============================================================================== ___ _ ____ /\ __ | \. ' | /\ /.' __ / . .___ __ | . . '| |/ \ __ _ | \ / | . \ | | | _| | __ | / /__. \ ' .\ / __ | '\' ' . _/ _' \ / | \/ /. | ' / _ ' \ ' | | |'--' / _ \ \____| |. |'\/| | '--' / |. | | \ ___ / | \__. |__| \_ \ ___ /__| | ' ___| |__| '__| ============================================================================== - POKEMON CENTER - NEW YORK - ============================================================================== Pokemon Center - New York - FAQ Done by Rocket_Minion (email: rocketminion@hotmail.com) Version ?.? (???? ??, 2003) - PRELIMINAR - This FAQ is best viewed in WordPad with Courier New Font, size 10. ============================================================================== -=CONTENTS=- ============================================================================== * Introduction * Updates * Pokemon List -Shiny Movesets -Officcially Announced -Rumors -Japan Only -Confirmation Needed * Other Special Pokes -Weird Stuff +Breeding Mismatch +When Power Corrupts * About the Pokemon Center - NY -Distribution Machine or Cath’em Machine -Giveaway Weeks -Officcially Announced * Getting Smart * Sharking Legally -Special Eggs * In My Opinion * Special Thanks * Copyrights ============================================================================== -=INTRODUCTION=- ============================================================================== Welcome Everybody! This guide is intended to inform about the different Pokemons given away by the Pokemon Center in NY City. I really liked the idea of having 'special' new moves since I hear about the Amnesia Psyduck and Surfing Pikachu in the N64. It was so cool to have a Pokemon that not anyone could have (well, not now anyway!) that when I knew about the Pokemon Centers in Japan giving away Pokemons with special moves I just loved the idea. When the Pokemon Center opened in New York I was hoping to see new attacks in my dear old Pokes! And I wasn't disappointed! Everyone who visited the PokeCenter got their special Pokes! I was trying to get all the info I could (since I am kind of far away from New York that was the nearest I could get) so I began making a list for my personal use. Months have past since then and I have find lots of people (via Internet and in person) that while battling me they use several strange moves. Most of them claim to get that Pokes at the Center in New York and since there is no real info about them and the Pokemon Stadium 2 for N64 marks both moves, real or fake, like illegal there is no way to tell if that is true or not, I decided to make a FAQ! My very first FAQ (yup! free time!) This FAQ will tell you if a certain Pokemon with a specific attack was given away by the New York Center or not. And that will help legal players against the infamous Sharkers! (I'm not saying that using GameShark is evil or so but using it to get moves that can not be obtained is not legal! Nor fair!) As the Center keeps giving away Pokes this FAQ will be updated every month (more or less) as soon as I get the info checked and organized. Oh! And I want to apologize for my English! ============================================================================== -=UPDATES=- ============================================================================== PRELIMINAR - Moved Mt. Mortar from 'Oficcialy Announced' to the list. ??/??/2003 Added comments about Normal and Mt. Mortar Week in ‘In My Opinion’ Section. More GameShark codes added to ‘Sharking Legally’ Section. Added exact release dates of new promotions. Finally managed to get the Center opening day! It was on November 22nd, 2001. Updated the Giveaway Week list and fixed some errors there. Ver 1.3 - New mail! Here: rocketminion@hotmail.com! Find me on MSM too! 01/24/2003 New way of numbering version! Due to GameFaqs! =P Added Ice Type, Nocturnal and Grass and Normal Type Weeks. Added Mt. Mortar, Dark Cave, Valentine's Day, Rare Pokemon and Bug Type Weeks to ‘Officcialy Announced’. Still need the exact release date for them. Lots of new GameShark Codes in ‘Sharking Legally’ Section. Added comments about Ice Type, Nocturnal and Grass Type in ‘In My Opinion’ Section. Ver 0.1.2 - Added Psychic Type and Rock Tunnel Weeks. 12/16/2002 Added comments about Psychic and Rock Tunnel in ‘In My Opinion’ Section. Lots of new GameShark Codes in ‘Sharking Legally’ Section. Ver 0.1.1 - Added Halloween, Silver Cave and Union Cave Weeks. 11/07/2002 Added comments about Halloween, Silver Cave and Union Cave Weeks in ‘In My Opinion’ Section. Ver 0.1.0 - Corrections made to OT again. Changed from PKNY to PCNY. 10/28/2002 More corrections to the ‘Sharking Legally’ Section, this time to ‘Caught Location and Time’ Added some Notes to ‘Sharking Legally’ Section. Added Movesets for Lugia and Ho-oh. Corrections done to ‘In my Opinion’ Section and proper thanks given to HRA in ‘Special Thanks’ Section. Ver 0.0.9 - Corrections made to OT. Changed from PKMNNY to PKNY. 10/21/2002 Some corrections made to GameShark codes since new info was revealed about the Center Pokemons. Presumed Movesets for Mew and the GSC Starters. Ver 0.0.8 - Rearranged Pokes in new lists. 10/17/2002 Added Note about the Green GameCubes. Added Note about repeated or already given away Pokes. Finished ‘Shining Pokes’ in ‘Sharking Legally’ Section. Some corrections made to GameShark Codes. Ver 0.0.7 - Added ‘Not Given Yet but Already Officially Announced’ 10/12/2002 Added Weeks from October 25th ’02 to January 2nd ‘03. Added ‘When Power Corrupts’ to ‘Weird Stuff’ Section. Added ‘Sharking Legally’ Section. Changed Week name, from Electric Week to Power Plant Week. Added Shiny Starters to 10/4 week since you can get both the Power Plant Pokes or them. Added Pokemon 4 Ever movie promotions (still unconfirmed if they are going to be Shiny). Ver 0.0.6 - Added note about Dizzy Punching Pichu and Elekid. 10/07/2002 Added comments about Skarmory, Magnamite and Voltorb in ‘In my Opinion’ Section. Added ‘What’s Behind the Distribution Machine?’ Section. Added ‘Weird Stuff’ to ‘Other Special Pokes’ Section. Added a note at ‘Pokemon Special Moves’ introduction Section referred to the new ID# calculating system. Added Tauros with Lock-On at ‘Rumors’ Ver 0.0.5 - Moved Night Shading Hoothoot and added Mist Marril to 10/05/2002 ‘Confirmation Needed’. Although is known that Hoothoot was given away in Japan there is no confirmed info about if it was in USA. Separated Tropical Week in two groups. Added Fury Cutting Skarmory to the Sky Week List. Finished the Center info in the Pokemon Center section. Updated Weeks List with the RBY Shiny Starters give away. Added Shiny Starters Levels and Movesets. Added Electric Week! Changed Mike’s Web page address. Ver 0.0.4 - Added ‘Getting Smart’ Section. 9/28/2002 Added ‘In my Opinion’ Section. Corrected some things in the Giveaway Weeks list. Added the RBY Shiny Starters to Shiny Moveset List. Asked for help with the Tropical Giveaway sets. Added some notes here and there. Ver 0.0.3 - Added ‘Confirmation Needed’ Section. 9/27/2002 Guessed that if all the Pokes given in a week are the ones that you can only get in Swarms, the week should be called Swarm Week! ^___^ Corrected some info about the Distribution Machine. Added proper credits. Ver 0.0.2 - First update! Checked most of the Pokes (still missing some) and 9/26/2002 Pokemon Center info almost completed! Added Moveset to Dizzy Punching Babies and ExtremeSpeed Dratini. Ver 0.0.1 - As this is the first version there is a lot to update! 