Episode 13 Missions

[Sunflora Azumarill]

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Mission 1: "Make the S rank!"
Unlocked: From start
Character: Choice
Upgrades Applied: Tanks
On Radio: Cynthia; Prof. Oak (only if playing as Cynthia)
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 8:00 to complete the mission. Use the Select button to switch the time display with the points display and vice versa.

Mission 2: "Rescue the Draco remnants from Team Galactic!"
Unlocked: Clear Mission 1
Character: Ritchie
Upgrades Applied: Materia
On Radio: Goodshow
Mission: Rescue all 15 Team Draco guards.
Detail: For this mission, you're rescuing...Team Draco? Oddly enough, you are indeed rescuing Team Draco guards from hordes of Team Galactic enemies, who have retooled the area to be similar to the Mission 5 environment from Sonic Adventure 2 Battle. The 15 guards, 10 women and 5 men, are being held inside Galactic Cages. You'll need to defeat the Team Galactic enemies that correspond to each one to free a Draco guard. You need to open all 15 cages that correspond to the captured guards. If you can do that, you've cleared the mission.
Challenge Mode: A time limit of 8:45 is in place.

Mission 3: "Defeat 100 Galactic guards!"
Unlocked: Clear Mission 1 with silver-star rank, Clear Mission 2
Character: Phoebe
Upgrades Applied: Tanks
On Radio: Steven
Mission: Defeat 100 Team Galactic guards.
Detail: In this mission, your goal is to defeat all 100 Team Galactic guards that appear in this stage for this mission. If you manage to defeat them all, you'll clear the mission. The Timerunner at the end doesn't appear...
Challenge Mode: The guards increase in strength to be similar to the Return to Space Gadget guards.

Mission 4: "How in the world did Hoenn Champion League match tapes find their way here?"
Unlocked: Clear Mission 1 with gold-star rank, Clear Mission 3
Character: Sidney
Upgrades Applied: Materia
On Radio: Steven
Mission: Recover all of the Hoenn Champion League videotapes aboard the ARK.
Detail: For this mission, your goal is to find a bunch of important videotapes hidden aboard the Space Colony ARK. Over the years, many Hoenn Champion League matches have been recorded, and each match is represented on its own videotape. 100 of those tapes have gotten lost here. Sidney, Phoebe, Glacia, and Drake-HE4 each have 17 tapes that correspond to them, while there are 16 tapes each of Steven and Wallace. The videotapes are, for the most part, rather well-hidden, and some may require tricky maneuvers to reach due to being unable to activate the Mystic Melody shrines. One tape even requires you to be upside down upon entering the final area of the stage (you're normally supposed to be right side up) and requires you to take a leap of faith onto the purple block! Once you find all 100 videotapes, you've cleared the mission.
Challenge Mode: A time limit of 9:15 is in place.

Special Mission: "PU! Is that endless Skuntank mechs I smell?"
Unlocked: From start
Game Pak: Pokémon Diamond (DS)
Character: Glacia
Upgrades Applied: Tanks
On Radio: Steven
Mission: Find and stop the source of the signal causing the Skuntank Treaders swarm, then destroy all the Skuntank Treaders.
Detail: One of the Team Galactic robot models is one that resembles and acts like Skuntank. For some reason, a swarm of them are coming aboard ARK from seemingly out of nowhere, with seemingly no end in sight. (They come in all three Tiers.) Defeat one of them, another one appears elsewhere. A signal is causing the Treaders to arrive like this, and your goal is to find the source of this signal placed behind an upper door in a two-door chamber. Once you've found the source of the signal, which is a small tower, destroy the tower. Once the tower is destroyed, no more Skuntank Treaders will arrive on the stage. From this point, just destroy every Skuntank Treader 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 Skuntank Treaders, the two others also in hard-to-reach positions, and a time limit of 11:00 is in place to destroy the towers; the timer will stop once the towers are destroyed.

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Mission 1: "Make the S rank!"
Unlocked: From start
Character: Choice
Upgrades Applied: Tanks
On Radio: Cynthia; Dr. Eggman/Prof. Oak (only if playing as Cynthia)
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 7:00 to complete the mission. Use the Select button to switch the time display with the points display and vice versa.

