The PokéLab
Play the REAL Pokemon Pinball!
LI Retro is Proud to Present The LI Retro Pokélab!
Visitors to the PokéLab can not only get pictures with cosplayers from Pokémon’s history, but also bring their Game Boy, Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS Pokémon games to get some rare and legendary Pokémon that were only released at exclusive events spanning the past 3 decades.
See below for a complete list of Pokémon you can obtain and any pre-requisites you’ll need to have.
Please make sure you have the following requirements unlocked and ready when you get to the table or designated download area, so we can get through as many people as quickly as possible. If you do not have these requirements met or unlocked, you may be asked to return to the back of the line so we can keep the line moving if it is busy.
Original English Carts only for GameBoy and GameBoy Advance games. Distributions should work for ROM based versions of DS Games, but due to the varying ways to boot Roms, no technical help can be given. We are not responsible for lost data due to incompatibility or bootleg/reproduction carts.
Please check the schedule for all Pokémon distribution times!
Gen 1 & 2 (Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver, and Crystal - Original English Carts Only)
A recreated copy of the Original Yoshira Mew event, versions of which were given out at various Mall Tours and other events across America!
Requirements (Gen 1 – Red, Blue, Yellow)
Must have unlocked the ability to Trade Pokémon, and an extra Pokémon to be able to trade for a Mew!
Please be in front of the Link Center NPC in the Pokémon Center
Requirements (Gen 2 – Gold, Silver, Crystal)
Must have unlocked the Time Capsule which allows you to Trade with Gen 1 games. This requires having met the character Bill in Ecruteak City and then waiting 24 hours. Must have Only the Pokémon you wish to trade in your party. Pokémon being traded must be one of the original 151 Pokémon, with no Hold Items, or new moves (Rattata, Pidgey, Weedle etc are the perfect candidates.The Time Capsule is located in Goldenrod City’s Pokémon Center.
Recreated copies of one of the Celebi’s originally given out by the Gotta Catch Em All machine at the former Pokémon Center NYC, now currently the Nintendo New York store in NYC
Requirements (Gen 2 only)
Must have unlocked the ability to trade, and have an extra Pokémon to trade for your Celebi! Please be in front of the Link Center NPC in the Pokémon Center.
Gen 3 (Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed and LeafGreen)
- Unlocking Mystery Event (Ruby and Sapphire Only)
- Must have Defeated Norman in the Petalburg Gym.
- Head to the Petalburg Pokémon Center and talk to the NPC standing next to the PC on the first floor. He will ask you for a Phrase. Tell him “Mystery Event Is Exciting” (this will be quicker if you use the “select” button to be able to choose words in Alphabetical order instead of Category order). He will remark about you knowing the secret phrase. When done talking to him, SAVE your game. The next time you load up the game, you will have an option for Mystery Event on the main menu of your game.
- Unlocking Mystery Gift (FireRed, LeafGreen, Emerald Only)
- Head to any Poké Mart and find the survey on the counter (It looks like a clipboard).
- Fill out the survey with the words “Link Together With All” (this will be quicker if you use the “select” button to be able to choose words in Alphabetical order instead of Category order). The Clerk will notice and give you a short message. When done talking with them, SAVE your game. The next time you load up the game, you will have an option for Mystery Gift on the main menu of your game.
A copy of the original Save used to Trade Away Mew with the OT MYSTRY used at a Nationwide Toys R Us event!
Requirements (All Gen 3 Games)
- Must have open spaces in your party to receive Pokémon
- Must be saved in a Pokémon Center
- Turn Gameboy Advance off, and then turn it back on with your game inserted, while holding Start+Select while you turn it on. The Gameboy Advance’s screen will stay on the boot logo. Plug in the Link Cable, and whomever is helping you will send over your Mew!
- Follow the Instructions on your GBA’s screen.
A Special Ticket that allows you to Travel to Birth Island, and capture the elusive Deoxys!
Requirements
- Must have Mystery Gift Unlocked.
- Must have obtained the Rainbow pass (FireRed or LeafGreen) or the S.S. Ticket (Emerald) before it can be used. You can get it now and use it later.
- Must not have already received this event on the same save file.
- Select Mystery Gift from your main menu and connect the Wireless Adapter (we will have some to loan, but if you have your own, please bring it!)
- We will send out the Aurora Ticket via the Wireless Adapter.
Receive a WISHMKR Jirachi from the rare Pokémon Colosseum Bonus Disc!
Requirements
Have an Open Space in your Party, and Save your game in a Pokémon Center. Must not have received this Pokémon Before in this save file.
- Must have Mystery Event/Gift Unlocked.
- Must not have already received this event on the same save file.
- Ruby and Sapphire Only
- Select Mystery Event on the main menu of your game, then connect the Link Cable with the person who has the e-Reader. They will send over your Eon Ticket!