9/23/2002 Have to check the existence of some of the Pokemons listed! ============================================================================== -=POKEMON SPECIAL MOVES=- ============================================================================== All the Pokemons that are given away are actually eggs (except Legendaries, of course!) called Mystery Eggs. I think that is because you don't know what Pokemons breed an egg with that special move! (Am I clever or what? ^___^) The good news about the Mystery Eggs are that every one gets a special attack that couldn't be get anyway else and you have 12,5% (1 in 8) of getting a Shiny! That's a good deal! Even though they are Mystery Eggs they are treated like normal eggs. What do I mean? Well, once they hatch you can change their names and the OT (Original Trainer) and ID# are the ones of the owner. That means that there is no real way of saying that a Pokemon has truly come from the Pokemon Center New York or has being smartly sharked. However, this does not apply to Legendaries. As they don't hatch from eggs their OT and ID# are 'fixed' (kind of!). Let's see! Legendaries count as traded Pokemon (so they get extra experience!), their OT names are PCNYa, PCNYb, PCNYc or PCNYd depending on the machine they were received from (since there are four machines, four OT names, one for each machine! Make sense!) and their ID# are 01XXX, where XXX can be anything. And every single Legendary is always shiny! (Except for Celebi that can or can not be) *Note: Recently there have been some changes about how the ID# of Legendaries is calculated. The ID# corresponds to the number of people that received a Pokemon that day. So if you get a Shiny Legendary with ID# 00100 the next person will get a Poke with ID# 00101. It is known that they reset the number several times a day (that doesn’t make sense since the ID# can go from 00000 to 65535 and I’am almost sure that the Center doesn’t receive that amount of people per day!) Different Pokemons are given away in different weeks or special events, since there is an order in which they were given but I don't have it this list doesn't follow any time line. I'll fix it (or not!) as soon as I get the right order. STARTERS WEEK Bulbasaur Ancientpower Charmander Crunch Squirtle Zap Cannon Chikorita Petal Dance Cyndaquil Double-Edge Totodile Submission CHRISTMAS WEEK Delibird Pay Day Celebi Hey! It's Celebi! SPRING INTO SPRING Psyduck Petal Dance Chikorita Petal Dance Pichu Petal Dance Cleffa Petal Dance Igglybuff Petal Dance Smoochum Petal Dance BABIES WEEK Pichu Sing Cleffa Swift Igglybuff Mimic Smoochum Metronome Elekid Pursuit Magby Faint Attack ST. VALENTINE DAY Nidoran (f) Lovely Kiss Nidoran (f) Sweet Kiss Nidoran (m) Lovely Kiss Nidoran (m) Sweet Kiss Bellsprout Lovely Kiss Bellsprout Sweet Kiss SUMMER FESTIVAL 1(TROPICAL GIVEAWAY) Poliwag Growth Horsea Haze Goldeen Swords Dance Magikarp Reversal Marill Dizzy Punch Wooper Belly Drum SUMMER FESTIVAL 2 (TROPICAL GIVEAWAY) Psyduck Tri Attack Tentacool Confuse Ray Lapras Bite Chinchou Light Screen Remoraid Mist Mantine Gust SWARM WEEK Marill Hydro Pump Yanma Steel Wing Dunsparce Horn Drill Snubull Lovely Kiss Qwilfish Double-Edge Remoraid Amnesia POKEMON MINI WEEK Chikorita Petal Dance Wooper Belly Drum Smoochum Metronome SAFARI WEEK Nidoran (f) Moonlight Nidoran (m) Morning Sun Chansey Sweet Scent Kanghaskhan Faint Attack Tauros Quick Attack Dratini Hydro Pump SKY WEEK Spearow Sonic Boom Farfetch'd Fury Cutter Doduo Low Kick Natu Safeguard Murkrow Beat Up Skarmory Fury Cutter POWER PLANT WEEK Magnemite Agility Voltorb Agility Pichu Dizzy Punch * Elekid Dizzy Punch * HALLOWEEN Pichu Scary Face Cleffa Scary Face Igglybuff Scary Face Marill Scary Face Wooper Scary Face SILVER CAVE Ponyta Low Kick Doduo Low Kick + Tangela Synthesis Misdraveus Hypnosis Larvitar Rage UNION CAVE Onix Sharpen Krabby Metal Claw Goldeen Swords Dance + Staryu Twister Lapras Future Sight PSYCHIC TYPE Abra Foresight Drowzee Amnesia Exeggcute Sweet Scent Mr.Mime Mind Reader Lapras(!) Future Sight + (!) Lapras is not a Psychic Type Pokemon! Natu Safeguard + ROCK TUNNEL Zubat Flail Machop Thrash Geodude Rapid Spin Onix Sharpen + Cubone Fury Attack Kangaskhan Faint Attack + ICE TYPE Seel Flail Lapras Future Sight + Swinub Whirlwind Delibird Spikes NOCTURNAL WEEK Staryu Twister + Hoothoot Night Shade Murkrow Beat Up + Misdreavus Hypnosis + Sneasel Moonlight GRASS TYPE Oddish Leech Seed Paras Synthesis Tangela Synthesis + Hoppip Agility Sunkern Splash NORMAL TYPE Lickitung Double Slap Snorlax Splash Sentret Dizzy Punch Aipom Mimic Stantler Safeguard Miltank Mega Kick MT. MORTAR Machop False Swipe Goldeen Swords Dance + Magikarp Bubble Marill Dizzy Punch + Tyrogue Rage DARK CAVE Geodude Rapid Spin + Wobbuffet Mimic Dunsparce Fury Attack Teddiursa Sweet Scent Phanpy Absorb + Already given away or repeated. *Note: Pichu and Elekid aren’t one of a kind. You can get one Baby Poke with Dizzy Punch (and with great chances of being Shiny) in Crystal version. See ‘Other Special Pokes’ Section for more info. OFFICCIALY ANNOUNCED ==================== VALENTINE's DAY Poliwag Lovely Kiss Poliwag Sweet Kiss Bellsprout Lovely Kiss + Bellsprout Sweek Kiss + Snorlax Lovely Kiss Snorlax Sweek Kiss RARE POKEMON Eevee Growth Porygon Barrier Omanyte Rock Throw Kabuto Rock Throw Aerodactyl Rock Throw Snorlax Sweet Kiss Sudowoodo Substitute BUG TYPE Scyther Sonic Boom Pinsir Rock Throw Ledyba Barrier Spinarak Growth Yanma Sweet Kiss Pineco Substitute Heracross Seismic Toss SHINY MOVESET ============= (Note: none of this Pokemons have items attached and all of them are shiny except for Celebi that has low odds of being Shiny) -=RBY STARTERS=- VENUSAUR Lv.40 Poison Powder Sleep Powder Razor Leaf Sweet Scent CHARIZARD Lv.40 Rage Scary Face Flamethrower Wing Attack BLASTOISE Lv.40 Water Gun Rapid Spin Bite Protect -=GSC STARTERS=- MEGANIUM Lv. 40 Reflect Poison Powder Synthesis Body Slam TYPHLOSION Lv. 40 Smoke Screen Ember Quick Attack Flame Wheel FERALIGATR Lv. 40 Water Gun Bite Scary Face Slash -=LEGENDARY BIRDS=- ARTICUNO Lv.50 Mist Agility Mind Reader Ice Beam ZAPDOS Lv.50 Thunder Wave Agility Detect Drill Peck MOLTRES Lv.50 Fire Spin Agility Endure Flamethrower -=LEGENDARY DOGS=- RAIKOU Lv.40 Leer Thundershock Roar Quick Attack ENTEI Lv.40 Leer Ember Roar Fire Spin SUICUNE Lv.40 Leer Water Gun Rain Dance Gust -=OOBERS=- HO-OH Lv.40 Sacred Fire Safeguard Gust Recover LUGIA Lv.40 Aeroblast Safeguard Gust Recover MEWTWO Lv.70 Psych Up Future Sight Mist Psychic -=CELEBI=- CELEBI Lv.5 Heal Bell Recover Leech Seed Confusion MEW Lv.5? Pound? RUMORS ====== Eevee Roar Tauros Lock-On Aerodactyl Rock Slide Dratini Barrier Togepi Earthquake Mareep Earthquake Hoppip Spore Larvitar Confuse Ray JAPAN ONLY ========== Pikachu Fly Pikachu Surf Igglybuff Surf Phanpy Encore CONFIRMATION NEEDED =================== Krabby Cross Chop Gastly Encore Marril Mist Snubull Sweet Kiss ============================================================================== -=OTHER SPECIAL POKES=- ============================================================================== POKEMON STADIUM for N64 Pikachu Surf Psyduck Amnesia POKEMON STADIUM 2 for N64 Farfetch'd Baton Pass (Slash, Swords Dance, Agility) Gligar Earthquake (Poison Sting, Wing Attack, Counter) POKEMON GOLD AND SILVER ONLY Farfetch'd Steel Wing (Breeding) Smoochum Lovely Kiss (Breeding) POKEMON CRYSTAL ONLY Ekans Crunch (Breeding) Sandshrew Metal Claw (Breeding) Dugtrio Tri Attack (Wild Dugtrios only) Psyduck Cross Chop (Breeding) Magneton Tri Attack (Leveling Up) Cloyster Spikes (Leveling Up) Cubone Swords Dance (Breeding) Eevee Baton Pass (Leveling Up) Chikorita Swords Dance (Breeding) Cyndaquil Submission (Breeding) HootHoot