Berry by the Dozen: Pokemon Diamond

Since I've been away for a bit, I thought I would update in what I'm doing at the moment re: gaming. You'll all be pleased to hear that Halfbrick Studios has decided to give me the graciousness of an interview for an internship with their design department, which is rather exciting. I'm attempting to get my visual diaries together, but since my mother squished a spider on a beautiful work of the Phantom's mask, I'm loathe to look at them.

But I digress. I was most pleased to discover that it is, in fact, possible to get the Manaphy egg from Pokemon Ranger. I suggest for those of you who are after one, check out www.gamefaqs.com and search for 'Pokemon Ranger DS'. There's a helpful walkthrough on there that can get you what you need. Just make sure that you have a friend with another DS to help you out.

On to berries. Those of you who are Poffin-addicts will know what I'm talking about, but for those who don't, pay attention. Berries (in Pokemon Diamond/Pearl) are important ingredients for Poffins, which are imperative for winning the visual part of Pokemon contents. To get these ingredients, you need to grow them.

I've been planting and reaping these little thingummies for a few days and have discovered a few tricks. First, always plant before you go to be, then water immediately when you wake up. This will prevent the soil from drying out. Also, keep your growing areas to confined routes. Try not to plant up at the resort area or at the Fuego Ironworks. They aren't places that you would get to quickly and easily. So the best places to plant are:
1. Around Pastoria City
2. Around Veilstone City
3. Anywhere along the route between Solaceon Town and Hearthome City.
4. Floaroma Town and Valley Windworks.

Keeping to these routes will make it easier for you to get to your berries to water and reap.

Also, good news! Thanks to a quickly-caught Golbat, I have FINALLY finished catching all the legendary Pokemon! Yup, both Mesprit and Cresselia fell to my awesome Golbat, Andre! Now I'm 'happying' him up so he can be a pretty Crobat instead!

Anyway, enjoy for now.