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Template:Infobox town New Bark Town (Japanese: ワカバタウン Wakaba Town) is the hometown of the main character in the Generation II games. It is home to the lab of Professor Elm, who possesses the starting Pokémon for that generation: Chikorita, Totodile, and Cyndaquil.

Other than being connected to Route 29 in the west, it is also the town that must be passed through to reach Tohjo Falls, Victory Road and the Indigo Plateau, via Route 26 and Route 27. The town's motto is "Where winds of a new beginning blow."

Pokémon

Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
All times
	Chikorita	G	S	C	Elm's lab	5	Starter Pokémon
	Cyndaquil	G	S	C	Elm's lab	5	Starter Pokémon
	Totodile	G	S	C	Elm's lab	5	Starter Pokémon
	Tentacool	G	S	C	Old Rod	10	15%
	Magikarp	G	S	C	Old Rod	10	85%
	Tentacool	G	S	C	Good Rod	20	35%
	Shellder	G	S	C	Good Rod	20	10%
	Magikarp	G	S	C	Good Rod	20	35%
	Chinchou	G	S	C	Good Rod	20	20%
	Tentacruel	G	S	C	Super Rod	40	20%
	Shellder	G	S	C	Super Rod	40	30%
	Chinchou	G	S	C	Super Rod	40	40%
	Lanturn	G	S	C	Super Rod	40	10%
	Tentacool	G	S	C	Surf	15-24	90%
	Tentacruel	G	S	C	Surf	20-24	10%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Demographics

New Bark Town's population is about 10. This makes it the smallest population in Johto.

Name origin

New Bark Town's name comes from the fact that Generation II introduced 100 new Pokémon, as well as a reference to the fact that all of the towns of Johto are named for plants. The motto also references the newness of Generation II compared to the previous generation. Wakaba (若葉) means new leaves or fresh verdure.

Trivia

• Despite appearing to be farther away from the Johto-Kanto border on the Town Map, the player character's house is 7 steps from the border with Route 27, 10 steps closer than the Silver Cave Pokémon Center is to Route 28, thus making it the closest Fly destination to the border.
• Of all towns where the player starts, it is the only one to not have a connecting route to the north, but instead to the east.

• This is also the first town, in which the player starts a game, which is not connected to a route with a number matching the pattern 1 or --1.

In other languages

• Spanish: Pueblo Primavera
• Italian: Borgo Foglianova

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