Hey all! I know there are a few unfinished and not completely updated guides out there, so this is my attempt at trying to do a fairly decent one. I will be taking some of the good ideas from the ones I've seen, so credit to @sparsyle-0, @Chubb, and @Despair Syndrome.
A small thanks goes out to @MirrorTrick and @Vil so far with their help in pointing out things I've missed! Much appreciated!
The guide will be an extensive walkthrough, so all item locations, main plot points, area trainers, etc. that are currently available in the game. Let me know what you might add/change and I’ll take it all into consideration because any help is appreciated! Until this guide is considered worthy of getting its own discussion thread, just message me personally. It'll save any build up clutter of notes from my mistakes.
I'll be trying to upload a new part every few days or so, but that may change depending on my schedule. Also, my complete piece of garbage computer only allows for a certain number of pictures to be posted at a time, so this will be broken up quite frequently. Now, to the guide!
From now on, I will add a small subsection at the end of each new part that will talk about changes I have made to previous sections (overlooking an item, forgetting a pokemon, adding clarification, etc). That way, you nice folk don't have to read through the whole post every single time I edit looking for the new differences!
A Space_Cowboy’s Guide to playing Pokémon Reborn (Part 1)!
CONTROLS:
Arrow Keys: Move Z: (“A” button); Talk/Select X: (“B” button); Open Menu Space: Run S: Toggle Walk/Run Shift: Registered Item; Rotate Tile Puzzle A: Mega-Evolve; Dismount Pokémon; Sort D: Quick-save F1: Program Options (mute sound/music) F8: Take Screenshot F12: Soft Reset Alt + Enter: Full Screen
BEGINNING NOTES
This game is hard!! You will be challenged in both gym battles and even simple trainer battles. Hell, this game cheats and throws you up against some ridiculously high leveled Pokémon (I’m looking at you, Solaris…stupid Garchomp…). Sometimes you may even have to lose a few times before you can find the best way to win. Reborn relies heavily on diverse parties and type match-ups along with pretty advanced strategies for each new challenge. The game will not give you the best Pokémon and makes you strategize with the underused ones more often than not. Money is also hard to come by, so be savvy with your spending early on until you start winning more.
You shouldtalk to everyone/thing in the game!! Yeah, that means clicking on every rock or bush you can get your grubby little mitts on. This may sound trivial but a lot of good loot and different event Pokémon appear through dialogues with NPC’s or from accessing random places. Also, people say some funny things and actually produce laugh out loud moments.
The Pokémon are awesome!! There are all six current generations available throughout the game and many of the Pokémon have their special dream world abilities. Plus, there is a higher chance of finding shiny Pokémon during the course of the game and some look awesome (Arbok’s shiny may or may not produce instant infatuation).
OPENING
“Yo! Champ in making!”
Remember this guy?
Well screw him, because that’s geezer is old news.
You just got upgraded, because this lovely lady here is named Ameand she’s the manager of the Reborn League. She will be your general guide throughout the series. Her main purpose is to give valuable hints about gym leaders and their “special” stages, but she also has other unique roles later on.
**Side Note** Ame (short for Amethyst) is the game creator, so show her some goddamn love and respect! We are not worthy of this silver hair goddess…
She will introduce a bit about the city, discussing it’s less than pleasant traits (you’ll see soon enough). Then you pick what kind of person you are, pick your name, and the game thus begins!
…and not in the way you might have imagined…
LOWER PERIDOT WARD - I'VE SEEN GHETTOS IN BETTER SHAPE
Oh damn, that was a bomb that just went off in the train and it looks like you and Ame were the only survivors… Yay! Your first trial to becoming a Pokémon master is now complete! That fool Ash Ketchum ain’t got nothing on you!
This woman down the road will even go so far as to hint that her fiancée having died in the explosion…well, I mean, at least it wasn’t you, right?
