Episode 7: Kiyosara

[Sunflora Azumarill]

KIYOSARA
Description: "A gigantic high-tech city widely known as the Flashing Metropolis. In addition to its advanced nature, the place is also known for its enormous population and interesting culture."

Music Notes: An original day-based Tokyo-based track plays throughout the hub during the daytime. An original night-based Tokyo-based track plays throughout the hub during the nighttime.

Welcome to Kiyosara, a center for anything high-tech you can find and also large amounts of anime-like culture! Note that you start inside the Highwind when you go to another location, so you need to head out to check out the hub. The Highwind always stays in the air, so you need to use a rope ladder to board it when you need to use it for any reason. Anyway, onto the hub itself. Kiyosara is an amazing location as it's on par with LaRousse City, but in addition to being a flashy high-tech city, it also has a lot of Japanese culture within it (Tokyo is the basis for this location). Now this happens to be a pretty big hub about as big as the ones in Aquamuda and San Diales. The streets happen to divide the area into equal-size squares, making the city a colossal grid (which is the gimmick with the city), so to make navigation through the hub easier, we'll break it up into squares in a 5 x 10 grid. The most northwestern square in the grid is A1 and the most southeastern square is J5, and that's how it will work. Since you most likely came here while it was day, it should be nighttime in the city, but we'll try to describe the city form both time periods. There is a huge number of floating TV's that describe various locations found in the hub. Another note with Kiyosara in general is the deal with video games, anime, and other such things having to have had some sort of American release to be depicted in certain places in Pokémon Peace Squad 2 (such as the Cipher Hotel). However, in Kiyosara (but Kiyosara only), those rules are lifted, as it would be weird for such games to not be referenced in a place that's based off of Japan. In other words, music-oriented and/or rhythm games that haven't had an American release can be brought up here. Well, enough with some of the certain things about this hub, as we should finally get to what can be found in this hub.

A3 Block: This is where the Highwind is located and already has a large number of people to talk to (a lot of people in this hub may resemble various anime characters to a degree). Also note that any cars on the streets will stop if you're in the way much like in the San Diales hub. Near where the Highwind is is a teenage girl in a schoolgirl outfit (Kaori) that asks you what the airship she's looking at is. On the left side of the street is an arcade advertising a dance rhythm game knockoff called IdolForce Five (it happens to be a parody of The iDolm@ster series). You can go inside to find a younger girl (Yeyko) who wants to play that particular game. You can check behind one of the IdolForce Five machines to find a 500p item. The right side of the street has a teenage girl with glasses (Emeka) who wants to get the newest NT7-Phone since she thinks it won't be affected by the interference the Global Phone Network is currently having with the Kiyosara area. There's also a shuttle bus stop that has a digital map of the hub as well as a guy (Kyinto) that is waiting around for a bus to arrive.

A4 Block: On the southern side of the A4 Block is a woman (Atena) who's selling various fruits. On the eastern side of the block is an idol agency whose manager (simply referred to as Manager) is looking for new female talent. If you're playing as a female character whose listed age is between 12 and 20, he'll ask you if you'll perform a song for him. If you select "I can give it a shot when I have the time.", he will give you Music CD ##, asking you to listen to it before coming back.

B2 Block: At the corner of the B3 block is a woman (Hualin) from Chun-Nan who explains that her home village was recently attacked by a group called Team Rocket that took the Phantom Plate from the shrine in her village. Along the eastern side of the block is a CD shop called Okama Music that you should check out. Inside is a man (Ratuo) who is thinking about buying his daughter an IdolForce 5 CD for her upcoming birthday. You can go up to the young woman (Mikea) at the counter and buy various Music CD's from her. Here's the list:

Okama Music
Music CD ##: 1000p
Music CD ##: 900p
Music CD ##: 1300p
Music CD ##: 700p
Music CD ##: 1200p
Music CD ##: 900p
Music CD ##: 1100p
Music CD ##: 800p
Music CD ##: 1000p
Music CD ##: 800p

C5 Block: At the corner of the C4 block is a British-Japanese blonde girl in twintails and wearing a schoolgirl outfit (Eire) that brings up that her mom's from Kiyosara and that her dad's from Spagonia. She'll bring up that her dad's on business back there and if you've seen him. If you've talked to a man named Riccio when you went to the Spagonia Majestic, you'll be given the option to say "Yes, I have" or "I haven't seen him". Select the first option and Eire will give you a Secret Item.

D4 Block: Along the southern side of this block happens to be a trio of girls (Aoi, Renma, Saya) in green, red, and blue kimonos that explain that they're going to go celebrate the Star Festival soon. At the corner of the D4 block is a teenage girl (Sakuya) wearing a large cosplay outfit that happens to look like Sunflorazumarill. She will explain that she saw a weird Pokémon one day and just had to cosplay as it. On the eastern side of the block is the Kiyosara Hot Dog Vendor.

E1 Block: It's a good idea to come here because on the western side of the block happens to be a young woman that we've seen before, Paris (who was in the Episode "Arriving In Style"; she uses her voice from the anime) and her Lopunny. Instead of her normal outfit, Paris is dressed in a flower-print kimono and Lopunny is wearing a kimono resembling a Froslass. Paris explains that when it comes to being a Pokémon Stylist, she's decided to go into making clothes for both humans and Pokémon and has started something called her World Exhibition Tour. She's decided to start with Kiyosara due to the Star Festival that's supposed to be going on. Anyway, from this point, you can start doing the Paris's Exhibition Missions if you please. Just note you need to clear the Neon Metropolis stage first.

F3 Block: Along the eastern side of this block happens to be two restaurants, the first a sushi bar called Tetsuo's Sushi and the second called Kaneda's Noodles. If you go inside Tetsuo's Sushi, you'll find Tetsuo at the front counter and he'll explain that Kaneda is his older brother and that the two of them were going to open one single restaurant together, but clashed over what the main dishes would be. Because of the conflict, they just each opened their own separate restaurants. If you go into Kaneda's Noodles, you'll find Kaneda at the front counter, who will describe a similar story. Here's the list of what you can get at both places:

Tetsuo's Sushi
Kappa: 100p
Tamago: 300p
Ikura: 500p
Tekka: 400p
Ebi: 350p
Magura: 300p
Uni: 500p
Sashami: 200p
Wasabi: 50p
Soy Sauce: 50p

Kaneda's Noodles
Ramen Noodles: 300p
Curry Noodles: 250p
Banzai Noodles: 450p
Spicy Noodles: 200p
Steamy Noodles: 250p
Light Noodles: 150p
Stringy Noodles: 250p
Fire Noodles: 300p
X-Thick Noodles: 400p
Noodle Soup: 200p

G2 Block: On the northern side of this block happens to be the hub's Pokémon Center. If you haven't tried to do so already after arriving here, you'll discover that you can't call anyone from any videophone in the hub (not even the one that's aboard the Highwind) due to a bug in the Kiyosara database for the Global Phone Network. You can still have your Pokémon healed and rent a room, though.

G3 Block: On the western side of this block happens to be the Dance Arcade, which contains a lot of dance and rhythm-themed games inside, including IdolForce Five and another one called Dream Rhythm. On the outside of the arcade is a DDR-like machine with a large TV displaying the game high above the arcade. At night, there is usually a boy (Hayate) and a girl (Ayumu) that are playing the game together.

G4 Block: When it comes to accessories and souvenirs from Kiyosara, check out the eastern side of this block for a shop called the Shrine Boutique. Inside, you'll find a teal-haired girl (Saniya) in a green-and-indigo shrine maiden outfit that runs the place (for the record, Saniya looks a bit similar to a character that originates from a well known "danmaku" game series in Japan). She explains hat she's not an actual shrine maiden, just dresses as one to go with the gimmick of her shop. Here's what you can get here:

Shrine Boutique
Photo Frame (Kiyosara): 500p
Miniature Flag (Kiyosara): 500p
Miko Ribbon: 200p
Detached Sleeves: 600p
Shrine Skirt: 800p
Priestess Stick: 400p
Gohei Sheet: 400p
Spirit Whistle: 600p
Seal Card: 200p
Paper Lantern: 400p*

G5 Block: On the northern side of this block happens to be a maid café called Starry Nights. Right outside the place happens to be a teenage girl with long navy-colored hair and a medium-size deep-pink ribbon in her hair named Sayuri, clad in a maid waitress uniform and all. Sayuri explains that she plans on heading to Aquamuda to help at a new restaurant there, but wishes that she had someone to go with. After you've defeated Annie & Oakley, Sayuri will have left here for Aquamuda. You should note that you're unable to head inside the Starry Nights café itself.

H1 Block: On the southern side of this block happens to be another restaurant, but larger than the previous two, called Ukondo's Steakhouse. You're able to go inside, which has nice Japanese décor and a number of people at several of the tables. Each table also has a flat grill for stylized ways of cooking food right in front of you, and some of the tables already have chefs at work at said food preparation. If you head to the main food area in the back, you'll find the restaurant’s best chef (Toyato), who'll whip you up with whatever food is on the menu to go. Here's the list of what you can get at Ukondo's Steakhouse:

Ukondo's Steakhouse
Teriyaki Steak: 500p
Blowfish Special: 450p
Smoked Eel: 400p
Marinated Shrimp: 350p
Calamari: 300p
Ginger Salad: 250p
Miso Soup: 200p
Tasty Seaweed: 200p
Onigiri: 250p
Green Tea: 150p

H2 Block: In the open area on the northern side if this block happens to be the hub's Upgrade Shop. At this point, you'll now be able to purchase all eight programs. Here's a list of what you'll now be able to buy at any Upgrade Shop:

Upgrade Shop
Green Chaos Drive: 200p; increases user's jump height/distance slightly (this includes Liza's R button superjump). When all 16 are bought, total boost is by 1.5x normal value (up to 16 can be bought).
Red Chaos Drive: 200p; increases user's speed slightly. When all 16 are bought, total boost is by 1.5x normal value (up to 16 can be bought).
Purple Chaos Drive: 200p; increases user's attack power slightly. When all 16 are bought, total boost is by 1.5x normal value (up to 16 can be bought).
Blue Chaos Drive: 200p; increases user's total HP slightly. When all 16 are bought, user's total HP is doubled (up to 16 can be bought).
Yellow Chaos Drive: 200p; increases user's defense slightly. When all 16 are bought, total boost is by 1.5x normal value (up to 16 can be bought).
Red Program: 1500p; increases the amount of damage you do to enemies while homing attacking by 10%.
Orange Program: 1500p; increases the amount of damage you do to enemies with combinations by 10%.
Yellow Program: 1500p; increases the amount of damage you do to enemies with slide attacks by 10%.
Green Program: 1500p; increases the amount of damage you do to enemies while in Mach Speed Mode by 10%.
Teal Program: 1500p; reduces damage and speed loss done to you from any ranged attacks by 10%.
Blue Program: 1500p; increases the amount of damage you do to enemies while hydroplaning (skating along water) by 10%.
Indigo Program: 1500p; reduces damage and speed loss done to you while in Mach Speed Mode by 10%.
Violet Program: 1500p; increases the amount of damage you do to enemies with basic punches by 10%.
In addition to this, any character-exclusive items belonging to any character you've unlocked so far are also available.

