Hey You Pikachu! (TM) Strategy Guide, ver.972
by Amphax and Feral (aka: Blast, whose my little brother, not on
the Gamefaqs.com boards)
E-MAIL:
[email protected], however, please check out the submittal
section before e-mailing.
1) Version History
2) About Hey You Pikachu!
3) Assembly
4) Controls
5) Characters
6) Game Screen
7) PokeHelper
8) Walkthrough
PART I: Pikachu's Discovery Days
a. New Beginnings! The First Day!
b. The Second Day
c. Ochre Woods- A Pokemon Picnic, Part 1
d. Springleaf Field- Field Trip, Part 1
e. Caring for Caterpie
f. The Clear Blue Lake! Gone Fishing!
g. What's this? Pikachu does something new?
h. The game just got better! Pikachu's Play Days!
PART II: Pikachu's Play Days
i. The Lush Green Field! A Field Trip, Part II
j. A Pokemon Picnic, Part II
k. Gone Fishing, Conclusions
l. Separated from its mother! Little Lost Poliwag, Part I
m. Lets Take time off to explore your Room!
n. Hey look, there's a front yard!
o. Frustration Absolute! The Pinata Game!
p. Treasure Hunting on the Beach! Cobalt Coast!
q. New Features on the Pokehelper! Professor Oak steps in!
r. Professor Oak's Special Training
PART III: Pikachu's Daring Days
9) Miscellaneous
10) FAQ
11) Credits
12) Copyright
13) Submittal
14) Conclusion
Hello, I'm Amphax, and this is my little brother, Feral, and we're here to
help you with Hey You Pikachu!, which, by the time you've made any
significant progress in this game, will be known as "Arrgg!! Pikachu!",
but hey, that's the fun in playing, right;-)
NOTE: I try not to put, 'me', 'I', 'I'm', 'I'll', etc. in the walkthrough
too much, but when they are there, that is referring to the older brother,
Amphax.
1) Version History
-v.9.0, 8/12/02: First attempted this walkthrough, this is my, excuse me,
our first time doing something like this, so I'm not sure whether or not
I'll complete this, or if I'll fail miserably (I'll take most of the
blame for failing, so 'I'll' is okay:). Well, if you're reading this
up at Gamefaqs.com, then, the chances are that I did it:)
-v.9.1, 8/12/02: Added Sections 2 through 5, and half of section 6. My
little brother got some prices for the Item List in Springleaf Field.
-v.9.1, 8/13/02: Started the Walkthrough, added Section 8a, The First Day.
Added Sections 9 (Miscellaneous), 10 (Credits), 11 (Copyright), and 12
(Submittal). Worked on the Walkthrough from sections 8a through 8f
-V.9.1.2, 8/14/02: Worked on Sections 8g through 8k, added recipe for
tasty cabbage Stew, added FAQ, removed about a handful of jokes from the
walkthrough, and the amount of times you'll see 'Pikapoo' in this
walkthrough has been cut in half, that little mouse has really started
to grow on me:)
-V.9.1.3, 8/15/02: Feral worked on Cobalt Island Treasure List, Added
Section 8l, got rid of yet more occurences of 'Pikapoo', got rid of
occurences of 'Prof. Poke' and replaced them with either Prof. Oak, or
Oakley, 'Prof. Poke' just doesn't seem funny anymore...
-V.9.1.3, 8/26/02: After a long vacation, returned to add on the Room
and Front Yard sections (sections 8m and 8n)
-v.9.1.4, 10/06/02: What? Oh yeah, the Hey You Pikachu! Walkthrough!
Oh yeah...that thing...well, anyway, all I've really done so far is
change everything around so that v.1.0 will be the first public release,
as per GameFAQs guidelines. I've yet to finish this thing and register
a contributor name, so, we'll see if I finish anything else today or not.
Changed all the tabs to equal 6 spaces, as per GameFAQs guidelines;
added Item List for Room and Front Yard; changed around some titles, why?
Well, first read them all, then check out my Q and A for the answer...and
um, question, I guess; started section 8o,
-v.9.1.5, 10/08/02: Worked on section 8o...oops, maybe not, as soon as I
started, dinner was ready, then comes that project that's due Friday!;
hey, it looks like I was allowed to find time after all! Well, finished
section 8o, started Part III, section 8p (minus the item list and
confirmation of the location of the hidden fort).
-v.9.1.501, 10/09/02: added in 1 sentence, not much of an update, but,
bleh
-v.9.2, 10/18/02: I figured this was big enough for a substantial update,
so I changed around the text so that it fit within the 79 characters per
line GameFAQs regulations, Thankfully, it was easier than what I thought
it was going to be. Just changed the ruler around and that was it,
however, if you plan on printing this (oh, I'm so proud!) then you might
want to make sure that the text margins are set back to 7 inches and the
page margins are at 1/2 an inch, or less if your printer can support it.
UDPATE: I'm having some real trouble trying to get this thing to work out
right, it looks like I have to press Enter on every line for all the
thousands of lines in this thing, well, I'd better stop typing and get
started...oi...CONFIRMED: Yep, I've got quite a job ahead of me, I gotta
go through the whole thing and hit 'Enter' a bunch of times to meet the
GameFAQs regs. But I really want CJayC and the others to like this FAQ
so I'm going through all of the trouble. I've gone to other guides and
it appears that they were smart enough to set their rulers to 79
characters ahead of time, oh well, I'm sure He'll help me get through
this, one thing though, I had serious plans to release this today, but
it appears that I won't get through with it. Well, see ya later!
-v.9.21, 10/19/02: Aw man, is this ever so delaying the walkthrough, but
when I stuck it in 640x480 mode and opened this in Internet Explorer,
my original walkthrough wouldn't open a bit...*fixes repeat key delay
on keyboard*, okay, well, anyway, so far I'm into the first section of
the walkthrough, and I'm just a-chuggin' from there...NEW DISCOVERY!:
music on helps this go by faster! ... Don't mind me, I haven't said
anything in a while, I just felt the need to TYPE SOMETHING! *breathes
heavily* I'd better have an overflowing mailbox for that 50-word
thingie that's mentioned in the submission section...:) UPDATE: Yes!
It appears that with His help, I have finished! But still, on 640x480
mode, something causes a minuscle (I hope I'm spelling that right...)
scrolling bar to come up...it doesn't mean anything, and I'm well
within the 79 line/character range...maybe I'll just ignore it before
I run myself ragged, but it wouldn't hurt to try one more time I
guess...
-v.9.3, 12/14/02: Mama mia! I haven't updated in a long time! Well,
since Christmas break is coming, if I'm Blessed enough to finish my
term paper before the break starts (*cough* by skipping the last day
of school before break, hey, who needs to "partae" there @ school?),
then I'll have ample time to post this up. Anyway, I've made some
minor changes (*is mildly frustrated because editing one word means
changing the whole paragraph*), and fixed some tidbits in the
Copyright, and Submittal (basically, I updated my hangouts, I'm
nomadic on GameFAQs, I'm at a place for a few months, making myself
known, then I move on in about a few months). Added another example
to the FAQ section, and, I'm going to go test this out to see if its
okay in 640x480 mode, and if I feel like it, change it.
-v.9.31, 12/14/02: Well, that does it:), set my monitor to 640x480,
found the line that was causing the minute scroll, edited the whole
paragraph, and voila, fixage! Well, for those of you with 640x480
monitors, you'll be happy enough to find out that it doesn't scroll
at all:-D For the rest of you with monitors that can see the umm...
average pagination skills of mine, just put it in Microsoft Word or
somethin' (like Lotus Word Pro, that's what I use), change the font
around or paragraph style or something would probably fix it all up
for you. Well, probably around the 20th I'll be able to make the nxt
update, see you then!
-v.9.32, 1/04/03: Gasp! It's been a while, no? Well, my brother and
I have serious plans to finish this thing up and get it put up on the
net, anyway, updated my hangouts yet again, I'm no longer seen on the
Next-Gen board anymore (just go there and you'll see...), but once I
post this I'll more than likely make a topic at the Hey You Pikachu!
Board anyway, so in a way, my hangouts don't mean too much...
-v.9.4, 1/05/03: My term paper's done! yay! Uh, not that you care,
but that's just a load off of my back, anywho, my brother and I
plugged up the N64 and hooked up Hey You Pikachu! for the first time
in a while. Added sections 8p and 8q, and I have the notes already
taken for section 8r, but I'm not going to add them right now, because
its |-O, pretty late at the moment. Well, it was fun updating!
G'night!
-v.9.41, 1/06/03: Snow Day! Thankfully, I get a whole day off
to help get ready before I haveta go back to school, anyway, nothing
much just yet, made a few minor changes to make it look better, fixed
a _big_ mistake in the walkthrough, and I hope to come back soon for
section 8r.
-v.9.5, 1/07/03: Back to school! But surprisingly not much homework
for our first day back in a while, anyway, added section 8r (I must've
done 8q yesterday but forgot to mention it), and reformatted section
8p. Fixed a little tidbit in section 9, and hoping to get past a tough
event for the walkthrough. Until next time, later!
--v.9.55, 6/26/03: !!! What a delay! In the meantime, I really don't
think that we played Hey You Pikachu! all this while as well! Okay, I
just reformatted (using my expert amateurish formatting:) a couple of
paragraphs (8q and 8r to be exact). And I do plan on posting an
incomplete version of this guide on GameFAQs, originally, the plan was
to post a complete version to possibly win FAQ of the month, but,
looking back on the whole situation, I guess its better that
_something_ gets up rather than nothing at all. Plus, I
decided that the added incentive of it being on the Internet
might help me out (as well as to chk that account). So, if you
e-mail me, please don't be discouraged, and hunt me down on the
boards sometime, if we get to know eachother, I'll probably give
you my private e-mail addy (AOL IM compatible!) and YOU can help
be our incentive to get this thing done! Well, I'm off to test
for 640x480 compatibility...if I can get my monitor down that
low...I'm a bit worried about this, but I think I know how I can
do it. Alrighty then, here goes! Later! (added "@ hotmail.com" to
Section 14). Sorry guys, but I'm not going to risk it...since the
option didn't come up under the Display properties, I've decided
not to backdoor my way in through the Graphics Card User Interface.
Listen, if you run a 640x480 monitor, and you see a scroll bar,
please try to let me know, and let me know of the line that is causing
the problem, and I'll try to fix it, and you'll even get your name
in the Credits! Yes! Anyway, until next time, later!
-v.9.6, 6/26/03: Made minor changes to the copyright and updated
my latest hangouts. I am going to submit this! Now! About 10
short months after this has first started, the bulk of this FAQ
will be posted on the Internet for all to see! Alright! Thank you
for any and all support!
-v.097, 7/01/03: It's been posted, yay! But some minor things went
wrong, but that's okay, a simple update with some comments and I'm
sure things'll be just fine! later!
