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'''Pokémon Centers''' have two parts: a clinic where your Pokémon are healed free of charge, and the Link Club, which facilitates multiplayer gameplay.
'''Pokémon Centers''' have two parts: a clinic where your Pokémon are healed free of charge, and the Link Club, which facilitates multiplayer gameplay.


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=Pokémon Centers=
'''Pokémon Centers''' are gathering places for trainers.  A downstairs clinic heals Pokémon, free of charge, and an upstairs Link Club facilitates multiplayer gameplay.  (Note: Originally, Pokémon Centers were one-story buildings.  They became two-story as of [[Generation II]] versions.
 
==Kanto Cable Club==
The original link-up place was at the far end of the Pokémon Center in [[Generation I]] Kanto.  Two players linked by cable could trade and battle Pokémon.
 
==Johto Cable Club==
Located upstairs in a Pokémon Center, this Cable Club consisted of three rooms.  The Cabel Trade Center facilitated trading, the Cable Club Colosseum allowed battling, and the Cable Club Time Machine provided a way to trade Pokemon with the [[Generation I]] games.  (Note: In order to deal with Gold/Silver's lack of a female player sprite, before the Crystal version female player can enter a Cable Club room linked a Gold of Silver version, she has to change her clothes to a boy-style.)
 
==Johto Mobile Center==
Only in the Japanese Crystal version, the Pokémon Communication Center in [[Goldenrod City]].  Added was the ability to battle over mobile phones upstairs, and two new items downstairs: Pokémon News, a news machine which aggregated news about trainer accomplishments and Trade Corner, which let a trainer place a Pokémon up for trade.
 
==Hoenn Cable Club==
Similar to the Cable Club in Johto, the Hoenn Cable Club's Pokémon Center has a Cable Club Colosseum and a Cable Club Trade Center.  Added is the Cable Club Record Center, which allows two to four trainers to swap data.  Similar to the Pokémon News in Crystal version, swapped trainer data shows up on television shows on televisions found all across Hoenn.  Also, trainers' [[Secret Base|Secret Bases]] are copied over in the record mixing.
 
==Kanto/Hoenn Wireless Club and Cable Club==
The [[Generation III]] Kanto and Emerald version Hoenn have a Wireless Club.  The Wireless Club meets in the Union Room where up to 40 trainers may (in groups of five) talk and battle, as well as trade via a trading board similar to the Crystal version Trade Corner.  The Cable Club's room has the standard Trade Center and Colosseum.  Emerald version's Cable Club also has the Record Corner.

Revision as of 16:53, 5 January 2005

For information about the retail store chain, see Pokémon Center (store).

Pokémon Centers have two parts: a clinic where your Pokémon are healed free of charge, and the Link Club, which facilitates multiplayer gameplay.

Pokémon Centers

Pokémon Centers are gathering places for trainers. A downstairs clinic heals Pokémon, free of charge, and an upstairs Link Club facilitates multiplayer gameplay. (Note: Originally, Pokémon Centers were one-story buildings. They became two-story as of Generation II versions.

Kanto Cable Club

The original link-up place was at the far end of the Pokémon Center in Generation I Kanto. Two players linked by cable could trade and battle Pokémon.

Johto Cable Club

Located upstairs in a Pokémon Center, this Cable Club consisted of three rooms. The Cabel Trade Center facilitated trading, the Cable Club Colosseum allowed battling, and the Cable Club Time Machine provided a way to trade Pokemon with the Generation I games. (Note: In order to deal with Gold/Silver's lack of a female player sprite, before the Crystal version female player can enter a Cable Club room linked a Gold of Silver version, she has to change her clothes to a boy-style.)

Johto Mobile Center

Only in the Japanese Crystal version, the Pokémon Communication Center in Goldenrod City. Added was the ability to battle over mobile phones upstairs, and two new items downstairs: Pokémon News, a news machine which aggregated news about trainer accomplishments and Trade Corner, which let a trainer place a Pokémon up for trade.

Hoenn Cable Club

Similar to the Cable Club in Johto, the Hoenn Cable Club's Pokémon Center has a Cable Club Colosseum and a Cable Club Trade Center. Added is the Cable Club Record Center, which allows two to four trainers to swap data. Similar to the Pokémon News in Crystal version, swapped trainer data shows up on television shows on televisions found all across Hoenn. Also, trainers' Secret Bases are copied over in the record mixing.

Kanto/Hoenn Wireless Club and Cable Club

The Generation III Kanto and Emerald version Hoenn have a Wireless Club. The Wireless Club meets in the Union Room where up to 40 trainers may (in groups of five) talk and battle, as well as trade via a trading board similar to the Crystal version Trade Corner. The Cable Club's room has the standard Trade Center and Colosseum. Emerald version's Cable Club also has the Record Corner.