Pokéfreak Guide

Well, it’s been a week since my last post and as I said, winter’s ended- So in memory, Cryogonal!

Origin:

The name Cryogonal, is simple in meaning. “Cryo” is from the greek “kruos” meaning “Cold”, like Cryogenic. The second part of the name “gonal” is a simple suffix implying shape, like Octagonal. Cryogonal’s Japanese name is extremely like the english: フリージオ (Freegeo) This is obviously implying “Freeze” and “Geometrical”. It has become apparent to me that perhaps the Generation V names were a bit lazily decided… 

Features:

As all snowflakes, Cryogonal is born in clouds and has six sides, however unlike snowflakes (and Spindas) They’re all alike. Another interesting thing about Cryogonals, which makes them just a bit more… scary… is they are Carnivorous and have chains of ice they shoot from their mouths to capture prey. If Cryogonal’s body heat gets too high, they will evaporate, only to condense and freeze when cooling back down, implying they are made up of water. Cryogonal shares a feature with the Pokemon Mew! It can learn Attract, even though it’s genderless. This fact is an odd one, because Attract fails every time in genderless species… It’s my personal thoughts that perhaps Cryogonal was intended to have gender, programmed to learn Attract and then it was decided to be genderless. 

Finding Cryogonal: 

Cryogonal dwell in only one location of the game, Twist Mountain. Cryogonal is so rare, your chances of finding him are 1%. Cryogonal does not count as a rare pokemon though, it’s not that rare. You just have to get the right season, remember Cryogonal evaporates in seasons that aren’t cold. Your chances of finding him are slim until Winter when they are slightly less slim. 5%, if that counts for anything. If you breed a Cryogonal it takes 6630 steps to hatch. Cryogonal is in the mineral egg group, click to read about that on bulbapedia. 

Cryogonal isn’t really much of a special Pokemon, but it does represent snowflakes in some way. So begins spring! Tell me what Pokemon you’d like to see here and I’ll make it happen. Thanks! hope the was informative in some way. 

Hey guys, I’m back into posting, considering summer and spring are coming up. For the end of winter I’m going to do an Ice type Pokemon for a biography/analysis this week. Any suggestions? 

Write me in my ask box for suggestions, if I get none, I’ll decide.

(Source: gorudakku)

Ten days into the new year and now back to writing! I said I’d be back after the holidays, but my Great Grandmother died, so that extended the holiday until now.

In this article I’m going to explain what shiny pokemon are and what your chances are of seeing one. 

History:

Shiny Pokemon exhibit a different color than their normal counterpart (See above, Umbreon is usually yellow, but when shiny is blue) The term Shiny Pokemon was a fan created term coined from the sparkles that come from the Pokemon upon release into battle. It was officially used in games Black and White. Having just written about form differences, I find it redundant to say (but will anyway) that Pokemon like Shellos and Gastrodon have two forms, which do not count as shiny. Each form has it’s own shiny color difference. It’s thought that the reason for shiny Pokemon was actually to utilize the full capacity of the GameBoy Color’s color feature. When introduced in Generation II Pokemon were determined to be shiny based on their individual values. This ended up making the chances of seeing them 1/8192 and although this appears to be a small chance, it only got smaller.

As of Generation III Shiny Pokemon have been determined by the Trainer ID, the Original Trainer (Secret) ID and the Pokemon personality number. The Trainer ID and The Original Trainer ID are xored together to yield “E” then the first byte and second byte of the Pokemon personality are xored to yield “F”. Lastly if F and E xored yields a number less than 8, your Pokemon will be shiny. This means your statistics are 8/65536 of seeing a shiny Pokemon. 

Generation IV and V exceptions:

In Generation IV the statistics could be changed slightly. You could up your chances by using the Pokeradar. In generation IV and V there is a method programmed into the game that ups the statistics. The method requires you breed your Pokemon with a Pokemon from a different language. It must be out of game, so in game trades do not count such as Meister’s Foppa and Lt. Surge’s Volty. As of Generation V the statistics can get to be 1/1366 using this method, six times finding one in the wild. 

