Your Choice | Gary's Choice |
Bulbasaur | Charmander |
Charmander | Squirtle |
Squirtle | Bulbasaur |
Note: Bulbasaur is the best
BEGINNER'S choice. Squirtle is what most people choose,
because he will become quite strong. Charmander is
probably the strongest, but the most difficult to raise
early on, because early enemies are immune to
Charmander's fire attacks.
After you select your Pokemon, you
will battle Gary. Be sure to win, so you can gain a
little experience and score some cash. Both yours and
Gary's Pokemon have about 2 moves. 1 is Tackle, and the
other is a move that lowers defense or attack. Use use
the basic attack, that should kill Gary since he usually
wastes his time on the attacks that lower defense or
attack. Once you win/lose against Gary, go to his house
(right of your house), to get a Town Map from his sister.
Now, you will set off to Viridian City, by going north
through Route 1.
The PokeMart has something for Professor Oak that you
need to bring to him. It allows you to use the Pokedex
and allow you to play linked games or trade. Bring Oak's
Parcel (that's the item) back to Professor Oak in Pallet
Town. On the way back, you can catch two pokemon, Pidgey
and Rattata.. Now, go back to Viridian, buy whatever
items you feel is neccessary from the Pokemart (just some
pokeballs, potions, and maybe antidotes) and go through
Route 2 to get to the Viridian Forest.
Viridian Forest
Here, you will face many trainers. Don't worry, this can
be a good thing. It builds up experience real fast, and
you can catch Pokemon while your here. Building up levels
too fast can be bad too, since they won't obey you early
on. If you bought Pokeballs, you can capture some ok
Pokemon. Depending on what version, you'll either get a
lot of Caterpie/Metapods or Weedle/Kakunas and less of
the other. If you're lucky, you can find a Pikachu.
(Pikachu is really really rare..... I takes a lot of
patience to find one.... Just wander in grass and fight
waves of caterpie/weedles until you finally see a
pikachu... it took me about 30 minutes until I finally
caught a Pikachu)
Pewter City
Here is the location of the first Gym. The trainer here
is Brock. He uses rock-type Pokemon. If you chose a
Squirtle, you'll win fast. Bulbasaur does pretty good
too. Charmander isn't effective when you use Fire attacks
on rock-pokemon, so over level him or use other pokemon.
Defeating Brock will get you a Boulder Badge, which will
let you use FLASH any time and raises the Power of all
your Pokemon a little.
Note: When a badge lets you use something like FLASH or
CUT, it doesn't mean you can use it right away. You need
to find a Hidden Machine (HM) that teaches that ability.
Use it to give that ability to a Pokemon and THEN you can
use it.
There are several things to do in Pewter. Pewter is one
of the few cities where you don't have to do anything to
get out of that city, in order to get to the next one.
It's a good thing to talk to everyone, explore suspicious
areas, and check our all the buildings. As in every RPG,
it will usually end up with you getting rewards and
freebies. When you're ready, take Route 3 to get to Mt.
Moon. If your Pokemon are in bad condition, use an item
to heal them. If you are cheap (like I was), you just
have to make the trip back to the Pokecenter in Pewter.<
Mt. Moon
Outside is a Pokecenter. In there, there is a man who
will sell you a Magikarp for $500. If you didn't choose
Squirtle at the beginning, buy it. Magikarp is the
worst Pokemon out there. BUT once he evolves to level 20,
he turns into a Gyarados. At level 20, I think he's as
strong as some level 30 Pokemon even.
Not much to say about Mt. Moon. Find your way out.
<You can find rare Clefairy's in the deeper
sections> There are plenty of items lying around, and
trainers protecting them as well. Some trainers give you
special items when you defeat them. Bring items along or
go back to the Pokecenter is all I have to say. There is
one person who you MUST battle that isn't too tough, but
when you win, will give you a special item. There are 2
Fossils to choose from when you defeat him. Dome or Helix
Fossils. Either one of those fossils will allow you to
get a Rare Pokemon when you get to the Cinnebar Island.
For now, when you get to a PC, store this item, since you
won't be able to use it for a while.
Cerulean
City
At this city, Misty is the trainer at Gym #2. She uses
water type Pokemon. If you have a Bulbasaur, he'll make
short work of them. Squirtle does average, and Charmander
the worst. Like I said, Charmander isn't good early on.
If you captured a Pikachu already, he'll do well also.
It's important that you defeat Misty, because you will
get the Cascade Badge. It lets you use CUT and Pokemon up
to level 30 will obey you. That means that your Pokemon
won't ignore your orders in combat unless they are higher
than level 30(Your pokemon will obey you if they were traded.
