Episode 1 Missions

[Sunflora Azumarill]

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Mission 1: "Make the S rank!"
Unlocked: From start
Character: Choice
Upgrades Applied: None
On Radio: Drake-OI; Prof. Oak (only if playing as Drake-OI)
Mission: Get enough points in this stage to attain at least an S rank.
Detail: In this mission, your goal is to make it through the regular mission while scoring enough points to attain a high rank. In this mission, you get points for defeating enemies and also for completing objectives. Points are displayed where you'd normally find the clock in a timed objective. At the end of the stage, the points you got during the mission, as well as bonus points based on time taken and remaining health, are added up and you'll be given your ranking. If that ranking is at least S, you clear the mission.
Challenge Mode: You're given the Jenny Mode time limit of 10:00 to complete the mission. Use the Select button to switch the time display with the points display and vice versa.

Mission 2: "Make it to Red Mountain without suffering an injury!"
Unlocked: Clear Mission 1
Character: Samantha
Upgrades Applied: None
On Radio: Prof. Oak
Mission: Reach Red Mountain without losing any HP.
Detail: For this mission, you'll need to reach the end of the stage. However, you have to do it without losing even one HP by any means. Cut yourself on a thorn, tough, you fail. Get hit by an enemy attack, tough, you fail. Note that you have to actually lose HP in order to fail--you're using Samantha here, thus you have access to her ribbon defense action that just may be your savior in this mission. Making things a little harder are some large steel crates blocking some of the side paths; since Samantha lacks Explosion, these shortcuts are firmly sealed. If you reach Red Mountain without losing any HP, you clear the mission.
Challenge Mode: Samantha is wearing an Inhibit Belt.

Mission 3: "Defeat 20 Magma guards!"
Unlocked: Clear Mission 1 with silver-star rank, Clear Mission 2
Character: Sakura
Upgrades Applied: None
On Radio: (Charles) Goodshow
Goodshow uses his anime voice here.
Mission: Defeat all 20 Team Magma guards.
Detail: In this mission, your goal is to defeat all 20 Team Magma guards that appear in this stage for this mission. If you manage to defeat them all before reaching Red Mountain, you clear the mission. You'll have to try again if you reach Red Mountain.
Challenge Mode: The guards increase in strength to be similar to the Red Mountain guards.

Mission 4: "I wonder, what would have happened had those bomb sirens not gone off?"
Unlocked: Clear Mission 1 with gold-star rank, Clear Mission 3
Character: Cissy
Upgrades Applied: None
On Radio: Dr. Eggman
Mission: Defeat Danny.
Detail: For this mission, your goal is to get to where you'd normally fight Danny and then defeat him. You need not worry about the normal objectives, just focus on getting to the ambush point. The regular cutscene will play, followed by the fight. Here, your goal is to defeat Danny. If you can defeat Danny before Danny defeats you, you've cleared the mission.
Challenge Mode: A time limit of 10:00 for the entire stage is in place.

Special Mission: "They won't stop sending Camerupt mechs down from the mountain! Where's that signal coming from?"
Unlocked: From start
Game Pak: Pokémon Ruby (GBA)
Character: Wattson
Upgrades Applied: Chaos Drives
On Radio: Steven
Mission: Find and stop the source of the signal causing the Camerupt Tanks swarm, then destroy all the Camerupt Tanks.
Detail: One of the Team Magma robot models is one that resembles and acts like Camerupt. For some reason, a swarm of them are coming onto the highway from Red Mountain, with seemingly no end in sight. (They come in all three Tiers.) Defeat one, another one appears elsewhere. A signal is causing the mechs to arrive like this, and your goal is to find the source of this signal placed somewhere on one of the stage's side paths. Once you've found the source of the signal, which is a small tower, destroy that tower. Once the tower is destroyed, no more Camerupt Tank will arrive on the stage. From this point, just destroy every Camerupt Tank you see, and if you can do that, you've completed the mission.
Challenge Mode: There are now three towers that must be destroyed in order to stop the Camerupt Tanks, and a time limit of 8:00 is in place to destroy the towers; the timer stops once the towers are destroyed.

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Mission 1: "Make the S rank!"
Unlocked: From start
Character: Choice
Upgrades Applied: None
On Radio: Drake-OI; Prof. Oak (only if playing as Drake-OI)
Mission: Get enough points in this stage to attain at least an S rank.
Detail: In this mission, your goal is to make it through the regular mission while scoring enough points to attain a high rank. In this mission, you get points for defeating enemies and also for completing objectives. Points are displayed where you'd normally find the clock in a timed objective. At the end of the stage, the points you got during the mission, as well as bonus points based on time taken and remaining health, are added up and you'll be given your ranking. If that ranking is at least S, you clear the mission. (Note that Red Mountain has a number puzzle on a side path outside similar to the puzzle in Emerald Coast, and the puzzle is a useful shortcut. Using this puzzle is required to attain the gold-star rank, as even the best possible performance without this shortcut results in a silver-star rank.)
Challenge Mode: You're given the Jenny Mode time limits of 6:00/6:00 to complete the mission. Use the Select button to switch the time display with the points display and vice versa.