-v.971, 3/28/04: Whew! Has it been a while or what! Anyway, I
changed the numbering system, yet again, and I now have the very
first submittal yay! Two tips came from C.D. Kirby and they are
pretty neat, neither my brother or I knew about. Also, I've started
an indexing system for submittals, its like this, whenever there is a
tip from someone, I'll type in caps "TIP", then a 3 initial name from
them, plus the number (probably the order in which I received them),
so if I got a tip from myself would be listed as (TIPAPX001). So to
find any things that have been submitted to me and that are on the
site, search for "TIP" (match case) and you'll see them! Be sure to
chk out the submittal for how you can get your name in here too!
Also, I've updated my GameFAQs hangouts. (sorry 640x480 users, if
you're viewing this in Internet Explorer, you will get a slight
horizontal scroll bar but its nothing to worry about as it appears
no text is affected, its probably just some blank spaces causing
it, but you can read it just fine without having to scroll back
and forth each time.)
-v.972, 11/01/04: Wow! Has it been a while or...wait, anyway, its
been about 7 months, but here's a slight update. Vorg sent me
a...unique tip about the game, anyway, its indexed as
TIPVRG001, so, chk it out! Thanks Vorg! And, I updated my
GameFAQs hangouts, and I'll probably call it a night!
-v.972, 11/02/04: Just added a thank you in the "Thank You"
section, not even worthy of an upgrade number.
2) About Hey You Pikachu!
This game was originally released in Japan as Pikachu Genki de Chu,
which translates into, "Pikachu is feeling fine". Anywho, if you're
reading this, likelihood is, you've purchased this game, hopefully new,
from Wal-Mart, for $10 bucks. It's practically a steal, really, I
mean, the microphone alone is probably worth ten bucks, since you can
put it into your computer and use it there on your umm...off days with
Pikapoo, I mean, Pikachu. I'll be calling it that occassionally in the
walkthrough, particularly when I'm mad at it. It was $70 when it first
came out, so I can safely joke that any people seeing it brand new at
Wal-Mart (the dude said they just got a shipment in that day) for $10
were probably screaming when they saw it. But wait, you're here to
hear about Pikachu, not a bunch of my low-witted jokes. Okay, well, as
taken from my brother's Electronic Pokedex, here's some background data
on the rat--er, Pokemon, (as if you didn't already know *rolls eyes*)
Pikachu
Height: 1 foot 4 inches
Weight: 13 Pounds
Pokedex (R/B): When several of these Pokemon gather, their electricity
could build and cause a lighting storm.
From its height and weight, Pikachu is just the right size to put your
finger gently on your head...and gesture to your friend to go long because
here one comes into the end zone!! [UPDATE: v.9.1.4, I'm really tempted to
delete this, but if I delete them all, then my conclusion won't make much
sense, huh? Oh, don't worry about it, just finish using the walkthrough
and playing the game, and when you read the conclusion, it'll become
clear.] Okay, maybe not, you're probably wondering all my hostility toward
the rat, well, play the game for a few seconds, you'll see, and then you
can reread this and laugh at all my jokes. Notwithstanding, Pikachu is
pretty much, a small, electric rat, and your job of it in this game, is
to play with it, keep your sanity, take care of it, help it out on the
little hairbrained "quests" it always gets into, ignore Professor Oakley
(who's actually Oak in case you didn't know) because hey, you've got me
now:), keep your sanity, and have fun (afterall, you spent $10+ on this,
it'd better be worth it).
3) Assembly
(AUTHORS NOTE: This section was originally entitled Controls and Assembly,
but considering all the effort and length that goes into putting this
rage box together, I broke them up into two different sections)
Okay, first things first, open the box, carelessly drop all the things on
the floor, thus, breaking them and having to go buy a new copy. (okay
Nintendo, I've fufilled my end of the bargin, now where's my GameCube!)
Okay, with your new copy, you should carelessly drop all the parts on
something thats bouncy, like your bed. Aiee! Just look at all those
parts! Okay, crawl out from under your bed, and lets try to put this
doohickey together. The parts that should be included are as follows:
1 Hey You Pikachu! Cartridge (aka: the object of DOOM!)
1 Microphone
1 VRU (Voice Recognition Unit) *side note*: It's really a shame that
Nintendo didn't at least try to make this microphone useful in other
games, Pokemon Stadium 2 would've been perfect, yo could speak your
commands into the microphone as opposed to selecting them, pity actually.
1 Purple Holder (this straps onto the back of your N64 controller and
allows you to hold the microphone on that, just look at the box in case
you need an example)
1 Foam Ball (this goes on the end of your microphone, for what, *shrugs*)
1 Hey You Pikachu! instruction booklet
1 VRU Instruction Booklet
1 Quick Start Guide
If you bought the game used, then you might be missing anywhere from 1
to 5 of the last 5 items, don't worry, with this guide, the first 3 are
all you need to play the game, so you should be set. Here goes, just 7
more steps until Pika-goodness!
1. Okay, unplug any controllers in slot four (you might want to get rid
of them all except slot one, I'm not sure, I would advise doing it anyway,
to be safe)
2. Put the end of the VRU that goes in there, you might want to set this
up on a table somewhere, or the floor, but you don't want to have that
hanging out, as its weight could pull it out of the N64.
3. Okay, now plug the end of the microphone into the open end of the VRU.
4. Don't forget to put the Hey You Pikachu! game cartridge in!
You could stop here, but if you want to play like that kid on the box,
then continue on.
5. Put the little foam ball on the speaking part of the microphone.
6. Okay, it gets a little tougher, you know that purple holder thingie,
if you don't have an official Nintendo controller, then this might not
go on there. But anyway, on your controller, where the controller pak
goes in, you should see the words "Nintendo Controller" or something to
that extent if you look very carefully. Okay, hold the controller so
its facing you correctly, align the purple gizmo so that the "N" logo
is facing you correctly, and it should cover up the aforementioned
Nintendo words. Now, holding that there, just flip the Controller
around until you can see the release button for the Controller Pak
(which by the way, the accessory slot should be empty for this game,
no, there's no rumble with Pikachu, believe me, your hands will be
trembling with rage better than what any Rumble Pak could provide:),
okay, anyway, looking at the release button, just push the end with
the hole in it over the two knobs. And voila, your connection to
Pikachu is at its best! Gee, from all that typing, not a lot was
done in actuality:).
7. Uh, I think that's it, yeah, now turn on the game and let it rip!
(sorry, I just saw BeyBlade last Saturday, they keep saying that for
any and everything they do, aye)
4) Controls
Okay, here's where I tell you how to work the game, for those of you
that bought it used, don't understand the manual, don't want to
understand the manual, or are stuck here anyways in your comfy CPU
seat and don't feel like getting up. Okay, here goes.
-The Z Button is probably the button you'll be using most in the game,
no, it doesn't catapult Pikachu, but it lets you speak to the mouse.
So you hold it, and speak, your voice will be represented by a little
bubble, and let go, and the bubble flies to Pikachu, who can either do
what you said, turn and listen for more instructions, do the opposite
of what you told it to do, or not do anything at all. You'll find that
the last two choices pop up more and more each and every time you play.
-The control stick helps you to move back and forth, and turn left and
right, when you first start off, you're stuck looking at Pikachu (the
horror!) and any movements you make will pan around Pikachu, but trust
me, it gets better, and soon you're allowed to explore on your own and
use these buttons to help you manuever. Remember, the game is angled
toward younger players, so you won't exactly see Mario like speeds when
you move.
-The L Button is also an alternate for the Microphone, why, I don't
know.
-The Right-C and Left-C keys help you sidestep once you're freed from
the bonds of Pikachu Mode.
-Once freed, the Up-C will toggle between Pikachu mode and View Mode,
although I don't know who'd want to switch back to Pikachu Mode, maybe
if you're trying to give it something and you want to keep tabs on it.
-The Down-C button will allow you to look around.
-The A button advances Conversation and picks up items if you're close
enough to them, and then throws them if you choose, sadly though,
Pikachu isn't affected by most things bouncing off of its empty, empty,
head. *sniff*
-As the finger moves around the screen, selecting an item, you can
press the B Button to use the loosely named Pokehelper on it, a little
window just appears and tells you what it is. Any words that are in
red are the ones that Pikachu "understands" (hey, I made a funny).
If there's anything I forgot, you'll probably see it in the text, or
until an update to this section comes.
5) Characters
I wasn't originally going to include the characters in this, but hey,
I'll slap em onto Section 5, like there're that many anywho.
Pikachu: The games antagonist, or is it protagonist, maybe its just
plain ol' object of rage, nonetheless, many of the games wholesome items
will involve Pikachu. According to the Instruction booklet, "Pikachu
listens to you [yeah right, that's gotta be the biggest one Nintendo's
ever told, hah!, 'listen', it still cracks me up to this very day],
communicates with you [translation: makes demands of you], and plays
with you[r mind]".
Professor Oak (I like to call him Oakley:-P): He's a Pokemon researcher
who has a day-job when he's not paying off gym leaders to make friends
with Ash. He invented the Pokehelper, and quoth the manual people, I'm
not making this up, "Professor Oak has asked to use YOU!!!
[capitalization and exclamation marks courteousy of the author] as a
test subject in his latest research project.". What that project is, I
don't even want to know, but anyway, I assume the project refers to your
escapades with Pikachu, but with a smile like that, who knows. The
instruction manual says to listen to Prof Oaks advice, but hey, the
instruction manual says a lot of things.
The Mother in the game: The game calls her "mom", but hey, she's not my
mother, so she's The Mother in the Game, as I commonly refer to her,
(or Tmitg, which doesn't sound nearly as good), she bears a striking
resembleance to Ash's mommy, but anywho, all she basically does it
deliver a couple of lines, about Pikachu and its Megaphone game (the
greatest part of the game, trust me, its the reason you got it, just
wait!), and entertains you in the rather funny intermissions involving
Pikachu and its dirty hands:). She cooks, and keeps Pikachus' pixels
the right width apart (aka: keeps it well fed, although a treadmill
would be appreciated), and uh, keeps the house clean, because I
don't see Pikachu's paw prints throughout the room, so I guess she's
doing a good job at what she's supposed to be doing. Quite possibly the
only successful character in the game. Hey look, her introduction outdid
Pikapoo's.
Any other characters in the game are just Pokemon, who'll either,
1. make you do stuff
2. ask you to do stuff
3. ask you to find stuff, which is like doing stuff
4. crash in on Pikachu's party and eat some of its food, although Pikachu
doesn't mind
5. be lost, yep, you gotta save them
6. be dinner! After you fish, sometimes the intermission involves a
slightly overcooked fish.
7. give you stuff
8. scare Pikachu (my favorite!)
9. be shocked by Pikachu (my second favorite!)
10.take stuff from you
That list probably could've been made smaller, but I wanted to show off
my awesome list making skills.
6) Game Screen
This section will help you understand what the normal game screen looks
like, this'll change in some places throughout the game, and fewer or
more items may be on there, I'll explain those when the time comes.
