blitz 120  
Sacred Fire Inferno Overdrive 180  
Sacred Sword All-Out Pummeling 175  
Safeguard Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Speed
Sand Attack Tectonic Rage N/A Increases the users Evasion
Sand Tomb Tectonic Rage 100  
Sandstorm Tectonic Rage N/A Increases the users Speed
Scald Hydro Vortex 160  
Scary Face Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Speed
Scratch Breakneck Blitz 100  
Screech Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Attack
Searing Shot Inferno Overdrive 180  
Secret Power Breakneck Blitz 140  
Secret Sword All-Out Pummeling 160  
Seed Bomb Bloom Doom 160  
Seed Flare Bloom Doom 190  
Seismic Toss All-Out Pummel 100  
Self-Destruct Breakneck Blitz 200  
Shadow Ball Never-Ending Nightmare 160  
Shadow Claw Never-Ending Nightmare 140  
Shadow Force Never-Ending Nightmare 190  
Shadow Punch Never-Ending Nightmare 120  
Shadow Sneak Never-Ending Nightmare 100  
Sharpen Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Attack
Sheer Cold Subzero Slammer 180  
Shell Smash Breakneck Blitz N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Shell Trap Inferno Overdrive 200  
Shift Gear Corkscrew Crash N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Shock Wave Gigavolt Havoc 120  
Shore Up Tectonic Rage N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Signal Beam Savage Spin-Out 140  
Silver Wind Savage Spin-Out 120  
Simple Beam Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Sp. Atk
Sing Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Speed
Sketch Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Attack, Sp. Atk, Defence, Sp. Def, Speed and Accuracy, Crit Chance and Evasion.
Skill Swap Shattered Psyche N/A Increases the users Speed
Skull Bash Breakneck Blitz 195  
Sky Attack Supersonic Skystrike 200  
Sky Drop Supersonic Skystrike 120  
Sky Uppercut All-Out Pummeling 160  
Slack Off Breakneck Blitz N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Slam Breakneck Blitz 160  
Slash Breakneck Blitz 140  
Sleep Powder Bloom Doom N/A Increases the users Speed
Sleep Talk Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Crit chance
Sludge Acid Downpour 120  
Sludge Bomb Acid Downpour 175  
Sludge Wave Acid Downpour 175  
Smack Down Continental Crush 100  
Smart Strike Corkscrew Crash 140  
Smelling Salts Breakneck Blitz 140  
Smog Acid Downpour 100  
Smoke Screen Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Evasion
Snarl Black Hole Eclipse 100  
Snatch Black Hole Eclipse N/A Significantly increases the users Speed
Snore Breakneck Blitz N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Snore Breakneck Blitz 100  
Soak Hydro Vortex N/A Increases the users Sp. Atk
Softboiled Breakneck Blitz N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Solar Beam Bloom Doom 190  
Solar Blade Bloom Doom 190  
Sonic Boom Breakneck Blitz 100  
Spacial Rend Devestating Drake 180  
Spark Gigavolt Havoc 120  
Sparkling Aria Hydro Vortex 175  
Spectral Thief Never-Ending Nightmare 175  
Speed Swap Shattered Psyche N/A Increases the users Speed
Spider Web Savage Spin-Out N/A Increases the users Defence
Spike Cannon Breakneck Blitz 100  
Spikes Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Defence
Spiky Shield Bloom Doom N/A Increases the users Defence
Spirit Shackle Never-Ending Nightmare 160  
Spit Up Breakneck Blitz 100  
Spite Never-Ending Nightmare N/A The users HP is fully restored
Splash Breakneck Blitz N/A Very Significant increase to the users Attack
Spotlight Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Sp. Def
Steam Eruption Hydro Eruption 185  
Steamroller Savage Spin-Out 120  
Steel Wing Corkscrew Crash 140  
Sticky Web Savage Spin-Out N/A Increases the users Speed
Stockpile Breakneck Blitz N/A The users HP is fully restored
Stomp Breakneck Blitz 120  
Stomping Tantrum Tectonic Rage 140  
Stone Edge Continental Crush 180  
Stored Power Shattered Psyche 160  
Storm Throw All-Out Pummeling 120  
Strength Breakneck Blitz 160  
Strength Sap Bloom Doom N/A Increases the users Defence
String Shot Savage Spin-Out N/A Increases the users Speed
Struggle Breakneck Blitz 1  
Struggle Bug Savage Spin-Out 100  
Stun Spore Bloom Doom N/A Increases the users Sp. Def
Submission All-Out Pummeling 160  
Substitute Breakneck Blitz N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Sucker Punch Black Hole Eclipse 140  
Sunny Day Inferno Overdrive N/A Increases the users Speed
Sunsteel Strike Corkscrew Crash 180  
Super Fang Breakneck Blitz 100  
Superpower All-Out Pummeling 190  
Supersonic Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Speed
Surf Hydro Vortex 175  
Swagger Breakneck Blitz N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Swallow Breakneck Blitz N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Sweet Kiss Twinkle Tackle N/A Increases the users Sp. Atk
Sweet Scent Bloom Doom N/A Increases the users Accuracy
Swift Breakneck Blitz 120  
Switcheroo Breakneck Blitz N/A Significantly increases the users Speed
Swords Dance Breakneck Blitz N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Synchronoise Shattered Psyche 160  
Synthesis Bloom Doom N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Tackle Breakneck Blitz 100  
Tail Glow Savage Spin-Out N/A All stats debuffs are cleansed from the user
Tail Slap Breakneck Blitz 140  
Tail Whip Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Attack
Tailwind Supersonic Skystrike N/A Increases the users Crit Chance
Take Down Breakneck Blitz 175  
Taunt Black Hole Eclipse N/A Increases the users Attack
Tearful Look Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Defence
Techno Blast Breakneck Blitz 190  
Teeter Dance Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Sp. Atk
Telekinesis Shattered Psyche N/A Increases the users Sp. Atk
Teleport Shattered Psyche N/A The users HP is fully restored.
Thief Black Hole Eclipse 120  
Thousand Arrows Tectonic Rage 180  
Thousand Waves Tectonic Rage 175  
Thrash Breakneck Blitz 190  
Throat Chop Black Hole Eclipse 160  
Thunder Gigavolt Havoc 185  
Thunder Fang Gigavolt Havoc 120  
Thunder Punch Gigavolt Havoc 140  
Thunder Shock Gigavolt Havoc 100  
Thunder Wave Gigavolt Havoc N/A Increases the users Sp. Def
Thunderbolt Gigavolt Havoc 175  
Tickle Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Sp. Def
Topsy-Turvy Shattered Psyche N/A Increases the users Attack
Torment Black Hole Eclipse N/A Increases the users Defence
Toxic Acid Downpour N/A Increases the users Defence
Toxic Spikes Acid Downpour N/A Increases the users Defence
Toxic Thread Acid Downpour N/A Increases the users Speed
Transform Breakneck Blitz N/A The users HP is fully restored
Tri Attack Breakneck Blitz 160  
Trick Shattered Psyche N/A Significantly increases the users Speed
Trick Room Shattered Psyche N/A Increases the users Accuracy
Trick-or-Treat Never-Ending Nightmare N/A Increases the users Attack, Sp. Atk, Defence, Sp. Def, Speed and Accuracy, Crit Chance and Evasion.
Triple Kick All-Out Pummeling 120  
Trop Kick Bloom Doom 140  
Trump Card Breakneck Blitz 160  
Twineedle Savage Spin-Out 100  
Twister Devestating Drake 100  
Uproar Breakneck Blitz 175  
U-turn Savage Spin-Out 140  
Vacuum Wave All-Out Pummeling 100  
V-Create Inferno Overdrive 220  
Venom Drench Acid Downpour N/A Increases the users Defence
Venoshock Acid Downpour 120  
Vice Grip Breakneck Blitz 100  
Vine Whip Bloom Doom 100  
Vital Throw All-Out Pummeling 140  
Volt Switch Gigavolt Havoc 140  
Volt Tackle Gigavolt Havoc 190  
Wake-Up Slap All-Out Pummeling 140  
Water Gun Hydro Vortex 100  
Water Pledge Hydro Vortex 160  
Water Pulse Hydro Vortex 120  
Water Shuriken Hydro Vortex 100  
Water Sport Hydro Vortex N/A Increases the users Sp. Def
Water Spout Hydro Vortex 200  
Waterfall Hydro Vortex 160  
Weather Ball Breakneck Blitz 160  
Whirlpool Hydro Vortex 100  
Whirlwind Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Sp. Def
Wide Guard Continental Crush N/A Increases the users Defence
Wild Charge Gigavolt Havoc 175  
Will-O-Wisp Inferno Overdrive N/A Increases the users Attack
Wing Attack Supersonic Skystrike 100  
Wish Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Sp. Def
Withdraw Hydro Vortex N/A Increases the users Defence
Wonder Room Shattered Psyche N/A Increases the users Sp. Def
Wood Hammer Bloom Doom 190  
Work Up Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Attack
Worry Seed Bloom Doom N/A Increases the users Speed
Wrap Breakneck Blitz 100  
Wring Out Breakneck Blitz 190  
X-Scissor Savage Spin-Out 160  
Yawn Breakneck Blitz N/A Increases the users Speed
Zap Cannon Gigavolt Havoc 190  
Zen Headbutt Shattered Psyche 160  
Zing Zap Gigavolt Havoc 160  

 

Type Specific Z Moves

These Z Moves are type specific, fairly self explanatory in most respects with Darknium Z Crystal's being for Dark type Pokemon only, Waterium Z Crystal's being used for Water Pokemon only and so on. Each move has it's own Z Crystal and resultant special attack, check out the list below to see what moves each types get when they use a compatible Z Crystal.

Type Compatible Z Crystal Resultant Z Move
Poison Poisonium Z Acid Downpour
Fighting Fightnium Z All-Out Pummeling
Dark Darknium Z Black Hole Eclipse
Grass Grassium Z Bloom Doom
Normal Normalium Z Breakneck Blitz
Rock Rockium Z Continental Crush
Steel Steelium Z Corkscrew Crash
Dragon Dragonium Z Devastating Drake
Electric Electrium Z Gigavolt Havoc
Water Waterium Z Hydro Vortex
Fire Firium Z Inferno Overdrive
Ghost Ghostium Z Never-Ending Nightmare
Bug Bugnium Z Savage Spin-Out
Psychic Psychium Z Shattered Psyche
Ice Icium Z Subzero Slammer
Flying Flyinium Z Supersonic Skystrike
Ground Grounium Z Tectonic Rage
Fairy Fairium Z Twinkle Tackle

 

Pokemon Specific Z Moves

Again pretty self explanatory but there are also specialist Z Crystals for specific types of Pokemon. The names usually give away which Pokemon they are for like Pikanium Z being for Pikaschu, Mimikium Z for Mimikyu and so on. Each Z Crystal gives a specific Pokemon a specific move, and will become usable once said Pokemon learns a certain movev (detailed in the list below). They will hit with a minimum of 175 and with the potential to hit 200 in some cases.

Pokemon Type Compatible Crystal Moved required Z Move Status Effects & Notes
All of the Tapu's Fairy Tapunium Z Natures Madness Guardian of Alola Deals damage equal to 75% of the target's HP.
Decidueye Ghost Decidium Z Spirit Shackle Sinister Arrow Raid  
Eevee Normal Eevium Z Last Resort Extreme Evoboost Provides a significant increase to all the users stats
Incineroar Fire Incinium Z Darkest Lariat Malicious Moonsault  
Lunala Ghost Lunarium Z Moongeist Beam Menacing Moonraze Maelstrom Ignores target Ability.
Kommo-o Dragon Kommonium Z Clanging Scales Clangorous Soulblaze Provides a significant increase to all the users stats
Lyanroc Rock Lycanium Z Stone Edge Splinted Stormshards Negates all field effects (terrain, hazards, etc.).
Marshadow Ghost Marshadium Z Spectral tdief Soul-Stealing 7-Star Strike  
Mew Psychic Mewnium Z Psychic Genesis Supernova Triggers Psychic Terrain.
Mimikyu Fairy Mimikium Z Play Rough Let's Snuggle Forever  
Pikachu (Cap) Electric Pikashunium Z Thunderbolt 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt Much higher crit rate than standard Thunderbolt
Pikachu (Standard) Electric Pikanium Z Volt Tackle Catastropika  
Primarina Water Primarium Z Sparkling Aria Oceanic Operetta  
Raichu Electric Aloraichium Z Thunderbolt Stoked SparkSurfer Leaves the foe paralysed.
Snorlax Normal Snorlium Z Giga Impact Pulverizing Pancake  
Solagleo Steel Solganium Z Sunsteel Strike Searing Sunraze Smash Ignores target Ability.
Ultra Necrozma Psychic Ultranecronium Z Photon Geyser Light that Burns the Sky Ignores target Ability.

 

POKEMON COLOSSEUM BOSS GUIDE
By AC Fanatic	

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1.      Introduction to the Guide
2.      In Depth Strategy on Bosses
3.      Which Bosses Have which Shadow Pokemon
4.      Techniques on Capturing Shadow Pokemon
5.      Legal Stuff, Credits, Acknowledgements…


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Introduction to the Guide

        Hi I'm AC Fanatic this is my first GameFAQ so I don't 
expect it to ever get accepted, but I'm going to try at least.
 
        I have written this guide mainly for the younger kiddies 
that need help with knowing what to do when you have to face and
defeat a boss not how to capture their shadow pokemon, mainly to 
keep them from asking stupid questions on the Message Boards like 
Me.

        This GameFAQ should provide the reader with enough 
informationto be able to kick their way through the somewhat 
challenging Bosses, and help them restore Peace and Tranquility 
to the Region of Orre.


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In Depth Strategy on Bosses



Boss #1:  Miror B.

Pokemon:      *Sudowoodo*         Lv. 35
	      Ludicolo            Lv. 29
	      Ludicolo            Lv. 30
	      Ludicolo            Lv. 28
	      Ludicolo            Lv. 31 


Strategy:  As the first boss Miror B. has a well put together team,
except for the major flaw of having four of the same Pokemon!
Ludicolo is an Water-Grass type Pokemon, but neither Fire or 
Electric type attacks will do much damage to them. So I would 
recommend that you should use the Flying attack Fly which will 
be a super effective hit against Miror B.'s Ludicolo's. Also at 
the beginning of the battle you Should use the an attack that 
will put the Ludicolo's th sleep such as Sleep Powder or 
Hypnosis on his Ludicolo's to stop the possible threat 
of the Ludicolo's using Rain Dance which will restore HP to the 
Ludicolo's due to their ability Rain Dish which restores some 
HP to the Pokemon every turn. To take care of Sudowoodo 
take him out with Fighting, Water, Ground, or Grass type attacks.

***

Boss #2:  Dakim       

Pokemon:          *Entei*        Lv. 40
                  Metang         Lv. 37
                  Marshtomp      Lv. 36   
                  Golem          Lv. 38
                  Camerupt       Lv. 38


Strategy:  Dakim has a bright idea that he can use protect 
on one of his Pokemon then use Earthquake with his other 
Pokemon, which isn't a bad idea at all, also Dakim will 
always start out with Metang and Golem/Camerupt. Firstly 
I highly recommend the use of a Water Pokemon since the 
majority of his Pokemon are weak against Water attacks, 
and you may want to use a flying type again since Earthquake 
can't hit flying type Pokemon.  On the very first turn you 
may want to use only status affecting attacks so you can
find out who is using Protect and Earthquake. On the second 
turn whoever used Protect last turn will use Earthquake this 
turn and visa versa for the other Pokemon, so attack with
both of your Pokemon the one that used protect last turn 
and do the same thing till all of his Pokemon are defeated.

***

Boss #3:  Venus

Pokemon:           *Suicune*     Lv. 40   
                   Delcatty      Lv. 45 
                   Vileplume     Lv. 44
                   Banette       Lv. 45
                   Steelix       Lv. 45


Strategy:  Venus is one of the harder trainers to 
defeat due to her Steelix. Venus has a wide variety 
of Pokemon so there is no real strategy to defeating
her easily. Three types of Pokemon that I would 
recommend would be Psychic, Fire, and Electric. You 
would want a Pschic type Pokemon to KO Vileplume 
easily.Then try to damage Delcatty badly before 
Delcatty can use attract which will make one of 
your Pokemon unable to use its moves most of the
time against both of Venus's Pokemon.  The Fire type
Pokemon would be used for Steelix so you may 
quickly knock it out of the ring.  And the Electric
type would be for Suicune mainly but possibly for 
Banette also, use any type of electric attack for
Suicune, and in a few turns Suicune should be 
down on the ground.