Mission 2A: "Let Moltres loose!"
Unlocked: Clear Mission 1
Character: Greta, Wearing Inhibit Belt
Upgrades Applied: Chaos Drives
On Radio: Scott
Mission: Free Moltres from its cage.
Detail: First off, a bit of info about the Inhibit Belt. A character wearing an Inhibit Belt has their gender bonus negated. This means a drop in Power for male characters, a drop in Speed for female characters. For this mission, you'll need to find a Magma Cage that has Moltres inside. Once there, you'll need to defeat the enemies necessary to open the cage. Complicating the task is the fact that the cage that Moltres appears in is random, meaning it could be the first cage you see, or it could be the last cage. Once you've freed Moltres from its cage, you clear the mission.
Challenge Mode: Moltres is in the last possible cage, and a time limit of 5:00 is in place.

Mission 2B: "Let Entei loose!"
Unlocked: Clear Mission 2A
Character: Robert
Upgrades Applied: Chaos Drives
On Radio: Mr. Sukizo
Mission: Free Entei from its cage.
Detail: This mission puts you right into the innards of the volcano, similar to how E-102 Gamma entered the cavern on his quest to destroy E-104 Epsilon. Anyway, for this mission, you'll need to find a Magma Cage that has Entei inside. Once there, you'll then need to defeat the enemies necessary to open the cage. Complicating the task is the fact that the cage Entei appears in is random, meaning it could be the first cage you see, or it could be the last cage along the path. Once you've freed Entei from its cage, you clear the mission.
Challenge Mode: Entei is in the last possible cage, and a time limit of 5:00 is in place.

Mission 3: "Defeat 30 Magma guards!"
Unlocked: Clear Mission 1 with silver-star rank, Clear Mission 2B
Character: Lance
Upgrades Applied: None
On Radio: Prof. Oak
Mission: Defeat 30 Team Magma guards.
Detail: In this mission, your goal is to defeat all 30 Team Magma guards that appear in this stage for this mission. If you manage to defeat them all before reaching the Magma Lab, you clear the mission. You'll have to try again if you reach the Magma Lab.
Challenge Mode: The guards are replaced by Team Magma Grunts from Magma Lab.

Mission 4A: "Find all the Fire Stones on the volcano exterior!"
Unlocked: Clear Mission 1 with gold-star rank, Clear Mission 3
Character: Roxanne
Upgrades Applied: Chaos Drives
On Radio: Steven
Mission: Recover all 30 Fire Stones.
Detail: In this mission, 30 Fire Stones have been hidden among the scenery of Red Mountain's exterior. Your goal is to find and grab all of them. The locations they're in are not obvious--you'll probably have to attack the scenery to dislodge them. Don't bother attacking the enemies, they're holding nothing. And don't bother trying that number-panel shortcut, since panel number 1 is missing in this mission. There are also a few other tweaks to the stage for this mission, some of which will ask for you to try to find another way through or around. Once you've found and grabbed all 30 Fire Stones, you've cleared the mission. Don't bother trying to head into the interior. The door won't open.
Challenge Mode: Roxanne is wearing an Inhibit Belt, and there is now a time limit of 10:00.

Mission 4B: "Of course, there would be Fire Stones on the interior as well..."
Unlocked: Clear Mission 4A
Character: Drew
Upgrades Applied: Chaos Drives
On Radio: (Raoul) Contesta
Mission: Recover all 30 Fire Stones.
Detail: This mission puts you right into the innards of the volcano. There are 30 more Fire Stones hidden in locations that aren't obvious to look in. In addition to the scenery, you may have to look inside such things as flame jets, and there's a chance of one of Eggman's robots holding one! Once you've found and grabbed all 30 Fire Stones, you've cleared the mission.
Challenge Mode: No upgrades are applied, and there is now a time limit of 10:00.

Special Mission: "Oh, no, Sunny's lost! What am I to do?"
Unlocked: From start
Game Pak: Pokémon Ruby (GBA)
Character: Sonrisa
Upgrades Applied: None
On Radio: Shingo
Mission: Find Sonrisa's Sunflora, Sunny. The L button action is disabled.
Detail: Sonrisa's Sunflora, Sunny, has gotten lost in the area of the volcano! Since Sunny is Sonrisa's lone means of Pokémon attack, that leaves Sonrisa with punches and also throwing bottles of confiscated steroids as her only means of attack, you're going to have to find Sunny. Sunny is placed in a random hard-to-find spot and can be in either area of the mountain. Once you've spotted Sunny, walk up to it and you've cleared the mission.
Challenge Mode: A time limit of 11:00 is in place.

