Pokémon Dream Radar

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Pokémon Dream Radar
ポケモンARサーチャー

Pokémon Dream Radar logo
Basic info
Platform: Nintendo 3DS
Category: First-person shooter
Players: Single
Connectivity: Nintendo 3DS Link
Developer: Creatures, Inc.
Publisher: Nintendo
Part of: Generation V side series
Ratings
CERO: A
ESRB: E
ACB: G
OFLC: N/A
PEGI: 3
GRAC: N/A
GSRR: N/A
Release dates
Japan: June 23, 2012
North America: October 7, 2012
Australia: October 11, 2012
Europe: October 12, 2012
South Korea: November 8, 2012
Hong Kong: N/A
Taiwan: N/A
Websites
Japanese: Minisite
English: Minisite

Pokémon Dream Radar (Japanese: ポケモンARサーチャー Pokémon AR Searcher) is an application for the Nintendo 3DS.

Blurb

Catch Pokémon in the real world with your Nintendo 3DS camera!

Gameplay

File:Dream Radar Kami trio promotional art.png
Promotional artwork for Pokémon Dream Radar
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The player is guided through the game by Professor Burnet. Burnet is studying the Interdream Zone, and needs the player to collect Dream Orbs from it for her research. The player must enter the Interdream Zone and harvest Dream Orbs by using the Beam to destroy Dream Clouds.

There are two types of Dream Clouds: pink and stormy. Pink clouds increase and decrease in size, while stormy clouds glow yellow. Pink Dream Clouds normally break into three Dream Orbs when hit, but can break into four or five Dream Orbs if hit while at their largest; stormy Dream Clouds always break into four Dream Orbs. Dream Clouds break into fewer orbs when there are fewer Dream Clouds present upon entering the Interdream Zone. Stormy Dream Clouds can contain Pokémon instead of Dream Orbs. After the player has harvested all the Dream Clouds and leaves the Interdream Zone, one will instantly regenerate, while the others regenerate over time at a rate of one cloud every five minutes after the player has harvested them. Up to three times per day, the player can restore the number of Dream Clouds to the maximum instantly at the cost of 5 Play Coins; Play Coins are collected by walking with the Nintendo 3DS in one's pocket using the system's built-in pedometer.

If a Dream Cloud breaks into four or five Dream Orbs, hitting all of those orbs will cause the last orb hit to break into three more; if all three of these orbs are broken, the final orb will split into three more, and so on. Orbs produced in this way do not last as long as orbs produced directly from breaking Dream Clouds. Dream Orbs initially are solely pink, but after capturing Tornadus they alternate between pink and green; after capturing Thundurus, orange is added to this list, and after capturing Landorus blue is too.

Dream Clouds sometimes contain a Pokémon that has been trapped in the Interdream Zone instead of just Dream Orbs. When the player uses the Beam on a Dream Cloud containing a Pokémon, all the other Dream Clouds and Dream Orbs temporarily disappear and the Pokémon takes on the form of a glowing sphere; the kami trio do not appear as glowing orbs but instead in their Therian Forme, as this Forme is as a result of them adapting to the Interdream Zone. This initiates a timed battle with the sphere, in which it attempts to evade the player, and shoot circle projectiles which reduce the time remaining upon impact with the player. In order to capture the Pokémon, the player must continuously hit the center of the sphere with the Beam until the capture bar is full before the time runs out. If the player succeeds, either the Pokémon is captured or it drops an item, and this is added to the game's research data; the research data can then be transferred to a Pokémon Black 2 or White 2 game card inserted in the same Nintendo 3DS system.

Professor Burnet constantly conducts research, and over time will allow the player access to new extensions she has developed.

This app uses an auto-save feature to save the player's progress. The Pokémon Dream Radar app can be re-downloaded from the Nintendo eShop at no extra charge if it is no longer present on the SD card, but save data is stored on the SD card so the player would need to start again.

Extensions

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Reason: Unlock methods
Name Access cost Unlock Description Notes
Basic Extension 0 Default A balanced searching device. Mainly pink Dream Clouds
Retrieval Extension 100 Pay 100 Dream Orbs overall This search extension makes it easier to find Pokémon. Slightly more pink Dream Clouds; Pokémon are more common than items
Dowsing Extension 100 This search extension reacts to Pokémon that are holding something. Slightly more pink Dream Clouds; items are more common than Pokémon
Eureka Extension α 0 Pay 200 Dream Orbs overall The alpha version of an extension for finding the mystery Pokémon. Only stormy Dream Clouds; Tornadus appears (flying freely)
Eureka Extension β 0 The beta version of an extension for finding the mystery Pokémon. Only stormy Dream Clouds; Thundurus appears (flying freely)
Eureka Extension γ 0 The gamma version of an extension for finding the mystery Pokémon. Only stormy Dream Clouds; Landorus appears (flying freely)
Simulator α 400 Catch Landorus The simulator was created to research Tornadus's traits. Only stormy Dream Clouds; Tornadus appears (flying freely)
Simulator β 600 Catch Landorus The simulator was created to research Thundurus's traits. Only stormy Dream Clouds; Thundurus appears (flying freely)
Simulator γ 800 Catch Landorus The simulator was created to research Landorus's traits. Only stormy Dream Clouds; Landorus appears (flying freely)
Temporal Extension 0 Go to main menu from title screen with Diamond inserted after catching Landorus This extension was made as part of an experiment about time. Only stormy Dream Clouds; Dialga appears (as a sphere)
Spatial Extension 0 Go to main menu from title screen with Pearl inserted after catching Landorus This extension was made as part of an experiment about space. Only stormy Dream Clouds; Palkia appears (as a sphere)
Renegade Extension 0 Go to main menu from title screen with Platinum inserted after catching Landorus This extension was developed for research on alternate worlds. Only stormy Dream Clouds; Giratina appears (as a sphere)
Rainbow Extension 0 Go to main menu from title screen with HeartGold inserted after catching Landorus This extension was developed to research light and happiness. Only stormy Dream Clouds; Ho-Oh appears (as a sphere)
Diving Extension 0 Go to main menu from title screen with SoulSilver inserted after catching Landorus This extension was developed to research the sea's quiet and rage. Only stormy Dream Clouds; Lugia appears (as a sphere)
Special Extension A 0 Enter secret code on main menu: ↑ → ↓ ← X R L* This extension was developed to research magnetism. Only stormy Dream Clouds; Beldum appears (as a sphere)
Special Extension B 0 Enter secret code on main menu: ↑ ↓ → ← Y R L* This extension was developed while thinking about a calm shore. Only stormy Dream Clouds; Slowpoke appears (as a sphere)
Special Extension C 0 Enter secret code on main menu: R L Y X ← → Y X* This extension was developed to research the planet's rotation. Only stormy Dream Clouds; Hoothoot appears (as a sphere)