Sky Attack (Breeding) Spinarak Agility (Leveling Up) Yanma Wing Attack (Leveling Up) Murkrow Sky Attack (Breeding) Qwilfish Spikes (Base Attack) Sneasel Metal Claw (Leveling Up) Teddiursa Metal Claw (Breeding) Swinub Amnesia (Leveling Up) Skarmory Sky Attack (Breeding) Phanpy Water Gun (Breeding) Elekid Cross Chop (Breeding) Magby Cross Chop (Breeding) Suicune Aurora Beam (Leveling Up) POKEMON CRYSTAL for Gameboy Color Dratini ExtremeSpeed (Wrap, Leer, Thunderwave) Pichu Dizzy Punch (Thundershock, Charm) Cleffa Dizzy Punch (Pound, Charm) Igglybuff Dizzy Punch (Sing, Charm) Tyrogue Dizzy Punch (Tackle) Smoochum Dizzy Punch (Pound, Lick) Elekid Dizzy Punch (Quick Attack, Leer) Magby Dizzy Punch (Ember) This Pokemons are kind of special too ... FLAMETHROWER teach by MOVE TUTOR in Goldenrod City Charmander, Nidoqueen, Nidoking, Vulpix, Growlithe, Machop, Geodude, Ponyta, Slowpoke, Grimer, Cubone, Lickitung, Koffing, Rhyhorn, Chansey, Kangaskhan, Tauros, Gyarados, Flareon, Aerodactyl, Snorlax, Moltres, Dratini, Mewtwo, Mew, Cyndaquil, Clefa, Igglybuff, Togepi, Dunsparce, Slugma, Remoraid, Houndour, Magby, Entei, Tyranitar, Ho-oh THUNDERBOLT teach by MOVE TUTOR in Goldenrod City Raticate, Nidoran(f), Nidoran(m), Clefairy, Jigglypuff, Meowth, Mankey, Magnamite, Grimer, Gastly, Voltorb, Lickitung, Koffing, Rhyhorn, Chansey, Kangaskhan, Staryu, Mr. Mime, Tauros, Gyarados, Lapras, Jolteon, Porygon, Snorlax, Zapdos, Dratini, Mewtwo, Mew, Pichu, Chinchou, Mareep, Aipom, Misdreavus, Girafarig, Dunsparce, Snubbull, Elekid, Miltank, Raikou, Tyranitar, Lugia, Ho-oh ICE BEAM teach by MOVE TUTOR in Goldenrod City Squirtle, Raticate, Nidorina, Nidorino, Clefairy, Jigglypuff, Psyduck, Poliwag, Tentacool, Slowpoke, Seel, Shellder, Krabby, Cubone, Lickitung, Rhyhorn, Chansey, Kangaskhan, Horsea, Golden, Staryu, Tauros, Gyarados, Lapras, Vaporeon, Porygon, Omanyte, Kabuto, Snorlax, Articuno, Dratini, Mewtwo, Mew, Totodile, Chinchou, Marill, Wooper, Qwilfish, Sneasel, Swinub, Corsola, Remoraid, Delibird, Mantine, Smoochum, Miltank, Suicune, Tyranitar, Lugia WEIRD STUFF =========== This section is for all the weird things that are hidden in the game code and can’t be achieved by normal play even though they exist. -=BREEDING MISMATCH=- What do I mean by game code? Well, sometime people make mistakes, even Nintendo! They didn’t consider some things like if moves by breeding could actually be learn with just coding it. Let’s go to an example. Let’s say you want to have a Charmander with Beat Up! You should first check the Pokemons that learn Beat Up AND can breed with Char. There isn’t any Poke with that characteristics so you will have to look for a Pokemon that learns Beat Up and can breed with another Poke that can (after all!) breed with Char. This is called ‘Chain Breeding’. The Poke we are looking for is Sneasel, he can learn Beat Up by Leveling Up BUT he can’t breed (at least directly) with Charmander so we’ll have to look for a Pokemon that can breed with both Sneasel and Char, Ekans in this case. Sneasel(m) with Beat Up --- Ekans (f) | Ekans (m) with Beat Up --- Charmander (f) | Charmander with Beat Up (Note: This is not intended to be a Chain Breeding FAQ so if you want to know more about it you should look for a more detailed FAQ) This means that even if a Poke COULD learn a move by breeding it doesn’t guarantee that you can actually get it if no chain exist between the Pokes (This is the case of Bulbasaur, Oddish and Snorlax). Staryu is a complete different thing. Since Staryu is a genderless Poke, it can not breed with other Pokes so it’s impossible for it to learn new moves through breeding. POKEMON GOLD AND SILVER Bulbasaur Charm Oddish Charm Staryu Aurora Beam Staryu Barrier Staryu Supersonic Snorlax Charm (Note: Doing some research with Pokemons ROMs and GameShark Codes I checked that this Pokemons COULD learn the moves if they had the right parents. However Pokemon Stadium 2 for N64 marks all of them as illegal. Maybe Nintendo realized the mistake and erased those moves from the Moves Learn Data-Base? Who knows?) -=WHEN POWER CORRUPS=- Lance is a Dragon type Pokemon trainer, he is the Champion in GSC and the last and strongest of the Elite Four members in RBY. Being such a powerful and respected trainer I ask myself why did he hack his Pokes! In both RBY and GSC Lance has a Pokemon with a move that can not be learned anyway legally! I call that cheating! ^___^ It’s not known if Nintendo did this in purpose or if it is a mistake but Lance DO has this Pokemons! Maybe someday we too ... LANCE’S SHARKED POKEMONS Aerodactyl Rock Slide Dragonite Barrier (Note: Some Rumors about the Pokemon Center giving away this Pokemons were based in the fact that as Lance had this Pokes there should be legal way to get them. See ‘Rumors’ under the ‘Pokemon Special Moves’ Section) ============================================================================== -=ABOUT THE POKEMON CENTER - NEW YORK=- ============================================================================== The Pokemon Center New York, located in the Rockefeller Center, is a huge store dedicated exclusively to Pokemon merchandising. The Center resembles pretty well a Pokemon Center from the Pokemon Universe. With lots of animatronics characters modeled in life size (like Pikachu, Scyzor, Wobbufett and even Charizard!) you will fell like if you were inside the TV series! And if you want more Pokemon you can find several Pokes flying around the ceiling (like Pidgey, Koffing, Magnamite or Zubat!) or behind the cashier (the six starters!) Need info about any Poke? Came to the right place! The Ultra Pokedex is a giant interactive database full of info about all the Pokes! Pics, videos, sounds, 3D models, Pokemon Stadium 2 battle video clips ... anything! There is the Catch'em All Machine (a.k.a. Distribution Machine) too that gives away special Pokemon for the Gold, Silver and Crystal versions. This Pokemons are one of a kind because you can't get them anywhere else! Do you like the Pokemon Trading Card Game? There is a special section with all the American existence cards in exhibit. Of course you can play and trade here too! There are several specially designed tables for that. The Pokemon Gym area has several N64 and GameCubes were you can play the newest Pokemon related (or not) games. Pokemon Stadium 2 for N64, Super Smash Brothers: Melee and Luigui's Mansion for GC are some of the games you can play in here. And as this is a Pokemon store be sure of find plenty of Pokemon figures, plush toys, shirts, video games, board games, trading cards, stickers, posters, comics, movies, CDs, DVDs, pillows, towels and much more! There is some stuff that can only be found there, like the GameBoy Advance New York, the New York Pokemon Statue and the Magical Clock. DISTRIBUTION MACHINE or "CATCH’EM MACHINE" ==================== == ================== There are many doubts about how this machine works, that's why I'll try to explain what it exactly does. The Distribution Machine only works with Gold, Silver and Crystal versions (Sorry! No Red, Blue or Yellow allowed!). It's supposed to work only with American versions of the games but there are others versions that work too (Pakistani for example). *Confirmed not working Versions: Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, German, Italian and French (there are surely more!) You can only receive a gift Pokemon only if you have less than six Pokemons in your team, got the Pokedex from Professor Oak at Mr. Pokemon’s house, delivered the Mystery Egg to Elm and haven't received a Pokemon from the Distribution Machine in the last week (Weeks start on