I1 Block: On the western side of this block happens to be the hub's Poké Mart. Here's the inventory for this particular Poké Mart:

Poké Mart
Potion: 100p**
Super Potion: 250p**
Burn Heal: 150p*
Antidote: 150p*
Chesto/Persim Juice: 150p*
Eye Coffee: 150p*
X Health: 200p
X Attack: 200p
X Defend: 200p
X Speed: 200p
X Jump: 200p
Foresight Scope: 300p**
Hindsight Scope: 300p**
Gravity Scope: 300p**
H2-SO4 Scope: 300p**
Miracle-Eye Scope: 300p**
Reverse-Lightningrod Scope: 300p**
White Herb: 500p**
*-Stored in your inventory until either selected or status condition that the item cures afflicts the chosen character (in which case it's used automatically).
**-Stored in your inventory until selected.

J5 Block: The entire space for this block is taken up by a large Shinto-style shrine and the gardens around it. At the entrance to this area is a violet-haired girl wearing a typical-colored shrine maiden outfit named Remaya (she looks a little similar to another character that originates from the same "danmaku" game series as Saniya's basis, although Remaya resembles one of the main characters). Remaya explains that this place is an Alpha Gate and one of the few historical places in the city. She also adds on that she's the miko (shrine maiden) for the shrine and is also a Gate Guardian (which in this case is a bit surprising, as all the other Gate Guardians that we've seen like Mambano, Olaf, Gwek, and Otto and others such as Gregorios and Zonshen have been middle-aged or old men, but this one is not only female, but only in her mid teens). Back to business. Remaya goes on to explain that a group of people in yellow outfits came and attacked the shrine, broke into it, and stole a relic called the Thunder Plate. She tried to fight them off but one fired an electric gun at her and she still needs to recover from getting zapped. Anyway, go up the large set of stairs the shrine is on top of to enter the Alpha Gate.

Vending Machines: Kiyosara is one of the few hubs to contain vending machines. These ones tend to be strewn about the entire hub, so finding each is difficult. Here's a list of the vending machines in the hub and where they are:

Vending Machines
Pika Cola: 100p; equivalent of Potion (two located along the western side of the A1 Block, three located along the southern side of the D3 Block, and one located on the southern side of the J2 Block)
Mudkip Fruit Juice: 200p; Defense +3 (two located along the western side of the A1 Block to the left of the Pika Cola machines, one located in between Tetsuo's Sushi and Kaneda's Noodles, two located on the eastern side of the C5 Block)
Treecko Punch: 200p; Speed +3 (two are located along the southeastern corner of the E5 Block, one located along the northern side of the G1 Block, two located on the western side of the J4 Block)
Torchic Energy Drink: 200p; Attack +3 (two located on the northern side of the B2 Block, one located on the northeastern corner of the F4 Block, two located on the left side of the Dance Arcade entrance)
Chaos Soda: 250p; Attack +3, Defense +3, Speed +3, lasts 30 seconds (two located on the southwestern corner of the B5 Block, three located on the northern side of the H1 Block)
Potato Chips: 150p; Defense +2, Speed +3, Attack –2 (two located along the western side of the C4 Block, one located next to the Kiyosara Hot Dog Vendor, one located to the left of the I2 electronics store)
Salad Pack: 250p; Attack +3, Speed +2, Defense –2 (two located along the eastern side of the B3 Block, two located on the left side of the Pokémon Center)
Azumarill Snow Cone: 150p; Defense +3, Speed +3, -10 HP (one located along the northwestern corner of the D3 Block, two located on the southern side of the G5 Block, two located on the southwestern corner of the J1 Block)
Sunflora Fruit Bar: 150p; Attack +3, Speed +3, -10 HP (one located on the northwestern corner of the D3 Block, two located on the western side of the B1 Block, two located along the northern side of the H4 Block)
Rustboro Root Beer: 200p; Attack +2, Defense +3, Speed –2 (one located along the southern side of the A5 Block, one located on the southeastern corner of the D2 Block, two located on the western side of the G4 block)
Hartache Cola: 200p; Attack +2, Defense +3, Speed –2 (two located on the northern side of the B2 Block, one located on the eastern side of the F1 Block, three located on the eastern side of the J4 Block)
Limonada Shake: Effects Varies (three located along the southern side of the A4 Block, two located on the northwestern corner of the E2 Block, three located on the northern side of the H3 Block)

Here's a list of what each Limonada Shake machine has to offer:

>> A4 Block machine (left)
Limonada Shake: 200p; Power +1, Speed +1, Defense +1;
Tangy Fruit Shake: 150p; Speed +2, Defense +1
Tropica Shake: 250p; Power +2, Speed +1
Hard Fruit Shake: 200p; Power +1, Defense +2
Plant Shake: 150p; Power +2, Speed +3, Defense -2
Ice Shake: 150p; Power –2, Speed +2, Defense +3
Lemon Shake: 100p; Health +1, Jump +1
Sitrus Shake: 200p; Health +3, Power +2, Defense -2
>> A4 Block machine (middle)
Limonada Shake: 200p; Power +1, Speed +1, Defense +1
Tangy Fruit Shake: 150p; Speed +2, Defense +1
Tropica Shake: 250p; Power +2, Speed +1
Hard Fruit Shake: 200p; Power +1, Defense +2
Shock Shake: 150p; Power +3, Speed –2, Defense +2
Fire Shake: 150p; Power +2, Defense +2, Speed +2, -10 HP
Lime Shake: 100p; Health +2
Pamtre Shake: 200p; Defense +3 +2, Jump -2
>> A4 Block machine (right)
Limonada Shake: 200p; Power +1, Speed +1, Defense +1
Tangy Fruit Shake: 150p; Speed +2, Defense +1
Tropica Shake: 250p; Power +2, Speed +1
Hard Fruit Shake: 200p; Power +1, Defense +2
Ice Shake: 150p; Power –2, Speed +2, Defense +3
Fire Shake: 150p; Power +2, Defense +2, Speed +2, -10 HP
Strawberry Shake: 100p; Jump +2
Pecha Shake: 200p; Speed +3, Jump +2, Health -2
>> E2 Block machine (left)
Limonada Shake: 200p; Power +1, Speed +1, Defense +1
Tangy Fruit Shake: 150p; Speed +2, Defense +1
Tropica Shake: 250p; Power +2, Speed +1
Hard Fruit Shake: 200p; Power +1, Defense +2
Plant Shake: 150p; Power +2, Speed +3, Defense -2
Fire Shake: 150p; Power +2, Defense +2, Speed +2, -10 HP
Orange Shake: 100p; Health +3, Jump -2
Aspear Shake: 200p; Jump +3, Health +2, Power -2
>> E2 Block machine (right)
Limonada Shake: 200p; Power +1, Speed +1, Defense +1
Tangy Fruit Shake: 150p; Speed +2, Defense +1
Tropica Shake: 250p; Power +2, Speed +1
Hard Fruit Shake: 200p; Power +1, Defense +2
Ice Shake: 150p; Power –2, Speed +2, Defense +3
Shock Shake: 150p; Power +3, Speed –2, Defense +2
Watermelon Shake: 100p; Jump +3, Health -2
Salac Shake: 200p; Health +2, Jump +2, Power +1, Speed +1, Defense+1, -20 HP
>> H3 Block machine (left)
Limonada Shake: 200p; Power +1, Speed +1, Defense +1
Tangy Fruit Shake: 150p; Speed +2, Defense +1
Tropica Shake: 250p; Power +2, Speed +1
Hard Fruit Shake: 200p; Power +1, Defense +2
Plant Shake: 150p; Power +2, Speed +3, Defense -2
Shock Shake: 150p; Power +3, Speed –2, Defense +2
Banana Shake: 100p; Health +2, Jump +2, Power -1, Speed -1, Defense -1
Iapapa Shake: 200p; Power 2, Speed +2, Defense +2, Health +1, Jump +1, -20 HP
>> H3 Block machine (middle)
Limonada Shake: 200p; Power +1, Speed +1, Defense +1
Tangy Fruit Shake: 150p; Speed +2, Defense +1
Tropica Shake: 250p; Power +2, Speed +1
Hard Fruit Shake: 200p; Power +1, Defense +2
Shock Shake: 150p; Power +3, Speed –2, Defense +2
Fire Shake: 150p; Power +2, Defense +2, Speed +2, -10 HP
Grapefruit Shake: 100p; Power +1, Speed +1, Defense +1, Health –2, Jump -2
Tamato Shake: 200p; All Stats +3, -30 HP
>> H3 Block machine (right)
Limonada Shake: 200p; Power +1, Speed +1, Defense +1
Tangy Fruit Shake: 150p; Speed +2, Defense +1
Tropica Shake: 250p; Power +2, Speed +1
Hard Fruit Shake: 200p; Power +1, Defense +2
Plant Shake: 150p; Power +2, Speed +3, Defense -2
Ice Shake: 150p; Power –2, Speed +2, Defense +3
Pineapple Shake: 100p; All Stats +1, -10 HP
Nomel Shake: 200p; Random Stat +5, Random Stat -1

Alpha Gate: Upon entering this Alpha Gate, you'll notice that it carries a Japanese shrine motif, including a small pond in the middle with small bridges leading over both ends of it and a giant Japanese lantern hanging from the ceiling. There are also waterfalls coming out of the walls that deposit into the pond. At the back of the chamber is a large Rayquaza statue overlooking the area with a set of stairs on each side of it leading up to the trio of doors where you can enter the hub's stages as well as an octagonal panel in the middle for when you defeat the boss for this Episode. Since it should be nighttime, the first door should be lighted up. Head through it to go to the first stage for this Episode.

Hub Missions: Here's a list of the missions for the Kiyosara Hub:

The Three Miko Trials: After you've reached Dagodney for the first time, if you come back here during the day and talk to Remaya with any character, she'll explain about how she became a shrine maiden for the Alpha Gate and the tasks that she had to pass in order to prove herself worthy of managing the shrine, a generations-old test of mind, body, and spirit. Remaya has decided that maybe you're worthy of doing the Three Miko Trials. When you select Yes, you'll start a three phase mission where you need to pass all three trials consecutively.

The first trial is the Trial of the Mind, where tall laser fences have been set up in the gardens of the shrine dividing the place into sections and a series of teleporters are in each section. You have a time limit of 5:00 to make your way to the Goal Gate by using the teleporters. It of course happens to be a maze and if you run out of time, you fail the mission and will have to start over. If you manage to find the way to the Goal Gate in time, you'll move onto the next trial.
Music Note: The Town Mission 1 music from Sonic '06 plays during this trial.