Anyways, after a fun "blame game" conversation with Ame and your newly acquainted trigger-happy, green-haired, demolition-chick friend named Julia
(aka the Electric Gym Leader), you now get to start actually doing something!
Before you do walk away though, look down at the rock below you to grab a Normal Gem.
Now get a move on to the east!
OPAL WARD / GREAT HALL - AME'S DOMAIN
A little further down the road is another woman who hands out a freePotion! People are so nice in this game, aren’t they? (Spoiler: Some are real assholes...Fern...).
Since these two bridges are being blocked by these guys, it looks like you'll just have to get yourself a Pokémon to wreck them in a minute.
Walk yourself up these stairs in front of the Great Hall to meet with the ever so lovely Victoria.
She is somewhat of your rival/friend that every true Pokémon game has, just because that suave playboy Gary set the standard.
Speak inside the Great Hall with Ame and get signed up for the Reborn League.
You'd better say, "Yes, ma'am, no ma'am, or thank you ma'am" to Ame because she's about to hook you up with a free starter that can essentially make the next bit of the game fun or it can/will break your spirit.
Your choices include every single one from the current six generations. And no, don't try and take more than one, you greedy pig.
Grass:
Fire:
Water:
The beginning of the game tends to favor fire types the most, whereas water types tends to have a tougher time. Although, if you are able to strategize and plan each battle accordingly, any starter can be used throughout the game. Except Chikorita because screw Meganium (HeartGold/SoulSilver Meganium would make small children cry at how bad it was and so it shall never be forgiven).
The favorites tend to include Snivy, Charmander, Torchic, Mudkip, and Froakie for their later evolutions or abilities.
Now that Victoria goes to pick her starter, you get an introduction with Cain.
…and boy has he got a heavy libido. He is an interesting character to say the least and actually has a sad background which is explained later.
He is your #2 rival/friend combo character specializing in poison types. What better way to get to know him than to have a battle!
"Pretty Boy" Cain
Nidoran-M (Lv. 5) : Scratch, Leer
Nidoran-M is not too tough, but if you run into trouble, use that Potion that you picked up from before.
After the battle, Cain brings you to the Pokémon Center Stationin the Grand Hall. Whenever your Pokémon get low on health, bring ‘em on over to Nurse Joy free of charge.
Ohhh...Nurse Joy...
Ahem, back to the guide. After Victoria questions your sexuality
and Cain suggesting Ame should dabble in becoming a dominatrix, it’s time to battle Victoria!
Apprentice Victoria
Tepig (Lv. 5) : Tackle, Tail Whip
Same strategy as before, just pound away and use the Potion if need be.
Head back up towards Ame with Victoria and receive your Pokedex,PokeGear, and brand-spankin’ new pair of Running Shoes!
Victoria tells you a little about her mentor, who turns out to be the Fighting Gym Leader Kiki. Remember that, it'll play a huge part later in the game. Oh why Kiki....
Victoria is then kind enough to lend you 5 PokeBalls for capturing some critters and says you should try battling the first gym in Peridot Ward. Best bet, you should head to Peridot Ward.
Some other things of note in the Grand Hall include the following:
A stand-thingy. DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH IT, I SWEAR TO LORD HELIX I'LL END THIS GUIDE RIGHT NOW!
But really though, it will freeze your game.
The PokeMart Vendor.
He will be selling Potions, Antidotes, and Poke Balls.
The Common Candy Vendor.
These work in reverse fashion to the Rare Candy and actually level down your Pokémon. New players might think this is stupid and a waste of money, but the reality is over-leveling happens quite frequently due to the difficulty of the game. Having a couple on your person actually might come in handy at some point during the game.
The Fisherman.
Before you get too set on leaving, talking to this guy by the entrance will give you a super-awesome legendary dragon Pokemon! …Just kidding, you got scammed. You will come across this thief later so it is worthwhile to spend the initial $500 for some battling later. The salesman mentions that the goon hangs out at the end of the Peridot Ward train tracks, so that would be a good place to check when you swing by there.