***

Boss #4:  Ein

Pokemon:           *Raikou*      Lv. 40
                   Lanturn       Lv. 47
                   Altaria       Lv. 46
                   Huntail       Lv. 47
                   Golbat        Lv. 48


Strategy:  Ein mainly uses Water and Electric 
type Pokemon, so it's not very hard picking 
the types of Pokemon that you need, except for
the fact that the types you need are fairly 
rare in Orre.  You obviously need Electric and
Ground type Pokemon, but the only 2 Electric 
type you have come across so far are Flaaffy 
(Hopefully it is now an Ampharos) and Pluse 
which is for the most part extremely useless,
and as for the Ground type the only one is 
Piloswine and you may have missed catching it
so forget the ground type unless you want to
start purifying it until it learns dig which 
is really only useful against Raikou.  There 
isn't really much I can do to help you here 
except provide you with tips and battle 
information, so you just need to go with 
your instincts and hope for the best.

***

Boss #5:  Miror B. REMATCH

Pokemon:           *Sudowoodo*        Lv. 35 
                   Armaldo            Lv. 43
                   Ludicolo           Lv. 44
                   Ludicolo           Lv. 45 
                   Golduck            Lv. 45
                   Loudred            Lv. 46


Strategy:  Miror B. has decided since your last
battle with him ended in your favor to add a 
few new friends to his/her team, which include 
Golduck, Loudred, and Armaldo.  Loudred is most
likely going to be the biggest threat to you 
because of his attack Shadow Ball, you may want
to target your attacks on him. As for Golduck 
and Armaldo take them out with Electric and Fire
type attacks. Use the same strategy as before 
for the rest of his Pokemon. You should then 
have a quick and easy win.

***

Boss #6:   Dakim REMATCH

Pokemon:          *Entei*            Lv. 40
                  Houndoom           Lv. 47
                  Flygon             Lv. 46
                  Forretress         Lv. 45
                  Whiscash           Lv. 46
                  Claydol            Lv. 46


Strategy:  Dakim was the hardest for me to defeat
out of the 4 in a row boss rematches, because 
all of his Pokemon are different except for 
Entei.  About half of Dakims Pokemon are of the 
Ground type so I recommend the use of water Pokemon 
and Pokemon of the Flying type also, because he still
uses the Earth Quake/Protect technique again. Also be
on alert he also uses the Sunny Day Solarbeam technique,
so you may want to have one of your water Pokemon know 
Rain Dance so you can stop the threat of 5 Solarbeams 
in a row.
   
***

Boss #7:   Venus REMATCH

Pokemon:         *Suicune*           Lv. 40
                 Milotic             Lv. 48
                 Bellossom           Lv. 47
                 Raichu              Lv. 48
                 Wigglytuff          Lv. 48
                 Misdreavus          Lv. 47


Strategy:  Venus has a whole new team like Dakim accept for
Suicune, so she is also a bit hard.  She has only 
Pokemon of only one type so that makes it even more 
dificult. I would strongly advise the use of Electric,
Psychic, and Fire(after the water Pokemon are taken out)
Pokemon to get the job done. Milotic is probably the Hardest to
take down because of its Ice attacks that can be very 
threatening.   

***

Boss #8:   Ein REMATCH

Pokemon:         *Raikou*            Lv. 40
                 Manectric           Lv. 50
                 Starmie             Lv. 49
                 Rhydon              Lv. 50
                 Pelipper            Lv. 49
                 Crobat              Lv. 48


Strategy:  Finally the last out of the Realgam Tower
Rematches Ein.  Ein right from the start will try to 
poison both of your Pokemon so you may want to use attacks
that make you impossible to hit for the first turn such as
Fly, Dig, and Dive, but just in case you may want to carry some 
Full Heals or Lum and Pecha Berries.  First of all you may want 
to use many Electric type atacks because three of his pokemon 
are weak against Electric type attacks they are, Starmie, Pelipper,
and Crobat. And as for Raikou and Manectric use a solid hitting 
Ground attack and you should knock'em out fast. For Rydon just get 
him with a water attack and you should have a fun and successful
battle.

***

Boss #9:   Gonzap

Pokemon:         *Skarmory*          Lv. 47
                 Crawdaunt           Lv. 52
                 Pinsir              Lv. 52
                 Hariyama            Lv. 53
                 Shiftry             Lv. 53


Strategy:  Gonzap is now your new Arch Enemy, he weilds the 
power of 1 Hit Wonder(Pokemon Stadium Pun:) Attacks, so you will
want to afflict his Pokemon immediately with Staus afflicting
attacks, such as Hypnosis, Poison Powder, and Thunder Wave to
lessen the chance of being hit with one of Ein's devastating 
attacks such as Crabhammer and Earthquake. After that you should 
hit his team with mainly Fire type attacks to steal the win, but
its not the last time you will meet up with Gonzap...

*** 

Boss #10:   Nascour

Pokemon:         *Metagross*         Lv. 50
                 Gardevoir           Lv. 55         
                 Xatu                Lv. 54
                 Dusclops            Lv. 55
                 Walrein             Lv. 56
                 Blaziken            Lv. 54


Strategy:  Let me be the first to congratulate you on making it
this far, but also let me be the first to tell you that the next
battle isnt a walk in the park. The majority of Nascours Pokemon
are weak to dark type attacks so make sure you have some Pokemon
with dark type attacks, you may also want to hit his Metagross
with ground type attacks to take it out easily. For the rest 
of his Pokemon, just hit Walrein with acouple of fighting type 
attacks, then just hit Blaziken with a couple of water type
attacks and the victory should be yours. Congratulations you
have beaten Realgam tower, but wait who could that be?

***

Boss #11:   Evice

Pokemon:         *Tyranitar*         Lv. 55
                 Salamence           Lv. 60
                 Machamp             Lv. 61
                 Scizor              Lv. 60
                 Slaking             Lv. 60
                 Slowking            Lv. 61


Strategy: Yes, The person who has been behind the evil plot
to take over the world is the Ever Evil Evice(aka The Mayor).
Evice has a wide variety of Pokemon so it will not be an
easy task to defeat Evice. To defeat Tyranitar take him down
with a few water type attacks, but to make the battle easier
just throw the Master Ball that you got earlier in the game.
For the rest of his Pokemon, take down Salamence with ice
attacks, Machamp will go down easily with one good Psychic
attack, Scizor will go down with a fire type attack, Slacking
will go down with some fighting type attacks, and finally hit
Slowking with a nice Electric type attack and if you can pull
this off, CONGRATULATIONS THE REALGAM TOWER ADVENTURE IS OVER!
But, the Boss Battles still rage on...

***

Boss #12:   Gonzap REMATCH

Pokemon:         *Skarmory*         Lv. 47
                 Crawdaunt          Lv. 64
                 Armaldo            Lv. 64
                 Machamp            Lv. 64
                 Breloom            Lv. 64
                 Granbull           Lv. 64


Strategy: Your Arch Enemy is back for a second beating. This
he has almost all new Pokemon and all of them are fairly high
leveled. Gonzaps Pokemon almost imeadiately use Hyper Beam as
soon as they can so be prepared for a few harsh blows, but
his Pokemon must then rest for a turn to regain some lost 
energy, so now is your turn to hit them with some powerful
attacks. To defeat crawdaunt hit him with a Thunder or
Thunderbolt attack to deal some serious damage, As for
Armaldo take him out with surf, Machamp is another easy
KO take Machamp down with a couple of Psychic attacks,
take Breloom down with a fire attack, the last and certainly
least Granbull will go down with a good fighting attack such
as Brick Break.

***

Boss #13:   Angol

Pokemon:         *Shuckle*          Lv. 45
                 Girafarig          Lv. 68
                 Sableye            Lv. 69
                 Skarmory           Lv. 66
                 Shedinja           Lv. 68
                 Kingdra            Lv. 70


Strategy: Who the heck are you? Yeah Angol is a little
strange looking if you ask me. But now to get on to the strategy.
Angol is probably has the strongest team in the game other than
yourself but he isn't all that hard to defeat. The only real
hard thing to defeat is Shedinja, because of its ability wonder
guard it can only be hit by super effective hits, so the only
type of attacks that can touch are Flying, Fire, Ghost, Dark,
and Dark, so make sure you bring at least one Pokemon with
one of those type of attacks and take down the rest with your
own skills by just pelting them with strong attacks, but make
sure your Pokemon are about the same levels as Angol's or you may
have some trouble defeating him.

***

Boss #14:   Shady Guy

Pokemon:         *Togetic*          Lv. 20
                 Armaldo            Lv. 68
                 Milotic            Lv. 68
                 Manectric          Lv. 68
                 Houndoom           Lv. 68
                 Gyrados            Lv. 68


Strategy: Good Job you have made to final battle, Vs. Yourself?
Yes Shady Guy has taken the form of YOU! He has quite the easy
team to defeat as long as your Pokemon are Lv. 65 and above,
if they arent then go do some training. Togetic can be taken
down with almost any attack, Alrmaldo can be taken down with a
high leveled Surf attack, Milotic should be taken down with some
electric attacks the same goes for Gyarados, take down Magnetric
with a good rock type attack, as for Houndoom get rid of him with
a good Water type attack and take the Victory for the last time!

Good Job! 

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Which Bosses Have Which Shadow Pokemon



Miror B. has Sudowoodo

Dakim has Entei

Venus has Suicune

Ein has Raikou

Gonzap has Skarmory

Nascour has Metagross

Evice has Tyranitar

Angol has Shuckle

Shady Guy has Togetic 


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Techniques on Capturing Shadow Pokemon



There are three major steps in Snaging Pokemon they are as 
follows:

1 weaken the Pokemon-  When a Pokemon HP meter begins to get in 
the yellow you may want to read step 2.

2 Inflict the Pokemon with a Status Condition-  Use attacks such 
as Hypnosis, Poison Powder, and Thunder Wave.

3 Throw a Snag Ball-  When you think you can catch the Pokemon, 
use the Poke, Great, Ultra, Premier, Net, Nest, Timer, or the 
almighty never failing Master Ball.


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Legal Stuff, Credits, Acknowledgements…



This was written by me, you can take it, steal it, print it, 
put it on your web site as long as you ask me first and get 
a positive response by emailing me at tgreene15@yahoo.com


Nintendo and Gamefreak make Pokemon and own all rights to Pokemon.


And Lets give a round of applause to:
Mega Mage3003- for the help
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ghostfox1- for the correction
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Shadowangemon- for the idea
Jiggy37- for correcting my wording of a particular sentence
GameFAQs- For hosting everyones GameFaq
Nintendo/Nintendo Power- for reference usage
And me, AC Fanatic, for Providing this simple, but yet informational 
GameFAQ

 

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There are several different types of Pokemon Cards; Pokemon Cards themselves featuring a specie of Pokemon, Trainer Cards feature characters, items and misc from the Pokemon Animated series and energy cards which although not as collectible as their trainer/Pokemon face card peers are vital to actually playing the game.

Whilst the TCG can be extremely competitive and addictive to it's playerbase old and new some people simply buy the cards to collect them, and may never have competed in a tabletop battle against another person. Nearly two decades after the TCG's original release an online version of the game aptly titled; The Pokemon TCG Online, a version of the Pokemon TCG that can be played digitally was released on March 24th, 2011 which follows the same rules and principles as it's tabletop counterpart.
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Pokemon Gold - ポケットモンスター 金
Pokemon Black Version 2 BoxPokemon Silver - ポケットモンスター 銀
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General information
 Platform Game Boy Color
 Developed by Game Freak
 Published by Nintendo
 Players
1-2
 Generation Generation II
 New Pokemon 100
 Release dates
  Australia  October 13th, 2000
  Europe  April 6th, 2001
  Japan  November 21st, 1999
  United States  October 13th, 2000

Quick menu: Story - Pokemon - Region - Team Rocket - Gym Leaders - Elite Four - Connectivity - Videos - Trivia - Sales Figures - Review Scores - Media & Artwork

Pokemon Gold Title ScreenPokemon Gold & Silver were released at the start of this century as the main two titles for Generation II. The over expected and hyped continuation to the hit by GameFreak, Creatures and Nintendo, Pokemon Gold and Silver not only reached the expectations of their audience but surpassed them by miles and miles.  The success of the games would lead to remastered versions being released on the Nintendo DS years later in the form of Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver.

Gold and Silver, or Pokemon GS as it was codenamed by Nintendo, brought many innovations to the series that are now basic foundations to the games, starting by the addition of day and night cycles turning Pokemon into a Personal Life Game with RPG elements dragged from the first part. On top of that, GS brought a lot of new places to visit in the form of the Johto Region, 100 extra Pokemon, a plethora of new moves and the addition of the Dark and Steel Types which balanced the somewhat overpowered Psychic type.

GS also brings in the breeding system, Pokemon genders, Shiny Pokemon and a new set of game rules that make the game more enjoyable than ever before, it also has the Pokegear a staple of the game that still stands strong today. For people who breed Pokemon aside from the chance to make Pokemon eggs from compatible Pokemon couples there are also altered states that help you determine the race and attacks of the Pokemon you are breeding, and the pokerus to raise the individual values of your Pokemon faster.

Aside from entering Johto there was also the chance to revisit Kanto after completing the first part of the game and confronting the Elite Four! Alongside all the gym leaders from the first generations, alongside some changes and a storyline to remember.

Plot / StoryEthan from Pokemon Gold and Silver

We meet a new protagonist, Gold, who is the player character, starting at New Bark town, alongside a new professor called Elm who provides you with a Pokemon, however after visiting the first city there is a dark character who steals a Pokemon! We meet our antagonist, Silver.

Gold now is on the lookout for Silver and on his own journey to gather all the Pokemon badges in order to become a renound trainer and take on the Elite Four Challenge.

After beating the Indigo Plateau champion, who is no other than Lance, former Elite Four member, Gold is summoned by professor Elm who tells him about the Kanto Region, and then he embarks into adventure to gather all the badges on that region meeting some familiar faces.

After the last game protagonist Red finished the league defeating Green and becoming the champion, he turned into a recluse, becoming the leader of the abandoned Gym on Viridian which was previously claimed by Giovanni.

After defeating the elite four with the 16 badges on, Gold has to face the ultimate challenge, going to the Silver Cave, to face no other than the former Champion Red.
This is not all! The Team Rocket members are throughout Johto, and they are still up to no good, working hard to bring Team Rocket back to former glory's. Gold is on the lookout as he tries to gather all the badges to save the Pokémon from the criminal activities of Team Rocket!

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Enter a whole new world, with new Pokémon to capture, train and battle! Meet Professor Elm and get the all-new Poké Gear, including map, radio, cell phone and clock. Set the clock then watch as day turns to night and events take place in real time— and be sure to keep an eye out for Pokémon that come out only at night!

Can I catch them all?

This is the most interesting feature of GS, since we have 100 new Pokemon and 151 from the last version we have a lot of Pokemon which are hard to obtain or require you to trade with other versions of the game to complete your collection.

Pokemon Non obtainable on GS:
Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venasaur, Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard, Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise, Kabuto, Kabutops, Omanyte, Omastar, Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Mewtwo, Mew. And of course we have exclusive pokemon to each version, as follows:

Exclusive to Gold:
056 Mankey057 PrimeApe058 Growlithe059 Arcanine167 Spinarak168 Ariados207 Gligar216 Teddiursa217 Ursaring226 Mantine

Mankey, Primeape, Growlithe, Arcanine, Spinarak, Ariados, Gligar, Teddiursa, Ursaring, Mantine.

Exclusive to Silver:
037 Vulpix038 Ninetales052 Meowth053 Persian165 Ledyba166 Ledian225 Delibird227 Skarmory231 Phanpy232 Donphan

Vulpex, Ninetales, Meowth, Persian, Ledyba, Ledian, Delibird, Skarmory, Phanpy, Donphan.

And finally we have Celebi who could be obtained in either Gold or Silver version if you participated in certain official events. There was no way to get Celebi other than via these events.

Starter Pokemon
The Johto region starter Pokémon are:-
  • Cyndaquil - the fire type successor to Charmander. It's evolution chain goes Cyndaquil > Quilava and then to it's final form Typhlosion.
  • Totodile - the Water type successor to Squirtle. It's evolution chain goes Totodile > Croconaw and then into the fearsome Feraligatr.
  • Chikorita, the Grass type successor to Bulbasaur. It's evolution chain goes Chikorita > Bayleef and then finally into Meganium.
Cyndaquill
#155 Cyndaquil
Chikorita
 #152 Chikorita
Totodile
#158 Totodile

Region / Setting

Enter Johto, the true manifestation of a Japanese prefecture; we have places like CherryGrove City, your typical place by the ocean, Ecruteak City, which is a typical Japanese town with old style towers.