The second trial is the Trial of the Body, where several Team Plasma robots are found throughout the gardens around the shrine. Your mission is to destroy every one of them, but as you'll notice, your health has been reduced to 1 and no healing whatsoever is found here, meaning if you get hit, you'll fail this request and must start over from the first trial. Every kind of Team Plasma robot other than Plasma Soldiers are here and you'll notice at an area of bonsai tress Glunders moving around each tree. To destroy these without getting hit, get close to one so that it stops and opens up, then step back and attack it. At the last garden are three Luxray Scanners that happen to be a bit cheap as if one catches you, a tall laser cage teleports in around you and you'll end up trapped. As a bit of courtesy, a floating TV before the robots warns you of this and to attack the robots from behind where they can't see you. When you've taken down each enemy, you'll move onto the next trial.
Music Note: The Town Mission 4 music from Sonic '06 plays during this trial.

The final trial is the Trial of the Spirit, where you need to locate a Yin-Yang emblem and present it to Remaya. The problem is that there's a number of them and only one is the real thing. To make matters worse, all of them are locked in generic cages that only open up with switches that are placed throughout the gardens. Even worse is the fact that half of the switches are locked in cages themselves. Even worse is the fact that you only have 5 minutes to find the real emblem and show it to Remaya. The real emblem can be in any cage (the real one is gold/silver, the fake ones are silver/silver). Hit switch after switch in hopes of opening the cage with the emblem and show it to Remaya before time runs out to clear this trial.
Music Note: The Town Mission 3 music from Sonic '06 plays during this trial.

Once you've cleared all three trials, Remaya will thank you for being able to prevail over the Three Miko Trials and gives you Art Book ## and Music CD ##.

Let Misura Finish Her Game: If you head to the electronics block at night, you'll find Keyame, who's normally seen with her friend Misura in front of the fashion district during the day. If you're playing as (--------), Keyame will tell you that she and Misura are supposed to head to the mall before it closes but that Misura is out at the Dance Arcade and asks you if you'll go get her. After talking to Keyame, head over to the Dance Arcade and find Misura playing an IdolForce Five arcade machine. If you talk to her, she'll tell you she has made it to the final performance of Miruka Hatami and wants to finish it before she goes and meets up with Keyame. When she asks you to wait for her to finish her game, select Yes to start the mission.

For the mission itself, Team Plasma robots consisting of Manectric Chargers, Snapsparkers, Magneton Shields, Nightasma Searchers, and Electabuzz Blasters will teleport into the arcade and will head towards Misura, who's busy playing her game during the entire mission. You need to defeat all the robots that appear in the arcade for three minutes without any of them harming Misura (there's no one else in the arcade during this mission). If you manage to make three minutes without Misura getting hit by any robots, then you've cleared the mission.
Music Note: The Town Mission 4 music from Sonic '06 plays during this mission.

Paris's Exhibition: Starting when you first reach this hub, you'll find Paris and her Lopunny on the western side of the E1 block. Paris happens to be wearing a flower-print kimono and Lopunny is wearing a kimono resembling a Froslass. Paris says that her next line of Pokémon and human fashion is the Froslass Kimono, which consists of a Froslass-like kimono. If you're playing as a female character whose listed age is anywhere between 14 and 28, you'll be able to partake in a special mission where you and your Pokémon wear the Froslass Kimono. This mission puts you in the Neon Metropolis stage where you must reach the end of the stage without taking any damage. Once you have cleared this mission, Paris will consider the Froslass Kimono a success and depart for the next part of her World Exhibition tour.

Sunflorazumarill: Here are both of the locations where Sunflorazumarill can be found in the Kiyosara Hub:

Day: She can be found in the electronics section of the hub. However, she's on a building that you can only get up to once you've gotten the Jump Tank. If you talk to Sunflorazumarill, she'll give you Art Book ##.

Night: She happens to be in front of the counter at Okama Music asking for a CD. Mikea will ask you if you know this Pokémon before asking you if you want a CD. If you talk to Sunflorazumarill, she'll give you Music CD ##.

As Trixie: If you're visiting the hub as Trixie for the first time, you'll be asked to go to in front of the Dance Arcade before Remaya will let you pass into the Alpha Gate. There, you'll notice Samantha and get a short cutscene, where Trixie sees Samantha in front of the place. A harsh scene follows where the two of them fight over who's better, IdolForce Five (Trixie's) or Dream Rhythm (Samantha's), and a fight begins where it appears that Trixie has to defeat Samantha.

BOSS BATTLE: Samantha
When fighting Samantha, the Vs. Character boss theme from Sonic the Hedgehog '06 plays. When Samantha is defeated, the Town Mission Clear music theme from Sonic the Hedgehog '06 plays.

Samantha's method of attacking is to constantly run, jump, and also twirl around the place, sometimes stopping to bring out Mawile for Bite or Sableye for Power Gem. She'll also at times use her ribbon defense and also wrap her ribbon around you and pull you in (a take on Scorpion from Mortal Kombat). After losing half of her health, Samantha will start using a technique called Ribbon Cyclone, which pulls you in and travels around the entire area. This happens to be a bit more difficult battle, but you should be able to topple Samantha.

Once this fight is finished, you'll be able to continue with what you were doing. You get an Emblem for defeating Samantha and will be able to fight this battle again anytime you wish from the Stage Select area on the World Map. If you come to the hub for the first time as Samantha, you'll fight the battle from the other side. You'll also get an Emblem for this battle and can select it whenever you wish.

BOSS BATTLE: Trixie
When fighting Trixie, the Vs. Character boss theme from Sonic the Hedgehog '06 plays. When Trixie is defeated, the Town Mission Clear music theme from Sonic the Hedgehog '06 plays.

[Sunflora Azumarill]

Neon Metropolis
Description: "A fast-paced tour of Kiyosara! From the busy low streets to the high skyscrapers to Kiyosara Tower, there's a lot to see!"
Objectives:
-Sprint through Kiyosara
-Defeat the Team Plasma guards
-Evade the Rocket Crusher
-Elude the Zapdos Kite
-Avoid the Rocket Monster
-Reach the Kiyosara Shopping Center

Voice Notes: Prof. Oak uses his voice from the anime. The Team Plasma guards use generic voices.
Background Music: The Nu Beat theme from Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3 (PS2) plays throughout the stage.