Fridays). (Note: It's been confirmed that sometimes the Machine fails and you can get all the Pokemons you want ... well, all the Pokemons that you can carry in a single game that is!) Oh! And this is totally free, you don't have to pay to get a Pokemon (after all we have paid enough for all the cartridges and GameBoys Colors and Advances! ^___^) but if you are in the Center you are surely going to spend some money! It has loads of cool stuff! WHAT’S BEHIND THE DISTRIBUTION MACHINES? ======================================== Here is some more info about how the Distribution Machine works thanks to Mike! Guess what is behind the huge Distribution Machines! Green Gamecubes!! You didn’t see that coming, did you? It’s still unknown if this GCs are special despite being green. Possibly to prevent theft and since they are connected to special TVs their signal is different from normal ones. Could they run under special software? The Green GCs have a special CD, two memory cards and are linked to a central network that stores the info about every cartridge that received a Pokemon that week. Instead of joysticks there is a GameBoy Advance attach to each of them. Note: It has been confirmed that the Green GameCubes are really Development Kits and that the special CDs only run on them. As the special CD is the responsible of the different Pokes that you can get you can imagine that there are many of those CDs. They are sent by Nintendo to the Center so is up to Nintendo to decide what move on what Pokemon to give away and not a call of the Pokemon Center as it was though. And what happens if the new CDs don’t arrive on time from Nintendo? Easy call! They use old CDs with older giveaways like in July, when they re-distributed the Shining Legendary Dogs and Celebi. GIVEAWAY WEEKS ============== November 22 - November 29 Legendary Dogs November 30 - December 6 Legendary Birds December 7 - December 20 ???? (Don’t have a clue!) December 21 - December 27 Christmas Week December 28 - January 31 ???? (Here neither!) February 1 - February 14 Valentine Week February 15 - February 21 Legendary Birds February 22 - March 14 Swarm Week March 15 - March 21 Shiny RBY Starters March 22 - April 11 Babies Week April 12 - May 4 Spring Into Spring May 5 - June 7 Baby Weeks June 8 - June 21 Tropical Promotion June 22 - June 28 Legendary Dogs June 29 - July 4 Celebi July 5 - July 11 Legendary Dogs July 12 - August 8 Tropical Promotion August 9 - August 29 Safari Week August 30 - September 26 Sky Week September 27 - October 3 Shiny RBY Starters October 4 - October 10 Shiny RBY Starters/Power Plant Week October 11 - October 17 Pokemon 4 Ever - Celebi October 18 - October 24 Pokemon 4 Ever - Suicune October 25 - October 31 Halloween Week November 1 - November 7 Silver Cave Week November 8 - November 14 Union Cave Week November 15 - November 21 Johto Shiny Legendaries November 22 - November 28 Celebi and Mew November 29 - December 5 Psychic Type Week December 6 - December 12 Shiny GSC Starters December 13 - December 19 Rock Tunnel Week December 20 - December 26 Ice Type Week December 27 - January 2 Nocturnal Week January 3 - January 9 Grass Type Week January 10 - January 16 Normal Type Week January 17 - January 23 Starters Week January 24 - January 30 Mt. Mortar Week January 31 - February 6 Dark Cave Week OFFICCIALY ANNOUNCED ==================== February 7 - February 13 Valentine's Day February 14 - February 20 Shiny Kanto Week February 21 - February 27 Rare Pokemon Week February 28 - March 6 Bug Type Week March 7 - March 13 Celebi Week Note: Have in mind that even though the promotions are called ‘Weeks’ they can last from one to three weeks. ============================================================================== -=GETTING SMART=- ============================================================================== I have received some questions about deep stuff about the given away Pokes so I decided to add this section to the guide to try to clear up some concepts. ~About the Shiny Pokes~ When the first official Mew was released every one complained about the crappy DVs (or IVs, I like DVs more so I’m using that!) it had (can’t exactly remember its stats) but that means that all official Mews were the ‘same’. As there were no DVs randomization it was like just cloning the same Mew to everyone! In the Pokemon Center happens something completely different! Every EGG has its Dvs randomized just like in the GSC (maybe the chances to get a Shiny are a little higher but not much) so even if you get a Singing Pichu and you friend too their DVs should be different. With the Legendary Shiny Pokemons the thing goes this way. Their Defense, Speed and Special DVs are fixed in 10 (A) but their Attack DV vary between 2, 3, 6, 7, 10 (A), 11 (B), 14 (E) and 15 (F), making lots of possibilities (well, 8 unless! ^___^) ~About the Special Moves~ There are many doubts about if you can breed the Special Moves from the Mystery Eggs. The truth is that is impossible to breed to another Poke a special move from the Center. That means that you can’t have any Pokémon with a special move from the Center and another breedable move. Let’s say that you will never see a legal Chansey with Sweet Scent AND Heal Bell (unless in the GSC Universe). ============================================================================== -=SHARKING LEGALLY=- ============================================================================== There are many and different thoughts about the GameShark, personally I don’t like people who use this device to hack illegally the whole game (like having Sporing Electrodes or Mega Horning Pinsirs!) because this kind of hacking isn’t a fair play against the people that doesn’t need nor want to use a GameShark. In this section I will add many codes for those who live far away from New York City, really want the special Pokes AND have a GameShark. The Pokemons you will get are the exactly the same you would get at the Pokemon Center, this is the idea of this Section. Enjoy! Note: Remember ALWAYS to start your Pokemon games with the GameShark switch OFF! Switch it to ON ONLY AFTER YOU LOADED YOUR SAVE DATA and then turn it OFF. Now you can save your game without fear. Note: All the codes are for Crystal version. As soon as I have the Gold and Silver codes I will add to the list right away. SPECIAL EGGS ============ To get the special EGGS I would recommend first to catch a Ditto. Then, go to Golden Rod City in Johto and visit the Day Care Center. Choose either the Old Man or the Old Lady and deposit your Ditto. Next, you will have to give to the other Oldie a Pokemon of the same family you want your Egg (Let’s say that if you want a Crunching Charmander you should give to the Oldie a Charmander, Charmeleon or Charizard). (Note: The only exception here is Nidoran (f)’s family because due to some inexplicable reason Nidorina and Nidoqueen can’t breed. If you want a Nidoran (f) with a special move you will have to get a Nidoran (f) to breed the Egg) Then you will have to wait for an Egg. The Old Man will be in the yard when your Egg is ready. Receive it and get ready to hack. Once you have the Egg with the Pokemon you want inside it (DON’T START HATCHING IT YET!) switch the Egg to the first place on your Pokemon Party. Once it is there turn ON the GameShark and then OFF. Now go to the nearest PC and deposit the Egg. Withdraw it and you will have a perfect clone of the Pokemon given away at the Pokemon Center New York! STARTERS WEEK Bulbasaur Ancientpower --> 01F6E3DC 0100E4DC Charmander Crunch --> 01F2E3DC 0100E4DC Squirtle Zap Cannon --> 01C0E3DC 0100E4DC Chikorita Petal Dance --> 0150E3DC 