Johto is a great place to visit with many sightseeing places and even a bullet train back to Kanto, in no other place than GoldenRod City, house to a radio tower and the radio shows that are constantly broadcasted. We have places like Olivine City which are seaside, Olivine even has a Lighthouse!
An artwork of the Johto region
A map of the entire Johto region. This map is actually from the Official Artwork for Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver but it gives you a good idea of Johto's general layout. Check out each of the towns and cities of the Johto region below:

New Bark Town, “Winds of a new beginning”:

The small town of new winds, just a place to heal your Pokemon and nothing too big… except the start of your adventure in Johto that is.
Newbarktown GSC

Cherrygrove City “The City of Fragment Flowers”:
We have the first town where we have a Pokemon Center and a Pokemart, not many things but a good spot for trainers who will catch their first Pokemon.
Cherrygrove City GS

Violet City “The City of Nostalgic Scents”:
Falkner, the bird trainer heads up this towns Gym.  It is a place of old a traditional Japanese town with the Sprout Tower, and the Violet Gym.
Violet City GS

Azalea Town “Living Happy with Pokemon”:
A small town which houses a lot of slowpokes around, a really interesting place which houses the mighty Kurt, maker of Pokéballs. Bring an Apricorn, get a ball. It has the Azalea Gym, house of Bugsy who uses Bug type Pokemon. You may notice a suspicious figure on the east side of the map too.. "Prepare for trouble...."
AzaleaTown GS

Goldenrod City “A Happening Big City”:
Goldenrod is the big city of Johto, it holds in too many things, Whitney, who uses normal type Pokemon right on the Goldenrod Gym, alongside with The Bike Shop, The Goldenrod Department Store, the Game Corner, The Radio Tower, the Name Rater, an underground Tunnel, the flower shop, a free Eevee at Bills’ place and the Magnet Train Station. There are so many things here you will be coming back to Goldenrod a lot.
GoldenRodCity GS

Ecruteak City “A Historical City”:
There are many things on this town, Including the Ecruteak Gym which houses Morty, gym leader and trainer of Ghost Type Pokemon. We have the Dance Theater, the barrier station to the bell tower, and the Burnt Tower. There are a lot of legends surrounding this city, alongside the mythical bird Pokemon.
EcutreakCity GS

Olivine City “The Port with Sea Breezes”:
Enter Olivine, the lighthouse city and the one that has the Olivine Gym, house to the mythical Steel-type leader Jasmine. It is also the way to go to Kanto through the S.S. Aqua. It also houses the Olivine Café.
OlivineCity GS

Cianwood City “A port of Crashing Waves”:
Constantly pounded by waves, this coastal city houses the Cianwood Gym, house of the Hot Headed Chuck.  Here we have the Photo Studio with lets you print pictures of your Pokemon with its stats. It also has a Pharmacy where you can get bitter medicine that will help your Pokemon but will make them feel less happy towards you.
Cianwood City GS

Mahogany Town “Home of the Ninja”:
A mythical place surrounded in shadow, Ninjas resided in this place which now holds the evil doers non-other than the Team Rocket! A strategic place which is nearby the lake of Rage. It has the Mahogany Gym which houses Pryce the cold Ice-type Pokemon trainer.
Mahogany Town GS

Blackthorn City “A Quiet mountain Retreat”:
On top of Johto, only being under the Silver Cave, Blackthorn City is the house of the Blackthorn Gym and its leader, Clair, who specializes in Dragon Type Pokemon, The Dragon Den is a wonderful place full of dragons and it also has the Move Deleter and Move Tutor.
Blackthorn City GS

Pokemon The Johto Journeys Season 3 Logo Pokemon Johto League Champions Season 4 Logo Pokemon Master Quest Season 5 Logo
The whole story of Johto is based on the Pokemon Anime spanning seasons: Pokemon Johto Journeys,  Johto League Champions and Master Quest.

Team Rocket

Team Rocket is up to no good again! Organized by the grunts this time in the absence of their leader Team Rocket is stealing Pokemon and using them for no good at all. We meet them first at the Slowpoke Well to the east of Azalea Town and then take them on at their HQ located south of the Lake of Rage. 

It's from this HQ that they have been using a device to emit radio waves to modify and alter Pokemon to suit their own sinister whims, a biproduct of this was the creation of the Shiny Gyarados which is available to all trainers on the Lake of Rage. With the help of none other than Lance of the Elite Four you set about to try and end Team Rocket's evildoing once and for all..

Rocket Hideout
The first level of the basement in Team Rocket's Hideout in Mahogany Town.

Gym Leaders

The gym leaders you will face in the Johto region.


Falkner
Violet Gym: Falkner

Falkner uses bird Pokemon, the best way to deal with them is either with Rock or Electric Pokemon who will zap down his feathery friends. Falkner's team is a rather basic Pidgey lvl. 7 followed by a Pidgeotto Lvl.9. Defeat him to obtain the Zephyr Badge.

"I'm Falkner, the Violet Pokémon Gym leader! People say you can clip flying-type Pokémon's wings with a jolt of electricity... I won't allow such insults to bird Pokémon! I'll show you the real power of the magnificent bird Pokémon!"

Bugsy
Azalea Gym: Bugsy

Bugsy as the name suggests uses Bug Pokemon, burn them down with fire Pokemon or squish them down with fighting moves. Bugsy's team consists of a Metapod lvl. 14, Kakuna Lvl.14 and a Scyther Lvl. 16. Defeating Bugsy will award you the Hive Badge.

"I'm Bugsy! I never lose when it comes to bug Pokémon. My research is going to make me the authority on bug Pokémon! Let me demonstrate what I've learned from my studies."

Chuck
Cianwood Gym: Chuck

Chuck is a fighting Pokemon specialist, bring in anything Flying or Psychic and the fight is won. Chuck's team consists of a Primeape Lvl. 27 and Poliwrath Lvl. 30. Defeat Chuck to obtain the Storm Badge.

"WAHAHAH! So you've come this far! Let me tell you, I'm tough! My Pokémon will crush stones and shatter bones! Watch this! Urggh! Oooarrgh! (throws away the boulder besides himself) There! Scared now, are you? What? It has nothing to do with Pokémon? That's true! Come on. We shall do battle!"

Whitney
Goldenrod Gym: Whitney

Whitney is perhaps the toughest cookie to crumble, using Normal type Pokemon. Normal Pokemon are weak to strong fighting moves, so having a Mankey or Machop in party wouldn't go amiss. Whitney's team consists of a Clefairy Lvl. 18 and Miltank Lvl. 20 She will (eventually) hand over the Plain Badge once defeated.

"Hi! I'm Whitney! Everyone was into Pokémon, so I got into it too! Pokémon are super-cute! You want to battle? I'm warning you--I'm good!"
Morty
Ecruteak Gym:  Morty

Morty uses Ghost Type Pokémon, they are weak to few types, Other Ghosts and Dark Pokemon are good against them, although Morty uses the Ghastly evolution chain so anything good against Poison type Pokemon will also help, earthquake is a good move here, or magnitude. Specifically Morty's team includes a Gastly at Lvl. 21, Haunter at Lvl. 21, Gengar at Lvl. 25 and another Haunter but at Lvl. 23. Beat him and he'll hand over the Fog Badge.

"Good of you to have come. Here, in Ecruteak, Pokémon have been revered. It's said that legendary Pokémon will appear to the truly powerful trainers.GS/It's said that a rainbow-colored Pokémon will come down to appear before a truly powerful trainer. I believed that tale, so I have secretly trained here all my life. As a result, I can now see what others cannot. Just a bit more... With a little more, I could see a future in which I meet the Pokémon of rainbow colors. You're going to help me reach that level!"


Jasmine
Olivine Gym: Jasmine

Jasmine is a shy girl who struggles to speak. She is also shown to be compassionate as when the Ampharos at Glitter Lighthouse falls ill Jasmine worries so much she loses her ability to smile. She is a steel type Pokemon trainer nicknamed "The Steel-Clad Defense Girl.", use Fire Type pokemon, but keep in mind that Steelix is also Ground type, so using a Ground pokemon like Marowak would help a lot. Dugtrio is good too as it is faster than all of her Pokemon. Jasmine's team includes a Magnemite Lvl. 30 (two of them actually) and a Steelix Lvl. 35. Once beaten Jasmine will yield the Mineral Badge.

"Thank you for your help at the Lighthouse... But this is different. Please allow me to introduce myself. I'm Jasmine, a Gym Leader. I use the steel-type. ...Do you know about the steel-type? It's a type that was only recently discovered. ...Um... May I begin?"
Pryce
Mahogany Gym: Pryce

Pryce uses Ice pokemon, however their last Pokemon is a Piloswine. Piloswine is half ground so fire moves are not as effective. Your best bet is to bring electric and ground Pokemon here. Pryce's team contains a Seel Lvl. 27, Dewgong Lvl. 29 and Piloswine Lvl. 31. Pryce will give you the Glacier Badge once defeated.

"Pokémon have many experiences in their lives, just like we do. I, too, have seen and suffered much in my life. Since I am your elder, let me show you what I mean. I have been with Pokémon since before you were born. I do not lose easily. I, Pryce--the winter trainer-- shall demonstrate my power!"
Clair
Blackthorn Gym: Clair

Clair uses Dragons, Dragons are weak against Ice Pokemon and other Dragon Pokemon, but her last Pokemon is a Kingdra. Using a Grass type Pokemon would be way better than just an ice type. Meganium would do the trick quite nicely for example. Specifically Clair's Team comprises: Dragonair Lvl. 37 x3 and a Kingdra Lvl. 40. Defeat Clair and pass the Dragon's Den Challenge to recieve the Rising Badge.

"I am Clair. The world's best dragon master. I can hold my own against even the Pokémon League's Elite Four. Do you still want to take me on? ...Fine. Let's do it! As a trainer, I will use my full power against any opponent!"


Kanto Gym Leaders

Upon defeating the elite four in Johto you get the oppurtunity to return to the Kanto region and face their gym leaders once more. They've grown stronger since you last took them on. Two of the gyms have also changed hands since you last visited Kanto; Koga has left the Fuschia Gym in the capable hands of his daughter Janine and the Viridian Gym has since acquired a new occupant after the defeat of Giovanni in the first games.

Brock GSCPewter Gym: Brock
Brock returns! And he still has still the same arsenal as before but has become more powerful. He still uses Ground type Pokemon mostly, but the type duality may surprise you! Omastar and Kabutops are Rock types too.

Misty GSCCerulean Gym: Misty
Misty now has a strong Lapras by her side, still using Water Pokemon make sure to zap them, except for its Quagsire, a grass Pokemon is better suited for the job, but nothing poisonous!!!

LtSurge GSCVermilion Gym: Lt. Surge
The lightning American! Quick and Simple, Surge is still a strong contendant with his team of electric Pokemon, be wary of his Magneton who is also a Steel Type, so use Ground types to your advantage.

Erika GSCCeladon Gym: Erika
Erika is good at dancing, making tea, and raising plants that will end your Pokemon if you aren't careful. All of their Pokemon are either Grass or poison types so a Fire pokemon will do the trick.

Janine GSCFucshia Gym: Janine
Janine? Where is Koga? Just like her father she uses Poison type Pokemon and snaring techniques, a Ground Pokemon will do the trick but avoid Psychic types as they are really effective but one of them is a bug!

Sabrina GSCSaffron Gym: Sabrina
The living nightmare of the first generation, Sabrina and her psychic Pokemon are frightening but now they are easier to deal with, bring a dark type pokemon for an easy win, or bring a bug to build up a strategy and defeat her.

Blaine GSCCinnabar Gym: Blaine
Blaine, the hot headed quiz master, show off your Pokemon knowledge and then defeat Blaine with a single water Pokemon or a trusty ground Pokemon.

Blue GSCViridian Gym: Blue
Blue, the rival of Red is at the Viridian Gym, he doesn’t specialize with any Pokemon type so just be ready for anything! Expect a strong, balanced team.

The Elite Four

Housed at the indigo plateau, the big four heavenly kings are waiting for any challengers who want to become the Pokemon Champion.

Will Elite Four GSElite Four Will, Master of Psychics
Will trained all around the world for many years and was finally accepted into the elite four.
Will uses Psychic type pokemon, he has a full variety of Pokemon so be ready for anything, all of them are dual typed so try to use dark type pokemons to your advantage. Specifically Will's team comprises a Xatu Lvl. 40, Exeggutor Lvl. 41, Slowbro Lvl. 41, Jynx Lvl. 41 and a Xatu Lvl.42.

Koga Elite Four GSElite Four Koga, Master of Tricks
Koga used to be the leader of the Fucshia Gym, leaving his clan he pursues his dream to be a Pokemon master and finally becomes an Elite Four member.
Koga takes his part using not only poison type Pokemon but also uses Pokemon with strategies to weaken your Pokemon for the next battles. Make sure to bring a ghost Pokemon so Koga can miss with its self-destruct strategy. Koga's Team: Ariados Lvl. 40, Venomoth Lvl. 41, Forretress Lvl. 43, Muk Lvl. 42 and Crobat Lvl. 44.

Bruno Elite Four GSElite Four Bruno, Martial Master
Bruno has always wanted to fight the very best, used to be the second in line on the elite four and then ranked up, now he is the third in line to face. All his Pokemon are fighting Pokemon but an Onix, not hard to deal with but it may be troublesome if you don’t have a decent Psychic type on your team. Bruno's Team contains an impressive lineup of Hitmontop Lvl. 42, Hitmonlee Lvl. 42, Hitmonchan Lvl. 42, Onix Lvl. 43 and Machamp Lvl. 46.

Karen Elite Four GSElite Four Karen, Master of Darkness
“Strong pokemon, Weak Pokemon. That is only the selfish perception of people.”
Karen has a set of Dark-themed pokemon, including a Vileplume which is not a dark type. Just make sure to have full restores for all your Pokemon. Karen commands the following: Umbreon Lvl. 42, Vileplume Lvl. 42, Murkrow Lvl. 44, Gengar Lvl. 45 and Houndoom Lvl. 47

Champion LanceChampion Lance, Dragonmaster
Lance has returned, he has a gameshark and he is not afraid to use it. You will be surprised to find an Aerodactyl with rock slide. Just fight your best with ice pokemon and you will be alright. Specifically his full team includes: Gyrados Lvl. 44, Dragonite Lvl. 47, Charizard Lvl. 46, Aerodactyl Lvl. 46, Dragonite Lvl. 47 and Dragonite Lvl. 50 - ouch.

Connectivity

GS had a wonderful Link battle system which adds new rules based on Pokemon Stadium. Using a Link Cable two people can link to trade or battle.
It also featured a time machine that would allow you to trade certain Pokemon back to Pokemon Red, Blue, Yellow or Green.
It is also compatible with Pokemon Stadium 2 to battle, trade or archive pokemon.

Additionally both Pokemon Gold and Silver are compatible with the Game Boy Printer which allows the printing of Pokedex entries, mail and storage boxes amongst other things.

Sales FiguresProfessor Oak

Pokemon Gold and Silver got 600,000 preorders in the first two months. Nintendo released 3 million copies on the first shipment and by 2010 they ended up selling a combined 23 million units.

Review Scores

Pokémania was in full swing when Gold and Silver landed and perhaps this is reflected in the strong review scores that the games recieved. Check out what some of the major review sites had to say below:-


Videos & Media

Check out these videos relating to Pokemon Gold and Silver versions. The videos include TV Commercials, Trailers and more.

The official trailer for Pokemon Gold & Silver's re-release on Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console.

A TV Commercial for Pokemon Gold, Silver and Pokemon Stadium 2.

A TV Commercial for Pokemon Gold & Silver aired in the USA.

A TV Commercial for Pokemon Gold & Silver themed toys and figures by Hasbro.