(I'll be working my way around counter-clockwise)
-On the top of the screen, is the Message Bar, this usually helps you
to understand Pikachu, it'll say various things, such as 'Pikachu heard
you call it', 'Pikachu is calling you', 'Pikachu took what you were
holding', etc.
-Occasionally, to the left and right hand sides of the screen, will be
little white comic book like bubbles with 'Pikachu' written in them.
These pop up when Pikachu is actually paying attention to you, this is
the time to speak clearly and let it hear what you have to tell it, the
rat has a short attention span, I tells ya!
-This little square in the bottom left corner are Pikachu Icons, when
its a heart, it lets you know the mood of Pikachu, the redness around
the heart lets you know how happy it is with you. Just think of it this
way, the more black there is in the background of this icon, the more
"upset" Pikachu is with you. And more importantly, it'll cycle at random
to its electric power, which is demonstrated by the icon of a Lightning
Bolt, why is this more important, see, during "high-intensity" activities,
if Pikachu's power goes out, then it has to take a nap, or eat something
to restore its power, usually, just by sitting there, its heart meter
goes up, but it takes effort to get that electric power back up. Each
attack you tell Pikachu to do drains more electric power, (in this
order, from least to most, Thundershock, Thunderbolt, Thunder).
-In the bottom left hand corner is probably the most important thing on
your screen, and that's the Microphone Icon, which changes according to
your actions with the microphone. When it shows a pic of a kid against
a black background, that means you're not doing anything with it at the
time. When an 'on' bubble comes out of the boys mouth and the
background of it turns blue, then you're holding the 'Z' Button. Right
after this, if you start talking, you'll see sound wave like icons come
out of the characters mouth and a bubble will form, this means your voice
is being heard properly by the VRU, but this doesn't hold any guarantee
as to if Pikachu will understand it or not. If the boys' face is all
garbled out and stuff, then this means that your voice is too quiet,
too much background noise, or something else went wrong. The last
significant icon is if a big 'X' comes over the boys face, then this
means that the microphone can't be used in that particular section,
either an events going on that you should be watching, or Pikachu is
probably doing something that involves no microphone action. If
there's a Mic icon, then the VRU is not connected and you pretty much
can't do anything with the game, turn the N64 off and stick it in, okay?
7) Pokehelper
By pressing Start and going to your Pokehelper, you use Professor Oak's
latest invention, the Pokehelper. A spinoff of the Pokedex, this thing
doesn't really do much (except when you move the analog stick, that
stick moves too! how cool is that! Seriously, I've never seen that
before on a game, and its a great way to test the sensitivity of your
analog stick, pretty neat, it distracted me for a couple minutes:).
<sigh> Well, here are the basic menus it has:
-Status, you can see how many Pika Points you have, which is basically
the equivalent of money, which can be used to buy various doodads from
Abra's shop. Every item you have with you at the end of each stage
gives you a certain amount of cash, so be sure to stock up before the
sun goes down!
-Days, the amount of days that you've spent with Pikachu, every time
Pikachu goes to bed and it falls asleep and you save your game, that
counts as one day.
-Settings, under settings, you can set the sound, mono or stereo, no,
Pikapoo won't annoy you in Surround Sound:), and the volume level.
The Control function allows you to change it into either a reverse or
normal control scheme. Basically, reverse means that if you're in
view mode and you press the stick down, you look up, normal means that
if you're in view mode and press the stick up, you look up. The game
comes default in reverse mode, so I just leave it like that.
-Go Home, when you're in a stage, after you've beaten it the first
time, the game gives you the option to go home, basically this comes
in handy if you're looking to make some quick cash, or making a
strategy guide and you want to price all the items.
8) Walkthrough
PART I: Pikachu's Discovery Days
a. New Beginnings! The First Day!
This basically is a movie with little interaction by you. But don't
put down the game though, trust me, it gets better, much better.
Anywho, you awaken with your game-mother telling you that you have
Prof. Oak's test today. She gives you the Pokehelper, and then you
go off to the Viridian Forest Edge with Oak. Oak tells you to speak
to Pikachu. Say anything and Prof Oakley will tell you that it went
well. Speak again, and Pikachu will be puzzled. Then, Oak tells
you to keep shooting bubbles at it (just speak) until Pikachu
notices you. It turns out, the game does care what you say, my
brother said 'Come here ya rat!' various times and elicted a mad
thought bubble from Pikachu, basically just say its name again...
and again...and again until it comes to you. Anywho, it notices you,
and Professor Oak tells you that it senses that you're a good-hearted
person, and he gives you permission to use the Pokehelper
(unbeknowest to him, I was playing with it the whole way to the
forest edge, heh heh). Pikachu sits there with those little icons
by the side of the screen, meaning that its listening to you. No
matter what you say, it doesn't really react in any real way.
Eventually, despite the fact that you connected, Pikachu decides
to leave for the day. He sends you home, and after a short
conversation with the Main characters mother, you're allowed to save
for the first time. Good job! Trust me, this just laid out the
basework for the game, despite what you might think, the game gets
much better later on.
b. The Second Day
You wake up again, and a message is on your TV from Prof Oak, telling
you that Pikachu is in the Viridian Forest. So begins your first
semi-real stage of the game, entitled, Hey you Pikachu!. Call it
to wake it up, don't say anything rude, or else it won't be too
thrilled with you. Anywho, once its awake, those speech signs I
described earlier will appear to the left and right hand sides of
the screen, and Prof Oak will explain what they mean, basically,
all they mean is that its actually listening to you. Anywho, say
its name as a nice greeting, just say 'Pikachu', anything else will
invoke a mad sign over Pikachu's head. That's right, almost anything,
including, but not limited to, "Good morning Pikachu", "Hello Pikachu",
"Hey you Pikachu", etc, etc. Well, once this is done, Pikachu will
pick up a ball and Oakley will explain the finger system, how if the
finger is on an item, you can press 'B' to read a description of the
item (or if you're close enough, 'A' to pick up the item, but you can't
do that now). Anyway, press the B button to read about the Beach Ball,
in the description, or anybody's speech, there may be red words, these
are words that Pikachu understands. Tell Pikachu to throw it, and it
will--at you. Well, it'll wait for you to say something, just say
something generic, like 'You're so cute', or 'Pikachu' to advance.
It will start looking up, call its name, it won't listen, call its
name again, and then it feels like talking. Ask it, 'what's up there'.
It pantomines the possiblity of a bird type Pokemon being up there
(say, Pidgey, or Spearow perhaps?). Pikachu produces an apple (from
who knows where?) and wants you to guess the name of it. If you're
naughty, you can cheat and chk the name of it in the Pokehelper, anywho,
say Apple, and it will greedily eat it. Say something to it to advance,
and then it'll be time for your good-byes. Don't say anything at first,
see its mad face, isn't that cute? No mad face, well, just blow into
the mike or something to shoot a bubble its way, okay, well, now that
you've seen the cute mad face, just say good-bye to it. It'll wave a
cute little 'Pikachu' to you, and then start walking away, looking over
its shoulder all the while. The Text bar will say that Pikachu is
curious about you, well, lets appease its curiosity, say, 'Good bye',
or its name or something of the sort to let it go off into the woods.
Thus ends the second day.
c. Ochre Woods- A Pokemon Picnic, Part 1
ITEMS (just like an RPG:):
Any Good Stew- 780 points
Weird Stew- 10 points
You'll wake up, this time, to hear Pikachu's voice at the window!
Anywho, your mother in the game comments on the cuteness of Pikachu,
and by her red letters, you know that you can now say 'You're so cute'
to Pikachu, so remember that. Anyway, she tells you to be nice to
Pikachu, and dismisses you to go play. Anyway, tell Pikachu anything
to advance to the next screen (including 'Go away!' like my brother did:).
Anyway, welcome to the first real stage of the game. It turnds out the
Pikachu has been invited to a picnic, and guess what, you have to help!
Write down the 3 ingredients, or draw rough shapes of their pictures, so
that you can recognize them later. Your job will be to find those 3, plus
one of your own, to make stew, whether its weird, or good, is dependant
upon the ingredients you choose. Since you're stuck looking at Pikachu,
and you're not allowed to pick up any ingredients, your choices are
pretty limited. When you first enter, Pikachu will probably
automatically pick up an item, then you have a choice, to say 'Okay',
to tell Pikachu to give it to Magnemite, or say 'Don't do that', to
tell Pikachu not to give it to Magnemite (although I can't guarantee
that that will happen, if you want to play it safe, don't do anything,
and I think it should eventually put it down). The other method, which
you will probably have to start using as Pikachu runs and falls asleep
again and again (just say its name to wake it up), is to stand directly
behind the item, and to call its name. It should come running to you,
and see the item that you intend for it to get. All in all, don't
stress out over getting all three ingredients, as it gets a lot better
(and more fun!) as you'll be allowed to play this stage again and again
this time, free of Pikachu mode, all you'll have to do is pick up the
item, bring it to Pikachu, hope it doesn't eat it, and off you go. If
you'd like to make a pumpkin stew, worth 780 points, then just grab the
following, 2 carrots, 1 wild herb (which is just this small white
looking thing), and 1 pumpkin (a orange looking ball), just use your
Pokehelper on any item to find out what it is. Bulbasaur told me to
find a carrot, an onion, and a wild herb, but we couldn't find the
onion! We think it was across the bridge where we couldn't go due to
being stuck in Pikachu mode. Oh yeah, and I'll be adding a recipe
section, so far, we have about 3 or 4 recipes, but I'll be glad to put
in some from you! (check the Submittal section for more details).
Anyway, once the stew is made, then Pikachu and Charmander will go
back, and you'll get to watch them taste it (notice how Bulbasaur stays
behind, watching, that's why its the best choice to pick in Pokemon
Red/Blue:). Over time, Pikachu can get up to 2 more friends to come
taste its many wares, but for now, Charmander will do. Anyway, they'll
taste it, the Message bar will tell you what it is, and you'll see their
rather funny reaction. Oakley'll stick his 2 cents in, and then you'll
be off to the prize screen. Here, there's only one possible item, a
stew of some sort (worth 780 I think), or Weird stew (worth 10), don't
worry if you got the weird stew, you'll have plenty of chances to get
much more money a whole lot easier. Say good-bye to Pikachu, and that
ends this adventure.
d. Springleaf Field- Field Trip, Part 1
Grr...still stuck in Pikachu mode, oh well, at least the musics good.
