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A GameFAQs Guide by Mitchell Linton

Began: June 9, 2006

Last Updated: August 14, 2006

E-mail: [email protected]

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| 3. Introduction........................................[iced

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| 4. Pokemon for Beginners.................................

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| 5.01 A Legend's Beginnings.........................[ice

cream] |

| 5.02 The Zephyr Badge...........................

[marshmallows] |

| 5.03 The Hive Badge..................................

[Reese's] |

| 5.04 The Plain Badge....................................

[M&Ms] |

| 5.05 The Fog Badge.................................[apple

pie] |

| 5.06 The Storm Badge................................[Kool-aid] |

| 5.07 The Mineral Badge..............................

[brownies] |

| 5.07 The Glacier Badge..........................[Lucky

Charms] |

| 5.08 The Rising Badge.....................[chocolate

pretzels] |

| 5.09 The Elite Four.............................[potato

chips] |

| 5.10 East Kanto.....................................

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| 5.11 West Kanto....................................[hot

fudge] || 5.12 The Last Parts of Johto...................[juice

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| 7. Pokedex..........................................[Mountain

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| 8. Item List...................................[chocolate

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| 9. TMs/HMS..........................................[SugarSmacks] |

| 10. Weekly Timeline..................................[pixie

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| 11. Gym Leader/Elite Four Guide...................[tapioca

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| 12. Rival Battle Guide.....................................[Jell-

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| 13. FAQ..................................[high fructose corn

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| 14. Credits & Thanks...............................[pure

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A long time ago, in a galaxy not too far away (about driving

distance),

there lived a simple young boy. No one could see anything special

about

him, but little did they know that he would one day change their

entire

lives forever. You see, this boy, named Mitchell, had a dream. A

dream

that, to most people, remained distant and among the unreachable. But

not to Mitchell. He felt in his heart that one day, if he worked hard

enough, he would accomplish his ultimate goal: to write a GameFAQs

guide

that was highly informative, but gave away no major plot spoilers.

All of his noble life, he traveled around the world, in search of the

key ingredients to fulfill his quest. He explored the depths of the

unknown, squared off against monsters, and conquered every obstacle

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he finally mastered the art of the GameFAQs. However, there was one

who

managed to stall his lifelong mission. A girl named Luanda stole his

heart, and shared with him lessons of love that he would soon never

forget. Nevertheless, Mitchell knew he needed to leave the only

person

he ever cared for in order to complete his destiny. Before his finalexpedition, he arranged to meet with her one last time.

"Luanda," he began, "I must leave you."

"I know," she said with a sigh. "I always knew you would go off and

finish what you were always meant to begin. But why? Haven't you

finally found true happiness with me?"

"I have. But this cannot be helped. I must put this unalleviated hunt

to rest once and for all. It's in my blood."

"But listen to reason!" Luanda pleaded with him. "You don't have to

doanything! If you're happy here, you shouldn't force yourself to

leave."

"Damn it, woman! You just don't understand." Mitchell turned his back

on her, not able to bear the look of anguish on her lovely face. "All

of my life, I have longed to complete the perfect GameFAQs guide. If

I

relent now, what does that say about me? I just cannot leave with a

guilty conscience like that!"

Luanda buried her tear-drenched face in her palms, as she now

realized

her undying adoration was not enough to stop a man from his

ambitions.

Mitchell turned back and lent a comforting hand on her shoulder. Once

she revealed the sparkling eyes he treasured so much, he reminded her

in a soft truthful tone, "I will always love you, my butterfly."

"Promise me you'll return...alive," she added as she placed her

delicate hand over his.

"I'll do my best," was all he could guarantee. They engaged in one

last passionate kiss before he departed into his spaceship, unsure of

the challenges that awaited him. Luanda watched him fade away into

the night sky, wondering when and if her gallant hero will once again

return.

Will Mitchell be successful in his quest for completing the all-

around

best GameFAQs guide ever? Can he answer all gamers' questions

regarding

some of the trickiest puzzles and battles in video game history? And

is

the jerk who wrote this on crack or something? These questions will

be

answered...by you! Just follow the guide before you, and you can be

the

judge whether or not Mitchell Linton was able to perfect the most

instructive and spoiler-free strategy manual ever! Or you can just

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on it and make fun of how stupid I am. Either way, enjoy the

following

guide presented by the self-proclaimed King of GameFAQs!

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Version 1.0: Walkthrough, Pokedex, FAQ complete. I'll make revisions

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Version 1.01: Made small corrections to some idiotic mistakes. I'veal-

ready punished myself for it with my ceremonial whips

as

well.

Version 1.1: I've decided to morph my Pokemon Gold and Pokemon Silver

guide into one hidious blob. It will be even more con-

fusing but...uh...well...that's it: it will be even more

confusing.

Version 1.11: Lotta ones. Anyway, I found more spelling mistakes that

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was just too picky to let go. Damn OCD!

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Hello all, and welcome to Mitchell Linton's (a.k.a.: iamhungry) guide

to

Pokemon: Gold & Silver Versions. In my opinion, the Johto

Gold/Silver/

Crystal series was the best of all the Pokemon games, playing-wise

and

plotline-wise. It added a lot of updates compared to the

Red/Blue/Yellow

versions, but still gave it the old school Pokemon feel. What the

hell

am I talking about, you ask? I don't know; my therapist has been

trying

to figure that out for years! Nevertheless, Pokemon Gold/Silver is a

great game, and you should feel honored to have it in your

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Cherish it. Love it. Lick it all over. Well, no, that might ruin it.

Just platonically love it at most.

GAME BOY COLOR CONTROLS:

D-Pad - Move character, scroll through options

Start - Bring up/put away pause menu

Select - Move items and attacks, use registered itemA - Confirm, Talk, Examine

B - Decline, Cancel

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Okay, if you are new to this Pokemon ordeal, youve come to the right

place. Although you could just buy the game and look in the little

manual that comes with it to find out everything Im about to explain

to

you in this section, Im glad that youve chosen to rely on me

instead.

*laughs evilly at you* However, you should only read this if you find

it

necessary. Usually, one is able to play the game without prior

knowledge

of what to do by just going with the flow. I mean, who really reads

the

manual?! Ikea buyers, can I get a "What what"?

WHAT THE FUDGE ARE POKEMON ANYWAY?

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I'm glad you asked in such a non-derogatory manner. First off,

"Pokemon"

is short for Pocket Monster. But since that's kind of dumb, just call

them Pokemon. Here's the basic premise behind them. Pokemon are

really

just magical animals that you can catch and carry around in compact

compartments so you may release them to do your bidding. It's kind of

like if you had a dog with fire breath that you're allowed to sic on

the

neighbor's cat. Nothing unethical about that, is there? In the

Pokemon

world, Pokemon trainers search the world to find the best Pokemon

they

can catch, and then battle with them to see who's the greatest

trainer

around. Some people only use Pokemon as pets, while others revolve

their

entire meaningless lives around them for sport. You're going to be

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BATTLING WITH POKEMON

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To become stronger, Pokemon must battle. If they dont battle, then

whats the point of you having the game? Jeez, if youre just going

to

waste it, give it to a poor Ethiopian kid for Petes sake. The firstPokemon in your party will be automatically sent out when you engage

in

a battle. You can switch the order of your party at any time. When

your

Pokemon comes face to face with another, you have the opinion of four

choices:

Fight

Item

Pokemon

Run

When Fight is selected, your Pokemons moves will be displayed. Fouris

the maximum number of moves a Pokemon can have. Choose an attack and

the

battle sequence begins. Whichever Pokemon has the higher Speed is

given

the liberty of attacking first. Some moves do damage and others do

not.

Each attack has a type so use them to your advantage. They also have

a

certain amount of PP, the number next to the attack. That shows how

many

times you can use the attack. When it reaches 0, you can no longer

use

it. Generally, stronger moves have less PP. And if the letters PP

made

you think of urination in anyway, may God help you.

When you click on the Pokemon option, you go to a screen of Pokemon.

You

can select switch in which you switch in a Pokemon and waste a turn,

or

just check a Pokemon's stats. You always go first when switching

unless

your opponent using the attack Pursuit.

When Item is chosen, you can use an item in battle if it can be used,

but you can't attack afterwards. You always go first unless Pursuit

is

used.