Get ready for what could be one of the most exciting stages in the game as we race through the Kiyosara nightlife! You'll start things off by shooting onto one of the city's streets. As soon as you pass a blocked-off intersection, you'll come up to some Team Plasma guards, so make sure you pay attention to that Enemy Radar! After getting past them, you'll have to watch out for a group of Manectric Chargers along the street until you get to a 90-degree turn you should be careful with taking. Go through some more Plasma guards and also some Magneton Shields until you reach another turn with a couple Snapsparkers (Team Plasma version) and boost past them and up the hill through some more Manectric Chargers and Plasma guards and you'll come to a tunnel that slopes upward with two areas of level path. Watch out for some Magneton Shields along the way as you take out more Plasma guards. At the end of the tunnel you'll come out onto a high-up area where you'll see highways far below crossing over, under, and intersecting in various ways and may bring back memories of the Neo Rocketopolis stage in Pokémon Peace Squad 2's Arena mode (except this highway setup isn't as twisted as the ones in Neo Rocketopolis). You'll go into 2D view shortly after you come onto the highway here. Bash your way into more Plasma guards until you reach a hill going down under a few Roturrets, but jump before the third one to land on a rail that will send you to the side of a building with 2 500p items on the upper ledge. Either path, when you get to the building. Get rid of the Manectric Charger to open the Plasma Cage holding a spring and bounce up over the wall. After getting past the wall, jump onto another highway and boost through a few more Plasma guards, but jump when you see Glunders before you get to the side of another building. Homing attack a string of Magneton Shields and perform a simple QTE to avoid dealing with a duo of Snapsparkers where the string ends. At the edge of the building is a loop that will set you onto the side of the building where you'll run down past three Hover Turrets before hitting springs that put you on another highway that slopes upward past some more Plasma guards until the road levels and you'll end up facing a new kind of enemy called Gyro Blades. These Team Rocket-made robots can't be homing attacked due to their whirling and spinning blades, so run under them and through some Snapsparkers until the road makes a 90-degree drop that you'll dash down before crashing through a set of glass plates that break your descent as the road terminates and you need to land on a moving platform and get onto another road. Dash along the road until you come to a giant cylinder that you'll head inside and run down the interior side. Here, the view returns to normal as you need to quickstep around barriers and also enemies such as Glunders and Ariados Webs along the way. At one point during your descent, you can grab a Secret Item. At the bottom of the run, you'll reach a tunnel that slopes downward through some Manectric Chargers and Plasma guards and shoot back out onto the lower streets. Team Plasma has set up several magnetic barriers that will pull you in if you get too close (due to the magnetic features in your Enhancement Chips). Be careful here as you shoot through more Plasma guards and also watch out for a couple Forretress Bombers and Snapsparkers. When you come to a turn, make the turn and shoot through a squad of Manectric Chargers on the way to a magnetic barrier that spans the entire road. Either hit the ramp and perform the QTE to get over the barrier or defeat the Snapsparkers that make the barrier dissipate. Either way, there's a few Glunders and Plasma guards as you make your way down the hill. At the bottom of the hill, a red arrow will flash to alert you to a field of multimines along the street. If you remember these from your fight with Attila, then you know that after exploding (the mines are proximity), they suck the explosion back in for another use, so don't hang around if they go off. There's a few more multimine fields here, including one on the corner of a 90-degree turn. When you reach an area where you need to hang right to avoid the multimines on the left, you can instead homing attack the Magneton Shield and Metang Carrier to get a 1000p item over the mines. After this part, you'll be clear of the multimines for now, but will have to take down more Plasma guards and dodge a few Hover Turrets in the middle of street as well as one where you need to turn onto the other street when you reach a blocked-off intersection. After getting past here, you'll be faced with a short section where a trio of Scizor Crushers (Team Rocket version) attack and you need to quickstep past some spiked bombs and a couple magnetic barriers along the way. At the end of the run, you'll hit a long Jump Ramp and shoot onto a pair of high-tech tracks that are used by magnalev trains. The Enhancement Chips in your shoes allow you to skate slightly above the tracks much like Shadow the Hedgehog. However, shortly after you reach here, you'll enter Mach Speed Mode as the screen shifts to facing you and a Rocket Crusher comes down behind you. In addition to having to dodge its weapons, you'll also be alerted to magnalev trains along the two tracks. After you're past the second train, when a third one comes by, the Rocket Crusher will actually grab it from the front and throw it towards you! Getting hit by it does some serious damage, so swerve to your left when it's thrown. When another train comes by, the Rocket Crusher grabs this one as well and will slam it into the ground several times in hopes of crushing you before throwing it aside. After the Rocket Crusher gets hit by one last train, you'll return to normal view and the left track will slope downward into a tunnel and you'll need to homing attack a string of Mothical Drones to get into the building above. Dash up the tunnel, taking down more Plasma guards as you go through a glass tunnel containing Magneton Shields that leads into another building. You'll come into a room with windows looking out into the city where you must take down six Snapsparkers to open a Plasma Cage holding a switch to the door leading out and dash up through more Plasma guards and a Manectric Charger until you exit the building in another high-up highway area. Be sure to quickstep past some more magnetic barriers here and when the road slopes down, jump to soar over magnetic barriers too wide to run by. After the slope stops, take down more Plasma guards and quickstep past Electrode Bombs until the street slopes upward onto the side of a building and run up the building. Quickstep past barriers and Glunders until you hit Dash Panels that shoot you to the right along the building's side and onto the side of a glass tunnel where you'll reach another building and hit Dash Panels that send you up and to the left past some Hover Turrets and onto another glass tunnel. After reaching the first building, you'll enter a launcher that will shoot you up into another launcher that puts you onto the top of the building. Here, you need to defeat some Plasma guards to deactivate the electric barrier blocking the spring leading up onto another highway. Boost down the street while getting past some Snapsparker pairs and you'll come to another 2D area where you can see Kiyosara Tower (which does resemble Tokyo Tower) in the close distance. Get past a few Electrode Bombs and you'll come to the end of the road where you need to grab the undersides of Metang Carriers and swing yourself to another series of streets in the air. Dash through a pair of Plasma guards and you'll come to a wall where you'll hit a spring, but since an Electrode Bomb waits at the top, position yourself on the floating platform behind you and wait for it to explode before continuing. Further down the road is a lower area with spiked bombs you need to jump over, then run under a few more spiked bombs and through a few more Plasma guards until you come to a duo of rails. You'll notice that the top rail is blue and sparking, meaning it's an electric rail that will zap you unless you possess an Electric-type Pokémon. Grind either rail to a building that is on the other side (the top rail gets you 1000p). Here, you'll notice a magnetic fence along the side of the building. When you get near it, you'll be pulled onto it due to your Enhancement Chips and can run along the fence. You need to do so here, but watch out for Glunders and Ariados Webs along the fence as well. When you reach a spring, you'll be put on another fence where your feet face the screen. Run along the fence past Snapsparkers and a Manectric Charger on the fence until you hit a spring that puts you onto a building where the view returns to normal. Here, defeat each of the Plasma guards to open a Plasma Cage containing a switch that makes a series of floating platforms teleport into view. Cross them while being careful of Magneton Shields and you'll come to a magnetic fence along the side of another building. Run along this one until you come to a fence that's not turned on. Hit the switch to magnetize it and continue on your trek past some Hover Turrets. When you hit some Dash Panels, boost along the series of fences taking down Plasma guards along it. When you come to the side of a building, hit the switch to magnetize the next fence for a limited time and run up to the top ledge of the building. Make your way to a gap where you need to grab onto Magneton Shields and ride them to the other side. At the end of the path is a trio of rails that you'll board and shoot through the Kiyosara skyline towards Kiyosara Tower. Here, some of the rails are electric, so you need to switch to a safe one when the rail you're on turns blue. Other hazards like Tracking Bombs, Hover Turrets, and Magneton Shields also make things difficult. On one of the electric rails is a Secret Item. You'll come to the side of a building with a magnetic fence making its way upward. Make your way along the fence past enemies like Glunders, Magneton Shields, Hover Turrets, and Plasma guards. At the corner of the building is a switch that will magnetize the fence leading off the building but turn off the previous fence. In the air, you'll make your way through a semi-maze of fences with two switches, Snapsparkers, Manectric Chargers, Glunders, some Plasma guards, and Auroros. At the end of the fence area, you'll come onto the ledge of a building with a rocket like the one seen at the end of Night Skyscraper. Grab this one to go shooting up towards Kiyosara Tower. Along the way, you'll need to swerve left and right to dodge Magneton Shields, Metang Carriers, Hover Turrets, and some Tracking Bombs. When you reach the tower, you'll hit a rail that spirals down the tower. Be careful of various enemies and don't miss any Plasma guards along your descent. At times, you'll need to change rails to avoid going onto an electric one. Eventually, you'll start to grind away from the tower and come onto a highway. Here, you'll enter Mach Speed Mode as a large Team Plasma robot resembling Zapdos hovers down. This is called a Zapdos Kite, and it attacks by sending out large beam waves from its wings as it moves left and right, fires a spinning laser from its beak, and also raises its head and fires several electric blasts from its mouth that turn out to be Glunders upon landing. Eventually, you'll go into a tunnel that slopes down a few times (the Zapdos Kite's body illuminates the tunnel) and also goes through a few glass tunnels. Eventually, the Zapdos Kite will hit a low clearance bar and you'll exit the tunnel back onto the lower streets. Here, you'll bash your way through more Plasma guards and dodge electric barriers, Gyro Blades, and a new Team Plasma robot called a Vicious Hunter. These are similar to Team Aqua's Aggresious Hunters and Team Flora's Enragious Hunters. Vicious Hunters happen to be robots built in cyberspace that can produce holes that let them travel between cyberspace and the real world. Basically, Vicious Hunters will produce holes in the ground and jump out of them to attack you, so quickstep to dodge them. When you reach the final stretch of the stage, you'll enter Mach Speed Mode as the screen shifts to facing you as a Rocket Monster like the one back in Spagonia comes down the street. Here, the road is wider, so you can quickstep left and right to get out of its way. However, at one point, a second Rocket Monster will drive onto the scene to make things harder for you. Hit the Dash Panels to avoid their speed boosts and eventually, you'll pass through a metal girder arch that the trucks can't pass under and crash into. After the view returns to normal, you'll hit the Goal Gate near a monorail train.

Note: Clearing Neon Metropolis for the first time is the second of two exceptions in the game involving the time of day. If you choose to go to the next stage, the time of day will remain night, allowing you to go into the next stage.

[Sunflora Azumarill]

Electric Mall
Description: "A super mall known as the Kiyosara Mega Shopping Center. Team Plasma has covered the entire place in a Dimensional Area."
Objectives:
-Navigate the super mall
-Defeat the Team Plasma guards
-Destroy each of the Dimensional consoles
-Destroy the Armank
-Shut down the Plasma Barrier
-Ride the indoor monorail
-Shut down the second Plasma Barrier
-Get past the giant Plasma Soldier
-Defeat Fargus (if he appears)
-Get into Team Plasma's warehouse

Voice Notes: Prof. Oak uses his voice from the anime. The Team Plasma guards use generic voices. Fargus uses an original casting for his voice.
Background Music: The Chaos theme from Tokyo Xtreme Racer Zero (PS2) plays throughout the stage. When fighting a group of enemies, the night battle theme from Sonic Unleashed plays. When fighting an Armank or Plasma Soldier, the night midboss theme from Sonic Unleashed plays. When fighting Fargus, a remix of boss music from Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia plays.

Cutscene: We see the chosen character riding the monorail train seen at the end of the previous stage to the location of Kiyosara's super mall, known as the Kiyosara Mega Shopping Center. A computerized voice welcomes the chosen character to the super mall and hopes that he or she has a great time there. Once arriving at the "NTMSC", the chosen character steps out of the monorail and decides to go into the super mall, but as soon as he or she gets out, we watch as a ring of Dimensional Converters activates and create a Dimensional Area over the entire area, trapping the chosen character. The colors inside the Area become a little distorted as well, but the chosen character still heads inside.