Captured pokemon will obey you regardlessly). It'll be a major
relief when you get this.
Explore a little. In this city, there's a Bike Shop that
will sell you a Bike for $1,000,000,000 (or was it 1
mil?). Don't buy it! You can get a coupon which is good
for a free bike in the next town. There's a house with a
cop blocking it. This will be important later. Gary is
lurking around, so be prepared to fight. He's at the
bridge. There's a few trainers on the bridge that you
must defeat to get to Bill's Sea Cottage. Defeat them and
get a prize.
Sea Cottage
Bill, the Pokemaniac is here. He invented the Pokemon
storage system (the thing that says Someone's PC on the
computer). He is stuck in the form of a Pokemon until you
can help him turn back to a human. Help him, and you will
recieve an SS Anne Ticket. As a bonus, you can check out
Bill's PC and get the info on the evolved forms of Eevee.
Now that you've helped him, when you go to a PC, it will
now say Bill's PC instead of someone's PC. Return to
Cerulean City when you're all wrapped up.
Cerulean City (Part II)
Now that you've helped Bill, the house that was guarded
by the cop is now accessible. Talk to the people inside.
They will tell you that Team Rocket messed up their house
and stole the Dig TM. He's right outside in the back.
Defeat him, get the TM, and return it. You'll get it as a
reward. Go out to the back of the house again, and travel
South. There's 3 buildings there. There's a daycare
center, here, you can leave a Pokemon and have the person
raise it's level. You will be charged $100 minimum. You
have to leave it there for a while. For every level it's
raised, it will cost you another $100. The daycare center
is great for low-level Pokemon. They improve faster than
a Pokemon who is already strong. There is a second
building to the right. It has an underground tunnel that
will take you to Vermilion City and the SS Anne. Below
the daycare center is the city gates. This one leads to
Saffron City, which is between Cerulean and Vermilion
City on the Map. You can't really go though yet. City
gates are everywhere, and are not usable until you do a
favor for the guards.
Vermilion City
Vermilion is the location of Gym #3. The leader is known
as Lt. Surge. He uses Electric Pokemon. Electric Pokemon
suck against Grass Pokemon. Water will last the shortest.
Fire fights average. Defeating Surge will get you the
Lightning Badge. It increases your Pokemon's speed
slightly, and lets you use FLY. You won't be able to get
to Surge however, until you get the CUT HM (see SS Anne).
Vermilion has some neat stuff. Check out all the
buidlings you can. There's even a Pokemon club. Going
there will get you a Bike Voucher. Take it back to the
bike shop in Cerulean to get a free Bike. Now, traveling
is a breeze. Put it at the top of your item list, since
you will use it a lot. Bike's can be used only outdoors
and in caves.
SS Anne
I hope you brought some items along, because you will
have many opponents to face. This is mostly optional
though. But it's best to do so to get some items and
experience. Most of the SS Anne's passengers quarters
have trainers who will fight you. Almost all of them use
Water Pokemon also. There are many visible items as well
as hidden items to search for in the rooms. Gary is on
the ship too. Try to stock up on recovery items because
you are not permitted to leave the ship often to go to
the Pokecenter. You MIGHT be able to get off once, but if
you try again, the ship might just leave before you
accomplish an important goal. The Captain of the ship is
sick. Help him <rub rub??!!>, and get the CUT HM.
If you don't get it before the SS Anne leaves, you never
will. And, you will be stuck forever. Save before you
board the ship just to be safe. Getting the CUT HM lets
you figt Lt Surge by the way.
Vermilion City (Part II)
Now that you have the CUT HM, teach it to one of your
Pokemon. I don't know who can be taught for sure, but I
know ground-type can be taught (like Sandshrew),
Charmander, grass-type (Bulbasaur), and a few others.
No one really knows how they are limited. The good
thing about HMs is that they can be used an unlimited
amount of times, where as with TMs, you can only use them
once, and many of them you will only find 1 of in the
game. CUT can also be used as an attack in combat, but it
is pretty weak (it's ideal for weakening Pokemon to
capture in my opinion). Be sure to use it on a
pokemon. Fight Surge and win the badge. East of Vermilion
City is Diglett's Cave.
Diglett's Cave
This is a short path that will take you back to a special
part of Pewter City that you couldn't reach before,
unless you returned their and used CUT. Diglett's cave is
filled with yup, you guessed it-Digletts. Very few
Dugtrios are in there, but they are hard to capture
anyways. You should try and capture one. They are great.