Run is escape from battle. You can only run from wild Pokemon;

running

away from trainers is forbidden. You dont lose anything if you run

from

a wild Pokemon. Pansy.

With that being said, let's review the two kinds of battles: Trainer

and

Wild. To start a wild Pokemon battle, just go to a place wild Pokemon

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oceans, abandoned buildings, and more. They are random battles

consist-

ing of one Pokemon. The only reward you get from winning is

experience.

Only certain Pokemon are in certain areas.

Trainers usually hang out at just about anywhere except cities andtowns. To start a battle with them, let them make eye contact with

you.

Trainer battles are a bit different from wild Pokemon battles. First,

you cannot run so make sure you have Pokemon in good shape. Second,

they

will have more than one Pokemon usually, including Pokemon you cannot

find in the wild or that area. They are smarter and are a higher

level

than those wild Pokemon. Third, you will get both experience and

money

as a reward. Hooray for legal gambling!

CATCHING THESE FUDGING THINGS

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Catching Pokemon is essential. You need to have a wide variety of

Pokemon on your team and getting all 251 is part of the fun, if you

call

endless nights of playing, hard labor, wasting time and money, and

cont-

inuously doing pretty much the same thing with every Pokemon over and

over and over again fun! *sigh* Here's how to do it.

First, get into a wild Pokemon battle. Weaken the Pokemon down to red

to

low yellow health. Now go to the item screen, press right till you

are

in the balls pocket (shut up, sicko), and use one of your Pokeballs.

Each Pokemon's catch rate can differ. Generally, the higher level the

Pokemon and the rarer it is the harder to catch. Legendaries are by

far

the hardest Pokemon to catch.

Each Pokeball also has a catch rate which can affect the chances of

the

Pokemon staying in the Pokeball. The basic ones are Pokeball, Great

Ball, Ultra Ball, and Master Ball, but there are several others in

which you can get.

The Pokemon's status can also affect the difficulty of capturing it.

Try

to get it to fall asleep or even better, frozen (I'll explain those

in a

bit). Any other status will work fine but with these two, the Pokemon

doesn't have a chance of fainting itself and can not attack.

Remember that some Pokemon may be holding items that will help them.

A POKEMON'S STATS

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HP: Stands for hit points. When you have 0, your Pokemon faints.

Attack: Decides how strong your physical attacks are along with a

move's

base power.

Defense: Decides how much damage you take from physical attacks.

Special Attack: Decides how strong your special attacks are along

with a

move's base power.

Special Defense: Decides how much damage you take from special

attacks.

Speed: The Pokemon with higher speed goes first. On wild Pokemon

battles, if your Pokemon is fast it also has a higher chance of

running

away when selected.

The higher the stats are, the better they are. Different Pokemon have

different stats then others. Usually higher level Pokemon have better

stats.

CRAPPY CONDITIONS

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When battling sometimes Pokemon have attacks that may change your

normal

condition. These will impede on your battling abilities and are very

annoying. There are two kinds of conditions, direct and indirect.

You can only have one direct condition at a time and it will say so

above your HP. They stay after the battle and when switched and can

only

be cured when you go to a Pokemon Center or use a special item. These

conditions are:

Poison (PSN): Takes about 1/16 out of a poisoned Pokemons total HP

each

turn in battle. Outside of battle, it takes away 1HP every four

steps.

You will know when this happens because you will hear a really

annoying

noise and the screen will distort for a millisecond. There is also a

special poison condition when Toxic is used. This starts off taking

only

1/16th of your max HP, but doubles every turn until switched.

Sleep (SLP): Cannot attack unless you use a special move for being

asleep. Wakes up after two to five turns.

Freeze (FRZ): Cannot attack for two to five turns. Frozen Pokemon

getting hit with a Fire attack automatically defrosts.

Paralyze (PRZ): Speed is cut in half. Paralyzed Pokemon have a 30%

chance of not being able to attack and wasting a turn.

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Pokemons total HP each turn.

Faint (FNT): User cannot stay or be sent into battle.

Indirect status conditions are not mentioned directly. Many of these

are

incurable by items and are eliminated by switching out or ending thebattle. Here's a list of some indirect conditions:

Confusion: 50% chance of confused Pokemon attacking itself. Damage

determined by Attack and Defense.

Leech Seed: Seeded Pokemon will have 1/8 of its total HP drained and

given to its opponent.

Attract: 50% chance of attracted Pokemon not attacking. Eliminated if

either Pokemon are switched out or fainted.

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Each Pokemon has a type (some even have two). Moves also have types.

Types determine how effective a type move is against another. All

these

Pokemon types do affect the battle. Some types of attacks are strong

against others. If the Pokemon is dual type, things aren't much

different. If one type is strong against another, it does 2x the

damage.

If both types are weak to the attack, it does a whopping 4x the

damage.

If the type is resistant to the attack, it does 1/2 the damage. If

the

type is immune to the attack, it does no damage. If one type is weak

to

the attack but the other attack is resistant to it, the damage will

be

normal. Sometimes critical hits and added effects happen on moves.

Are

you following this?

Here are the Pokemon and move types:

Normal (No)

Fire (Fi)

Water (Wa)

Electric (El)

Grass (Gr)

Ice (Ic)

Fighting (Ft)

Poison (Po)

Ground (Gd)

Flying (Fl)

Psychic (Ps)

Bug (Bu)

Rock (Ro)

Ghost (Gh)

Dragon (Dr)

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For example, Fire type Pokemon are weak against Water type moves, so

it

does 2x the damage. Fire type moves aren't very effective against

Water

type Pokemon, so it does .5x the damage. Fighting and Electric are

normal damage to each other, so a Fighting type move on an Electric

typePokemon does 1x the damage. There are a lot of combinations, so watch

out for them. Here's the freaking chart for all of the types

abilities

against one another:

O : 2x damage

- : 1x damage

X : 0.5x damage

/ : No damage

TYPE OF POKEMON ATTACKED

No Fi Wa El Gr Ic Ft Po Gd Fl Ps Bu Ro Gh Dr Da St

T No - - - - - - - - - - - - X / - - X

Y Fi - X X - O O - - - - - O X - X - O

P Wa - O X - X - - - O - - - O - X - -

E El - - O X X - - - / O - - - - X - -

Gr - X O - X - - X O X - X O - X - X

O Ic - X X - O X - - O O - - - - O - X

F Ft O - - - - O - X - X X X O / - O O

Po - - - - O - - X X - - - X X - - /

M Gd - O - O X - - O - / - X O - - - O

O Fl - - - X O - O - - - - O X - - - X

V Ps - - - - - - O O - - X - - - - / X

E Bu - X - - O - X X - X O - - X - O X

Ro - O - - - O X - X O - O - - - - X

U Gh / - - - - - - - - - O - - O - X X

S Dr - - - - - - - - - - - - - - O - X

E Da - - - - - - X - - - O - - O - X X

D St - X X X - O - - - - - - O - - - X

And if you connect all of the Xs and Os, you'll spell out a hidden

mess-

age! Hehe, that'll keep you occupied while I'll make myself a

sandwich.

AH, THEY'RE GROWING UP SO FAST!

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Pokemon become stronger by battling other Pokemon, whether they are

wild

or trained. As Pokemon become stronger, they also learn better moves.

You can keep up to 4 moves. When you're trying to learn a new move,

they

will first ask if you want to keep that attack, then you go to a

screen

where you choose the attack you want to delete. If you select no or

the

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the new move. Say yes or no. To reach a certain level, a Pokemon

needs a

certain amount of EXP Points. You automatically gain these when you

make

your opponent faint. Pokemon also have different growth rates. Some

Pokemon get to level 100 with only 600,000 experience, but some can

takemore than 1.5 million (change for Bill Gates).

At a certain level, most Pokemon turn into stronger creatures, or

evolve

(blasphemy!). They will have higher stats, but sometimes they will

not

learn attacks they could only learn in their previous stage and they

learn new attacks more slowly. Some Pokemon even evolve twice! If you

wish to stop evolution, press B when the Pokemon is evolving. Some

Pokemon require a certain condition in order to evolve although most

evolve with level. There is:

Level: Evolves at a certain level.

