10 Pokestar Studios

Pokestar Studios

As soon as you enter the Pokestar Studios, you'll see the guy you saw earlier as well as another man. The other man is the guy's boss, Stu Deeoh. He says some stuff and then runs off to the studios. The guy from earlier then takes you along and shows you some of Pokestar Studios. The first stop is the Theater.





Inside the Theater, you'll run into Roxie's dad, Pop Roxie, who wants to show you the debut of a new movie. Get ready to watch an interesting movie battle sort of thing!

It starts off with Brycen-Man versus Riolu-Man (Roxie's dad). They end up fighting in a battle, although Riolu-Man's Riolu winds up losing in the end to the Vullaby, leaving the audience bored and confused.

It's time for you to do something about that! You're taken over to the Studio, where you'll be able to rerecord the movie and star as an actor in it! Brycen, the Gym Leader from Icirrus City, pops out briefly to say hi, then heads back into the recording room.

Go ahead and talk to the guy right outside of the entrance. He'll ask if you want to take the challenge, if you need instructions, or if you want to cancel. Select the first option and then you'll be prompted to use either Rental Pokemon (first option) or your own Pokemon (second option), or to cancel. At this point, you're probably best using Rental Pokemon, since you will have to battle with them, although feel free to try use your own if you'd rather.

You'll now have to face off against Brycen and his Pawniard L15. If you are using Rental Pokemon, you'll have a Riolu L13. Use Force Palm to KO the Pawniard. After that, he'll send out a Vullaby L13, but you'll exchange words and will be given a choice of what to say from two options. Choose the first option, and then you'll provoke the Vullaby into using Faint Attack instead of Air Slash, allowing your Riolu a chance to use Ice Punch and finish the fight.

Regardless of the outcome of the fight, after the two scenes are over, you'll be asked whether or not to keep that scene and go to the Theater or not. If you say No, and then say Yes after that, you can retry the scene, but otherwise just say Yes the first time to see your work over at the Theater. Keep in mind you'll need to save your game first.

Head back over to the Theater and talk to the receptionist to see your movie in action. Select it from the bottom screen and then enjoy the show! You'll be able to see the audience's reaction on the bottom screen.

After the show, as you try to leave, Stu Deeoh will show up and will then watch the show himself. Anyway, go ahead and leave, heading back to the harbor in Virbank City, which is in the southeastern part of town. 

Virbank City

Down by the harbor, you'll find there's some Team Plasma Grunts, as well as Roxie and Hugh. Go ahead and fight the Team Plasma Grunt right in front of you, who uses a Patrat L14. After beating him, he and his goons run off. Roxie is about to chase them, but lets them go, stopping instead to give you HM01 (Cut) instead, which can be used outside of battle to cut down small trees. Keep in mind that HM moves cannot be forgotten, except by the Move Deleter, and since Cut is a pretty lousy attack, I recommend putting it on something that you don't plan on using in battle. Patrat is a Pokemon that can learn Cut and is pretty easy to get.

There aren't too many places you can use Cut at this point, but you'll occasionally see those small trees blocking your path. They usually lead to helpful items or shortcuts. In fact, if you head back to the Virbank Complex, right before you enter the main part of it, there's actually a path heading west that you can follow to find a small tree to whack down — behind it is a Super Potion.

Anyway, you're going to need to chase down those Team Plasma Grunts right away! Head back on over to Route 20 to the west whenever you're ready.