Version 1.4, by weirdguy8888 (aka Arthur Tam) who may be annoyed at
robotpenguins@aim.com, however much he dislikes it
I've written this guide down with help from ecstasy_hew, who scanned some
images from the "Pokemon: Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness -
Explorer's Guide" which as much as I can tell belongs to Nintendo. And the
last part about the auras related to ribbons came from reading info off of
serebii.net. So if any of this data is wrong please submit any corrections to
the proper folks. I guess that means me. And no, lacking fancy ASCII art does
Additional note....if you're going to ask questions that aren't related to
this guide, you'd be better off hitting the forums, since they answer a lot
faster and probably know more about it than me. And no, I have no idea what
"forums" I may be referring to but if there's a website showing this, I'll
pretty much bet a Joy Ribbon that they have a forums and that you can ask
All associated copyrights/trademarks belong to the legal owners of the
copyrights/trademarks. Seriously.
This guide may not be used for profit or trade. If you want to use this guide
anywhere else, you must not alter or remove any part of the guide. Aside from
that, it's okay to take it with you and stick it anywhere without letting me
know, like on your generic Pokemon website/blog/underpants, unless you somehow
get me mad, perhaps by associating me with Hitler or making too many "your
mom" jokes, during which time I'll probably not allow you to copy the guide
anymore because I reserve the right to revoke this guide's usage on a whim,
because apparently I've got a copyright for this guide just by it being
published online. Neat, huh?
1.4: 5/31/2008. Wow, looks like somebody at www.upokecenter.com keeps messing
with the PMD games' code. In addition to destroying most of the demand for
player to player rescues once again, there's a guide that is similar to mine
but has information that explains parts of the selection process for starter
Pokemon and auras that I didn't know before. Thanks for this information,
1.3: 5/27/2008. Lucky number 1.3. Dang, I totally forgot to check my mail.
A couple of you folks sent in a hot tip to get the partner you want. Kudos to
Albert Morgese and Jonathan Rhoades for pointing out something that must be
old news by now due to my neglect, but a valid addition to the guide
On a side note, I realize that there's way too many websites to stick in one
sentence, and therefore am going to just make a small, other section for it.
1.2: 4/25/2008. Added a small guide on starter peformance and team combos.
Mainly because I wanted to get a leg up on the other, nearly identical
1.1: 4/22/2008. Corrected info about partner picking. Added Neoseeker to
sentence that refers to websites that I know of that use this guide. Also
added this section about version information because it's the right thing to
do. Or so I've been told.
1.0: 4/20/2008. Initial version. Not much else to say about that.
If you need this, you also need some help with your patience issues. I mean,
there's only three sections, and even then they're all pretty much interlinked.
If you need me to go into an explanation of what this game is about or which
version to pick or if you should even pick up a copy of this game in the first
On the other hand, if you've chosen your game version, and now you're here,
looking at a silly personality test, saying "Hey, I don't want to do this!
I want to choose who to start with because I know what I want and no game's
gonna tell me what to do!"...
You've come to the right place.
There's a whopping 16 different starters to choose from, and this time there's
no gender restrictions on specific Pokemon. Now you can be a male Skitty, and
the game won't judge you. I mean, your friends still will, and if you
publicly admit to doing it on purpose nobody will ever respect you again, but
Veterans of the game might be dismayed to see some of their favorites gone,
having had their slots replaced by newer Pokemon. You may want to figure out
who you want now. Cause I'm not doing it for you.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you're one of those completionists, it turns out that the
Treecko family is only available from a special sidequest area if you don't
start with one, so if you don't want to wait until later in the game to get
There's 16 different personality types, and depending on which gender you
choose, will alter the way they determine who you will end up. I've listed
them below, and all you need to do is run a quick search to see where your
fate will take you. Or where you want to take your fate.