Stone: You need to use a certain evolution stone.

Trade: Trade it with a friend, and get that sucker back.

Taming: Make the Pokemon happy by giving it vitamins, battling with

it,

and never letting it faint. Probably the hardest and stupidest to do.

GETTIN' IT ON, BABY

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Breeding is an essential thing to raising good Pokemon. There are

many

advantages to it, such as passing new moves and TMs or getting

multiples

of rare one of a kind Pokemon. Get a male Pokemon and a female

Pokemon

in the same egg group and putting them both in a Breeding Center.

Come

back later and you may find an egg. Walk around a lot, and it will

eventually hatch into a Level 5 Pokemon.

Most Pokemon can breed with a Ditto, even if it doesnt have a

gender.

There are a few that arent allowed to breed at all. If you put two

Pokemon in the Breeding Center and the man says that the two dont

like

each other, then there is a high chance of the two not breeding.

When breeding two different species, the egg will always be the

species

of the female (unless Ditto is used, then it will be the one other

than

Ditto). The egg can take a certain amount of steps before hatching

depending on the Pokemon.

SOME GOOD IDEAS

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There are some essential things that you should do that are vital in

the

game. These tips are sure to help beginning players:

- Save often. This is a must in every game. Do especially after tough

battles and before a legendary or Gym Leader.

- When you reach a town, the first thing you should do is go to a

Poke-

mon Center and heal your party unless a guide says not to.

- Have at least 10 balls with you (12 if you're male). You never know

if

a rare Pokemon comes up.

- Don't use your Master Ball unless you are facing a legendary that

can

run (*cough* Raikou, Suicine, Entei *cough*).

- Have a wide variety of moves so that you can have an attack that is

super effective to all types.

- Have HM Slaves. Stick worthless HMs on Pokemon you won't use so

that

your "good" team won't have useless attacks.

- Each type of trainer (going by sprite) usually holds specific types

of

Pokemon. Ex: Hikers usually hold Rock types and Machop/Zubat and

have

a fat sprite (you'd think hikers would burn some of it off).

- Search around in each area of grass for new Pokemon.

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Now that we've gotten all of that straightened out, LET'S DO THIS

THING!

Push in the game, turn on your Game Boy, sit back, and watch the

opening

movie thing. Wasn't that great?! Press Start to go to two choices.

Let's

screw around with the options for a sec. Set your text speed, sound,

and

border frame. Battle scene means whether or not you want to see the

att-

acks during a battle. Make sure it's on to get the full Pokemon

expir-

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you can switch a Pokemon while in battle mode, and set means you must

keep the same one out until it faints. It really doesn't matter. I

sugg-

est you go with Shift, even if you're an expert, just so it's easier

to

strategize. Menu account, when it's on, gives a little explanation

be-side a menu choice when you're paused. When you're done, press B, and

click on New Game!

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NEW BARK TOWN

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Look at your clock or watch or whatever, and input the current time

into

the game. Next, Prof. Oak will ask you to give your name. Are you

with

me so far? Good, just keep up; it'll get even more difficult soon.

List-

en to the account it gives, and you'll finally be ready to play. And

sorry, ladies, that you have to be a guy; the sexist fiends at the

Poke-

mon Company still refuse to recognize you. Don't worry: you can play

Pokemon Crystal if you want to explore Johto in your true form.

Anyway, once you can control your little guy, explore your room for a

bit, then go down the stairs in the upper-right corner. Your mommy

will

stop you and give you POKEGEAR! Set the day of the week and Daylight

Saving Time (yes between the first Sunday in April to the last Sunday

in October, no if anywhere else). Come to Mom to change the DST

setting

when necessary. She'll explain how to use the phone (yes, it's just

as

easily as it sounds), and then leave you alone. God, Mom! You're

always

embarrassing me! When you're good, exit your house at the bottom.

Welcome to New Bark Town, a quiet little village on the Johto eastern

border. You can walk around and talk to your fellow New Barkers, but

you now want to enter Prof. Elm's Lab. He'll ask you to pick your

first

Pokemon! You have three choices, and since I'm a nice guy, I'll

critique

them for you. Yes, I know, I love you too.

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you have no idea what the hell you're doing in Battle Mode, scroll up

to

the Pokemon for Beginners section.

Here are the wild Pokemon you'll find in the grass and their

percentage

ratings according to the time of day:

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|Hoothoot | - | - | 75% |

|Pidgey | 65% | 45% | - |

|Rattata | 15% | 10% | 25% |

|Sentret | 20% | 45% | - |

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These are the first Pokemon you'll most likely see. Which, of course,

pretty much mean that they blow chunks. The most useless is Hoothoot,

who is a very weak Flying type with no good attacks. Sentret alsosucks,

but it's kind of good to have since it can learn a whole bunch of

moves

using TMs that are different types. It may be a good choice to use as

an

HM drone one day. Rattata is pretty good in the beginning, with

pretty

good speed and the ability to learn the powerful Hyper Fang at Level

13.

Still, it's usefulness fades in the long run as stronger Pokemon are

available to you. Pidgey is quite the opposite. It sucks in the

begin-

ning, but when it evolves into Pidgeotto at Level 18 and Pidgeot at

36,

it's really fast and powerful. And since a Flying Pokemon is really a

must in every winner's party, you might want to consider it. It's

act-

ually to your advantage that everything is so weak because, since you

cannot catch anything yet, you should fight all of these as you go to

give your starter Exp. points.

Let's get through this place, shall we? Go southwest past the ledge

and

trees until you see an opening to the north. Go up, then right, and

up

into the wild grass. Take the upper most path right to find another

POTION! Go west, and keep going west above the ledges until you see a

weird plant thing above you. Click on it, and you'll receive a BERRY!

Berries are a new edition to the Pokemon games. If you let a Pokemon

hold a berry, it will heal himself in the middle of battle without

you

losing a turn. A regular berry, like the one you just picked, will

heal

10 HP when your health is low. Your starter should have already come

with a berry, but now you have another one for the road! Berries will

grow back in the plant when the day changes, so pick up another berry

at that same spot tomorrow. Jump over the ledge to the left, and keep

going until you enter Cherrygrove City.

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---------------

Not much of a city, now is it? You'll also notice that, while all of

the

towns in Kanto from the previous games were named after colors, the

city

names in Johto all are derived from plants. Clever, eh. What am I,Can-

adian?! Yuck! Anyway, see the building to the north with the words

"Poke" on them? That's the Pokemon Center! If you go in and talk to

the

lady at the counter, and she'll heal your Pokemon for free! How come

my

HMO doesn't do that? There's other stuff you can do in there, but not

right now. Exit and go into the building left of it with the words

"Mart" on it. It's the Pokemart! You can buy crap here at everyday

low

prices. And no illegal aliens living in the warehouses...that we know

of. Since you start with 3,000 Pokebucks, you can buy some Potions

andwhatnot. Antidotes save your Pokemon from Poison, Awakening from

Sleep,

and Parlyz Heal from Paralysis. Don't buy too much though; you need

to

save some of that moolah for later.

Exit the Mart when you're done and talk to that old guy standing by

the

entrance of the city. He'll give you a tour of Cherrygrove and pretty

much explain to you everything I said in the previous paragraph.

Maybe

I should have told you to talk to that guy first. Nah! When he's

done,

he'll reward you with the MAP CARD! It's an upgrade to your Pokegear

that lets you look at the Johto Map whenever you want. If you feel

like

it, talk to the people in this city to get some vital (or if you

played

Pokemon before: obvious) information. When you're ready, leave

Cherry-

grove in the northwest exit.

ROUTE 30

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| ROUTE 30 (G) | MORNING | DAY | NIGHT |

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|Caterpie | 60% | 40% | - |

|Hoothoot | - | - | 40% |

|Metapod | 15% | 30% | - |

|Pidgey | 25% | 30% | - |

|Rattata | - | - | 40% |

|Spinarak | - | - | 20% |

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| ROUTE 30 (S) | MORNING | DAY | NIGHT |

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|Hoothoot | - | - | 75% |

|Ledyba | 25% | - | - |

|Kakuna | 10% | 20% | - |


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|Pidgey | 15% | 60% | - |

|Rattata | - | - | 25% |

|Weedle | 50% | 20% | - |

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Here is the first wild grass that the wild Pokemon differ between

Goldand Silver. Pokemon charts marked with a "G" in parenthesis refers to

Gold Version only, while a "S" represents just Silver. For Gold, Cat-

erpie is the most common of the bunch, the first Bug available. It

only

knows Tackle and String Shot until it evolves into Metapod, where it

gains Harden. Oh boy. Metapod's evolution at Level 10, Butterfree, is

pretty good though. It learns Psybeam at Lv34, and is eligible to any

Psychic TM out there. The other new bug, Spinarak, ain't so bad

either.