Development Lab

In the Development Lab, the player can purchase Professor Burnet's inventions for Dream Orbs. They either function as upgrades or single-use support items.

Upgrades

All upgrades have five possible levels.

Feature name Upgrade name Description
Beam Beam Upgrade Increases the power of your Beam for catching Pokémon.
Energy Pack Energy Upgrade Increases the amount of time for catching Pokémon.
Visoscope Scope Upgrade Increases the number of Dream Clouds that can be found.

Levels

Level Cost Beam color
(Beam) 		Capture time
(Energy Pack) 		Dream Clouds
(Visoscope)
Level 1 Default Yellow 120 10
Level 2 100 Green 150 15
Level 3 500 Red 180 20
Level 4 1000 Purple 210 25
Level MAX 1500 Blue 240 30

Support items

These items only work once, but multiple of each can be owned at a time.

Name Cost Description
Vortex Charge 100 Holds Pokémon in place to make them easy to catch.
Dragnet Charge 50 Slows down a Pokémon's movements temporarily.
Energy Recharge 50 Restores the energy spent while catching Pokémon.

Research data

Pokémon caught and items obtained are stored as research data. Stacks of up to 6 different kinds of items and 6 different individual regular Pokémon can be stored in the research data at a time. If the player currently has 6 different item stacks or 6 different regular Pokémon and obtains another, they must replace one that is already held. In addition to the 6 regular Pokémon, there is also a special row for legendary Pokémon. However, only 6 Pokémon can be sent to Black 2 or White 2 at a time, and the legendary Pokémon are always sent, so regular Pokémon will be left behind upon transferring research data when there are 7 or more Pokémon.

Data is transferred to Black 2 or White 2 via Nintendo 3DS Link—Dream Radar transfers research data to the inserted Black 2 or White 2. Once the data is sent, the game must receive it via the Nintendo 3DS Link option in the Unova Link. New research data cannot be sent until the previous sent data has been received. Upon receiving the research data, Pokémon are automatically added to the current PC Box (or the next Box with free space) and items are automatically placed in the bag.

Obtainable Pokémon

Each Pokémon has its Hidden Ability, with the exception of Rotom, which does not have a Hidden Ability at all. The level of Pokémon obtained from this game depends on the number of Badges obtained in the game they are transferred to, starting at level 5 and gaining 5 levels for each Badge owned up to level 40. These Pokémon are all obtained in a Dream Ball, have the met location of "Pokémon Dream Radar", and are treated as having been caught by the player of the Black 2 or White 2 game. Notably the Legendary Pokémon can only be collected once during the player's current save file.

Encountered as glowing sphere

Available from start of game

Swablu
Drifloon
Riolu
Munna
Sigilyph
Available after catching Tornadus

Igglybuff
Shuckle
Available after catching Thundurus

Staryu
Porygon
Ralts
Bronzor
Available after catching Landorus

Togepi
Smoochum
Spiritomb
Rotom
Available using Special Extensions
(unlocked via button combination)

Beldum
Special Extension A
Slowpoke
Special Extension B
Hoothoot
Special Extension C
Generation IV Game Card inserted*

DialgaD
Temporal Extension
PalkiaP
Spatial Extension
GiratinaPt
Renegade Extension
Ho-OhHG
Rainbow Extension
LugiaSS
Diving Extension

Encountered freely flying

Available using Eureka Extensions

Tornadus
Eureka Extension α
Thundurus
Eureka Extension β
Landorus
Eureka Extension γ

Obtainable items

Available from start of game

Red Shard
Blue Shard
Yellow Shard
Green Shard
PP Up
Leppa Berry
Revive
Available after catching Tornadus

Max Revive
Sun Stone
Moon Stone
Available after catching Thundurus

Fire Stone
Water Stone 		File:Bag Thunderstone Sprite.png
Thunderstone
Leaf Stone
Available after catching Landorus

Sacred Ash
Rare Candy
Available using Simulator α

Star Piece
Heart Scale
PP Up
Max Revive
Rare Candy
Life Orb
Available using Simulator β

Star Piece
Heart Scale
Rare Candy
Dawn Stone
King's Rock
Focus Sash
Available using Simulator γ

Star Piece
Heart Scale
Rare Candy
Life Orb
Focus Sash
Eviolite

Gallery

  • Battling Therian Forme Tornadus
    Battling Therian Forme Tornadus
  • Battling a Pokémon in the form of an Interdream Zone sphere
    Battling a Pokémon in the form of an Interdream Zone sphere

Trivia

  • The Pokémon Dream Radar's release date was the same as Black 2 and White 2's release date in all regions.
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