========================== ROBOPON Version 0.1 By David Shaw AKA Billslates billslates@yahoo.com ========================== _____ |Intro| Hello and welcome to my Robopon Strategy Guide. Why did I make this? Mainly because there really isn't any or enough strategy guides for this game. Also note that I will more than likely not have any special sections since this is really designed only for help on you in the game and this is my first time playing through so please bear with me if I miss something. You can e-mail me and I will give you credit. Also this game is (c) 2001 by me, David Shaw and you must ask me permission to put this FAQ on your site. Note that I am using only Robopon Sun in this guide. I don't know what's different in the Star Version and I don't list items to get in areas unless its necessary to have it since practically all items are easy to find. Enjoy! _______________________ |Things you need to know| Robopon can be easily confusing. Here are some Q & A's 1. What do Energy Balls do? After every battle you get them to put on your Robopon. E.B.'s make your Robopon evolve. You can check how much left are needed until they can evolve buy looking at them under the title screen titled "Robopon" 2. What the heck is [name]vl. 1 for at the store? Its software. They are sort-of like new moves. Its good to get a bunch of one move because the more you have of one the better moves you get. It is recommended that you cram as much software into a Robopon before it evolves. Also its interchangable so you should change software in-between certain matches with different Robopon types. 3. What do parts do? Well they're really the major stuff you equip. They determine your Attack, Defense, Speed, and amount of RAM available for Software. You can equip them from the Tools menu like with Software and they can also determine some of your moves. 4. What do the Elite 8 do? A. If you trade with them in the order the guy told you then you will get a Golden Sunny. ____________________ |Carpenter Additions | Just goto Ken any time you want an add-on. Its good to add-on early. Note that I only show the amount he pays normally, not when he occaisionally gives you a deal. Another note is that newer items and parts are available after certain upgrades and they're not mention because of error to find out until after I did most upgrades. Please e-mail me if you have that data. 1st one : 100G Item Shop gets added to your company. Its next to Ken's place. 2nd one: 200G Parts Shop gets added to your company. Goto the Item Shop and up the stairs. They have v2 parts which are good if you buy the place early on! 3rd one: 300G Lab opens up. Its upstairs from the Parts shop. You can invest to make new Robopon and evolve and other neat stuff. 4th one: 400G An elevator gets added to the building. Convinience!Also your building looks different and you have a restroom! 5th one: 600G A pool's added to your building on a new floor, the 6th one. You can find some items in there if you walk around. 6th one: 800G A dressing room's added to your building on a new floor, the 7th one and you can talk to the guy. He can make you pay half off in a store if you choose the left one I believe, very valuable but to make sure just save before you meet him and choose until you get the good panel. Also you can find stuff in the dressers. 7th one: 1200G The dispatch center is done. Its on the 8th floor. Here you can dispatch some RoboPon your not using to go on a training mission to gain levels and get items but if not strong will return dead. Pretty kewl. 8th one: 1200G Name shop is open. Here you can change the name of your Robopon. 9th one: 1600G After this one you get a note from Grandpa about a device in his lab. Its a remote controlled power-up unit. Its pretty cool because it gives your Robopon a one-time chance to power up. Every time you catch a Robopon you should bathe them in it. Press a button on your remote control and they will get stronger in it. Also a new floor will be added which will have an arcade. You can find random items in there. Also your building will be bigger. 