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A '''secret base''' (Japanese: '''ひみつきち''' ''secret base'') is a special area that the {{player}} can create in [[Hoenn]]- and [[Sinnoh]]-based games to decorate with various accessories, furniture, and Poké Dolls. While the name is retained as the same between Hoenn and Sinnoh, the only real similarity between the two is in the manner in which they are decorated.
A '''secret base''' (Japanese: '''ひみつきち''' ''secret base'') is a special area that the {{player}} can create in [[Hoenn]]- and [[Sinnoh]]-based games to decorate with various accessories, furniture, and Pokémon dolls. While the name is retained as the same between Hoenn and Sinnoh, the only real similarity between the two is in the manner in which they are decorated.


==In the games==
==In the games==
===Generation III===
===Generation III===
On most [[route]]s in the Hoenn region, several places can be discovered that are perfect to hold a secret base for a [[Pokémon Trainer]]. Among these are clumps of grass that can be moved, tall trees that can drop vines, and small indents that can be dug out and transformed into miniature caves.  
Most [[route]]s in the Hoenn region feature several areas which can be converted into a secret base, with small indents in walls being able to be carved out into a cave, tall trees being able to drop down vines, and clumps of grass being able to be moved. These areas become accessible to this conversion only if the Trainer has a Pokémon that can use {{m|Secret Power}}, available via [[TM43]].


Trainers can decorate their secret base in any way they please, being able to put up to 16 [[decoration]]s into the area. Trainers can run while inside of a secret base, but cannot ride a bike. A boy in [[Mossdeep City]] reminds players of where their own secret base is.


==In the games==
If a player [[mixing records|mixes records]] with other Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald game cartridges, secret bases will copy over between them (even those from other players who have previously mixed records). Inside of secret bases that do not belong to the player, an [[NPC]] can be found to represent the person that took that secret base as their own. After the [[Elite Four]] have been defeated, the player can battle the NPC, who will have the [[party]] of the person who owns that secret base as of the time of record mixing. These battles award money, experience, and all other things that normal battles with NPCs do, but they can only occur once per day, with the time resetting at midnight.
===Generation III===
Spread across the [[Hoenn|Hoenn region]] are caves, trees, and bushes which are perfect to hold a secret base for any [[Pokémon Trainer]].  These locations can be opened when a Pokémon uses the move {{m|Secret Power}} at a wall with a small indent, a tree with vines, or where a clump of grass may be moved.
 
A Trainer may decorate their secret base with big and small [[Pokémon Dolls|dolls]], [[mats]], [[desks]], [[chairs]], [[plants]], [[cushions]], [[posters]] and [[ornaments]], filling the base with up to 16 decorations inside. Some of the items may also be used in the player's room.
 
A Trainer can [[Running Shoes|run]] in any secret base, but cannot ride a bike.
 
A boy in [[Mossdeep City]] reminds a player of where their own secret base is located, in case one forgets.
 
====Mixing records====
If two or more players [[mixing records|mix records]], their secret bases copy over, as well as the bases of anyone else they've mixed records with. The exact position of the secret base and the furniture arrangement of the recorded player's game will be put into the player's. Entering one of these bases reveals a Trainer who represents the other player, including their Trainer name, secret base decorations, and Pokémon [[party|team]] at the time of record mixing (without nicknames). Once the player has beaten the [[Elite Four]] this Trainer can be challenged to a {{pkmn|battle}} once a day. Unlike a {{ho|Battle Tower}} {{pkmn|battle}}, items can be used and Pokémon seen will be registered on the Pokédex. Experience and money gained will be kept as well, however {{m|Thief|stolen}} [[held items|items]] will not be kept.
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===Generation IV===
===Generation IV===
In [[Sinnoh]], there is a vast [[The Underground|underground system of tunnels]] where players can, among other things, build a secret base by [[Digger Drill|drilling into the wall]]. Instead of mixing records and challenging an NPC with the other player's team, however, players can find each other in the underground itself and race to capture each other's flags, if they are near enough to each other for [[Nintendo DS|DS-to-DS]] wireless communication. Capturing several flags will award players with upgrades, such as the ability to clear rocks found inside secret bases and various radars for locating traps, spheres and treasure in the underground.
Unlike in Generation III, the secret bases in Generation IV are found [[the Underground|underground]], and instead of NPCs being used to represent other players, the other players can be encountered face-to-face using DS wireless communication.