Now this is an interesting stage, as we're going through a place that could be considered the Kiyosara version of the Mall of America! However, since it's late at night, the place is actually closed up, so there's no bystanders that can he harmed here. Everywhere you look are shops and stores of various kinds that are also closed up. Note that the signs for each place are in both English and Japanese for both kinds of shoppers. Anyway, upon entering the high-tech super mall, there's a large plasma screen floating TV in the middle with this message "Welcome to the Kiyosara Mega Shopping Center, the largest mall in the city! We have over 75 different restaurants, 45 game arcades, 60 fashion shops, 15 movie theaters, 30 electronic stores, 5 casinos, 5 hotels, 5 cyber cafes, 5 parks, 5 pools, an indoor amusement park, an indoor water park, and anything else you need! Our air conditioning system is more powerful that a million hydrogen bombs! If you need getting around here in a hurry, step on our conveyor belts for fast travel! Shop at the one place that is the best in Kiyosara and the world!" There's also a map of the entire super mall on the screen as well. The place happens to have a pretty large number of floating TV's to indicate each store and section. You'll also notice conveyor belts similar to the ones in LaRousse City along the ends of the floor. There's also blue-colored ones that have digital maps of the shopping center that are used to transport you to specific stores and sections, but floating TV's indicate that those conveyor belts are shut down due to the super mall being closed for the night. This is also the only stage in the game that has vending machines of various kinds, which consist of Pika Cola, Mudkip Fruit Juice, Treecko Punch, Torchic Energy Drink, Chaos Soda, Potato Chips, Salad Pack, Rustboro Root Beer, Hartache Cola, Limonada Shake, Fresh Water, Soda Pop, and Lemonade. Any such vending machines work the same way they do in the hubs. Now for the stage itself, make your way forward through a few Plasma guards until you reach a brawl of Plasma guards and Snapsparkers in front of what is called Galleria 1A. After they're gone, you can check out the galleria and notice the same shops from the Ocean Liner back in the first Pokémon Peace Squad game. The eight mini restaurants here are "Terriana's Tabouli", "Hamburger Delivery", "Deli Express", "Sushi Wonders", "Chao Ice Cream", "Oceanic Seafood", "Mariluigi's Pasta", and "Steak N' Dogs". There's also several condiment stands within the food court that have a number of the things that ones back on the Ocean Liner did. Note that since all the shops are closed, you can't order anything here. What you should do is take out any Plasma guards around the chairs and tables of the place as well as take on a couple Manectric Chargers. There also happens to be a Secret Item behind the counter for "Oceanic Seafood" (a picture you can get in the hub depicts this), but to get it, you need to use a ranged attack. You'll notice that the path to the right is blocked by yellow barrier lasers put in by Team Plasma (such lasers restrict much of the travel through the super mall), so head to the left instead. Along the path here, Manectric Chargers digitize in (due to coming in through the Dimensional Area). Just keep going until you reach a shop in the middle of the path where a holo-scanner Hover Turret moves around the shop. If caught by it, several Mothical Drones will teleport in. When you come to a four-way intersection with a fountain in the middle, another brawl commences, this one with Plasma guards, Snapsparkers, Electrode Bombs, and a Gamyga on top of the fountain. There's a Shock Crate here you can break to paralyze all the enemies, pick up an Electrode Bomb, and throw it at the other enemies for massive damage. Once all enemies here are gone, a Plasma Cage holding the first Dimensional Console that generates the Dimensional Area over the stage will open. Use a series of attacks to destroy it. Now the left and forward paths are both blocked by barrier lasers, but the ones for the forward path are blue. You'll need to head down the right path and over and under laser fences installed by Team Plasma. Once you're in front of a department store, you'll find a switch locked in a Plasma Cage. To open it, defeat the three Nightasma Searchers that digitize in. The switch deactivates the blue lasers at the intersection, so head back and go down that path. Down this path, you'll discover barrier lasers blocking the path and conveyor belts going up to an upper level, so take one up there to a path where Rocket Saws move back and forth along the path and Magneton Shields will attack you. At the end of the path is yet another brawl with Manectric Chargers, Nightasma Searchers, and a new Team Plasma enemy called a Luxray Scanner, which always comes equipped with 3D holo-scanners like the ones used by Hover Turrets that not only teleport in various Team Plasma robots, but also hazards such as shock mines, laser grids, and more. Defeat all enemies here and get to a multi-level intersection where you'll find the second console. You then have to grab Magneton Shields and swing across them to the path on the left. If you fall here, you need to go all the way back to the barrier lasers, hit a spring to go over them, and head back up the conveyor belts and try again. Once you get to the other side, get through more Plasma guards until you come to a series of bridges for the conveyor belts. Go onto one and get past the Metang Carriers in the middle until you reach a walkway along the wall going to the right. Get through more Plasma guards until you reach a total level and take one of the conveyor belts back down to the ground floor. If you fall on the way here, you need to use a spring to bounce back up to the bridges and try again from there due to barrier lasers blocking the path to the escalators on the ground floor. When you reach a glass walled elevator, you'll be thrust into a brawl of several Plasma guards, Snapsparkers, and Porygon2 Troopers that digitize in. Upon all other enemies defeated, what looks like a large metal tank will digitize in. This turns out to be an Armank, the toughest standard enemy from Super Smash Bros. Brawl's Subspace Emissary. This tank has the Team Rocket symbol on the top and has a construction arm that it'll swing at you and also fire missiles from. You'll discover that the Armank's armor is immune to damage (not even Explosion does anything). You need to attack the arm to make the tank open up and expose an octagonal electronic core (instead of a green blob) and attack that. Note that the floating core will fire medium-sized lasers in a spinning fashion, so be careful. After the fight, you'll be able to destroy the third Dimensional Console. After the console is gone, the elevator will open up and you can take it up several levels to an area where there is a glass floor in between the paths. Take down more Plasma guards here until you reach an expanse with an area you traversed earlier far below. You'll have to homing attack some Metang Carriers to reach the other side, but a couple Cymuls make it tricky to do. The final Metang Carrier has a spring on top of it to bounce you to a higher level where a brawl with Manectric Chargers, Vicious Hunters, and Rotom Generators will commence. Watch out for Snapsparkers and Porygon2 Troopers that come out of the holes made by Vicious Hunters. Now head along the path to the left where you need to jump laser fences that move back and forth. There's a Luxray Scanner here that if caught by teleports in shock mines and large computer chip-like blocks. After the lasers is a pair of escalators to the left that send you to an upper level. After going up them, a short cutscene depicts a Plasma Barrier (the same as the others, but yellow with the Team Plasma symbol) teleporting in elsewhere. Head down the path to fine the first Plasma Emblem on one of the red conveyor belts and get past a few Rotom Generators until you reach a multi-level area where you need to get down four levels. The problem happens to be safety lasers blocking you from the central gaps for each floor, meaning you have to take the long way down through a series of paths and escalators. Along the way are two brawls, the second with a Luxray Scanner, some Vicious Hunters that bring in Glunders, the second Emblem, and the next Dimensional Console. Go down the next path past several Rocket Saws and Hover Turrets to reach another food court named Galleria 2C. The restaurants are "Meyaian's Tacos", "Limonada Shakes", "Salad Shack", "Corsola Taffy", "Pika Pizza", "Jumpluff Candy", "Violetta's Vegetarian", and "Giroen's Gyros". It's also here that yet another brawl of Plasma guards, Electrode Bombs, and a Metang Carrier ensues. After all foes are down, head down the next path past two Luxray Scanners that teleport in shock mines or laser fences or if caught by one and Toxicroak Fighters (TR version) in addition to the last Plasma Emblem. You'll then reach the Plasma Barrier and it should deactivate, allowing you to enter a multilevel area where you'll first take escalators up to a short path where you need to hit a switch to shut down blue lasers on the ground floor, then take escalators down to the ground floor. Here, you'll enter the super mall's amusement park, which happens to be pretty high-tech and resembles Carnival Night Zone (Sonic 3) a bit but don't expect to ride the rides that much. When you reach the entrance to the park's roller coaster, you'll engage in a brawl with Plasma guards, Porygon2 Troopers, and Rotom Generators. After they're gone, hit a switch to activate the hovering roller coaster platforms and step on one to ride it along the track through the park. Along the way in the air are Cymuls, Mothical Drones, Hover Turrets, and Magneton Shields. Plasma guards will drop down onto the roller coaster, so defeat them. When you reach the end of the ride, get past a Metang Carrier and ride a monorail to another part of the park. When you get here, you have to cross floating platforms over an area of laser fields and Ground Turrets. There's a Luxray Scanner perched on the area above and if caught by it, the platforms teleport away and Cymuls teleport in their place in addition to some Tracking Bombs below. You need to take a tube back up to the first edge if you end up below. After making it to the other side, you'll find the next Dimensional Console, so get rid of it and keep going past some Manectric Chargers until you get to a tube that puts you in a corridor where another brawl of Snapsparkers and Vicious Hunters commences. After coming out of the corridor, you'll reach a large turntable ride where you need to be careful of Glunders and Electrode Bombs as you make your way to the upper level in the center and swing you way under Mothical Drones until you reach another part of the monorail. This will take you to towards an exit to the park where a path of Plasma guards awaits you as well as yet another brawl of more Plasma guards, Manectric Chargers, and a Hover Turret resides in the middle. Once you're past here, head out of the park and into another section of the mall where a few Roturrets float in the area in the center of the path. After you take another path through more Plasma guards and Ariados Webs, you'll come to a part of the super mall where there's a track like the magnalev tracks in Neon Metropolis and a train resting on them. Here, a short cutscene shows some flat capsule-shaped objects with the Team Plasma symbol on them rising out of the floor and electrifying the entire area of the track. If you so much as touch the floor here, you're toast, so you need to homing attack a series of Magneton Shields to get onto the train (which for the record is used for quick travel through the mall), which will activate and start moving. Here, make your way along the train (it's only five cars) as it goes through laser fences that you need to jump and past enemies like Hover Turrets and Tracking Bombs. A few Plasma guards and robots are also on the train and at one point on your ride, you'll engage in a brawl with Plasma guards, Nightasma Searchers, and Rotom Generators. There's also a hidden switch aboard the train that when pressed in time opens a Plasma Cage on the train with a spring that bounces you up to a Secret Item high above the tracks at one point. After your ride is over, swing your way along Metang Carriers to safe ground and you'll watch a cutscene of a Plasma Barrier teleporting in a large intersection. Go along the path through some Plasma guards, Snapsparkers, and the first Drapion Tank of the game and grab the first Plasma Emblem along the way to the intersection where a large anime mecha sits in the center (this happens to be like a statue for the mall). Here, you need to take escalators up to the third floor to grab the second Emblem, then take paths and escalators to the fifth floor where the final Emblem is locked in a Plasma Cage in front of a kimono and tea set shop that only opens up after a three-wave brawl of Plasma guards, Manectric Chargers, Magneton Shields, and an enemy from the second game called a Thundekong Troop. After getting the Emblem, head back, but now there's laser fences and three Luxray Scanners along the way (these ones teleport in Hover Turrets, multimines, and computer blocks). Once you go up to the barrier and deactivate it, you'll make it to the final Dimensional Console. When this one is destroyed, you'll watch a quick cutscene of the Dimensional Area over the super mall disappearing and the distortion of colors returning to normal. Head down the path through some Plasma guards and Manectric Chargers until you get to an exit to the super mall. A Plasma Soldier drops down here and you'll have to fight it. Making things worse is the fact that Manectric Chargers keep teleporting in until the giant enemy goes down. After the battle, you can head out into a gigantic glass-walled parking garage where all you have to do is get by several Manectric Chargers and Snapsparkers leading to the Goal Gate at the booth near the exit.

However, if you hear the words "What did you to do to our Dimensional Area?!" shouted in an unfamiliar voice halfway to the Goal Gate, that means you've triggered the small chance Team Plasma Admin Fargus is waiting! If he appears (he doesn't always appear), you're going to have to fight and defeat him to continue on. Fargus is tougher than the guards, but one who knows what they're doing can get past him easily.

[Sunflora Azumarill]

Cutscene: We go to a high-tech warehouse in the area of the super mall. Upon looking inside, the chosen character finds a cutting edge lab with several computers, mainframes, and other cyber technology along the walls of the building and a gigantic supercomputer in the center of the lab. Several Team Plasma Grunts are looking after and watching everything in the lab. The chosen character notices a few cyber capsules along the walls of the supercomputer and deduces that he or she needs to head into one. The chosen character decides to make a run for it and heads into the lab. Immediately a computerized voice warns of an intruder and the Plasma Grunts swing into action with their atom launcher weapons (weapons that were seen in the second game used by Team Plasma that fire proton shots, electron streams, or neutron lasers). The chosen character dodges each shot and a few defense systems in the lab until he or she makes it into the capsule, which sends him or her to inside the supercomputer.

Cutscene: We go into cyberspace, where the chosen character materializes on a glowing large octagonal panel. Going up to a nearby cyberspace console, the chosen character shuts the transporter down, preventing any Team Plasma Grunts from passing through. He or she sees a large, long path that leads to a massive complex within cyberspace and decides to head down the path towards it.

Plasma Cyber Base
Description: "A gigantic base built by Team Plasma deep within the internet. Large numbers of cyber defense systems as well as the base's ability to alter its data are controlled by the central core."
Objectives:
-Defeat the Team Plasma Grunts
-Defeat David
-Defeat Jack
-Defeat Rhonda
-Reach the base's central core
-Find the Cyber Superbomb
-Activate the Cyber Superbomb at the core
-Escape the base in time

Voice Notes: The Team Plasma Grunts use generic voices. Pulseman, David, Jack, and Rhonda use original castings for their voices.

Background Music: The Old Generation Area (Swordman.Exe stage) theme from Mega Man Network Transmission plays throughout the stage. When fighting a group of enemies, the night battle theme from Sonic Unleashed plays. When fighting a Plasma Soldier, the night midboss music from Sonic Unleashed plays. When fighting David, Jack, or Rhonda, a remix of the music that plays when facing a team Admin from Pokémon R/S/E plays.