Unobtainable Shiny Pokmeon

There are a few Shiny Pokemon that cannot be obtained legitimately:

Generation II: Celebi (Non JP games only)

Generation III: Celebi

Generation IV: Celebi, Arceus, Spiky Eared Pichu

Generation V: Celebi, Arceus, Victini, Reshiram, Zekrom 

Hello loverly tumblrers, I hope you had a happy Christmas. I have been absent for the holidays, and will continue to be scarce, but I’m going to post this article first about Form Differences and Pokemon which have them.

It’s no little known fact that Pokemon can change forms at times, but the form changes aren’t always just for aesthetics. 

Pichu

Pichu has two forms, Normal form and Spiky Eared form. However, this Pichu is more like a completely different Pokemon than a normal Pichu. The Spiky Eared Pichu can only be obtained in Pokemon HeatGold and SoulSilver with a Shiny Pichu. It can never be transferred to other games and cannot evolve or be traded. Obtaining Pichu’s Spiky Ear form requires you go to the Ilex forest with a “Pikachu Colored Pichu” (Shiny Pichu).

Unown

The Unown’s forms are extremely prominent and all have their different purposes. Letters and Numbers! All of the Unown forms represent letters of the Latin Alphabet, except for the most recent two introduced in Generation IV, they represent and Interrogation Point (Question Mark ?) and an Exclamation Point (Exclamation Mark !), which both have half open eyes instead of attentive wide eyes like the rest of the Unown. Unown was the first Pokemon to have a form difference, appearing as early as Generation II. Unown’s Personality value determines the letter it will be. 

Spinda

Spinda’s patterns are said to never repeat, granting it “form differences” however this is not entirely true, just virtually impossible. Snowflakes are said to never rrepeat as well, however a little known fact is that they indeed can, it’s just rare. Spinda’s patterns are determined by personality value as well, but Spinda’s patterns rely on the number in it’s entirety. That number ranges from 0 to 4,294,967,295 (232-1)… This means you are more likely to find a shiny Pokemon, than a repeated Spinda pattern. 

Castform

Castform’s very name implies form differences. It comes from Forecast and Form! Castform’s forms rely on the weather to change, however unlike Unown, Spinda, and Pichu Castform’s forms go far beyond appearance. When it is sunny, Castform goes into Sunny Form which gives him Fire power instead of normal. Likewise, Rainy and Snowy forms give water and ice respectively! It’s appearance however, is very different. In the sun Castform carries a sunny appearance, in the rain a water drop, and in the snow a snow cloud. 

Deoxys

(Pictured above) - Deoxys and Castform came form the same generation and were both first to feature Form Differences as great as Type and Stats. Doexys’ form differences change his Stats to be either more Attack, Speed, or Defense. Attack frome has a huge bonus to attack and special attack, but a chunk is taken form Defense. Defense forme is just about a negative of the attack form, there is less attack and a lot more defense. The speed forme is pretty good across the board, and ups the speed to be unparalleled, except perhaps by a Pokemon with a speed boost of some sort. Doexys’ Appearance changes as well. the same Teal and Red colors are kept, but his body changes to embody each stat that’s boosted. Normal Forme, has no particular boosts and HP stays the same in every Form. Deoxys’ forms can change from meteors since Generation IV, but before that it depended on what Generation III game you got that decided your Deoxys form.

Burmy and Wormadam

Wormadam takes both Deoxys and Castform’s benefits of type and stats, however her forms ride on what Burmy’s form was when she evolved. Burmy’s forms depend on it’s location last battled. If you battle with Burmy outside it gathers Twigs and leaves and sticks them to its body for protection, taking on the Plant Cloak. If you send your Burmy out in a cave/beach it will scrape up sand and rocks and take on the Sandy Cloak. Lastly, if you battle in a building Burmy gathers insulation to shroud itself in, bring forth the Trash Cloak. Again, whichever form Burmy evolves from will be the one the Wormadam receives permanently. Her type changes based on what the last cloak was; Grass, Ground or Steel. Her stats also differ between the differences. If your Burmy is a male it will not evolve into Wormadam, but Mothim, which in turn sheds it old Burmy skin, thus having no form differences. 