Trivia & Facts

Ho-Oh Artwork from Pokemon Gold
Ho-Oh Artwork from Pokemon Gold
-    You can’t get a Generation 2 Pokemon from in-game trades. So if you need one of those you’ll have to find a friend.
-    Unlike Generation 1, Gold and Silver use Legendary Pokemon as their mascots, another staple of the series.
-    If you feel the song on the bicycle is familiar its because it’s the Goldenrod City theme sped up with different instruments.
-    Don’t bother burning, paralyzing or poisoning wild pokemon to catch them easier, there’s a glitch on the game which doesn’t let this happen.
-    Lance is a cheater, his Aerodactyl knows rock slide, they can’t learn rock slide!
-    Also, he has a level 47 and 50 Dragonite, which is impossible as dragonite evolves at level 55.
-    Love Balls are pretty interesting, because there is a glitch that raises catch rate to 8x if you are trying to catch a Pokemon of the same species and gender as the one you have on your party, ahead of its time huh?
-    The game code for Pokemon GS has an item called ‘Sweet Honey’ something that didn’t appear until generation 4.
-    Pokemon GS were planned as the last Pokemon games!
-    Whitneys’ gym is shaped like a clefairy.
-    Red and Blue were never released in Korea, but the Korean version of Pokemon GS is time-capsule friendly and compatible.
Lugia Artwork from Pokemon Silver
Lugia Artwork from Pokemon Silver


Media & Artwork

Official Artwork Gallery from Pokemon Gold & Silver - A large gallery featuring many of the Pokemon from the game
Official Artwork Gallery from Pokemon Gold & Silver - Characters, places and supporting art
Box Art from Pokemon Gold including numerous regional variations + editions
Box Art from Pokemon Silver including numerous regional variations + editions
Screenshots from Pokemon Gold Version
Screenshots from Pokemon Silver Version


Other Pokemon Gold & Silver Links

 

Pokemon Red
Pokemon Red BoxPokemon Blue
Pokemon Blue Version
General information
 Platform  Game Boy
 Developed by  Game Freak
 Published by  Nintendo
 Players
 1-2
 Generation  Generation I
 New Pokemon  151
 New Moves  165
 Release dates
  Australia  October 23rd, 1998
  Europe  June 10th, 1999
  Japan  October 10th, 1999
  United States  December 28th, 1998
 
Quick menu: Story - Pokemon - Region - Team Rocket - Gym Leaders - Elite Four - Connectivity - Videos - Trivia - Sales Figures - Review Scores - Media & Artwork

Pokemon Red Title screenPokemon Red & Blue are where the series began, they were initially released in Japan and were called Pocket Monsters: Red and Pocket Monsters: Blue. It was only when the games were released to the rest of the world that they became known as Pokémon Red & Blue.

It was the unique and innovative appeal of these titles that the Pokémon videogame franchise as we know it now owes the foundation of it's success. It should also be noted that whilst Red & Blue were the first games introduced to the western world that it was actually Red & Green which were released first in Japan; Green was never released in the west however it's remake Pokémon LeafGreen did make it to western gamers many years later.

The game's loosely tie in with the first episodes of the Pokémon animated series. The main differences between the titles were that Pokémon Blue as the newer of the two naturally offered some sound and visual improvements aswell as fixes to common bugs which were present in Red & Green.

Although these titles were released at the tail end of the original Game Boy's life they quickly became popular and earned the accolade of being the best selling non-bundled titles on the Game Boy.

The main aims of the game are to catch all the Pokémon you can to complete your PokeDex in order to help Professor Oak with his research, take on gym leaders to earn badges to enable you to compete in the Pokémon league and for you and your Pokémon to form am unbreakbale bond and become the ultimate team, the very best. This set the precedent for all of the core RPG series of Pokémon games that would follow.

Plot / Story

It's finally here... the day you can finally become a Pokémon Trainer, you've just turned 10 years old and it's time to go and get your first Pokémon. You start out at home; Pallet Town in the Kanto region and

Pokemon Trainer

head over to see Professor Oak to get your first Pokémon. The good professor explains to you about Pokémon and all the adventures that lie ahead of you and then let's you choose between Squirtle (Water type), Charmander (Fire type) and Bulbasaur (Grass type) to accompany you on your journey.

But it's not all fun and games as unfortunately someone you used to be friends with but is now a terrible rival is also their to collect their first Pokémon and they are so hell bent at beating you in a Pokémon battle that they choose their first Pokémon specifically based on what yours is weak against!

As you set off on the excitement of your adventure with your new friend you are wary that your rival is never going to be far behind. But catching them all, beating 8 gym leaders and multiple battles with your rival isn't all you have to worry about.... the sinister Team Rocket is at large in your region... a criminal organisation who will stop at nothing to achieve their goals - not even the exploitation of defenceless Pokemon.

Later on in the game you make a shocking discovery about the Team Rocket leader! No, not that he's Ash Ketchum's father... but he is the eighth and final gym leader in the game.

Official description

You've finally been granted your Pokémon Trainer's license. Now, it's time to head out to become the world's greatest Pokémon Trainer. It's going to take all you've got to collect 150 Pokémon in this enormous world. Catch and train monsters like the shockingly-cute Pikachu. Face off against Blastoise's torrential water cannons. Stand strong when facing Pidgeot's stormy Gust. Trade with friends and watch your Pokémon evolve. Important—no single Pokémon can win at all. Can you develop the ultimate Pokémon strategy to defeat the eight Gym Leaders and become the greatest Pokémon Master of all time?

Can I catch them all?

The maximum Pokedex you can complete in Pokémon Red or Blue without trading is 140/151. Each version has 11 of their own exclusive Pokémon.

 Pokemon Red exclusives
023 Ekans024 Arbok043 Oddish044 Gloom045 Vileplume056 Mankey057 Primeape058 Growlithe059 Arcanine123 Scyther125 Electabuzz
 023 Ekans (Poison Type) and it's evolved form 024 Arbok, 043 Oddish (Grass/Poison Type) and it's evolution chain: 044 Gloom & 045 Vileplume, the fighting type 056 Mankey and it's evolved form 057 Primeape, 058 Growlithe (Fire Type) and it's evolved form 059 Arcanine, 123 Scyther (Flying/Bug type) and Electabuzz (Electric Type).

 Pokemon Blue exclusives
027 Sandshrew028 Sandslash037 Vulpix038 Ninetales052 Meowth053 Persian069 Bellsprout070 Weepinbell071 Victreebell126 Magmar127 Pinsir
 027 Sandshrew (Ground type) and it's evolved form 028 Sandslash, 037 Vulpix (Fire type) and it's evolution 038 Ninetales, 052 Meowth (Normal type) and 053 Persian, 069 Bellsprout (Grass/Poison type) and it's evolution chain 070 Weepinbell & 071 Victreebell as well as 126 Magmar and Pinsir. 

Additionally you can also trade from any other compatible Gen I or II title which has those Pokémon available to help complete your PokeDex. Mew was obtainable via a couple of exclusive Nintendo events when these games were current but if you didn't get him then that leaves glitches and cheating as the only remaining options. There's a rather vicious rumour he's hiding under a truck!

Region / Setting

Both Pokémon Red & Pokémon Blue are set in the Kanto region which in terms of it's place in the Pokémon World is positioned to the South of the Sinnoh region and has the Johto region to it's west. Every town/place in the Kanto region is named after a colour with the exception of Pallet Town. But Pallet also relates to colour in the sense that colours come in pallettes. Check out maps of the major locations and routes in Kanto:

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Celadon City Map Celadon City Map
Cerulean City Map Cerulean City Map
Fuschia City Map Fuschia City Map
Lavender Town Map Lavender Town Map
Pallet Town Map Pallet Town Map
Pewter City Map Pewter City Map
Power Plant Map Power Plant Map
Route 2 Map Route 2 Map
Route 3 Map Route 3 Map
Route 4 Map Route 4 Map
Route 9 Map Route 9 Map
Route 10 Map Route 10 Map
Route 12 Map Route 12 Map
Route 13 Map Route 13 Map
Route 14 and 15 Map Route 14 and 15 Map
Route 16 Map Route 16 Map
Route 17 Map Route 17 Map
Route 19 Map Route 19 Map
Route 21 Map Route 21 Map
Route 23 Map Route 23 Map
Route 23 Map Route 23 Map
Safari Zone Map(s) Safari Zone Map(s)
Saffron City Artwork Saffron City Artwork
Saffron City Map Saffron City Map
Town Map Town Map
Vermilion City Map Vermilion City Map
Viridian City Map Viridian City Map
Viridian Forest Map Viridian Forest Map
The maps are part of the official artwork by Ken Sugimori.

Team RocketTeam Rocket Anime Jessie James

Much like in the real world every region of the Pokemon World has it's problems and in the Kanto region that problem is Team Rocket. Stealing Pokémon from trainers and raffling them off as prizes in their Rocket Game Corner in Celadon City. But what of the noble leader of Celadon gym, is Erika taking a bribe? who knows! But she doesn't intervene so it's up to us to sort it on our journey!

But Team Rocket doesn't stop there they're also dessecrating the ruins of Mt. Moon in their frantic search for the fossils of ancient Pokémon with the sole motive of selling them off at a profit. They have even been known to break into the homes of those with items of interest to them such as TM's and HM's.

It's even reported that Team Rocket have been involved in taking hostages and stealing Cubone skulls in Lavender Town, even killing a Marowak in the process. It goes without saying that the responsibility for routing these guys from their strongholds, saving people and Pokemon from their sinister deeds falls to us, the trainers. Don't underestimate them, these guys are truly bad, not like the endearing version of bad presented by Jessie, James and Meowth in the Anime.

Gym Leaders

Pokemon Red and Blue introduce the first eight Pokemon Gyms of the series. Each gym led by a tougher than average trainer who specialises in a specific type of Pokemon.
Brock Brock
Brock is the leader of the Pewter City Gym and specialises in Rock type Pokemon. His team includes a Geodude Lv.12 and Onix Lv. 14. If you can overcome Brock's rock hard will, you will earn yourself a Boulder Badge.

"My rock-hard willpower is evident in even my Pokémon.
My Pokémon are all rock hard and have true-grit determination. That's right - my Pokémon are all the Rock type!" - Brock
Misty Misty
Misty "The Tomboyish Mermaid" leads the Cerulean Gym and is well known to be an enthusiastic Water Pokemon trainer. You'll have to defeat her Staryu Lv.18 and Starmie Lv. 21 to win her Cascade Badge.

"My policy is an all-out offensive with Water-type Pokémon!" - Misty

Lt. Surge
Lieutenant Surge
The Vermilion City Gym is led by Lt. Surge: a veteran of the military, generally imposing figure and strong trainer of electric types. His team includes a Voltorb Lv.21, Pikachu Lv.18 and Raichu Lv.24. Defeat him to obtain the Thunder Badge.

"I tell you, kid, electric Pokémon saved me during the war!"
- Lt. Surge
Erika Erika
The fourth gym leader you will face is Erika of the Celadon Gym in Celdaon City. She's a kind hearted and calm young trainer who specialises in grass type Pokemon. Her team consists of a Victreebel Lv.29, Tangela Lv. 24 and Vileplume Lv. 29

"I am a student of the art of flower arranging. My Pokémon are solely of the Grass type." - Erika
Koga Koga
Koga was the original leader of the Fuschia City Gym. This formidable adversary is an astute student of ninjitsu and a strong trainer of Poison type Pokemon. His team consists of 2x Koffing Lv.37, 1x Lv.39 Muk and a Weezing Lv.43. Once beaten Koga will grant you the Soul Badge. As you leave Koga's gym you have the feeling you haven't seen the last of him.

"Despair to the creeping horror of Poison-type Pokémon!" - Koga
Sabrina Sabrina
Sabrina is the leader of the Saffron Gym in Saffron City. Having had powerful psychic abilities from a young age Sabrina is naturally a powerful master of Psychic type Pokemon. She can even communicate with her team via telekensis. Her Pokemon consist of: A Kadabra Lv. 38, Mr. Mime Lv. 37, Venomoth Lv.38 and an Alakazam Lv.43. Given the potency of psychic type Pokemon in the early games she is one of the tougher gym leaders. Once beaten she will award you the Marsh Badge.

"I have had psychic powers since I was a child. It started when a spoon I carelessly tossed, bent." - Sabrina
Blaine Blaine
The penultimate gym leader you will face in Red & Blue is Blaine the leader of the Cinnabar Gym on Cinnabar Island. Blaine is well known for being a very intelligent and knowledgeable trainer as well as for his mastery of fire types. His team consists of Growlithe Lv. 42, Ponyta Lv. 40, Rapidash Lv. 42 and Arcanine Lv.47. Defeat him to win a Volcano Badge.

"My fiery Pokémon are all rough and ready with intense heat! They incinerate all challengers!" - Blaine
Giovanni Giovanni
As you arrive at the Viridian Gym for your final challenge you find that you have to face none other than the boss of Team Rocket, Giovanni. A sinister figure specialising in powerful ground type Pokemon. He has a team of 5 Pokemon including Rhyhorn Lv. 45, Dugtrio Lv. 42, Nidoqueen Lv. 44, Nidoking Lv. 45 and Rhydon Lv.50. Leave your electric types at the door! Defeating Giovanni will earn you an Earth Badge.

"Welcome to my hideout! It shall be so until I can restore Team Rocket to its former glory." - Giovanni


The Elite Four & The Champion

After defeating the eight gym leaders and collecting all of their badges you earn the right to take on the Elite Four. The Elite Four of the Kanto region lie in wait for challengers at the Indigo Plateau. They are more powerful than any of the gym leaders you faced on your adventure so far... presumably the elite four were once gym leaders themselves although that's just my own speculation. Here's who you will face, in order:-
Lorlei
Lorlei
A master of Ice type Pokemon. Her Pokemon include: Dewgong Lv.54, Cloyster Lv. 53, Slowbro Lv.54, Jynx Lv.56 and Lapras Lv.56. Interestingly Slowbro isn't Ice Type and her Slowbro doesn't have any Ice Type moves.

"No one can best me when it comes to icy Pokémon." - Lorlei
Bruno
Bruno
A master of Fighting type Pokemon. Bruno values strength above all else which sort of explains the composition of his team which includes an Onix Lv.53, Hitmonchan Lv.55, Hitmonlee Lv.55, Onix Lv.56 and Machamp Lv. 58.  It is said that Bruno joined the elite four out of his desire to battle the strongest trainers.

"I've lived and trained with my fighting Pokémon." - Bruno
Agatha
Agatha
A master of Ghost type Pokemon. Her team consists of a Gengar Lv. 56, Golbat Lv. 56, Haunter Lv. 55, Arbok Lv.58 amd Gengar Lv.60. It is rumoured that Agatha was once a major rival of Professor Oak when they were both starting out as trainers.. and she certainly has few kind words to say about him even to this day.

"Agatha's Ghost-type Pokémon are horrifically terrifying in toughness." - Agatha
Lance
Lance
The final member and leader of the Elite Four in Kanto and master of Dragon type Pokemon. His team consists of Gyrados Lv.58, Dragonair Lv.56, Dragonair Lv.56, Aerodactyl Lv.60 and Dragonite Lv. 62. As well as being one of the toughest trainers in the world of Pokemon, Lance is also famed for his unmatched collection of capes.

"You know that dragons are mythical Pokémon. They're hard to catch and raise, but their powers are superior. They're virtually indestructible. There's no being clever with them." - Lance

Having pushed your Pokemon to the limit as you battled your way through the Elite Four one final challenge lies ahead.... a showdown with the Pokemon Champion of Kanto themselves. But who could it be? It's none other than your Rival from Pallet Town! as you already know at this point this match won't be like a gym leader or member of the elite four... as your rival has no specialisation and has a balanced team of strong Pokemon.

Connectivity

As you'd expect from games released so long ago (they are 21 years old as I write this) the connectivity options were limited; the sole way to connect to another player was via the Game Boy Link cable. No WiFi, Infrared or other first world luxuries here!

Videos & Media

Check out these videos relating to Pokemon Red and Blue versions. The videos include TV commercials, trailers and an info video about how the idea behind Pokemon was conceived.

TV Commercials for Pokemon Red and Blue.

The Story of the Conception of Pokemon and Satoshi Tajiri

The Trailer for Pokemon Red, Blue and Yellow versions when they re-released on the 3DS eShop.