Anyway, it'll be at your window again, you'll be dismissed to go play
in a rather happy field, you can't touch anything, if you get bored,
just see the various things that Pikachu can stuff down its gut. There
are flowers and stuff, and Oddish's, no, you don't get to catch them or
any other Pokemon in the game, and you really can't do much with them,
Pikachu might look at one, then greet it, or shock it and turn it into
charcoal (and to think, this game was rated 'E'). My brother says you
can get the watering can in this stage, but I think that's when you get
free movement, when it says that Pikachu is looking for something, I
think that that something is Charmander, which it might or might not
find. Nothing out of your repertoire of various phrases will help
Pikachu to notice Charmander any sooner. Anyway, if it notices it,
I think that next time you play Ochre Woods, Charmander will be there,
oh wait, it was already there. Well, I reset until Pikachu noticed it
for the sake of making this guide, but you really don't need to worry
about it too much. And I think you get the watering can later on from
Abra's shop, so don't worry about a thing here. Just sleep, save, and
move on.
e. Caring for Caterpie
ITEMS:
Ruby- 5000 points (!)
Marble- ???
Balloon- ???
Jewel- ???
Believe me, the developers did a good thing when they made this stage
easy, I mean, at first I thought it was going to be hectic, with
Caterpie fainting left and right, but its a good thing it isn't.
A pretty slow-paced stage for the most part, anyway, in Pikachu's
latest adventure, it's your job to help it care for caterpie until
Butterfree gets back. There are 5 of them in all, and the field isn't
too big, although being stuck in Pikachu mode is a minus, its still
kinda easy to keep an eye on all 5 (there's nothing else to do, you
can't stuff your pockets yet with items). At first, sometimes Pikachu
will greet all the Caterpie, and then proceed to shake its butt in
their faces, why, I don't know, but, after the show, just take a spot
on the hill (due to Pikachu mode, I think you have to keep holding
back in order for you to stay there) and look out for any hungry
Caterpie. The game made it really easy to tell when one's hungry--it
turns blue. So, when you see a blue one, say various things to try
to get the mouse to notice, ranging from 'Hungry', 'Caterpie',
'Hungry Caterpie', or you might need to call it towards you using
the 'over here' command so that it will notice one. Sooner or later
(preferably sooner), Pikachu will notice the hungry Caterpie and move
fast! The first time, Oakley explains what's going on (as if you
didn't already know), and Pikachu runs up the hill, and tries to reach
a rosebud. Just tell it to Thundershock the rosebud, and it will
fall down, Pikachu will pick it up, place it on its head and
automatically (thank goodness!) run toward the hungry Caterpie and give
it to it. The Caterpie will eat it, and return to normal. Return to
your post, and look out for anymore, it'll only happen about 2 or 3
times, and you have quite a bit of time to get Pikachu to understand
you if you don't waste time. So, soon, the music slows and the sun
goes down, and Butterfree returns. If you did a perfect job, you get
a Ruby worth a whopping 5000 points! Believe me, you'll need these
at the high priced Abra shop you'll need to visit eventually. I
think that according to how you did, you'll get different things,
like Marbles and other various trinkets, all worth a lot less money.
Go for the gold! Anyway, sleep, save, and move on.
f. The Beautiful Blue Lake! Gone Fishing!
ITEMS:
Fishing Flag- 5000 points (!)
The morning starts as usual, with Pikachu calling at your window, but
wait, this time, somethings different, Pikachu has a fishing hook on
its head! No, don't worry, nobody caught Pikachu, that's just its
way of carrying things, so this can only mean one thing, we're going
fishing! Greet Pikachu to advance to the next screen, and you're
off to the pond in Ochre for your very first day of fishing. Forget
about movement here, this is a mic only game from a fixed point, but
its still fun nonetheless. Ah, fishing, the joys and the frustrations
of such. You use Pikachu to help you go fishing, and the message bar
helps you what to say. A few key rules to remember, just don't yell
and scream at it, that won't solve anything, even if you're all
excited and stuff, just act calm and tell it gently one of these
commands:
'Reel it in', 'Pull': Just what it means, to reel it in or to pull,
this can be done easily with the smaller ones, but for the big ones,
you'll have to use...
'Hold on!','Hang in there!': These two keep Pikachu from getting tired
when there's a big one on the line, it basically just bides for time
until you can get it close to shore where you can reel it in.
'Let it go.', 'Release it': If its a little tiny weenie, and you're
going for the gold, don't bother with it, tell Pikachu to let it go
before its too late, the tiny ones come in awfully fast.
Eventually, you'll find that all you can catch are different sized
Magikarps, don't worry, the game has a lot more later on for you to
catch, but you're just starting off slow with Karps. Try to net a big
one, since time passes (as you can tell by the music tempo and the sun
going down), you might want to use the let it go command if you see
something that's little to begin with. Try to net one over 15 inches,
I think, and you'll get somethin' special;-). Hey, here's a record
for you to try, this time, my brother caught a 28 inch Magikarp, pretty
impressive, eh? Anywho, as the sun goes down, Oak comes and ruins
your fun:(, but hey, if you caught one over 15 inches (I think, I'm
not sure, but I know that an 18 inch finish should cover it), you'll
go to the prize screen, to get a fishing flag! Worth a whopping 5000
points! Whew, if you got the stew, and the ruby, and now this, you
should have some 10,780 something Pika points by now. I think that a
15 inch Magikarp will get this, maybe its just if you get something in
top place, the reason why I said 15 inches was because when it showed
our records, three of my brother's scores were in red, an 18 inch, a
22 inch, and a 28 inch, thus, I deduced that Nintendo would probably
make it a nice even number, like 15. I'd be glad if someone could
clarify this for me:)
g. What's this? Pikachu does something new?
Things start off a bit differently, today, there will be a message
from Prof Oak, for once, he'll give you something, perhaps your most
useful item in the game, the toolbox! Remember what I said about
stuffing your pockets with rare items at the end of each stage to
gain cash? Well, this baby helps you do it, although you can't quite
use it yet:(, right now, Oakley directs you to go find Pikachu, and
the mother says she put some lunch in there for the two of you to
share. Well, next thing you know, you're in the edge of Viridian
Forest, and Prof Oak shows you the rather simple skill of opening
doors (...), just press 'A' when you see the door handle Icon, and
you're in! But wait, where's Pikachu? Then, Pikachu comes up, and
quickly goes "hiding", well, although its hiding may be kinda umm...
sub-par, at least you can feel some of your shackles being removed,
for the first time ever, you're out of Pikachu mode! Yes! You can
either use your new skills to turn toward Pikachu, or enjoy these few
minutes of freedom now, don't worry, there will be much more of that
later, so lets "find" Pikachu so we can get on with this! Okay, from
your starting position, just turn left, Pikachu will be there, and as
a result, hide again, okay, now turn right, and find it yet again.
Greet Pikachu, which oddly enough, doesn't involve 'Good morning' or
'hello', but instead, say its name. Okay, now, you're in a dilly of
a pickle of a jam here (a la Ned Flanders), you see, Pikachu and you
are separated by some briars, and even though they look like you
_should_ be able to jump over them, you can't, so, its up to Pikachu
to save the day! It uses is Thunderbolt to clear a path through the
briars to get to your food--er...I mean you. Prof. Oak tells you to
give it a cupcake, but hey, Oak says a lot of things. Give it
whatever you want, whether it be the cupcake, the peach, or the
straweberry (like Feral did), or anything else in there. Just press
start, press B to read a description of the item if you'd like, then
press A to take it out, it'll be in your hands, press Start to close
the toolbox, and then don't press A (I'm not sure if it lets you, but
if it does, don't, as you will throw the treat and whack Pikachu in
the head. Anyway, just stand there, and it will take it, and then
eat it. Despite all your generosity with feeding ait and all, it
yoinks your toolbox, puts it on its head, and runs away. Its time
to utilize Free Mode! Chase Pikachu, which is actually easier now
than it is later (that's right folks, later:), because of the heavy
toolbox on its head. Touch it three times, only to get shocked each
successive time, and on the 4th try, you'll get it--only to be shocked
and regain consciousness deep in Viridian Woods (I guess Pikachu
dragged your character there). Now you reappear in the same cleaing
that you babysat the Caterpie in, and Pikachu is there, giving away
all your lunch to the Caterpie. I wonder where Butterfree is at?
Anyway, after this selfless act, Pikachu has no food left for itself,
I guess it burned off that meal it did have running from you:).
Anyway, it offers the beachball as an apology, and Oak explains how
to take items. Take the beachball and put it into your Item Storage
pocket, these are the items that regenerate every time you play the
game, the Collection pocket houses items that you pick up during the
stage and trade in for cash at the end. Anyway, the main character
gets a great idea, Stay at my house, Pikachu! Well, say just that,
minus the Pikachu, and it will agree. Go home, and your mother will
once again comment on Pikachu's cuteness, and you'll see your first
little intermission, Pikachu will be standing on your bed, as if
waiting for something, it does this every night, its waiting for you
to tell it good night, do so, save, only this time, Pikachu's in
your bed, happily asleep. With free mode unlocked, a way to collect
items, and Pikachu with you now, the game can only get better from
here on out!
h. The game just got better! Pikachu's Play Days!
Wake up, but this time, with Pikachu, something's different. You
get to stare right into the wide eyes of that cute little mouse.
Greet it with Good morning, and then you will both hear a message on
the machine, and its a message from Oakley, with some good news!
Oak tells you to look at the sliding door, you can head out there to
Pikachu's Discovery Days (!), okay, that's okay news, but this is just
a compilation of all the above stages, you know, the ones where
you're stuck in Pikachu Mode, if you want to have some _real_ fun,
then head out to the yard, just like Oak says... You arrive at the
front yard, hey, this is a new area all in itself, I'll add some more
on it later. But anyway, here, beyond this simple wooden fence, lie
Pikachu's Play Days! Yes! It's about time, you get to basically
replay all of the Discovery Day stages in Free Mode! This means that
you can pick up new items, participate in new quests, and interact
with Pikachu in ways you never have before! This is great, from here,
you can take the game in any order you want, for the purpose of making
this strategy guide, I'm probably going to do a bulk of the stages,
and then write about the Front Yard and Room last, as they really
don't change, just the items that you get in them, or perhaps I'll
use File 1 for that. Anyway, I decided to start off with Springleaf
Field because I like the music, plus its a nice big stage with no
real objective, well, here we go, off into Pikachu's Play Days!
PART II: Pikachu's Play Days
i. The Lush Green Field! A Field Trip, Part II
ITEMS:
Leaf Whistle- 10
Mushroom- 40
Strawberry- 220
Sunflower- 240
Hot Mushroom- 190
Lily- 350
Raspeberry- 150
Bluebell- 120
Green Apple- 80
Baked Apple- 250
Flower- 200
Upon entry, Pikachu will notice Oddish and the watering can, it
will use the watering can to wake up the Oddish, shortly after,
Pikachu will offer you the Watering can as a permanent item. It
goes in Item Storage, so its here to stay. But the watering can
only waters twice, that's not too useful, there's got to be an
upgrade! Well, there is one, and this will help you do one of the
things that you can do in this stage; and that's to water the
Oddish and make them Gloom! Up, at the very top of a hill, is a
shop, run by a lone Abra, you can buy stuff from this guy and
usually these are important and will stick with you throughout the
game. I think that the items there are randomly generated, but,
being the first time you're there, the watering jug should be there
as one of the three. We had a trumpet, balloon, and the watering
jug. The watering jug holds forty servings of water, and is really
needed if you want to make some Gloom. You're supposed to tell
Pikachu what to pick up, but since most of the time its ignoring
you, this really isn't the best strategy. What I recommend is to
just sit tight, and let Pikachu pick up something, it'll ask you if
its okay, if the item is the one you want (right now, it'd be the
watering jug), then go ahead and say 'that's fine'. If not, just
say 'no'. I think that saying nothing defaults as Pikachu getting
it anyway, so say no, and then it should return it and pick the next
item. Sooner or later (again, hopefully sooner:), it'll come up
with the one you want, then say, in a calm voice, 'that's fine', and
off you go with the new item. The stop will be closed after you buy
one item, so you probably won't be spending all your money at once at
this shop. Outside, there's plenty to do, almost any of the above
items can be eaten by Pikachu, but two of them need Pikachu's help.