After a short cut scene involving some very legal and completely safe interrogation techniques,
head outside and begin to explore the surrounding area.
The nearby Pokemon include:
Day:
Night:
Headbutting Trees:
Area Recommendations
None of these Pokemon are especially good, although a NPC later on requests a Bibarel for Munna trade, so picking up a Bidoof now wouldn’t be a bad idea. Ekans can be good since Arbok’s poison typing can be helpful later along with the ability Intimidate, but there are only a few good moves Arbok will learn early on. Spearow is probably the best flying type due to its early evolution and strong attack, but don't expect it to last late game. A Meowthwith the ability Pickup could also be very helpful early on.
Area Trainers
Techie Jonathon: Patrat (Lv. 4), Rattata (Lv. 3)
Hotshot Eric: Bidoof (Lv. 5) Posh Claudette: Meowth (Lv. 4), Glameow (Lv. 4) Youngster Randy: Trubbish (Lv. 6) Hotshot Jackson and Street Rat Mack: Lillipup (Lv. 6), Poochyena (Lv. 6) Gentlemen Norman: Bunnelby (Lv. 5) Street Rat Andreas: Aipom (Lv. 5) Youngster Paul: Sentret (Lv. 3), Bellsprout (Lv. 4)
Just in front of you as you walk out the door is a trainer with her Snubbull. The Snubbull runs off and the trainer mentions how having no badges means the level cap is at Lv. 20. Remember this girl, since that Snubbull can be yours after two gym badges.
On your left, you can find a Green Shard in a statue.
Start making your way around the bridge from either direction, since it'll just end up being a loop.
In a rock past Posh Claudette, you can find an Antidote.
Further above, a trio of hooligans have some poor Pokemon cornered.
Beat the first one and then you can engage in a double battle with the two punks to win the little one's affection. This Pokemon will either be a Pachirisuor a Zigzagoon.
Pachirisu OR Zigzagoon
Continuing around the loop will bring you by an Awakening.
Finish going around the bridge and beating all the trainers, then heal up so you can head west towards the Lower Peridot Ward.
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Space_Cowboy
Hey all! I know there are a few unfinished and not completely updated guides out there, so this is my attempt at trying to do a fairly decent one. I will be taking some of the good ideas from the ones I've seen, so credit to @sparsyle-0, @Chubb, and @Despair Syndrome.
A small thanks goes out to @MirrorTrick and @Vil so far with their help in pointing out things I've missed! Much appreciated!
The guide will be an extensive walkthrough, so all item locations, main plot points, area trainers, etc. that are currently available in the game. Let me know what you might add/change and I’ll take it all into consideration because any help is appreciated! Until this guide is considered worthy of getting its own discussion thread, just message me personally. It'll save any build up clutter of notes from my mistakes.
I'll be trying to upload a new part every few days or so, but that may change depending on my schedule. Also, my
complete piece of garbagecomputer only allows for a certain number of pictures to be posted at a time, so this will be broken up quite frequently. Now, to the guide!From now on, I will add a small subsection at the end of each new part that will talk about changes I have made to previous sections (overlooking an item, forgetting a pokemon, adding clarification, etc). That way, you nice folk don't have to read through the whole post every single time I edit looking for the new differences!
A Space_Cowboy’s Guide to playing Pokémon Reborn (Part 1)!
CONTROLS:
Arrow Keys: Move
Z: (“A” button); Talk/Select
X: (“B” button); Open Menu
Space: Run
S: Toggle Walk/Run
Shift: Registered Item; Rotate Tile Puzzle
A: Mega-Evolve; Dismount Pokémon; Sort
D: Quick-save
F1: Program Options (mute sound/music)
F8: Take Screenshot
F12: Soft Reset
Alt + Enter: Full Screen
BEGINNING NOTES
You will be challenged in both gym battles and even simple trainer battles. Hell, this game cheats and throws you up against some ridiculously high leveled Pokémon (I’m looking at you, Solaris…stupid Garchomp…). Sometimes you may even have to lose a few times before you can find the best way to win. Reborn relies heavily on diverse parties and type match-ups along with pretty advanced strategies for each new challenge. The game will not give you the best Pokémon and makes you strategize with the underused ones more often than not. Money is also hard to come by, so be savvy with your spending early on until you start winning more.