At level 19, they learn DIG which is a skill you
can use in and out of combat. Out of combat, you can use
it like an Escape Rope and get it out of Caves and some
buildings, and will take you back to the Pokecenter you
visited last. DIG in combat is a devatating attack. It
can often be a 1-hit kill move. Beware, Diglett is a
ground-type, which means it will die with just a splash
of water.
Pewter City (from Diglett's Cave or
using CUT ability)
Here, you will get the FLASH HM from one of Oak's Aides
in one of the houses. He will give it to you AFTER you
catch 10 Pokemon. Also, you can get many
items that you missed because you didn't have CUT before.
Now go back to Cerulean City so you can get to Rock
Tunnel. With the CUT ability, use it right next to the
museum. It will take you behind the counter of the museum
so you can talk to some Scientists. Talk to the top one
and you will get Old Amber. Store this in your PC. It is just
like the Helix and Dome Fossil, which can be used to get
some rare pokemon later.
Rock Tunnel
To get here, you have to defeat some trainers. You will
be able to catch some Electric Pokemon that you couldn't
find before. Teach FLASH to an Electric Pokemon that you
don't like. Flash isn't a good attack to begin with,
plus, you'll only use it ONCE to see in the dark at Rock
Tunnel. So, like I said, give it to a one of your crappy
electric-pokemon. Flash isn't really an attack. It's one
of those abilities that lowers stats in combat. It has
the same ability as Sand Attack. While in the tunnel, you will fight
trainers and find items.
Lavender Town
There's no gym here. This Town is the location of Pokemon
Tower, where dead pokemon are remembered. Don't try going
in there unless you are ready to fight a lot of pokemon.
Talk to all the people and you will find out Mr. Fuji is
missing. He is in Pokemon Tower. If you try and go in, on
the second floor, you will be greeted by Gary. Continue
after that, and you will fight a host of Channellers
(ghost-pokemon trainers) and a bunch of Ghost pokemon.
You can't fight/ID Ghost Pokemon unless you have a Silph
Scope, which you can get from Celadon City. So heed my
warning, and don't go. Just find out what's up, and go
West of Lavender Town. There will be a City Gate to
Saffron City (which you can't use, STILL) and an
underground tunnel that will take you to Celadon City.
Celadon City
This is the location of Gym #4. The trainer here is
Erika. She specializes in grass-type pokemon. If you have
a Charmander, you will kill her pokemon quick. You can
match grass vs. grass pokemon if you had a Bulbasaur.
Squirtle's water attacks will not be effective against
grass, so if you use him, just use non-water attacks.
However, since Squirtle is a water-type pokemon, their
grass attacks will kill him fast. You will be awarded a
Rainbow Badge for winning. It makes it so level 50
pokemon obey you, and lets you use STRENGTH. To get to
here, you will need to use CUT on the bushes South of
Celadon. In her gym, you will find MANY trainers. Take
your time to gain more EXP. Celadon is home to a very
large shopping mall where you can buy things for your
Pokemon. On the top floor, there are vending machines
where you can buy Water, Soda Pop, or Lemonade. If you've
been talking to the guards at the city gates, you'd know
you need to buy them water. Buy one for a guard, and give
it to him. He will share some with the other guards, and
you can now go through the city gates. Also on the top
floor, there is a girl who is thirsty. Buy here any one
of those drinks, give it to her, and she will give you a
TM. You can give her all 3. In the mall, you can get a
Stone that evolves certain pokemon. Also, there is a
Pokedoll, which will get you an item later, or help you
RUN from combat. You can also get the one of a kind Eevee
by going into the back of one of the buildings. Once you
have given the water to the guards, you can go to
Saffron. But first, back to the Lavender Town business.
If you've been around, you know what the Game Corner is.
If you want to play, you need to get a Coin Case from a
guy in the Diner. You might have heard rumors that Game
Corner is run by Team Rocket. You also might have heard
there is a secret switch. Go to Game Corner and talk to
the guy facing the wall. He is a member of Team Rocket
and will fight you. Defeat him and you can press the
switch. It will open a door to the left, which leads to
the basement levels of Game Corner.