It has decent Attack, and it can learn some weird moves like Night

Shade

at Lv17. Plus it's Poison, allowing you to annoy your opponents by

in-fecting that on them. Now for the Silver Bugs. Weedle is a lot like

Cat-

erpie, only it's half Poison and knows Poison Sting. Like Caterpie,

it

evolves into a worthless Kakuna at Lv7, then Beedrill at Lv10.

Beedrill

is kind of good though, but lacking in powerful attacks. The other

new

bug, Ledyba, is even worse in my opinion. While it's good

defensively,

its Attack blows, which goes along with its shortage of offensive

moves.

Gold got the better deal with the Pokemon here, but Silver, you will

ex-

act your revenge later.

Go right around the ledge, then north till you see a house with a

berry

plant next to it. Go to it and get another BERRY. Now enter the house

and talk to the man there, who will give you yet another BERRY! We're

just stocking up on these, aren't we? Exit the house and go north on

the

right side. We'll come to a fork in the road. Try to go to the left

end,

and two young trainers are having a Pokemon battle. Exciting. Go to

the

east side and continue going north. Eventually, you'll arrive at a

house

with a berry plant a bit left of it. This plant contains a

PSNCUREBERRY.

It has the same function as a normal berry, only it helps a Pokemon

that

is plagued with Poison. Enter the house to meet Mr. Pokemon.

Mr. Pokemon (Nintendo spent weeks coming up with that name) will give

you the MYSTERY EGG for Prof. Elm to examine. Then, the old man named

Prof. Oak will make his Johto debut and talk to you. He'll be

impressed

by your rare Pokemon, and will go on about love and care and all that

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will record what Pokemon you've encountered on your journey. Before

you

depart, Mr. Pokemon will heal your starter, then exit.

BACK TO NEW BARK

----------------

Okay, so Prof. Elm just called you and said something terrible

happened.

Let's make our way back to his lab. Just keep going south, fighting

wild

stuff as you go, until you return to Cherrygrove. Heal your guy at

the

Pokemon Center, give him/her a berry, and save. You'll find out why

soon

enough.

Go to the eastern exit of Cherrygrove and you'll be stopped. Hey!

It'sthe jackass with the red hair! He'll go on about how much you suck at

life and challenge you to a battle. Oh, it's on, mofo! Your first

train-

er battle really isn't that tough. He'll have the weakness of

whatever

you picked in Prof. Elm's lab: if you chose Chikorita, he has

Cyndaquil;

if you chose Cyndaquil, he has Totodile; and if you chose Totodile,

he

has Chikorita. Hopefully, you advanced your Pokemon up two or three

levels, because his Level 5 starter will be really no match if you

did.

Just keep using Tackle (or Rage if you have Totodile) against him and

it'll faint. If your opponent gets lucky and nails you with a couple

Critical Hits, don't fret. Remember your guy has a berry with

him/her,

and you still have a few potions in your bag. Once it's over, the

jerk

will introduce himself as ??? (no, not the hand sticking out of the

toi-

let from The Legend of Zelda games), and will run off to fulfill his

ambitions. Idioth.

Exit Cherrygrove and continue east by jumping over the ledges. Arrive

at

New Bark and enter Elm's lab. Hmm, a male with red hair just stole a

Pokemon, huh? What a coincidence! He will ask for the young man's

name.

DO NOT TELL HIM HIS NAME WAS ???! This is where you give him a name,

for

he is going to be your Johto rival. In the Pokemon games, naming your

rival is one of the most fun things to do, I believe, because you can

dawn that moron with whatever you want. You can give him the name of

some jerk you personally hate, or a completely stupid foreign title,

or,

most commonly used, an inappropriate insult. Yes, Assface fits, and

so

does another word that starts off the same.

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and he'll be taken aback. Literally. He goes on about how great you

are

and suggests to take the Pokemon League Challenge. Uh, sure, why not?

When you leave, that noisy scientist will talk to you and give you

five

POKEBALLS! Now you can catch crap!

Exit the lab and talk to your mommy. She'll ask if she can save money

for you. If you're worried about squandering money on stuff, choose

yes,

otherwise I don't suggest it. Sometimes she'll buy rare stuff for

you,

like dolls and evolutionary stones, but it's pretty stupid. Exit your

house, and leave New Bark altogether.

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|| Chapter Two: |

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| THE ZEPHYR BADGE | marshmallows

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ROAD TO VIOLET

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Go through Route 29 once again, "Dude" will stop you and show you how

to

catch Pokemon. Make sure that you actually weaken your opponent

before

throwing a ball at it though. Keep going and you might notice a house

on

the north end. Enter it and exit out the other side to arrive in

Route

46! This is just a route coming down from the mountains, and since we

can't go up it, all we can do is catch stuff.

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|Geodude | 40% | 40% | 30% |

|Rattata | 36% | 48% | 70% |

|Spearow | 24% | 12% | - |

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Geodude is a pretty good Rock Pokemon, and its evolutions are really

the best if you're looking towards having a Rock in your party. Its

resistance to normal is the foundation of the type, but double

weakness

to Water, Grass, and Ice sort of nullifies that. Steel is better than

Rock in the long run. Spearow is really just Pidgey on drugs. It's

faster than it's bird rival, and learns some pretty sweet attacks if

you

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type other than Normal if I were you.

Exit Route 46 when you're done and go west to Cherrygrove. You might

notice that the Pokemart here now carries Pokeballs! Stock up if you

need it, and go north to Route 30. Continue up past the house until

you arrive at that fork once again. Go left and the Pokemon battle

thatblocked you before has ended. However, now the trainers look to

battle

you! Oh crapshait! No problem really, since they all suck worse than

your rival. The first trainer, Youngster Joey, will just have two

Level

4 Rattatas. Piece of cake. When you beat him, he'll ask for your

phone

number. Some trainers would like to keep up with you and maybe even

battle you again. However, you only get a certain amount of spaces in

your phone's database, so save some for the important numbers. If you

want to remember him for your first non-Rival trainer battle, add him

in.

Continue up the left side of Route 30, battling the other Youngster

and

Bug Catcher for Exp. points. Try to even out the leveling of all of

your

Pokemon. Don't have a go-to Level 10 guy, and then have to rely on a

weak Level 5 if the other fails. Go north until you hit a dead-end,

and

backtrack right into some wild grass to hit Route 31.

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|Bellsprout | 20% | 25% | 15% |

|Caterpie | 50% | 30% | - |

|Hoothoot | - | - | 15% |

|Metapod | 10% | 20% | - |

|Pidgey | 20% | 25% | - |

|Rattata | - | - | 40% |

|Spinarak | - | - | 30% |

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|Bellsprout | 20% | 25% | 25% |

|Hoothoot | - | - | 25% |

|Ledyba | 20% | - | - |

|Kakuna | 10% | 20% | - |

|Pidgey | 20% | 25% | - |

|Rattata | - | - | 50% |

|Weedle | 30% | 30% | - |

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Hello there, Bellsprout. Don't get excited; Bellsprout is not that

good,

nor are its evolutions (Chikorita wipes the floor with it in the

Grass

category). Vine Whip can be pretty scary against you, but it's really

not all that great. Wait until Oddish comes around if you're looking

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You might also notice a cave in front of you. This is Dark Cave, and

if

you enter it, you might realize why (the naming department working

hard

once again).

------------------------------------------| DARK CAVE | MORNING | DAY | NIGHT |

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BITTER BERRY. This particular berry snaps a Pokemon out of confusion.

Now go south over the ledge and snag the POKEBALL. Beat Bug Catcher

Wade and go west into the tall grass. Go north into the opening and

left through the door. When you come out the other side, you'll find

yourself in Violet City.

