The story of “The Mastermind of Mirage Pok├®mon” centers on a Pok├®mon scientist who has developed a new Mirage System to resurrect extinct Pok├®mon. Satoshi, Haruka, Masato, and Takeshi show up at the Mirage Mansion for a demonstration of this new machine, only to witness the kidnapping of the scientist! Then a mysterious stranger appears and claims that the machine can actually create Pok├®mon without weaknesses. ItÔÇÖs up to Satoshi and company to preserve the natural balance of the Pok├®mon world.