Mission 2: "Reach red and blue before the song ends!"
Unlocked: Clear Mission 1
Character: Mira
Upgrades Applied: Tanks
On Radio: Prof. Oak
Mission: Make it to the red line and to the blue line before the background song finishes playing.
Detail: This mission has the stage retooled to be similar to the Expert Mode environment from Shadow the Hedgehog. When music plays in this stage, this mission has a different song playing, in this case, it's the full version of "Mezase Pokémon Master" (2001 version), the fourth Japanese opening theme of the Pokémon anime. The song runs 4:08, which means your time limit is 4:08. There's a green line at the path split, a red line on the Dark path, and a blue line on the Hero path. No music will play and no time will go off the clock, however, until you reach the green line. At this point, a defensive wall will block off the Hero path, meaning you have to take the Dark path, and the music will begin. Reaching the red line will pause the song and stop the clock. Finish on the Dark path, then ride the Spacerider back to the path split. Cross the green line again, the song will resume from where it left off, and the defensive wall will now block the Dark path, allowing you to go onto the Hero path. You're now looking for the blue line. You clear the mission upon crossing it. You fail the mission if the song ends and the time runs out before reaching the blue line.
Challenge Mode: The song is now "Smile", the 15th Japanese ending theme of the Pokémon anime, which runs 4:57. Mira is wearing an Inhibit Belt.

Mission 3: "Defeat 125 Galactic guards!"
Unlocked: Clear Mission 1 with silver-star rank, Clear Mission 2
Character: Drake-HE4
Upgrades Applied: Tanks
On Radio: Steven
Mission: Defeat 125 Team Galactic guards.
Detail: In this mission, your goal is to defeat all 125 Team Galactic guards that appear in this stage for this mission. If you manage to defeat them all before entering the Galactic Base, you'll clear the mission. You'll have to try again if you enter the Galactic Base.
Challenge Mode: The guards are replaced by Team Galactic Grunts from Galactic Base Main Objective.

Mission 4: "I could swear those Shiny Stones weren't there 45 years earlier..."
Unlocked: Clear Mission 1 with gold-star rank, Clear Mission 3
Character: Wallace
Upgrades Applied: Tanks
On Radio: Steven
Mission: Recover all 100 Shiny Stones.
Detail: Don't take the mission title too seriously, since not all of the Shiny Stones in this mission are placed in the Future. 10 of them are in the two parts of the Spacerider maze on the Present side of things. All told, there are 100 Shiny Stones to find in this stage for the mission. Many of them are not obviously found, but you'll have to find them. Once you've recovered all 100 Shiny Stones, you've cleared the mission.
Challenge Mode: A time limit of 7:30 is in place.

Special Mission: "Why me? I'm a league champion, I should know how to keep track of my Pokémon!"
Unlocked: From start
Game Pak: Pokémon Pearl (DS)
Character: Cynthia
Upgrades Applied: Tanks
On Radio: Prof. Oak
Mission: Find Gastrodon and Lucario. L and R button actions are disabled.
Detail: Cynthia is in a bind. Both her Gastrodon and her Lucario have gone missing aboard the ARK, and it's your job to find them using punches as your only means of attack. Not an easy task since Team Galactic's here and one Pokémon's placed on each of the paths! Once you've found one of the Pokémon, walk up to it to claim it. Once you've rescued both Gastrodon and Lucario, you've cleared the mission.
Challenge Mode: A time limit of 10:00 is in place.

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Mission 1: "Make the S rank!"
Unlocked: From start
Character: Choice
Upgrades Applied: Tanks
On Radio: Cynthia; Prof. Oak/Aeris-FF7/Zero (only if playing as Cynthia)
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 a time limit of 14:45 to complete the mission. Use the Select button to switch the time display with the points display and vice versa.

Mission 2: "Capture a majority of the flags before Cissy can!"
Unlocked: Clear Mission 1
Character: Danny, Wearing Inhibit Belt
Upgrades Applied: Tanks
On Radio: Drake-OI (as your actual guide), Cissy (so you can hear what's going on on her end)
Mission: Capture at least 9 of the 17 flags before Cissy captures 9.
Detail: This mission puts you right into the middle of a catfight between Cissy and Danny. Both are wearing Inhibit Belts. You're put into Danny's shoes. For this mission, your goal is to seize at least 9 flags placed throughout the different times before Cissy can seize 9 herself. Some of the paths in this stage have been retooled; there is at least one retooled path in each of the five timeframes. Cissy is rather aggressive, since she won't hesitate to attack you if she sees you. The voice on the radio will tell you when Cissy seizes a flag, so you'll have a clue on how well you're doing. If Cissy gets her ninth flag, you fail the mission. Once you've grabbed your ninth flag, you clear the mission.
Challenge Mode: Cissy and Danny no longer wear Inhibit Belts.