0100E4DC Cyndaquil Double-Edge --> 0126E3DC 0100E4DC Totodile Submission --> 0142E3DC 0100E4DC CHRISTMAS WEEK Delibird Pay Day --> 0106E2DC 0100E3DC 0100E4DC SPRING INTO SPRING Psyduck Petal Dance --> 0150E3DC 0100E4DC Chikorita Petal Dance --> 0150E3DC 0100E4DC Pichu Petal Dance --> 0150E3DC 0100E4DC Cleffa Petal Dance --> 0150E4DC Igglybuff Petal Dance --> 0150E4DC Smoochum Petal Dance --> 0150E3DC 0100E4DC BABIES WEEK Pichu Sing --> 012FE3DC 0100E4DC Cleffa Swift --> 0181E4DC Igglybuff Mimic --> 0166E3DC 0100E4DC Smoochum Metronome --> 0176E3DC 0100E4DC Elekid Pursuit --> 01E4E3DC 0100E4DC Magby Faint Attack --> 01B9E2DC 0100E3DC 0100E4DC ST. VALENTINE DAY Nidoran (f) Lovely Kiss --> 018EE3DC 0100E4DC Nidoran (f) Sweet Kiss --> 01BAE3DC 0100E4DC Nidoran (m) Lovely Kiss --> 018EE3DC 0100E4DC Nidoran (m) Sweet Kiss --> 01BAE3DC 0100E4DC Bellsprout Lovely Kiss --> 018EE2DC 0100E3DC 0100E4DC Bellsprout Sweet Kiss --> 01BAE2DC 0100E3DC 0100E4DC SUMMER FESTIVAL 1(TROPICAL GIVEAWAY) Poliwag Growth --> 014AE2DC 0100E3DC 0100E4DC Horsea Haze --> 0172E2DC 0100E3DC 0100E4DC Goldeen Swords Dance --> 010EE3DC 0100E4DC Magikarp Reversal --> 01B3E2DC 0100E3DC 0100E4DC Marill Dizzy Punch --> 0192E3DC 0100E4DC Wooper Belly Drum --> 01BBE3DC 0100E4DC SUMMER FESTIVAL 2 (TROPICAL GIVEAWAY) Psyduck Tri Attack --> 01A1E3DC 0100E4DC Tentacool Confuse Ray --> 016DE2DC 0100E3DC 0100E4DC Lapras Bite --> 012CE4DC Chinchou Light Screen --> 0171E4DC Remoraid Mist --> 0136E2DC 0100E3DC 0100E4DC Mantine Gust --> 0110E3DC 0100E4DC POKEMON MINI WEEK Chikorita Petal Dance --> 0150E3DC 0100E4DC Wooper Belly Drum --> 01BBE3DC 0100E4DC Smoochum Metronome --> 0176E3DC 0100E4DC SWARM WEEK Marill Hydro Pump --> 0138E3DC 0100E4DC Yanma Steel Wing --> 01D3E3DC 0100E4DC Dunsparce Horn Drill --> 0120E3DC 0100E4DC Snubull Lovely Kiss --> 018EE4DC Qwilfish Double-Edge --> 0126E3DC 0100E4DC Remoraid Amnesia --> 0185E2DC 0100E3DC 0100E4DC SAFARI WEEK Nidoran (f) Moonlight --> 01ECE3DC 0100E4DC Nidoran (m) Morning Sun --> 01EAE3DC 0100E4DC Chansey Sweet Scent --> 01E6E3DC 0100E4DC Kanghaskhan Faint Attack --> 01B9E2DC 0100E3DC 0100E4DC Tauros Quick Attack --> 0162E3DC 0100E4DC Dratini Hydro Pump --> 0138E3DC 0100E4DC SKY WEEK Spearow Sonic Boom --> 0131E3DC 0100E4DC Farfetch'd Fury Cutter --> 01D2E2DC 0100E3DC 0100E4DC Doduo Low Kick --> 0143E3DC 0100E4DC Natu Safeguard --> 01DBE3DC 0100E4DC Murkrow Beat Up --> 01FBE2DC 0100E3DC 0100E4DC Skarmory Fury Cutter --> 01D2E3DC 0100E4DC POWER PLANT WEEK Magnemite Agility --> 0161E2DC 0100E3DC 0100E4DC Voltorb Agility --> 0161E2DC 0100E3DC 0100E4DC Pichu Dizzy Punch --> 0192E3DC 0100E4DC Elekid Dizzy Punch --> 0192E3DC 0100E4DC HALLOWEEN Pichu Scary Face --> 01B8E3DC 0100E4DC Cleffa Scary Face --> 01B8E4DC Igglybuff Scary Face --> 01B8E4DC Marill Scary Face --> 01B8E3DC 0100E4DC Wooper Scary Face --> 01B8E3DC 0100E4DC SILVER CAVE Ponyta Low Kick --> 0143E3DC 0100E4DC Tangela Synthesis --> 01EBE3DC 0100E4DC Misdraveus Hypnosis --> 015FE3DC 0100E4DC Larvitar Rage --> 0163E3DC 0100E4DC UNION CAVE Onix Sharpen --> 019FE3DC 0100E4DC Krabby Metal Claw --> 01E8E3DC 0100E4DC Staryu Twister --> 01EFE3DC 0100E4DC Lapras Future Sight --> 01F8E4DC PSYCHIC TYPE Abra Foresight --> 01C1E2DC 0100E3DC 0100E4DC Drowzee Amnesia --> 0185E3DC 0100E4DC Exeggcute Sweet Scent --> 01E6E3DC 0100E4DC Mr.Mime Mind Reader --> 01AAE2DC 0100E3DC 0100E4DC ROCK TUNNEL Zubat Flail --> 01AFE3DC 0100E4DC Machop Thrash --> 0125E3DC 0100E4DC Geodude Rapid Spin --> 01E5E2DC 0100E3DC 0100E4DC Cubone Fury Attack --> 011FE3DC 0100E4DC ICE WEEK Seel Flail --> 01AFE4DC Swinub Whirlwind --> 0112E2DC 0100E3DC 0100E4DC Delibird Spikes --> 01BFE2DC 0100E3DC 0100E4DC NOCTURNAL WEEK Hoothoot Night Shade --> 0165E3DC 0100E4DC Sneasel Moonlight --> 01ECE3DC 0100E4DC GRASS TYPE Oddish Moonlight --> 01ECE2DC 0100E3DC 0100E4DC Paras Synthesis --> 01EBE2DC 0100E3DC 0100E4DC Hoppip Agility --> 0161E4DC Sunkern Splash --> 0196E3DC 0100E4DC NORMAL TYPE Lickitung Double Slap --> 0103E2DC 0100E3DC 0100E4DC Snorlax Splash --> 0196E2DC 0100E3DC 0100E4DC Sentret Dizzy Punch --> 0192E3DC 0100E4DC Aipom Mimic --> 0166E3DC 0100E4DC Stantler Safeguard --> 01DBE2DC 0100E3DC 0100E4DC Miltank Mega Kick --> 0119E3DC 0100E4DC MT. MORTAR Machop False Swipe --> 01CEE3DC 0100E4DC Magikarp Bubble --> 0191E2DC 0100E3DC 0100E4DC Tyrogue Rage --> 0163E2DC 0100E3DC 0100E4DC Note: There are up to three codes per Poke because you could incidentally teach a move through breeding that the Pokemon from the Center can’t learn or doesn’t come with it. Example: Breeding a male Magmar with a Ditto you will get a Magby, am I right? Well, let’s see this. MAGMAR Lv.41 --- DITTO Lv.15 Fire Punch | Transform Smoke Screen | Sunny Day | Flamethrower | | --> MAGBY Lv.5 Ember (Base Move) Fire Punch (TM from Male parent) Sunny Day (TM from Male parent) Flamethrower (Move Tutor from Crystal) Do you see what I mean? If you use only this code 01B9E2DC (Faint Attack in Second Slot) you will hatch an egg with a Magby that knows two extra moves! (Fire Punch gets over written) Using this codes too 0100E3DC and 0100E4DC (No attack in Third and Fourth Slot) the extra moves are erased and your hacked Poke is just like the ones from the Center. SHINING POKES ============= Hacking Shining Legendaries is a little more complicated than regular Pokes with special attacks but not impossible. Follow this steps and you will get the Shining Poke that you want! 1. GETTING READY! First of all you have to know that you are going to FIGHT a high level strong Pokemon so you should be prepared if you don’t want to be wiped out in the first try. Note: If you don’t want to battle and capture it the regular way you can always use the Master Ball code ... it’s the same. 0101D8D8 --> 1st Ball in Pack is a Master Ball. 2. INSERTING THE CODES The codes listed here have to be entered EXACTLY or they won’t work correctly. Remember that your saved game could be erased or corrupted if the codes are wrong! Be careful! a. CAPTURE CODES Use only one Pokemon codes per time. -=RBY STARTERS=- VENUSAUR Lv. 40 (Shiny - No Items) 010304D2 010007D2 010730D2 014D08D2 014F09D2 014B0AD2 01E60BD2 012813D2 CHARIZARD Lv. 40 (Shiny - No Items) 010604D2 010007D2 010730D2 016308D2 01B809D2 01350AD2 01110BD2 012813D2 BLASTOISE Lv. 40 (Shiny - No Items) 010904D2 010007D2 010730D2 013708D2 01E509D2 012C0AD2 01B60BD2 012813D2 -=GSC STARTERS=- MEGANIUM Lv. 40 (Shiny - No Items) 019A04D2 010007D2 010730D2 017308D2 014D09D2 01EB0AD2 01220BD2 012813D2 TYPHLOSION Lv. 40 (Shiny - No Items) 019D04D2 010007D2 010730D2 016C08D2 013409D2 01620AD2 01AC0BD2 012813D2 FERALIGATR Lv. 40 (Shiny - No Items) 01A004D2 010007D2 010730D2 013708D2 012C09D2 01B80AD2 01A30BD2 012813D2 -=LEGENDARY BIRDS=- ARTICUNO Lv. 50 (Shiny - No Items) 019004D2 010007D2 010730D2 013608D2 016109D2 01AA0AD2 013A0BD2 013213D2 ZAPDOS Lv. 50 (Shiny - No Items) 019104D2 010007D2 010730D2 015608D2 016109D2 01C50AD2 01410BD2 013213D2 MOLTRES Lv. 50 (Shiny - No Items) 019204D2 010007D2 010730D2 015308D2 016109D2 01CB0AD2 01350BD2 013213D2 -=LEGENDARY DOGS=- RAIKOU Lv. 40 (Shiny - No Items) 01F304D2 010007D2 010730D2 012B08D2 015409D2 012E0AD2 01620BD2 012813D2 ENTEI Lv. 40 (Shiny - No Items) 01F404D2 010007D2 010730D2 012B08D2 013409D2 012E0AD2 01530BD2 012813D2 SUICUNE Lv. 40 (Shiny - No Items) 01F504D2 010007D2 010730D2 012B08D2 013709D2 01F00AD2 01100BD2 012813D2 -=OOBERS=- MEWTWO Lv. 70 (Shiny - No Items) 019604D2 010007D2 010730D2 01F408D2 01F809D2 01360AD2 015E0BD2 014613D2 -=CELEBI=- CELEBI Lv. 5 (Shiny - No Items) 01FB04D2 010007D2 01D708D2 016909D2 018D0AD2 015D0BD2 010513D2 Note: I have received some mails asking what does