In Black and White, you’ll receive an elemental monkey in the Dreamyard which will make the fight for your first badge much easier. Try to catch a Purrloin on Route 2 as well. In Black 2 and White 2, make sure to catch and train a few Pokémon on your way to Aspertia City. Try to find a Riolu in Floccesy Ranch to make the battle against Cheren a snap.
In Black and White, you’ll need to find Fennel in Striaton City. You’ll be tasked with getting Dream Mist from the Dreamyard. Use the Cut move that you’re given to cut the tree in the Dreamyard. After the story sequence and the fight with Team Plasma, you’ll be given the Dream Mist. Return to Fennel and exchange it for the C-Gear.
Make sure that you are close enough for the IR signal to connect. If you can’t get the connection working, try using the Union Room (see the next section). The Union Room is also better for trading with strangers in public places, as you don’t need to synchronize the IR connection.
Capture several Pokémon on your way to the first Gym. Try to get several different types of Pokémon so that you can handle different types of opponents. Level up your Pokémon before fighting the Gym Leader. By gaining a few levels for each of your Pokémon, you’ll make short work of the Gym Leader.
The DS Pokémon games used to have the ability to connect to the Nintendo Wi-Fi service and use the Global Trade System to trade with anyone in the world. Nintendo has discontinued this service, so the only Pokémon games that can trade over the internet are Generation Vi on the 3DS (click here for instructions).
You’ll need two DS systems in order to make this transfer.
When you go to the Lab for the first time, you’ll be taken through several conversations.
If a Pokémon is hiding behind a bush, hit the bush to make it start hopping. You only have a certain amount of time to complete this, but you can do this as many times as you’d like.
