Pokémon Red and Blue: Pallet Town III

Head back into the lab yet again. Talk to Professor Oak. If you:

• Defeated your rival on Route 22.
• Have not evolved your starter.
• Have not obtained any Poké Balls (Oak's Parcel does not count).

The Professor will give you 5 free Poké Balls. In other words, about thirty minutes of your time saves you P1000.

Head back to Route 1 briefly.

Proceed to Route 1

Advance to Route 2

Pokémon Red and Blue: Route 22

Welcome to the brief Route 22. There are more wild Pokémon to find here; however, the levels and percentages are different depending on which version you are playing. Red Version numbers are marked in red, and Blue Version numbers are marked in, you guessed it, blue.

	Rattata	Normal	L2-4		45%
	Spearow	Normal/Flying	L3-5		10%
	Nidoran♀	Poison	L3-4	L2-4	5%	40%
	Nidoran♂	Poison	L2-4	L3-4	40%	5%

I recommend you battle these Pokémon and raise your starter up to level 12 or so, but not higher than level 15. There is a special prize in it for you if you do. While you are doing this, do not go on the brick road to the north. After you finish grinding and heal at the Pokémon Center in Viridian City, get on the brick road to the north, SAVE YOUR GAME and walk west. You meet your rival and he challenges you to a battle.

Rival Blue		Route 22		2 Pokémon		P280
		Pidgey		Normal/Flying		L9
Gust	Normal	Sand-Attack	Normal
If you chose Bulbasaur...
		Charmander		Fire		L8
Scratch	Normal	Growl	Normal
If you chose Charmander...
		Squirtle		Water		L8
Tackle	Normal	Tail Whip	Normal	Bubble	Water
If you chose Squirtle...
		Bulbasaur		Grass/Poison		L8
Tackle	Normal	Growl	Normal	Leech Seed	Grass

If you chose Charmander, it learned a move called Ember at level 9. If you chose Squirtle, it learned a move called Bubble at level 8. You can use either of these moves to defeat his Pidgey with relative ease. If you chose Bulbasaur, this part will be a little tougher, because his Pidgey resists Vine Whip (which Bulbasaur learns at level 13) and Tackle earns you no same-type attack bonus. However, at level 7, Bulbasaur learned a move called Leech Seed, which you can use on his Pidgey to sap its health every turn, regardless of accuracy.

If you chose Squirtle, Pidgey successfully uses Sand-Attack AND you saved before this battle, you might consider using A + B + Start + Select to try again, because your Tackle is now much less likely to hit, it will be weakened by his Bulbasaur's Growl, and he may use Leech Seed to have a net gain of HP each turn even if you DO hit.

If you chose Bulbasaur, defeating his Charmander is easy as well, because it has not learned Ember yet, so use Leech Seed on it and Tackle it to victory. If you chose Charmander or Squirtle, use Scratch or Tackle repeatedly and use a Potion if your health gets low. If you chose Squirtle, your Tail Whip (which lowers Bulbasaur's defense) is likely to be negated by his Bulbasaur's Growl (which lowers your attack).

To collect your prize for doing this, head back to Pallet Town again. Otherwise, head north from Viridian City onto Route 2.

Return to Pallet Town

Advance to Route 2

Pokémon Red and Blue: Pallet Town II

After you get back to Pallet Town, head into the lab again.

Talk to Professor Oak. You deliver the Parcel, which Oak identifies as a custom Poké Ball, and your rival bursts in. Oak explains that it was his life's dream to collect data on every Pokémon in the world, but that he has grown too old to accomplish it. So, he asks you and Blue to do it for him. He gives you each a Pokédex, which contains images of Pokémon you've seen, what they sound like and where to find them in the region, if possible. If you've owned the Pokémon for any length of time, the Pokémon's height and weight, as well as a short description are added. He wants you to do this for all 151 Pokémon.

Blue boasts that he can accomplish the feat without your help, and that he will borrow a map from his sister to do so. You may now exit the lab once more. You may, if you choose, visit Blue's house (the house to the east) and talk to his sister to obtain a Town Map from her. However, this is NOT recommended, because you can only hold seventy different types of items between your bag and the PC, and they do fill up quickly. Furthermore, if you catch a Flying-type Pokémon, it will eventually learn a move that can be used outside of battle as a map and more. You will have room in your inventory to collect redundant items like this at the end of the game.

Feel free to stop by your own house. If you talk to your mom from this point forward, she will heal your Pokémon.

Finish up in Pallet Town and go back to Viridian City. If you want to fight for some extra goodies including some Pokémon for your new Pokédex, head west onto Route 22. Otherwise, head north onto Route 2.

Proceed to Route 22

Advance to Route 2

Pokémon Red and Blue: Pallet Town

You appear in the middle of your own bedroom. Walk over to the PC in the corner and use it to withdraw the Potion stored inside. Then, head downstairs.

Your mom says that Professor Oak is looking for you, so head outside.

