Pokémon Gold and Silver Versions

Pokémon Red and Green Versions Developer(s) Game Freak Publisher(s) Nintendo Platform(s) Game Boy Genre(s) Pokémon RPG Series Pokémon Successor Pokémon Gold and Silver Release Date(s) 21 December 1995 Mode(s) 1 Player Age Rating(s) 3+

Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Green Version are games that in real life came out in Japan on 27 February 1996 and which were precursors to what went out outside of Japan as Pokémon Red and Blue Versions. These are slightly different takes on Red and Green; for many years now my happy place has been an alternative universe, and this is very much a thinking-out-loud exploration of what the effect would be on these games.

For starters, Game Freak would have been under the impression that we would have liked longer games, so they would have thought of Johto in time for that and bolted it on as part two. The Dark and Steel types would have been brought in accordingly, and I suspect the Fairy type was planned for Generation II so I'm bringing it in early; I'm also giving the game eighteen gym leaders, because there were ten places considered for Johto Gyms, and why not. Most people, if not everybody, would be using they and them pronouns by that point, so I'm giving the player a choice of three pairs of pronouns (he/him, she/her and they/them) which can be changed at any time by talking to your parent. (Parent? Naming the mother was planned for the Gold and Silver beta, and seeing as I treat traditional gender roles with the unbridled contempt they deserve I might as well do it properly.) Just like in at least Pokémon Black and White, I'm including two rivals, and they would each be one of the genders you don't pick.

Oh, and the games would have made their intended release date of 21 December 1995; they would have been published worldwide at the time, so I wouldn't have had to wait until 1999 to get them where I am. The developers would have known ahead of time that batteries run out and would have saved the files to the save file rather than the battery; they would also have known that the core processing unit would have needed to be overhauled for what was in real-life Generation III and they'd have coded it that way to start with.

Background

For many years now my happy place has been an alternative universe caused by the successful execution of the 20 July plot; someone sent an unwounded Claus von Stauffenberg back in time so he could prime both bombs (war wounds meant he could only prime one quickly enough), meaning the Second World War ended about a year earlier. (Why no earlier? The time-travellers would need fissile material to power the machine, and three days earlier development of the Thin Man nuclear bomb had been aborted and they would have had leftover plutonium-239. I need to get out more.) The work of time travellers would result in a universe where reported actual crimes are prevented by time-travelling officers, meaning people with protected characteristics have no reason to fear being open about who they are. Having spent the first CoViD-19 lockdown enjoying Generation I and II Pokémon games, it dawned on me that with the cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima intact, there may have been people alive who could have contributed, meaning someone might've been able to compress the game further and fit more in.

Pokémon

Broadly the same as Generation II, except for a few things. These versions are based on the Pokédex which calls itself the Johto Pokédex, with the Kanto starters, er, starting instead; there is no point including the Generation II starters, so I'm taking them out, and each starter trio will serve the generation after the one it actually does. Celebi was produced as a second Mew, which has to be added at the last minute, so doesn't exist here; I was going to bump Mythical Pokémon along one generation as well, before realising: Pokémon Colosseum. Let that be the player's 'treat' for clearing Mt. Battle. (Would Mew have been created given the appalling coding practices used to create it? Probably; the fault is with the deed and not the result.) I've merged the Nidoran pair into one Pokédex entry as I've always thought of them as a relic from when the games did not consider gender. Mr. Mime would have been called something else for the same reason (I'm going with "Mime Sr."). Jynx, Electabuzz and Magmar are listed in that order, because they're clearly part of a trio, that's the order they were in Generation I and the Generation II order has an odd-one-out in the middle (Jynx, which unlike Electabuzz and Magmar doesn't evolve), and because Jynx is my favourite Pokémon and 157 is my house number. And if in later games they can find room for Crabominable, they can find the room for Victreebell. (Also Feraligator rather than Feraligatr, but that's for the next game.)