Mission 3: "Defeat 150 Galactic Grunts!"
Unlocked: Clear Mission 1 with silver-star rank, Clear Mission 2
Character: Lorelei
Upgrades Applied: Tanks
On Radio: Gary
Mission: Defeat 150 Team Galactic Grunts.
Detail: In this mission, your goal is to defeat all 150 Team Galactic Grunts that appear in this stage. If you manage to defeat them all before reaching Cyrus's room, you clear the mission. You'll have to try again if you reach Cyrus's room.
Challenge Mode: The quota is 300 Team Galactic Grunts.

Mission 4: "Figure out the password, then enter it into the right terminal!"
Unlocked: From start
Character: Lunick
Upgrades Applied: None
On Radio: Prof. Hastings
Mission: Figure out the password, then enter it into the right terminal.
Detail: There are no enemies in the stage for this mission. You'll start the stage with all four binders from Draco Spacelab Area 2's in-game normal mode mission in your possession, as these are the keys to completing the mission. There are Floating TVs everywhere in this stage, some of them are clues on how to find the password and terminal. As it turns out, the password is available near the top of the same page in all four binders, and the right terminal bears the same number as the pages. As it turns out, the first full sentence on page 13 in all four binders begins as follows: "According to ih8shipping from the Pulseman Nintendo WFC Community,". To enter a password into a terminal, use the action button to go into a password entry mode. Here's how the password entry mode works on each setup:

DS: The password will appear on the top screen. An on-screen keyboard will appear on the bottom. Enter the characters using the stylus, then tap "Submit" to enter the password. "Backspace" will clear characters in case you make a mistake.
Wii, Controller: The password will appear on the top half of the screen. The bottom half is the on-screen keyboard. Use the Left Analog Stick (Classic) or Control Stick (Gamecube) to move the cursor and press A to enter the character. Press Start to submit, or B to clear a character if make a mistake.
Wii, Wii-mote: The password appears the same as the other control schemes, except this time you use the Wii-mote to move the cursor and + (Plus) to submit the password.

Here's the entry that you'll need to clear the mission and unlock the special character: You need to enter "ih8shipping", case sensitive, into terminal 13. Terminal 13 is found in the Future, so you'll need to take at least one Timerunner ride there. Once you've entered the password correctly and into the right terminal, the mission is clear.
Challenge Mode: You now need to enter three passwords into three terminals in sequential order. The clues for the first one are the same as before, leading to "ih8shipping" in terminal 13. Some of the clues also apply to the second password. Advertisements for a location called "Mendel Palace" appear on page 26 in all four binders; entering "Mendel Palace" into terminal 26 (located in the Past) is the answer. However, no clues exist for the third password. The last word on the last page, page 40, in all four binders happens to be some scrambled combination of "Sunflorazumarill"; entering "Sunflorazumarill" into terminal 40 (located in the Far Past) is the answer. However, you fail if you enter a correct password out of order.

Special Mission: "Who put these bombs in my base?! Defuse them all before they blow up!"
Unlocked: From start
Game Pak: Pokémon Diamond (DS) or Pokémon Pearl (DS)
Character: Agatha
Upgrades Applied: Materia
On Radio: Cyrus
Mission: Defuse all bombs within 30:00.
Detail: In this mission, Cyrus has put you in charge of defusing a bunch of active bombs that have been placed all over the base. There are 30 of them in each of the five timeframes, making 150 in all. Additionally, the timers on the bombs are set to blow up in 30 minutes, so you'd better get moving! Some of the bomb locations are obvious, but others might not jump right out at you. When you find a bomb, you're going to have to play a button-jamming minigame (initiated with the X button) in order to defuse it. You'll have to jam both the X and Y buttons as fast as possible until the fuses come out. Once the fuses are out, you've successfully defused the bomb. Once you've defused all 150 bombs, you've cleared the mission. You'll fail the mission if time runs out.
Challenge Mode: The time limit is reduced to 22:30.

[Sunflora Azumarill]

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Mission 1: "Make the S rank!"
Unlocked: From start
Character: Choice
Upgrades Applied: Tanks
On Radio: Cynthia; Prof. Oak/Aeris-FF7/Zero (only if playing as Cynthia)
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 Cyrus and 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 a time limit of 7:15 to complete the mission. Use the Select button to switch the time display with the points display and vice versa.

