Pallet Town & Viridian City

Table of Contents Introduction: Pallet Town Route 1 Viridian City Viridian Pre-Gym Route 22

Introduction: Pallet Town

When you start your playthrough, you'll immediately be struck with something new: sex choices! Get your character set up and you'll be landed in good ol' Pallet Town. After you collect your Potion from your PC and try to leave, you'll be dragged to the lab by Professor Oak, where you get not three, but five choices in starter!

You get access to Pikachu and Eevee in addition to your usual choices! If you choose one, your rival will choose the other.

But now, Oak needs his parcel...

Route 1

Route 1 has received some wild encounter enhancements, but is otherwise the same. Let's have a look...

Pokemon	Level Range	Probability
Pidgey	2-5	40.3%
Rattata	2-4	44.9%
Coinpur	2-3	19.6

You can pick up a Konya once you get your Poke Balls! It's a handy Pokemon to pick up, having Pay Day available very early!

Viridian City

Arriving in Viridian City, you'll see this town has two gyms! It seems that the usual Gym Leader has disappeared. If you want a challenge, well, why not enter the one closest to you now? Or, you could leave it for later and continue that errand. If you enter, though...

Viridian Pre-Gym

Leader Yujirou
Pokemon	Level	Moves
	Level 4	Scratch, Growl
	Level 5	Tackle, Tail Whip
	Level 8	Wrap, Supersonic, Stomp

He's most likely too difficult for you to defeat right now. You could go to Route 22, though...

Route 22

On Route 22, you can find a few useful Pokemon! Mankey and Nidoran-M benefit from their movesets from Pokemon Yellow, so if you picked Charmander or Pikachu, they will be very helpful in your initial Brock grind!

Pokemon	Level Range	Probability
Rattata	3-4	29.7%
Nidoran-F	3-4	20.3%
Nidoran-M	4	19.9%
Spearow	2-3	14.9%
Mankey	3-5	15.3%

If you venture further, you will meet a familiar face...

If you beat the Rival now, you can get some initial 5 Poke Balls from Professor Oak.

Rival 2 (If you chose Bulbasaur)
Pokemon	Level	Moves
	Level 9	Tackle, Growl, Sand-Attack
	Level 8	Scratch, Leer

Rival 2 (If you chose Charmander)
Pokemon	Level	Moves
	Level 9	Tackle, Growl, Sand-Attack
	Level 8	Tackle, Tail Whip

Rival 2 (If you chose Squirtle)
Pokemon	Level	Moves
	Level 9	Tackle, Growl, Sand-Attack
	Level 8	Tackle, Growl

Rival 2 (If you chose Pikachu)
Pokemon	Level	Moves
	Level 9	Peck, Growl
	Level 8	Tackle, Tail Whip, Sand-Attack

Rival 2 (If you chose Eevee)
Pokemon	Level	Moves
	Level 9	Peck, Growl
	Level 8	Thundershock, Growl, Tail Whip, Thunder Wave

But this aside, let's get Oak's Parcel from the Pokemon Mart and go back to Professor Oak. From there, the game will open up a lot!