To get Pikachu to make a Baked Apple or a Hot Mushroom, give it a
Green Apple (only one in the field), or a Mushroom (plenty of these).
Once it has it, it should be looking at it, as if to decide what to
do with it, now listen (or read;-) carefully. You've probably already
deduced that you need to use one of Pikachu's attacks to make it, but
they each perform a different function. Don't use Thunder right out,
if I'm not mistaken, it produces the same results as Thunderbolt and
it just uses up too much power, now, if you want Pikachu to eat it,
use Thundershock, it'll keep the Shroom/Apple close to its body and
shock it, and then, eat it. If you'd like to take it and keep it in
your inventory, then tell it to use Thunderbolt, it will throw the
Shroom/Apple down to the ground, and shock it, leaving it for you to
yoink and put it up in your Toolbox. Simple, right, use T-Shock if
you want it to eat it, or use T-Bolt if you want it for yourself.
Sometimes, Pikachu will offer to play 'tag, you're it' with you, this
is kinda hard due to your slow pace, but rather easy due to Pikachu's
empty head. Just say, 'tag, you're it', and the game will start,
you have 15 seconds to tag the mouse, who's a whole lot faster than
your character is, but you have one edge, hopefully, if the game
started near a wall, then Pikachu will continue running into it and
have nowhere to run, and you can swoop in for an easy tag. If the
game started out in the middle of the field, then you can expect to
lose. Oh well, Pikachu's happy whether you win or lose. Another
thing you can do here is to water the Oddish and make them into Gloom.
For the purpose of making this walkthrough, at the moment, I didn't,
so I'm relying on my brother's expertise on this until I can come
back here and make an update. From what he tells me, giving Pikachu
the Watering Jug will result in its taking it and throwing it to the
side, however, if it asks for it by whipping out its notebook and
drawing you a picture, then you can definitely tell that its looking
for it. I'm not quite sure how to tell the Oddish's from the strange
radishes, but with the watering jug and its forty servings of water,
it doesn't really matter, except Pikachu will get kinda mad when it
waters the wrong thing...heh heh, well, that can be fixed with a
Shroom or two. Anyway, watering the Gloom gives you something to do,
and it makes Pikachu happy, but I don't think its necessary. Not
much else to say about this field, just go exploring with Pikachu,
and have fun. Oh yeah, and Pikachu _loves_ sunflowers, if you give
it one, it'll take one and run around with it for a while, and then
fall promptly asleep, awww...isn't that cute? Anywho, keep an eye
out for when the sun goes down, and stuff your pockets with some of
the best items for the end of the day score up. And we'll save and
sleep for now.
j. A Pokemon Picnic- Part II
ITEMS:
Golden Apple (rare!)- 500
Cabbage*- 180
Red Shroom- 120
Blue Shroom- 120
Acorn- 35
Corn*- 180
Onion*- 180
Jumbo Shroom- ???
Pumpkin*- 250
Sweet Potato*- 180
Red Marble- 100
Weird Stew- 200
Truffle Top- 200
Carrot*- 180
Wild Herb- ???
Turnip*- 180
Green Apple- 80
Leaf Whistle- 10
Tasty Cabbage Stir Fry- 700
A HUGE improvement upon the first time you played, this time, you'll
be in Free Mode and you get to give the items to Pikachu yourself as
opposed to just standing by and watching it. For the purpose of
making this guide, I didn't pay too much attention to whatever it was
that Pikachu sent away, after all, there're already three recipes
below in the 'recipes' section, so I focused on stuffing my pockets
to help you out with this item list. But since you will be most
likely focusing on making a good stew to help keep Pikachu happy,
let me explain to you how to do that. Just pick up whatever it is
that you want by using 'A', and then walk to Pikachu, stay a few paces
in front of it, say its name in case it isn't facing you, or if you
need to get its attention. Now that you have its attention, it
should automatically take whatever you have from you (don't get too
close, stand just so you can see it), now wait until it asks you,
'is it okay to call Magnemite', just say 'okay', and it will, and
Magnemite will take the ingredient and run off. As before, you'll
have to use three ingredients, plus one of your own. Oh yeah, a
note on the item list, a Golden Apple is *very* rare, and you really
should keep it should it be there (it should be just to the right of
your starting position), my brother told me you can get other apples
too, but you have to lead Pikachu under a tree and get it to shock
them and knock it down, and with so many other things to do, Pikachu
might not get what you're saying, so don't really bother with the 80
point morsels. Also about the item list, the ones marked with a *
aren't rare, in fact, they are rather easy to find, with the exception
of the turnip, which I think has to be found the second time you play,
but I'd advise to definitely pick these up, as they will help to your
garden. I'm not sure how you get it, but I think that by picking
these up, they'll increase your chance of getting the garden that I
mentioned in the miscellaneous section. Oh yeah, if you've done a
little exploring, you've noticed a little alcove off to the right of
where you first start the stage, call Pikachu over to it, and it will
find an egg! Anybody who's watched the Pokemon show will recognize
it instantly, but I won't spoil it for those of you who might have
not;-). Anyway, Abra will come and take the egg and keep it in its
shop, eventually, it will hatch sometime while you're in there at
Springleaf, and you'll have a new friend to help you taste test:).
Well, before you send off the 4th ingredient (if you don't, like I
did, a random one will be sent, most likely resulting in a weird stew),
make sure you stuff your pockets full of items for points! So? Did
you make a new stew? Was it not shown here (or was it a new way to
get one of the ones below?), well, submit it in and I'll be glad to
include it!
k. Gone Fishing, Conclusions
By going back to Pikachu's Discovery Days, you can go fishing at each
new place everytime you beat a stage in Pikachu's Play Days, there are
three different fishing lakes, Cobalt, Ochre, and _________(forgot,
will update when I remember). Just see Section 8F (Gone Fishing!) for
details on how to fish if you need to refresh your memory. Anyway,
just use your fishing skills that you established the first time and
build upon them to nail those big ones. Remember, tell Pikachu to
'hang on!' or 'hang in there!' to help you nail the big one *before*
reeling it in. I'll be posting my (actually my brother's) high scores
in a new section which will be made in an update. Oh yeah, and another
thing, don't be discouraged when Oak steps in and says that Pokemon
might've been 150 inches! We've nailed one's bigger than those that
we lost, and still, the biggest Feral has caught is a 56 inch Seaking,
yep, that's right, Oakley's trying to pull your leg. So don't worry
about it, and just go out there and have fun! Oh yeah, and there's
supposed to be some kind of way to get a lucky hook (we have it in our
first file), so when we come across it in File 2, we'll let you know
how to get it;-). So, without further adieu, here are all the Pokemon
we've come across so far (as of yet, in no real order, nor sorted by
zone, although grouped by evolution, we'll leave that part for you to
have fun, you never know when one of these might pop up:)
Magikarp (#129)
Tentacool (#72)
Tentacruel (#73)
Staryu (#120)
Starmie (#121)
Krabby (#98)
Kingler (#99)
Goldeen (#118)
Seaking (#119)
Poliwag (#60)
Poliwhirl (#61)
Horsea (#116)
Seadra (#117)
Remember, feel free to e-mail me any that we've missed!
l. Separated from its mother! Little Lost Poliwag, Part I
ITEMS:
Silver Coin- 100
A really BIG stage and quite a challenging task, but it gets harder
in part II, because of a little surprise waiting for you there, heh
heh. But we'll get to that when the time comes. Anyway, in this
scenario, you and Pikachu have to find all of the little lost Poliwag
and return them to Squirtle. There are 5 in all and there is a pretty
firm time limit, so you don't want to waste time, no real items to
collect in this stage except for the prize, so when the finger sees
something, its either a Poliwag that's with you, a lost one, or
Squirtle. By using the finger trick, you can really cut down on the
time it takes you to find these things. Basically, just walk around
(you can't fall of the edge, see now why you don't need Oak) and wait
for the finger to pick up Poliwag, they're randomly generated
throughout the stage, so I couldn't really give descriptions of where
they are at. Anyway, upon spotting one, just say to Pikachu, 'Poliwag',
and it will spot it, and the Poliwag will automatically join your
party (again, like an RPG:). Don't get to close to the Poliwag, or
else it will run to another location, and remember, with all the Poliwag
following Pikachu, its not the speedy little blitzer it used to be,
don't leave it hanging on the edge of a balcony and then call it,
because it'll call you, and if you look at it, you'll know that it can't
get to you. Then you have to backtrack and get it to follow you the
right way. So keep looking over your shoulder again and again to make
sure Pikachu is with you. Once you've collected all 5, its time to
meet Squirtle, if you went about looking for Poliwag, you should've
spotted it by now, but if you haven't, then I'll try to help. From the
Starting point, stand on that patch of burned grass near the edge of
one of the paths, if I'm not mistaken, there's only one, and it should
be exactly where you started the game at the first time. From there,
head straight, and bear right, constantly checking to look to the left,
eventually, you'll spot Squirtle. Also, if you go all the way to the
left most part of the stage, where one of the Poliwag might be, there's
a path to Squirtle from there. If this part gives you trouble, just let
me know, and I'll try to add more accurate directions. So far, I've yet
to replay this to see what you get for getting less Poliwag, you get a
Silver Coin (worth 100, and it stays at your house so you can get all 5
coins), when we get around to it, we're going to replay this one again,
getting less Poliwag each time, and seeing what we get. If you'd like
to submit, feel free to do so, chk out the Submital section below to find
out how.
m. Lets Take time off to explore your Room!
ITEMS:
Please check the Miscellaneous section for details.
If you've been following this guide to the letter, then you probably
haven't taken time off to explore your room, which is where your
character and Pikachu awaken each morning. Here I'll list some of the
events that can occur in your room, I'm doing this from memory (with
my more knowledgeable little brother double checking me:), so if there's
anything that I've missed, check out the submittal section and give me
a call!