Cherrim

Cherrim’s forms vary on the weather as well. If it is sunny out it will revert to Sunshine Form from Overcast Form. Otherwise it is in Overcast form. Whenever it changes due to it’s ability (Flower Gift) it gains extra Attack and Special Defense in Sunshine, and thus Sunshine Form.

Shellos and Gastrodon

The Shellos family were the first Pokemon to have forms that depended on location (not like Burmy). Shellos’ forms depend on whether you Caught it east or West of Mt. Cornet. If you catch your Shellos/Gastrodon in the west it will be pink and appear more like a anemone. Int he east it will be blue and have a more flowy appearance. Nether forms change stats and they cannot be switched between, but do have an effect on which form hatches from an egg.

Rotom

Rotom’s forms depend on what appliance he posses. Rotom is Electric/Ghost type, but after possessing various appliances this changes. When Rotom posses a Microwave his type is Electric/Fire and he has the move Overheat. When he posses a Washing Machine his type changes to Electric/Water and he learns Hydro Pump. Rotom possess a Fridge and his type is Electric/Ice and he Blizzard. Possessing a fan, Rotom learns Air Slash and become Electric/Flying type and last, when a Lawn mower is possessed Rotom is Electric/Grass and knows Leaf Storm. Of course with all of these forms he appears as these appliances, a fridge, washing machine, lawn mower, oven, fan. 

Giratina

Giratina’s form is based on it’s location/held item. If Giratina is in the distortion world, it appears as it should in its Origin Forme, however the form changes if it is taken form the distortion world to Altered Forme, unless the Griseous Orb is being held by it. The forms have little stat changes, Giratina’s Origin Forme is a little more offense oriented then his Altered Forme. In its Origin Forme Giratina appears more like a flying snake, then a dragon, however its type does not change. 

Shaymin

Shaymin is unique because between its forms it has two cries. Shaymin will change forms upon contact of a Gracidea flower, which changes its type from Grass to Grass/Fliying and changes it to it’s Sky Forme. This gives it a new cry and a very different appearance. It will revert back to its Land Forme when frozen or when nightfall comes.  

Arceus

Arceus has eighteen forms corresponding to eighteen types, “???” Being one of them. Arcues’ Forms can be changed when holding a certain Elemental plate. “???” Doesn’t have a plate and there is no real way to transform Arceus into “???” Type, but it is present for some reason in the games programming until Generation V, when the type was removed altogether. Stats stay the same in all of these differences, but Pokeathlon performance is different. Also, Arceus can learn Draco Meteor when he is holding the Draco Plate making him Dragon type. Arceus’ color is the only appearance change that is present between forms. 

Basculin

Basculin’s changes are the same as Shellos/Gastrodon, except one is more prominent in Pokemon White and one in Black. The most major difference? Any purpose for this? Yes! Basculin in it’s Red Striped form has a 5% of holding a DeepSeaTooth, which will evolve Clamperl into a Huntail. The Blue Striped form has a 5% chance of holding a DeepSeaScale which evolves Clamperl into Gorebyss. The differences in appearance are simple, Red Striped has more jagged appearance and a Red Stripe, the Blue Striped had a more sleek appearance and has a blue stripe.

Darmanitan

Darmanitan has a very low Special attack, but very high attack. This is very helpful when his life get’s below half. After this happens Darmanitan transforms into a statue, known as Zen Mode. Upon changing to this form he gains Psychic as his secondary type making him Fire/Psychic. When in Zen Mode his attack and special attack switch and his defense goes up very high, but his speed is lowered substantially. 

Deerling and Sawsbuck

Seasons were introduced in Pokemon Black and White (Generation V) and with it came a Pokemon that changes with the seasons. Deerling/Sawsbuck change by the season, which in real time is a month. The Pokemon’s appearance changes to match the seasons. For example there is less fur around Sawsbuck’s neck in Summer, but in winter there is an obvious Scarf of thick white fur encircling his neck. 

