As many pokémon fans know, the new Arceus being given away in Australia and at Toys-R-Us in the US and Puerto Rico unlocks a special event in the upcoming HeartGold and SoulSilver games and brings Cynthia to Johto and gives gamers a chance to receive Palkia, Dialga or Giratina with a special move at level 1. Many may forget that unlocking events by having event pokemon in your party started in Platinum and if you take your new Arceus to the Oreburgh Mine you will meet a traveler who will give you a brief history of the plates and hand over a Flame Plate to you. If you travel to the Canalave City Library you can meet up with him again and he will will fill you in on some pokemon history relating to Arceus and the plates and he will leave a book in the Canalave Library that details all the inscriptions that have been found on the plates since Diamond & Pearl.
Arceus has the unique ability of Multitype that allows it to become the type of whatever plate that it holds. While the Flame Plate can be found in Stark Mountain, it requires you to have the national dex which makes it the last of the plates accessible through game play. Since Arceus has now become available to so many pokémon fans, I thought it might be a good time to review where all the plates can be found:

Draco Plate: Right behind the Dragon Statue in Eterna City

Insect Plate: Outside the Old Chateau to the right and against the wall of the cliff

Dread Plate: Upstairs in the room on the left of the Old Chateau

Spooky Plate: In Amity Square in Hearthome City

Mind Plate: In the last floor of the Solaceon Ruins

Fist Plate: On Route 215 behind the black belt trainer that is behind a small tree that needs to be cut

Toxic Plate: In the Great Marsh of Pastoria in the Northeast section. Against the northern tree wall in Diamond and Pearl and in the bog in Platinum.

Earth Plate: Oreburgh Gate which is the cave between Jubilife City and Oreburgh. You need Rock Smash and Strength to get back there and then Surf to the far west side of cave.

Splash Plate: On Route 219 in the Southwest corner before turning into Route 220.

Iron Plate: In a small pit in the caves of Iron Island in the far southeastern corner of the third floor.

Icicle Plate: On route 217. Show the hiker in the house his lost HM Rock Climb and he will reward you with the Icicle Plate.

Zap Plate: in front of the lighthouse in Sunyshore City on the right, use Dowsing Machine

Meadow Plate: On Route 210, you need use HM Waterfall to get to it. It is against the wall beneath the bridge above the first waterfall.

Stone Plate: in the cave on Mt. Coronet, use Waterfall to access the room and it is in the rock. In Platinum, the Adamant Orb and Lustrous Orb can also be found in this room.

Sky Plate: in front of the pokemon league on the left, use Dowsing Machine

Flame Plate: on the left hand side in Stark Mountain

One plate of each type can also be found in the Underground. While any pokémon can hold these and get a 20% boost in power from those type of moves, Arceus can use them to change its typing and the typing of its signature move Judgment. Try them out, if only to see the different colors that Arceus can change in to.

Each one will possess the same move set:

Baton Pass
Absol passes any stat bonuses to the next team mate.
Sucker Punch (Dark STAB, Power 80 , Acc. 100%)
Absol moves first if opponent is planning to attack.
Taunt
Absol has a knack for enrageing it’s foes. As a result the opponent gets locked into attacking for two to four turns.
Swords Dance
There is nothing more beautiful than an Absol performing a Swords Dance to boost its attack two levels.

Trick or Treat; The IV’s on each Absol are all a surprise what you get is random. All Absol are named after different Buffy the Vampire Slayer characters. Please, don’t ask for a specific character or to change the nick name.

Rules:

• Be in the Wi-Fi zone at 7:30pm Eastern (4:30pm Pacific), on October 26th, 2009. (If you need it, here’s a timezone converter.) I plan to be online for trades for approximately one hour.
• Comment with your Name and Friend Code.
• Get a Pokémon to trade. Please no eggs.
• Make yourself available to Trade (invite->Trade) and disable speech (press X). I will come to you when I am ready. If you see me online and then leave, don’t worry as I am just restocking.
• Items (Rare Candies, Heart Scales, Shards, Nuggets, or TMs) are very appreciated but not required.
• Only one Absol per person, there is a limit of 30, so they will be given out on a first come first serve basis.

