When you first enter Sandgem town, you will be greeted by a girl named Dawn. She will ask you to follow her to meet the Prof. As you two are about to enter the research lab, your rival will come out of the door, say a few words to you, then race away.
Enter the research center with Dawn. You will meet the professor who will examine your starter pokemon and tell you it is happy. Prof' Rowan will also offer you to give a nickname to your pokemon. Take this opportunity to name your pokemon with a cute name you would like to refer to it from now on as. The Prof will then ask you to confirm the nickname you chose and it will be set. You can always change it later though (More on how to change your pokemon's nickname will be shown in a later chapter).
Next, the professor will explain that he is collecting information about the pokemon that live in the Sinnoh region and ask you to help him with his research. He will give you a pokedex in which data about the pokemon you meet will be stored. When you meet a pokemon, information about that pokemon will automatically be recorded in your pokedex. Your adventure really begins now!
* Pokemon and Pokemon character names are trademark and copyright of Nintendo.
Article Series
This article is part 5 of a 31 part series. Other articles in this series are shown below:
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Pokemon Platinum Walkthrough Part 3: Twinleaf
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Pokemon Platinum Walkthrough Part 4: Your first pokemon and pokemon battle!
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Pokemon Platinum Walkthrough Part 5: Lake Verity
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Pokemon Platinum Walkthrough Part 6: Route 201
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Pokemon Platinum Walkthrough Part 7: Getting the Pokedex
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Pokemon Platinum Walkthrough Part 8: Sandgem Town Tour
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Pokemon Platinum Walkthrough Part 9: Pokemon Center, Poke Mart, TM
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Pokemon Platinum Walkthrough Part 10: Catching your first pokemon!
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Pokemon Platinum Walkthrough Part 11: Route 202
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Pokemon Platinum Walkthrough Part 12: Jubilife City Trainers' School
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Pokemon Platinum Walkthrough Part 13: Jubilife City - Getting the Poketch from Poketch Company President
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Pokemon Platinum Walkthrough Part 14: Route 203, on the way to Oreburgh City
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Pokemon Platinum Walkthrough Part 15: Oreburgh City
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Pokemon Platinum Walkthrough Part 16: Oreburgh City Coal Mine and Oreburgh Gym
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Pokemon Platinum Walkthrough Part 17: Oreburgh Gym to Jubilife City
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Pokemon Platinum Walkthrough Part 18: Jubilife City to The Ravaged Path
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Pokemon Platinum Walkthrough Part 19: The Ravaged Path
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Pokemon Platinum Walkthrough Part 20: Route 204 to Floaroma Town
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Pokemon Platinum Walkthrough Part 21: Floaroma Town
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Pokemon Platinum Walkthrough Part 22: Route 205 to Valley Windworks
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Pokemon Platinum Walkthrough Part 23: Entering the Valley Windworks
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Pokemon Platinum Walkthrough Part 24: Valley Windworks
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Pokemon Platinum Walkthrough Part 25: Route 205 to Eterna Forest
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Pokemon Platinum Walkthrough Part 26: Eterna Forest
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Pokemon Platinum Walkthrough Part 27: Eterna Forest (Route 205) to Eterna City
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Pokemon Platinum Walkthrough Part 28: Eterna City
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Pokemon Platinum Walkthrough Part 29: Eterna City Team Galactic Headquarters
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Pokemon Platinum Walkthrough Part 30: The Cycling Road
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Pokemon Platinum Walkthrough Optional Area: The Wayward Cave
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Pokemon Platinum Walkthrough Part 31: Route 207 (and Route 206) to Mt. Coronet.
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Pokemon Platinum Walkthrough Part 32: Mt. Coronet to Hearthome City via Route 208
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