Appendix:Red and Blue walkthrough/Section 2

Route 1

Talk to the first person you see on the way to Viridian City. The guy is an employee at the Poké Mart there, and he'll give you a free Potion.

There are only two wild Pokémon species that can be found on Route 1; Pidgey and Rattata. Walk around in the tall grass and you will eventually find them. Train by fighting them and gaining experience.

If your Pokémon is almost out of HP, return to Pallet Town and talk to Mom, or head to Viridian City and use the Poké Center. You should have trained to get to at least Level 8 by the time you get to Viridian City. This boring training will pay off, as it will make battling Trainers easier in the long run.

Viridian City

Now you can explore Viridian City, though there is not much to do here yet. As soon as you enter the city, you will see a Pokémon Center. This is a place where you can heal your battle-weary Pokémon back to full health. Using a Pokémon Center is simple, just speak to the nurse at the counter. She'll ask you if you want your Pokémon healed, just select HEAL. Trainers can use the PC by the east wall to manage their Pokémon and items. There are three people in this Poké Center, none of whom do anything worthwhile, besides giving you tips.

If you walk to the north, there will be an old man laying in the street with a girl standing next to him. If you try to pass, he won't let you. There's nothing of interest in the house to the east of them, just a man and his daughter who don't do anything important. To the south of that house is a Pokémon Trainer School that has only one student; she is reading a notebook that you can read too. The book gives some tips about how to play the game. Southeast of the School is a Poké Mart. You need to stop in here to move on.

When you enter the Poké Mart, the man at the counter immediately asks you if you're from Pallet Town. He then tells you to deliver a package to Oak. This package doesn't do anything for you, so just deliver it to the professor. The clerk won't let you buy anything from the Mart until you deliver the package, so head back to Pallet Town.

Delivering Oak's Parcel

Upon delivering the parcel to Professor Oak, your rival returns to the lab. Oak then gives you each a Pokédex, which you will use to (hopefully) record the data of every Pokémon in existence. Apparently, this was Professor Oak's quest when he was younger.
After receiving the Pokédex, your rival will remark that he doesn't need your help to complete the task, and that he'll get a map from his sister and tell her not to give you one. Despite his clever plan, you can just head on over to his house and his sister will give you one anyway.

Start Catching Pokémon

Now head back up to Viridian City and, what the heck, why not train a bit more? Try to get to level 10 for now.
Once back in the city, head to the Poké Mart and buy 5 Poké Balls. Head up north and you'll notice that the old man blocking the road before has now "had his coffee" and "feels great!". If you're interested, he will show you how to capture a Pokémon.
Head back south to the nearest patch of tall grass and catch a Pidgey and a Rattata if you haven't already. Raise them both to the same level as your starter Pokémon by training them against other wild Pokémon, just like you did before.
If you go west of Viridian, you'll be on Route 22, where you can capture Rattata, Spearow, Nidoran♂ and Nidoran♀. If you catch all these, you should have six pages of your Pokédex filled - not a bad start! You're well on your way to having a great Pokémon adventure!

Battle: Rival (again!)

Further along Route 22, you'll find your rival. This battle won't be very hard if you've got at least two party members that are level 10 or higher. You don't have to challenge him here yet, but you will have to eventually.

If the player chose Bulbasaur:

File:RBG Blue.png [[Rival (Trainer class)|Rival]] Blue [[Route 22|Route 22]] Red, Green, and Blue [[Rival (Trainer class)|Rival]] and Professor Blue Oak [[Route 22|Route 22]] Red, Green, and Blue Reward: $280
Types: Fire Unknown Charmander Lv.8 Scratch Normal   --       Growl Normal   --       Unknown   --       Unknown   --       Types: Normal Flying Pidgey Lv.9 Gust Normal   --       Sand-Attack Normal   --       Unknown   --       Unknown   --

If the player chose Charmander:

File:RBG Blue.png [[Rival (Trainer class)|Rival]] Blue [[Route 22|Route 22]] Red, Green, and Blue [[Rival (Trainer class)|Rival]] and Professor Blue Oak [[Route 22|Route 22]] Red, Green, and Blue Reward: $280
Types: Water Unknown Squirtle Lv.8 Tackle Normal   --       Tail Whip Normal   --       Bubble Water   --       Unknown   --       Types: Normal Flying Pidgey Lv.9 Gust Normal   --       Sand-Attack Normal   --       Unknown   --       Unknown   --

If the player chose Squirtle:

File:RBG Blue.png [[Rival (Trainer class)|Rival]] Blue [[Route 22|Route 22]] Red, Green, and Blue [[Rival (Trainer class)|Rival]] and Professor Blue Oak [[Route 22|Route 22]] Red, Green, and Blue Reward: $280
Types: Grass Poison Bulbasaur Lv.8 Tackle Normal   --       Growl Normal   --       Leech Seed Grass   --       Unknown   --       Types: Normal Flying Pidgey Lv.9 Gust Normal   --       Sand-Attack Normal   --       Unknown   --       Unknown   --

After the battle, heal your Pokémon and then buy some more Poké Balls. You've probably used all five that you had, as you could catch 5 new Pokémon. If you want to, you can try to get every Pokémon as a side quest. It's always a good idea to improve your Pokédex.

Route 2

Now head north past the old man who had his coffee and you'll be on Route 2. There's only one patch of tall grass here. These Pokémon should be about the same as the ones on Route 1, though you can find a handful of new ones as well. You can't do anything interesting on this route yet, since you don't have HM01 (Cut) - which will be very important and useful later. See those odd, stunted trees blocking the east side of Route 2? That kind of tree can be cut down once you beat Misty in the Cerulean City Pokémon Gym.

Now go north through that guardhouse and you'll be in Viridian Forest - a whole new area with new Pokémon to catch!

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