Yeah, that means clicking on every rock or bush you can get your grubby little mitts on. This may sound trivial but a lot of good loot and different event Pokémon appear through dialogues with NPC’s or from accessing random places. Also, people say some funny things and actually produce laugh out loud moments.
There are all six current generations available throughout the game and many of the Pokémon have their special dream world abilities. Plus, there is a higher chance of finding shiny Pokémon during the course of the game and some look awesome (Arbok’s shiny may or may not produce instant infatuation).
OPENING
“Yo! Champ in making!”
Remember this guy?
Well screw him, because that’s geezer is old news.
You just got upgraded, because this lovely lady here is named Ame and she’s the manager of the Reborn League. She will be your general guide throughout the series. Her main purpose is to give valuable hints about gym leaders and their “special” stages, but she also has other unique roles later on.
**Side Note**
Ame (short for Amethyst) is the game creator, so show her some goddamn love and respect! We are not worthy of this silver hair goddess…
She will introduce a bit about the city, discussing it’s less than pleasant traits (you’ll see soon enough). Then you pick what kind of person you are, pick your name, and the game thus begins!
…and not in the way you might have imagined…
LOWER PERIDOT WARD - I'VE SEEN GHETTOS IN BETTER SHAPE
Oh damn, that was a bomb that just went off in the train and it looks like you and Ame were the only survivors… Yay! Your first trial to becoming a Pokémon master is now complete! That fool Ash Ketchum ain’t got nothing on you!
This woman down the road will even go so far as to hint that her fiancée having died in the explosion…well, I mean, at least it wasn’t you, right?
Anyways, after a fun "blame game" conversation with Ame and your newly acquainted trigger-happy, green-haired, demolition-chick friend named Julia
(aka the Electric Gym Leader), you now get to start actually doing something!
Before you do walk away though, look down at the rock below you to grab a Normal Gem.
Now get a move on to the east!
OPAL WARD / GREAT HALL - AME'S DOMAIN
A little further down the road is another woman who hands out a free Potion! People are so nice in this game, aren’t they? (Spoiler: Some are real assholes...Fern...).
Since these two bridges are being blocked by these guys, it looks like you'll just have to get yourself a Pokémon to wreck them in a minute.
Walk yourself up these stairs in front of the Great Hall to meet with the ever so lovely Victoria.
She is somewhat of your rival/friend that every true Pokémon game has, just because that suave playboy Gary set the standard.
Speak inside the Great Hall with Ame and get signed up for the Reborn League.
You'd better say, "Yes, ma'am, no ma'am, or thank you ma'am" to Ame because she's about to hook you up with a free starter that can essentially make the next bit of the game fun or it can/will break your spirit.
Your choices include every single one from the current six generations. And no, don't try and take more than one, you greedy pig.
Grass:
Fire:
Water:
The beginning of the game tends to favor fire types the most, whereas water types tends to have a tougher time. Although, if you are able to strategize and plan each battle accordingly, any starter can be used throughout the game. Except Chikorita because screw Meganium (HeartGold/SoulSilver Meganium would make small children cry at how bad it was and so it shall never be forgiven).
The favorites tend to include Snivy, Charmander, Torchic, Mudkip, and Froakie for their later evolutions or abilities.
Now that Victoria goes to pick her starter, you get an introduction with Cain.
…and boy has he got a heavy libido. He is an interesting character to say the least and actually has a sad background which is explained later.
