Sphinx's Pokemon Hints

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Pokemon Red/Blue

Pokemon "M": Note: This only works in the Blue version of the game. Go to Viridian City and talk to the old man. When he asks if you are in a hurry, answer "No". After he explains how to catch a Weedle, fly to Cinnabar Island. Surf on the side of Cinnabar that faces the Seafoam Islands to find the Pokemon "M". Note: Obtaining M can prevent the game from continuing correctly.

To duplicate the Masterball:

Take an Ultraball and get in a fight with the Pokemon you are trying to catch. Through the Ultraball and when the Ultraball releases from your hand hold up+B (this code works 70% of the time).

To catch pokemon from the Safari Zone on Cinnabar Island:

First goto the Safari Zone and run into some pokemon that are rare and hard to catch then leave the Safari Zone. Fly over to Cinnabar Island and Surf right ontop of the block were the water and land meet. You will run into pokemon from the Safari Zone but you can now use your pokemon and Ultraballs to catch them.(This code works 40% of the time)

The fourth moon stone:First fly to Cinnabar Island and go into the pokemon House.Right when you walk in there are boxes on the left and right.Walk up to the fifth box from the bottom on the right then press A on it and there it is.

These Pokemon need to be traded to a friend to evolve:

Kadabra=Alakazam.

Graveler=Golem.

Haunter=Gengar.

Machoke=Machamp.

Warning Missing No is a virus I Highly recomend That you don't catch it. But if you want to here's how.

First trade with any of the trainers on Cinnibar Island then go over to the right side of the island and SURF up and down the coast so it looks like your half in, half out of the water. Soon after that you should run into a Pokemon. The screen will go black for about 4 seconds then you will battle MissingNo. He is at level 80 but has very low defence.

Seal Pokeballs tighter

When you throw a pokeball right when it closes press up and A and the pokeball, Great ball, Ultra ball, or Safari Ball will close tighter

See man on roof

When on Cinnibar Island go to the right side of the island and SURF then go upso your right in front of the building then get on the land and take two steps forwards and you should be right in front of the doorand a message should appear saying,"the door is locked." and a man will be on the roof of the building.(Make sure that you don't have the secret key)

Unlimited items:

Find the Missingno Pokemon and defeat him. A design will appear in your sixth item. Deposit your sixth item individually until it totals 99. Then you can divide the items by fifty. If a no more room message appears, just withdraw an item and keep depositing the sixth item. Check the CPU when this is complete to find two groups of 99 of the same item.

Easy experience:

An easy way to earn experience for a weaker Pokemon is to put your lowest-level Pokemon at the top of your list. When a fight begins, it will be the first Pokemon released. Instead of fighting, just switch to a stronger Pokemon. The weaker Pokemon will share the experience from the battle without being put in any danger. This is a good way to make your Pokemon gain experience evenly.

Winning money in Celadon City:

Enter Celadon City and get the coin case from the man in the back of the diner. Go to the slots and ask for some free coins. You will use these to play the slots and win Pokemon prizes. Here is how to find the slot machine that pays out the most. When you walk in, there are rows of slots. Find the man to the far left that says "wins come and go". Below him is a machine that is out of order. Play the machine directly beneath it. Do not get frustrated if you do not win constantly. If it stops paying out a lot, leave, go train your Pokemon, and come back later. Note: This trick works more often in the "Blue" version of the game.

Also try walking around Celadon's Game Corner and repeatedly press A to find coins that people have dropped

Teleport:

An Abra is hard to catch, but it is worth it. When your Pokemon are weak and you need to get to a Pokécenter quickly, press Start and choose Pokemon. A list of your Pokemon will appear. If you have Abra with you, choose him and select teleport. Note: You have to be outside first; use an escape rope if needed. It will take you directly to the last Pokemon Center visited.

Clone Pokemon:

Note: This trick requires another Game Boy and Pokemon game. Trade the Pokemon to be cloned, and have the other player get a Pokemon that he or she does not care about. Trade them, and make sure the player receiving the bad Pokemon can see the other player's screen. When the Game Boy that receives the good Pokemon's displays "Waiting", get ready to shut the other Game Boy off. When the "Waiting" message disappears, turn off the Game Boy that is receiving the bad Pokemon. When the "Trade completed" message appears, turn off the remaining Game Boy. Both games will have the same good Pokemon when they are turned back on.

Other ways to get to a Pokécenter:

Besides teleporting, the following methods may also be used to get to a Pokécenter. Use Dig when in a cave; Fly (HM05 that lets you fly to any desired town;

Also try Softboiled that you can only teach Chansey. It takes some of Chansey's health to give to another Pokémon, and also restores Chansey's health by half during a battle.

Use HMs in Battle

Flash, used to light up Rock Tunnel and make an opponent's accuracy fall. Cut used to cut certain bushes and is used like Scratch in battle. Surf, which lets you surf across any body of water and is used like the Hydro-Pump in battle.

Keep earning money:

Here is a great way to keep getting money even after beating all the trainers in the game. Keep betting the Pokemon league 4 and your rival repeatedly. You can beat them an unlimited number of times. This is also a useful to build levels quickly. Information in this section was contributed by D Generate Three Sixteen.

Fight Safari Pokemon elsewhere:

This trick allows you to fight Pokemon from one area of the game in another area. For example, go to the Safari zone and battle for a while. Fight a Taures, then leave the Safari zone. Then, go to the island where Articuno is found. Swim up and down the shore, at the point where it appears that you are on the ground, but are actually swimming in the water. Monsters from the Safari zone will appear here. Information in this section was contributed by Matt Golden.

