Pokémon Update #4 - Heavy News

The Pokémon project has received a crushing blow. As it turns out, wifi-trades are made via a limited search list of Pokémon that you have actually witnessed in some form within the game. That means I can neither seek nor request a completely foreign Pokémon. The only option for total completion is to find a person with Friend Code registration--who also has previous generation games--to trade me those foreign Pokémon without restriction.

In addition, to obtain special event Pokémon (such as Lugia, et al), I will need to use an Action Replay device. I am still debating the merits of that, especially since the device will cost an additional $20.00.

In any case, there are still many Pokémon to be caught within Diamond itself.

Since the last update, I have completed a few game objectives:

• Obtained all 8 Gym Badges
• Beat the Elite Four
• Completed the Sinnoh Pokédex

This opens up a tremendous amount of "post-story" content and allows me to finally begin catching Pokémon from previous game generations. Now, without further ado, here is the list of catches since Update #3.

Pokémon evolved since last update:

• Zeet : Monferno → Infernape
• Helium : Drifloon → Drifblim
• Wisp : Roselia → Roserade

Pokémon received via trade to replace evolved Pokémon:

• Chimchar : CHIMCHAR

New Pokémon to replace owned evolved Pokémon:

• Drifloon : Mina
• Machop : Wielder
  

Other new Pokémon from trades:

• Misdreavus : MISDREAVUS
• Turtwing : TORTIPOUSS
• Machamp : STRONG

Just Plain New Pokémon:

• Pelipper : Bess
• Chingling : Tina
• Bronzor : Shararat
• Bronzong : Apkallu
• Buizel : Daxle
• Floatzel : Tia
• Noctowl : Blathers
• Riolu : Garuru
• Aipom : Deeky
• Psyduck : Launchpad
• Steelix : Sgt. Zombo
• Burmy : Twork
• Mothim : Tootsie
• Combee : Nonono
• Shellos (Blue) : Menthol
• Gastrodon (Blue) : Wilt
• Mime Jr. : Cherry
• Mr. Mime : Gogo
• Girafarig : Snakeass
• Cherubi : Shiropp
• Wurmple : Wurmple
• Silcoon : Whitebriar
• Farfetch'd : Kalika
• Dialga : Kaiser
• Ditto : Umlaut
• Happiny : Shanda
  

Pokémon Breeding babies:

• Piplup : Ciao

Extra Pokémon caught for trading or keeping:

• Combee : Cluster
• Combee : Antoinette
• Burmy : Licorice
• Burmy : Pop
• Cherubi : Twirry
• Ditto : Meeba
• Ditto : Elzo
• Kadabra : Yungeller
• Wingull : Scutes

TOTAL : 68 / 482+8