What are all the different forms of Rotom and how do you get them in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl?

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If you are playing Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, you are likely to pay attention to Rotom Forms, which is one of the best ways to ensure that you have a variety of different types of Pokémon in your party.

Rotom, known as the Plasma Pokémon, first appeared in the original diamond, pearl, and platinum games (collectively referred to as the 4th generation), and his ability to transform into different forms is one of his biggest selling points.

However, in the newly released Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shiny Pearl remake, how exactly did you get these different Rotom forms, and what exactly are these different Rotom forms? Read on to learn more!

If you want to use Rotom Forms to clear the main Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl story, we have some bad news for you-you can only receive Rotom Forms after you finish the game.

After defeating the elite four in the Pokémon Brilliant Diamonds and Sparkling Pearls and compiled 150 creatures’ illustrations, go to the laboratory in Sandgem Town to talk to Professor Rowan-after the chat, Professor Oak will stop to give you the national illustrations, This means you can now receive Rotom.

After obtaining National'dex, you will want to go to Eterna Forest and find Old Chateau. You need to use Cut to access the building. After entering, go upstairs and go through the middle door. You will now face many other doors. Take the one on the left and interact with the TV you will find inside. This will trigger a Rotom encounter, so be sure to catch this Rotom!

Your Rotom will get a secret key, and you need to take it to the Galaxy headquarters in the Eternal City. It will open the secret room of the headquarters, you can find it in the upper left corner of the main room of the headquarters. Press "A" on the back wall and it should open. As soon as the door opens, go inside!

The room behind the secret door is full of appliances-you will want to interact with each of them, because each appliance will add a different Rotom table to your Rotom catalog item, and then you can use it between the tables Make changes!

If you are more of a visual learner, watch this video and you will learn how to get all Rotom forms in Pokémon's brilliant diamonds and sparkling pearls.

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Rotom has five different forms, each of which allows him to guide the spirit of different household appliances (don’t ask us how they came up with these things). In Pokémon Brilliant Diamonds and Sparkling Pearls, you can collect five different Rotom forms:

In addition to being filled with the types we listed above, each Rotom Form is also partially Electric. With all these configurations, Rotom can really come in handy in battle!

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