10th one: 2400G You have a new floor which has a conference room. 11th one: 3200G You have a new floor which is a relaxation room. You can search it to find a LostCode I believe. More to come here. _____ |Items| Oil Recover 20 HP Light Oil Recover 50 HP Gasoline Recover 200 HP Unleaded Recover all HP Barmagnet Captures Robopon Backupbat Remove Rust and Stop Scan Disk Remove Bug Heatsink Remove Fever Earthworm Fish Bait Cupnoodle Fish Bait, also recover 20 HP U-Magnet Enhanced Magnet, captures Robopon Hydro-Sys Recover 100 HP/EP Solar-Sys Recover 200 HP/EP 10 Volt Recover 20 EP 100 Volt Recover 50 EP 1000 Volt Recover 200 EP Mega Volt Recover all EP Seaweed Recover 10 HP/EP Rainboots James' Boots made from thick rubber Pinkshell Raises encounter rate of rare Robopon Starfish Pretty Sea Creature Seagrape Sweet grapes, lamp owner loves them Pearl Sells for a good price Drm Shell Divided into 8 fragile pieces Defrag Remove conditions except scrap Elcmagnet Used to capture Robopon LostCode Evolves a Robopon More to come here. _______ |Robopon| ===================================== #2 Sunny Type: Punch Height: Average Weight: Average Attribute: Regular Desc: Basic Robopon not made anymore. Its search antennae has low capacity. ===================================== #4 Molbot Type: Boot Height: Average Weight: Average Attribute: Earth Desc: ??? ===================================== #6 Cookey Type: Beast Height: Average Weight: Heavy Attribute: Regular Desc: Great cook but a bad fighter. Uses frying pans and knives as weapons. ===================================== #8 Coball Type: Boot Height: Short Weight: Light Attribute: Wind Desc: Dislikes fights. It floats to a safe place when it senses danger. ===================================== #20 Viggy --Evolves to HogBot-- Type: Fight Height: Short Weight: Light Attribute: Flame Desc: It only dreams of being a hero, buy can't stick to its training. ====================================== #21 HogBot Type: Fight Height: Average Weight: Light Attribute: Flame Desc: A modified version of HogBot that learned to work and became a cleaning Robopon. ====================================== #23 Gidget Type: Mage Height: Average Weight: Light Attribute: Ice Desc: ??? ====================================== #24 Betty Type: Healr Height: Average Weight: Light Attribute: Ice Desc: ====================================== #30 Unibot Type: LndBt Height: Short Weight: Light Attribute: Land Desc: ??? ====================================== #40 Sammi Type: Knght Height: Average Weight: Heavy Attribute: Flame Desc: Avoids 1 on 1 fights. Fears Muri's skill. Always training. ====================================== #41 Muri Type: Knght Height: Average Weight: Heavy Attribute: Wind Desc: ??? ====================================== #42 Sumito --Evolves to Sumo-- Type: Boot Height: Short Weight: Light Attribute: Thunder Desc: In training to be a Sumo. If thrown it stands back up again. ====================================== #43 Sumo --Evolves to Yokimo-- Type: Boot Height: Average Weight: Massive Attribute: Thunder Desc: Sumo Robopon that fearlessly faces larger opponents. ====================================== #44 Yokomo Type: Boot Height: Giant Weight: Massive Attribute: Thunder Desc: Mighty fighting Robopon. Respected by others for its refined attitude. ====================================== #47 Ralph Type: Punch Height: Average Weight: Heavy Attribute: Water Desc: Records attacks of opponents. It breaks rocks and tears steel. ====================================== #48 Screwy --Evolves to Skulby-- Type: Boot Height: Short Weight: Light Attribute: Evil Desc: ??? ====================================== #49 Skulby Type: Boot Height: Average Weight: Average Attribute: Evil Desc: ??? ====================================== #51 Rex Type: Healr Height: Short Weight: Light Attribute: Regular Desc: ====================================== #52 Fetch Type: Boot Height: Short Weight: Light Attribute: Thunder Desc: ??? ====================================== #56 Meddy Type: Healr Height: Short Weight: Light Attribute: Holy Desc: ??? ====================================== #63 Toona Type: Boot Height: Shoty Weight: Light Attribute: Sea Desc: Profressional cartoon star. Well known for his dances. ====================================== #66 Leachy Type: Boot Height: Short Weight: Light Attribute: Water Desc: Crawls the ocean floor & flings up sand when it senses danger. ====================================== #70 Hexbot Type: Boot Height: Average Weight: Heavy Attribute: Evil Desc: ??? ====================================== #71 Chimp Type: Boot Height: Short Weight: Light Attribute: Holy Desc: ??? ====================================== #72 Sandy Type: Punch Height: Short Weight: Light Attribute: Water Desc: Moves quickly through the sandy shores. Loves the