-N64: !!, that's right, there's an N64 in the corner, and you can play
it! With the help of Pikachu that is:), its a simple game that you
can activate by saying 'TV' (pronounced tee-vee), or 'Quiz time!' to
Pikachu whenever its in the room and listening to you. Once this game
is activated, you have to simply say the name of each of the Pokemon
(or Pokemon shadows as the game gets harder) as they come up on the
screen, hopefully, if you gave Pikachu enough time, it'll hit the
correct button and you'll get points depending on how fast and how
many you got right. Basically, its just a diversion, and a good test
to see if your microphone is working properly. Sometime around, I'll
get around to posting our highest score in this guide to see if you can
beat that;-)
-Pikachu's Naughty Tissue Habit: I named it, and its something that only
Pikachu can activate on its own, here's how it works, Pikachu will
eventually go to the tissue box, give you a naughty little look, and
start throwing out the tissues, I think you can tell it to stop, but
its much more fun to let it go on, here's why: Okay then, once its
done, say, "clean that up", and Pikachu will use up all of its
Thunderpower to clean up all the tissues it threw around. You can give
it food (or make some, chk the Miscellaneous section), and then have
it resume picking them up. Or...you could yoink (word from Simpsons,
means to snatch:) up some tissues while its still cleaning, and then
once its done, throw those out and make it continue. Hee hee hee!
Basically, the most interesting part of this is the really naughty
look Pikachu gives you when it first does the tissue thing.
-Pikachu Wants to go Outside: The message bar will tell you this, you
can either go to the door and let it out (bleh), or say, 'No' to get
a cute little kick and noise from Pikachu.
-Pikachu is running around: Eventually, if you don't let it out when
it wants to be, it'll start running around, and around, and around,
usually, it doesn't listen if you tell it to stop, so just watch it
waste its energy.
And of course, just about all of the items that are in the room are
Pikachu-friendly. You'll find a list of what I think is complete in
the Miscellaneous section of this walkthrough.
n. Hey look, there's a front yard!
ITEMS:
Please check the miscellaneous section for details.
That's right! Like the room, there's a front yard that can be explored
free-form like just like bedroom. Even less to talk about here though,
the main thing is to just let Pikachu interact with all the items that
are here. Oh yeah, there is one neat item that kinda stands out from
the rest, and thats the black lightbulb. Just think about it, a black
lightbulb? But there's no such thing as black light, what's up?
This, my friend, is for sucking your Pikachu dry, Pikachu will try
again and again without prevail to light the black light, thus,
draining all of its electricity, just run to your garden
(check Miscellaneous) and grab some food and give to it. But don't
keep doing sucking its energy, eventually it'll get mad at ya, and
then you'll have to feed it more. [UPDATE: v.9.1.4: My brother found
out that rarely, you can actually get the light bulb to light up, but
that's gotta be rare because we've owned this game for quite some time
now and this is the first time we've seen it.] Nope, you can't
interact with the pool of water, except throw things in there and
Pikachu will never see them again--or until you go inside the house
or hit the reset button. Oh yeah, and several items in the garden
can be fried to make even better ones, I'll probably list which ones
can be fried when I make the item list.
o. Frustration Absolute! The Pinata Game!
ITEMS:
Chocolate Coin- 80
Harmonica- [advances you a level, no price value]
marble (all colors)- 100
screw- ???
Okay, Pikachu is having a Pinata party! What seems to be the most
innocent event of the game is actually the most difficult. You have
to guide Pikachu to the Pinata to crack it by using these directions:
The directions in [brackets] are alternate directions which I think
work just as well as the real ones, my brother and I have used these
to some degree of success, however, if you'd like to play it safe,
then I would advise using the ones not in brackets. Well, anyway:
-Farther left [turn left]: what it says, this turns Pikachu about 20
degrees to the left
-Farther right [turn right]: this command turns Pikachu about 20 degrees
to the right
-straight ahead: once Pikachu's finally facing the right way, use this
to try to keep things that way.
-stop there [stop, there]: This is supposed to make Pikachu stop and
swing, but I think that it actually makes it stop, in case of a
banana peel, to make it swing, I'd reccomend...
-[swing, there]: I'm really positive that these commands work, and its
a lot better than stop there, at least in my opinion, the word 'swing'
has a very unique sound, so stop there won't get confused with...
-over here: I know they don't rhyme, but phonetically they look the
same, anyway, this is useful to get Pikachu coming towards you, so
rotate around until you're behind the pinata, then stand there and it
should follow the sound of your voice, I've had varied success with
this one.
-???quit???: I wrote so sloppily...I think that's what this says (if
this is right, then its an official command, I jotted it down in that
column), either way, just stick with 'stop' if you want to get it to
stop.
Okay, the commands having been explained, here's where the real fun
begins. The object is to guide Pikachu so that its right under the
Pinata, it swings, and then you try to yoink up goods as fast as you
can. Simple, right? Well, not necessarily...you see, the hard part
comes in getting Pikachu to go where you want to go. The game gives
you free realm throughout the arena, so if the game starts you off
way off out of the view somewhere, just rotate around and fix things.
One of the best pieces of advice that I can give you is to SPEAK
CLEARLY! You must speak clearly in order for the VRU to pick up your
voice and make Pikachu do what you want it to do. I would highly
recommend using the commands that I listed that are _not_ in brackets,
while I have found the bracketed ones to work, they really only do so
if you are experienced and looking for a challenge. Another piece of
advice to end the game pretty quickly is to pan around so that you
and Pikachu are on opposite sides of the Pinata, and then say 'over
here' Pikachu will usually follow the sound of your voice pretty well,
so you should be able to manuever it pretty easily over to you.
Remember, the commands are from Pikachu's P.O.V (point-of-view), so
if you're looking at it from the front, and you say, turn left,
Pikachu will turn to _its_ left, not yours, which will look like its
to your right, which probably isn't the right direction to go in. I
found myself stuttering quite a bit while trying to coordinate
Pikachu's P.O.V with where it needed to go and how I needed to say it,
it might just happen that you do the same thing, so do like I did,
and make sure to stutter while the microphone is _not_ on, and then,
once you've composed it all, hold down the button and say it clearly!
When you finally manuever Pikachu, try to get it directly under the
shadow, yes, I know it doesn't look like it'd nail it, but from my
experiences, under the shadow seems to be the best spot. Oh yeah, heh
heh, you haveta nail it twice, and you are timed (keep an eye on the
sunset), so you need to try to sweep up the first one quickly so you
can take your time for the second one, if need be. So here, in a
nutshell *reaches for a nutcracker*, here are the basic tips that you
need to know for the Pinata game:
1. speak clearly, Pikachu won't understand a word you say otherwise.
2. use the commands that I listed as being ones from Oak himself,
Pikachu won't understand 'turn hard to port!', just say further left,
okay?
3. remember, your commands should be from Pikachu's Point of view,
depending on where you're standing at, Pikachu's left might not be
your left, remember that?
4. pan around the Pinata area, the designers gave this ability to
you for a reason, so use it to get a better view of what's going on.
5. wait until Pikachu's under the shadow, then's the best time to
strike
6. act quickly, quickly grab anything you can and put it into your
pack, don't be selective, whatever you get your hands on, press
Start, A, prep your next slot, and grab again, if you're good, you
can yoink 3-4 items per go! (sadly, most of them balloons, my brother
and I have yet to get the screw, even on file 1)
7. don't stutter into the mike, think about what you're going to say
before you say it, Pikachu doesn't appreciate stutter.
8. don't get frustrated!, take a break if you need to, reset, because
that might give Pikachu a better placement (yes, I've had Pikachu
sometimes be right there heading in just the right direction, all I
had to do was keep it on track) reread over the above paragraph again
should the need arise, but just keep your cool!, its just a game, okay?
Okay? You beat it! Yay for you! You've just overcome one of the
most frustrating parts of the game, go you! Okay then, after you
beat this, the game rewards you with a suprisingly simple campfire
scene, just say 'Thunderbolt' when the Haunter comes out to scare
it away, simple, no? It'd better be after that dreaded Pinata
experience... Venusaur then gives you the harmonica, which Pikachu
uses to call Lapras. What could this mean? You and Pikachu ride
on Lapras to unlock...
p. Treasure Hunting on the Beach! Cobalt Coast!
ITEMS:
toy sword-
bottle cap ring- 5
chocolate coin- 80
spiny shell- 200
Welcome to Cobalt Coast! To get there, all you need to do is head to
Cobalt Island from the front gate of the front yard, a small cinematic
sequence will occur with Pikachu riding on Lapras' back, and you'll be
there! Just like my nifty title says, you'll be doing some treasure
hunting on the beach, you can rack up some nifty items for your room
here, so let's get digging! Basically, all you do is when you see a
little red thing sticking up, that's just the tip of the treasure chest.
There are two different sizes of a box, one big and one small, call
Pikachu over, and it will automatcially start rubbing and pulling it up.
If it is a small box, then it'll be done just by scraping, however, you
can watch it struggle with a big box;). Anyway, just wait until the
game is ready for you to start talking to it, and then basically tell
Pikachu to do whatever it says on the treasure post sign. The
directions range from things such as: the three thunder attacks
(thundershock, thunderbolt, thunder), dance, and open sesame. Well,
once you dig it up, then take it and squirrel it away in your pack
(press Start, then put it in with A) and go find another one. You can
also find other stuff on the beach too, like bananas and spiny shells.
Also, there is a "hidden" fort in the stage, it shouldn't be too hard to
find, its rightin the middle of the stage kinda looking you in the face,
there's a walkway that you'll find if you circle around it once, the
hard part is getting Pikachu up there. It is possible, and I'll be
getting exact directions in the walkthrough, but I will tell you what
_doesn't_ work, and that's standing up there and calling Pikachu,
theoretically (and according to my little brother who has beaten this
before and is an excellent source) you need to get where Pikachu can see
you, call it, then take some more steps, call it again ('come here',
'over here', they're both the same), then eventually ease on up the tower
with Pikachu following you. Also, make sure that you've opened up all the
treasure chests on your way there so that there is less to distract it on
the way there. Well, just follow these tips and you'll find a _lot_ of
treasure on this pretty big area. Also, if you read about anything in the
guide or somewhere else that doesn't have a mentioned source, then there's
a good chance that its from the treasure hunt. Well, until then, happy
treasure hunting!
q. New Features on the Pokehelper! Professor Oak steps in!
After waking up today, Prof. Oak has a message for you! Alright! The
last two viewing modes are now up and ready for your viewing pleasure!