Welcome to Team Plasma's cyber fortress, located within a place you'd never expect, the digital realm itself! Upon starting the stage, Pulseman will come in on the hand radio to explain that the base has an alteration program that changes certain aspects of the complex at any given time to prevent intruders from making it far in, so be ready for anything that may pop up. Start things off by heading down the large, wide hall and taking down any Team Plasma Grunts you come across. At the end of the hall in front of a set of doors is a brawl of Manectric Chargers and Snapsparkers you need to get past. Once they're out of the way, you'll come to a smaller hall with a long bottomless pit where you need to swing along poles. You'll notice that the poles in this stage consist of laser beams that fire out of ports, so you can't hang onto one for long. Once you get to the other side, take down a Vicious Hunter and the group of Magneton Shields that come out of its hole and head through the set of doors into a giant room with a pool of concentrated energy far below and a series of platforms that move along digital ring paths in both red and green colors. The paths only travel along the green paths, but there are several digital arrow signs floating along the paths. If you use a ranged attack or spit on these, they'll change direction and some of the red paths' color. Navigate the platform maze being careful of some Magneton Shields and Hover Turrets along the way until you reach the other side. You can also take a path to another end with a small room containing a Secret Item. On the main path, you'll get into a brawl of Plasma Grunts and head through the doors into a wide hall that seems empty except for a few Snapsparkers and Porygon2 Troopers, but at random parts of the floor, large glowing red barriers may rise up. These are firewalls, and the base has a lot of them. Navigate the area of them until you reach a room where you'll engage in another brawl of Plasma Grunts, Nightasma Searchers, and a Thundekong Troop. After the enemies are gone, you'll face a Plasma Soldier. Note that its lightning storm attack is impossible to dodge since it covers the entire area, so just make sure you have some health to spare. After the fight is over, head through the doors to enter a hall that filled with laser grids and electrical emitters. This hall has different configurations (due to the base's data system) that make it so that the exact layout varies each time you're in here. Defeat the Plasma Grunts and watch out for the Luxray Scanner that'll teleport in moving lasers if caught by it and reach a large room with an energy pool below. Head right and swing your way under Magneton Shields until you reach a path where large holes in the wall with digital nano-squares sparking in them. At regular intervals, giant lasers will fire out of the holes, so be careful not to get blasted off the ledge. At one point, you'll cross a grate over a gap with two laser ports. At the end of the path happens to be a large strip of hexagon shapes going along the wall. If you go up to this strip, you'll go onto the wall and need to navigate the path along the walls and a ceiling. You can jump while on this strip and will fall back onto it. Just remember not to go off the path or you'll fall to your death. Defeat the Plasma Grunts and Manectric Chargers along the path and you'll reach a balcony where you can step off the path. A brawl of Plasma Grunts and a new enemy called an Electabuzz Blaster commences here, but you'll be able to head through the doors and into a hall with Glunders moving about all surfaces. In the next room, you'll run into David, the first of Team Plasma's Admins. He's tough, but once defeated, you'll be able to continue with the stage. In the next hall, you need to swing across laser poles over an energy pool, but two Metang Carriers make things more difficult for you. On the other side, there's a laser port in the floor, so don't go over it along the way to the door. Head through to enter a giant room with another platform puzzle, but this time with vertical paths as well as horizontal ones and the platform itself having a gravity path texture on it. Watch out for some Hover Turrets and Tracking Bombs along the way. There's actually 2 paths you can take here, the first of which leads to a large, empty room with Plasma Grunts, Magneton Shields, and Snapsparkers. If you try to go forward, a firewall will rise up, meaning that this is a firewall maze. Navigate the maze, which also holds 3 500p items, and you'll come to a set of doors that lead into a hall that can have one of three things; laser fields, laser poles and energy pools, or laser ports. There's Porygon2 Troopers floating about here as well. For the second path, you'll enter a maze of glass walls with various data being displayed on them. Here, gigantic glass spheres roll through the paths, so navigate the maze while taking down the same Plasma Grunts that would be on the other path as well as Electrode Bombs and Vicious Hunters that will bring out Glunders and Porygon2 Troopers. Try to look for a 1000p item while in the maze, but head through the doors at the end to enter a hall that contains electrical emitters, energy pools and a gravity path wrapping around the walls and ceiling, or hidden firewalls. Nightasma Searchers and an Electabuzz Blaster are also here. Both paths lead into a tower where an energy pool will rise upward and you need to head up along ledges, floating platforms, grates, gravity paths, and two laser poles. If you took the lower path, you can grab a Secret Item at the bottom of the tower. The enemies here are Manectric Chargers, Snapsparkers, Magneton Shields, Nightasma Searchers, and Hover Turrets. Near the top, you need to defeat all the enemies to open a Plasma Cage holding a switch that removes a laser grid blocking the rest of the way up. Once you head through the doors, you'll enter a hall with a brawl of Plasma Grunts, Thundekong Troops, and a Hover Turret in the middle. Once they're gone, laser poles will shoot out of the walls over an energy pool, allowing you to cross over to the other side. You'll head through doors to enter another defensive wall maze, including a giant wall at the end. You need to find a switch that will lower the wall for a limited time and make it to the other side. Enter the doors to enter a room where you'll first fight a Plasma Soldier that teleports in Nightasma Searchers until it's destroyed. Once the Plasma Soldier is gone, Jack will drop down, who is a little tougher than David. Once he's done, take a floating platform that drops down up to the next level and head through the doors. You'll enter a wide hall where an energy pool takes up most of the floor. Here, there are stable platforms and floating platforms. The stable ones have switches on them, making this a platform puzzle. You'll find out that one switch is on a wall, and to press this one, you have to grab an Electrode Bomb and throw in onto the switch. After heading through the next set of doors, you'll enter a tall hall where the view shifts to 2D. Here, there's a vertical set of platform paths, including some blue ones this time. These paths electrify the platform when it's going along them, meaning you have to take detours or hit signs that turn the platforms green or red. Watch out for Metang Carriers and Roturrets along the way. There's also a few Luxray Scanners that teleport in computer blocks, Gyro Blades, or reconfigure the platform paths if you're caught by one. After you get to a wall and a bit of solid ground, you'll now have to make your way along magnet beams generated by Magneton Shields along the next expanse, so don't destroy any of them. When you reach two Magneton Shields, one above the other, grab the upper one, wait for the lower one to fire a magnet beam, then swing yourself onto the beam. On the other side, head through the set of doors to enter a shaft going down, where giant lasers fire out of the ports much like "Quick Man Lasers" and you need to head down the shaft as fast as possible. Steer clear of Magneton Shields here as they fire magnet beams that can break your fall and cause you to get hit by a laser. Don't fall too far down as there's an energy pool at the bottom. Head into another set of doors to enter another shaft where more laser ports reside (the ones that fire at regular intervals) and laser poles you need to use to slow your descent down and avoid some of the lasers. Take out any Plasma Grunts along the way down and avoid any Porygon2 Troopers and Hover Turrets. Head through the doors at the bottom to enter a third shaft where electric barriers are set up. Here, you need to drop down the shaft and homing attack Magneton Shields and Mothical Drones to get past some of the barriers. A few firewalls coming out of the walls don't make this any easier. At the bottom, head through the doors to go back to normal view inside a short hall with electric walls to jump over and under. Inside the next room, you'll go into a four-phase brawl of Plasma Grunts, Manectric Chargers, Electrode Bombs, Electabuzz Blasters, and Rotom Generators. After the brawl, a Plasma Soldier comes down along with some Magneton Shields and Electrode Bombs. Try using the Bombs to inflict heavy damage on the main enemy. Once the Plasma Soldier's down, head through the next set of doors to enter another firewall maze, except this time there's Rocket Traps that will appear on the floor. If caught by one, you'll end up in a closed room where you'll engage in a brawl with Manectric Chargers, Snapsparkers, and Rotom Generators. A Plasma Cage holding a teleporter opens up for you to go back to the start of the maze. In the maze itself, don't get caught by any of the Luxray Scanners since all of them teleport in a field of Rocket Traps if you do. Once you get through the doors out of the maze, you'll enter a large shaft with a series of gravity paths going along the walls. You'll first head down a little where the path ends and you need to homing attack a Mothical Drone and touch another path. Note that the setup of paths here changes with each time you're here, but the hazards of firewalls, Glunders, and Ariados Webs do not. Take out any Plasma Grunts and homing attack over gaps in the path along the way until you reach a set of doors that take you into a large room with unusual flowing digital walls. What looks like a giant Electivire similar to the 10,000 Volt Ghost (for those that know your Scooby Doo) composed of electrical energy drops down. As it turns out, it's an unusual mech with Rhonda in the pilot's seat. You'll quickly discover that no attacks whatsoever (including attacks like Explosion) do any damage to the mech. In order to damage it, you need to hit switches that make poles rise out of the floor that draw electricity making up the mech, reducing its size. Once all four poles have absorbed electricity, you'll see that the mech actually consists of tons of wires and insulation wrapped around it. It's also at this point you can attack Rhonda, but DON'T use any Electric-type attacks at all during this fight as not only do they not damage, but they'll restore the mech to its full electric body. During the fight, Rhonda will blast you with lightning and also fire plasma blasts from the mech's arms. After half of her health is gone, Rhonda also fires a large laser ray along the ground. Keep up the pattern of sapping electricity from the mech and attacking it until it goes down. After Rhonda's been defeated, you can head out through the set of doors and into a hall. Upon entering here, you'll see a short cutscene of a Plasma Barrier appearing in a large room. Go through and take out any Plasma Grunts along the way. There's also a Luxray Scanner in here that teleports in electric computer blocks if it catches you. You'll enter a gigantic area that has a 3-dimensional platform path system with green, red, and blue paths. You'll need to navigate the platform through the area and collect three Plasma Emblems in the maze. When you have to take a platform along a blue path, you'll need to homing attack and grab flying enemies such as Magneton Shields, Metang Carriers, and Mothical Drones. Note that Rotom Generators and Hover Turrets can't be grabbed (Hover Turrets also can't be homing attacked due to their shields). After you have gotten all three Emblems, take the platform to the Plasma Barrier and shut it down. Right before entering the doors, you'll go into a brawl of Manectric Chargers, Snapsparkers, and Porygon2 Troopers. After the brawl, head through the doors to enter a wide hall with a large energy pool in the middle. Here, you need to now grab Porygon2 Troopers, which are trickier due to the fact they teleport in and out. If you're holding onto one and it teleports, you'll go with it and reappear where it does. Once you reach the other side, you'll face off with two Drapion Tanks that you need to take down to open the doors behind them. You'll enter a large room that contains glass walls forming a maze. There are doors in the glass walls as well as a door on each wall in the room. Every time you enter this room, the maze changes, and you may need to go in and out of the maze in order to find a path to the door leading out (the other two doors lead to dead-ends with Manectric Chargers and Nightasma Searchers). Once you're out of the maze, you'll enter a hall with an energy pool that spans most of it and laser poles you need to swing across. However, firewalls that lower from the ceiling make things more difficult. On the other side is a set of doors that lead into a tower like the one from earlier. Here, the energy pool is far below but still rises. If you want the stage's Full Restore, head down and get to it before the energy overtakes it. Either way, you have to make a tougher ascent where you need to climb ledges, grates, laser poles, cross floating platforms teleported in by switches, and run along gravity paths. Enemies such as Plasma Grunts, Manectric Chargers, Snapsparkers, Magneton Shields, Rotom Generators, Mothical Drones, Hover Turrets, and a Luxray Scanner hinder you along the way. The Luxray Scanner teleports in lasers if you get caught by it. Some enemies you have to homing attack or swing under. There's some laser ports and electric barriers along the way as well. Two-thirds of the way up, you'll enter a two-phase brawl of Electrode Bombs and Porygon2 Troopers, and the energy still rises! After the brawl, you'll take a small series of platform paths (there's only one blue path to worry about here) up to the top where you need to throw a Snapsparker or Vicious Hunter (the Vicious Hunter brings out Rotom Generators) into a switch on a wall (try opening the Shock Crate first) to open the doors leading out of the tower. In the next hall, defeat some Plasma Grunts and be weary of Glunders and head through the doors to enter a long, twisting hall with no floor and a platform with a flashing red-green-blue path. If you step on this platform, it'll go along the path at high speeds and you'll be alerted to laser fences and other hazards along the way. When you reach a stop, you'll now do the same with two platforms that start up together. After this ride, you'll come to a set of doors that lead into the base's central core. Here, you'll engage in a brawl with a Plasma Soldier and three Thundekong Troops reinforcing it. On the sidelines is a Luxray Scanner that if it catches you, fully heals all enemies in the room. After the brawl, head through to enter a gigantic room with a massive grid-paneled core that floats in the center. Now first you need to enter the door on the right to enter a maze where you need to activate three switches. Find all three and head back into the core area where a cadre of Plasma Grunts and Manectric Chargers need to be taken down. You can now enter the left door to find a large room that contains a giant octagonal bomb called a Cyber Superbomb, a weapon made by Team Plasma that can cause catastrophic damage to the network, and who knows how it affects the outside world. Despite its size, for some reason, the bomb seems weightless and you can easily take it through the large doors back into the core area. Take it to as close to the core as you can and activate it. Upon doing so, a computerized voice will warn of five minutes before the bomb detonates and destroys the entire cyber headquarters. If you don't get out of there by then, you fail the mission. Now you need to enter the doors leading out of the core area and into a long hall with Plasma Grunts and Snapsparkers to get past. At the end of the hall is a large room where you need to navigate the ledges along the walls and swing your way across Porygon2 Troopers. At some points, you'll be told to hang onto the virtual robot as it teleports. This allows you to go with it and be able to grab onto one that's too high or too far to reach otherwise. At the end of the section, take a gravity path wrapping along the walls to a set of doors that lead into a long, twisting hall with a pair of high-speed platforms. Go along them and past any hazards along the way, such as some Cymuls and Hover Turrets, and at the end of the ride, go through the doors and into a room with one last brawl of Plasma Grunts, Manectric Chargers, and also a Vicious Hunter that brings out Magneton Shields. After the brawl, go into the wide hall and get past the laser ports until you reach a set of large doors that open to reveal the Goal Gate. Head through to finally clear the most challenging stage at this point of the game.

