Diploma

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The Diploma (Japanese: しょうじょう honorable certificate) is an item awarded in all of the main handheld Pokémon games for completing various modes of the Pokédex. It is obtained from Game Freak's lead developer after the player has completed their Pokédex.

A diploma given after finishing all three Kalos Pokédexes (Pokémon X and Y)

In Generation I and II, there is only one diploma in the game, awarded for completing the Pokédex. From Generation III onward, there is one diploma awarded for completing the regional Pokédex and a second for completing the National Pokédex.

In Pokémon X and Y, a total of five diplomas are awarded: one for capturing every Pokémon in each of the Kalos Pokédexes, one for obtaining all of those three diplomas, and one for completing the National Pokédex. These diplomas are different if the player completed their Pokédex only with blue pentagon Pokémon. In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, an additional Diploma can be received if the player shows the Game Freak lead developer a Pokémon that was originally caught in either Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire or Pokémon Emerald; unlike most diplomas, this one is customized according to the Pokémon shown to the developer, with its Generation III sprite appearing in the bottom-left corner.

Obtaining

Location

In all games in which Celadon Condominiums appears, the Game Freak lead developer is located in the Game Freak headquarters there. In Black, White, Black 2, and White 2, he is located in the Game Freak building in Castelia City. In games in which a Game Freak building is not present, he is on vacation and found in some kind of temporary accommodation; in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald and Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, he is on the top floor of Cove Lily Motel in Lilycove City; in Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum he is in the northwesternmost house in the Hotel Grand Lake at the Valor Lakefront; in Pokémon X and Y, he is in the Coumarine Hotel in Coumarine City.

Pokédex completion

For a Pokédex to be considered complete, the player must have owned all Pokémon in that Pokédex (except a select few Pokémon). In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, to complete the Sinnoh Pokédex the player only needs to see all the Pokémon in the Sinnoh Pokédex, not own them.

Mythical Pokémon are not usually required to qualify for diplomas; however, in Pokémon Platinum seeing Manaphy is required to obtain the Sinnoh Pokédex Diploma, and in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire owning Deoxys is required to obtain the National Pokédex Diploma. In the Generation III games and Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, owning Ho-Oh and Lugia is not required to complete any Pokédex.

Function

The diploma is not an item as is not added to the player's inventory; to view it after obtaining it, the player must talk to said lead developer again. In Pokémon Black and White and Pokémon X and Y, the diploma is instead sent to the player's bedroom for display. In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the diploma can be hung on the wall of the player's Secret Base.

In Pokémon Yellow, Gold, Silver, and Crystal, it is possible to print out a copy of the diploma using a Game Boy Printer. The printout displays additional graphics in the bottom half of the diploma which cannot be otherwise seen.

Completion requirements

Games	Pokédex	Requirement	Diploma
RG	Pokédex	Have owned 150 species of Pokémon
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RB
Y
GSC	New Pokédex	Have owned all Pokémon except Mew and Celebi
RS	Hoenn Pokédex	Have owned all Hoenn Pokédex Pokémon except Jirachi and Deoxys
E
FRLG	Kanto Pokédex	Have owned all Kanto Pokédex Pokémon except Mew
RS	National Pokédex	Have owned all Pokémon except Mew, Ho-Oh, Lugia, Celebi, Jirachi, and Deoxys
FRLG
E
DP	Sinnoh Pokédex	Have seen all (non-expanded) Sinnoh Pokédex Pokémon except Manaphy
Pt		Have seen all expanded Sinnoh Pokédex Pokémon
HGSS	Johto Pokédex	Have owned all Johto Pokédex Pokémon except Mew and Celebi
DP	National Pokédex	Have owned all Pokémon except Mew, Ho-Oh, Lugia, Celebi, Jirachi, Deoxys, Phione, Manaphy, Darkrai, Shaymin, and Arceus
Pt
HGSS		Have owned all Pokémon except Mew, Celebi, Jirachi, Deoxys, Phione, Manaphy, Darkrai, Shaymin, and Arceus
BW	Unova Pokédex	Have owned all Unova Pokédex Pokémon except Victini, Keldeo, Meloetta, and Genesect
B2W2	New Unova Pokédex	Have owned all New Unova Pokédex Pokémon except Victini, Keldeo, Meloetta, and Genesect
BW	National Pokédex	Have owned all Pokémon except Mew, Celebi, Jirachi, Deoxys, Phione, Manaphy, Darkrai, Shaymin, Arceus, Victini, Keldeo, Meloetta, and Genesect
B2W2
XY	Central Kalos Pokédex	Have owned all Central Kalos Pokédex Pokémon except Diancie, Hoopa, and Volcanion
	Coastal Kalos Pokédex	Have owned all Coastal Kalos Pokédex Pokémon except Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres
	Mountain Kalos Pokédex	Have owned all Mountain Kalos Pokédex Pokémon except Mewtwo
	Kalos Pokédexes	Have owned all Central, Coastal and Mountain Kalos Pokédex Pokémon except Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Mewtwo, Diancie, Hoopa, and Volcanion
ORAS	Hoenn Pokédex	Have owned all Hoenn Pokédex Pokémon except Rayquaza, Jirachi, and Deoxys
XY	National Pokédex	Have owned all Pokémon except Mew, Celebi, Jirachi, Deoxys, Phione, Manaphy, Darkrai, Shaymin, Arceus, Victini, Keldeo, Meloetta, Genesect, Diancie, Hoopa, and Volcanion
ORAS		Have owned all Pokémon except Mew, Celebi, Jirachi, Phione, Manaphy, Darkrai, Shaymin, Arceus, Victini, Keldeo, Meloetta, Genesect, Diancie, Hoopa, and Volcanion
ORAS	N/A	Show a Pokémon that was originally caught in either Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire or Pokémon Emerald.

In other languages

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References

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