Trivia & FactsMunna

- It was revealed on Ken Sugimori's twitter account that Brock was originally intended to be the second gym leader with a Youngster as the first.
- If you speak to picnicker Coral on route 10 she says "The Pokemon here are so chunky! There should be a pink one with a floral pattern." - This is a pretty close description to Munna who wasn't discovered until over a decade later in Black & White's Unova region. Had they had it planned all that time?
- Lance has a dragonite which can use Barrier.... but Dragonite can't learn barrier via any known conventional means.
- There are only 37 Pokemon cry sound files in the games, despite their being 151 Pokemon. These 37 sounds are sped up, slowed down and have the pitch altered to make each Pokemon's sound unique.
- In the beta version of these titles Cubone was known as Orphon. A play on the word Orphan and the fact that this species of Pokemon are abandoned at birth.
- The international versions of Red and Blue are based on the Japanese version of Blue which featured improved graphics, sounds and some common bug fixes over the original Japanese releases.Professor Oak
- When Game Freak approached Nintendo saying they wanted to develop the games Nintendo rejected the idea several times. It was only later on when Shigeru Miyamoto eventually took interest in the project that it went ahead.
- The names of the characters in the original coding for Pokemon Red and Blue were Ninten and Sony. Presumably testament to the Nintendo vs. Sony rivalry in the videogame industry.
- Charizard was unable to fly in Pokemon Red & Blue.
- There was supposed to be a female trainer as well as the male trainers Red and Blue but due to technical / hardware restrictions she did not make it to the final release. Despite this she does appear on both the official artwork and the games strategy guides.
- There is a NES in copycats bedroom and if you interact with it it says it's a game where Mario has a bucket on his head which can only be a direct reference to Mario & Wario (Japan only).
- A battle with Professor Oak is programmed into these games but wasn't included in the final release version. You can still battle professor Oak by using Gameshark. Professor oaks team will include the starter Pokemon neither you or your rival chose, in it's final evolved form at level 69 as well as an Arcanine lvl68, Exeggutor lvl67, Tauros lvl66 and a lvl70 Gyrados.

Sales Figures

Pokemon Red, Blue and Green versions sold a combined total of 31.38 million copies on the Game Boy. Unfortunately there is no breakdown as to how many units of each colour were sold. Green was never released out of Japan so a good majority of those sales were from Red and Blue but it would still be nice to know which was the most popular. If anyone does know please get in
Blastoise Artwork from Pokemon Blue
Blastoise Artwork from Pokemon Blue
touch!

Review Scores

As I said at the start of this article Pokemon Red and Blue versions were universally well recieved lets take a look at how it did on major review sites:-

  • GameSpot reviews by Cameron Davis. Both Red and Blue versions were individually reviewed and scored 8.8/10 which equates to 'Great' on the GS scale.
  • Craig Harris from IGN was clearly impressed scoring the games 10 out of 10 "Masterful" on their scale and calling them "the most popular videogames ever to hit Nintendo's little black-and-white portable".
  • Interestingly Nintendo Power Magazine only scored the games 7.2 out of 10. Unfortunately that review is no longer around to link to.
  • The aggregated score from GameRankings weighing in at 88% - a fine effort by anyones standards.
  • Charizard Artwork from Pokemon Red
    Charizard Artwork from Pokemon Red

Overall Pokemon Red and Blue versions got the third and fourth best Game Boy game scores ever overall, and second best core series ratings of all the main series titles on GameRankings.

Media & Artwork

Official Artwork Gallery from Pokemon Red & Blue - A large gallery featuring many of the Pokemon from the game
Official Artwork Gallery from Pokemon Red & Blue - Characters, places and supporting art
Box Art from Pokemon Red including numerous regional variations + editions
Box Art from Pokemon Blue including numerous regional variations + editions
Screenshots from Pokemon Red Version
Screenshots from Pokemon Blue Version

Other Pokemon Red & Blue Links

 

Pokemon Sun - ポケットモンスターサン
Pokemon Sun Box Art
Pokemon Moon - ポケットモンスタームーン
Pokemon Moon
General information
 Platform  Nintendo 3DS
 Developed by  Game Freak
 Published by  The Pokémon Company
 Players
 1-4
 Generation  Generation VII
 New Pokemon  81
 Alola Form Pokemon  18
 Z-Moves  29
 Release dates
  Australia  November 18th, 2016
  Europe  November 23rd, 2016
  Japan  November 18th, 2016
  United States  November 18th, 2016

Quick menu: Story - New FeaturesPokemon - Region - Team Skull - Island Trials - Elite Four - Connectivity - Videos - Trivia - Sales Figures - Review Scores - Media & Artwork

Pokemon Sun and Moon versions are the main pair of games kicking off Generation VII on the Nintendo 3DS. They were initially announced on the 20th Anniversary of Pokemon Red & Green in a Nintendo Direct broadcast on the 26th of Feb, 2016. The games were developed by Game Freak & had been released worldwide by November 23rd, 2016 when Europe got it a week after everyone else.


In terms of what's new in Sun & Moon here's what is has to offer: Chinese language added, meaning the games are playable in a total of nine languages. Trainer customisation makes a return as well as 81 new Pokémon and a whole lot of Alola form versions of existing Pokémon.

Gym's have been replaced by Island Trial Challenges which must be completed before trainers can take on the Kahuna's of each respective Island's in grand trials. There are also some small graphic improvements. Finally and perhaps most importantly for the older generation of Pokémon players these games are able to recieve data from Pokemon Blue, Red, Green & Yellow via the Pokémon Bank system. As usual each game is represented by a legendary Pokemon - for Pokémon Sun that's Solagleo and for Pokémon Moon it's Lunala. These mon's can be seen on the Box Art etc for their respective games.

The StoryLillie, Professor Kukui's assistant

Alola Trainer! The story begins with the player taking a video call from Professor Kukui, a while before the player even moves from Kanto. The prof helps create a Trainer Passport for the player before they move to Alola. Whilst all this is going on a young girl is seen running away from workers in a strange place, as they close in on her the mysterious Pokemon hiding in her bag uses its powers to teleport the itself and the girl away just in time.

Months pass and the player, their mother and pet Meowth finally move from Kanto to Alola's Melemele Island. On arrival they meet up with Professor Kukui who gives them a pretty warm welcome to Alola and tells them they can actually get a free starter Pokémon from the island Kahuna, yeah?

So the trainer headed off to collect their free Pokémon from the kahuna's home in Iki Town but on arrival finds the town square completely empty. It's at this point that Kukui tells the trainer to go and see if the townspeople are gathered at the ruins that honor the island's guardian deity, a Pokémon named Tapu Koko who watches over the Island and it's people. On the way to the ruins the trainer then encounters Lillie and her Pokémon, Nebby who are being attacked by a flock of Spearow... knowing how bad it is to be attacked by Spearow' the trainer, despite having no Pokémon of their own jumped in to protect Nebby from their attacks.

Things went from bad to worse when Nebby tried to use one of it's attacks to save itself and the trainer from the Spearow.... taking down the rickety old bridge that had so tenuously held their weight in the process. The trainer and Nebby were plumetting to what looks like a terrible demise when Tapu Koko, the islands guardian diety swoops in and saves them both; leaving the trainer with the additional gift of a mysterious stone.

Shortly later the trainer arrives back in Iki town and meets Kahuna Hala who acknowledges the fact that Tapu Koko valued this trainer enough not only to swoop down and save them but also to leave them with the gift of the mysterious stone. This leads Hala to believe that there is something special about this trainer and that they must be here for something important. Hala then lets the trainer choose from three different starter Pokémon as promised.

Having recieved their starter Pokémon moments before the trainer is then challenged to a battle with the Kahuna's grandson, Hau and a battle ensues resulting in victory for the trainer and the defeat of Hau. The trainer enjoys the festival briefly until again being challenged by Hau who fancies another go but is again defeated. The trainer then heads down to Professor Kukui's lab and gets given a rare and valuable Rotom Dex which is effectively a Rotom powered extension of the normal Dex which is cutting edge, rare and valuable!

On the instruction of professor Kukui both the trainer and Hau head to the island's Pokemon Trainer's School so that they can prepare for the Island Challenges. It's here that the trainer must defeat the schools top four students and then finally the teacher. After the defeat of Teacher Emily the trainer is introduced to Ilima who is the captain of one of the trials. To say much more would be a bit of a spoiler, so we'll call it there!

Protagonist M Protagonist F Professor Kukui Lillie, Kukui's assistant Hau
Male protagonist Female protagonist Professor Kukui Lillie Hau


Official description

Welcome to the World of Pokémon!
Are you ready to become a Pokémon Trainer? Trade and battle with friends all over the world!
Train your Pokémon for battle! Discover Pokémon and fill your Pokédex. Care for your Pokémon and help them grow.
Adventure awaits in the Alola region!

New features

Pokémon refresh
Pokemon Refresh is one of the new features bought in by Pokémon Sun and Moon versions. Essentially it's an enhanced evolution of Pokémon Amie from X & Y it allows the following actions
  • Play with/stroke your Pokemon to raise their enjoyment level. Some Pokémon don't like to be stroked in certain places and others have bits that will hurt your hand ie. Torracats bell burns you.
  • Feed your Pokémon Pokébeans to raise their fullness level and affection toward you which can result in improved performance in battle. The more affection a Pokémon has toward you the harder it'll try in battle to earn your praise.
  • You can visit the Care section of Pokemon refresh after a battle to remove status effects, dirt, sand and water or use the Tyranitar Comb to straighten up their fur.

The new Pokemon Refresh feature in Sun and Moon
An illustration showing many of the items and features involved in Pokémon refresh.

Rotom PokeDex
Professor Kukui will provide the player with a PokeDex far superior to that of the traditional models. This new model of PokeDex can be enhanced even further by the Rotom he lends you to inhabit the dex and accompany you on your journey reminding you where you're supposed to be going next and providing you with an interactive map on the bottom screen of your 3DS. The interface between this PokeDex and Rotom allows Rotom to speak human languages.

Battle RoyalThe Rotom Pokedex
A new style of battling where four trainers participate in a free for all battle. Each trainer takes three Pokemon with them and any trainer can attack or assist any other trainer in the fight. The battle ends when one trainer has had all of their Pokemon defeated. The winner will be chosen based on who got the most knockouts/did the most damage/how many Pokemon they have left.

QR Scanner
The QR scanner feature allows players to scan QR codes for Pokemon they've not yet encountered in order to add them to their Pokedex. This feature is also used for obtaining event Pokemon like Magearna.

Z-Moves
Newly introduced for Sun and Moon these special moves draw on and combine the inner strength of both the Pokemon and the Trainer. Z-Moves require that the trainer has a Z-Ring and also that they have used an appropriate Z-Crystal on their Pokemon to teach it a Z-Move. These moves are much more powerful than standard moves if used correctly but can only be used once per battle.

There is a Z-Move for each of the 18 different types of Pokemon and some which can only be used by certain types of Pokemon.

Poké Pelago
The Poké Pelago is a group of small, uninhabited islands in the Alola region. Mohn has always wanted to develop the Islands but he wants your help to do it. Basically these Islands are for your Pokemon in storage boxes to enjoy with activities like treasure hunting, playing with other Pokemon and generally kicking back. As you develop the Islands you increase the number of Pokémon who can enjoy them.

The Poké Pelago also attracts wild Pokemon who will come to eat their fill of your Pokébeans. Participating in activities and playing on the Poké Pelago can even help to raise the stats and level of your Pokemon.Tauros is one of the Pokérides available in Pokemon Sun and Moon

Pokérides
You can now signal certain Pokémon using a pager to summon them for a ride. You have to reach certain Milestones within the game to unlock each ride so expect a little jogging to begin with. Unlockable Pokérides include Tauros who is able to smash through rocks, Charizard who can fly you where you want to go in a flash, Stoutland whose special ability is to sniff out hidden items and many more.

Hyper Training
A new feature introduced for level 100 Pokemon is Hyper Training; with the help of an NPC called Mr. Hyper you can increase the IV level of a Pokemon.

Can I catch them all?

The total PokeDex you can complete in either version of the game is around 300 (actual figure tbc). The introduction of 81 new Pokemon in Sun and Moon means the total number of discovered Pokemon in the series is now at 802.

Each version of the game has 14 of it's own version exclusive Pokemon plus 1 legendary exclusive. In the list below the A next to the PokeDex entry number indicates Alolan form.

Pokemon Sun exclusives
037 Vulpix Alola038 Ninetales Alola408 Cranidos409 Rampardos546 Cottonee547 Whimsicott564 Tirtouga565 Carracosta627 Rufflet628 Braviary766 Passimian776 Turtonator791 Solagleo794 Buzzwole798 Kartana
037A Vulpix, 038A Ninetales, 408 Cranidos, 409 Rampardos, 546 Cottoneee, Whimsicott, 564 Tirtouga, 565 Carracosta, 627 Rufflet, 628 Braviary, 766 Passimian, 776 Turtonator, 791 Solagleo (Legendary), 794 Buzzwole and 798 Kartan

Pokemon Moon exclusives
027 Sandshrew Alola028 Sandslash Alola410 Shieldon411 Bastiodon548 Petlil549 Lilligant566 Archen567 Archeops629 Vullaby630 Mandibuzz765 Oranguru780 Drampa792 Lunala795 Pheromosa797 Celesteela
Pokemon Moon exclusives include 027A Sandshrew and it's evolved form 028A Sandslash, 410 Shieldon and it's evolved form 411 Bastiodon, 548 Petilil and it's evolved form Lilligant, 566 Archen and it's evolved form 567 Archeops, 629 Vullaby and 630 Mandibuzz, 765 Oranguru, 780 Drampa, 792 Lunala (Legendary), 795 Pheromosa and 797 Celesteela

As usual the starter Pokemon you can choose from comprise of Fire, Grass and Water types. In this instance from left to right we've got Litten the Fire type, Rowlet the grass type, and Poplio the water type.
Pokemon Sun & Moon starter Pokemon
- Litten is a feline pokemon first introduced in Generation VII. It's evolutions are: Torracat (at level 17) and Incineroar (at level 34).
- Rowlet is a round owl pokemon with a leafy bow tie first introduced in Generation VII. It's evolutions are: Dartrix (at level 17) and Decidueye (at level 34.)
- Popplio is a sea lion pokemon which like the other two starters was new for Gen VII. It's evolutions are Brionne (at level 17) and then Primarina (at level 34.)

These new starters were all officially (leaks aside) unveiled on the 10th of May, 2016.

The Alola Region

Pokemon Sun & Moon take place in the all new Alola region which comprises of Exeggutor Island, Poni Island, Melemele Island, Akala Island, and Ula'ula Island. The floating building you can see on the map just beneath Melemele Island called Aether Paradise. The team behind Sun & Moon based a lot of this on Hawaii - where they actually sent a team out to 'research' Hawaii for the games (it's a hard life).

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Aether Paradise Aether Paradise
Akala Island Akala Island
The Alola Region The Alola Region
Alola Scene Artwork Alola Scene Artwork
Melemele Island, where you just moved from Kanto! Melemele Island, where you just moved from Kanto!
Poni Island Poni Island


Team Skull

Guzma, the leader of Team Skull

It is said that Team Skull was formed of disillusioned young trainers who weren't good enough to beat the Island Trials so they turned to lives of Pokecrime. Their main objective is to cause mischief, steal Pokemon, and to cause inconvenience to those who look like they may succeed at the same challenges they themselves once failed at.

This quote from a Team Skull Grunt on Route 12 gives a little insight into the origins of the group:-
"Team Skull was born outta this old group that once formed around one of the old Kahunas. But that whole thing fell apart after they got smacked down by the wrath of the tapu"

Unlike many of the enemy team's we've seen in past games Team Skull don't seem to have any higher purpose then generally to cause mischief. They're literally just thugs with Pokemon and thick skulls. The team Skull hiearchy consists of Guzma who is the main leader and Plumeria the administrator. Gladeon is also a noteable associate of Team Skull, however as pointed out by a couple of their grunts he isn't actually a member he just does jobs for them sometimes.

The Team Skull headquarters (aka place they are squatting in) is located at Shady House in Po Town. The house was once home to someone rather wealthy who has since disappeared. Who could it be? what will they do if they come back and find their home has become a criminal gangs headquarters? 


Island Trials

Island trials, Kahuna's and Totem Pokemon essentially replace traditional Gyms and Gym Leaders in Alola. Their are subtle differences such as little puzzles or tasks to complete as part of the Island trials before you take on the Totem Pokemon. A Totem Pokemon is a larger than a standard Pokemon of it's kind and is surrounded by a powerful aura which increases its defencive or offencive capabilities; the Totem Captain KiawePokemon are not adverse to calling for help either and will regularly call other nearby Pokemon of it's kind to aid it in battle.

Once the Totem Pokemon are all defeated on an Island you will then face that Islands Kahuna as the 'Grand Challenge'. Once beaten you will be rewarded with a new Z Move and be able to progress through the story and on to your next challenges.

The aim of these trials is to travel across all four of the Islands of Alola and complete the Island Challenges to become the champion of the Island challenge.

The Elite Four

By the time you've beaten all of the trials and grand trials the Alola region has to offer Professor Kukui will have finished founding the first ever Alolan Pokemon League. The League is based out of Mount Lanakila which is the highest point in the Alolan Islands; the reason for this position is to pay homage to the legendary Pokemon of Alola as it's the closest accessible point to the Sun and Moon.