Mission 2: "Arceus is about to escape! Don't let Cyrus get to it!"
Unlocked: Clear Mission 1
Character: Samantha
Upgrades Applied: Tanks
On Radio: Trixie
Mission: Make sure Arceus is still intact at the end of 2:30.
Detail: This mission will put you right into Cyrus's room. The Timerunner's gone in this stage, but Cyrus is here, and also is Arceus. For this mission, your goal is to make sure the clock runs out and Arceus is still intact at that point. Cyrus will mainly go for Arceus when using his attacks, so be prepared to play the defensive. Samantha has base 5 Defense (becomes 17.5 with the Defense Tank) and base 6 Speed (becomes 31.5 with the gender bonus and the Speed Tank), which makes her both tanky and mobile, which means you should play the defensive during this mission (especially since Samantha's base Power, 1, only equates to 3.5 once the Power Tank is in play). Try to get between Cyrus and Arceus and, if possible, use the ribbon defense. If Arceus is defeated before time runs out, you fail the mission. If time runs out and Arceus is still intact, you clear the mission.
Challenge Mode: Arceus is now holding a Fist Plate, meaning Cyrus's Power Slicer and Space Cannon attacks do more damage to it, while his Target Blast and Darkness Bind attack does less damage to it. Damage from the Energy Sphere and Laser Impact is unchanged. Cyrus will use Power Slicer and Space Cannon more in the challenge mode.

Mission 3: "Protect the minor troops from Cyrus's strikes!"
Unlocked: Clear Mission 1 with silver-star rank, Clear Mission 2
Character: Bruno, Wearing Inhibit Belt
Upgrades Applied: Tanks
On Radio: Gary
Mission: Protect all of the guards and the GUN Hunter for 1:00.
Detail: It appears Cyrus is looking to try to wipe most of the other evil organizations off the map, and even take out GUN in the process! His plan is to wipe out a small combined group of each group's most common troops, the standards for each of the mandatory defeat/destroy objectives for most storyline stages (only Draco Spacelab Area 5, Galactic Base Final Arena, and the first stages of episodes 3, 4, 10, 11, and 12 do not have objectives that call for defeating or destroying standard enemies), then destroy the organizations in a mass strike. The small group consists of: a female Team Magma guard from Red Mountain, a male Team Aqua guard from Emerald Coast, a male Team Flora guard that would have been based at Green Hill had they appeared there, a GUN Hunter robot that would have been based on Route 99 had they appeared there, a female Team Rocket guard from Grand Metropolis, a male Team Plasma guard from Capital City, a female Team Cipher guard from Valley of Light, a female Turk Amateur from Midgar City, a Team Snagem guard (obviously male) with the stats of a Miror B. Peon from Lost Desert, a female Team Draco guard that would have appeared at Space Colony ARK had they appeared there, and a female Go-Rock Squad guard that would have appeared on Capital Highway had they appeared there. These 11 poor unfortunate souls need protecting despite the smackdowns you've given their organizations in the past! You have 60 seconds to make sure all 11 of the guards survive, and yes, even the GUN Hunter is included in this count. If even one of the guards drops to 0 HP, you fail the mission. If all 11 guards are still alive when time runs out, Cyrus will give up and you've cleared the mission.
Challenge Mode: The time limit is increased to 1:30.

Mission 4: "It's a Galactic Storm! 16 waves, 15 alignments, 3000 enemies in total, defeat them all!"
Unlocked: Clear Mission 1 with gold-star rank, Clear Mission 3
Character: Brandon
Upgrades Applied: Tanks
On Radio: Scott
Mission: Defeat 3000 enemies over the course of 16 waves.
Detail: If you know the setup of Robot Carnival or Robot Storm from Sonic Heroes, this mission is fairly similar, except for the fact that there's a lot more foes. Every single regular foe in the game is associated with this swarm. Magma, Aqua, Flora, GUN, Rocket, Plasma, Cipher, Turks, Snagem, Draco, Go-Rock, Wily, Sigma, Galactic, and even Dr. Eggman are all represented! There are an average of around 187 or 188 enemies per wave, with earlier waves tending to have less than that number and later waves tending to have more. There are 16 waves in total, and a grand total of 3000 enemies you must defeat. As if that weren't enough, the stage's setup has also been retooled with a more complex multi-platform setup with battles taking place on these multiple platforms, similar to the Robot Storm from Sonic Heroes (unlike the single-setting setup used for Mission 4 at Draco Spacelab Area 5, which makes that mission similar to the Robot Carnival from Sonic Heroes). If you can take down all 3000 enemies within the same life, then you've cleared the mission.
Challenge Mode: The total enemy count increases to 4500, the number of waves increases to 20, and a 22:30 time limit is in place.
Special Note: The stage's background music for this mission is the Boss 3 theme from Sonic Heroes.