- Emerald Only
- Will be using the GBA Wireless Adapter, not the e-Reader and Link Cable
- Select Mystery Gift from your main menu and connect the Wireless Adapter (we will have some to loan, but if you have your own, please bring it!)
- We will send out the Eon Ticket via the Wireless Adapter.
Travel to Navel Rock Island! Explore the island to its peak to gain a chance to battle Ho-oh! Explore down to its depths to gain a chance to battle Lugia! Make sure to bring plenty of Pokéballs!
- Must have Mystery Gift Unlocked.
- Must have obtained the Rainbow pass (FireRed or LeafGreen) or the S.S. Ticket (Emerald) before it can be used. You can get it now and use it later.
- Must not have already received this event on the same save file.
- Must have Beaten the Game (Beaten the elite 4, unlocked the National Dex).
- Must have a free space in your Party and your game must be saved in a Pokémon Center.
- Must not have already received this event on the same save file.
Note: This Pokemon may not be able to be Transferred up to Modern Pokemon games due to how the event is run
- Pokémon available in the Top 10 include:
- Flying Pikachu
- Charizard
- Zapdos
- Bulbasaur
- Latias
- Articuno
- Suicune
- Absol
- Espeon
- Umbreon
- All of these Pokémon have the special 10ANNIV OT!
- Must have open spaces in your party to receive Pokémon
- Must be saved in a Pokémon Center
- Turn Gameboy Advance off, and then turn it back on with your Pokémon Game inserted, while holding Start+Select while you turn it on. The Gameboy Advance’s screen will stay on the boot logo. Plug in the Link Cable, and choose which Pokémon you will be receiving with whomever is helping you. Once they select that Pokémon, it will be sent into your game via the Link Cable. Follow the Instructions that appear on your GBA’s screen.
- Due to 10 different Pokémon being available, and Pokémon’s max party size of 6 (with 1 required at all times), only 5 Pokémon can be sent over in a row. Depending on how long the line gets, we may cap this to 1 or 2 Pokémon before asking people to leave and come back later. Please prepare your carts and choose which Pokémon you’d like to receive ahead of time!
Gen 4 (Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, SoulSilver)
- Must have Mystery Gift Unlocked for all Events.
- Must not have already received these events on the same save file.
- Distributions should work on all English based versions of the games, USA/NA and EUR, but may have issues in some EUR based versions based on language incompatibilities.
- Distributions *Should* work on Rom based versions of games, but due to the varying ways to boot Roms, no technical help can be given.
- We are not responsible for lost data due to incompatibility or bootleg/reproduction carts.
Diamond, Pearl, Platinum – Head to the Jublife TV Station. Talk to a Producer on the 3rd floor, and give them the Phrase “EVERYONE HAPPY WIFI CONNECTION” and save your game. When you boot it up again, you will have the Mystery Gift option on your main menu.
HeartGold and SoulSilver – Obtain the Pokedex and the Mystery Gift option will automatically unlock!
Wondercard Management– All Gen 4 Pokémon games have limited storage for Events, called Wondercards. You can store 3 Wondercards at a time, and will need to discard them to be able to receive more. Please make sure to actually receive the Event in game from the Delivery NPC in the Poké Mart BEFORE you Discard the Wondercard. Discarding a Wondercard before it has been received in game will also discard the Event from your game.
A Shiny Pichu! When brought to the Ilex Shrine in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Something Special will happen!
This Jirachi will unlock the special “Nights Sky Edge” Pokewalker Course in HeartGold and SoulSIlver
Unlocks a Special Event when brought to the Ilex Shrine in HeartGold or SoulSliver.
Unlocks a Zorua in Pokémon Black or White in Castelia City when sent over using the Pokémon Relocator.
These events can only be accessed once.
Unlocks a Zoroark in Pokémon Black or White in the Lostlorn Forest when sent over using the Pokémon Relocator
This event can only be accessed once.
A Mysterious looking Egg!
Put Manahpy and a Ditto in the Daycare, and you might get a Phione Egg!
- Get Surfing Pikachu, an Electvire, and a Magmortar!
- Follow the in-game instructions in the Mystery Gift menu on the Wii to start sending out these Pokémon!
- Multiple systems can receive the same Pokémon at the same time! Buddy up with friends and attendees to make sure everyone gets a chance to get their Pokémon!
- You can only receive these Pokémon Once Per Save File!
Gen 5 (Black, White, Black 2, White 2)
Have a Pokemon Black, White, Black 2 or White 2 game? Mystery Gift is automatically unlocked on all Gen 5 games. You cannot receive more than one of each event.
Wondercard Management– All Gen 4 Pokémon games have limited storage for Events, called Wondercards. You can store 3 Wondercards at a time, and will need to discard them to be able to receive more. Please make sure to actually receive the Event in game from the Delivery NPC in the Poké Mart BEFORE you Discard the Wondercard. Discarding a Wondercard before it has been received in game will also discard the Event from your game.