The Elite Four of Alola are a little more equal than the Elite Four of some other regions in the sense that there isn't a forced order you have to face them in. The challenger can choose who they fight in what order.

Hala
Elite Four Hala
Hala is a master of fighting type Pokemon and the Kahuna of Melemele Island. He was invited to become a member of Alola's Elite Four by Professor Kukui who acknowledges his formidable strength. His team consists of a Hariyama Lvl. 54, Primeape Lvl. 54, Bewear Lvl. 54, Poliwrath Lvl. 54 and a Crabominable Lvl. 55. His Crabominable holds a Fightinium-Z.

"Oh ho ho! So it's me who faced you first. Defeating the Elite Four will become a fine part of our island challenge!"
Olivia Elite Four Olivia
Olivia is the Kahuna of Akala Island and a well respected and powerful user of Rock-type Pokemon. This is why Professor Kukui invited her to join the Elite Four. Her team includes a Relicanth Lvl. 54, Carbink Lvl. 54, Golem Lvl. 54, Probopass Lvl. 54 and Lycanroc Lvl.55. Her Lycanroc holds a Rockium Z.

"No introduction needed here. Time to battle me, Olivia!"
Kahili Elite Four Acerola
Although not a Kahuna herself Acerola not only completed the Island Challenge but also took on the role of Captain. Her rare and powerful ability to command the ghost-type is the reason Professor Kukui invited her to the Elite Four. Her team consists of a Sableeye Lvl. 54, Drifblim Lvl. 54, Dhelmise Lvl. 54, Froslass Lvl. 54 and a Palossand Lvl. 55. This time it's the Palossand holding the Ghostium Z.

"Nanu said maybe he can't refuse a tapu choosing him to serve as kahuna... But he'd be darned if he had to serve as one of the Elite Four just because some guy asked him! So I guess I'll just have to battle hard enough to make up for his not being here!"
Kahili Elite Four Kahili
Famed as much for her prowess on the golf course as her skills in Pokemon battles Kahili completed the trials of Alola long ago and has since travelled the world training her Pokemon and golfing. She was very excited at the invite from Kukui to represent Alola as part of it's Elite Four. Kahili is a master of flying type Pokemon. Her team includes a Skarmory Lvl. 54, Crobat Lvl. 54, Oricorio Lvl. 54, Mandibuzz Lvl. 54 and Toucannon Lvl. 55. Her Toucannon holds the Flynium-Z.

"My name is Kahili. A few years ago, I was a champion of the island challenge, too. Just like you. I've been traveling the world to improve my skill as both a Trainer and as a golfer. When I heard that they'd made a Pokémon League in my own home region, I came flying back to serve Alola. Have a look at my fantastic Flying-type team!"

On defeating the Elite Four the player will approach the champions throne and briefly take a seat before being promptly disturbed by Professor Kukui who will congratulate them for beating the Elite Four but break the news to them that theres one more battle before they can truly be called champion.

Professor Kukui? Champion Kukui?

Champion Kukui We knew Professor Kukui was into testing Pokemon moves even on himself, we had our suspicions he may have been a renound masked trainer who was dominant in the Battle Royale arena and we'd had hints dropped that he had faced down Kanto's gym leaders and Elite Four in the past but it also turns out that Professor Kukui is the final challenge of the Alolan Pokemon League (in the absence of an existing Champion.)

Is he the Champion? is he the fifth member of the Elite Four? doesn't that make it the Elite Five? is he just filling in because theres not a Champion yet? Who knows but he's in the way and will challenge the player with his formidible team. His team consists of a Lycanroc Lvl. 57, Ninetales Lvl. 56, Braviary Lvl. 56, Magnezone Lvl. 56, Snorlax Lvl. 56 and the fully evolved starter form of whichever type was strongest against your own starter (it's this last one which will hold it's types relevant Z-Crystal).

Connectivity

These titles can be played in multiplayer using either Nintendo 3DS wireless feature for local play, Nintendo Network ID for online play or infra red for local play.

TV Commercials & Videos

The official opening video for Pokemon Moon version

A fan made TV commercial by John Wilkstrom, a must watch... it's better than the official ones.

An official USA TV Commercial

An official trailer, celebrating 20 years.

Alola Form Exeggutor
Alola Form Exeggutor

Trivia

- No bicycles! there are no bicycles in Sun & Moon. For the first time in the main RPG games.
- The first Pokemon titles to include Chinese as a language
- Shows the first ever instance of NPCs using Pokeballs other than the basic ones.
- The first game in the main RPG series NOT to feature Gyms & Gym leaders
- There is no Ice Type Pokemon master here (presumably because the tropical conditions would stifle Ice types quite badly.)
- Sophocles wears a T-Shirt which depicts classic Pokemon trading with a Game Boy and a link cable.
- Ash-Greninja was added to the Pokemon Sun & Moon demo versions to try and attract fans of the animated series to buy the games (as it is pretty popular amongst the anime audience). The Greninja could be ported to the main game from the demo.
- It is said that Z-Moves were intended to allow trainers to use a wider variety of Pokemon rather than just relying on a few super strong ones all the way through the game as the use of these moves can make any Pokemon stronger and more viable for battle.
- It could be that Exeggcute and Exeggutor originate from the Alola region; not only is one of the islands named after Exeggutor but it states in the Ruby, Sapphire & Emerald PokeDex that Exeggutor originates from a tropical setting and this is the first one we've seen in the games. In the Exxeggutor PokeDex entry in Crystal it also mentions that in the right environment it can grow more heads - the Alolan form Exeggcutor is a good example of this.

Sales figures & an impressive milestone

Solagleo - Pokemon Sun's Legendary
Solagleo - Pokemon Sun's Legendary
Sales for Pokemon Sun & Moon versions have been extremely strong, in the U.S alone moving 4.5 million units between November release and January; making it the fastest selling Nintendo game in history (source), and alongside popular titles like Super Mario Maker and Mario Kart 7 bolstering the longevity and success of the Nintendo 3DS. As of 18/05/2017 the titles have been purchased over 15.5 million times worldwide.

Review scores

Sun & Moon were pretty well recieved across the board, check out the review scores from major sources below:-
- IGN's Kallie Plagge was clearly impressed scoring the game 9/10 and rating it Amazing. "Pokemon Sun and Moon switch up the formula to create an engaging adventure that improves on its predecessors." - Additionally the games are also nominated for IGN's game of 2016.
- Metacritic users have rated the game a very strong 87% over 87 reviews (correct as of 18/05/2017)
- Justin Haywald from GameSpot scored the game a strong 8 out of 10.
- Our own DetroitDJ was a little more critical scoring the game a 3 out of 5 and rating it Fair.
Lunala - Pokemon Moon's Legendary
Lunala - Pokemon Moon's Legendary


Media & Artwork

Official Artwork Gallery from Pokemon Sun & Moon - A large gallery featuring many of the Pokemon from the game
Official Artwork Gallery from Pokemon Sun & Moon - Characters, places and supporting art
Box Art from Pokemon Sun including numerous regional variations + editions
Box Art from Pokemon Moon including numerous regional variations + editions
Screenshots from Pokemon Sun version
Screenshots from Pokemon Moon version

Other Pokemon Sun & Moon Links

Welcome to the World of Pokémon!

Are you ready to become a Pokémon Trainer?
Trade and battle with friends all over the world!

Train your Pokémon for battle!
Discover Pokémon and fill your Pokédex.
Care for your Pokémon and help them grow.
Adventure awaits in the Alola region!

 

Pokemon Ruby - ポケットモンスタールビー
Pokemon Ruby Box Art
Pokemon Sapphire - ポケットモンスターサファイア
Pokemon Sapphire Box Art
General information
 Platform  Game Boy Advance
 Developed by  Game Freak
 Published by  Nintendo
 Players
 1-4
 Generation  Generation III
 New Pokemon  135
 New Abilities  76
 New Moves  103
 Release dates
  Australia  April 3rd, 2003
  Europe  July 25th, 2003
  Japan  November 21st, 2002
  United States  March 19th, 2003

Quick menu: Story - Pokemon - Region - Team Rocket - Gym Leaders - Elite Four - Connectivity - Videos - Trivia - Sales Figures - Review Scores - Media & Artwork

Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire versions are the main core series titles for Generation III and had been released globally by July 25th, 2003 for the Game Boy Advance.

After the success of the previous gen's Pokemon GSC and harnessing the power of the newly released Game Boy Advance, Nintendo and Gamefreak stepped up to produce a new game with amazing Pokemon. Ruby and Sapphire introduce lots of new features, moves, abilities and Pokemon whilst also fixing some things which had been issues in previous titles in the series. 

Asides from a whole new world and story we see a bunch of features that make the game more fun to play but at the same time, challenging!

New Features
Pokemon Natures were added, whenever a Pokemon is spawn in the wild or bred, it has a nature that benefits a stat and affects another. Making the game more balanced and each Pokemon unique.
Each Pokemon species now has a Pokémon ability! After entering battle or when something happens during battle they do something like raising stats, lowering the enemies stats, or just being faster during a downpour. The abilities make battling more fun and entertaining!

Double battles are happening! Now you can have battle against two Pokémon at once with two Pokémon of your party. This really makes the hunting of Pokémon more fun and changes the strategy as certain attacks have to hit two Pokémon at once, or all Pokémon, like earthquake! This is what makes abilities so useful because there are some Pokémon that are immune to ground type moves, so if your partner earthquakes there are no worries!

Pokemon Contests! Finally a way to battle…without battling. Pokémon contests let you face your Pokémon against others without having to fight them, all the moves do things to impress the crowd. Moves are categorized as cool, beauty, cute, smart and tough! Now you can become the best at contests, groom your pokemon and earn all the ribbons for your beloved partners.

Ribbons are basically prizes that you get when your Pokémon gets an achievement such as winning a contest, filling up its evs’ or just being plain unique. Be on the lookout for them.

Stats were overhauled, Individual Values are now unique and Effort values manage how much your Pokémon grows from fighting. The new setup is done in a way that training affects your pokemon but breeding too.

Plot / Story



Official Description




Can I catch them all?




Region / Setting




Team Aqua & Team Magma




Gym Leaders





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Other Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire Links

 

Pokemon FireRed - ポケットモンスターファイアレッド
Pokemon FireRed BoxPokemon LeafGreen - ポケットモンスターリーフグリーン
Pokemon LeafGreen Box Art
General information
 Platform  Game Boy Advance
 Developed by  Game Freak
 Published by  Nintendo
 Players
 1-5
 Generation  Generation III
 New Pokemon  None
 Release dates
  Australia  September 23rd, 2004
  Europe  October 1st, 2004
  Japan  January 29th, 2004
  United States  September 9th, 2004

 

Pokemon HeartGold
ポケットモンスター ハートゴールド
Pokemon HeartGold BoxPokemon SoulSilver
ポケットモンスター ソウルシルバー
Pokemon SoulSilver Box
General information
 Platform  Nintendo DS
 Developed by  Game Freak
 Published by  Nintendo
 Players
 1-4
 Generation  Generation IV
 New Pokemon  None
 Release dates
  Australia  March 25th, 2010
  Europe  March 26th, 2010
  Japan  September 12th, 2009
  United States  March 14th, 2010

 

Pokemon Diamond - ポケットモンスター ダイヤモンド
Pokemon Diamond BoxPokemon Pearl - ポケットモンスター パール
Pokemon Pearl Box Art
General information
 Platform  Nintendo DS
 Developed by  Game Freak
 Published by  Nintendo
 Players
 1-4
 Generation  Generation IV
 New Pokemon  107
 New Moves  113
 New Abilities  47
 Release dates
  Australia  June 21st, 2007
  Europe  July 27th, 2007
  Japan  September 28th, 2006
  United States  April 22nd, 2007

 

Pokemon Black - ポケットモンスター ブラック
Pokemon Black BoxPokemon White - ポケットモンスター ホワイト
Pokemon White Box Art
General information
 Platform  Nintendo DS
 Developed by  Game Freak
 Published by  Nintendo/TPC
 Players
 1-4
 Generation  Generation V
 New Pokemon  156
 New moves  92
 New abilities  41
 Release dates
  Australia  March 10th, 2011
  Europe  March 4th, 2011
  Japan  September 18th, 2010
  United States  March 6th, 2011

 

Pokemon Go
Pokemon Go Image
General information
 Platform  iOS, Android (Mobile)
 Developed by  Niantic Inc.
 Published by  Niantic Inc.
 Players
 1+
 Generation  Generation VI
 Release dates
  Australia  July 6th, 2016
  Europe  July 13th, 2016
  Japan  July 22nd, 2016
  United States  July 6th, 2016
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Pokemon Go is an open world adventure featuring augmented reality mons that you can encounter and capture in real world locations. It's a free to play game essentially but if you really want to strive to be a Pokemon master there are premium upgrades that can help you level up faster and catch more Pokemon. The game is playable globally on both iOS and Android.

It's without doubt that Pokemon Go has been the most talked about game in the last couple of decades with July 2016 seeing Pokemon fans old and new alongside people who had never even played the core series games walking the streets with their heads stuck in their phones like something out of the walking dead. The game very much bought back a 90's level of Pokemania to the fore and put Pokemon back in the mainstream public eye; it also rendered people unable to log into their social media feeds without seeing a picture of an Abra on the toilet, a bellsprout in a flowerbed or a Machop riding someones cat.

There is an official Pokemon Go accessory called the Pokemon Go plus which enables players to catch Pokemon and rack up kilometers without having their phones out.

Official descriptionPokemon Go Trainers

Venusaur, Charizard, Blastoise, Pikachu, and many other Pokémon have been discovered on planet Earth!
Now’s your chance to discover and capture the Pokémon all around you—so get your shoes on, step outside, and explore the world. You’ll join one of three teams and battle for the prestige and ownership of Gyms with your Pokémon at your side.

Pokémon are out there, and you need to find them. As you walk around a neighborhood, your smartphone will vibrate when there’s a Pokémon nearby. Take aim and throw a Poké Ball… You’ll have to stay alert, or it might get away!
Search far and wide for Pokémon and items

Certain Pokémon appear near their native environment—look for Water-type Pokémon by lakes and oceans. Visit PokéStops, found at interesting places like museums, art installations, historical markers, and monuments, to stock up on Poké Balls and helpful items.

Catching, hatching, evolving, and more
As you level up, you’ll be able to catch more-powerful Pokémon to complete your Pokédex. You can add to your collection by hatching Pokémon Eggs based on the distances you walk. Help your Pokémon evolve by catching many of the same kind.

Take on Gym battles and defend your Gym
As your Charmander evolves to Charmeleon and then Charizard, you can battle together to defeat a Gym and assign your Pokémon to defend it against all comers. It’s time to get moving—your real-life adventures await!
Note: This app is free-to-play and is optimized for smartphones, not tablets.

Gameplay
Professor Willow

Like in the core series games the player is introduced to the game by a Pokemon Professor, this time in the form of Professor Willow who will allow you to choose between the traditional three first generation starter Pokemon; Charmander, Squirtle and Bulbasaur. Once the trainer has taken their first Pokemon the game is essentially played by loading the App on your mobile phone and walking around the real world. The types of places you go have some influence on the types of wild Pokemon you will encounter for example if you are near bodies of water you are more likely to encounter water types, grass and bug types might be a little more inclined to spring out and attack you in parks and fields.

Catching Pokemon / Stardust and Candy
As the player walks around their phone will vibrate when a wild Pokemon appears and clicking/tapping on the Pokemon will begin a confrontation with that Pokemon and give you the chance to throw some Pokeballs at it in attempt to capture it for your team. The higher the Pokemon's CP level the more difficult it may be to catch.. how difficult a Pokemon will be to catch is indicated by the color of the ring around the Pokemon just before you throw the ball with a red ring indicating that it's very unlikely you'll catch it, a yellow ring being 50/50 and a  green ring indicating it shouldn't put up too much of a fight.

As the player levels up and progresses in the game they'll get hold of berries and better quality Pokeballs such as Great Balls and Ultra Balls to make higher level Pokemon easier to catch. The higher the players level the stronger the Pokemon they will encounter in the wild.

Once a Pokemon is caught not only do you add that Pokemon to your Pokedex and team but you also gain Stardust and Candies. Stardust is used in conjunction with candies to power up a Pokemon and help raise its CP (combat power). Raising a Pokemon's CP will in turn result in a raise of it's vital stats like HP, attack power, defence and so on. A little bit more of an explanation on how candies work; each Pokemon has their own kind of Candy so catching a Pidgey will give you Pidgey candy, catching a Scyther will give you Scyther Candy and so on.