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Mission 1: "Make the S rank!"
Unlocked: From start
Character: Choice
Upgrades Applied: None
On Radio: Drake-OI; Prof. Oak (only if playing as Drake-OI)
Mission: Get enough points in this stage to attain at least an S rank.
Detail: In this mission, your goal is to make it through the regular mission while scoring enough points to attain a high rank. In this mission, you get points for defeating enemies and also for completing objectives. Points are displayed where you'd normally find the clock in a timed objective. At the end of the stage, the points you got during the mission, as well as bonus points based on time taken and remaining health, are added up and you'll be given your ranking. If that ranking is at least S, you clear the mission.
Challenge Mode: You're given the Jenny Mode time limit of 10:00 to complete the mission. Use the Select button to switch the time display with the points display and vice versa.

Mission 2: "Don't let Tabitha wake up Groudon!"
Unlocked: Clear Mission 1
Character: Lucian
Upgrades Applied: Tanks
On Radio: Cynthia
Mission: Defeat Tabitha before she reaches Groudon.
Detail: For this mission, your goal is to take out Tabitha, who's wearing an Inhibit Belt. Tabitha is the only enemy in the stage in this mission, so you can concentrate on her and not on others. However, Tabitha is holding the Blue Orb and is headed toward Groudon, meaning you have to stop her before she reaches Groudon. The floor layout of a few rooms is different in this mission, so don't be surprised if you find stuff missing, added, or moved around. One example is the lava pool where you must use poles to vault over it. You must now homing-attack two Hover Houndooms in order to cross it. If Tabitha reaches Groudon, Groudon will awaken and you fail. If you defeat Tabitha, you clear the mission.
Challenge Mode: Tabitha is not wearing an Inhibit Belt.

Mission 3: "Defeat 40 Magma Grunts!"
Unlocked: Clear Mission 1 with silver-star rank, Clear Mission 2
Character: Morrison
Upgrades Applied: None
On Radio: Goodshow
Mission: Defeat 40 Team Magma Grunts.
Detail: In this mission, your goal is to defeat all 40 Team Magma Grunts that appear in this stage. Don't worry about Groudon, the Blue Orb does not appear in this mission. If you manage to defeat them all, you clear the mission. The Tornado 2 does not appear in this mission, meaning it's impossible to get away from the stage.
Challenge Mode: The quota is 80 Team Magma Grunts.

Mission 4: "I wonder, is there a way to dump all this lava back into the volcano core outside?"
Unlocked: Clear Mission 1 with gold-star rank, Clear Mission 3
Character: Flannery
Upgrades Applied: None
On Radio: Steven
Mission: Drain all the lava from the stage.
Detail: For this mission, your goal is to find and use 15 different pumps that bring lava from Red Mountain into the base. Once you find a pump's control panel, use the action button to change the pump's settings. The settings start at "Pump In", and rotate to "Pump Off", "Pump Out", "Pump Off" again, and finally back to "Pump In". To drain the lava, set the pump to "Pump Out", wait for Steven to come in on the hand radio for confirmation about one area of lava being drained, then set it back to "Pump Off". Careful using attacks near them, since the control panels can be destroyed if they take enough damage, and you can fail the mission if a control panel is destroyed. There's also one more note. After draining the lava in a large chamber, that chamber becomes a bottomless pit, so be careful in them. Once you've completely drained the base of lava, you clear the mission. Don't worry about Groudon in this mission--while you can drain the lava around it, it won't wake up without a Blue Orb, of which there is none in this mission.
Challenge Mode: Steven doesn't confirm the lava status until the lava is completely cleared, leaving you to decide on how the pump settings should be cycled.

Special Mission: "Blue Orb race! First to wake Groudon wins!"
Unlocked: From start
Game Pak: Pokémon Ruby (GBA)
Character: Juan.
Upgrades Applied: Materia
On Radio: Maxie
Mission: Wake up Groudon before your opponents do. (Female characters are wearing Inhibit Belts.)
Detail: OK, how is it that we're in a mission that requires waking up Groudon to pass? And how is Maxie your radioman here? Anyway, your goal is to reach Groudon holding the Blue Orb before two randomly-chosen characters (taken from the playable roster) do. There's only one Blue Orb, and Juan always begins with it. Don't try the disposal tactics you're supposed to employ in the main story, they're counterproductive to your mission and, in fact, you'll fail if the Blue Orb can't be reached by anyone. You clear the mission if you manage to get Juan to Groudon's space holding the Blue Orb. If anyone else enters Groudon's space with the Blue Orb, you fail.
Challenge Mode: Inhibit Belt roles reverse. Male characters, including Juan, are wearing them, while female characters are not.