Meloetta  

Meloetta’s appearance change is based on a move it can use called Relic Song. When it is used it takes the appearance of a dancer instead of a singer, called the Pirouette Forme. Upon being switched out of battle, or the battle ending, it reverts back to its Aria Forme.

Genesect

Genesect’s forms are based on drives placed in the cannon on it’s back. The only thing this changes is the color of the cartridge on its back and the move Techno Blast. Techno Blasts type is based on what Drive is in. Douse Drive yields water, Shock, burn, and chill yield Electric, Fire, and Ice respectively. 

Of course you have gender differences, which only slightly change the Pokemon’s appearance and Pokemon like Dito, Mew, Zorua, and Zoroark which can transform into other Pokemon alltogether, but these are not “Alternate Forms”, so they don’t count. 

That’s all on the lengthy list of Form Differences, hope it was informative and helpful.  

This article was written by request. You can request one too, y’know! You should do that…

Origin:

The name “Mew“‘s roots are apparent in both English and Japanese. The name, although just spelled ‘m’ ‘e’ ‘w’ has several meanings combined into one. First, the obvious, onomatopoeia of a kitten, a mew. Second the Japanese word for Unique (Myo), and lastly a combination of “New” and “Mystery”, which it really was! Mew was secretly programmed into Green and Red by Shigeki Morimoto, and only he and a few others knew about it. Not even all of Nintendo knew what they were releasing. This could also explain why Mewtwo is before Mew in the Pokedex, and Mew wasn’t mentioned in Mewtwo’s info until Yellow. It’s thought that mew could be to represent an embryo, partially considering the fact that he is encased in a pink aurora.  

Features:

Mew is said to be the ancestor of all Pokemon, however later Nintendo makes Arceus the creator of all Pokemon. Even though it’s thought these two legends contradict each other, they don’t. Mew could have been created by Arceus along with Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Azelf, Mesprit and Uxie and then evolved into many other Pokemon. Mew can learn any TM, HM and Move Tutor move, excluding Pokemon specific moves. Mew’s hair is said to be so thin and soft it can only be seen under a microscope, and although though to be a cat, Mew more closely resembles a rodent of sorts. Mew, able to lean any move can also learn Transform, however this is not its only similarity to Ditto. Mew and Ditto share the same color scheme, and weight exactly. Mew was used at one point to create another Pokemon, via cloning. This experiment went horribly wrong and the spliced up, genetic abomination Mewtwo was born. 

Finding Mew:

Mew is beyond being a legendary Pokemon. As a matter of fact, Mew’s rank of rarity is not described in English words, or perhaps by simply saying “Event Pokemon”. In Japan, legendary Pokemon have ranks of rarity that separate them from each other. There are “Legendary Pokemon” (伝説のポケモン), which are Pokemon mentioned in Pokearth Legends, then there are “Illusory/Mirage Pokemon” (幻のポケモン), which are Pokemon who’s existence is speculated altogether. The last group is “Mythical Pokemon” (神話のポケモン) currently only holds Arceus and speaks of the creator of Sinnoh. Mew falls under the Mirage Pokemon, meaning it simply does not exist in normal gameplay, which we all know. You don’t just run into a wild Mew… Even more rare and impossible to obtain than Mew, would be a Mew egg. It cannot breed and thus an egg doesn’t exist, however the programming is present in the game so it can function should there for some reason an egg appear. If you were to have a Mew egg, it would take only 510 steps at minimum to hatch. 

Outside of the Gameboy game series, Mew can be obtained then traded to the games, as long as you have a Wii. It’s a daunting task, but it gets you a legitimate Mew at level 50. This method is through the game My Pokemon Ranch. Once leveld all the way up (Level 25) Hayley will post a request for a wanted Pokemon. You give her the requested Pokemon in trade for her Mew. So, what’ll it cost you?? Nothing big at all. Hayley will want a Pokemon Egg, any egg will do. However, the Pokemon she offers can never be shiny.