Male/Female
Lonely: Bulbasaur / Mudkip
Docile: Charmander / Bulbasaur
Quirky: Squirtle / Piplup
Brave: Pikachu / Charmander
Sassy: Meowth / Totodile
Calm: Chikorita / Cyndaquil
Timid: Cyndaquil / Turtwig
Jolly: Totodile / Munchlax
Quiet: Treecko / Chikorita
Hardy: Torchic / Treecko
Rash: Mudkip / Torchic
Hasty: Skitty / Pikachu
Bold: Turtwig / Squirtle
Naive: Chimchar / Skitty
Impish: Piplup / Chimchar
Relaxed: Munchlax / Meowth
Found something you like? Good. Didn't find anything you liked? Too bad, pick
Once you've gotten a starter, you'll get a lecture on what your personality
type means, and after being warned about the inherent dangers of your
tendencies (because nobody knows how to psychoanalyze your whole life like a
video game) you will be given a random 7 out of the other possible Pokemon
that you would be able to pick, which are all the starters that are not the
same elemental type as your starter, and not a normal type Pokemon. That
means that starting as a fire/water/grass type would give you 7 out of 10
choices, normal type Pokemon (Skitty, Munchlax, Meowth) would give you 7 out
of 13 choices, and picking Pikachu would allow you to choose 7 out of 12
choices. And if you don't see the partner that you want...it's because you
Haha, just kidding. The game's only doing it because it loooooves you.
Incidently, if you do fail at life, here's a tip to win your life back, sent
in by Albert Morgese and Jonathan Rhoades: if you select a partner, it'll ask
you if you are sure if you want that partner. If you hated all the partners
and are sure that you don't want that deadbeat on your team, just say no, and
it'll bring you back to the list again, only this time it'll generate a new
selection list. In a roundabout way, you can force the game to give you your
In order to use this list to the fullest potential, I expect that you'll use
your browser's search function (in most cases, Ctrl+F) to search for a highly
specific part of your question that contains a unique set of words. For
instance, the question listed directly below this descriptive note has words
such as "final mile," "last stretch," and "Stop running." Any of these three
would bring you straight to where you want to be. On the other hand,
searching for words like "the," "but," and "and" is pretty much just plain
Basically, in order to get the personality type you want, aim for the answers
that add points to that personality's rating. The questions are picked at
random and may not apply to what you want to get, so in those cases aim for
the question that gives the least amount of points to traits and try to
distribute them evenly to avoid accidently promoting a dominant personality
that you didn't want to go with. After eight questions, the game stops and
decides right there. If two traits tied, it'll flip a coin and pick either
one, and let you know which two they were and what it chose. You can always
reset the game if you end up with something you don't like, so keep trying!
For those who are REALLY obsessive about this, the information from
upokecenter.com indicates that there are sixteen sets of questions, from which
eight sets are picked, and a question from each set selected, all at random,
including the order in which the questions are asked. This means that if
you're looking out for a particular trait, and are looking for particular
questions, you can figure out when these particular questions are not
Of course, it's way easier to go with the flow and balance the nondesirable
Q: You're in the final mile of a marathon, but the last stretch is exhausting!
What will you do?
Hardy +4
Brave +2
Stop running.
Quirky +4
Find a shortcut.
Bold +4
Rash +2
Impish +4
Sassy +2
Yes. Hard work, though.
Hardy +4
No! Who'd want to do that?!
Quirky +4
Hardy +4
Spend it!
Quirky +4
Hasty +2
Spend half, save half.
Calm +2
I don't get an allowance!
Lonely +4
Hardy +4
Brave +2
Ask someone to help.
Docile +2
Make someone else do it!
Bold +4
Sassy +2
Q: If you don't know something, do you come clean and admit it?
Docile +4
Bold +2
That's not easy to admit!
Timid +4
Lonely +2
Q: You're on a walk when you smell something delicious. What do you do?
Docile +4
Find out what it is!
Naive +4
Rash +2
Think about how hungry I am...
Impish +4
Q: A fortune-teller says that you have a bad future ahead of you. How do you
Docile +4
Timid +2
Forget about it.
Jolly +4
Relaxed +2
Bold +2
Bold +4
Timid +2
Share it with friends.
Docile +4
Rash +4
Spread a different rumor!
Impish +4
Brave +4
Impish +4
Big... but not too big!
Quiet +2
I don't... It could pop!
