Route 1 is a short north-south path located in west Kanto. Its northern terminus is at Viridian City and its southern terminus is at Pallet Town. The contour of the route is designed to be an express route heading south but a trek through numerous grassy areas heading north, both fitting considering the early portion of the storyline of Generations I and III takes trainers along Route 1 numerous times.
Route description
Heading south from Viridian City, trainers can either hop down ledges to completely avoid any contact with wild Pokémon on their way to Pallet Town or they can travel through the grass patches, the required path for northbound travel. Following the grass-lined path, the route turns east then south as it enters the first patch. After a small break, the path of the route enters another patch of grass as the route turns west.
Route 1 then makes an "S", turning to the south, then to the east before returning south and west, passing through the third grassy area. The path then juts south, entering another patch before curving to the east then to the south as it enters Pallet.
There are no opponent trainers on this route in Generations I and III. However, a man who works at the Poké Mart in Viridian City will give out a free sample of Potion to trainers who talk to him. In Generations II and IV, the Poké Mart employee has been exchanged for two trainers (five in Generation IV) and a Bitter Berry (in Generation II) or Black Apricorn (in Generation IV) tree.
Items
Pokémon
| Pokémon
| Games
| Location
| Levels
| Rate
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| Pidgey
| R
| B
| Y
| Grass
| 2-5
| 55%
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| Pidgey
| R
| B
| Y
| Grass
| 2-7
| 70%
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| Rattata
| R
| B
| Y
| Grass
| 2-4
| 45%
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| Rattata
| R
| B
| Y
| Grass
| 2-4
| 30%
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| 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.
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| Pokémon
| Games
| Location
| Levels
| Rate
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| Pidgey
| FR
| LG
| Grass
| 2-5
| 50%
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| Rattata
| FR
| LG
| Grass
| 2-4
| 50%
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| 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.
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Trainers
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| Pokémon
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| Trainers with a telephone symbol by their names will give their PokéGear number to the player, and may call or be called for a rematch with higher-level Pokémon.
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Differences among generations
Route 1 in Generation II.
The route layout in Generations I and III are identical except for the fact that the Generation I version has grassy patches to both the east and the west of the route itself.
Generation I and III
The grass on the sides was removed since in Generation I, trainers could enter the grass using the walk anywhere glitch and, upon doing this, the game would freeze. This was because the grassy area contained no data for cities, routes, or even wild Pokémon, and the game would crash upon trying to retrieve the missing data.
Generation II
In Generation II, the route remains the same but two trainers have been added to the mix. Also, the Viridian Poké Mart employee is no longer present and a Bitter Berry tree has sprouted along the northwest portion of the route. Lastly, the grass patches outside of the route have been removed but the spacing between the route and the surrounding forest still remains.
Generation IV
In Generation IV, other than graphical updates, the basic layout remains the same as in Generation I, II, and III, but the route is no longer flat, due to hills being added. The number of trainers have been increased from two to five and their Pokémon have increased in level. Like Generation II, the Viridian Poké Mart employee is no longer present. The Bitter Berry tree has been changed into an Black Apricorn Tree. Lastly, a Lookout station is added between the route and Viridian City.
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Route 1 made a brief appearence in Bulbasaur, Come Home! in the Red, Green & Blue Chapter, when most of Professor Oak's Pokémon from Professor Oak's Lab had been set free accidently by Red. Oak went out across the route on his Bike searching for the Pokémon, and Red tagged along.
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