The Friend Code for this event is:
Trainer Name: Nikola
Trainer FC: 5155 8815 2409 (debut of my platinum trades)

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Happy Halloween!

It was a cold, dark night
And in a dainty bedroom,
One boy would come face-to-face
With his untimely doom.

As the boy slept in bed,
He was tossing and turning;
He awoke with a fright
To find a bed that was burning.

The flames licked his bedposts
And caused him to sweat;
But the worst part of the nightmare
Hadn’t happened yet.

Something small touched his forehead,
And he looked up to see
A small, purple Pokémon
Staring back spookily.

Its arms pressed to the boy’s face,
He had no choice but to stay;
He sank back to his pillow
As consciousness faded away.

As he took to his dreams,
More Pokémon came through his door;
They pulled him out of bed
And dropped him onto the floor.

Awakened, he quaked in fright
As the nightmare progressed;
Shadows rose from all sides
Revealing more guests.

The Drifloon closed in
Blocking all else from view;
The boy stared wide-eyed
Knowing he was through.

“It’s all right,” said a voice,
“You have nothing to fear.
Just close your eyes now,
For the end is near.”
—
Each Drifloon has a Modest (+SpAtk, -Atk) nature. They will all have these moves:

Calm Mind (Psychic, Power – , Acc. –%)
Drifloon calms down and raises both its Special Attack and Special Defense.
Rest (Psychic, Power – , Acc. –%)
Drifloon sleeps soundly, fully restoring its HP.
Shadow Ball (Ghost STAB, Power 80 , Acc. 100%)
Drifloon attacks the foe into submission with this STAB, high-powered move.
Will-O-Wisp (Fire, Power – , Acc. 75%)
Drifloon produces a glowing flame and burns its opponent.

While not all Drifloon have a 31 IV stat, many have multiple stats that are above 25. Also, all are being nicknamed after different ghosts, so please don’t request a nickname.

Rules:

• Be in the Wi-Fi zone at 7:30pm Eastern (4:30pm Pacific), on October 24th, 2009. (If you need it, here’s a timezone converter.) I plan to be online for trades for approximately two hours.
• Comment with your Name and Friend Code.
• Get a Pokémon to trade. I have no preference as to what it is as long as they aren’t Eggs.
• Make yourself available to Trade (invite->Trade). I will come to you when I am ready.
• Items (Rare Candies, Heart Scales, Shards, Nuggets, or TMs) are very appreciated but not required.
• Only one Drifloon per person, please.

The Friend Code for this event is:
Trainer Name: Kurt
Trainer FC: 2921 5817 5274

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Happy Halloween!

There is a tale about a mysterious pokémon that haunts the woods on the outskirts of town. It can be seen performing his Swords Dance by the pale light of a full moon and every year on Halloween it returns to the town to seek its vengeance.
This Jolly (+Speed,-SpAttack) Skorupi has grown tired of being ignored by pokémon trainers that are only looking for cute or powerful pokémon and have taken for granted its precise attacking abilities. While it is only a Poison/Bug type now it has been known to evolve into the Dreaded Drapion and shed its Bug typing for a Dark, more sinister type. With this new typing it is only weak to Ground attacks and has many resistances and immunities common to UU battles. It can easily slip into a battle unexpectedly, perform its Swords Dance and Slash away at opponents with no remorse.
Its moves are:
Swords Dance (raises his attack two stages)
Raising its attack two stages doubles its Attack strength.
X-Scissor (Bug STAB, Power 80, Acc 100)
A powerful move that is super effective against Dark, Psychic and Grass types and gives Skorupi a strong STAB move he can use while he is young
Poison Jab (Poison STAB, Power 80, Acc 100)
Another powerful STAB move that has a 30% chance of poisoning foes.
Night Slash (Dark, Power 70, Acc 100)
A slashing move with a high critical hit ratio that will be STAB move when Skorupi evolves into a Drapion.

Skorupi has two very useful abilities:
Battle Armor (probably due to its hockey mask) prevents it from being hit by a critical hit.
Sniper makes critical hits delivered by it do three times the damage instead of the usual two times.

