Pokémon Adventures volume 12

Pokémon Adventures volume 12

Info

Chapters included	PS143 - PS154
Manga series	Pokémon Adventures

Volume 12 is the twelfth volume of the Pokémon Adventures manga and the fifth of eight volumes in the Gold, Silver & Crystal arc. It is authored by 日下秀憲 Hidenori Kusaka and illustrated by 山本サトシ Satoshi Yamamoto.

Blurb

The three Legendary Pokémon Suicune, Raikou, and Entei are each searching for a worthy Trainer. Will they be able to find someone powerful enough to fight by their side?

Meanwhile, Crystal and Yellow have teamed up to find a mysterious flying Pokémon. Watch out for that vortex! That's right, the same one that Gold and Silver fell into...

Publications

Edition	Country	Company	Date	ISBN
First Edition	Japan	Shogakukan	April 26, 2002	ISBN 4091497128
First Edition	United States	VIZ Media	April 5, 2011	ISBN 1421535467
Digital Edition	United States	VIZ Media	August 28, 2018	ISBN 9781421560540
First Edition	Singapore	Chuang Yi	March 2004	ISBN 9812417230
First Edition	Brazil	Panini Comics	September 26, 2018	ISBN 9788542613483
First Edition	Mainland China	Jilin Publishing Group	January 1, 2005	ISBN 9787538617429
Second Edition	Mainland China	Jilin Publishing Group	March 1, 2013	ISBN 9787538660456
First Edition	Czech Republic	Nakladatelství CREW	June 6, 2023	ISBN 9788076793675
First Edition	Germany	Panini Comics	February 27, 2018	ISBN 9783741605864
First Edition	Hong Kong	Ching Win Publishing Group	December 13, 2005	ISBN 9789628906130
First Edition	Mexico	Panini Comics	December 5, 2018	ISBN 9786075485270
First Edition	South Korea	Daewon C.I.	November 15, 2002	ISBN 9788952852861
Second Edition	South Korea	Daewon C.I.	November 4, 2008	ISBN 9788925237398
Third Edition	South Korea	Daewon C.I.	January 10, 2012	ISBN 9788925293790
First Edition	Taiwan	Ching Win Publishing Group	November 10, 2004	ISBN 9789575099916
First Edition	Thailand	Nation Edutainment	Unknown	ISBN 9789742548858
Second Edition	Thailand	Nation Edutainment	Unknown	ISBN 9789747046908
First Edition	Vietnam	Kim Đồng Publishing House	April 26, 2004	ISBN Unknown
Second Edition	Vietnam	Kim Đồng Publishing House	January 8, 2016	ISBN 9786042054485

Chapters

Important events

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Whitney, DJ Mary, and the Radio Director visit Pryce's Gym, where they battle a Suicune statue and soon leave upon realizing that it was made of mobile ice. In the aftermath, Pryce puts on an evil smirk and mutters that Suicune won't come to visit him for a good reason.
Crystal meets up with Gold and Silver in the Whirl Islands, who were earlier joined by Lt. Surge.
The three Johto Pokédex holders almost succeed in capturing the Lugia that attacked them.
- They try to track the Pokémon down, but all three of their Pokédexes fail in doing so, indicating that someone managed to catch it first.
Suicune joins Misty's team in the Tohjo Falls.
The opening ceremonies of the 10th Pokémon League commences, with all 16 Gym Leaders participating in a tournament. Gold and Crystal are called upon to attend this event secretly.

Party changes

Additions

Gold's Mantine, "Tibo" in PS147.
Gold's Remoraid, in PS147.

Evolutions

Gold's Quilava "Exbo" evolves into Typhlosion in PS148.
Silver's Croconaw evolves into a Feraligatr in PS148.
Crystal's Bayleef "Megaree" evolves into Meganium in PS148.

Character summary

This is Crystal's Pokédex information and party at the end of this volume.

Crystal's Pokédex

Pokémon seen: 164
Pokémon owned: 152

Trivia

Localization changes

The message by Hidenori Kusaka is different between languages. In the Japanese version, he talks about the announcement of Pokémon games for the Game Boy Advance. In the English version, there is a short summary of the events of this volume instead.

This article is part of Project Manga, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each series of Pokémon manga.