exactly each code does. Since there are eight codes per Pokemon I used a simple chart replacing just the digits that made different things. Take a look. 01??04D2 --> Any Wild Pokemon Attack 010007D2 --> Wild Pokemon Have Nothing Attached 010730D2 --> Fight Shiny Wild Pokemons 01??08D2 --> Wild Pokemon 1st Attack 01??09D2 --> Wild Pokemon 2nd Attack 01??0AD2 --> Wild Pokemon 3rd Attack 01??0BD2 --> Wild Pokemon 4th Attack 01??13D2 --> Wild Pokemon Level b. OT CODES Once you have captured the Pokemon you want there is a final step to make it a perfect clone of the one given away at the Pokemon Center, change its Original Trainer and ID#. Since at the Center you can get the Pokes from four different machines with different OT, you can choose here one of the four OTs. OT MODIFIER TO PCNYx 018FFFDD 018200DE 018D01DE 019802DE 015004DE 015005DE 015006DE (And only one of this, depending what do you want x to be) PCNYa - 01A003DE PCNYb - 01A103DE PCNYc - 01A203DE PCNYd - 01A303DE c. ID# CODES Almost there! You have to give your Poke a ID#! Remember that the ID# of the Pokemons from the Pokemon Center represent the quantity of Pokes given that day up to the moment you received yours. I recommend a number between 0 and 200 but is your call. ID# MODIFIER BINARIE CODES 01??E5DC ID# 00000 --> 00 00 01??E6DC ID# 00100 --> 00 64 ID# 00250 --> 00 FA ID# 00500 --> 01 E4 3. CAUGHT LOCATION AND TIME Since Crystal version recalls where each Pokemon was capture, at what time and in what Level, we have to hack it too. The Pokemons from the Center have this info too and if you go to the Poke Seer (North of Cianwood City only in Crystal version) she will say: ‘What!? Incredible! I don't understand how, but it is incredible! You are special. I can't tell where you met it, but it was at level xx.’ (Where xx can be anything from 2 to 63). SPECIAL LOCATION 01FFFDDC CAUGHT AT LEVEL 5 01C5FCDC Note: For some strange reason all the non-Egg Pokes given away from the Center have the characteristic that if you ask the Poke Seer about them she will tell you that they are special and were caught at Level 5 even though you received them at higher levels. My though about this is that as the Caught Level can only go from 2 to 63 they choose to establish the Level 5 minimum since Mewtwo was at Level 70 and it was impossible to make the Poke Seer say a Level higher than 63. e. ENJOY AND BRAG! That’s it! You have a brand new Poke just like the ones from the Poke Center without having to go to neither New York or Japan! ^___^ I know that some people may criticize me because of this but I have only one thing to say. I would love to go to the Pokemon Center and receive the original ones but I can’t and many other people too! Consider that there are only three Pokemon Center around the globe to satisfy a Pokemon Community that is not concentrated in a single place. That’s it! Note: I’m not responsible of any corrupted data or deleted saved games. If you don’t know how to exactly operate a GameShark (it isn’t that hard!) don’t try using this codes. ============================================================================== -=IN MY OPINON=- ============================================================================== I had some free time and I had the idea of analyzing every special Pokemon that was given at the Pokemon Center. Hope you like it! Bulbasaur Ancientpower Ancientpower is such a great move and Bulbasaur doesn’t learn any really good move by breeding so this is definitely a MUST HAVE! Even though Venasaur could take down Charizard or Moltres with this move I wouldn’t say it is wise to let him battle against the flames ... Charmander Crunch Though one! Crunch is the best Dark attack and Charmander learns Bite, Ancientpower and Rock Slide among others by breeding so the choice here is hard. Charizard with Crunch is pretty cool so it’s a good addition to you battle collection. Squirtle Zap Cannon Zap Cannon? Maybe the fact that can paralyze (if hits!) it’s vital but not counting that Squirtle learns Haze and Mirror Coat by breeding! And if you want to inflict paralysis you can’t go wrong with Body Slam! Keep the regular Squirtle! Chikorita Petal Dance Look at the Dancing Chikorita! Two/three turns and it’s already confused! Chikorita learns the great Ancientpower by breeding, Giga Drain is a TM or you just can attach Bitter Berry to get rid of the confusion. Your call! Cyndaquil Double-Edge Cynda really needed a strong normal attack. Since he can learn both Return and Strength by TM, Double-Edge is a nice addition to his normal type attacks! And as Cynda doesn’t learn anything really useful through breeding you should get one with Double-Edge! Totodile Submission For Fighting attacks in Totodile you only have Dynamic Punch! Ok, ok! You keep Submission! But Totodile learns Ancientpower and Crunch through breeding ... so it’s your call here. Rock, Dark or Fighting? Delibird Pay Day Don’t want to comment this one! It’s pathetic and unfunny! Psyduck Petal Dance Psyduck with Petal Dance? Well, it’s a good idea to beat other Water Pokes since he can’t learn any Electric attack. But if you want to beat Rock or Ground Pokes Psyduck can always learn Hydro Pump or Surf! Pichu Petal Dance Ok, Pichu’s family is a step ahead of every other Electric Poke in matter of move types that they can learn! Only Fire and Rock missing! ^___^ This move is pretty cool against those pesky Rock/Ground Pokes that always come out when there is an Electric type attacking! With this AND Surf (yes! Pika can learn both! Take your Petal Dancing Pikachu to the Stadium 1 and get Surf!) Pika is really great! Cleffa Petal Dance Not too much to analyze here. Since Cleffa’s family can learn lots of TMs There is no need for Petal Dance in Cleffa’s arsenal. Igglybuff Petal Dance The same than above. Iggly’s family learns too much TMs ... Smoochum Petal Dance Jynx with Petal Dance will do well against Water and Rock types, most of the types Jynx have problems to deal with. Even though the confusion works against her since her durability in battle is not good, not to mention her Defense Stat. Pichu Sing Another move to increase the Pichu’s family power. I’m aware that sing is not that good but some people like to take the chances. Cleffa Swift Since Swift is a TM that Cleffa’s family can’t learn this is a good addition! Swift receives STAB from Cleffa’s type and is unaffected by Accuracy/Evade modifiers! This is a Poke to get right away! Igglybuff Mimic Mimic is a TM in RBY and Jiggly can learn it so here the real deal is if you are going to ever use Igglybuff in battle, not to mention that Mimic isn’t that great at all. Smoochum Metronome Just like I said before, Jynx can learn Metronome is RBY, so this move is only for Smoochum. Again, are you ever going to use Smoochum in a real battle? Maybe if playing Little Cup ... and for additional fun you want to use Metronome. Elekid Pursuit Not that great but since the only Dark attack that Elekid can learn is Thief ... your choice here. But remember that keeping Pursuit won’t let you have two great moves for Elekid, Barrier and Cross Chop. Magby Faint Attack Just like Swift but Dark type. Magby only learns one Dark attack, Thief. Pretty much like Elekid. Faint Attack over Thief? Magby can learn Barrier and Cross Chop through breeding too so ... Nidoran (f&m) Lovely Kiss One of the best sleeping moves (tied with Sleep Powder) on one of the Pokemons that learn most of the TMs! A pity that Nidos don’t have real durability in battle but anyway it’s a great addition to your collection. Nidoran (f&m) Sweet Kiss This is your choice. There are people that prefer Confusion over Sleep and vice versa. Personally I like Sleep. Great Poke though. Bellsprout Lovely Kiss Bellsprout already has Sleep Powder so this move is just for fun (I suppose that James’ Victrebell knows Lovely Kiss! ^___^) but if you choose Kiss over Powder you will lose Synthesis! Bellsprout Sweet Kiss Nice addition to Bell! Not really necessary but you could use it. Psyduck Tri Attack Tri Attack? I don’t see the connection here! Ok, now you can burn, paralyze or froze with Psyduck. Weird. Poliwag Growth At first I though this move was for fun but actually could help Poli! Since their ‘only’ weaknesses are Grass, Electric, Psychic and Flying with Growth you can protect against three of this! You still have to watch out for flying attacks though. Note: Thanks to HRA about this! I made a mistake here since Growth rises Special Attack and not Special Defense as I thought! Here is his comment: HRA: ‘If you want a move to rises Poliwag’s Special Defense you can get Amnesia through Leveling up in RBY versions at Level 38. Growth is not that useful on Poli after all.’ Tentacool Confuse Ray Average Stats and a decent variety of attacks. And now Confuse Ray? I take it! If you can get one I suggest you doing it. I want one! Horsea Haze Another Hazer! Kingdra could use some Haze power! This is surely a MUST HAVE to everyone (especially Kingdra users!) considering that selecting the fourth move for Kingdra is always a problem due his lack of attack types. Goldeen Swords Dance Not really that useful ... I mean Goldeen! ^___^ Magikarp Reversal What can I say about this? Magikarp finally got four attacks! ^___^ Lapras Bite Bite is the only Dark type move that Lapras can get so you have to conform to that. The moves that Lapras can learn through breeding aren’t that great anyway (Aurora Beam and Foresight) but there are excellent Movesets for Lapras without Bite. Your choice again. Chinchou Light Screen If Chinchou could get Reflect instead Light Screen it would be really terrific! Ok, ok! I know that Light Screen helps against Grass types but let’s be realistic! How many people use Grass types moves compared to the Ground shaking move, Earthquake? See what I mean? Marill Dizzy Punch Another Dizzy Puncher! Not that Marril or Azumarril could use it brilliantly but unless is a change from overused Return-Frustration and Double-Edge. Wooper Belly Drum Quagsire could be a really pain in the ass if he could get this move at full power! Having Belly Drum cancels Quagsire from learning Body Slam or Ancientpower through breeding. Even though he still can get Curse that works similar to Belly Drum. Not that good for me. Remoraid Mist With Mist Remoraid is done ... for the frying pan! Mantine Gust Another fun Poke with fun attack! Not really useful for anything! Gust sucks and Mantine isn’t that good either. Marill Hydro Pump I was surprised to see this one! I supposed that Marril could learn Hydro Pump by leveling up ... obviously I was wrong (once again! ^___^) Not that good in accuracy but the most powerful water move. But Marril can’t get Light Screen through breeding if he has Hydro Pump. I should keep the regular one but as always, is your call. Yanma Steel Wing Ugh! Yanma and with Steel Wing? What’s the idea? Never playing Pokemon again? Again, just for fun and making your Pokemon list larger. Dunsparce Horn Drill Niahh! Dunsparce isn’t good at all and now they give him Horn Drill in a last effort to make him better? No chance I’m going to use this Pokemon ever! (I will cry a lot if someone beat me with a Horn Drilling Dunsparce!) ^___^ Snubull Lovely Kiss If Snub could get Lovely Kiss normally he would be a perfect replacement for Blissey like a Heal Beller or a Sleeper! Qwilfish Double-Edge This fish learns Take Down by leveling up and Haze through breeding. If you want Haze stick to Take Down, if Haze not necessary you could take Double-Edge. Not useful though. Remoraid Amnesia This fish really could use Amnesia! He has a really low Special Defense Stat and as it is a pure Water type is weak to both Grass and Electric ... I don’t know why I bother explaining this because no one is going to use Remoraid anyway! Nidoran (f&m) Moonlight/Morning Sun Great moves in great Pokes! I think that both should learn Moonlight (because of the Moon Stone and all that!) but as the moves do exactly the same it doesn’t really matter. A MUST HAVE in every collection! Chansey Sweet Scent Ummm! With Sweet Scent Chansey should be able to use both Sing and Zap Cannon (not counting Dynamic Punch because she has such a crappy Attack stat!) but since Chansey is commonly used like Heal Beller and can’t learn Heal Bell if she has Sweet Scent ... your choice. Kanghaskhan Faint Attack The Maternal Pokemon learns only one Dark attack, Bite, by leveling up. You can choose between Bite and Faint Attack because the moves Kangas can get through breeding aren’t that great (maybe you could use Safeguard). Still I would get one of this! Tauros Quick Attack Come on! Give me a Tauros con ExtremeSpeed! With Tauros natural high speed Quick Attack is a joke! Even getting STAB from Normal type doesn’t make this move enough for Tauros. Dratini Hydro Pump Now the old Dragon can choose between Hydro Pump or Surf! Remember that having Hydro Pump wouldn’t let you have Haze, Light Screen or ExtremeSpeed (obviously! ^___^) Spearow Sonic Boom Wow! Sonic Boom! 20 HP down! Now I finally can beat anyone with my mighty Fearow! ^___^ Farfetch'd Fury Cutter First Baton Pass and now Fury Cutter? I bet most of us never used the Baton Passing Farfetch´d, am I right? If they keep giving Farf this kind of moves we will never have a chance to play with the bird! Doduo Low Kick This one could be useful! With the Flinching ability of Low Kick and the high Speed Stat of Dodrio you can expect a few extra attacks! Natu Safeguard Pretty useful attack and with Xatu’s speed it’s even better! And you are not losing too much with the breeding (Drill Peck isn’t any good with Xatu’s Attack). Another MUST HAVE. Murkrow Beat Up Murkrow needs an evolution right now! With his Stats and the lame variety of attacks that can learn not even having Beat Up will make any better. Only for fun! Skarmory Fury Cutter Skarmory could use some new moves ... but not like this! Fury Cutter in Skarmory is as useless as Sonic Boom in Spearow! Magnamite Agility Magneton with great speed? I can’t see the use of that even though Magneton is one of the slowest Electric Pokes (the only slower are Ampharos and Lanturn) and with Agility this can be reversed. As Magnamite/ton are genderless there isn’t any move that you could get through breeding. Voltorb Agility What?! Electrode is fast enough (the fastest Pokemon indeed!) so Agility is useless here. But as Electrode is genderless and can’t learn any moves by breeding this is just an add-on. Pichu Scary Face Pichu’s family is sure the one that has been given away most! This means even more moves to chose from! Not that Scary Face is that useful ... Cleffa Scary Face Buuuh! Now I’m scared! ^___^ Igglybuff Scary Face Igllybuff is somehow even more obnoxiously cute that Jigglypuff so I can’t understand who is it possible to scare any opponent! Marill Scary Face Would love to know who its pre evolution looks doing a Scary Face! ^___^ Wooper Scary Face Quagsire could use some first attack power since it can learn a really wide variety of cool moves. The best choice among the Halloween’s. Ponyta Low Kick Nice addition to Ponyta’s family! Low Kick is much better that Double Kick (learnable through breeding) and it can cause flinching! Must have! Tangela Synthesis Tangela is (with Sunflora!) the worst Grass Poke! It