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The C-Gear (Japanese: Cギア C-Gear) is a watch introduced in Pokémon Black and White used for various purposes. It is obtained in Striaton City after assisting Fennel. It is the successor to the Pokégear in Johto, the PokéNav in Hoenn, and the Pokétch in Sinnoh. While enabled, it maintains a list of players which are encountered using the DS's wireless capabilities, and various surveys can be conducted, which can lead to rewards at Castelia City.

Wireless

Entralink

Main article: Entralink

The C-Gear can be used to warp the player to the Entralink, an area in the center of Unova. In order to access the Entralink, however, the player must be standing outdoors, preferably closer to the Entralink and more than one step away from the entrance to a building. Pokémon befriended in the Pokémon Dream World can be caught here, and players may perform missions in others' games, similar to The Underground. Once missions in others' games have been completed, the player may receive special powers called Pass Powers which affect several areas of their game.

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Xtransceiver

Main article: Xtransceiver

The Xtransceiver can be used to communicate with other players nearby using wireless, where up to 4 players can talk to each other using a radio-like system, and if they have a Nintendo DSi or DSi XL and camera function is not disabled, see each other. The Xtransceiver can also be used over Wi-Fi by selecting it at the Global Terminal in Pokémon Centers.

Online

Known in Japanese as Wi-Fi rather than Online, this option only allows players to use the Game Sync feature.

Game Sync

The C-Gear can be used to synchronize the save file of the game card to the Pokémon Global Link site, which provides access to the Dream World, in a procedure called the Game Sync. The player will be asked to select a Pokémon from their storage to put to sleep, which will then appear in the Global Link. A Pokémon may only be put to sleep once a day, and changing the DS clock or using the game in another DS will still result in needing to wait 24 hours before a Pokémon can be put to sleep again.

Infrared

Infrared or IR for short, is a faster method of communication between two consoles as opposed to wireless 'scan-and-search'. Players exchange data with each other via IR before wireless communications are launched.

In IR mode, players can trade, battle, exchange Friend Codes and do Feeling Checks with one another. This can be done regardless of the player's location, as long as C-Gear can be used.

Trade

Trading is now done with the whole of the player's PC box, and players can choose up to three Pokémon for the other party to choose before settling on a trade. The boxes can be selected by a slider at the bottom, and there are emoticons at the bottom left-side for the player to use while selecting Pokémon.

Battle

There are four battle modes for two-player battles (Singles, Doubles, Triples and Rotation) and a Multi Battle mode for four-player battles. The ruleset if fixed for all modes and they are as follows:

Unlike Union Room battles, players cannot set the rules and players are unable to preview the opponent's team.

Friend Codes

After both players have obtained their Friend Codes over Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, they may register each other's friend code in the Pal Pad through IR.

Feeling Check

In a Feeling Check, players are shown how compatible they are by performing a series of actions. At the end, the player's compatibility is given a score and a ranking. Both players get Sweet Hearts which can be collected and exchanged for a Heart Scale at Mistralton City.

Customization

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The C-Gear may be customized in a number of ways. By touching the C-Gear logo on the top of the screen, the style of the icons can be changed. The arrangement of the icons may also be changed by touching the wrench icon, then spaces on the screen to change the function of the icon.

Wallpapers can be downloaded from the Global Link to further customize the C-Gear. Among these are themes featuring Pikachu, Minccino, Munna, Purrloin, Audino, Piplup, Croagunk, Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise.

Names

Language Title Japanese Cギア English C-Gear European French C-Gear German C-Gear Italian C-Gear Korean C기어 European Spanish C-Gear

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