View Mode and Pikachu Mode! If you're the tramatic sort I'd recommend
staying away from Pikachu Mode for the time being as it can bring back some
nasty memories of the beginning of the game when all of your actions
revolved around Pikachu. But it can be of some help finding Pikachu if
you've lost track of it. Access this one with Up-C, and when you're done,
press Up-C to toggle it. View Mode would be seen as the more useful mode,
it helps when you'd like to look around, and as you'll soon find out, that
little finger that runs around on the items will gain more importance. You
can toggle this one with Down-C, but its probably more useful and flexible
to just hold "R" whenever you'd like to look around, releasing "R" will
return you to your normal view instantly. Take the rather easy tests in
the room (one involves using Pikachu mode to find Pikachu and the other
involves using View Mode to look at Pikachu-_-) and then you'll move on to
some special training.
r. Professor Oak's Special Training
ITEMS:
light bulb- 240
banana- 220
sweet potato- 180
jumbo 'shroom- 45
crate- 10
roasted jumbo- 240
carrot- 180
dreamy 'shroom- 45
corn- 180
This is basically what the title says, some special training of Professor
Oak's that introduces a feature that my brother never told me about, nor
had I never heard mentioned again throughout the game. It turns out that
that little finger of yours has more importance than just identifying stuff,
that you can actually have the finger on something, talk to Pikachu, and
then Pikachu should automatically go notice the thing that you're looking
at and make some attempt to interact with it. Okay, lets look at the arena
you're in, its rather small, and you'll notice an interesting light bulb
on the ground, can you get it? No, probably because you're stuck in View
Mode at the time being, you can either seethe in rage (like I did at first)
see if you can get Pikachu to get it using the new technique (which it
won't, it'll pick it up, wonder what to do, ignore your screaming commands
and then toss it, sometimes just outside your reach ^.^). We'll worry
about the bulb later, anyway, a convenient floating Magnemite is around
to always make sure that if you lose any items, it'll bring them back (and
sometimes a new, different replacement) back to your playing field, so
you'll want to take advantage of this by chucking unwanted items into the
abyss, or having Pikachu eat them, they're both the same:-). Anyway, we
should finish looking at the area, seeing as there's more to it than just
you, Pikachu and a light bulb. On the other side is an apple tree, and to
get there is a cave that has another hole on the other side. Separating
the two sides is an impassable ravine. Well, your first task is to send
Pikachu to the other side, have the finger pointing to the cave (not looking
it up with the Pokehelper, just pointing there as if you were going to pick
it up if you could) and then call Pikachu, hopefully, it will notice the
cave and then go through. It will see apples on the other side of the tree,
and try to get them. The next part is rather uh, strange. How to get apples
from the tree. You could tell Pikachu to get it, but it would make the same
pathetic effort it is now -- hopping up and down and up and down looking
at the apple. Well, I tried having it shock the thing, hoping it'd come down.
Instead, it vaporized it. Then it moved on to the next apple, not knowing
what to do, I had it vaporize this one too. Okay...anyway, this advances
the story and moves you to free mode where you're allowed to move around
freely, first things first, squirrel away all the stuff (especially the
lightbulb!), this will cause Magnemite to run and get some more. Call Pikachu
back (if it isn't back already, and just start experimenting with stuff,
you're here until time runs out). You can have Pikachu hold and thundershock
sweet potatoes and corn, making baked potatoes and popcorn, respectively.
I never made the baked potato while I was there, but my brother told me that
it could be done (I've seen him do it before in the garden). Yet when you
have it shock the corn, it eats it immediately. If you're short on cash,
then have it shock a few jumbo 'shrooms for big bucks. Experiment and learn
the pointer system, you'll have to use it soon in the next stage. If you
look to the other side of the ravine, you'll see that more apples have fallen,
you can point to these and have Pikachu run to the tree and bring them to
you, unfortunately, you can't take them from it, it'll happily think about
what to do, ignore you, and eat it. Opening the crate produces nothing
but smoke (funny to see, let Pikachu hold it). And if you want to see
all (or possibly more) of the items on the item list, then have Pikachu
eat or you can throw away any duplicate or boring items. Make sure you
pick up a Carrot for the garden at home (see section 9), and a potato
if you don't already have one. Then just wait for the sun to go down
and for you to unlock...
PART III: Pikachu's Daring Days
[UPDATE TO COME]
9) Miscellaneous
Here you'll find various items, quirks, and things that didn't really
deserve a place in the regular walkthrough, enjoy!
-Recipes:
Once you're freed from the confines of Pikachu mode, you can go into
Ochre woods, and explore a little with some recipes, remember to stuff
your pockets full of the best items first, then go make lunch! Here're
some recipes for you to help get you started, use your Pokehelper to
help you identify the items. Remember, check out the Submittal section
to see how you can submit to me your own recipes! (or different ways to
get one of the recipes shown) Bon appetit!
Cabbage Stir Fry: cabbage, corn, corn, jumbo 'shroom
Cabbage Stew: cabbage, corn, onion, wild herb
Apple Stew: apple, wild herb, carrot, cabbage
Pumpkin Stew: carrot, carrot, herb, pumpkin
-Making Pikachu Mad:
So far, the only words I've found that have made it mad are to say
"Electric XXX". Or anything that involves the word "rat". At the
title screen is probably the best time to say it, if you don't want
to affect your progress.
-Got Food?:
So, you're out of food because you squandered it all (or lost it in
some glitchy polygons), well, take any item you don't care too much
for, that you know will be regenerated the next time you play (like
your trumpet, though I think all the items will come back after you
save the game), anyway, take any item you have, and tell Pikachu to
'Thundershock' it, it will, and it will turn into Charcoal, which
can then be eaten by Pikachu!
-A garden in your front yard:
In ordre to get a garden in your front yard, you need to have access
to Ochre Woods in Free Mode, its kinda easy, try to bring back at
least one of every thing, especially the following: corn, turnips,
pumpkins, onions, carrots, potatoes, and cabbage. It might or might
not work the first time, but if you wake up the next morning and
step outside, there might be your very own garden in the front yard!
This makes that 'Got food?' trick of mine obsolete! There're about
20 something pieces of food, neatly arranged in rows for easy getting,
you can tell Pikachu to get something, and then shock it, for a quick
snack. The only downside is that these Items can't be taken with you
out of the house.
(UPDATE v.9.1.3: CONFIRMED, by bringing all the items except a turnip
back from Ochre Woods, all the items except for turnips were in the
garden in our front yard, so, by the same principle, if we revisit
and bring back a turnip, then a turnip will be in our front yard.)
-Exploding 'shrooms:
You know those shrooms in Ochre Woods that say in the description
that they explode when you eat them? I think they're called red
shrooms, well, how to make Pikachu eat them? Sadly, there's no way
yet that we've found, and here's why. Everytime you give it the
shroom, it'll drop it, and shock it, and then, just like that, the
show's over:(, however, there is another way you can have fun with
Pikachu and these shrooms:), before Pikachu shocks the shroom, pick
it up, and then put it back down again after the shock is over.
You can continue to do this until Pikachu's thunder bar is kaput.
You can also check out the front yard section for an easier way to
drain Pikachus' energy.
-Replay Professor Oak's Special Training! (TIPCDK002)
This tip comes from C.D. Kirby and its as follows:
"Also, (this is just something I think you should add to the
walkthrough), if you go to Pikachu's Play Days (it might be
Discovery Days or whichever one is in the front yard, I
can't remember ^_^) and say "Professor Oak's special training"
(it should make a "ding" noise if you did it right) then Pikachu
will take you to Professor Oak's Special Training, and now you
can return there whenever you want!!!!!!"
-Pikachu...do? (TIPVRG001)
This tip comes from Vorg the Destroyer and is as follows:
"I'm not quite sure of it, but sometimes he throws these yellow
and brown lumps at me (and quite a few of them, really). I
managed to get that finger on it and pushed be and it tells
me something like this: "What is this???" Oh, and when he
chucks it, it trails greenish, gasious-looking clouds.
Since the way it looks, the fact the the Pokedex is quite
dodgy about and Pikachu seems to reach for his rear before
throwing it, I can only assume that he is THROWING HIS
POOP AT ME! Nothing like a large blob of Pika-poop in your
face, huh? Has this ever happened to you before?"
Comment by Feral:
Actually, I replied to this saying that I've never seen anything
like it, but when I relayed it to the resident expert (my little
brother), he says:
"Pikachu has done that to me before, and I've
been wondering myself, and my conclusion has come to that that
could be a strange type of charcoal. I think its charcoal
because of its form, charcoal is small, brown, and I also don't
understand myself why it does trail those gasious clouds, so that's
why I call it a 'strange charcoal'. But I'm not exactly 100% sure."
This pressing matter requires further investigation;) I'll let you know
what I conclude once I've had a chance to see it for myself.
-ITEM Lists for Room and Front Yard: Basically, I went to file 1,
which is what I consider to be the 'ultimate file', because that's
the one that my brother has been playing in before we started the
walkthrough, so I'm not quite sure how I got each item, so you can
basically use this as a checklist until (if I ever) put some kind
of description of where I got it from. I'm going to try to at
least give a brief description of what the thing does, well, here
we go!:
Room List:
-Toy Sword: Get from Cobalt Island.
-Sword: Get from Cobalt Island, not much to do with this but give
it to Pikachu, my brother threw it at him once...
-Flower: If you collect a flower in Springleaf Field, then it'll
be here next time. I'm not even sure if you can pick this thing up.
-Jewel: From Butterfree if you get a less-than-perfect game.
-Ruby: From Butterfree if you get a perfect game.
-Blue and Red Marbles: Cobalt Island is what my brother says, and
he also mentions something about getting one from Pikachu.
-Trumpet: Buy from Abra's shop.
-Marble: ???, Butterfree game perhaps, my brother said that if you
fail completely, you get a Jewel, so I guess this is a medium game
perhaps?
-Gold, Silver, Copper, Chocolate: All from Cobalt Coast, happy hunting!
Also, my brother says that sometime or another, Pikachu will give
you the chocolate coin.
-Flag: If you catch a really big fish, you'll get this little flag,
worth 500 PikaPoints!
-Feather: ???, my brother says he thinks that you find it while you
looking for food in Ochre.
-Banana: From Cobalt Coast, pick the banana from a tree.
-Tissue: If Pikachu is naughty (see above Pikachu Naughty Tissue
Habit, section 8m), you can keep these if you want
(for what I don't know...)
Front Yard List:
-Tulip: At Springleaf Field, catch one and cash it in, then it'll
be at your house.
-Mushroom: Get one from Ochre Woods and then it'll be here.
-Red, Yellow, Blue, Green, Purple Balloons: Buy them from Abra's
shop cheap for 50 Points! Collect them all!
-Light Bulb: The first time you perform Prof. Oaks Special Training,
be sure to yoink this baby up, then chk above how to use it to your
advantage;-)
-Pokedisc: Buy from Abra's shop, then nail Pikachu with it!
Sometimes, my brother says that Pikachu gets mad at you and throws
it over the fence (LOL!) never to be seen again!
-[sun]flower: My brother thinks that if you get one from Springleaf,
Pikachu picks it up and starts acting all weird like...its eyes glaze
over and it doesn't listen to you, quoth my brother "no matter how
many things you throw or say at it!", its a scary thing...
-[stink]flower: Probably get from Springleaf, not much to do but
make it eat it.
