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How to Catch Torchic in Pearl

The "Pokemon" series of games for Nintendo's Gameboy and DS line of hand-held consoles have featured over 450 separate Pokemon characters over the series' creation in 1996. These characters have been released over "generations" or phases of the game series. A significant hardware jump between the third and fourth generations from games designed for the Nintendo Gameboy Advance and the Nintendo's DS means that the character "Torchic" is only available by a special form of trading through the in-game mechanic located at the "Pal Park." This in-game location allows trading of Pokemon from generation III to generation IV and above.

Things You'll Need

Gameboy Advance
Pokemon Games Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald
Nintendo DS
Pokemon Pearl

Instructions

- 1
  Obtain the HM Surf move in Celestic Town after helping Cynthia's Grandmother.
- 2
  Earn either the Fen Badge or Relic Badge by defeating the gym trainers in Pastoria City or Hearthome City respectively.
- 3
  Identify all 150 Pokemon of the Sinnoh Region on your Sinnoh Pokedex. Do this by encountering them in battle, or catching them.
- 4
  Talk to Professor Rowan of Sandgem town. Professor Oak will arrive and offer to upgrade your Pokedex to the National Pokedex, allowing you to identify, and obtain Pokemon non-native to the "Pokemon Pearl" game.
- 5
  Go to the Pal Park at the east end of route 221 in Sinnoh. It will now be open.
- 6
  Insert your generation III Pokemon game, either "Pokemon Ruby," "Pokemon Sapphire" or "Pokemon Emerald" into your Nintendo DS's Gameboy Advance cartridge slot.
- 7
  Trade Torchic from your profile in one of these games to your profile on "Pokemon Pearl."

Nintendo DS