Timid +4
Docile +2
Q: Do you state your opinion even when it's not what everyone else thinks?
Brave +4
Bold +2
No.
Lonely +4
Timid +2
It depends on the situation.
Calm +2
Quirky +2
Jolly +4
Calm +2
Make it obvious by...playing a prank!
Lonely +4
Naive +2
State it clearly for all to hear!
Brave +4
Impish +4
Bold +2
Keep it to myself! It's too risky!
Timid +2
Q: You're on a stroll when a TV crew pounces on you for an interview. What do
Timid +4
Answer questions properly.
Brave +4
Sassy +4
Yuck it up! Woo-hoo! I'm on TV!
Naive +4
Bold +2
Jolly +4
Lonely +2
No.
Calm +2
Calm +2
Join the parade!
Jolly +4
Naive +4
Walk away.
Sassy +4
Lonely +2
Q: Your friend tells a joke that's horribly corny! How do you react?
Jolly +4
Naive +2
Just let it go by...
Impish +2
Docile +2
Slap my forehead and groan.
Brave +2
Jolly +4
Bold +4
No.
Timid +2
Docile +2
Impish +4
Rash +4
No.
Calm +2
Hasty +2
Sassy +2
Throw it!
Impish +4
Spiff it up, shiny and new!
Lonely +4
Impish +4
Naive +2
Not interested.
Quirky +4
Timid +2
Impish +4
Brave +4
Rash +2
Hasty +4
Stay away from it.
Timid +2
Brave +4
Lonely +2
Laugh! It's too funny!
Naive +4
Impish +4
Rash +2
Q: You're daydreaming... when your friend sprays you with water! What do you
Hasty +4
Get sad.
Lonely +4
Woo-hoo! Water fight!
Jolly +4
Naive +4
Impish +4
Naive +4
No.
Quiet +2
Naive +4
Impish +2
No.
Calm +4
Q: Hey, what's that? There's someone behind you! So... did you look just now?
A: Don't do that! It scared me!
Timid +4
OK, I admit it. You tricked me.
Docile +4
No way. I didn't fall for it.
Sassy +4
Lonely +4
Huh? What?
Relaxed +4
Q: Someone who works at a store suggests an item that isn't quite what you're
A: Say you don't want it.
Brave +2
Quiet +2
Say thanks... but say no.
Calm +4
Lonely +2
Cave in and buy it.
Rash +2
Timid +2
Q: You run into a new person that you haven't talked to very much before. What
Calm +2
Say nothing!
Quirky +2
Make an excuse to get away!
Timid +4
Q: You think your hear someone call your name. But no ones's around... so what
Relaxed +4
Someone fooling around.
Naive +4
Bold +2
A ghost!
Timid +4
Hasty +4
Rash +4
No.
Docile +2
Quiet +2
Hasty +4
No.
Calm +2
Hasty +4
Think about whether you need it.
Quiet +2
Demand an even bigger discount!
Bold +4
Q: You're packing your classroom's snacks for a picnic when you get hungry.
Hasty +4
Hold myself back, and pack it all up.
Hardy +4
What snacks? They're in my belly!
Rash +4
Sassy +4
Of course not.
Calm +2
Sassy +4
Lonely +2
No.
Calm +4
Quirky +2
Sassy +4
Naive +2
Jolly +2
Well, not really...
Hardy +2
Naive +4
Nothing... I'm not interested.
Lonely +4
Eavesdrop from a distance!
Timid +2
Lonely +4
Sassy +4
No.
Relaxed +2
Q: You're told to wait in a big, empty room. What do you do?
Docile +4
Search for something to do.
Naive +4
Wander outside.
Rash +4
Cradle my knees and sit in the corner!
Lonely +4
Q: Do you have lots of stuff you bought, think it was all cool, but don't use
Quirky +4
Rash +2
Hasty +2
No.
Quiet +2
Hardy +4
No.
Quirky +4
Hasty +2
Quirky +4
Rash +4
No.
Calm +2
Hardy +4
I'm not good at planning.
Quirky +4
Rash +2
Plans? Who needs plans?