-Flying Acorn (new! from C.D. Kirby!): At least...I think this would
be in the front yard, here's what they said about it (TIPCDK001):
"I found the last toolbox item and it is called "Flying Acorn".
I found it in Abra's shop in Ochere (sp?) woods in Pikachu's
Daring Days. Basicly, all it is for is to let you knock things
off trees without Pikachu's help."
//Sounds like a pretty neat item! Feral and I will definitely
search for this next time we play!
10) FAQ
Here I'll try to answer questions that you may have and you'll get
to see what I look like when I talk to myself!
Q. How long have you and your brother been with Pikachu, how many
Pikachu Points do you have, and how many times have you spoken to
Pikachu?
A. I'd better go look that one up, be right back.
Q. Why do you play this game?
A. I don't really know, somehow, this game intrigues me, and I get
a kick out of interacting with Pikachu, the whole VRU thing was a
good idea, and it really is a shame that this was the only game to
utilize such technology, but since it is, I might as well hop on the
bandwagon!
Q. What do you say when someone says, "Pokemon is for 1st grade losers!"
A. This hasn't happened to me as of yet, but what I would ask them,
is if they know how to proficiently calculate binary and hexadecimal
numbers, knowing any of the kids at my school who'd say that, I can
be pretty confident when I say that their response would be, 'no'.
Either that, or just ignore them, since I spend a whole lot of my
time ignoring the kids at school anyway, if I ignored them then, it
wouldn't seem too bad, I guess, next question please?
Q. Why did you choose this game as your first walkthrough?
A. Well, I wanted my first walkthrough to be something that I could
actually beat and complete, also, I didn't want one that had a whole
lot of people shooting for it, and I want to help out other people.
I'm not trying to be better or compete with Elissa Dukes awesome FAQ,
but I wanted something that I could do right. Plus, I really wanted
to include my little brother in such a big step like this, and also,
it wouldn't make him feel bad when I'm sitting here spending many
hours typing away on this computer.
Q. Let me get this straight, you wasted $70 on a kids game?!?
A. Actually, no. It was $70 when it first came out. I
_proudly spent_ $10 on this rather deep game. I got it from Wal-Mart,
new, $10. Great deal actually, if you were to ever tire of the game,
you can plug up the Mic into your computer and use it there
(microphones cost $10 alone at Best Buy).
Q. Grrr! I'm so frustrated! Why won't this thing tell do what I
tell it to do?
A. Calm down, its probably not likely you brought a defective copy
(unless you brought it used and the person decided to have happy fun
taking out and in the VRU while the game was on), and if you did buy
one, most stores have a nice defective return policy, just take it
back, box and all, and they'll give you a new one. Granted though,
they will open it up, so you can't just beat the game, come back,
and get one, and pass it off as new, but since they don't even touch
it, you're good to go. And if its not defective, then remember,
slow, clear sentences will get to Pikachu. Don't speak to loud, or
too softly. Not too fast, not too slow. Don't rattle off thought
bubble after thought bubble at the mouse, even if they are all nice
and clear, they won't mean a thing if they come in too fast. These
hints are a *must* for the pinata party.
Q. Do you plan on doing any other FAQs anytime soon?
A. Well, Shattered Steel for PC (read my review! it should be up by
now!) is starting to look kinda tempting...But I'm not quite sure,
with school around the bend, I really might not have the time,
looking back on this, It would have really been nice if I had started
this at the beginning of the summer. As for any other obscure titles
that we have that nobody's done anything for...I can't really think
of any at the moment. I could do Pokemon Snap, but nahh, a better
one's probably already written for it.
Q. Would you recommend this game for anyone 13+?
A. No, not really, especially since the box says for ages 12 and under,
however, if you have a little sibling, or a younger cousin who you're
close too, that makes the game all the more fun, and more bearable too:)
Q. Hey! You play Pokemon! How about a battle?
A. Sure, I haven't been on in a while, and I'm just a typical
above-average trainer, so you might win, you might lose, I'm on
Pokemon Netbattle, which I can't remember the homepage of at the
time...weird, well, just go to www.google.com and type in Pokemon
Netbattle and I'm sure it should come up with the home page, where
you can download it from there. I might start going back regularly
to touch up on my battling skills, maybe you'll see me there. I'll
be Amphax, like usual:)
Q. Do you own every Pokemon game?
A. Yeah, all except for Puzzle League (for GBC and N64).
Q. What's up with the titles like, "The Clear Blue Lake! Gone
Fishing!"
A. Yay! So you picked up on that, did you, well, I've been trying
to pick up on the odd style in which Japanese Animators title their
films, like DBZ, one of them is named "The Super Weapons Wore Tennis
Shoes!! The Artificial Humans Close In on Goku!" or "Fight Domon!
Earth is the ring!" from G Gundam (upon which I know little about).
I decided not to put it everywhere, but just enough for it to mean
something when its actually there. So I decided to try to cramp--
er...copy their style, what do you think, how'd I do?
Q. What kinds of food do you lik--
A. Nope, that's enough, I want anybody who reads this guide to get
80+ Kilobytes of actual walkthrough, not junk, thank you, and goodbye.
11) Credits
Your name can be in here too! Just check out the Submittal section f
or more information on how to do so.
-First and foremost, we'd like to thank our Lord and My Savior,
Jesus Christ, for giving us all that we have now, and giving us
(my brother and I) the strength that we have now to complete this
walkthrough. If you have not yet seen the Light of the Lord, we'd
advise you to do so today! Don't delay! I'm sure that www.bible.com
could help you get started.
-I'd like to thank my parents, Mom and Dad for buying me an N64 on that
birthday some many years ago, and for providing for us for these many
years, as well as taking us to get the game in the first place!
-I, Amphax, would personally like to thank my beloved brother Feral,
as he is the one who got me interested in this game, and is my lifelong
friend and buddy. My brother and I do a lot of things together, and I
am so Thankful that I have him. He's helped me with a LOT of this
walkthrough and taught me how to play the game in the first place, go
Feral!
---
-Ambrella, Nintendo, Creatures Inc., and Gamefreak for creating this
rather hilarious and fun game:) The latter 3 companies helped start
up the Pokemon franchise, which I'm still in, so go them!
-CJayC, the owner of the awesome site, gamefaqs.com, as displayed below,
he still manages to keep some 5,000+ people under control and the site
is still a decent place to hang out when you want to talk about video
games or anything. Great job dude, and thanx for posting this
walkthrough!
-www.gamefaqs.com for being an awesome site that has helped me out more
times than I can count with video games. I'm urging you to view the
message boards for a little while, to see how things go, and then sign
up and get involved. I'm Amphax and if you see me around, give me a
quick hi sometime, I'm friendly, so don't worry;-)
-I'd like to thank Elissa Dukes (
[email protected]) as it is part
of her walkthrough that helped me to get past that dreaded Pinata game.
-I'd like to thank C.D. Kirby for the new "Flying Acorn" item (TIPCDK001)
as well as the way how to replay Professor Oak's Special Training.
(TIPCDK002)
-I'd like to thank Vorg the Destroyer for his...interesting little
tip about the darker side of Pikachu (TIPVRG001). Can't wait to
see it for myself!
-And you! For reading this and using it to help you out with Hey You
Pikachu!, I hope that you'll check out the Submittal section to see
how you can submit anything you'd like, possibly to be included in
this guide!
12) Copyright
This work is (C) 2002 of Amphax and Feral. It may be published with
expressed permission from me only in its form as you see here before you,
and only in the text format. No pop-ups or banners may appear with this
guide. To gain permission, please e-mail me at
[email protected], or
catch me on one of the Gamefaqs.com message boards. Upon approval, you
are allowed up to a 30 character change limit only for minor changes,
eg: grammar, one of my jokes you didn't approve of, etc. By posting this
on your website (after gaining the expressed permission, and only in the
complete unedited form, read: no 30 character change limit will be allowed
for private website postings), I reserve the right to ask you to undo any
aformentioned changes as I see fit, and it is your obligation to fufill
these changes. This work can never be posted for profitable reasons
except under certain circumstances which I will outline to you if the
situation comes up. This Copyright MUST be included wherever you post
this work, and you are required to let me know where you posted this
document. Up to 100 characters a month may be taken from this document
and e-mailed to another party, as long as credit is given to me and my
coworker, and this copyright in its entirety is included (not part of
the 100 character count), by e-mailing a portion of this document to your
party, you are binding them to the fair and legal conditions of this
copyright notice. Any violators of any of the aforementioned statements
will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
13) Submittal
You can submit to me permission to post this on your website at the
following address,
[email protected]. In your subject line, please post
in all capital letters, as I get quite a bit of spam mail, and if you
post in capital letters 'HEY YOU PIKACHU PERMISSION REQUEST', you'll
be that much more likely to get a timely response. If no response is
given within 1 week, then you may try again once every other day, and
I will not take any offense toward the matter. A more direct way to
contact me is to go to the Gamefaqs.com website, click on the top bar
and scroll to Nintendo 64, find the Hey You Pikachu! message board,
and I should have a topic there where I'll be checking every once in
a while. If no topic is there, feel free to make one, and eventually,
I should check and see your request there. If you'd like to try to
find me elsewhere on the site, my latest hangouts have been the Pokemon
Message Board (Captain Obvious x1 has a big topic there labeled
"TCG Discussion, v 3.0, All are welcome" or something to that extent.
and I've been all around the Dos/Windows General Board giving
lots of advice (make a topic about eMachines and you'll probably see me
in there for sure;) If there is info that you have found that I have
left out, feel free to submit it in the same fashion. If there are any
grammar mistakes that totally reverse or change the meaning of the
sentence, or if you had trouble with a particular section because of
a grammar mistake, please kindly admit it and I will change it
accordingly and include your name in the credits. Petty grammar mistakes,
such as 'teh' and 'adn' will not be given credit for in the credit
listing, unless you piggyback them on top of more pertinent information.
You are free to contact me and let me know how this guide has helped you
out, in 50 words or less, and I will be glad to include it in a new
section of this walkthrough.
14) Conclusion
Even though I tried to erase most traces of it, you can see that that
Pikachu has really grown on me, if you follow the guide from top to
bottom, you'll see the sarcasm and the cyncism decrease and decrease
and decrease. That's what this game does to you. I really don't
think that this is a waste of money, and at $10, it'd be pointless not
to get it, I mean, sure, you could get some M rated, shoot-em-up
Playstation game for the same amount, but can you really play that with
your younger sibling and have 100% parental approval on that? If you
have a younger friend, sibling, or relative that you're close too, and
you like Pokemon, I'd highly advise getting this game. Granted, its
not for everyone, but there's so much depth in a game that looks so
simple. We enjoyed doing this walkthrough, and it gave us chances to
be together, and we urge you to e-mail me at
[email protected] (or
@hotmail.com just to let us know that you used this walkthrough,
you don't know how good that'd make us feel. Well, in the words
of that famous little mouse, Pi-Ka-Chuuuuuuu!!! (good-bye:)
(c) Amphax and Feral
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