blue ocean. ====================================== #79 Urchy Type: Boot Height: Short Weight: Light Attribute: Evil Desc: ??? ====================================== #81 SumiSu Type: Thief Height: Short Weight: Light Attribute: Flame Desc: ??? ====================================== #82 Loopy Type: Boot Height: Average Weight: Average Attribute: Flame Desc: ??? ====================================== #97 Razor Type: Punch Height: Average Weight: Heavy Attribute: Holy Desc: ??? ====================================== #98 Rootix Type: Boot Height: Short Weight: Light Attribute: Sea Desc: ??? ====================================== #101 Palmer Type: Boot Height: Short Weight: Light Attribute: Earth Desc: ??? ====================================== #114 Granit Type: Knght Height: Average Weigth: Massive Attribute: Earth Desc: ??? ====================================== #122 Splat Type: Boot Height: Short Weight: Light Attribute: Water Desc: ??? ====================================== #138 Stimy Type: Boot Height: Short Weight: Light Attribute: Land Desc: Robopon avoiding his homework. Always goes to the arcade. ====================================== #139 Hyme Type: Boot Height: Average Weight: Average Attribute: Land Desc: Jr. High Robopon. Always tardy and ditches school for the pool hall. ====================================== #144 Tacbot Type: Fight Height: Average Weight: Light Attribute: Regular Desc: ??? ====================================== #145 Gello Type: Boot Height: Short Weight: Light Attribute: Holy Desc: ??? ====================================== #147 Recyco Type: Boot Height: Average Weight: Light Attribute: Wind Desc: Absorbs hatred of scrapped Robopon for energy. ====================================== More to come here. ____________ |Walkthrough | ================================ A. Welcome, our journey begins! ================================ Ok first thing you should do is Set Date/Time then pick New Game. Things will carry on and you'll gain control in your company as president with Sunny and $1000. If you talk to him again he'll heal your Robopon. Also you should notice a door you can't get into that will be opened soon and a carpenter and a Robopon that wants the dream shell. Now leave and go SW to see two tall houses and pick the south one. In there talk to the yellow guy, Dr. Disc and he'll give you a Robopon, Viggy. Go upstairs and talk to that teddy bear thingy and pick a chest. An EB is short for energyball which you get from each battle and it makes the Robopon evolve. Sunny is maxed out though. Now goto the two people blocking an entrance on the NE part of town. Pick yes and enter you first Robopon battle! --------------------------------- Trainer: Sean Robopon: Lv. 4 Stimy Tactics: Just use Sunny's Fire Fist --------------------------------- That was simple enough. You can't leave yet because another member of Bisco's gang is in this town. Go North of Dr. Disc's house and fight the other gang member. --------------------------------- Trainer: David Robopon: Lv. 4 Screwy Tactics: Use Viggy's NovaHammer --------------------------------- Now leave Capri Town and goto Libra town to meet Bisco! ================================= B. The Participation Certificate! ================================= Buy some Oils and Volts and goto the school which is in the north part of town. After the talk you can go left to fight a girl in a battle. ---------------------------------- Trainer: Little Girl Robopon: Lv. 5 Meddy Tactics: Meddy's gonna heal like crazy so you should use some hard-hitting attacks like Viggy's NovaHammer. ---------------------------------- You can fight over and over with her if you want. Go inside of the building now and talk to the green guy in the classroom and he'll give you the stamp card. You must beat all of the teachers in order to get the certificate. Let's get started. Also note you should heal repeadetely and gain levels and use Battle Station 5 which is available in your building too rather than go from one trainer to next immediately. Here are some of the non-stamp fights. #1 Go down the stairs next to the girl to go in the basement and go right and up to fight another girl and get some RoboPon(Don't get the OTC one's!). ---------------------------------- Trainer: Joker Robopon: Lv. 6 Chimp Tactics: You should watch out for the chimp's rust bomb and use Power Fist(to get it goto the shop in Tail Castle and buy Power Lv1 and Equip it on Sunny) and some