Can I complete the Soul Silver national dex in 2018 using only gen 4 games?

Question

I’ve been playing a lot of Pokémon soul silver recently, and have been wondering if I can still complete the national dex using only gen 4 games. I do not have an original model DS or a DS Lite, so I wouldn’t be able to migrate any Pokémon from gen 3. Is there any combination of games that I could play to complete the national dex?

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You can't get mew and celebi I think. I know there is that celebi thingy but I think its an event.

Answer 1

Yes, you can. (Sort of/maybe). ThunderClapper is incorrect because you don’t need any mythical Pokémon to complete the Pokédex. However, you do need a friend or another copy of the game and another 3DS because of trade evolutions and to fill in some missing Pokémon in gen 3. (You do need Pokémon from R/S/E to complete the Pokédex, including the starters, legendaries, etc.)

Comments

I own two DS’s, so would I be able to complete the national dex with just a copy of heart gold and soul silver?

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No, you cannot. You MUST use Pal Park to complete the national Pokédex. What I meant is you could also have a friend that has a copy of a gen 4 game, in which that game has Pokémon your friend transferred from gen 3, sorry if I worded it badly.

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You need Regice, Registeel, and Regirock to complete the Pokedex, and those are obtainable only in RSE. You also need Diamond and Pearl for Glameow and Stunky.

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How come Mythicals aren't in the dex? aren't they Pokemon too?

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Mythicals are in the dex — they’re just not needed for the game to recognise it as complete.

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Oh, ok.

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Yeah it’s been that way since gen 1.

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But, your Pokedex is not truly complete until you get the Mythicals.

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What do you mean? The Pokédex is complete if you don’t have the mythicals. The professor even gives you a Shiny Charm and everything.

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The game may say it's complete, but the player knows what they are missing.

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Most players define "completing the Pokedex" as obtaining every Pokemon that isn't event exclusive and existed in that game. You can define it differently if you want; it's just that using different definitions might make communication harder.

Answer 2

No. You can’t complete the dex because you can’t get, Celebi, Shaymin, Manaphy, Jirachi, Deoxys, Mew, or Arceus. They are events and cannot be obtained in-game.