He is your #2 rival/friend combo character specializing in poison types. What better way to get to know him than to have a battle!
"Pretty Boy" Cain
Nidoran-M is not too tough, but if you run into trouble, use that Potion that you picked up from before.
After the battle, Cain brings you to the Pokémon Center Station in the Grand Hall. Whenever your Pokémon get low on health, bring ‘em on over to Nurse Joy free of charge.
Ohhh...Nurse Joy...
Ahem, back to the guide. After Victoria questions your sexuality
and Cain suggesting Ame should dabble in becoming a dominatrix, it’s time to battle Victoria!
Apprentice Victoria
Same strategy as before, just pound away and use the Potion if need be.
Head back up towards Ame with Victoria and receive your Pokedex, PokeGear, and brand-spankin’ new pair of Running Shoes!
Victoria tells you a little about her mentor, who turns out to be the Fighting Gym Leader Kiki. Remember that, it'll play a huge part later in the game. Oh why Kiki....
Victoria is then kind enough to lend you 5 PokeBalls for capturing some critters and says you should try battling the first gym in Peridot Ward. Best bet, you should head to Peridot Ward.
Some other things of note in the Grand Hall include the following:
But really though, it will freeze your game.
He will be selling Potions, Antidotes, and Poke Balls.
These work in reverse fashion to the Rare Candy and actually level down your Pokémon. New players might think this is stupid and a waste of money, but the reality is over-leveling happens quite frequently due to the difficulty of the game. Having a couple on your person actually might come in handy at some point during the game.
Before you get too set on leaving, talking to this guy by the entrance will give you a super-awesome legendary dragon Pokemon! …Just kidding, you got scammed. You will come across this thief later so it is worthwhile to spend the initial $500 for some battling later. The salesman mentions that the goon hangs out at the end of the Peridot Ward train tracks, so that would be a good place to check when you swing by there.
After a short cut scene involving some very legal and completely safe interrogation techniques,
head outside and begin to explore the surrounding area.
The nearby Pokemon include:
Day:
Night:
Headbutting Trees:
Area Recommendations
None of these Pokemon are especially good, although a NPC later on requests a Bibarel for Munna trade, so picking up a Bidoof now wouldn’t be a bad idea. Ekans can be good since Arbok’s poison typing can be helpful later along with the ability Intimidate, but there are only a few good moves Arbok will learn early on. Spearow is probably the best flying type due to its early evolution and strong attack, but don't expect it to last late game. A Meowth with the ability Pickup could also be very helpful early on.
Area Trainers
Techie Jonathon: Patrat (Lv. 4), Rattata (Lv. 3)
Hotshot Eric: Bidoof (Lv. 5)
Posh Claudette: Meowth (Lv. 4), Glameow (Lv. 4)
Youngster Randy: Trubbish (Lv. 6)
Hotshot Jackson and Street Rat Mack: Lillipup (Lv. 6), Poochyena (Lv. 6)
Gentlemen Norman: Bunnelby (Lv. 5)
Street Rat Andreas: Aipom (Lv. 5)
Youngster Paul: Sentret (Lv. 3), Bellsprout (Lv. 4)
Just in front of you as you walk out the door is a trainer with her Snubbull. The Snubbull runs off and the trainer mentions how having no badges means the level cap is at Lv. 20. Remember this girl, since that Snubbull can be yours after two gym badges.
On your left, you can find a Green Shard in a statue.
Start making your way around the bridge from either direction, since it'll just end up being a loop.
In a rock past Posh Claudette, you can find an Antidote.
Further above, a trio of hooligans have some poor Pokemon cornered.
Beat the first one and then you can engage in a double battle with the two punks to win the little one's affection. This Pokemon will either be a Pachirisu or a Zigzagoon.
Pachirisu
OR Zigzagoon
Continuing around the loop will bring you by an Awakening.
Finish going around the bridge and beating all the trainers, then heal up so you can head west towards the Lower Peridot Ward.
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