BackUpBatteries if you get rusted or use NovaHammer to kill the chimp quicker. ---------------------------------- #2 Go back to basement, go down instead of up and go downstairs. Go all the way up past intersection then go right and up to fight a purple guy. ---------------------------------- Trainer: Trouble Maker Robopon: Lv. 7 Unibot Tactics: This guy's Robopon is super fast and you should gain a level or too if your Robopon is at Level 7 to fight this guy. Just use general tactics and he should be down. ---------------------------------- #3 Go down and left until you can go right and go right then up then right and up the stairs. Follow the path until you goto a 4-way intersection. Go south then east and fight the purple guy. ---------------------------------- Trainer: Trouble Maker Robopon: Lv. 6 Rootix Tactics: Just use Viggy's(or HogBot's) NovaHammer to make short work of this Robopon ---------------------------------- That's it just train a bit. Viggy should be evolved and if you got a Sumito it should be a Sumo. Also all of your RoboPon should be Level 7. Ignore a ladder down on the floor because it leads to a dead end. When your ready go to the pink lady on the first floor right under the principal fight the first teacher. ---------------------------------- Trainer: Health Teacher Robopon: Lv. 5 Splat Tactics: Cinch! ---------------------------------- Go up the stairs and talk to the language teacher. Repeat that also for other teachers. ---------------------------------- Trainer: Language Teacher Robopon: Lv. 5 Coball Tactics: This one's a chinch! ---------------------------------- Go up the stairs ---------------------------------- Trainer: English Teacher Robopon: Lv. 5 Leachy Tactics: Another cinch! ---------------------------------- Go up the stairs again ---------------------------------- Trainer: Phys-Ed Teacher Robopon: Lv. 6 Palmer Tactics: Use your HogBot for another Cinch! ---------------------------------- Again, up the stairs ---------------------------------- Trainer: Civics Teacher Robopon: Lv. 6 Sumito Tactics: Another easy one ---------------------------------- Yet again, up the stairs ---------------------------------- Teacher: Math Teacher Robopon: Lv. 6 Sumito Tactics: Another easy one ---------------------------------- Last floor! ---------------------------------- Trainer: Science Teacher Robopon: Lv. 6 Gello Tactics: Use HogBot's NovaHammer and if any HP left use Attack. ---------------------------------- Now goto the basement again because that's where the principal is if you talk with the blue guy where the principal was. Goto the place I said the dead end was(in the room with the last person who was on the south intersection but go north and west in the intersection then follow the path.) There is where the principal is. Talk to him and you'll get the participation certificate! Now its time to go in the Battle Tournament. ============================= C. Battle Tournament ============================= You'll have to refight the two when you have the certificate. You'll have to watch out because they're better. ---------------------------------- Trainer: Sean Robopon: Lv. 7 Stimy, Lv. 7 Hyme(Evolved Stimy) Tactics: Use your powerful atttacks like Sunny's PowerFist(I hope you bought it by now) or HogBot's NovaHammer. ---------------------------------- The one on the left. ---------------------------------- Trainer: David Robopon: Lv. 7 Screwy, Lv. Skulby(Evolved Screwy) Tactics: Use Sunny's PowerFist ---------------------------------- Now enter. You'll automatically goto the front and fight Bisco!!! ---------------------------------- Trainer: Bisco Robopon: Lv. 6 Urchy, Lv. 6 Razor, Lv. 6 Hexbot Tactics: Kill them all with Sunny's PowerFist. Watch out for HexBot because he can Bug your RoboPon. ---------------------------------- You'll beat him then you'll learn about the ranking book. Talk to the teddy bear thingy and you'll see that guy that always gives you items. One of them will make you speed faster. Now goto Tail Castle and goto the top-right of town and go to the next screen(right of the guards) and then go in the tent. Go up on the podium and after the talk fight Bisco yet again. ----------------------------------- Trainer: Bisco Robopon: Lv. 6 Urchy, Lv. 6 Razor,Lv. 6 Granit,Lv. 6 Hexbot Tactics: Watch out because he's stronger. Just use your strongest attacks. Not that difficult. ----------------------------------- He'll say he's going to Caleyu to