Trick House: Difference between revisions

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|japanese_name=カラクリやしき

|location=North of [[Slateport City]], on {{rt|110|Hoenn}}

The '''Trick House''' (Japanese: '''カラクリやしき''' ''Trick House'') is located on {{rt|110|Hoenn}} in [[Hoenn]]. It is owned by the [[Trick Master]], who poses puzzling challenges to travelers. Those who wish to play his game must find their way through a maze-like puzzle at the back of his house. If successful, they will be rewarded.

The puzzles for Trick House are divided into three parts. First, the Trick Master is hiding somewhere in the first room of the house. The first few times the player enters the house, a small twinkle indicates the Trick Master's hiding place right away, but in later challenges the player must find him without any help.

Once the Trick Master is found, the player may enter the larger rear room through a passageway hidden behind the scroll on the wall. The rooms consist of some sort of maze with a gimmick to each of them, and each room also has Trainers and items (always [[Mail]] in Generation III). The player must navigate through the maze to a second scroll, where they will obtain a secret code. Finally, the player must find the door to the Trick Master's room and write the code on it to gain access. Upon being found, the Trick Master will reward the player, and the player may take a shortcut passage out of the Trick House.

While the rooms in Trick House use mostly the same gimmicks in Emerald as were used in Ruby and Sapphire, the layouts of the rooms are each changed slightly. Trainers, items and the password scrolls are in different locations, and the maze's course changes as well. However, it is only their locations that differ; the items and Trainers in each room are the same in all versions except for the Seventh Puzzle room. Between Ruby and Sapphire, and Emerald, the Trick Master's hiding spots in the first room also change.

Players can take the challenges as they earn new [[Gym]] [[Badge]]s, but the final challenge cannot be taken until they defeat the [[Elite Four]]. Each one, however, is only available once and they must be completed in order. After all challenges are completed, the Trick Master disappears, leaving behind only a note saying he has gone to distant lands to search for new tricks.

In {{2v2|Omega Ruby|Alpha Sapphire}}, the number of puzzles have been shortened down to six puzzles and while the Badges are no longer required to enter the next puzzle, a few HM-related abilities are needed for some of these puzzles to which the will player will have to unlock first by getting their corresponding Gym Badge.

These are [[Item#Item ball images|items]] found in the entrance and prize room, not the puzzle rooms or the prizes given in person by the Trick Master in the prize room.

{{itemlist|Expert Belt|In prize room after completing Puzzle 1<!--Remains there if not picked up?-->|OR=yes|AS=yes}}

===Mechadoll===

In {{pkmn|Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire}}, the Trick Master's Mechadoll begins selling [[Escape Rope]]s to the player at regular price starting at the second puzzle.

{{shop|Mechadoll}}

{{shoprow|{{shopitem|Escape Rope|550|PD<!--|Service ends after all puzzles are solved.-->}}}}

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| [[File:RedTentSprite.png|24px]] {{DL|Ornament|Tents|Red Tent}}{{sup/3|Ru}}{{sup/3|E}}

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| style="background: #fff; {{roundybl|5px}}" | Puzzle 4

| style="background: #fff" | Behind the left window

| style="background: #fff" | {{Bag|Smoke Ball}} {{DL|In-battle effect item|Smoke Ball}}

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| style="background: #fff; {{roundybr|5px}}" | {{m|Strength}}

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| style="background: #fff; {{roundybl|5px}}" | Puzzle 5

| style="background: #fff" | ???

| style="background: #fff" | {{Bag|Magnet}} {{DL|Type-enhancing item|Magnet}}

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| style="background: #fff; {{roundybr|5px}}" | None

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The first puzzle is a straightforward maze. The rooms of the area are separated by trees that must be {{m|Cut}} down to proceed.

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{{Trainerfooter|rock|3}}

The second puzzle is another maze, but with a more confusing layout. In [[Generation III]], holes in the ground cannot be passed until the player hits a switch to extend a platform over them. However, the player cannot tell which switches cover which holes. In [[Generation VI]], the maze is changed to involve {{m|Rock Smash|smashable rocks}}.

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{{Trainerentry|VSSchoolkid F.png{{!}}150px|Schoolkid|Georgie<!--Yes, Georgie. Her name is changed.-->|256|2|285|Shroomish|♀|16||267|Beautifly|♀|16|36=ミエコ|37=Mieko}}

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In [[Generation III]], the third puzzle is a room full of alternating red and blue doors. Stepping on a switch opens all red doors and closes all blue doors, and stepping on a switch again will open all blue doors and close all red doors. The entrance to the room, and some switches, are covered by rocks that can be shattered with {{m|Rock Smash}}.

In [[Generation VI]], the room is dark maze that can be illuminated using {{m|Flash}}, but it isn't necessary to use the move to proceed. At the tail end of the maze is a stairway hidden by the maze walls. Using the stairway will allow the player to move south underneath the maze to a small area where the password scroll is hidden.