In Game Corner's basement, there are
some Team Rocket trainers to fight, and items to find. In
a nutshell, here's how you get to the boss, Giovanni,
leader of Team Rocket. Go down the stairs as far as you
can (4th Basement Level). You're going to have to find
and fight a Team Rocket guy who mentions the Lift Key. It
will make it so you can operate the elevator on the lower
right-hand of every floor (except 3rd Basement) so you
can get to Giovanni. You might have to talk to him after
you beat him so
you get the Lift Key. Now, take the elevator to get to
the bottom floor and fight Geovanni. Defeat him and get
the Silph Scope. Now, you can identify/fight ghost
pokemon in Lavender Town. At this point, you can either
go to Saffron City and get the Marsh Badge or return to
Lavender Town to rescue Mr. Fuji. Also in this city is
HM 02 which is FLY. It is located left of Celadon City,
near the city gate. Get to it's location by CUTTING the
bush in the small path that is close to the City Gates
which lead to the bike path. Go up and left, through the
house. It will take you to a small hallway that is right
above the guardhouse. Then, there will be a house. Go in
it and the girl inside will give you FLY. Now, you can
quickly return to cities that you have already visited
without having to journey long distances to return.
Lavender Town (Part II)
Why are we here at Lavender Town rescuing someone if our
goal is to get badges to go to the Pokemon league? 2
Reasons. There's a sleeping Snorlax blocking the route
from Lavender to Fuschia (Routes 12-15) and another
Snorlax blocking the Bike Path that takes you from
Celadon City to Fuschia City (Routes 16-18). Now, what
does this have to do with Lavender Town? Well, Mr. Fuji
is trapped in pokemon tower. So what you say? Well, he
has a PokeFlute. What's a PokeFlute? It is an item that
will
wake up the Snorlax and can be used to wake up sleeping
pokemon in combat. Mr. Fuji is on the top floor if I
haven't mentioned it already. With the PokeFlute, you can
wake up a Snorlax and attempt to capture it. There are
only 2 in the whole game, so you should save before you
wake it up. It sleeps a lot, so it should make it easier.
You can go right on ahead to Fuschia but it's better to
go to the Saffron City Gym first. You might wanna get a
ghost-type pokemon just in case (because the Saffron Gym
Leader uses psychic pokemon, which are weak against
ghosts.
Saffron
City
This
is the location of Gym #5, which is headed by Sabrina.
She prefers Psychic pokemon and will give you a Marsh
Badge if you defeat her. It will make it so level 70
pokemon will obey you. You can't access this gym at
first. If you've been to Saffron before you finished up
business in Pokemon Tower, you'd have noticed that there
was a tall building (Silph Co.) with the entrance
guarded. If you rescued Mr. Fuji, you can now go in.
Here, you will take on Team Rocket trainers and rescue
Silph Co. Doing so earns you a Master Ball. The Master
Ball will catch ANY pokemon, 100% of the time. Beware,
you only get one, so save it (for Mewtwo). To get the
Master Ball, defeat Giovanni to save the president of
Silph Co.
If you don't wanna go there right away, you can find the
Psychic's house. The person there will give you a free
TM. Another place you can visit is a Dojo (Gym). It was
the former Pokemon Gym, but lost thier title, and now
operate outside of the Pokemon League. In there, you will
fight a few fighting-type pokemon trainers. Defeat the
boss of the gym and you get a free pokemon. He will let
you pick between Hitmonchan or Hitmonlee. There's only
one of each in the game, so this is the only time you can
get
it. When you finish off Giovanni and defeat Sabrina, you
should move on to Fuschia City. It is home of the Safari
Zone.
Fuchsia City
This is the location of Gym #6. The leader is Koga, who
uses pokemon with hypnosis-related abilities. You can
access this gym right away, but there's a catch. There
are invisible walls in the gym, so you'll have to
navigate blindly through the maze. If you look close
enough, you'll notice that the floor has lines going from
left to right. You can tell what is a wall and what isn't
by the lines on the floor. If they go up-down, then thats
a piece of wall. It's pretty simple to figure out. And
you can get there
eventually if you run into the wall enough times.
Anyways, defeat Koga and get a Soul Badge. It lets you
use SURF and the defense of your Pokemon will be raised a
little.
Safari
Zone/Helping the Warden
If
you do some exploring in Fuschia, you'll find out
something's up with the warden of the Safari Zone. He's
missing his gold teeth. You can find it in the Safari
Zone next to the Secret House. In the Secret House, you
can get a free SURF HM. When you bring the Gold Teeth
back to the Warden, give it to him and he will give you
the STRENGTH HM. It is used to move boulders, and can be
a pretty strong attack. You can use the skill and move
the Boulder in the Warden's house and get the TM. Next
Door to the Warden's house is the fisherman's older
brother. Talk to him and he'll give you a Great Rod to
fish with. You can catch Goldeen and a few other
water-pokemon. If you came to Fuschia through Routes
12-15 (from Lavender to Fuschia), you might have met the
fisherman's oldest brother. Talk to him and get the Super
Rod, which will catch you some better water-pokemon.