Special Mission: "Oh, shoot! It's up to me to defeat every single kingpin?"
Unlocked: From start
Game Pak: Pokémon Diamond (DS) or Pokémon Pearl (DS)
Character: Paul
Upgrades Applied: Tanks
On Radio: Goodshow
Mission: Defeat all of the bosses in a row.
Detail: This mission is no easy task. Simply put, you're going to have to defeat Maxie, Archie, Farlie, Tyson-TR, Plasmae, Greevil, Gonzap, Dralene, Gordor, and Cyrus within the space of just two lives. And I say two lives since you're given a Max Revive in your inventory when you drop into the battle--without it, you'd basically have just one life like you normally do in any single-player gameplay. You begin with the boost of 10 X Defense, but even that's not enough to soften the blows from later bosses. Once you've defeated one boss, the next one drops in. No Timerunners are present until they drop in along with Cyrus. Also, to replicate each battle the way they were fought before, the arena changes to match the basic layout of where you fought that boss and changes with a white flash after each defeat. Here's a list of the bosses and their arenas:

Maxie: The arena changes to a large lava pool with a large ring arena in the middle of it for the Battle with the Magma Blazer. Just remember to move when the fiery fists come crashing down and attack before Maxie unleashes flames upon you. Since you have the Tanks, the boss should go down very quickly.

Archie: The arena changes to a large whirlpool with a raised arena circling the perimeter of the pool. The Aqua Blaster sits in the middle of the pool. Keep in between the hydro cannon blasts and homing attack the ice blocks when the time comes to reach Archie. This battle should be MUCH easier than the first time.

Farlie: The arena changes to a large, square arena with two raised platforms. Despite the glass-and-steel composition of the floor, the Flora Garden's vines still burrow through it quite easily. Cut the vines supporting the Garden with ranged attacks and when the flower opens up, go in for some extreme damage. When Farlie pumps acid into the arena, get onto one of the raised platforms to avoid it. I don't think this battle will be hard.

Tyson: The arena changes to a more narrow arena with two large glass walls at the left and right sides. When the Rocket Fearow starts firing its chaingun, that's the time no homing attack the thingypit for some damage. Be prepared to dodge the bombs and also its lasers. You should keep your health intact for the next battles.

Plasmae: The arena changes to a large square arena, except with no raised platforms. There happen to be two Battle Cubes here to use on the Plasma Energycraft if necessary. When Plasmae fires a barrage of proton missiles or an energy star, run to avoid the missiles or energy rain. Remember that you have to aim for the hover plates to inflict damage and be ready to dodge the huge ion cannon later on. This battle is a little harder than the last four.

Greevil: The arena changes to ANOTHER square-shaped arena, but this time, there's a sloped structure in the middle. As the XD001 Carrier flies around the area, dodge its attacks by running and jump onto the rail on its tail and then run across its back to reach the thingypit and inflict some damage. During the second half of the battle, you have to jump onto the rail when the airship comes lower.

Gonzap: The arena changes to a smaller square-shaped arena, and you'll now have to take on the Skarmory Electromagnet Jet. It's at this point that the battles become quite difficult. When Gonzap swoops down at you, get out of the way, dodge the consecutive beak slam, then attack the thingypit for all you can. Remember to dodge the homing bombs and magnetic cyclones the Jet spits at you later on, as the cyclones can send you off the platform.

Dralene: After the flash, you'll see the seven Chaos Emeralds surround Paul, then turn him super for the next battle, which takes place out in space above the Galactic Base. This setting means that Dralene in the Rayquaza Paladin is next. Pull off all the same tactics that you did in the first battle, but dodge the attacks as much as you can, as you'll need the health for the last two battles. When Dralene is defeated, you will detach from the Emeralds and end up back in the main arena.

Gordor: After you reenter the main arena, you’ll come to another square-shaped arena and this time you’ll see the Go-Rock Cerberus jump into the arena. The same tactics as before apply, and then means you have to homing attack the back of the Cerberus using the panels there to reach the top of it and damage Gordor from on top. You’ll have to watch out for the flame breath and shockwave attacks he sends at you as well and the constant jumping and running. Later on, you need to be set to dodge his Thunder Rush attack.

Cyrus: Once Godor has fallen, the arena will change to that of when you fought Cyrus in the Present. Timerunners will come down at this point, which means you’ll be battling in different time periods once more. Use the Timerunners to keep us with Cyrus when he warps to another time period and be prepared for all of his attacks. Remember that with all the different setups in each time period, you have to use different tactics to reach and damage Cyrus. You must also be prepared for his final attack. Once you've defeated Cyrus, you've won the battle.
Challenge Mode: You are not given a Max Revive, thus truly requiring just one life to defeat everyone.