The Dragons sprite Pokémon Riddles October 2023: Generation V

Pokémon Black and White | Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

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Pokémon Riddles

The Riddles this month will be from the following:

Riddle and Trivia Topics

Pokémon Black
Pokémon White
Pokémon Black 2
Pokémon White 2

The Trivia can involve the aforementioned games but also the following:

Trivia-only Topics

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond
Pokémon Conquest

These will not appear in the Riddles, only in the Trivia.



  1. The riddle master (i.e. me) has the final say in any matters relating to the posted riddles.
  2. I’ll post a riddle and assign it a difficulty and points. Once it is out, you can guess the answer.
  3. You MUST provide logic for your answer in order to get points. An example of a good answer format can be found below.
  4. If nobody has guessed the riddle within 24 hours, a hint will be posted.
  5. The first person who posts the correct answer (with logic) will receive points for the riddle. The logic does not necessarily have to be correct, but you can get extra points if it is (see below for an explanation of logic points).
  6. You may guess more than once, but please do not abuse this by spamming multiple answers all at once. A good rule is maybe 1 or 2 per hint or waiting a few hours so others have a chance.

Here is an example of a riddle:

Mega Easy (1 point + 2 logic points):
I have a mom
I have a hat
I have a Pikachu
and a beast most fat

Answer in this format:

Red

I have a mom – Her name is unknown!
I have a hat – It’s his signature style.
I have a Pikachu – It’s his lead Pokemon!
And a beast most fat – He also often uses a Snorlax.

There are a few other ways to get points as well:

  1. Non-standard answers. If you provide an answer to a regular riddle that is incorrect, but I think the logic fits or is extremely interesting I’ll give you a few points.
  2. Riddle submissions. If you PM me a riddle to use I’ll award you 8 points if I decide to use it. You can only get points for one riddle a month, but you can submit as many as you’d like. Obviously you can’t answer your own riddle for points. It would be greatly appreciated if you would send me riddles! I really don’t mind! I will love you forever if you send me riddles.

Point values for riddles go as follows:

  • Easy riddles: 6 points + 2 logic points
  • Medium riddles: 8 points + 4 logic points
  • Hard riddles: 10 points + 4 logic points
  • Super Hard riddles: 12 points + 4 logic points

Logic points
If you answer within 2 hints, you may receive logic points based on how correct your logic is. After one hint, you can only get a maximum of half the original logic points for the riddle.



Along with the riddle itself, there will be a Trivia question every day.

Each Trivia question will only last one day.

Solving a Trivia question correctly grants points as follows:

Easy – 1 points
Medium – 3 points
Hard – 5 points

Multiple people can get points for trivia questions, so long as they have different answers. Thus, if a trivia question has multiple valid answers, then multiple players can get points.

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These are the badges you will get for winning by getting the most points out of all the players by the end of the month.

Your first win will award you with:
Second win will award you with:
And finally, the third will give you:



March, 2014 – BlueDrago – 51 points
April, 2014 – Earthboundian_Folk – 50 points
May, 2014 – Cyan683 – 62 points
June, 2014 – The Bat Fax – 8 points
October, 2014 – Artemis251 – 38 points
November, 2014 – Artemis251 – 34 points
December, 2014 – Artemis251/Malzbier – 52 points
January, 2015 – Artemis251 – 51 points
February, 2015 – Malzbier – 50 points
March, 2015 – Malzbier – 31+ points
August, 2016 – striker – 110 points
September, 2016 – Warden Chult – 72 points
October, 2016 – Warden Chult – 65+ points
March, 2017 – Eless0 – 172 points
April, 2017 – Clone5184 – 45 points
May, 2017 – Clone5184 – 36 points
June, 2017 – BlueDrago – 32 points
July, 2017 – gooieooie – 24 points
August, 2017 – Lochy – 30 points
September, 2017 – ZeldaRocks_Xander – 62 points
October, 2017 – UnfoundedRevenge – 50 points
November, 2017 – Siberian Khatru – 34 points
December, 2017 – BlueDrago – 71 points
January, 2018 – Clone5184 – 56 points
March, 2018 – Lochy – 69 points
April, 2018 – Lochy – 71 points
May, 2018 – zelomura – 0+ points
August, 2018 – Siberian Khatru – 3 points
May, 2021 – Drake Inferno – 43 points
June, 2021 – StarstorMew – 26 points
July, 2021 – StarstorMew – 70 points
August, 2021 – StarstorMew – 118 points
September, 2021 – Hammer7 – 32 points
October, 2021 – Drake Inferno – 105 points
November, 2021 – Drake Inferno – 59 points
December, 2021 – CarbonLiquid MetalStarman – 26 points
January, 2022 – Drake Inferno – 13 points
Febraury, 2022 – Gamma Emerald – 66 points
March, 2022 – Gamma Emerald – 80 points
April, 2022 – Squirrel King – 34 points
May, 2022 – Squirrel King – 54 points
February 2023 – Kiwi – 107 points
March 2023 – Kiwi – 134 points
April 2023 – Kiwi – 49 points
May 2023 – Xedic Zyvis – 22 points