[Sunflora Azumarill]

Note: During this cutscene, the boss, and the cutscenes after, it's always nighttime, regardless of the time of day when you cleared Plasma Cyber Base.

Cutscene: We go to outside the base in cyberspace as flashing red lights envelop the entire area and a computerized voice warns of imminent detonation to the Cyber Superbomb. The chosen character heads down the path to a transporter at the end, activates it using a nearby console, then heads through the portal. Back inside the warehouse, the building is warning of the Cyber Superbomb having been detonated and to evacuate the building before the supercomputer explodes. The chosen character appears within a capsule on the side of the supercomputer and seeing the Plasma Grunts running out of the building, decides to do what they're doing. But before the chosen character can make it out, the supercomputer explodes, sending out magnetic nuclear pulsations in all directions. We see though some sort of barrier over the chosen character shielding him or her from the blasts. Suddenly, we see the whole warehouse blown apart by the destruction of the supercomputer.

Cutscene: We see the barrier enveloping the chosen character fade away as he or she discovers that it was Pulseman that created the barrier, but that he himself wasn't able to get into it and ended up taking the fierce blow of the supercomputer's explosion, thus collapsing. We notice that the two of them are now in the massive parking lot of the super mall and that a half-virtual world surrounds the entire Kiyosara Mega Shopping Center area. As the chosen character gets up, he or she notices Plasmae, the leader of Team Plasma holding the Thunder Plate and also a large data disc. Plasmae explains that she's upset that the chosen character blew up her cyber fortress, but that after she escaped the base in advance, she made a copy of the complex and saved it onto the disc and will be able to upload it onto another supercomputer. In fact, she made several copies of the cyber base for just in case of something like this. Anyway, Plasmae decides to stop with the talk and says that she'll show the chosen character the power that the Thunder Plate holds. We see a hover transport similar to the ones used in Super Smash Bros. Brawl's Subspace Emissary ride onto the scene. On it happens to be a large Rocket Cage, which opens up to reveal Raikou bound by electronic rings. Plasmae then gets onto the transport and then holds the Thunder Plate up to Raikou. The Plate and Raikou both glow in a bright yellow color, the two bond, and Raikou then easily triples in size. The result is Raikou bonded with the Thunder Plate and glowing in a bright yellow color. After Raikou roars loudly, Plasmae commands it to show the chosen character the power of the Thunder Plate.

BOSS STAGE: Fused Raikou
When fighting the Fused Raikou, the Dark Gaia's Spawn boss theme from Sonic Unleashed plays. When the Fused Raikou is defeated, the Clear Fanfare 2 music from Sonic Unleashed plays.

We've been thrust into our fourth Super Plate battle of the game, this time with the Fused Raikou to deal with! Plasmae's on the sidelines with the hover transport and Pulseman's also out of bounds. The Fused Raikou is similar to the Egg Cerberus from Sonic '06 and happens to be a tough customer! Raikou will electrify its body and start running around the area. If you so much as touch it, you'll become paralyzed! When Raikou stops to launch trios of electric spheres at you, you'll be able to run around to the back of it, grind up its tail, run along its body, and land on the head. Much like with the Egg Cerberus, you'll gain a little control over Raikou as it runs around and will need to guide it into one of four large walls on the sides of the area. Once you do so, that wall will shatter and the Fused Raikou will suffer damage. If you don't send it into a wall in time, Raikou will throw you off and you'll need to do the whole thing over again. Each time you get off Raikou, it'll roar and discharge lightning into the air, which then comes down onto the ground towards you. Keep running to dodge it. Note that with each hit, the Fused Raikou becomes harder to control. When half of Raikou's health is gone, it'll start to fire singular spheres of electricity at you while running and if it gets too far from you, will charge you with a powerful Volt Tackle. At this point, when you're riding Raikou it'll throw you off just before you hit a wall and you'll need to homing attack it to get back on and guide it back towards the wall. When there's only a quarter of the Fused Raikou's health left, the hover transport will come closer towards the ground, enough for you to jump and grab its underside. Remember this because at certain times, Raikou discharges electricity along the entire ground, and you'll suffer serious damage if you get caught in it. Once the Fused Raikou's sent into the last wall, the battle is over.


Cutscene: We go to Giovanni's secret location as he has just watched the defeat of the Fused Raikou on the hologram screen. He brings up in an angry tone why the Pokémon Peace Squad keeps trying to ruin his infinite empire. ONNA materializes in order to tell Giovanni that Tyson has almost obtained the Aero Plate in Holoska and that he should watch the events unfold. Giovanni asks ONNA if any other Plates have been found. ONNA replies that the scanning satellites have determined where each of the remaining Plates are located. We watch as a large cylindrical hologram wraps around the area where Giovanni is and a large world map along with several other screens appears on the interior side. ONNA appears on a human-size screen on the hologram and brings up that the Earth Plate, which is located in Dagodney, has been stolen by a certain mad doctor. We then see a picture of Dr. Eggman come on the hologram in Giovanni's view. Giovanni tells ONNA to send out robotic fleets to go and get the Earth Plate back from Eggman and to also make sure the Pokémon Peace Squad doesn't get to it first. He also adds on to send the Rocket Air Force to Kiyosara and "persuade" the chosen character to give up the Thunder Plate. ONNA asks what course of action Giovanni will take with the other Plates. Giovanni says that he'll have Sebastian go to where the Chemical Plate is, a place he refers to as the "good doctor's" failed empire. ONNA brings up that she's getting a message from Prof. Nanba. A screen comes up on the hologram to show the Team Rocket scientist in San Diales explaining that the second try at getting the Power Plate has been a success and that it'll be sent. Proton comes up on another screen to explain that they managed to steal some of the Veilstone meteors and that they'll be transported to him to construct the Rocket Hyperbombs. Giovanni then thanks Proton for his work and tells him that Team Rocket is one step closer to their dream empire.

Cutscene: We go to Holoska, where Tyson (TR one), a large band of Team Rocket Grunts, all in winter gear, and several Abomasnow Titans have invaded. Marketa (the little girl) asks just what they want here and Tyson replies their greatest treasure, and brings out his two Fearow, a Blaziken, and Luxray. Jari-Pekka, the village elder and Gate Guardian explains that the Aero Plate belongs to them and decides to bring out three Pokémon he has with him, a Walrein, a Mamoswine, and an Abomasnow. Tyson scoffs at Jari-Pekka's choice in Pokémon and orders both of his Fearow to use Heat Wave and for Blaziken to use Overheat. Both Fearow use their wings to create intense waves of heat that overwhelm Jari-Pekka's side. Abomasnow falls as a result of both attacks as Blaziken fires a bright stream of red-yellow fire at Mamoswine, bringing it to the ground. With only Walrein left, Jari-Pekka commands it to use Ice Beam and stop Tyson, but Tyson tells Luxray to use Thunderbolt and bring Walrein down. The two attacks hit and cause an explosion, but Luxray the launches another Thunderbolt through the smoke and hits Walrein dead on, sending it to the ground. Tyson goes up to Jari-Pekka and tells him that if he doesn't want to see his home put to waste, then to open up the shrine leading to the Aero Plate. Jari-Pekka gives Tyson a sky blue-color chain of crystals and Tyson heads into the shrine, where a statue of Cresselia now sits. Using the crystal chain, Tyson makes the statue sink to reveal the chamber where the Aero Plate is found. He goes up to where the Aero Plate it and grabs it, saying that they've gotten the next Plate. We then see Tyson come out of the shrine with the Aero Plate in tow and returns his Pokémon before commanding the Abomasnow Titans to freeze the entire village in a block of ice! As Tyson and the Rocket Grunts start to leave for a group of hover transports like the one seen with Plasmae (these have the Team Rocket symbol), Sarianna (the woman) tells them to stop, but it's too late as the robots send a cold wave over the village, freezing everything in sight. We watch as Tyson and the Rocket Grunts leave aboard the transports.