VIOLET CITY

-----------

Well, it's more of a city than Cherrygrove, but still not really as

in-

dustrialized as a normal one (wait until Goldenrod). Heal your stuff

at

the Pokemon Center and go southwest into the house there. You can

trade

a Bellsprout for an Onix here. Onix is basically the same as Geodude,

only with higher Speed and Defense, but Geodude gradually catches up

as

it evolves. The big fuss about Onix is its new evolution, Steelix.Guess

what type it is. Wrong! It's Steel! Oh, that's what you said? Well,

you

shouldn't mumble so much! Steelix is a lot better than Onix in every-

thing but Speed, and its resistance against many types increases.

Des-

pite all of this, I would not recommend trading for him, nor should

you

accept any of these transactions. Usually, the Pokemon you're trading

for can be caught not too long afterwards, as is the case with Onix.

Also, the traded Pokemon always comes with a retarded nickname that

you're not allowed to change. So wait until you can catch them

instead

of wasting your time with these trades.

Wander around Violet City. You'll see a huge building with the words

"Gym" on it. This is the Pokemon Gym! Where would you be without me?

This is where you battle to earn the Johto Gym Badges. There are

eight

of them you need to earn to beat the game (well, at least half of

it).

We'll come back to it later; there's some stuff we should do

beforehand.

Notice the guy standing around left of the Gym. Click on him, and

he'll

spin around and talk like Yoda. Say you did not battle the Gym

Leader,

and he'll lead you to Earl's Pokemon Academy. You can go inside and

learn about more of the basics of Pokemon.

Go west and find the Pokemart. The new things on sale are the X Stat

Increasers. Use a turn in a battle and give them to a Pokemon to

raise

that stat until the fight ends. I don't really like them, but they

can

be helpful in tough battles. Also, buy yourself a few Escape Ropes.

If

you get lost or need to get out of a cave, use it to return to the

sur-

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your friends. I don't use them because, you know...no friends. *cries

to

sleep*

The next thing to do now is to beat Sprout Tower. Go right of the Gym

and north to a tall, how you say, tower. This is Sprout Tower. This

tower right here. The tower called Sprout Tower. Sprout Tower that isthis tower. You got it? Okay, then enter that tower...which is aptly

named Sprout Tower.

SPROUT TOWER

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| SPROUT TOWER | MORNING | DAY | NIGHT |

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|Gastly | - | - | 30% |

|Rattata | 100% | 100% | 70% |

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In the RBY games, Gastly and its evolutions were the only Ghosts

around,

but not anymore. They still however are the best Ghosts in the GSC

games

since Misdreavus really isn't that great. Gastly is still good since

Normal and Fighting can't touch it (MC Hammer style), but it's still

an

okay Pokemon. The biggest advantage to catching a Gastly is actually

to

use it to catch other things. The move Mean Look freezes Pokemon in

their place, preventing those pain-in-the-butt fast ones from

fleeing.

You can talk to the people around here, then go up the stairs in the

upper corner next to the bald dude. Go right on the second floor to

battle a Sage with three weak Bellsprouts. Go past him to walk down

an-

other set of stairs. Pick up a PARLYZ HEAL below you, then go up and

around the corner to meet another Sage with some more Bellsprouts.

Are

you noticing a pattern here? Go down to reach the next set of stairs.

Grab the X DEFEND above you, and go down to battle even more Bell-

sprouts! Go right past him and up the stairs. Walk up and beat the

Sages

that only have one Bellsprout (but it's Level 6! Watch out!). The guy

blocking your path to the left adds a Hoothoot to the Bellsprout mix,

so be wary.

Go up the right way and you'll see Assface there (I decided that's

what

I'm going to call him from now on). When he leaves, go up and talk to

the final Sage. He can be a hassle for beginners, but if you've been

leveling up this whole time, it's nothing to worry about. He has two

Lv7

Bellsprouts and a Lv10 Hoothoot. If you have a Fire or Flying, the

Bellsprouts are cake. The Hoothoot is a little more tricky. If you

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get it all the way up to Lv11 for Rock Throw. If you don't, just

bring

out anything that isn't Grass or Bug and keep doing your strongest

att-

ack on it, then use a potion if you need it. When the battle has been

won, he will give you HM05! HMs are moves you can teach to a Pokemon

asmany times as you want. HM05 contains Flash, which helps you see in a

dark cave. Hmm, where was a dark cave that we saw earlier? If you

want,

pick up the ESCAPE ROPE in the right corner and use it to get out of

Sprout Tower.

VIOLET CITY

-----------

The only thing that's left to do for now is get the Zephyr Badge. I

would say your Pokemon should be around Lv10 to get by the Violet

Gym,but you can get by with lower if you're lucky enough. Make sure you

buy

a good amount of Potions just in case. With no further ado, step into

the Pokemon Gym!

Wow, listen to that music! It's kind of like you're Rocky or

something,

only without the speech impediment. Walk around the curvy path until

the

first trainer sees you. Take out his Lv9 Spearow and continue. You

can

exit the gym and heal your guys if you want, and you won't be

penalized

or anything like that. Next is a Bird Keeper with two Lv7 Pidgeys.

Even

easier! Next up, Faulkner. Make sure all of your Pokemon are at

complete

health, they all have a berry or something like that, and you save

the

game. Always save before a Gym Leader or something important so you

can

restart the game if you lose. I know it's cheap, but it's better than

losing half of your money in the process.

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| FAULKNER'S POKEMON | LV | DIFFICULTY |

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|Pidgey | 7 | Easy |

|Pidgeotto | 9 | Less Easy |

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Once again, if you have a Lv11 Geodude, this will kind of be a joke.

Even if you don't, it's still relatively simple. Take out the

pathetic

Lv7 Pidgey right off the bat and get ready for its evolved form. Even

your Geodude might have trouble against this, just because of the

att-

ack Mud Slap. Rock is weak against Ground moves, so it might do a

little

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also sucks because it lowers your Accuracy, making it harder to land

a

hit. Just keep chipping away at Pidgeotto's HP with whatever you

have,

and keep switching your Pokemon to get rid of the low Accuracy

problem.

When you emerge victorious, you receive the ZEPHYRBADGE! Faulknerwill

also reward you with TM31! TMs are just like HMs only you can use

them

once, so choose carefully. It contains the annoying Mud Slap

technique

you just went up against. However, you should know that while it does

lower Accuracy, it really doesn't do much damage at all. Save your

game

so you won't have to beat him twice if your batteries run out or

some-

thing, and exit the gym.

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| Chapter Three: |

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| THE HIVE BADGE | Reese's

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ROAD TO UNION CAVE

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Once you're outside, Elm will call you. He'll say, "Oh my God, you'll

never guess. Rob asked me out. Oh my God, he's sooooooo cute!" Well,

maybe not. He wants you to meet his aide at the Violet Pokemon

Center.

Go there, and his aide will give you an EGG! Oh boy! Keep it in your

party until it hatches later.

Now we can officially leave this place! Go to the Pokemon Gym and

take

the path below of it. Pick the PRZCUREBERRY (gets rid of Paralysis)

and

continue south to Route 32. If you go left, you'll enter the Ruins of

Alph. There's nothing really important we can do there just yet, so

skip

it for now. Keep going down until you see a guy standing there. Talk

to

him and he'll award you the MIRACLE SEED! It ups the power of Grass

att-

acks by 1.5x. Also, if it's Tuesday, you can go back to Route 29 (the

one west of New Bark Town) and towards the bottom you'll meet

Tuscany.

Only after you beat Faulkner will she give you the PINK BOW. It's the

same as the Miracle Seed, only it raises the power of Normal moves.

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make sure to go back to where they are on that particular day.

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|Bellsprout | 20% | 25% | 25% |

|Hoppip | 10% | 10% | - ||Mareep | 45% | 40% | 20% |

|Rattata | 20% | 25% | 25% |

|Wooper | 5% | - | 30% |

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|Bellsprout | 25% | 10% | 20% |

|Ekans | 20% | 30% | 10% |

|Hoppip | 5% | 20% | - |

|Mareep | 25% | 25% | 25% |

|Rattata | 15% | 15% | 10% |

|Wooper | 10% | - | 35% |

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A lot of new things to catch here. Ekans is okay, Silver players, but

not really something you should consider using. Like pretty much all

low-level Poison, its attacks suck, plus it really doesn't grow much

when it evolves. I really wouldn't recommend keeping a Poison in your

party unless it is also a Grass or Flying (*cough* Crobat *cough).