Mew’s habitat argument:

Mew is the ancestor of all Pokemon. If this is indeed true and there are a large number of extraterrestrial Pokemon, then it could be argued that Mew at one time inhabited some other part of the universe. The other side of the debate would state that Mew is the origin for all Pokemon on earth and not extraterrestrials. That, or Mew was indeed created by Arceus, who created the Pokemon on earth. Whether Mew inhabits/inhabited space or earth remains unsolved. 

Mew’s preciousness and uniqueness hasn’t worn off. Getting one legitimately, is difficult, but who knows, another event might come up. The “New Species” Pokemon still taunts trainers with it’s rarity.

This article was written by request! You can request an article too! I promise to get around to it… :) 

Suicune is a Generation II Pokemon that first appeared in Gold and Silver (1999 JP)

Origin:  

“Suicune” has 2 speculated origins. It’s thought to either be a combination of Sui(水) and Kun (君), which translates to Water (水) Monarch (君). The second Speculated origin is Suisho (水晶) Which means Crystal, remarking the fact the Suicune was the mascot for the game release Crystal Version. Suicune is to represent the last of the three sections of the burning of the Brass tower. 

Story of the Brass Tower: 

Legend states that Lugia (“Guardian of the Seas”) Perched himself on top of the Brass tower in Ecruteak City, while Ho-Oh (“Guardian of the Skies) perched himself on the Bell Tower. Three Beasts lived inside the Brass tower, when without warning lightening struck the tower, which in turn caught fire. This tragic event killed the three Pokemon inside and it rained. Lugia, deterred by the horrid catastrophe, flew off to stay in the Whirl Islands, while Ho-Oh revived the three Pokemon and went off in search of a noble trainer. Upon Revival the three Pokemon took three forms to represent the burning of the tower. Raikou, electric type to represent “The lightning that started the fire”, Entei, fire type to be “The Fire that consumed the Brass Tower” and last, but most importantly Suicune, water type and the “Rain that quenched the fire”.

Features:  

Suicune is a Legendary Pokemon, and thus is classified as rare. Of the three Pokemon Ho-Oh created, Suicune is the closest to Ho-Oh relationship wise. Suicune also is a herbivore, unlike Entei and Raikou. Suicune has Red Eyecolor. It also features blue fur and a purple main, to represent Aurora Borealis, or the Northern Lights, over a river.  

Suicune weighs 412.3 lbs and is 6’07” tall.

Finding Suicune:

Suicune is Legendary, which means his availability is scarce. You can find him in the Reigions Johto and Kanto. In the Original Gold and Silver (1999 JP) He’s roaming Johto. A Roaming Pokemon, is a Pokemon that runs/flys around a Region and is rather dificult, in my opinion, to catch. However, in Crystal (2000 JP), he is waiting at the Bell tower. Fire red and LEaf green made the beasts available once again, but the one in the game depends on your starter. If you chose Charmander, Suicune is Roaming Kanto. 

Heart Gold and Soul silver (2009 JP), the remake of Gold and Silver, Included the beasts once again. This time Raikou and Entei are the ones roaming and strangely enough, perhaps to emphasize it’s specialty, Suicune is not. You must constantly find Suicune as you follow a side quest with the maniac Eusine, who is obsessed and constantly in search of Suicune. Every time you find Suicune, it runs away, and Eusine shows up and says something. Not until Route 25 does Suicune finally rest, where you catch it. 

Breeding Suicune:

You cannot. However in the game’s programming information for a Suicune Egg is present and takes a minimum of 20,655 steps to hatch.

Suicune the “Aurora Pokemon”. A facet in Pokeearth legends and an awesome addition to the games. I hope this helped!!! Again, if you want to suggest an article, you can do it here. If none are suggested I’m doing a (rather Long) article on the Legendaries as a whole and Pokeerath legends. Which is funny, because I was working on it BEFORE this was suggested :)