Unlimited chances to catch rare Pokemon:

First ,find a rare Pokemon such as a Mewtwo. Then, immediately before entering a battle with it, save the game. Now you can battle the Pokemon without worrying about not catching it. If you make a mistake and make it faint, stop and shut off the game. Then, turn on the game and use the continue option to restart just before the battle.

Quick Safari Zone captures:

Go to the Safari Zone and use up your time in the different areas. Once the PA removes you from the hunt, fly to Cinnabar Island and surf half on land and in the water on the side facing Seafoam Island. In a short amount of time, you will be able to capture all of the Pokemon from Safari Zone.

Fish forever:

In the Safari Zone, the 500 units that are allocated when entering are based on number of steps, not time, spent. You can fish forever in the park if you go to water and not move the entire time that you are fishing.

Harder hitting attacks:

Hold A while attacking to do more damage. Information in this section was contributed by Matt Golden.

Rare bird Pokemon locations:

Moltres (Victory Road), Articuno (Sea Foam Isle), Zapdos (Abandoned power plant).

Get all three beginning monsters at Oak's lab:

Note: Another Game Boy with the game and a link cable are required for this trick. Transfer your Pokemon to the other Game Boy. Begin a new game on the original Game Boy and get a monster that was not collected in the first game and transfer it to the other Game Boy. Repeat this step again, then transfer the monsters back to the original Game Boy. This allows your game to have the three starting Pokemon (Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle) plus any others that were already captured.

Get Mewtwo:

To get Mewto, the rarest of all Pokemon (#150), defeat Pokemon League, and enter the cave in Cerulean city. Mewto is located deep within the cave.

The phantom PC!

Well everyone knows that every Pokemon Center has a PC. That PC is in the corrner to the top right of each center. Well in Celadon, the programers who made Pokemon messed up. If you go into the hotel (under the PokeCenter and the Rocket Game Corrner), do what you do to access a PC, and press "A" as usual, you get to use a hidden PC!

Pokemon Snap

Pokémon Snap

Get the 3 legendary birds: To get Moltres go to the volcano level and when you find an egg blocking your path throw Pokémon food or pester balls at it and a Moltres will emerge from the hot lava.

To get Zapdos you must lure the Pikachu to the egg sitting in the tunnel then play your pokéflute. If you did it right pikachu will hit the egg and he will shoot the egg out and the egg will blow up revealing Zapdos.

To get Articuno, as you come into the 3rd section of the cave level a zubat will fly around carrying a pikachu. if you hit the pikachu with pester balls or apples the zubat will drop him and pikachu will deploy balloons for floating in the air. As you come to the articuno egg the pikachu will trot over to the egg and break it revealing articuno. You must wake up the articuno with the pokéflute then articuno will fly pikachu to safety and you will have a sweet close up of pikachu on articuno's back.

Get Charizard:

To take a picture of Charizard, throw an apple at the Charmeleon that is near the lava pool at the end of the volcanic level. If you knock him in the lava he will evolve into a Charizard.

Get Muk:

In the cave there are 2 Grimers. Take lots of pictures of them. When the 3rd appears near the 3 Bulbasuars, take a picture. Now throw lots of pester balls at him. He will evolve into Muk.

Group of Charmanders:

In the volcano level,the moltres egg will stop your vehicle. You can sit here as long as you want. Throw an apple near a Charmander and it will tell all its buddies there's food to eat. Throw food at the other one and he'll call even more. You can get up to 6 Charmanders, and you can lure them closer with pokemon food. To get them to hold still and look straight at you for an AWESOME picture, play the pokéflute.

Pokemon Pinball

Pokemon Locations

Note: These are the Pokémon that are usually found in these locations, you might find different ones.

Red Table

Pallet Town Charmander, Rattata, Nidoran (M), Bulbasaur, Poliwag, Tangela

Viridan Forest Weedle, Pidgey, Pikachu, Caterpie

Pewter City Spearow, Jigglypuff, Ekans, Magikarp

Cerulean City Oddish, Mankey, Jynx, Abra

Vermilion City Seaside Shellder, Krabby, Ekans, Farfetch'd

Rock Mountain Voltorb, Diglett, Onix, Slowpoke, Mr.Mime

Lavender Town Gastly, Magnemite, Cubone, Electabuzz, Zapdos

Cycling Road Spearow, Doduo, Lickitung, Snorlax

Safari Zone Paras, Rhyhorn, Chansey, Tauros, Scyther

Seafoam Island Horsea, Staryu, Seel, Psyduck, Articuno

Cinnabar Island Ponyta, Growlithe, Omanyte, Kabuto, Koffing, Grimer

Indigo Plateau Machop, Onix, Ditto, Moltres, Mewtwo, Mew

Blue Table

Viridan City Squirtle, Nidoran (M), Bulbasaur, Poliwag

Viridian Forest Caterpie, Rattata, Pikachu, Weedle

Mt.Moon Zubat, Paras, Clefairy, Geodude

Cerulean City Bellsprout, Meowth, Jynx, Abra

Vermilion City Streets Shellder, Krabby, Farfetch'd, Sandshrew

Rock Mountain Diglett, Voltorb, Onix, Slowpoke, Mr.Mime

Celadon City Mankey, Meowth, Eevee, Porygon, Dratini, Scyther, Pinsir

Fuchsia City (spelled Fuchia in the game) Magikarp, Goldeen, Kangaskhan, Exeggcute, Venonat

Safari Zone Doduo, Nidoran (F), Rhyhorn, Paras, Chansey, Pinsir

Saffron City Ekans, Sandshrew, Hitmonchan, Hitmonlee, Lapras

Cinnabar Island Ponyta, Koffing, Grimer, Aerodactyl, Magmar

Indigo Plateau Spearow, Sandshrew, Ditto, Onix, Moltres, Mewtwo, Mew

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