Wooper has a very good type combo: Water and Ground. That means it's

invulnerable to Electric, and is only weak against Grass (Double

Super

Effective however). While Wooper's stats suck now, pretty much all of

them except Speed will nearly double when it evolves into Quagsire

(gigity gigity)! Keep that one in mind. Now, on to Hoppip, if we

must.

This pipsweak is actually a Grass/Flying, even though it never

learns,

nor can you teach it, any Flying moves. I guess it floats or

something.

It starts with Splash, an "attack" that does absolutely nothing, then

learns Tackle all the way at Lv10, and doesn't learn another damage-

dealing move until Lv30 (Lv44 if you evolve it all the way)! However,

it

does learn a good amount of condition attacks, like Sleep- and

Poison-

powder, so it might be useful for catching. And it is pretty cute

(along

with its two evolutions). Just add it to your collection. And

finally:

Mareep. This is without a doubt the best thing you can catch here.

It's

the only Electric type you can get for quite a while, and it grows up

to

be a pretty good one. Be patient with its slow speed and lack of att-

acks, and you'll have yourself an excellent Ampharos at Lv30.

Electric

is a decent type to have in your party, and Mareep is basically the

only

one you can get to train long enough with, so give this freaky-

looking

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A ways down, you might notice some water with a bridge going across.

Beat the Fishermen here, and one of them (Fisher Ralph) will ask for

your number. This is one of the swarm experts I was talking about be-

fore. His specialty is in the bevy of Qwilfish that sometimes show up

in this lake here. So, just how do you catch Pokemon in this water,

huh?

We'll find out soon enough. Well, you'll find out; I already know.I'm

just keeping you in suspense. Hehe, I love messing with people.

Keep going south where some stranger will ask you if you want to buy

a

Slowpoke Tail. Even if you wanted to (psycho), you don't have the

money.

Go past him to find a Pokemon Center! Enter and heal, then speak with

the man in here with the straw hat. He'll ask if you want one of his

rods (giggle here if you want). Say yes and you get the OLD ROD! Now

we

can fish like drunk southern people! Well, there goes that

demographic.

Exit the center and, if it's Friday, walk to that girl in the path to

your left. It's Frieda! Because you're so cool, she'll give you the

POISON BARB! Of course, this ups the attack of Dark Pokemon. Haha,

got

ya! It increases the Poison type, so give it to one if you must. Go

to

that water above the Center and fish away!

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| ROUTE 32 | OLD | GOOD | SUPER |

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|Magikarp | 70% | 30% | 25% |

|Qwilfish | 0%* | 0%* | 15%* |

|Tentacool | 30% | 70% | 60% |

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*Increases during swarms

Oh, Magikarp. This Pokemon has just been one continuous joke in the

Pokemon world, and it doesn't let up here. He does learn a new

attack:

Flail. The problem is that he gets it at Lv30, and you should belong

in

a psychiatric ward if you allow to raise it that long without

evolving

it. Of course, its evolution, Gyarados, is a wonderful Pokemon with

high

stats and a good combination of powerful Water and Dragon type moves.

It's only major problem is the fact that its still Water/Flying,

which

makes it Double Super Effective against Electric. I don't know why

they

refuse to change him to a Dragon, since it can't Fly or anything, but

it

is still pretty damn good. Tentacool is an odd fellow. You're going

to

see this guy A LOT in your journey, and usually common = sucky. Not

really the case here. It has good Speed and Special Defense, plus it

learns some decent attacks (Acid and Bubblebeam ain't bad). It takes

a

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considered. Qwilfish is basically the same as Tentacool, except it

ex-

cels in Attack and Defense instead of Special. It also doesn't have

an

evolution, which is kind of a bummer. Once again, don't use a Poison

unless it's duel with Flying or Grass in your party. Like all of the

other swarmers, Qwilfish is really just a Pokedex filler.

When you're good to go, keep walking south past the Pokemon Center,

beat

the stupid Bird Keeper there, and enter Union Cave.

UNION CAVE

----------

Welcome to your first cave (that stupid thing we did to get a Potion

in

Dark Cave doesn't count)! It's really easy, and you kind of have to

tryto get lost in order to do so, so just stay with me and you'll be

fine.

Maybe.

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| UNION CAVE (G) | MORNING | DAY | NIGHT |

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|Geodude | 20% | 20% | 20% |

|Onix | 10% | 10% | 10% |

|Rattata | 25% | 25% | 25% |

|Sandshrew | 20% | 20% | 20% |

|Zubat | 25% | 25% | 25% |

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| UNION CAVE (S) | MORNING | DAY | NIGHT |

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|Geodude | 35% | 35% | 35% |

|Onix | 10% | 10% | 10% |

|Rattata | 30% | 30% | 30% |

|Zubat | 25% | 25% | 25% |

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| FISHING (G/S) | OLD | GOOD | SUPER |

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|Goldeen | 20% | 80% | 75% |

|Magikarp | 80% | 20% | 20% |

|Seaking | - | - | 5% |

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Usually what time of day it is doesn't matter in caves. Sandshrew is

a

decent Ground Pokemon with high Defense, but absolutely no Special or

natural Ground attacks. Moves like Slash and Swift are tempting, but

you can get TMs of those moves pretty soon anyway. Wait a while more

if

you want a good Ground. You can catch a Goldeen in the waters here,

but

it's really not worth it. It can learn Horn Attack, an okay Normal

move,

at Lv15, but nothing else really. It's evolved form, Seaking, can

also

be found, but you need a Super Rod for that, and that one's not much

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funny?! Don't answer that.

Go left from the entrance to grab a POTION and battle a Hiker with a

sort of scary Lv11 Onix. Go south than right for another trainer,

than

down for a fork in the road. The southern route merely contains a

GREATBALL, which is the same as the Pokeball only greater (what will they

think of next?), so grab it if you like, than take the left route. Go

to the next turn south and go up the stairs to a platform on the

left.

Battle the Pokemanic with the Slowpoke and go down the stairs up

here.

Get off this platform and follow the path northwest for TM39! This is

Swift, a relatively good Normal attack that will NEVER miss (unless

your

opponent is underground or in the air). Pretty much any Pokemon can

learn it, so give it to whichever one you think is right. Now go back

upthe stairs to where the Pokemanic is and go south towards the water.

Keep going right until you need to go south to a trainer. And voila!

There's the exit!

ROUTE 33

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|Hoppip | 40% | 40% | - |

|Rattata | 20% | 48% | 60% |

|Spearow | 25% | 12% | - |

|Zubat | 15% | - | 40% |

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This is just a filler route. Actually, the wild grass here is a

pretty

good place to train for the next Gym Leader if your levels are low.

Exit

the cave and look below you for a berry plant. Pick the PSNCUREBERRY

and

go left. Battle Hiker Anthony here. Hey, where have I mentioned Hiker

Anthony before? Oh yeah, he's the Dunsparce swarm guy! Get his phone

number, and continue left into the next town.

AZALEA TOWN

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This is a peaceful little town with no real worries (and cool music,

might I add). Well, not anymore. As soon as you enter, you may notice

a guy in all black blocking a staircase. RBY players, I hope you know

who that is! Beginners, you'll find out soon enough.

Heal yourself at the Center and check out the Mart. They have

something

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$9,800! (Psst, I'll let you in on a secret. You'll get one for free

kind

of soon anyway. Don't tell anybody, okay?!) Now, Super Potion is

ready

to be purchased. It's the same as Potion, only it heals 50 HP instead

of

20. They have also added Repel to the inventory, which is a handyitem

that keeps wild Pokemon lower-leveled than the first one in your

party

from bothering you for 100 steps. Get some if you're up to it, and

leave.

What the hell? Another one of those black-clothed people is blocking

the

door to the Gym! What's going on here? Go north of the gym to a house

with a berry plant above it. Pick it for a WHT APRICORN. What do

these

things do, you ask? Nothing yet, but be patient, young grasshopper.