The number of candy you get from a catch depends on the level of evolution the target Pokemon was at. An unevolved Pokemon will award three candies, a Pokemon in it's middle evolutionary stage will give 5 and a fully evolved Pokemon such as a Pidgeot will give 10. When the game first launched all levels of Pokemon simply awarded 3 candies regardless of evolutionary state. Additionally transferring any Pokemon to Profesor Willow will grant another Candy.

Professor Willow Crying

Evolving Pokemon
So as I mentioned above you can use stardust and candies to power up a Pokemon's CP level. Candy's on there own however can be used to evolve Pokemon; the cost of those evolutions can be as little as 12 candies for basic evolutions such as Pidgey to Pidgeotto, Caterpie to Metapod and go right the way up to 400 candies for the most advanced evo's like Magikarp into Gyrados.

Evolving a Pidgey Evolving a Pidgey  Evolving a Pidgey
Evolving Pidgey's.... you'll get used to it.

PokeStops
PokeStop's are essentially real world landmarks which appear as a blue marker on your map - these could be anything from statues, to public houses, restaurants, supermarkets and you can tap them ingame and spin the PokeStops image to recieve items such as Pokeballs, Berries and even Pokemon Eggs. The PokeStops are refreshed and can be re used every five minutes.

Hatching Pokemon from Eggs
Every player starts the game with an egg incubator that can be used an infinite amount of times but can only incubate one egg at a time. If the player is lucky enough to get a Pokemon egg from a PokeStop they can put the egg into the incubator and walk a certain distance to hatch it. Eggs come in 2km, 5km and 10km versions and the version you have will affect what Pokemon you can get from it. 10km eggs have the potential to hatch the rarest and most powerful Pokemon... and I should think so too if you have to walk 10 kilometers to hatch them!

2km eggs have the chance to hatch common Pokemon like Ratatta, Pidgey and so on but also have the chance to hatch the starter Pokemon which are all fairly sparse ingame so don't discount these eggs entirely. 5km eggs offer fairly mid range Pokemon.  Each time an egg hatches you not only have a new Pokemon for your team but you'll also get a big batch of stardust and the relevant Pokemon's Candy.

Gyms
Like PokeStop's gyms will often be found at real world landmarks and players will fight to control the gyms in order to obtain Pokecoins. A player is also rewarded with a basic level of XP for fighting for control of a gym or training at a friendly gym.

New style gym system
On June 23rd, 2017 Pokemon Go launched its overhauled gym system and added the raids feature. No longer do gyms work on prestige levels but instead defending Pokemon have a motivation level. Each time they are defeated they will become less motivated and weaker in battle until they are eventually knocked out. Motivation will also slowly decay over time even if no one is attacking the gym. Trainers who have a Pokemon stationed at a friendly gym can visit their Pokemon and feed them berries to keep their motivation and combat abilities up.

They also changed the way you claim your defenders bonus and set a maximum 50 Pokécoin's per day limit. The maximum garrison in a gym is now six Pokémon as opposed to the 10 it was previously. Additionally gym's also act as PokeStops so you can obtain items from them exactly as you would a normal PokeStop except if your team control the gym you get a Team Bonus and recieve some additional items.

The introduction of the raids feature means every so often a higher than normal CP Pokemon of varying difficulty levels will spawn at a gym and it will often take multiple players to bring it down. All three teams can work together during these battles to bring down the most powerful mons. Want to know more? Click here for our guide to raids in Pokemon Go.

How gym's used to work
When a player spars with the Pokemon at a friendly gym the gyms level of prestige is raised, the more prestige a gym has the more Pokemon can be stationed their from one team to defend it. Every 24 hours the trainers who have a Pokemon stationed at a gym can claim a Defenders Bonus by clicking the icon in the top right of the shop - this defenders bonus consists of 10 Pokecoins and 500 stardust per gym you have a Pokemon stationed at. A maximum 10 Pokémon could be stationed at a gym at once.

Pokemon Go Gyms
Pokemon Go Gyms.

Buddy Pokemon
This feature is something else that wasn't around when the game was initially released, you can now choose a buddy Pokemon who will travel around by your side on your adventures and every 1km, 3km or 5km walked (depending on the Pokemon type) it will find a candy. It's best to have a rare Pokemon or a Pokemon you particularly want to evolve and power up as a buddy as they'll find their own candy type as you walk around.

Medals
Medals are a form of ingame achievements that you display on your ingame profile. Whilst many of the medals are purely for vanity some of them do some with benefits a couple of examples of which are:-
  • Bird Keeper - Catch 200 Flying type Pokemon. This awards a +3 flying-type catch bonus, meaning you have a better chance of catching high level flying Pokemon you encounter in the wild.
  • Bug Catcher - Catch 200 Bug types. Again the same sort of bonus as above but for bugs.
  • Hiker - Catch 200 Rock type Pokemon. You get the idea...

Whilst medals aren't something you can really proactively go out and decide to get hold of basically every Pokemon you catch will contribute toward a medal of some kind.

Character customisation
Pokemon Go offers a range of character customisation options. When you initially set up your character you can choose your hair, face and so on but there are further options ingame to choose from including hats, glasses, tops, bags, gloves, bottoms, socks and footwear. There are some things you can wear for free but other bits will cost Pokecoins for example tops which have your team's logo on etc... they aren't cheap!

Can I catch them all?

Well in short, no you can't. When Pokemon Go first launched back in July 2017 it was only first generation Pokemon in the game and even then not all of them... it's one year on and as I write this there have been no legendary or mythical Pokemon caught so far. Ditto for example was not initially available but was slipped into the game on November 23rd, 2016. Ditto can't be found as itself and often takes on the guise of common unsuspecting Pokemon such as Pidgey, Rattata, Zubat and Magikarp and your best chance of catching one comes simply from farming these more common mons.

Less than a month later Gen II baby Pokemon were added to the game in the form of possible egg hatches. This included Cleffa, Elekid, Igglybuff, Magby, Pichu, Smoochum and Togepei.

Pokemon Go's implementation of Gen II mon's was complete on February 16th, 2017 when the vast majority of Gen II were introduced into the wild. This update also enabled the evolution of any Pokemon from Gen I that cross evolves into Gen II (Scyther to Scizor, Golbat to Crobat for example) to occur. Additionally Togetic can now be caught in the wild but in most places is Ultra Rare.

Generation II Pokemon Go

Shiny Pokemon made it to the game on the 22nd of March 2017 when Shiny Magikarp became introduced, Shiny Gyrados is also possible if you evolve the Shiny Karp when you have enough candies. Based on very limited research during the water festival this year it looks as though the odds of you getting hold of a Shiny Magikarp are about 1 in 400.

Don't be disheartened that you can't catch them all just yet... it's without doubt that Legendary and Mythical Pokemon will be saved for special world events such as anniversaries etc. And I dare say Gen III is in the pipeline already.

The Teams

At level five every Pokemon Trainer will stop being in harmony with the world and will be approached by the leaders of the three real world Pokemon Teams; Team Instinct, Team Valor and Team Mystic who will present you with an intro to their team and try to entice you to join them. Here's a little bit about each team and their intro's:-

Team Instinct Logo Team Instinct is the Yellow Team and is led by Spark. The teams sigil features the Legendary Bird Zapdos.
Hey! The name's Spark — the leader of Team Instinct. Pokemon are creatures with excellent intuition. I bet the secret to their intuition is related to how they're hatched. Come and join my team! You never lose when you trust your instincts!
Team Valor Logo Team Valor is the Red Team and is led by Candela. Moltres is the chosen legendary bird for their teams sigil.
I'm Candela — Team Valor's leader! Pokemon are stronger than humans, and they're warmhearted, too! I'm researching ways to enhance Pokemon's natural power in the pursuit of true strength. There's no doubt that the Pokemon our team have trained at the strongest in battle! Are you ready?
Team Mystic Logo Team Mystic is the Blue Team and is led by Blanche and the Legendary Bird which represents the team is Articuno.
I am Blanche, leader of Team Mystic. The wisdom of Pokemon is immeasurably deep. I am researching why it is that they evolve. With our calm analysis of every situation, we can't lose!

Which team to choose depends not only how you feel about each of the leaders descriptions as well as which color and legendary bird you like best but I'd also recommend taking a look at your area - which team controls all the gyms? in some areas it can be pretty one sided where others can be hotly contested by all three teams. If there is an obvious dominance in your immediate area from any one team it might be better as a new player to join em' rather than end up isolated and bitter like me ;-)

Once you've chosen a team it's currently permanent so be careful. So lets say you join Team Instinct, when you next go to a gym if it's already under your teams control you can battle/spar at that friendly gym to gain a little XP but also to level the gyms prestige level whereas if it's an enemy gym controlled by Valor or Mystic you will want to battle the gym and for every Pokemon you beat that gym will lose prestige until it becomes neutral enabling you to take the gym over for your team.

Another time when you'll be working with your Team's leader is when you want your Pokemon appraised. You can lean on the expertise of your Team Leader to provide you with information on your Pokemon's stats, combat abilities and attributes. Why would you want to do this? well let's say you have two Pokemon of roughly the same CP level and can't decide which to evolve the best course of action is to appraise both and evolve the one with the better combat ability appraisal. This is especially important if you are intending to be involved in gym battles.

Appraisals

So we touched on Appraisals above but they're pretty important so let's check it out in more detail. There are two things Pokemon are appraised on in Pokemon Go. Firstly the team leader will give you one of four ratings based on the Pokemon's overall statistics and secondly they'll rate the Pokemon's best stat, again from a selection of four different levels. Let's take a look at the appraisals and what they mean:-

Team Instinct - Overall Stat Analysis
Giving a good overall impression of your Pokemon's combat abilities.
Spark Appraisal IV Range
Overall, your [Pokemon Name] looks like it can really battle with the best of them! 82.2%-100%
Overall, your [Pokemon Name] is really strong! 66.7% – 80%
Overall, your [Pokemon Name] is pretty decent! 51.1% – 64.4%
Overall, your [Pokemon Name] has room for improvement as far as battling goes. 0% – 48.9%

Team Instinct - Specific Stat Analysis
This appraisal will tell you how much of a stat bonus the mentioned Pokemon has for it's best stat.
Spark Appraisal Stat Bonus
Its stats are the best I’ve ever seen! No doubt about it! 15
Its stats are really strong! Impressive. 13-14
It’s definitely got some good stats. Definitely! 8-12
Its stats are all right, but kinda basic, as far as I can see. 0-7

Team Mystic - Overall Stat Analysis
Giving a good overall impression of your Pokemon's combat abilities.
Blanche Appraisal IV Range
Overall, your [Pokemon Name] is a wonder! What a breathtaking Pokemon! 82.2%-100%
Overall, your [Pokemon Name] has certainly caught my attention. 66.7% – 80%
Overall, your [Pokemon Name] is above average. 51.1% – 64.4%
Overall, your [Pokemon Name] is not likely to make much headway in battle. 0% – 48.9%

Team Mystic - Specific Stat Analysis
This appraisal will tell you how much of a stat bonus the mentioned Pokemon has for it's best stat.
Blanche Appraisal Stat Bonus
Its stats exceed my calculations. It’s incredible! 15
I am certainly impressed by its stats, I must say. 13-14
Its stats are noticeably trending to the positive. 8-12
Its stats are not out of the norm, in my opinion. 0-7

Team Valor - Overall Stat Analysis
Giving a good overall impression of your Pokemon's combat abilities.
Candela Appraisal IV Range
Overall, your (Pokemon Name) simply amazes me. It can accomplish anything! 82.2%-100%
Overall, your [Pokemon Name] is a strong Pokemon. You should be proud! 66.7% – 80%
Overall, your [Pokemon Name] is a decent Pokemon 51.1% – 64.4%
Overall, your [Pokemon Name] may not be great in battle, but I still like it! 0% – 48.9%

Team Valor - Specific Stat Analysis
This appraisal will tell you how much of a stat bonus the mentioned Pokemon has for it's best stat.
Candela Appraisal Stat Bonus
I’m blown away by its stats. WOW! 15
It’s got excellent stats! How exciting! 13-14
Its stats indicate that in battle, it’ll get the job done 8-12
Its stats don’t point to greatness in battle. 0-7

The appraisal system wasn't originally in the release version and was added in update 0.35.0. As well as combat abilities your Team Leader will also comment on how big or small your Pokemon is but it's unclear as to whether the size/weight of a Pokemon has any affect on anything as yet.

Gaining XP and Levelling Up

In Pokemon Go it's the player that earns XP and levels up as opposed to his/her Pokemon. Naturally most trainers are going to want to get stronger quickly in order to encounter and command more powerful Pokemon. The level cap currently sits at 40 and it takes a colossal amount of XP to get there. Here are some basic tips on where you are going to get that XP from.

Catching Pokemon
You gain 100 XP for every Pokémon you catch. If it's a new entry to your Pokedex you get a further 500 XP. Additionally you also get a further XP bonus for different types of throws as detailed in the next section.

Throw Bonuses

  • If you catch a Pokemon with the first throw of your Pokéball you gain 50 XP.Pokeball
  • Catch a Pokémon with a Curveball - 10 XP
  • Catch a Pokémon with a Nice throw - 10 XP
  • Catch a Pokémon with a Great throw - 50 XP
  • Catch a Pokémon with an Excellent Throw - 100XP

The first throw, curveball and one of Nice, Great or Excellent XP bonuses do stack. So for example if you throw a curveball for your first catch and it hits inside the targetting circle for a Nice throw you'll get 50XP + 10XP + 10XP = 70XP throw bonus in addition to the usual 100 XP for catching a Pokemon.

Evolving Pokemon
If you're really serious about getting that level up the short story is that you want to catch as many Pidgey, Caterpie, Weedle as possible. The reason you want these is because a) they're really common and easy to find in large quantities in most places and b) it only takes 12 candies to evolve them. Each evolution will award you 500 XP and if it evolves into a Pokemon you didn't have in your Pokedex that'll net you another 500 XP so 1000 XP total not bad eh?

A common tactic for levelling up quickly is to farm lots of Pidgey, Caterpie, Weedle then pop a lucky egg which doubles your XP for 30 minutes and evolve them all. This makes it up to 1000 XP per evolution. I would recommend holding onto as many Pidgey and Pidgey candy as possible; waiting for special events and festivals ingame where they have a double XP bonus drop a lucky egg then and you are talking 2000 XP per Pidgey evolved.

Pokemon Go EggsHatching Pokemon from Eggs
Each Pokemon you hatch from an egg will award XP (as well as candies and stardust)
  • 2km Egg Hatch - 200 XP 
  • 5km Egg Hatch - 500 XP
  • 10km Egg Hatch - 1000 XP
     
Like with evolutions if the Pokemon you hatched is a new addition to you're PokeDex you'll also get another 500 XP bonus on top for a new discovery.

Daily Bonuses
First catch of the day. The first Pokemon you catch each day will award a 500 XP bonus, complete this daily mission 7 days in a row and on the 7th day that bonus goes up to 2500 XP. As an additional bonus you'll also get 600 Stardust per day for the first 6 days, and then 3000 stardust on the seventh day.

First PokeStop of the day. The first PokeStop you visit each day will award a 500 XP bonus and lots of items, visit at least one PokeStop a day for 7 consecutive days and get a 2500 XP bonus on the seventh day as well as a special item and lots of PokeBalls and berries. 

Winning Gym BattlesPokegym Icon
You also gain XP by attacking gym's held by enemies to lower their prestige, or by sparring at a friendly gym to raise it's prestige level. Heres the XP you can gain:-

  • Defeat one Pokemon at a gym - 150 XP
  • Defeat two Pokemon at a gym - 250 XP
  • Defeat three Pokemon at a gym - 350 XP
  • Defeat four Pokemon at a gym - 450 XP
  • Defeat five Pokemon at a gym - 550 XP 

Special events
Watch out for special events. Most of the events we've seen in the first year of Pokémon Go have featured XP bonuses of some kind be that a generic overall double XP bonus, a big bonus on catching Pokemon with good throws etc. These events can help you decide when to play more actively and when to blow those lucky eggs and evolve new types etc. 

Pokecoins

The currency in Pokemon Go is Pokécoins. Pokécoins can be earned by occupying gym's and claiming your daily defenders bonus (ten pokécoins per gym occupied at the time of claim) these coins can only be claimed once every 24 hours in this manner. Pokécoins can also be purchased with real world money. Check out the prices for Pokecoins below if we look at how these currencies convert some countries certainly get a better deal than others.