Also, in {{game|Platinum}}, when the player arrives at the [[Resort Area]], he/she will be shown into [[Villa|a house of his/her own]]. It can be then used as a secret base. It will, however, also be visited by others like the [[Sinnoh]] [[Gym Leader]]s, [[Professor Rowan]], {{ga|Lucas|his}} {{ga|Dawn|assistant}}, {{ga|Pearl|the player's rival}}, and the {{player}}'s [[mom]].
Players cannot battle each other for money underground, however, if a player enters another's secret base while they are not decorating (as that requires the entrance be closed), they can attempt to steal their flag and take it to their own secret base for rewards, from decorations to a Trainer card star.


==In the anime==
==In the anime==
Secret bases first appeared in ''[[AG027|A Three Team Scheme]]''. While staying in [[Dewford Town]], {{Ash}} and {{Ashfr|his friends}} stumbled across [[Keanu]]'s secret base. Later in the episode, [[Team Rocket]] also found the secret base and stole Keanu's Pokémon. They haven't been seen since.<!--or have they? this writer really has no idea, but it sounds conclusive nonetheless-->
Secret bases first appeared in ''[[AG027|A Three Team Scheme]]''. While staying in [[Dewford Town]], {{Ash}} and {{Ashfr|his friends}} stumbled across [[Keanu]]'s secret base. Later in the episode, [[Team Rocket]] also found the secret base and stole Keanu's Pokémon, which Ash and his friends helped him to get back.


==Related articles==
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Revision as of 05:45, 8 December 2009

A secret base (Japanese: ひみつきち secret base) is a special area that the player can create in Hoenn- and Sinnoh-based games to decorate with various accessories, furniture, and Pokémon dolls. While the name is retained as the same between Hoenn and Sinnoh, the only real similarity between the two is in the manner in which they are decorated.

In the games

Generation III

Most routes in the Hoenn region feature several areas which can be converted into a secret base, with small indents in walls being able to be carved out into a cave, tall trees being able to drop down vines, and clumps of grass being able to be moved. These areas become accessible to this conversion only if the Trainer has a Pokémon that can use Secret Power, available via TM43.

Trainers can decorate their secret base in any way they please, being able to put up to 16 decorations into the area. Trainers can run while inside of a secret base, but cannot ride a bike. A boy in Mossdeep City reminds players of where their own secret base is.

If a player mixes records with other Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald game cartridges, secret bases will copy over between them (even those from other players who have previously mixed records). Inside of secret bases that do not belong to the player, an NPC can be found to represent the person that took that secret base as their own. After the Elite Four have been defeated, the player can battle the NPC, who will have the party of the person who owns that secret base as of the time of record mixing. These battles award money, experience, and all other things that normal battles with NPCs do, but they can only occur once per day, with the time resetting at midnight.

Generation IV

Unlike in Generation III, the secret bases in Generation IV are found underground, and instead of NPCs being used to represent other players, the other players can be encountered face-to-face using DS wireless communication.

Players cannot battle each other for money underground, however, if a player enters another's secret base while they are not decorating (as that requires the entrance be closed), they can attempt to steal their flag and take it to their own secret base for rewards, from decorations to a Trainer card star.

In the anime

Secret bases first appeared in A Three Team Scheme. While staying in Dewford Town, Ash and his friends stumbled across Keanu's secret base. Later in the episode, Team Rocket also found the secret base and stole Keanu's Pokémon, which Ash and his friends helped him to get back.

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