To compensate for the holes I've introduced, I've prematurely introduced all of the Pokémon up until Generation IV that are related to Generation II Pokémon, so Ambipom, Mismagius, Honchkrow, Weavile, Magnezone, Lickilicky, Tangrowth, Togekiss, Yanmega, Leafeon, Glaceon, Gliscor, Mamoswine, Rhyperior, Electivire, Magmortar, Porygon-Z, Azurill, Wynaut, Bonsly, Mime Jr., Happiny, Munchlax and Mantyke. With the exception of Leafeon, Lickilicky, Tangrowth and Mime Jr., who appear in the 1997 Pokémon Gold and Silver demo and I might as well use those versions, I haven't included any of the other Pokémon that were axed from the published version for three reasons: if Game Freak were that wedded to them they would have waited for the technology to catch up; their beta sprites are of such poor quality that they would sully this article's Pokémon table; some of the most recent Pokémon are so desultory that surely they would have finished scraping the bottom of the barrel they were using before opening another one. (And yes, I realise this is a U-turn when in Sonic Heroes 2 I used, what, four glitch characters in that game, but come on, whose idea was it to have a dollop of cream as a Pokémon, or a bag of rubbish.) Plus for all I know their early sprites might've been repurposed; the baby Girafarig became Wobbuffet, for example.

If I can add up, that should be 264 Pokémon - no point being wedded to the figure of 151 in the original games, because these would have been the original games - or 291 if you count the 28 Unown forms as separate Pokémon. I'm working on the incredibly fanciful suggestion that the Gen III and IV Pokémon were thought of at the time, and that there just happened to be room for exactly 264 Pokémon (yes I know it's unlikely). I'm altering a few Pokémon too. Due to my disdain for futility, I'm making Magikarp hover à la Feebas. Both Wobbuffet and Jynx would be shorn of makeup, due to my personal disdain for the stuff (if I as a male-bodied individual can walk around with my naked face out, why can't female-bodied individuals?). I'm also changing the rest of the Oddish family to have the same body colour as Bellossom; the latter was changed for sensitivity reasons, and I reckon that's what they'd have done if they'd thought of Bellossom at the time.

In fact the more I think about it, I think Bellossom was supposed to be Grass/Fairy type. Think about it. It learns a large number of Fairy-type moves, and its pre-evolution Gloom is the only dual-type Pokémon to evolve into a single-type Pokémon. You know what, it's my edit, let's make Oddish and Gloom Grass type and Bellossom Grass/Fairy type. The Hoppip family also Grass/Fairy type. And, you know what, any non-pure Normal type Pokémon are oxymorons as far as I'm concerned, since you're either without type or you're not; every single Pokémon which is a dual-type Normal Pokémon has lost that type, for example Pidgey is just Flying-type. That's with the exceptions of Girafarig, as I'm using its symmetrical beta version and making it Psychic/Dark, and so that Morty can have four separate Ghost-type Pokémon I'm making the Ninetales family Fire/Ghost type and the Cubone family Ground/Ghost type. Charizard and Gyarados I'm making Fire/Dragon and Water/Dragon instead of Fire/Flying and Water/Flying.

I'm also reasonably certain that if the Steel type had existed in time for Generation I in real life, the Magneton family would be Steel-type only so that's what they are here; I'm also reasonably certain that the only reason the Psyduck family wasn't made Water/Psychic was due to the bias in that game in favour of Psychic-type, so here it's Water/Psychic. I also can't think of any reason for gender-specific Pokémon, so in these versions you can have male Happinys, Chanseys, Blisseys, Smoochums, Jynxs and Kangaskhans and you can have female Tyrogues, Hitmonlees, Hitmonchans and Hitmontops; the only gender-specific Pokémon are Nidorina and Nidorino, Nidoqueen and Nidoking and Tauros and Miltank. In addition, Kangaskhan, Slowbro and Mantine would lack their Cubones, Shellders and Remoraids.

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Now you may be thinking, hang on a minute, how can you have Leafeon, Glaceon and Magnezone if you don't have Moss Rocks, Ice Rocks or special magnetic fields? Well, initially Leafeon was planned in the Red and Green beta before being dropped, and would almost certainly have taken a Leaf Stone had it appeared, so here it can do so as well. Given that having an entire mechanic for a single split evolution seems kind of inefficient, I'm going to bring in the Ice Stone more than twenty years early and make it use that; so that it isn't alone, I'm also going to have Seel, Shellder and Swinub take them as well. Slowbro, Azumarill and Mantine require a Water Stone. Magnezone could take a Thunder Stone like it does in Sword and Shield, but I think I'll make it evolve by trading. Oh, and the seven Pokémon who evolve with a move? I don't think this evolution method would have been brought into existence unless it had to be, and so Aipom, Lickitung, Tangela and Yanma evolve into Ambipom, Lickilicky, Tangrowth and Yanmega at levels 32, 33, 33 and 33 respectively, Piloswine evolves into Mamoswine by trading and Bonsly and Mime Jr. evolve into Sudowoodo and Mime Sr. via friendship, as does Wynaut into Wobbuffet.

