Recaps

Roy traveled from Violet City to Olivine City, battled Jasmine’s Steelix, and continued to Cianwood City after facing Nurse Joy. He found a chest of Gimmighoul Coins and began a highest-difficulty Gym battle with Chuck as he prepared to compete in the Martial Arts Tournament.

• Phoebe used Roy’s advice to reduce Mega Banette’s stamina drain, then collected his gift in Lilycove City and received a Shiny Dreepy and supplies for her family.
• Roy raced with Falkner’s Staraptor, then traveled to Olivine City and met Jasmine, who bought his human-edible Pokéblocks to help manage her appetite.
• Roy battled Jasmine’s Mega Steelix with Dhelmise, then challenged her grandfather’s Steelix with Mega Golurk in a fierce match that ended with both Pokémon fainting and Steelix declared the winner.
• Jasmine gave Roy a standard Mineral Badge and several tons of metal ore, and Roy left Olivine after his Pokémon received treatment.
• Nurse Joy challenged Roy with her Latias, but Annihilape defeated it in two punches before Roy and Nurse Joy went their separate ways.
• Roy flew to Cianwood City, where Dhelmise and Golurk hauled an old chest from the sea and he found 45 Gimmighoul Coins inside.
• Roy met Chuck at the Cianwood Gym, showed him his S-engraved Badges, and declared he would compete for the Martial Arts Tournament’s Gold Belt.
• Roy accepted Cianwood City’s three-on-three highest-difficulty Gym rules and sent out Annihilape against Chuck’s Level 78 Conkeldurr.

Roy defeated Chuck’s Gym team, earned the Strike Badge, and stayed in Cianwood City to train and take part in the Martial Arts Tournament. After winning the tournament with Annihilape, he gave Maylene his Gold Belt and left for Goldenrod City to meet Cynthia and Professor Carolina.

• Roy defeated Chuck’s Conkeldurr, Heracross, and Pangoro to win the Gym battle, then received the Strike Badge.
• Roy stayed at Chuck’s Gym, defeated Chuck in a hand-to-hand fight, and threw the Gym’s apprentices out of a circle during a training demonstration.
• Roy met Mustard at Cianwood City’s harbor and watched Annihilape’s maximum-power Rage Fist get caught by Mustard, whose level 96 Urshifu impressed them both.
• Roy helped register tournament challengers, including Korrina, and gave her Lucario a Pokéblock that won him over.
• Roy and Annihilape advanced through the Martial Arts Tournament, and Roy drew a crowd of challengers before winning with 220 points while Annihilape defeated Grapploct in the final.
• Mustard presented Roy and Annihilape with gold belts, while Leon learned that Mustard was judging the tournament in Cianwood City.
• Roy gave Korrina a Lucario-tailored Pokéblock recipe and a Key Stone, then gave his Gold Belt to Maylene to restore her confidence.
• Roy lost a rematch to Mustard, gave him Pokéblocks, and left Cianwood City on Dragapult to meet Cynthia and Professor Carolina in Goldenrod City.

Roy and Cynthia uncovered a Space-Time Rift at the Ruins of Alph and entered the buried Sinjoh Ruins, where Roy met Arceus and helped transform Mimikyu into a Pokémon. They escaped the ruins but became stranded together in a vast snowfield.

• Roy arrived at the Ruins of Alph with Cynthia and Professor Carolina, who traced the murals to Ancient Sinnoh immigrants and the lost Sinjoh Ruins.
• Roy placed Golurk on the altar, and the runes and Unown opened a Space-Time Rift that led toward Johto’s northern snowfields.
• Roy and Cynthia crossed the rift and found themselves trapped among towering snow walls, then discovered the Sinjoh Ruins and a gigantic statue of Arceus.
• Arceus emerged in a Ghost-type avatar, confronted Roy about his connection to Giratina, and summoned Giratina from the Distortion World.
• Roy strengthened his Ghost Power, caught Arceus in a Luxury Ball, and empowered him, while Arceus tore open rifts, repaired the Distortion World, and warned Giratina to protect Roy.
• Roy asked Arceus to help Mimikyu, and Arceus used the Ghost Slate and her Reaper Cloth to transform her into a Pokémon.
• Roy and Cynthia left the vanished Sinjoh Ruins through a gap in the snow wall, but found themselves stranded on an unfamiliar snowfield without working navigation devices.
• After Dragapult suffered frostbite and Cynthia sprained her ankle, Roy treated them and carried Cynthia as they searched for shelter and realized they had walked in a circle.