Relaxed +4
Quiet +4
Bold +4
No.
Brave +4
I don't know.
Docile +4
Naive +4
Jolly +2
Ghosts!
Timid +2
Nothing! The ship is merely a mirage!
Quiet +4
Quiet +4
Sassy +4
No way!
Brave +4
Hasty +4
My friend fell down, no doubt!
Quiet +4
I wonder if it's my fault?
Timid +2
Docile +4
Laugh out loud!
Rash +4
Say that it's the latest fashion!
Jolly +4
Q: You muster your courage and go to a graveyard at night... and see a woman
Timid +2
So what? It's just a lady.
Naive +4
Sassy +2
Drop down and play dead!
Rash +4
Rash +4
Bold +2
No.
Quiet +2
Q: Have you ever accidentally revealed a personal secret that someone shared
Rash +4
Lonely +4
No.
Hardy +2
Sassy +4
Brave +4
Bold +2
Not really.
Timid +2
Lonely +4
Sassy +2
I like the country!
Calm +4
I like them both!
Quirky +4
Q: You're about to take the last cookie when your friend wolfs it down! What
A: Whatever, it's just a cookie.
Calm +4
I unleash my cookie fury!
Relaxed +4
Jolly +4
I weep for my lost cookie.
Lonely +4
Q: You've spent forever stacking dominoes... One more and you're done... OH,
NO! You've knocked them over! What do you do?
A: I'm too crushed to start again.
Hardy +4
I unleash my full fury!
Docile +4
I set up the dominoes again...
Calm +4
Bold +4
Bold +4
Relaxed +2
Not at all.
Lonely +4
Hasty +2
Q: You've just stuffed yourself with a good meal when a great dessert arrives.
A: Eat it. Who cares if I'm stuffed?
Hasty +4
Rash +2
Turn it down. It's too fattening!
Hardy +2
Yum! I love dessert the most!
Bold +4
Jolly +4
Relaxed +2
Hardy +4
Wing it! I'm sure it will be fine!
Relaxed +4
Test?! I think I have a fever...
Naive +4
Q: You're eating at a restaurant when you abruptly realize that everyone's
Lonely +4
Docile +4
Who's worried? I keep eating.
Jolly +4
Relaxed +4
I swipe food from other tables!
Bold +4
Relaxed +4
Jolly +2
Never.
Quiet +2
Q: The phone's ringing! What do you do?
Hasty +4
Lonely +4
Wait a bit before answering.
Quiet +2
Ignore it and let it ring.
Timid +2
Q: You're in class when you realize that you really have to go to the
Brave +4
Bold +4
Sneak out.
Hasty +2
Hold on until class ends!
Timid +2
Q: You're in a play with friends. What kind of role do you prefer?
Bold +4
Supporting role.
Jolly +4
Just a bit part.
Quirky +4
Q: You see a cake that is past its expiration date, but only by one day. What
Brave +4
Relaxed +2
Think about it briefly, then decide.
Timid +2
Get someone to try it first.
Bold +4
Q: You attend a fine dinner at a friend's house. How do you behave?
Impish +4
Naive +4
Enjoy the meal in polite moderation.
Hardy +2
Ask to take the leftovers home!
Bold +4
At this point, you'll be told to hold your finger to the screen while the game
analyzes your biosignals using what I like to call "moodring tech". There's
The way the game figures out which color to go with seems to be mostly based
on what you picked as the background color for your DS console window at
startup, although according to the information at upokecenter.com there's a
small chance that it'll decide to assign you an aura color based on the last
character of the MAC address of your DS. Since you probably have one or more
WiFi compatible games who have already had this address registered into
memory, it's probably best that you don't mess with it in order to manipulate
the choice of the "alternate" aura color, which is seldom used in the first
place. And I'm not gonna list which character of the hexadecimal system is
attributed to which color, since it's pretty much pointless to think about it.
Many people ask "What does an aura do?"
Well, right now, there's only one observable effect from the choice of your
aura. If you have a colored ribbon, it will only bestow bonuses if your aura
is the same color of that ribbon. All the other ribbons are useless to you.
And that's all I know about it.