Enter the building there and talk to the man. He'll go on a tangentfor

a little and then go storming out of the house. Walk outside and go

all

the way back to the stairs one of the weird people was blockading.

He's

gone now, so traverse down into your next challenge.

SLOWPOKE WELL

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| SLOWPOKE WELL (1F) | MORNING | DAY | NIGHT |

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|Slowpoke | 20% | 20% | 20% |

|Zubat | 80% | 80% | 80% |

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| FISHING | OLD | GOOD | SUPER |

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|Goldeen | 10% | 70% | 65% |

|Magikarp | 90% | 30% | 30% |

|Seaking | - | - | 5% |

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If you at least have a first grade education, you should figure out

what

stat Slowpoke is lacking in. If you still can't, get a job, hippie!

This

is the first Psychic you can catch, and it actually ain't half bad.

True, it has crappy Speed and Special, and no Psychic attacks until

Confusion at Lv20, but stick with him. At Lv37, he turns into

Slowbro,

and all of his stats (except Speed, of course) increase about two and

a

half times! Also, Slowpoke now has an alternate evolution other than

Slowbro. If you trade him with the King's Rock (which we can't get

yet),

he becomes Slowking! His Attack triples from Slowpoke's, and he

learns

the ultimate Psychic move Psychic (yes, that's what it's called) at a

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handedly fill two needed roster spots by himself. Just beware of the

whole, you know, slow...thing.

Your mission is simple: get Azalea rid of those people dressed in

black,

otherwise known as Team Rocket. Talk to Kurt, and go north to meet

yourfirst of many (about thirty to be precise) Rocket Grunts. Two

Rattatas,

no problem. Keep going up onto the platform. Hey, a female Rocket! At

least they didn't leave you out for being the bad guys, ladies. Beat

her

Poison duo, and grab the SUPER POTION to your left.

Go down the stairs and left for another Rocket Grunt battle. Once

that's

over, talk to the Slowpokes there, and battle the final Rocket. His

Lv14

Koffing is a little tricky, especially if he uses Selfdestruct. As

longas you have more than one living Pokemon in your party, you'll win;

you

just won't get the Exp. Points. Congrats on beating your first four

Team

Rocket members! Kurt will walk over to you and warp you back to his

house.

AZALEA TOWN

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Kurt will thank you for your help (well, you did all the work) and

re-

ward you will a LURE BALL! This is a Pokeball specifically designed

to

catch Pokemon you fish up! He will also agree to make you special

balls

out of apricorns. So that's what they're for! Give him the Wht

Apricorn.

It will take him a day (or until the next midnight) to make a Fast

Ball

out of it. This will catch Pokemon that have high Speed, so don't

waste

it on a Slowpoke! There are seven different colored apricorns that

turn

into different balls, and the rest of them are pretty much grouped

to-

gether and easy to find.

Make sure your Pokemon are at least Lv15 for this next part. Try to

leave Azalea to the west, and you'll be stopped. Guess who? It's that

idiot Assface, and he wants to challenge you to another battle!

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| RIVAL BATTLE #2 | LV | DIFFICULTY |

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|Gastly | 12 | Annoying |

|Zubat | 14 | Simple |

|(Starter) | 16 | Depends |

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As you can see, he leveled up quite a bit, and added to his party of

doom. He'll send out Gastly first, who can be a pain in the butt if

you

don't kill it quick. His move Lick easily Paralyzes you, so beware.

He

also comes with the move Spite, which is an annoying piece of crap

thatreduces the PP of the move you used last. It's a hefty fine to pay if

your attack has low PP to begin with. Zubat is just as easy as it was

when the Rockets used it. His starter (Bayleef, Quilava, or Croconaw,

depending on whatever you picked) is the hardest. Just how hard it is

goes on whether or not you have a Pokemon that has a type advantage

over

it. If you don't, good luck. Just keep using your strongest attack on

it, and try not to bring out your starter (remember, he has whatever

your weakness is). When you whoop his butt, he'll complain about how

he

hates everything and run away. Man, he needs antidepressants or some-

thing.

Now, it's time to take on the Azalea Gym. Enter, and you'll think

you've

just gone into a forest! Never mind that, and make your way around

the

trees (beating crappy trainers as you go) to make it to the center.

Save

and talk to him to start the battle.

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| BUGSY'S POKEMON | LV | DIFFICULTY |

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|Metapod | 14 | Easy |

|Kakuna | 14 | Easy |

|Scyther | 16 | Ahhhh! |

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It has begun! Metapod and Kakuna will make you wonder, "Man, how easy

is

this?" They have simple attacks, and while they have good Defense,

just

eat away at their HP until they roll over. And now comes the Scyther.

Geodude or Onix catchers, get him/her in there! It's double weak

against

Rock, so kill it now. Everyone else, get ready. The major problem

with

Scyther is the move Fury Cutter. As long as the attack doesn't miss,

it

will keep doubling its power, which may cause your strongest Pokemon

to

drop like flies if you dawdle too much. It's also weak against Fire,

Flying, and Electric if you don't have a Rock with you. Just keep

trying

and pray for a miss to make things easier. When you finally end it,

you

receive the HIVEBADGE. This will make traded Pokemon up to Lv30

listen

to you. You also get TM49: Fury Cutter! Unfortunately, not many can

learn this technique, nor is it really any good unless you give it to

a

Bug (if you have a Beedrill or plan to catch a Scyther, there's your

best chance).


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| Chapter Four: ||

| THE PLAIN BADGE | M&Ms

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ILEX FOREST

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Two badges down, six to go. You're probably saying to yourself, "Hey,

this is easy so far." Well keep that arrogance up, because things areabout to get a little more tricky.

If it's been midnight since you last visited Kurt, pick up your ball,

and leave him with another Wht Apricorn if you want. Our next stop is

the majestic Goldenrod City, but first, we need to get through the

dreaded Ilex Forest. *makes scary noises from the Halloween movies*

Go

to that western exit your rival stopped you at before, and go through

the border house into the woods.

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| ILEX FOREST (G) | MORNING | DAY | NIGHT |

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|Caterpie | 30% | 50% | - |

|Metapod | 20% | 10% | - |

|Oddish | 25% | 25% | 50% |

|Paras | 10% | 15% | 30% |

|Zubat | 20% | - | 20% |

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| ILEX FOREST (S) | MORNING | DAY | NIGHT |

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|Kakuna | 12% | 15% | - |

|Oddish | 24% | 40% | 50% |

|Paras | 24% | 25% | 30% |

|Weedle | 20% | 20% | - |

|Zubat | 20% | - | 20% |

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| FISHING (G/S) | OLD | GOOD | SUPER |

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|Magikarp | 80% | 50% | 20% |

|Poliwag | 20% | 50% | 80% |

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Three new stuff we can get here, and two of which are pretty good. So

let's start with the sucky one. Paras has the dire combination of

Grass

and Bug, which makes it doubly weak against both Fire and Flying.

Yikes!

It's also slow as crap and can't naturally learn anymore offensive

att-

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Oddish is a wonderful Grass Pokemon to use. Absorb is handy, for it

steals HP from your opponent and gives it to you. Evolve it to a

Gloom,

and you have a choice. Give it a Leaf Stone, and you'll get a

Vileplume.

It has a good Special Attack, which is perfect for a Grass type. Give

your Gloom a Sun Stone, however, and you will end up with aBellossom.

This is one of the few pure Grass types in the game, which is good

be-

cause Poison's weighing down of Grass attacks and weakness to Psychic

gets in the way a lot. Also, Bellossom learns Solar Beam naturally,

the

best Grass move in the game. I prefer Bellossom over Vileplume, but

the

choice is yours. Finally, we have a Poliwag. This cute little armless

thing grows up to become a karate-chopping monster! Its final

evolution,

Poliwrath, is part Water, part Fighting with a good amount of high-

powered attacks it can learn. Like Oddish though, it has an alternatethird form. If you trade your Poliwhirl while holding a King's Rock,

it

becomes Politoed. Politoed has higher Special and Speed than

Poliwrath,

but I like Poliwrath better just because of the Fighting type.

There's something we need to do before we can actually progress. Go

north in the forest until you see a kid standing around. He'll tell

you

he lost his Farfetch'd while on the job. Damn kids. Follow the path

around until you see a bird. Click on it, and it will fly away from

you.

