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Pokemon Diamond and Pearl

I can’t get the poke radar to work. I already have the national dex and whenever I try to use the radar, it always says (Professor Rowan’s words echoed) “There’s a time and place for everything, but not now.”

Games Guru: It only works when you are standing in the kind of tall grass where Pokemon like to hide.

Can you give me directions through Stark Mountain?

Games Guru: Stark Mountain is just too large for me to give a walkthrough. Sorry.

Is there really a Stareon and a star stone?

Games Guru: I have run across Staryus, Omastars and Staraptors, but no Stareons or star stones. Sorry.

Can you tell me how to use the Pokemon radar? I clicked on it with my stilus and I went into the light green grass for Pokemon, but nothing shows up. HEEELLLP!!!!!

Games Guru: You are going to need the National Pokedex before your radar works. You will know you have it when you see a meeting between Professor Oak (the professor in many earlier Pokemon games) and Professor Rowan.

How do you get through Victory Road?

Games Guru: You are not the first to ask this question. I am not going to give you step-by-step directions, but I will give you clues.

You will need a mixture of your toughest Pokemon and what I call “Traveling Pokemon.” These are monsters trained with moves for traveling that may not be so good in fights. They include strength, rock smash, surf, waterfall, cut and rock climb.

Victory Road is a great place to catch wild Pokemon, though I generally prefer to make it all the way through, then go back in to catch wild Pokemon such as Steelix, Onix, Graveler, Golbat and Machop. You will have plenty of fights even without battling wild Pokemon. The place is crawling with trainers.

To avoid unnecessary fights, give the Cleanse Tag to one of your Pokemon and take plenty of Max Repel.

You are going to want to rock climb every rock climbing trail, push every moveable boulder, swim up every lake and waterfall, etc. I think you will find that this Victory Road is actually shorter and easier than some past ones.

One last hint: At the end of the road, you will come to an exit blocked by a guy who tells you something about the world getting bigger. Do not waste your time with him. Go back a few paces and you will see a rock climb. Scale it and you will reach the end of the road–or at least the end of the cave.

Can you trade Pokemon from Emerald to Pokemon Diamond?

Games Guru: Yup! Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed and LeafGreen are all Diamond and Pearl-compatible. Just plug your cartridges into the Game Boy slot on your DS.


 


 

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  1. 3363 - PokeFan says:

    To snakeman800,
    (*Smiles excitedly*) Fill me in!! I want an Arceus!

  2. 3362 - SUPER DIAMOND says:

    WHAT IS A NATIONAL POKEDEX AND HOW TO GET IT

  3. 3361 - Salamence101 says:

    To, Darkrainer,
    I already knew about platnium version. i know that instead of lucas having a red hat, it is blue. and i think i heard that it will have nintendo wifi forums too.

  4. 3360 - Darkrainer says:

    A new game , Pokemon Platinum will be released in Japan in September!It’s the third version of D/P,like emerald was the third version of R/S.I will continue coverage of the new game.
    P.S.Giratina is the star of this game!

  5. 3359 - snakeman800 says:

    I have an arceus so i could tell you how to get 1.

  6. 3358 - dsdude says:

    what is mewthree? thats a FAKE

  7. 3357 - Dialga-The Master says:

    All of you who want Uxie, Azelf, Mesprit, Cresselia, Heatran, and Giratina, look no further. Use special Pokeballs. Like the kind that work better on certain element Pokemon. Uxie & Azelf (Mesrit and Cresselia too,) are the PSYCHIC type, and Netballs seem to be the BUG type, so, (and I’ve proven…) Netballs work about 3x better than Ultraballs, and 2x better than Duskballs.Wittle their HP away until their HP bar is red-colored, then switch (for Sceptile) to use False Swipe. Then shift (for Roserade or Noctowl) to use Grasswhistle or Hypnosis. Throw a Netball or Duskball, and it will make their effects about 6x the effect of an Ultraball to be almost GUARANTEED to catch them. Mesprit and Cresselia flee, and since I have both, here’s what you do. Start with someone (like Golbat) who knows Mean Look. Use it, and Cresselia will fail to flee. Wittle away HP, until red-colored, then shift (for Sceptile) to use False Swipe. Then they will flee. Next time you encounter them, They’ll have 1 HP. Have Wobbuffet in front, so you can use a Quickball. If that fails, Netballs should do it. Heatran, ditto as Uxie and Azelf, but throw Diveballs. Giratina is Ghost, so False Swipe will not work. When it has red-colored HP, wittle it down a little more with weak Fire, Water, or Grass based moves. Throw a Duskball as it would be DARK type (and you are in a cave, so it is the best ball here…), and that should do it. Thank you for reading. Stay tuned for Jirachi…

  8. 3356 - Dialga-The Master says:

    Is Terminator on the Diamond & Pearl comment page the Terminator on the Emerald comment page?(PS, ’cause I am.) I’ve never completed my PokeDex, (Sinnoh or National,) but I heard a rumor that you can run into Jirachi on Mt. Coronet summit. Remember, just a rumor…

  9. 3355 - PokeFan says:

    (*Frowns*) Is there another PokeFan? I thought I was the only one. All people with the PokeFan username:
    Post me back, please? I’m getting kinda confused here…

  10. 3354 - Terminator says:

    TO Darkrainer,
    Well come on I got mine in the middle of testing week at school. I didn’t have much time.

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