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The Town Map (Japanese: タウンマップ Town Map) is the first and most basic of the map devices used by players of the Pokémon games, and is the navigational item for all Generation I games, FireRed and LeafGreen, Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, all Generation V games, and X and Y. In these games, it is a key item, but they can also be found in Pokémon Centers in Generations III and IV, as well as in gates in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum.

In the Johto region, the player receives a map card for the Pokégear after being given a tour of Cherrygrove City by the Guide Gent which serves the same purpose in Generation II and HeartGold and SoulSilver. In the Hoenn region, the PokéNav and PokéNav Plus have a built in map that also has the same function as the Town Map for Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald and Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.

Flavor text

Kanto

In Pokémon Red and Blue, Green and Pokémon Yellow, and their Generation III remakes Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, Daisy Oak will give it to the player after he or she receives his or her starter Pokémon and delivers Oak's Parcel to the Professor. If it is not obtained here, then it will be given by Celio at Knot Island in Generation III.

At first, the map will only display the Kanto region. During Generation III, after the player has ventured into the Sevii Islands, Celio will give them an upgraded map, featuring Knot, Boon, and Kin Islands. After defeating the Elite Four and getting the National Pokédex, Celio will upgrade the map to its complete extent, revealing the final four Sevii Islands. The map display can be changed among the four sections (mainland Kanto; Knot, Boon, and Kin Island; Floe and Chrono Island and Navel Rock; and Fortune, Quest, and Birth Island) at will after getting each new map.

In FireRed and LeafGreen, certain locations in Kanto and the Sevii Islands have a small flavor text, referred to in-game as a "guide". This would be expanded on for every Sinnoh location in Generation IV.

The Kanto Map in Japanese Generation I games	The Kanto Map in international Generation I games	The Kanto Map in FireRed and LeafGreen

Sevii Island Town Maps
Knot Island, Boon Island, and Kin Island.	Floe Island, Navel Island, and Chrono Island.	Quest Island, Fortune Island, and Birth Island.

Sinnoh

A new, separate Town Map was introduced in Sinnoh, and serves as a complimentary map application to the Pokétch. The Sinnoh Town Map offers flavor text descriptions of all visited locations in the game, and of all routes, visited or not. However, areas such as such as Fullmoon Island will not be shown unless the player goes there. It resembles a Nintendo DS.

The Map is obtained in Jubilife City, when visiting the Trainers' School. The player receives it from his or her rival, Barry, upon giving him the Parcel from his mother.

Interestingly, Platinum's Town Map text data appears to have been taken directly from Diamond and Pearl: this is evidenced by Route 212's description including a reference to the house where shards can be traded for TMs. However, in Platinum, the TM-trading woman has been replaced by a Move Tutor. The actual map was altered slightly, as Fullmoon Island and Newmoon Island are now one space farther apart.

The Sinnoh Town Map

Unova

The town map in Black and White is given to the player by their mother after receiving the Pokédex from Professor Juniper, while players of Black 2 and White 2 get it from Hugh's sister after Bianca gives them Poké Balls.

The Unova Map in Black and White	The Unova Map in Black 2 and White 2

Kalos

In X and Y, the town map is obtained from Mom once the player has received the Pokédex and delivered the Prof's Letter.

The Kalos Town Map

In the anime

In Dreams by the Yard Full!, similar to Max with his PokéNav and Brock with his Pokégear, Cilan is shown to have a Town Map for his journeys with Ash and Iris. It seems to have the ability to look up and locate various landmarks and natural occurrences as seen in Cottonee in Love! when Cilan uses it to track the flow of the wind, and in Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open! when he locates plants used for an antidote for poison at the bottom of a lake.

In Best Wishes Until We Meet Again!, Cilan was seen examining the Town Map of Kanto and Johto while planning how he and Iris would continue traveling.

In Giving Chase at the Rhyhorn Race!, Serena was revealed to own a town map.

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  Unova's Town Map

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  Kanto and Johto's Town Map

In the manga

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga

May Oak was seen giving Ash a Town Map in Pikachu, I See You!.

In the TCG

Main article: Town Map (Boundaries Crossed 136)

Town Map

Town Map was introduced as an Item card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Black & White Series (the Japanese BW Era). First released in the Japanese Freeze Bolt expansion, it later debuted in English in the Boundaries Crossed expansion, with both prints featuring an illustration by Toyste Beach. This Trainer card allows the player to flip their their Prize cards face-up for the remainder of the game.

In other languages

Language Title Finnish Kartta European French Carte German Karte Italian Mappa Città Mappa Korean 타운맵 Town Map European Spanish Mapa Mapa Pueblo*

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