Pokemon Heart Gold Version and Soul Silver Version: The Official Pokemon Johto Guide & Pokedex: 1 (Prima Official Game Guide)

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The player then goes into the tunnel, where a Team Rocket Grunt says they are looking for new recruits, then dresses the player in a Team Rocket grunt's uniform. Instead of the rival telling his name after his first battle with the player in Cherrygrove City, he drops his trainer card and the player looks at it to find what his name. Chikorita is recommended for players who want a challenge because many Johto Gym Leaders and major characters have type advantages against Grass-types. Sprout Tower, a shrine to Bellsprout that has an oddly flexible architecture, is a fairly straightforward building with three floors; occasionally you'll be attacked by wild Rattata during the day and wild Gastly at night. However, Giovanni, a former Kanto Gym Leader who specialized in the Ground type, appears during a special event and can be battled.

Whichever character you don't choose will become a recurring non-playable character, much like in Ruby/Sapphire/Emerlad and Diamond/Pearl/Platinum. You can't get these until you have the Rock Smash HM, but this Juggler will give you certain Berries for giving him Shards of specific colors later in the game: Cheri, Pecha and Leppa for Red; Chesto, Oran and Wiki for Blue; Aspear, Sitrus and Iapapa for Yellow; and Rawst, Lum and Aguav for Green. After a hard-fought battle, the player defeats Red, becoming the new champion of Kanto, and Red walks away without saying a word. HeartGold and SoulSilver, as well as Gold and Silver, have Gym Leader or Elite Four specialists for every type that existed at the time except the Ground type.You'll find your first Bug Pokemon here, and Chikorita players who have SoulSilver might want to avoid Weedle during the day and Spinarak at night because they know Poison Sting. The Seafoam Islands main cave (which was unavailable in Generation II) uses the same theme as the Ice Path. SoulSilver's HG/SS version exclusives are covered by Emerald and D/P, and Platinum provides nothing exclusive unless you have an event Regigigas. Up here, you'll see a Potion to your left and three more Sages ahead; be warned that the optional third Sage has a Hoothoot.

The Generation IV games are not able to directly trade with the subsequent Generation V games, but it is possible to permanently transfer Pokémon from Generation IV games to Generation V games. Unlike how Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen used completely different Trainer sprites from Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, many Trainer classes shared between regions, like Hikers and Psychics, keep their Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum sprites in battle. You'll instantly notice that, like Pikachu in Pokemon Yellow and Pokemon in Amity Park in Diamond and Pearl, your starter will follow you around on the overworld; one of the most advertised features of HGSS is that the first Pokemon in your roster will appear with your character on the overworld.When using the move Whirlpool outside of battle, instead of the whirlpool disappearing like in Generation II, the player will simply surf over the whirlpools. Moon had their themes changed from those of Ice Path and Rock Tunnel, respectively, to now both use the same one as Union Cave. Falkner's Pokemon have received a level boost since Gold and Silver, but his amazingly pathetic team of Pidgey and Pidgeotto has not changed. FireRed and LeafGreen gained the Dark and Steel types, which did not exist in Generation I, while Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! You'll notice that your friend lives in the house south of yours while Professor Elm and his family live in a new section directly above his Lab.