1st. Eless0 – 172 (March 2017)
2nd. Kiwi – 134 points (March 2023)
3rd. StarstorMew – 118 (August 2021)
4th. striker – 110 (August 2016)
5th. Kiwi – 107 (February 2023)

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Victory Road

Take the first step!


Riddle #1

Medium:

Unseen power,
Binding in strife
Path to resting
The drink of life


Trivia #1

Easy:

Mention an NPC in a mainline game who has a talking speed different from the text speed you set! The answer to this Trivia can be from any mainline game, not just Generation V.


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Trivia: N! He always speaks faster than anyone else, even if your text speed is set to max.

What is love, if not sharing food with someone, and then running away from that someone,
as they chase after you, shouting “That was my food, give me back my food”?

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Trivia: The old lady in Driftveil (The one that mentions “The Entralink is unique, isn’t it?”) always speaks slower than anyone else, even if your text speed is set to slow.

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Both of you got the Trivia!


Victory Road

Drake Inferno – 1
Deybrek – 1


Riddle #1

Medium:

Unseen power,
Binding in strife
Path to resting
The drink of life

Hint 1 – a power that cannot be obtained


Trivia #1

Medium:

Mention a Pokemon with a Hidden Ability in the code that changed in subsequent generations!


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Trivia: Empoleon’s hidden ability was changed from Defiant to Competitive in Gen 9

“A flipped coin doesn’t always land heads or tails. Sometimes it may never land at all…”

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Trivia: Scolipede lost Quick Feet when it left Gen V, which has become Speed Boost ever since.

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Again, both of you got the Trivia!


Victory Road

Deybrek – 4
Gamma Emerald – 3
Drake Inferno – 1


Riddle #2

Medium:

Unseen power,
Binding in strife
Path to resting
The drink of life

Hint 1 – a power that cannot be obtained
Hint 2 – the answer is a Pokemon


Trivia #3

Hard:

Mention a shiny front sprite you can see in Pokemon Black and White for a Pokemon belonging to an NPC.


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Trivia: there’s a chance to encounter trainers with shiny Pokémon in the Black Tower/White Treehollow.

“A flipped coin doesn’t always land heads or tails. Sometimes it may never land at all…”

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Trivia: Specifically, Shiny Hippowdon.

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This particular Trivia specifies that it has to be from Pokemon Black and White! Black Tower and White Treehollow do not exist in those games.

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No one got the Trivia! The answer is Professor Juniper’s Minccino!

Very rarely, the Minccino in Pokemon Black and White’s introduction screen can be shiny.


Victory Road

Deybrek – 4
Gamma Emerald – 3
Drake Inferno – 1


Riddle #1

Medium:

Unseen power,
Binding in strife
Path to resting
The drink of life

Hint 1 – a power that cannot be obtained
Hint 2 – the answer is a Pokemon
Hint 3 – a power that prevents escape


Trivia #4

Hard:

Explain: What indication do we have that Pokemon Black and White occurs after the story of Pokemon Platinum specifically, and not Diamond or Pearl?


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Ok, let’s give this a shot!

Is the main riddle Chandelure?

Unseen Power: (In gen V, it’s hidden ability was supposed to be Shadow Tag, but you can’t actually get it – and in future generations, this was changed to Infiltrator)
Binding in strife: (Shadow tag being the ability that prevents the opponent from running, unless they also have Shadow Tag.)
Path to resting: (It can actually kill you via prolonged proximity…)
The drink of life: (Get it? It drinks your life force!)

Hint 1 – a power that cannot be obtained: (Correct! There has never been a valid way to get a Shadow Tag Chandelure!)
Hint 2 – the answer is a Pokemon: (Chandelure!)
Hint 3 – a power that prevents escape: (Shadow Tag!)

As for the Trivia,

We meet Looker! Who was present in Platinum, but not Diamond or Pearl!

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Trivia: After defeating her in Caitlin’s Villa for the first time, Cynthia mentions the player character resembles the trainer that faced Giratina, which is only a part of Platinum’s story, not Diamond or Pearl’s.

“A flipped coin doesn’t always land heads or tails. Sometimes it may never land at all…”

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I apologize, I am not really motivated to continue this.