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Completing the Pokédex With Generations 3 and 4 (Pokémon SoulSilver)

There are 493 Pokémon in SoulSilver's Pokédex. Only 484 are needed to get the certificate from the Game Freak employee in Celadon City: the ones that can be missed are Mew, Celebi, Jirachi, Deoxys, Phione, Manaphy, Darkrai, Shaymin, and Arceus. This page focuses on getting these 484 Pokémon.

At minimum, the player will need access to one of the following sets of games:

  1. Diamond, Pearl, SoulSilver, Emerald, and either HeartGold or FireRed (5 games); this is the fewest number of games that can be used to complete the Pokédex, but requires that the player have access to a DS that can be used with Pal Park.
  2. Diamond, Pearl, HeartGold, and SoulSilver (4 games); this does not require dual-slot functionality, but the player will not be able to get the three Hoenn Regis and Regigigas without access to events. If a DS that can be used with Pal Park is obtainable, the player can add any Hoenn game, which makes this option require 5 games.

Version Exclusives

The following version-exclusive Pokémon have to be traded from HeartGold, transferred from FireRed, or traded from another game:

Kyogre must be traded from HeartGold to get the Rayquaza that appears at the Embedded Tower. If HeartGold is not used, Rayquaza must be transferred from Emerald.

Pokéwalker Pokémon

If you have access to the Pokéwalker, you can obtain all the following Pokémon. Alternative games are listed in parentheses if you do not have the Pokéwalker.

Regardless of Pokéwalker access, East Sea Shellos and Gastrodon must be traded from Diamond, Pearl, or Platinum.

Regis

The three Regis (Regirock, Regice, or Registeel) must be either transferred from Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald, or obtained with an event Regigigas in Platinum and traded to HeartGold. Regigigas in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum can only be obtained with the three Hoenn Regis in the party.

Sinnoh Pokémon

Mutually Exclusive Pokémon

Several Pokémon are mutually exclusive, meaning that if you get one species, you cannot get at least one other species. The list of mutually exclusive species is below.

You will need access to three HeartGold or SoulSilver save files to get all three Kanto and Johto starters, and three Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, HeartGold, and/or SoulSilver save files to get all three Hoenn starters. If you choose to use Emerald in place of SoulSilver, you will need to select Latios in Emerald. You will also need access to three Diamond, Pearl, and/or Platinum save files to get all three Sinnoh starters.

Trade Evolutions

17 Pokémon evolve by trading: Alakazam, Machamp, Golem, Gengar, Politoed, Slowking, Kingdra, Steelix, Scizor, Porygon2, Huntail, Gorebyss, Rhyperior, Electivire, Magmortar, Porygon-Z, and Dusknoir. The easiest way to get data for them is to trade them to another game and immediately trade the newly-evolved Pokémon back.

You will need two King's Rocks, two Metal Coats, one Dragon Scale, one Up-Grade, one DeepSeaTooth, one DeepSeaScale, one Protector, one Electirizer, one Magmarizer, one Dubious Disc, and one Reaper Cloth to evolve Politoed, Slowking, Steelix, Scizor, Kingdra, Porygon2, Huntail, Gorebyss, Rhyperior, Electivire, Magmortar, Porygon-Z, and Dusknoir.