Go back and take the path right. Pick up the item ball for a REVIVE.

Revives can bring a fainted Pokemon back to life in a battle, which

is

really handy if your strong one somehow fails. Walk right, up, and

left

until you see the bird again. Talk to it, and it should run down.

Just

keep hitting it until it goes back with the kid. Talk to the guy who

joined the crowd for HM01! This is the useful Cut move, which will

chop

any skinny trees in your way.

With that in hand, go back to Azalea and enter the Charcoal Kiln at

the

eastern end of the village. Talk to the kid and he'll thank you with

a

CHARCOAL! Now, wasn't that better than buying it? Heal, and return to

Ilex Forest.

Go up to where you got HM01 and you might notice a scrawny little

tree

just above it. Teach Cut to an Attack-based Pokemon, or someone who

doesn't have any good Normal moves that needs it. Click on that tree

and it will ask you if you want to cut it. Respond yes, and a path

will

be clear for us! Mazel tov! Ahead of you, you'll see the Ilex Forest

Shrine. This thing is useless unless you got the GS Ball, which will

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that in detail in the FAQ section at the bottom, you cheating piece

of

crap, you.

Go left, up, then along the water right. Keep following the path laid

out for you until you come to a two-way fork. Take the right trail

andcontinue until you see a green-haired kid, who appears to be peeing

on

a tree (well, maybe not). Disturb him and you'll receive TM02! This

is

Headbutt, and not only is it a good Normal move, it's also useful on

the

field as well. Notice the type of tree the kid is facing (and/or

peeing

on). If you use Headbutt on it, a Pokemon may come out! It's usually

a

stupid Caterpie or Weedle or something like that, but sometimes it's

a

rare-can't-find-anywhere-else one. Four Pokemon can only be found inthe

trees here, but only two of them are available in this forest.

Exeggcute is a pretty decent Grass type, despite its stupid look (six

rotten cracked eggs aren't really useful unless you're trying to

screw

with your friends...which is one of the many reasons all of mine

event-

ually abandoned me). It's also part Psychic and can learn Confusion

at

Lv19. However, if you evolve it with a Leaf Stone beforehand, you can

get an Exeggutor with Stomp and Egg Bomb. The other you can get here

by

Heatbutting is Pineco, which is exactly what it sounds like: an evil

pinecone. It's a Bug type that learns a lot of damaging moves, both

to

opponents and itself (Explosion, Take Down, Selfdestruct, Double

Edge).

At Lv31, it becomes a Forretress, a Bug/Steel type with high HP and

Defense (with that name, I certainly hope so). It can pack a punch,

but

the internal damage can add up substantially. Use it if it fits your

style...your reckless suicidal style.

You'll meet the other two Headbutt-only Pokemon in the mountainous

areas

of Johto. For now, hop over the ledge to your left, and walk up along

the path until you reach the fork once again. This time, go up

through

the break in the ledge, and follow the clearing until you see the

exit

house. Enter it, and talk to the lady behind the counter for TM12!

This

is Sweet Scent, which will raise Accuracy in battle, and attract wild

Pokemon in the field.

ROUTE 34

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|Abra | 12% | 12% | 12% |

|Ditto | 12% | 12% | 12% |

|Drowzee | 40% | 40% | 40% |

|Rattata | 36% | 36% | 36% |

------------------------------------------| FISHING | OLD | GOOD | SUPER |

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|Corsola* | - | 10% | 25% |

|Kingler | - | - | 25% |

|Krabby | 90% | 40% | 50% |

|Magikarp | 10% | 50% | - |

|Staryu* | - | 10% | 25% |

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*Corsola appears at Morning and Day, while Staryu appears only at

Night.

A bunch of new Pokemon we can get on this relatively short road. The

worst is Abra, but it turns out to be the best when it evolves atLv16.

It only has Teleport and is tied for the worst HP in the game, but

like

we know with Magikarp, big things come in little packages. Actually,

that statement makes really no sense in a literal standpoint, but

neither does fire-breathing dogs, electrically-charged sheep, and

ele-

phants with psychokinetic abilities. Just go with it, okay? When Abra

evolves, it learns Confusion, plus Disable and Psybeam not too long

aft-

erwards. Kadabra and Alakazam also have very good Speed and Special

Att-

ack, causing a lot of One-Hit-KOs before your opponent can even

flinch.

Catching one can be a chore (Speed and Teleport is a pretty good

combin-

ation) but it's worth it. Bring out your Gastly with Mean Look if

you're

having trouble. Drowzee (the aforementioned elephant with

psychokinetic

abilities) is just about the same as Abra, only with extremely low

Speed. It's Defense isn't that great either, so go with Abra if

you're

looking for a Psychic. Ditto is an interesting character. It's only

move

is Transform, but it takes the shape, type, and attacks of whatever

Pokemon it's up against. Unfortunately, the stats remain put, which

sucks because they aren't that good. Ditto's main purpose is for

breed-

ing, because it can go with pretty much any Pokemon out there (even

ones

that don't have a gender, like Voltorb and Magnemite). Don't ask me

how

that's possible, you sick whackjob, just use it to your advantage.

Next, the fishing Pokemon. Krabby and Kingler (its evolution) are

pretty

cool with moves with Vicegrip, Guillotine, and Crabhammer. However,

their Special is absolutely terrible, which spells disaster for Water

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strong attackers. Corsola's weird since it's both Water and Rock

types,

a combination that holds a lot of weaknesses. Some attacks are good,

like Bubblebeam at Lv25 and the deadly Ancientpower all the way at

Lv43,

but it's not worth it other than that. Staryu is better. It also

learnsBubblebeam, plus some cool defensive moves along the way. It's

evolved

form, Starmie, is part Psychic, but doesn't learn any of those

attacks

naturally. Stick with Poliwag if you have one, or wait until better

Water-types come up (like you could catch it now anyway).

Let's move on, shall we? Just keep going up along the wild grass

while

battling the trainers who are there. Watch out for the Officer around

here! He won't do anything in the day, but he'll sic his Lv17

Growlithe

on you in the dark! Around where that Officer is, you'll come to ahouse

to your right. This is the Pokemon Day Care Center! They can raise

two

of your Pokemon if you don't feel like leveling them up yourself. One

step you take equals one Exp. Point gained. This place is handy for

two

reasons: 1) If you're trying to fill your Pokedex and you have one

that

needs to evolve, use this place to level it up while not wasting time

training your actual party. And 2) BREEDING! Ditto could not have

come

at a better time, huh? Give one to the man and one to the woman and

if

you walk around a lot, the man will be outside waiting to give you an

egg!

Speaking of eggs, has the one Elm gave you hatched yet? If it did,

you

will find out it is the shell filled with joy, Togepi! You'll soon

dis-

cover it really wasn't worth the time you spent lugging it around in

your party. The only damaging attack it will ever learn is Metronome,

a move that will do any random move in the game. And it's stats are

so low, you won't even want to use it in order to turn into its evol-

ution, Togetic. Togetic is a lot better, but you'll need to make it

happy in order to get one. That means you'll have to use it A LOT,

which

can be a major drag. Good luck to ya!

We're almost there! Walk north from the Day Care to battle Camper

Todd's

Psyduck, and continue up into Goldenrod City.

GOLDENROD CITY

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Let's explore this huge city and try not to get lost. Heal your team

at

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a gigantic Pokemart! This place is a freaking six stories tall! All

of

the floors have a wide selection of items to buy, but check out 5F.

This

floor sells some pretty good TMs at reasonable prices. There's TM33,

TM41, and TM48: the elemental punches (Ice Punch, Thunder Punch, and

Fire Punch). There's also another TM02 you can buy, just in case youfeel you gave Headbutt to the wrong Pokemon. Also, there's a lady

here

who gives away free TMs on Sundays. If the first Pokemon in your

party

likes you when you talk to her, you'll receive TM27! This is Return,

a

Normal attack which will increase in power the more the Pokemon loves

you. Awww, how cute. However, if your lead Pokemon hates you, instead

you get TM21. Frustration is the same as Return, only it's more

powerful

the more the user dislikes you. Ain't that nice? Also, speak to the

girl

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