Special Demo Walkthrough

The demo takes place in Mossdeep City. After landing on the City, you'll encounter Team Magma on your way to see the Professor. Before engaging the enemies, Steven will have you choose from three of the second evolution starters: Grovyle, Combusken, or Marshtomp.

After selecting your starter, defeat the grunt's Pokemon. This should be fairly easy since any start you pic will be around LV36. During the conversation, you'll learn about the island and a Mega Evolving Pokemon found there. Steven will stand in front of the Pokemon Center and you'll have to talk to him to start your adventure. Until you do that, you're free to explore the city as much as you want. You can talk to various NPCs but there's nothing much to do since the houses are currently locked. Talk to Steven and select "Let's have an adventure!" to proceed.

Upon arriving to the island, simple head straight and you'll find Team Magma grunts. Approach them to trigger a battle. After defeating the first grunt, the second grunt will challenge you to a battle. Defeat the two of them then enter the cave.

You'll find May inside. Approach her to trigger a short conversation. Shortly after, a member of Team Aqua will battle you. Like the first pair before, the second grunt will challenge you to another battle afterward. This battle should be enough to level up your Pokemon and give you access to its third evolution.

After the battle, May will heal up your Pokemon. Head straight to find Tabitha and Matt, bickering with each other. The two of them will agree to team up against you but fortunately, Steven will arrive just in time. He will teach your Pokemon its ultimate move, give you a Mega Bracelet and give your Pokemon a Mega Stone, allowing you to Mega Evolve your Pokemon in the upcoming battle. Once Tabitha and Matt engages you in battle, you can Mega Evolve your Pokemon and Steven will do the same. The two admins' Pokemon are pretty easy to defeat so Mega Evolving is already an overkill.

Once the battle is over, follow the straightforward path to find Steven standing in front of a single patch of grass. He'll give you five Pokeballs so go to the grass to trigger the encounter with Glalie. You can capture it immediately with a Pokeball. Otherwise, you can weaken it first before using a Pokeball. This Glalie is holding its Mega Stone called a Galitite. Steven will take you back to the city and your adventure will be complete.

Post-Completion

You can play the demo as many times as you want. When you return, you can use the newly captured Glalie. Orlando will also give you a Blaziken and Swampert, both of them has Mega Stones equipped. Out of all the Pokemon you'll have in the demo, only Glalie can be transferred to the main game.

For instructions on how to transfer Glalie to the full game and what items you can get by completing adventures with Steven, kindly refer to this page.

After completing the first part of the demo, players can go on more adventures by talking to Steven. This may include different objectives like finding a Pokemon, searching for a lost child, or defeating all trainers. These tasks will change per playthrough. One thing to note is that you can't save in the middle of a playthrough. You don't have to worry though since a usual playthrough may only take around 10-20 minutes. The Pokemon's experience also resets after every adventure.

You'll get rewards for completing a set number of playthroughs. During the 5th and 10th playthroughs, you'll encounter Elders with more powerful teams. You'll also see characters or random NPCs in Mossdeep City. The rewards are only good up until your 10th playthrough and/or after completing a secret mission.

Secret Missions

When playing the demo, there is a small chance that you'll trigger one of the two known Secret Missions in the demo. The first one will make you go to an island devoid of wild Pokemon encounters. However, this island is occupied by Team Aqua or Team Magma members that you need to face. Fortunately, May is there to team up with you and lend you a hand. There are no new items for this mission but new battles only. This secret mission can be repeated by talking to Steven and selecting "Let's go somewhere secret"

The second secret mission will take you to another island in search of a suspicious man. If you search the forest, you'll find this man in the corner of the maze-like area. Talk to him to receive a Nugget that can be transferred to the main game. Completing this rare secret mission will open up more areas in Mossdeep City, including Steven's house.

Demo Rewards