• To receive one of these Night Slashers, be in the wifi room on Tuesday at 5:00 PM Pacific (8:00 PM Eastern) on the October 20th, 2009
• Comment with your Name and Friend Code
• Get a pokémon to trade, I’m not looking for anything particular just something you don’t want.
• Make yourself available to Trade (invite->Trade) I will come to you when I’m ready.

These will come from my Platinum game
FC: 2664-8901-5184

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Make sure to check out PokeFarm’s Trivial Ranch today. Forum and main-site farmer Whitdjinn will once again be offering a special EV-trained Pokemon, and all you’ll need to do is correctly answer a few trivia questions! You can find this event by clicking here. Right now, you may take a look at the clues given to try to determine what the farmed Pokemon might be. The contest begins at 3:00 Eastern Time today; don’t miss it!

Toys’R'Us will be giving away Arceus, the last pokémon in the pokédex from November 7th to 15th in the U.S. and Puerto Rico
Don’t miss out on this one as this special event pokémon will unlock events in HeartGold and SoulSilver.

Arceus will be at level 100 and will come in a Cherish Ball holding a Rowap Berry and have these moves:
Judgment
Roar of Time
Spacial Rend
Shadow Force

As per usual you will need to have:
• Room for the wonder card (can’t have more than three)
• An North American version of Diamond, Pearl or Platinum and a DS
• Have obtained the Pokedex

Remember, you can only get one Arceus per game chip. You can, however, trade the Arceus to another game and restart your game thus allowing you to get as many Arceus as you can want if you are willing to grind through the intro part of the game over and over again.

If you have received the Member’s Card, the Secret Key to unlock the Rotom forms or received mystery gifts from Pokémon Battle Revolution then you are ready to go. Just click on MYSTERY GIFT on the opening screen, then RECEIVE GIFT, then GET VIA NINTENDO WFC and it will load the Wonder Card on to your game
If you have yet to receive a mystery gift, go to the 3rd floor in Jubilife TV. Talk to the man next to a lady and type in “everyone happy” as a response to his first question and type in “wi-fi connection” to the next question. Save your game and when you restart it the MYSTERY GIFT option box will appear below NEW GAME on the opening screen.
Once you have downloaded the Wonder Card, Oak’s Letter can be picked up from the green dressed delivery man in any Poke Mart. Even if you haven’t beaten the elite four yet you still can receive Oak’s Letter, but to battle Shaymin you must have defeated the Elite Four and obtained the National Dex from Professor Rowan.

The easiest way to access Route 224 is to come down from the Pokémon League to Victory Road as Route 224 can be only reached be going though the caves heading east out of Victory Road. If you have traveled to route 224 previously, you will need to use HMs of Surf, Waterfall, Rock Climb and Defog to navigate this cave. If this is your first time through, Marley will help you battle and heal your pokémon as you go, but you will also need Strength and Rock Smash.
Dr. Oak is waiting for you at the end of Route 224 by the big white rock. Just before you reach there, Marley will join you and Dr. Oak will ask you who you would like to thank. After typing in what you are thankful for, the Seabreak Path will appear and allow you to walk up a long flowery stretch to the Flower Paradise island in the Northeast of Sinnoh.

Shaymin will be waiting for you at the end and will be at level 30 and have the following moves:
Growth
Magical Leaf
Leech Seed
Synthesis
If Shaymini faints, don’t worry, just walk back onto the Seabreak Path and return to Flower Paradise and Shaymin will once again be waiting for you. You can battle it as many times as you like (or flee if you find yourself outmatched) until you capture it.

You can only capture Shaymin once so I recommend bringing a pokémon with the ability of synchronize with the nature you prefer. Shaymin in its Sky forme has its best base stats in Special Attack and Speed so Modest or Timid are usually considered the best natures. In its land form, Shaymin can be a very good defensive and support pokémon and a Bold nature will boost its defense stat.
Unlike most legends that have a very low catch rate, Shaymin has an average one of 45 and can be caught relatively easily compared to other legends. I was catch one at full HP with a Quick Ball. I do recommend that you bring a pokémon with the move Taunt to limit Shaymin from recovering HP and boosting its Special Attack. I do not recommend trying to inflict it with a status as it isn’t necessary and it holds a Lum Berry.