Seafoam Islands
Not much to explain here. Navigate through the cave to
get out the other end so you can head off to Cinnabar. If
you try to swim inside the cave, there might be strong
currents that will push you in the wrong directions. To
stop that, look for boulders in the cave and use STRENGTH
to push them in the nearest holes you can see. This will
act as a dam and regulate the force of the current, so
you can SURF easier and maybe get out quicker. There's a
secret Pok�mon in here. It's one of the rare
birds...Articuno!
Cinnabar Island
Location of Gym #7. The leader here is Blaine, who will
give you a Volcano Badge if you win. It makes it so your
pokemon's special abilities increase a little. Blaine
specializes if fire-type pokemon. You won't be able to
get into the gym until you find the Secret Key. The
Secret Key is located in the building right above the
lab. It has many fire Pokemon. Make plenty of room for
items too.
Also on this island is a lab, where you can finally
unload those Helix and Dome Fossils, as well as the Old
Amber <you get that by cutting a bush near the Museum
in Pewter City>. The scientist there will restore the
pokemon using the fossil you found. It will take a little
bit of time though. When you are done with Blaine, swim
North and return home to Pewter. Go through Pewter and
get to Viridian City.
Viridian City (Part II)
Location of Gym #8. If you explored here in the
beginning, you'd know that the Gym was not accessible
before. Now, you will be allowed to enter. In the Gym is
a bunch of those spin-tiles that you encountered in Game
Corner's basement. If you navigate your way correctly,
you will meet the 8th Gym Leader. The Gym Leader is
someone you have fought twice before. No, not Gary.
You've faced him too many times. If you guessed Geovanni,
you are correct. You already know what kinda pokemon he
uses. Win against him and you are rewarded with the Earth
Badge. It makes it so pokemon at any level will obey you.
He will also give you a TM. It contains Fissure, which is
a 1-hit kill attack. It is somewhat innaccurate, but
could work out pretty well with the correct pokemon. Now,
journey West to the Pokemon League. You must have all 8
badges, plus a pokemon with SURF and a pokemon with
STRENGTH to head to Indigo Plateau. You need SURF to
cross water so you can head to the cave that leads to the
Pokemon League. In the cave, you'll need STRENGTH to move
boulders to activate switches which operate certain
doors. If you travel down the right path, you will
actually see a pokemon. Save before you decide to talk to
it. That pokemon is a Moltres, a rare bird pokemon. You
can capture it with almost any Pokeball, but don't use
the Master Ball. When you get through the cave, you will
see a cottage-like building. That's a Pokemart/Pokestore.
If you are there, you have reached Indigo Plateau.
Indigo Plateau
Inside is a Pokemart and Pokecenter. Here, you can still
deposit/withdraw items or pokemon, and you can still
trade/match with other players with the game link cable.
In order to defeat the Elite Four (the Pokemon League),
you will have to rely on items. You will have to face 4
Trainers with level 50+ Pokemon, consecutively. Lose
once, you'll have to start all over.
Note: The surroundings of the pokemon trainer will give
you a hint of what kind of Pokemon they use. The first
one uses Ice Pokemon. The second is rock-type. The third
is poison-ghost-type. The fourth is dragon-type.
Upon defeating the Elite Four, they crown you league
champion. That is, they would if you didn't have 1 more
trainer to face. He defeated the Elite 4 right before you
came along. Yup, you've guesses it. Gary. He is pretty
tough, but if you have recovery items, you should be
fine. Win against him, and your Pokemon's name/level as
well as time will be entered into the Hall of Fame. After
that, you can continue on an rechallenge the Elite Four
and Gary, or continue on with your quest to become a
Pokemon
Master.
*Secret Dungeon
The Secret Dungeon is located right next to Cerulean. Go
up the bridge and use SURF, and head on downward til you
see the cave entrance. This is just a cave with lots of
great level 50 pokemon to capture. Here, you will find
Mewtwo. If you can see him, capture him with the Master
Ball you've saved up. he's a level 70 psychic pokemon!!!
In this cave, you will need SURF to get to Mewtwo. You
will also find some high-level Raichu as well. You
cannot get here until you have become a Pokemon League
Champ.
*Power Plant
Another secret area you can only get to with SURF. Here,
you will find lots of electric pokemon (including level
20-24 Pikachus). If you manage to find your way to the
exit, you will see a Pokemon. This one is a Zapdos, and
electric-flying pokemon (lethal combo). You can capture
him with any ball except the standard Pokeball I think.
he's rare and 1-of-a-kind, so you might wanna save before
engaging him. To get to the Power Plant, go to the area
North-East of the Rock Tunnel. It's right above the
Pokecenter. use SURF and follow the river.