  Pokécoins UK USA Australia New Zealand Europe Japan
100 PokéCoins 100 £0.99 $0.99 $1.49  $1.49  €0.99 ¥120 
550 PokéCoins 550 £4.99 $4.99 $7.99  $7.49  €4.99 ¥600
1200 PokéCoins 1200 £9.99 $9.99 $14.99 $14.99  €9.99  ¥1200
2500 PokéCoins 2500 £19.99 $19.99 $30.99  $29.99  €19.99 ¥2400
5200 PokéCoins 5200 £39.99 $39.99 $62.99  $59.99 €39.99  ¥4800
14500 PokéCoins 14500 £99.99  $99.99 $159.99  $149.99  €99.99  ¥11800


Items

A list of all the items in Pokemon Go, what they do and where you can obtain them. I've split the tables into categories ie battle items, berries, special items etc.

Potions and Revives
Medical items for reviving and healing your Pokemon after a gym encounter.

  Item Level Required What it does Obtained at
Potion Potion Level 5 A spray-type medicine for treating wounds. It restores the target Pokemon's HP by 20 points. PokeStops
Super Potion Super Potion Level 10 A spray-type medicine for treating wounds. It restores the target Pokemon's HP by 20 points. PokeStops
Hyper Potion Hyper Potion Level 15 A spray-type medicine for treating wounds. It restores the target Pokemon's HP by 20 points. PokeStops
Max Potion Max Potion Level 25 A spray-type medicine for treating wounds. It fully recovers the target Pokemon's HP. PokeStops
Revive Revive Level 5 A medicine which can resucitate a fainted Pokemon and restore 50% of it's HP. PokeStops
Max Revive Max Revive Level 30 A medicine which can resucitate a fainted Pokemon and fully restore it's HP. PokeStops

Pokeballs
There are currently three types of Pokéball available in Pokemon Go. Standard Pokéballs are the only ones which can be purchased in the Shop whereas the other two balls must be obtained from PokeStops.

  Item Level Required What it does Obtained at
Poké Ball Pokeball None A device for catching wild Pokemon. It's thrown like a ball, comfortably encapsulating it's target. PokeStops, Shop
Great Ball Great Ball Level 12 A high-performance Ball with a higher catch rate than a standard Poke Ball. PokeStops
Ultra Ball Ultra Ball Level 20 An ultra-performance Ball with a higher catch rate than a Great Ball. PokeStops

Berries
Berries can help you capture Pokemon more easily or increase the candy reward. Nanab berries are best used on aggressive Pokemon or ones that dart about quickly such as Zubat.

  Item Level Required What it does Obtained at
Razz Berry Razz Berry Level 8 Feed this to a Pokemon and it will be easiest to catch on your next throw. PokeStops
Nanab Berry Nanab Berry Level 14 Feed this to a Pokemon to calm it down, making it less erratic. PokeStops
Pinap Berry Pinap Berry Level 18 Feed this to a Pokemon to recieve more Candy when you catch it. PokeStops

Special Items
These special items are recieved if you complete your daily PokeStop visit for 7 consecutive days. On the seventh day your first PokeStop will award one of the below items as well as the usual abundance of standard items and XP.

  Item Level Required What it does Obtained at
Dragon Scale Dragon Scale Level 10 A scale that can make certain species of Pokémon evolve. It is very tough and inflexible.. PokeStops
King's Rock King's Rock Level 10 A rock that can make certain species of Pokémon evolve. It looks like a crown. PokeStops
Metal Coat Metal Coat Level 10 A coating that can make certain species of Pokémon evolve. It is a special metalic film. PokeStops
Sun Stone Sun Stone Level 10 A peculiar stone that can make certain species of Pokémon evolve. It burns as red as the evening sun. PokeStops
Up Grade Up-Grade Level 10 A transparent device that can make certain species of Pokémon evolve. It was produced by Silph Co. PokeStops

Premium Items
These items can sometimes be obtained for free by hitting certain milestone levels but for the most part if you want em, you gotta get your hands in your pockets! Player's who have been spending money on the game hit level 40 a long time ago by combining 9x Incubators and the use of a lucky egg just before the nine eggs were due to hatch for huge XP bonuses. It should be noted that all players start with one egg incubator that can be used an infinite number of times.

  Item Level Required What it does Obtained at
Egg Incubator Egg Incubator None A device that incubates an Egg as you walk until it is ready to hatch. Breaks after 3 uses.
Cost: 150 Pokecoins each
Milestone Levels, Shop
Lucky Egg Lucky Egg None A Lucky Egg that's filled with happiness! Earns double XP for 30 minutes
Cost: 80 Pokecoins for 1, 500 Pokecoins for 8 or 1250 Pokecoins for 25.
Milestone Levels, Shop
Lure Module Lure Module None A module that attracts Pokémon to a PokéStop for 30 min. The effect benefits other people nearby.
Cost: 100 Pokecoins for 1, 680 Pokecoins for 8.
Milestone Levels, Shop
Incense Incense None Incense with a mysterious fragrance that lures wild Pokémon to your location for 30 minutes.
Cost: 80 Pokecoins for 1, 500 Pokecoins for 8 or 1250 Pokecoins for 25.
Milestone Levels, Shop
Bag Upgrade Bag Upgrade None Increases the max number of items you can carry by 50.
Costs: 200 Pokecoins.
Shop
Storage Upgrade Storage Upgrade None Increases the max number of Pokémon you can carry by 50.
Costs: 200 Pokecoins.
Shop

Limited edition shop items
These gift box items are seasonal, limited time items. I would expect that they will return for Christmas again this year in one form or another.

  Item Level Required Whats inside? Obtained at
Special Box Special Box     None 10 Great Balls, 2 Egg Incubators
Cost: 250 Pokecoins. Was available: December 25 to 30, 2016
Shop (Seasonal)
Great Box Great Box None 20 Great Balls, 2 Incense, 4 Egg Incubators
Cost: 550 Pokecoins. Was available: December 25 to 30, 2016
Shop (Seasonal)
Ultra Box Ultra Box None 20 Ultra Balls, 25 Incense, 6 Egg Incubators.
Cost: 1500 Pokecoins. Was available: December 25 to 30, 2016
Shop (Seasonal)
Bronze Box Bronze Box None 100 Poké Balls, 8 Lure Modules.
Cost: 460 Pokecoins. Was available December 25 to 30, 2016
Shop (Seasonal)
Silver Box Silver Box None 8 Incense, 8 Lucky Eggs, 8 Lure Modules.
Cost: 980 Pokecoins. Was available December 25 to 30, 2016
Shop (Seasonal)
Gold Box Gold Box None 50 Great Balls, 25 Incense, 25 Lucky Eggs, 16 Lure Modules
Cost: 2480 Pokecoins. Was available December 25 to 30, 2016
Shop (Seasonal)

Reviews

Theres no doubting that Pokemon Go is a unique and pioneering title which added a real world social experience to a popular gaming franchise ... in the beginning at least. And whilst it is difficult to review Pokemon Go in the same way you would review a traditional Pokemon title due to the fact it's a) a free game and  b) constantly being worked on here are what the major review sites and critics had to say:-


It should be noted that these reviews are from July 2016 when the game launched, if they were to be written now I think they'd be different as most of the consensus of the reviews is that the game is bad, buggy, broken and the servers can't cope but the social experience when it worked was great. The situation now as I write this a year on is that a lot of stuff has been fixed, the game has been enhanced but the novelty social experience that was associated with the game at launch has diminished. It would be interesting to see what the same reviewers would score the game a year on.

Opinions on Pokemon Go remain mixed due to issues with massive dominance of certain teams in some areas and a gym system which further contributes to this misery, an abundance of spoofers who cheat their way to the best Pokemon etc have contributed to a reduction in playerbase since the game launched. However since launch Niantic have introduced various improvements and special events to make the game more enjoyable for those who still play it (approx 5 million daily active players as of April 2017).

Videos & Media

Check out these Pokemon Go videos, trailers, commercials and more.

The official launch trailer for Pokemon Go. "Get up and Go!"
December 2016 announcement trailer for Togepei and Pichu being added to the game.

Trivia and Facts

  • The game was released in celebration of Pokemon's 20th anniversary.Pokemon 20th Anniversary
  • The idea for the game was conceived in 2013 by Satoru Iwata of Nintendo and Tsunekazu Ishihara of the Pokemon Company as an April Fool's Day collaboration with google called Pokemon Challenge. At the time they had worked with Tatsuo Nomura from Google Maps who has since become a senior project manager at Niantic.
  • Unlike other games in the Pokemon core series players don't have to battle a wild Pokemon before capturing them
  • In 2015 Ishihara did a speech about Pokemon Go which he dedicated to Iwata who had sadly passed away two months before
  • It was decided to create the Pokemon Go plus accessory rather than add an app to smartwatches because that would have limited the player base to those that could afford smartwatches. Or it would've certainly given them an unfair advantage.
  • A Japanese exclusive beta test was announced on March 4th, 2016 for Pokemon Go in an effort to eliminate bugs etc from the game prior to it's full release.
  • When the game released in the first few countries it was so popular that the servers were regularly overloaded and John Hanke, Niantic's CEO said release to the remaining regions would be delayed while they fixed the issues.
  • Within 24 hours of it's release in the USA Pokemon Go had topped all App store charts for free games and top grossing apps.
  • The incredible popularity of Pokemon Go resulted in a 10% share price increase for Nintendo and days later by July 11th this figure had risen to a 23% increase.
  • Within 2 days of release Pokemon Go had been downloaded to 5.6% of all Android devices in the USA. Even more than Tinder.
  • Also within 2 days of release Pokemon Go had raised safety concerns with emergency services because people were putting themselves in dangerous positions by a) trespassing where they shouldn't to look for Pokemon and b) not even looking up from their mobile phones to cross the roads. The Northern Territory Police Fire and Emergency services issues a statement to players to “look up, away from your phone and both ways before crossing the street”
  • Stats provided by Similar Web say that over 60% of people who downloaded Pokemon Go in the USA are/were using it daily.
  • On launch day a player in Wyoming wandered off the beaten track in search of Pokemon and was walking alongside a river where they discovered a dead body.
  • Meanwhile in O'Fallon, Missouri a shocking ELEVEN teenagers were subject to armed robbery by a group of guys in a black BMW at a shopping centre. O' Fallon Police department apprehended the four suspects later that evening who then went on to admit they were using ingame lures to attract Pokemon and thus Pokemon Go players.
  • Plays of the original soundtrack of the Pokemon Animated series increased by 362% across the glove following the games release.
  • Some of Pokemon Go's soundtrack was composed by Junichi Masuda.
  • To celebrate the first anniversary of Pokemon Go, Niantic announced the games first major event; Pokemon Go fest in Chicago. The event was held on 22nd of July 2017 and very much didn't go to plan, with huge queues to get into the arena due to single file security searches followed by major technical difficulties and thousands of fans booing Niantic CEO John Hanke pretty badly when he came on stage. Some fans even saw fit to file a lawsuit against Niantic in the wake of the disastrous event.
  • In the wake of the disaster that was Pokemon Go fest, Niantic appeased fans somewhat with the release of Legendary raids. The first legendary raids began on July 23rd 2017 with Articuno and Lugia; Articuno was chosen from the original trio of legendary birds due to Team Mystic contributing the most to a global catch 'em all event on July 22nd. Articuno was only around for a week, with it's final appearance coming on 31/07/2017.
  • Moltres was released from 1st of August 2017 to the 8th of August 2017 and is planned to be followed up by Zapdos.

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The Pokémon franchise was first introduced to the world in 1996 – when a new pair of video games for the Nintendo Game Boy appeared: Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green.

The concept centred around invented fictional creatures called Pokémon, which was short for pocket monsters. The gameplay revolves around players catching and training these creatures to battle each other. The games were an immediate global hit. This has evolved to the popular franchise that now includes video games, trading cards, an animated TV series, movies, merchandise – and a groundbreaking mobile game called Pokémon Go.This is an augmented reality game that was released in 2016. The game combines elements of location-based AR technology with the iconic world of Pokémon.Players use their smartphones to explore the real world while the game overlays a digital world onto the immediate physical environment

 

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Detective Pikachu Returns is a direct sequel to the first game Detective Pikachu that was released on 3DS in March 2018. The second game in the series, the upcoming Detective Pikachu Returns will be released on October 6th, 2023, exclusively on Nintendo Switch. The game is being developed by Creatures Inc. and is obviously going to be published by Nintendo.

In this article we will predict what to expect from the upcoming game and if it’s going to be a hit or miss for the fans of Pokémon as well as more casual players who like mysteries and detective stuff. Without further ado, let’s see what Pikachu has in store for us this time!

What’s the Story?
Story of the game. We will once again play as Tim Goodman wearing his iconic red hoodie. We came back to Ryme City to once and for all solve all the mysteries and finish unfinished business. There will be plenty of puzzles and cases to solve for both humans and Pokémon, and so far, there isn’t much more known about the game when it comes to the story. However, it will probably be straightforward and simplistic so you can focus on solving puzzles, and still being satisfied with the resolutions.We hope that the game will also be challenging at times because you want that feeling of accomplishment after solving a tougher riddle or case. In addition to that, because the first game came out over five years ago, here we could get some more modern cases that will reference the events and notions from real life like addressing the global pandemic, crypto miner games, or NFTs. As an example, we can see someone who will have their digital art stolen, and we need to crack this mystery wide open.

Visual Presentation
When it comes to the visuals, we only really saw a one-and-a-half-minute trailer, but the game looks kind of bad? We obviously know that it is still a Nintendo Switch game so nothing gorgeous will be happening here, especially with the potential release of Nintendo Switch 2 on the horizon, but the game is not about the graphics. Sadly, the environment does not look pleasing, and the background just falls flat from what we were able to see on the official YouTube Detective Pikachu Returns trailer.The textures do not look impressive, and the pixel count is quite low, but we can hope that what the game lacks in the visual presentation will make up for it in the story, character development, puzzles, and most importantly crimes to solve.

Lovable Characters and Humor
The one thing that works on the benefit of the upcoming game is the humor and chemistry between Pikachu and Tim Goodman. Our detective, known for his bolts and brilliance, will have a lot of interactions with other characters and it will make playing the game and watching the interactions all around you more precious.

The Developers Behind the Game
Another notable thing is that the developers that are creating Pokémon Detective Pikachu Returns by the name of Creatures Inc. create every model for new Pokémon. That includes all the main Pokémon games, side Pokémon games, and Pokémon TCG. They have a great track record of creating Pokémon games overall, so it is an optimistic sign that the game will result in a new hit. The whole game will also be voice acted in various languages so you can immerse yourself in the story even more than ever.

Pokémon Detective Pikachu Returns – Hit or Miss?
Considering the simplicity and uniqueness of this combination of Pikachu and detective work, we think that the game will have a lot of fans and will earn its place as one of the most fun Pokémon titles on Nintendo Switch. However, due to its lack of visual presentation the game might not reach the mainstream appeal it could with better graphics. In addition to all of that there was also a Detective Pikachu movie starring Ryan Reynolds as Pikachu and Justice Smith as Tim Goodman. The movie was a big success, and we also know that the sequel is in Development according to IMDB, so if the movie sequel releases sometime next year, or in 2025 it could create some hype for more Detective Pikachu and the game might sell a lot better, based on the popularity of the movie and the actors involved in portraying the main protagonists. The first movie had some great reviews so we can only hope the second one will repeat the success of the original.So, when it comes to the sequel to the game from 2018, we think that Pokémon Detective Pikachu Returns has a high chance of capturing the hearts of many players all around the world, and that success is needed so the entire spin-off franchise about coffee drinking lightning creature could continue going forward!

 

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This exciting partnership offers users a unique and engaging way to interact with cryptocurrencies using cutting-edge AR technology. 
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Pokémon is a game that has captured the hearts of millions worldwide, including students. So why is Pokémon so interesting for students? Firstly, Pokémon is a game that allows players to explore and discover new worlds. This sense of adventure and exploration is something that many students crave. Studying abroad, for example, can be seen as a form of exploration, as students can immerse themselves in a new culture and learn new things. It requires strategy and critical thinking.To succeed in the game, players must plan ahead and make decisions based on the situation. It is similar to the skills required when studying abroad, as students must be adaptable, plan, and make decisions based on their environment. Pokémon is a game that promotes community and social interaction. Players can connect with others who share their passion for the game and work together to achieve common goals. Similarly, studying abroad allows students to connect with people worldwide and form bonds that can last a lifetime.

 

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