Cutscene: We go back to Kiyosara in the area of the Mega Shopping Center as the cyber world surrounding the place vanishes and the Fused Raikou roars loudly and we watch as the bond the Fused Raikou has with the Thunder Plate is broken and the two separate, causing Raikou to return to normal. The chosen character manages to grab the Thunder Plate as Plasmae pulls out a Plasma Launcher, the most powerful weapon in Team Plasma's arsenal, and points it at the chosen character, telling him or her to drop the Plate. We then watch as Raikou charges the hover transport with a Volt Tackle, sending the transport and Plasmae flying through the air. The chosen character tells Raikou that it's free and that it can leave, but suddenly, we watch as a Chemical Plasma Missile shoots through the air and heads straight for the base of Kiyosara Tower, the explosion dissolves the entire bottom of the tower and it falls towards a few tall buildings, badly scraping them in the process. As a number of screams and commotion emerge, the chosen character decides to head back and see just what has happened. Raikou offers the chosen character a ride, especially since Pulseman is still unconscious. The chosen character picks him up and puts him on Raikou's back before getting on him or herself. Raikou then shoots down the parking lot at an incredible scene and we see everyone leave our sight.

Cutscene: We go to elsewhere in Kiyosara as a number of robotic stealth aircraft are positioned in the sky over Kiyosara's buildings. Among them happens to be the Dark Raven. We go to the Highwind as Cid decides to take on Team Rocket's stealth fighter robots, but a number of them are already flying over and around the airship and start firing their firestorm cannons at it. One of the jets flies over the Highwind and drops a high-tech green-colored box with doors on the sides onto one of the side decks of the Highwind. We watch as a door opens up to reveal a diamond-shaped laser grid from which several Ariados Webs come out one at a time and start firing their multicolored energy webs all over the Highwind, causing the front controls to spark. Another Stealth Seeker flies over and drops a blue-colored box onto another deck. From this one, several Snover Units emerge and start firing ice bubbles all over the airship, causing ice to build up on it. Cid brings up that he had dealt with these miniature robot factories once before (during the Highwind Crisis stage in Pokémon Peace Squad 2). We see the top deck open up to reveal Tails in the now-repaired Tornado and opens fire on the Stealth Seeker robots. At one point, Tails notices on the bottom of the Stealth Seekers are more fusion cannons.

Cutscene: We go back to the ground in front of Kiyosara's shrine where two girls we've seen before, Annie & Oakley, have just taken Remaya hostage. Oakley brings up a comment to Remaya on how her clothes are so ancient and happen to be out of fashion. At this point, the chosen character riding on Raikou appears on top of the shrine, jumps off the Pokémon, lands on front of the shrine, and then runs down the steps onto the pathway where Annie, Oakley, and Remaya are. Annie comes up to the chosen character and tells him or her to give them the Thunder Plate now unless he or she wants to see Kiyosara obliterated by fusion cannons. The chosen character asks just where is Cid when you need him, but after letting go and pushing Remaya to the ground, Oakley says they've already taken care of him as well as his or her detective friend. We switch to see Looker caught in webs from Oakley's Ariados and also energy webs of various colors from several Ariados Web robots. Annie and Oakley each pull out unusual handheld guns and fire them, creating one small portal, and another far away. They jump through the first one and come out of the second one. Remaya tells the chosen character to go and stop them, and thus another boss battle commences.

BOSS BATTLE: Annie & Oakley
When fighting Annie & Oakley, the Vs. Character boss theme from Sonic the Hedgehog '06 plays. When Annie & Oakley are defeated, the Town Mission Clear music theme from Sonic the Hedgehog '06 plays.

Now this is an interesting boss battle, as not only are we fighting two main foes instead of one, but the duo also uses portal guns to warp their way around the area. The arena happens to consist of the I5, I4, I3, J3, and J4 blocks of the hub, which means you got a bit of ground to cover. Annie & Oakley use their portal guns by firing one portal in front of them and another at a distance. Using these portals, they can quickly make their way around the area by jumping through the portals and can also launch attacks and fire weapons through them. In fact, using these portals, one of them can even punch you from a distance! For other weapons, Annie also has a dual machine gun that fires semi-homing bullets and Oakley also has a dual rocket launcher that fires semi-homing rockets. They'll fire these weapons through the portals they create in order to hit you from any direction. Even through you may not think so, you can jump through the portals yourself. Just be sure Annie or Oakley isn't firing a weapon from the other side. One you've gotten the health of one down to half, that girl will pull out a new weapon called a "phase laser", which fires laser shots that phase through non-human matter, meaning that she can fire a laser shot at you from the other side of a building and that shot will pass through the entire thing and come out at the opposite end. These shots also do considerable damage and still travel through portals. One you've taken down both Annie & Oakley, then this battle will be over.

Cutscene: We watch as Annie & Oakley get up and point all their guns at the chosen character, telling him or her that this is the end of the line for him or her. While we don't see who's flying the Dark Raven, from inside the thingypit, we watch as a screen with Giovanni on it comes up telling the pilot to have the Stealth Seekers open fire on Kiyosara and reduce it to nothing. From back at the Alpha Gate, we hear Raikou roar loudly, enough for Remaya to look up at Raikou say that it's furious. We see that Pulseman is still on Raikou's back, and the Pokémon starts discharging bright white electricity over its body. This causes Pulseman to become rejuvenated, and as he steps off of Raikou, says for the two of them to work together. Raikou roars once more and fires a Rain Dance into the sky, causing storm clouds to form all over the city. Pulseman makes a running jump off the top of the shrine, going Volteccer in the process, and shoots into the sky. Raikou fires a Thunder attack into the clouds, and lightning bolts start to rain down onto several Stealth Seekers, destroying them, and Pulseman shoots through any remaining ones. We see and hear lots of Kiyosara's residents cheer throughout the area while Cid, Tails, and everyone else that's on the Highwind also cheer. Pulseman touches down where Looker is and with a swipe from his electrified arm, frees the International Police agent. The chosen character and Remaya run up to the two of them and thank Pulseman for helping out with stopping Team Rocket and also Team Plasma. Pulseman brings up that the interference Kiyosara has been having with the Global Phone Network was caused by Team Plasma to hide the location of their base within the network, but with the destruction of that base, Kiyosara's database has returned to normal. Looker says that he'll add that to his investigation into Team Plasma. At this point, however, we see Annie & Oakley confront the heroes and Oakley pulls out an unusual high-tech gun at them. Remaya demands just what the two of them still want, but Oakley says that they want their C-Life friend and fires the gun at Pulseman, which sends out a blue stream of cyber energy that hits Pulseman instantly and causes his body to surge with electricity. Pulseman uncontrollably goes into Volteccer form as Looker yells out at Annie and Oakley that they're hurting Pulseman. As Pulseman screams, the cyber stream reverses direction and pulls Pulseman in towards the gun. Upon reaching the gun, the "Volteccer Sphere" starts to shrink until it disappears. Remaya asks what the two of them just did to Pulseman, and a micro disc ejects from the gun into Oakley's hand as she explains that Pulseman is now imprisoned within the disc and that she has the courtesy to not break the disc and trap Pulseman forever in its shards provided that no one follows them. Putting the disc in an equally small case, Oakley and Annie see the Dark Raven hover over them. Raikou launches a Thunder attack into the sky and a bolt of lightning hits the Dark Raven dead-on, but the hovercraft is completely unaffected. Annie says that the Dark Raven has both anti-shock and electromagnetic radiation shielding to prevent something like that from downing it. We watch as two rope ladders lower down from the Dark Raven and the two of them ride the ladders up into the jet, which turns invisible as it flies off.

Cutscene: We go to inside the Alpha Gate as the chosen character has an idea on where the Thunder Plate goes. Going up to the Rayquaza statue in front of the doors where you can enter the hub's stages, suddenly, the Rayquaza statue glows a bright yellow color and so does the Thunder Plate. The Rayquaza statue sinks into the ground and the chosen character is in the area where the Thunder Plate is supposed to be placed. The chosen character takes the Thunder Plate up to the pedestal and places the Plate onto it. Once the Thunder Plate is back, the chosen character goes to the Rayquaza statue and takes it back up to the surface, sealing the path leading into the chamber.

Cutscene: We go to sunrise as the chosen character is sitting down on the steps of Kiyosara's shrine. Remaya is hard at work sweeping up the pathway after the events that had unfolded during the night when suddenly, a blue blur shoots by the miko, causing her to turn in the direction of the blur, which turns out to be Sonic, who stops near the chosen character. Sonic tells the chosen character that Tails was able to contact him when Team Rocket attacked the city and that he ran as fast as he could to Kiyosara in hopes of helping out. The chosen character tells Sonic that Pulseman was captured by them in the process and that (in most cases) he or she feels responsible for it. Sonic tells him or her to not feel down and they they'll rescue Pulseman if they keep working hard enough. Sonic explains that he went and saw Prof. Pickle in Spagonia on the way here and that the next Plate is in Dagodney. He adds on that Eggman was also spotted there and that it's the perfect opportunity for him to teach Eggman another lesson. In other words, Sonic's is going to go with the chosen character, who gets off the steps. Sonic tells him or her that whenever he or she is ready to meet him at the Highwind.

Once you've regained control of the chosen character, you'll be on the steps of the Kiyosara shrine. Remaya is still sweeping up the pathway, but will thank you for preventing Team Rocket from laying waste to the city. You can also talk to anyone within the hub and they'll thank you for saving Kiyosara. Some are also shocked at the fact that you personally know Sonic the Hedgehog. Starting at this point, all the phones in Kiyosara work once again, so you can use them if you need to. You can go back to the entrance to the hub and head into the Highwind to head to Dagodney, but you should also stock up on whatever items that you need for the road ahead. When you go inside the Highwind, you'll find Sonic there as well as Looker, who tells you that he's going to see if Eggman has any connection to Team Rocket. If you go up onto the top deck where Tails is, he tells you that he has established a weapon connection with the Highwind, allowing him to fire the Highwind's weapons from the Tornado and for the Highwind to fire the Tornado's weapons, indicating that it's a kind of symbiosis he's set up. Anyway, when you're ready, go to Cid, talk to him, and select "I'm all ready!" to go to the World Map.

At the World Map, you'll be pointed in the direction of a new location, Dagodney, which is located south. Since you're pointed there already, simply select Dagodney to head there.