Appendix:Yellow walkthrough/Section 3

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Pallet Town to Viridian City


New Towns/Routes in this Section

Pallet Town

Route 1


Pallet Town

After inserting you game into the desired platform to play it, switch it on and you will be shown the opening video. Watch until the Press Start screen shows or press A to skip to it. Then press start alter your settings in the Option menu or get your New Game under way by choosing it.

  • Name Entry

After a brief introduction to the Pokémon world from Professor Oak you are asked to enter your name form three Default names or a name of your choice (Seven characters max.) File:PkmnYNameEntry.PNG Then you are asked to do a similar thing for your rival. This guide will refer to the characters as You or Ash and Rival or Gary


Upon entering the names and finishing up your introduction with P.Oak you will arrive in your bedroom, your PC is located in the top-left of your room and you have a Potion stored in it. After obtaining the Potion go down the stairs and leave your house.

  • Once you acquire the various means (Old Rod, Surf etc) and have Pokéballs these Pokémon will be obtainable,
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Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate


Gift Pokémon


025 Pikachu R B Y Oak's lab 5 Starter Pokémon
Surfing and Fishing


129 Magikarp R B Y Old Rod 5 100%


060 Poliwag R B Y Good Rod 10 50%


118 Goldeen R B Y Good Rod 10 50%


072 Tentacool R B Y Super Rod 10-20 40%


120 Staryu R B Y Super Rod 5-10 60%


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.

After leaving your house to advance the story you must leave the Town by the north exit, after two steps into the grass Prof.Oak will stop you. You are then attacked by a wild Pikachu, which Prof.Oak luckily catches. He then escorts you to his lab. File:PkmnYOak.PNG After a brief chat he will give you a Pokémon and as you try to get it your rival will snatch it, but luckily Prof.Oak gives yo the untame Pikachu he just caught. Enter a Nickname for Pikachu if you wish and try to leave the lab. Gary won't let you leave without a battle with your new Pokémon.

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After the battle your Pokémon are automatically healed ready for you trip north to Route 1.


Route 1


  • Once you are able to buy Pokéballs these Pokémon are catchable.
Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate


016 Pidgey R B Y Grass 2-7 70%


019 Rattata R B Y Grass 2-4 30%


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.

This Route is pretty straight forward, as there are no Pokémon to catch until you can get Pokéballs. It heads North going Left first with a person to talk to on the left, and then Right and up until you reach Viridian City.

File:PkmnYShop.PNG This shop assistant has a Potion for you.

Part 2

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