train and Prince Tail congradulates you and you'll learn about Vanza who's the Legend 6 one up above you who's now the Legend 7. If you go on the map you'll see Caleyu so that's where you'll go. Note that you should train more since the RoboPon here are at higher levels. You should train with the little girl by the school since you get 20 XP from her after every win which is pretty easy now. Also you'll get 50 G too and if you have the token for half-off its like getting 100 G. Also you should update your building a bit and use the expedition to raise some of your Robopon's levels that are not with you. Just use Battle Genesis 5 to get the dough to pay Ken. =========================== D. The Broadcast Tower =========================== When ready goto Caleyu then buy better equipment if needed. Then goto the small broadcasting tower in the SW part of the town. Press A on the blue thingy in the north part of the tower. You'll be warped to somewhere else. Go west and north and east and you'll fight a trainer. --------------------------- Trainer: Sara Robopon: Lv. 10 Tacbot Tactics: Use your strongest attacks and watch out for TacBot's promo. You should have good defense because he'll more than likely attack first. --------------------------- She'll leave and you can continue on. Go north and use the teleporter again. You'll be in a house. Do what the Robopon says and press A up against the empty treasure chest and turn the TV off and leave. You'll learn about the caves too and you need a lamp. Hmm? Wasn't there talk about a lamp guy in Caleyu? Leave and you'll see a new place on the map for Vanza Village. Go back to Caleyu. Go in the big tower. Here you'll see 4 people in there looking at the TV. You can fight them. I'll list them from left to right, the order I recommend you fight them. ---------------------------- Trainer: Little School Girl Robopon: Lv. 8 Molbot Tactics: Just use your strong attacks. ---------------------------- Next one. ---------------------------- Trainer: Elderly Lady Robopon: Lv. 8 Fetch Tactics: Again use your strong attacks. ---------------------------- Again. ---------------------------- Trainer: Rock'n'Roller Robopon: Lv. 8 Gidget Tactics: Use HogBot's NovaHammer to make short work. ---------------------------- Last one. ---------------------------- Trainer: Madam Robopon: Lv. 8 SumiSu Tactics: Use strong regular attacks. ---------------------------- Go upstairs. On this floor you'll find another teddy bear thingy. He'll make the gold you get after a battle 2x more if you pick the best one so as always with him Save before you go up to him. Also there are also 4 more people. I will show you them again from left to right. ---------------------------- Trainer: Rock'n'Roller Robopon: Lv. 9 Betty Tactics: Strong attacks. ---------------------------- Next one. ---------------------------- Trainer: White Collar Robopon: Lv. 9 Loopy Tactics: Watch out for Loopy's curse. ---------------------------- Again. ---------------------------- Trainer: Young Lady Robopon: Lv. 9 Rex Tactics: Again as usual, strong attacks. ---------------------------- Last one on this floor. ---------------------------- Trainer: School Girl Robopon: Lv. 9 Tacbot Tactics: You already know what to do since you already fought a stronger one. ---------------------------- Now leave. In the North Part of town is the lamp shop. There he'll tell you he'll give you a lamp if you give him a Sea Grape. Talk to him again. Also in the big part was just for experience you more than likely needed. So goto Vanza Village. ========================== D. Searching the caverns ========================== Goto the bottom of the village and search around the place for various items and eventually the Sea Grape. Go to the lamp shop and trade it for the lamp. Also look for the pearl which will give you 10,000G if you sell it. That's some serious clams. Now you can enter the cave. Also you should look around to find more items in the shallows. Now you can enter the Eraboo Cave. When you go up you'll see a fork in the road left and right. There are 2 trainers and two ladders. I'll list the trainers. Left Trainer. --------------------------- Trainer: Fisherman Robopon: Lv. 12 Splat Tactics: Use regular attacks and watch out with your Fire Robopon. --------------------------- Right Trainer. --------------------------- Trainer: Fisherman Robopon: Lv. 12 Gello Tactics: Use regular attacks. --------------------------- To be continued.