While these little Mudkips are still just a Water type, they will soon grow up to be a mighty Swamperts. They are bred with a Sassy (+ SpDef, – Speed) nature to enhance their special defense and go with their sturdy HP base. They will all have the ability of Torrent which will increase the power of their Water attacks by 50% when their HP runs below one third. They will all come with these moves:

Double Edge (Normal, Power 120, Acc 100)
A strong attack Mudkip can use until it evolves and can learn Earthquake.

Mirror Coat (Psychic, Power – , Acc 100)
Mirror Coat absorbs special attacks and reflects an attack of double the damage back at the opponent. Swampert’s good HP combined with the Special Defense boost from their Sassy nature makes this a powerful counterattack to any Special Sweeper that might be wreaking havoc against your team.

Waterfall (Water STAB, Power 80, Acc 100)
A powerful STAB attack using its stronger physical attack stat to do damage.

Ice Beam (Ice, Power 95, Acc 100)
While Flying Dragons don’t fear its Earthquake or Water moves, they won’t like to switch into this move. It also gives it a counter to Grass types that might want to prey on its only weakness.

• To receive one of these Mudkips, be in the wifi room on Tuesday at 5:00 PM Pacific (8:00 PM Eastern) on the October 13, 2009
• Comment with your Name and Friend Code
• Get a pokémon to trade, She’s not looking for anything particular just something you don’t want.
• Make yourself available to Trade (invite->Trade). She will come to you when she’s ready.

The Friend Code for this event is:
F.Angel
FC 4424 9738 0329

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The first Regi that you have a chance to catch is Registeel. He is in a room connected to the last area deep in the Iron Ruins on Iron Island. He is at level 30 and has the following moves:<

• Stomp (Normal, Power 65, Acc 100)
• Metal Claw (Steel, STAB, Power 50, Acc 95)
• Curse - Raises Attack and Defense while lowering its Speed
• Superpower (Fighting, Power 120, Acc 100) but lowers Attack and Defense

The next one is Regice who can be found in the Iceberg Ruins at the end of the Mount Coronet caves leading to route 216. He too is at level 30 and has these moves:

• Stomp (Normal, Power 65, Acc 100)
• Icy Wind (Ice, STAB, Power 55, Acc 95) lowers opponent’s speed
• Curse - Raises Attack and Defense while lowering its Speed
• Superpower (Fighting, Power 120, Acc 100) but lowers Attack and Defense

The final one is Regirock who can be found in the Rock Peak Ruins in the Sandstorm area of Route 228. Like the others he is at level 30 and has these moves:

• Stomp (Normal, Power 65, Acc 100)
• Rock Throw (Rock, STAB, Power 50, Acc 90)
• Curse - Raises Attack and Defense while lowering its Speed
• Superpower (Fighting, Power 120, Acc 100) but lowers Attack and Defense

The Regis all have strong defenses and Registeel and Regirock resist False Swipe so it takes a some work to get them down to 1 HP. Bring a False Swiper and a status inducer (Sleep or Paralysis) to help catch them. Don’t bother trying to lower their stats as they all have the ability of Clear Body that prevent opponents from lowering them. I always have a synchronizer in the lead spot and I recommend adding to their strong Special Defense. I suggest Careful for Regirock and Registeel and Calm for Regice. The level 100 Regigigas is too strong to help much in lowering their HP and a Ghost type can resist two of their three attacks. Be careful of the defense lowering effects of Superpower as a physical attack will do more damage than had previously done and if you aren’t using False Swipe you may accidentally faint them. Luckily all these are found in caves so bring your Dusk Balls as they are the most effective.

Once you have gathered all three you can go to Snowpoint Temple and capture your own Regigigas. Only in Platinum instead of facing a level 70 monster, the Regigigas is only level one. As you can imagine, False Swipe is essential but because catching pokémon is affected by percent of depleted HP, lowering it from 13 to 1 does not have the same beneficial effect as it does a level 70 Regigigas that can sport up to 256 in HP. Because of this it is important to bring a status inducer and plenty of Dusk Balls.