may be the only RBY Grass type but that isn’t enough! Synthesis makes it a little more useful but not that much! Misdreavus Hypnosis Finally the last Ghost got Hypnosis! Misdreavus can learn Nightmare AND Dream Eater through TMs so Hypnosis is a good addition. A pity that this little Ghost is far from usable in a real battle ... Larvitar Rage Whaaat!? I want a Larvitar with Confuse Ray!! Onix Sharpen Maybe some people would prefer Sharpen (Attack up) over Curse (Attack and Defense Up, Speed Down) but I take Curse since Onix doesn’t need (nor have) Speed! Krabby Metal Claw Since Cross Chopping Krabby hasn’t been confirmed yet we will have to conform to Metal Claw. Steel moves are super effective against Rock and Ice. Kingler can get rid of Rock types easily but could use some help against Ice Pokes. Your choice. Staryu Twister Since Twister is only slightly useful on Dragon types you don’t need it on Staryu. And remember that Staryu can’t learn any move trough breeding! Lapras Future Sight Good old Lapras has a new move! Future Sight inflicts damage after a few turns and is considered as typeless damage. Nice addition. Abra Foresight Foresight lets Ghost be damaged by Normal and Fighting moves and nullifies any Evade modifiers. The first part is not that useful since most Ghosts are part Poison and Abra’s family can deal easily with them. But Abra could use the Evade modifier part. Your choice. Drowzee Amnesia Amnesia is not as good as it used to be in RBY ... but you can trade back Drowzee and have a great Hypno with Amnesia in RBY! Exeggcute Sweet Scent I personally don’t use much Sweet Scent so is up to you. Mr.Mime Mind Reader Ummm ... the only low accuracy moves that Mr. Mime can learn is Hypnosis, Zap Cannon and DynamicPunch! Zubat Flail Crobat and Jolteon are the fastest Pokemons that can learn Flail. With some luck and little HP you can deal loads of damage! Must have! Machop Thrash A 90 Damage, Normal type move that doesn’t lets you select your next move for two-three turns and after that your Pokemon is Confused? Naaahh! Machop family can learn the great Body Slam in RBY! Go with it! Geodude Rapid Spin Ok, watching a Geodude using Rapid Spin could be even funny ... but a Golem! Cubone Fury Attack Fury Attack? Come on! Good old Marowak could use something like Cross Chop! Seel Flail Dewgong can have up to 383 HP so Flail is a double edged weapon since his speed is not that good and it would be risky to try Flail when the opponent is faster. Swinub Whirlwind I personally use Whirlwind and Roar a lot. I'm not sure how much Swinub or Piloswine can stand before fainting but I guess you should try it. Delibird Spikes Well, since Delibird doesn't learn many moves by Leveling Up (only Present!) and the ones that can learn through breeding aren´t that good either (Splash is one of them!) Spikes is a nice add on. A pity that the stats are not even average ... HootHoot Night Shade With Night Shade you wouldn’t need Foresight to hit Ghost types! Like the idea even though Noctowl is rather underused. Sneasel Moonlight Nice addition to this Dark Pokemon! Low stats though ... Oddish Leech Seed One of the best Center Pokemons! Oddish family only needed Leech Seed to be the Ultimate Absorbing Machine! Think about a Vileplume/Belossom with this moveset: Leech Seed/Toxic/GigaDrain/StunSpore(or SleepPowder if you prefer) I know it isn't great against other Grass or Poison Pokemons but is rather useful with the rest! Love this one! A MUST HAVE! Paras Synthesis With Synthesis and Spore, Parasect could be unstoppable BUT with a 4x Fire weakness and a 4x Flying weakness I think it will be a problem. Hoppip Agility Since Jumpluff is the fastest Grass Pokemon, Agility is useless here. Sunkern Splash Yik! When you though that Sunkern couldn't be more useless! Lickitung Double Slap Not hard to see that Body Slam is infinitely better than Double Slap! Snorlax Splash Behold! If Curselaxs were a pain to get rid of Splashlaxs will be even more difficult! Think about it! After you use Splash with Snorlax your opponent will be laughting so much that winning that battle is a piece of cake! ^__^ Sentret Dizzy Punch Poor Kangaskhan! Dizzy Punch was once its trade mark attack (just like Lugia's Aeroblast or Paras/Parasect's Spore) and now everyone can learn it! From Pichu to Jynx and now Furret. Dizzy Punch is a nice addition to its moveset but not really necesary since it can get Slash and Double-Edge through breeding. Aipom Mimic Never liked or used Mimic a lot ... neither Aipom! Stantler Safeguard Useful move but since Stantler learns other great moves like Light Screen or Reflect through breeding you should choice what you prefer/need. Miltank Mega Kick Mega Kick is a very powerful move (even more in Miltank!) but it has to main downsides. It has only 5 PP (8 if you use some PP UPs) and its accuracy is below average, 75%. That means that you will hit aproximately 3 times in 4 uses ... thats still lot of damage!! And as Miltank doesn't have great bredding moves this is a MUSTA HAVE! Machop False Swipe With the incredible attack power that Machamp has, False Swipe makes him a perfect catcher! Its a pity that he can't put to sleep his opponents though. And False Swipe isn't a move you would want on a Championship ... Magikarp Bubble Magikarp is now able to decently attack! Can you believe it? Cool! And they say that the Center Pokemons are all useless! ^___^ Tyrogue Rage Not much to analyse here, Rage sucks and it is a poor addition to the Hitmon family. They could use something like Vital Throw or so ... but Rage?! Note: If you have any comments about my opinions or want to say something about any Poke mail me so I can add it to this section. ============================================================================== -=SPECIAL THANKS=- ============================================================================== I want to thank many people that made this FAQ possible! Meowth346 for PokemonForever, such great source of info! Thanks a lot for a bunch of new info about up coming promotions! KnuclesEchidna and GoldenUrsaring/Mike for some of the weeks names, some info about eggs and Legendaries and the Legendaries Moveset. And really special thanks to Mike for having my FAQ at his page! Visit it at: http://faqmike.cjb.net - PRELIMINAR - HRA for realizing of a mistake in ‘In my Opinion’ Section. Looks like even my opinions are all wrong! =P MasterSnorlax for most the info about the Distribution Machine and for confirming some Pokes. MonsterAtomic for some corrections and giving me a clue to guess the name of a week (Every Poke in that week is a swarmer Poke!) LiLcHicHi from PokemonForever Forums for many moves! EliteBruno for some corrections on Poke moves! And for being such an excellent person! (It's good to have friends in NY!) If I'm missing someone please tell me! I can't remember everyone, can I? ^___^ ============================================================================== -=CONTACT ME=- ============================================================================== I already know that the guide is far from being complete and is not 100% accurate, that's why I need of you people! If you have any comment on any part of the FAQ just mail me. I'll list here some stuff I would be glad to get. If you can help ... * Old or new given away Pokes (In USA or Japan) * If you have an original Mewtwo from the Center, please contact me! I would like to ask some questions about it. You could help me a lot! If you want to use all or some part of this FAQ mail me and ask for permission! It's no good to plagiarize! 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