What’s New in Platinum: The Regis

September 20, 2009 | 1 Comment

In Diamond and Pearl, Regigigas can be captured in Snowpoint Temple by having Regice, Regirock and Registeel in your party. Now in Platinum it is somewhat reversed. By having the level 100 event Regigigas given away in the US at Toys-R-Us in March 8 to 21, 2009 and this summer throughout Europe and Korea or the Japanese Movie Regigigas in your party you have an opportunity in Platinum to capture the other three Regis in Sinnoh.

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.

Posted by Deneves | Filed Under Tips

WiiWare Preview: Pokémon Rumble

September 10, 2009 | 1 Comment

Earlier this year Nintendo released a Pokémon title in Japan for the Nintendo Wii called Melee! Pokémon Scramble. This Wiiware title has been renamed Pokémon Rumble and will soon (no release date yet) be available in North America.

In this game you send your Pokemon out into the wild to train and gather items and money. Once you have trained your Pokemon to a sufficient level it is off to the Battle Royal!

Supporting up to 4 players in a real-time battle format should make for some very interesting game play.

This title is produced by the same company who created Pokémon Ranch so expect the same sort of graphics.