you can't find one in platinum, dude. you need to migrate it or go wi-fi.
you need to evolve charmander to see/get it
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you can see one in the battle tower (when you get nat. dex) but it wont show up in your dex. the trainer would have a cydaquil, charmander and torchic.
Charmander doesn't appear in the wild. You obtain it by beating the game, then migrate it from Pokémon FireRed, LeafGreen, Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald.
It's not in that game you need an action replay
you can't find a Charmander, you have to get a Charmander by trading a pokemon to a person that has a Charmander.
Where you see Suicune for the last time. There's like older gentlemen in the area. Talk to him and he has Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle. (I used AR to steal his Charmander O: I know, I'm a naughty girl.) Hope that helped- Taylor :)
Im pretty sure the only way to get Charmeleon is to evolve Charmander. To get Charmander, you have to choose him as your starter, (if its available), obtain through trade from a friend, or if in Diamond/Pearl, transfer.
if you got wifi, you can get it in jubilife city trade building but you have to see one somehow.
How to get a Charmander in Pear Version?
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One's a different colour than the normal one. Example: normal charmander: orange shiny charmander: gold