When you fly to Snowpoint City on January 12th which is Junichi Masuda who is the Director of Gamefreaks birthday there will be snow that sparkles like diamonds.

Earning Stars and Colours for your Trainer's Card:
Complete the following tasks in any order so they are not linked to any particular trainer card colour and you will gain one star for completing any single task. There is a total of 5 stars that can be earned by completing ALL of the following tasks.

Win 100 consecutive battles in Battle Tower.

Earn a Platinum flag in the Underground (Capture 50 flags).

Capture ALL 482 Pokemon - not including event-only Pokemon.

Win any one Master Rank Super Contest.

Beat the Elite Four.


Unlock Red Card:
You begin with this card

Blue Card:
Earn 1 star

Bronze Card:
Earn 2 stars

Silver Card:
Earn 3 stars

Gold Card:
Earn 4 stars

Black Card:
Earn 5 stars


Hatch Egg Faster:
If you have a Pokemon with the Magma Armor or Flame Body ability in your party then hatching an egg can be done in half the time.

Unlock National Dex:
Successfully complete the Shinou Dex.


GBA Cartridge Extras
The following Pokemon can be found when you insert different GameBoy Advanced Pokemon cartridges into your GameBoy Advanced slot on your DS.

Pokemon Ruby

Nuzleaf:
Route 229

Zangoose:
Route 208

Mawile:
Iron Island

Seedot:
Hakutai Forest, Route 203, Route 204

Solrock:
Wisdom Lake, Aspiration Lake, Tengan Mountain, Departure Springs, Return Cave, Thrust Lake, Thrust Lake Surroundings. Pokemon Sapphire

Sableye:
Iron Island

Seviper:
Route 208

Lombre:
Route 212 South, 229

Lotad:
Route 203, 204, 205 North, 212 South

Lunatone:
Wisdom Lake, Aspiration Lake, Tengan Mountain, Departure Springs, Return Cave, Thrust Lake, Thrust Lake Surroundings. Pokemon Emerald

Shuckle:
Route 224

Teddiursa:
Route 211, Wisdom Lake

Ursaring:
Wisdom Lake, Route 216, 217

Pineco:
Hakutai Forest, Route 203, 204, 229

Gligar:
Hard Mountain, Route 206, 207, 214, 215, 227


Pokemon FireRed

Arbok:
Safari Zone

Caterpie:
Route 204 South

Metapod:
Hakutai Forest

Ekans:
Route 212 South

Growlithe:
Route 201, 202

Elekid:
Route 204 South, Powerplant


Pokemon LeafGreen

Sandshrew:
Lost Cave

Weedle:
Route 204 South

Sandslash:
Route 228

Vulpix:
Route 209

Kakuna:
Hakutai Forest

Magby:
Hard Mountain, Route 227


Any Pokemon GBA Cartridge

Haunter:
Forest Mansion

Gengar:
Forest Mansion Room with eyes

At the start of the game your Trainer card is coloured red but as you progress through the game collecting stars by completing the corresponding tasks the cards's colour changes depending on how many stars you earn.

Unlock Blue Trainer Card - 1 Star:
Beat the Elite Four.

Unlock Bronze Trainer Card - 2 Stars:
Defeat ALL of the Master Rank Contests.

Unlock Silver Trainer Card - 3 Stars:
Complete the Underground Flag mini-game with friends.

Unlock Gold Trainer Card - 4 Stars:
Capture 482 different Pokemon.

Unlock Black Trainer Card - 5 Stars:
At the Battle Tower win 100 times in a row.

When you have got the National Pokedex Pal Park is found on Route 221. Pal Park is the only way of transferring the Pokémon to your game from your past games.

The only way to unlock these characters is by having either Pokemon FireRed or LeafGreen version in your GBA slot.

Unlock Elekid:
With FireRed in your GBA slot search in the Power Plant.

Unlock Magby:
With LeafGreen in your GBA slot search in Hard Mountain.