Head north, past the houses and into the grass. Professor Oak appears and tells you that it's not safe to walk in tall grass without Pokémon. You follow him into his lab, where he explains that he is going to give you and your rival a Pokémon. You get first pick, so choose between Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle.

Bulbasaur, Ivysaur and Venusaur - Highly Recommended

Bulbasaur is the easiest Pokémon to start with in Red and Blue. It has an advantage against the first three gyms of the game, and it learns good status moves, even before it evolves into Ivysaur at level 16. It evolves again, into Venusaur, earlier than the other starters at level 32.

Due to a programming error in the games, a combination of the moves Toxic and Leech Seed will allow Leech Seed's HP recovery to increase every turn. Also, in this generation, critical hits are determined by speed. So, when Bulbasaur is fully-evolved, an increased critical hit move like Razor Leaf will land a critical hit almost every time.

In a single player adventure, Bulbasaur will do just fine without Toxic, but the addition makes it a more potent threat. However, Poison-types are fairly common in this game, so leave room for a Normal-type move like Body Slam.

Bulbasaur is by far the easiest Pokémon to start with in this game, and a powerful competitive force in RBY.

Charmander, Charmeleon and Charizard - Acceptable
Charmander is the most difficult choice of the three. It is at a disadvantage to the first two gyms and the last one. It evolves into Charmeleon at level 16, but when it evolves into Charizard at level 36, it gains a 4x weakness to Rock-type moves.
Nevertheless, Fire Blast is always good to have in your arsenal. However, be warned, CHARIZARD CANNOT FLY! It learns no Flying-type moves whatsoever in the original games.

Rock-types are not as prevalent in a single player game as they are in the competitive spectrum, so anything goes really, but be warned, Charmander is a rocky road to choose.

Squirtle, Wartortle and Blastoise - Recommended

Squirtle is the sturdiest of the three choices. It is a great choice for people who have played Pokémon before, but maybe haven't played the originals. My personal favorite of the three, Squirtle evolves into Wartortle at level 16, and again into Blastoise at level 36.

Like many Water-types, Squirtle is always a good standby to pack Ice moves, like Blizzard or Ice Beam, as well as the classic Body Slam, making it a decent mixed attacker. Keep in mind that those moves are exclusive, and only certain Pokémon learn them by level up, so spend your TMs wisely.

As a sturdy and versatile Pokémon, Blastoise can conquest the game all by itself, with a little help from HM slaves, while this is not recommended for beginning players, it goes to show that Blastoise can be a good fit for anyone.

After choosing your starter and perhaps nicknaming it, you are free to exit the lab.

But wait! Blue wants to test out his new Pokémon against yours!

Rival Blue		Professor Oak's Lab		1 Pokémon	P175
If you chose Bulbasaur...
		Charmander		Fire	L5
Scratch	Normal	Growl	Normal
If you chose Charmander...
		Squirtle		Water	L5
Tackle	Normal	Tail Whip	Normal
If you chose Squirtle...
		Bulbasaur		Grass/Poison	L5
Tackle	Normal	Growl	Normal

The basic strategy to this battle is: use Tackle or Scratch over and over again. If your HP is running low, use the Potion you picked up earlier. In most cases, this will win you the battle. earning you enough experience to grow to level 6. However, if you lose this battle you are unable to try again.

Now you are free to exit the lab and head north onto Route 1.

Advance to Route 1

Pokémon Red and Blue: Introduction

Welcome to ais5174's Pokémon Red and Blue Walkthrough. This guide is intended to help you complete the original Pokémon games 100%. It will depict how to get through the game, offer strategies for potentially difficult battles, and reveal all of the Pokémon and items that are available in each area.

This guide was last updated on 22 September 2013. Author's note: CascadeBadge complete!

Opening

When you start Pokémon Red or Blue Version, you are first greeted with the names of the companies that brought the game to you, Nintendo, Game Freak and Creatures Inc. Following this, a battle ensues between a Nidorino, in Red Version, or a Jigglypuff, in Blue Version, and a Gengar. Then, the protagonist, Red, will appear and begin to send out a slideshow of Pokémon. Press Start or A to access the title menu.

The title menu contains two or three options. These are:

• Continue (if a former save file exists)
• New Game
• Options

Continue allows you to pick up where you, or the previous user of the game, left off. Options allows you to adjust the speed at which text appears, turn battle animations on or off, and adjust the battle style. A battle style of shift will allow you to swap your Pokémon after you defeat one of your opponent's Pokémon, a battle style of Set will not, and you will have to spend a turn to do so.

For the purposes of this guide, choose New Game to begin your adventure. Professor Oak will appear, sporting a stern expression. He introduces you to the world of Pokémon and asks you for your name. You can enter any name you want that is seven characters or less. Afterward, he will introduce you to his grandson, your rival. You get to name him as well. His official name is Blue, so I will refer to him as Blue throughout this guide.

Oak informs you that your very own Pokémon adventure is about to begin, and you are shrunk down into your bedroom.

Proceed to Pallet Town