Take a trip to Liberty Garden and capture a Victini!
Keldeo will learn a special move when brought to the Moor of Icirrus in Pokémon Black or White
Meloetta will learn a special move when brought to a cafe in Castelia City in Black or White
Capture some Powerful and Rare Legendary Pokémon!
Many of these entries mention a “Fateful Encounter” Pokémon – these are Pokémon received directly from events, who have their “Met” data set as “(Apparently) Had a Fateful Encounter”. Bringing a normally caught Pokémon that would otherwise fulfill these requirements will not work. For Example, a regular Shiny Pichu will not unlock anything, but the “Fateful Encounter” Shiny Pichu will.
- Pikachu Colored Pichu
- When a “Fateful Encounter” Shiny Pichu is brought to HeartGold or SoulSilver, and is set as the Walking Pokémon, interact with the Ilex Shrine in Ilex forest. This will unlock the rare Spiky-Eared Pichu!
- Shiny Raikou, Entei, or Suicune
- When brought to Black or White via the Pokémon Relocator function (not the Poké Transporter!) bring a “Fateful Encounter” member of the trio with you to the northern part of Lostlorn forest, and you’ll find a Zoroark! Catch it and it’s yours!
- Celebi
- In HeartGold and SoulSilver, if a “Fateful Encounter” Celebi is brought to the Ilex Shrine in the Ilex Forest while walking after defeating Team Rocket at the Goldenrod Radio Tower, Celebi will take you back in time to battle a mysterious foe!
- When brought to Black or White via the Pokémon Relocator (not the Poké Transporter!), Bring a “Fateful Encounter” Celebi with you to the GameFreak Headquarters in Castelia City, and talk to a boy on the ground floor. You’ll be in for a surprise!
- Jirachi
- When you obtain a Jirachi in HeartGold or SoulSilver, it will unlock a special course for the Pokéwalker, Night’s Sky Edge!
- Keldeo
- In Pokémon Black and White, if the player enters the Moor of Icirrus with a “Fateful Encounter” Keldeo, an old man will appear and tell the story of how Cobalion, Terrakion, and Virizion took care of Keldeo after a fire separated it from its parents. If the player also has Cobalion, Terrakion, and Virizion in the party (or returns with them), they will teach Keldeo Secret Sword and it will change to its Resolute Form. The player may also return at any time with all four Pokémon to learn the move again if Keldeo does not know it.
- In Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, if the player has caught Cobalion, Terrakion, and Virizion and they bring a “Fateful Encounter” Keldeo to Pledge Grove, Keldeo can learn Secret Sword. Upon interacting with the rock face at the north end of the grove, Keldeo will attempt to come out of its ball; if let out, the mark left by Cobalion, Terrakion, and Virizion will make it remember the move Secret Sword and it will change to its Resolute Form.
- Meloetta
- In Pokémon Black, White, Black 2, and White 2, if the player brings a “Fateful Encounter” Meloetta to Café Sonata in Castelia City, it can learn Relic Song from a guitarist there. Upon speaking to the guitarist, he will play a song his mother loved and Meloetta will emerge from its Poké Ball to dance, changing forms back and forth. Afterwards, the guitarist shares a tale told by his mother, of a Pokémon who lost its melody when the world was darkened by sorrow. If the player talks to the woman in the café afterwards, the Funfest Mission “The Berry-Hunting Adventure!” will also be unlocked.
Pokémon Diploma Printer
Trainers with Pokémon Yellow, Gold, Silver, or Crystal can come print out their Pokedex Completion Diploma’s, or their High-Scores from the Pikachu’s beach mini game in Pokemon Yellow, if they have that unlocked.
- The Diploma is located in the Gamefreak offices in Celadon Condominiums.
- Players Must have completed the Pokedex to print the Diploma.
- Can also print out High Scores from Pokemon Pinball.
- Pages from the Pokedex or Boxes in Yellow and Gen 2 can also be printed.
Pokémon Stadium 2
Battle your Pokémon in 3D! We will have Pokémon Stadium 2 along with some Transfer Pak’s set up so you can Battle with your new Pokémon!
Pokemon Black/White 2 Funfest Meetup
Saturday August 8th 11:30AM - 12:30PM
Bring your copy of Pokemon Black 2 or White 2 and join us for this year’s Funfest meetup! We will be participating in various activities to earn rare in-game medals. Join us as we attempt to earn the rarest of medals requiring a score of 1,000 and 30 participants. We have been successful in our attempts in the past 2 years, and this year will likely be no different! In addition, we will be coordinating other Funfest missions, and those who earn top scores will receive extra prizes! Everyone that participates in this meetup will be given a special Pokemon distribution. This event will lead into the 3DS Streetpass meetup immediately afterwards
- DS/DSi/3DS
- A copy of Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
- Complete the Tutorial Funfest Mission