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{{Trainerentry|VSSchoolkid M.png{{!}}150px|School Kid|Ted|380|1|280|Ralts|♂|19|36=ノブヒサ|37=Nobuhisa}}

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The fourth puzzle is a room full of boulders that must be pushed aside using {{m|Strength}}. However, due to the close quarters, pushing boulders the wrong way can block certain paths. In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, no Trainers are found.

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=====Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald=====

{{Trainerentry|Spr RS Battle Girl.png|Battle Girl|Jill|648|1|286|Breloom|♀|27|36=ヒイナ|37=Hiina}}

The fifth puzzle is a sequence of robots (mechadolls) that will ask the player questions of escalating difficulty. Answering correctly allows advance, a wrong answer sends him or her back to the start of the room. The riddles asked are chosen randomly each time the player enters the room.

In {{v2|Ruby and Sapphire|s}} the questions are:

* One of these Pokémon is not of the {{t|Grass}} type. Which one is it? (Nincada)

* Rustboro Gym Leader Roxanne used a {{p|Geodude}}. Was it male or female? (♀)

* In Dewford Hall, were there more men or women? (Males)

* How many people give you berries at the [[Pretty Petal Flower Shop]]? (1)

* Which Pokémon was offered for a trade at the Pokémon Trainer's School? ({{p|Seedot}})

In {{v2|Emerald}} the questions are:

* Which of these Pokémon did [[Team Aqua]] use in [[Petalburg Woods|Petalburg Forest]]? ({{p|Poochyena}})

* Do one {{DL|Repel|Repel}} and {{DL|Drink|Soda Pop}} cost more than one {{DL|Potion|Super Potion}}? (They will cost less.)

* In the {{pkmn|Trainer's School}}, how many girl students were there? (1)

* Sell one {{ball|Great}}, and buy one {{DL|Potion|Potion}}. How much remains? (Nothing)

There are no items or Trainers in this room.

The sixth room is full of flipping gates like those found in [[Fortree Gym]], but arranged in a more confusing pattern. As with Fortree, the player must walk through the gates in certain combinations to advance through the room. In [[Generation VI]] the puzzle is changed to maze filled with arrow tiles that the player uses to navigate. This is also notably the final puzzle in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.

The seventh room is filled with [[spinner]]s similar to [[Mossdeep Gym]]. The player must navigate the maze of spinners and pull switches to change their directions to advance through the room. In Pokémon Emerald, the room is instead full of Trainers standing on spinners that rotate when switches are triggered, due to Mossdeep Gym being redesigned for Emerald.

{{Trainerentry|Spr RS Hex Maniac.png|Hex Maniac|Patricia|1008|2|354|Banette|♀|42||337|Lunatone||41|36=コトネ|37=Kotone}}

{{Trainerentry|Spr RS Psychic F.png|Psychic|Alexis|960|3|281|Kirlia|♀|40||178|Xatu|♀|40|

|064|Kadabra|♀|40|36=ナナコ|37=Nanako}}

{{Trainerentry|Spr RS Hex Maniac.png|Hex Maniac|Patricia|1008<br/><small>[[Double Battle]] with Joshua</small>|2|354|Banette|♀|42||337|Lunatone||41|36=コトネ|37=Kotone}}

{{Trainerentry|Spr RS Psychic F.png|Psychic|Alexis|960<br/><small>Potential [[Double Battle]] with Alvaro</small>|3|281|Kirlia|♀|40||178|Xatu|♀|40|

|064|Kadabra|♀|40|36=ナナコ|37=Nanako}}

{{Trainerentry|Spr RS Psychic M.png|Psychic|Alvaro|1008<br/><small>Potential [[Double Battle]] with Alexis</small>|2|354|Banette|♂|41||064|Kadabra|♂|41|36=シンヤ|37=Shinya}}

{{Trainerentry|Spr RS Psychic F.png|Psychic|Mariella|4264<br/><small>[[Double Battle]] with Everett</small>|1|358|Chimecho|♀|41|36=ミハネ|37=Mihane}}

{{Trainerentry|Spr RS Gentleman.png|Gentleman|Everett|4264<br/><small>[[Double Battle]] with Mariella</small>|1|202|Wobbuffet|♀|41|36=ダグ|37=Dag}}

After the player talks to the Trick Master, he will leave. A Nugget can be found under his cushion.

=====Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire=====

{{Trainerentry|Spr RS Cooltrainer M.png|Cool Trainer|Vincent|2112|3|302|Sableye|♂|44||308|Medicham|♂|44||319|Sharpedo|♂|44|36=ユウト|37=Yūto}}

[[File:Trick House anime.png|thumb|The Trick House in the {{pkmn|anime}}]]