No Pokémon available in this version use the Dawn Stone, so I'm merging Dusk Stone into the Moon Stone; seeing as the Oval Stone and Shiny Stone was clearly created because the Moon Stone couldn't be used, Happiny can evolve into Chansey via friendship and Chansey and Togetic can use a Moon Stone to evolve into Blissey and Togekiss. And, you know what, I'm fed up of not being able to evolve my Espeon before it learns Psybeam, so I'm making Espeon and Umbreon use a Sun Stone and Moon Stone. (Yes I know they were originally going to use a Heart Stone and a Poison Stone; Umbreon being Poison-type is an artefact from before the Dark-type was brought in. In fact Azurill and Wynaut only use the Sea Incense and the Lax Incense to explain why you couldn't get their eggs in Generation II, so these, all subsequent incenses and all hold-while-trading evolution items are totally missing. Gliscor and Weavile are obtainable by trading, and Donphan and Ursaring evolve by friendship, for reasons I'll go into in the Wild Pokémon section.)

Moves

I'm including 250 of the 251 moves in Generation II, plus 41 I'm bringing in from subsequent generations, so that there are 291 moves to match the number of available Pokémon. I am very much not a fan of uselessness, so out Splash goes, from all movesets.

For starters, I'm bringing in Flash Cannon, Iron Defense, Metal Sound, Mirror Shot and Magnet Bomb, so that certain Steel type Pokémon can have Steel type attacks; I'm also bringing in Dazzling Gleam, Disarming Voice, Fairy Wind, Play Rough and Moonblast for similar reasons. Feather Dance and Trick are signature moves, so are nice and easy to bring in without digging up lots and lots of movesets, while Sheer Cold and Hail are part of sets, so I'm including both. Reflect Type is technically already in Generation I, as it had the effect Conversion had in Generation I; the current Conversion and Conversion 2 are now Conversion 2 and Conversion 3. (I suspect I might at some point come up with more sensible names than that though.) I'm introducing Will-O-Wisp, Flatter, Dive and Zen Headbutt to mirror Thunder Wave/Toxic, Swagger, Dig and Headbutt, and I'm introducing Rock Climb a full three generations early so I can use it as a HM. In addition, I'm bringing in 18 semi-miscellaneous move variants in Sand Tomb, Howl, Grudge, Aromatherapy, Block, Covet, Grass Whistle, Rock Blast, Mud Bomb, Mud Shot, Fake Tears, Stone Edge, Stealth Rock, Toxic Spikes, Signal Beam, Magical Leaf, Silver Wind and Aerial Ace. I'm also bringing in Astonish so that Misdreavus can have a reliable first attack, Brick Break so that Tyrogue can have a Fighting-type attack and Water Pulse to be learned by the Seaking family in lieu of Waterfall.

A few other moves would have different effects as well; Leech Life and Absorb would be Bug-type parallels to Giga Drain and Mega Drain respectively; Leech Life and Giga Drain and Absorb and Mega Drain would have 15 and 25 PP respectively. Comet Punch and Fury Swipes do 15 damage per strike rather than 14, while Pin Missile does 20 rather than 18; it has to be said, though, that any trainer worth their salt know variable strike moves to be too unreliable for use against anything other than a Wobbuffet. Lick I'm making a variant of Aurora Beam and Mach Punch a variant of the elemental punches, while Psywave, if it can go as low as 0% of the user's level, it can here go as high as 200% of the user's level. Attract is clearly the other cheek of Charm, and therefore is here also Fairy type. And if Solar Beam is supposed to be an opposite to Thunder, why does it need to charge? Here it doesn't.

Oh, and Infatuation wouldn't just work on Pokémon of opposite genders. Orientation will be another value, available only to the trainer (or upon use of Attract!), and can be either male or female. (Should there be 'neither' or 'both' values? Possibly, but the upshot would be that the move would become next to useless in a competition match, because the top trainers would only use 'neither' Pokémon, and the 'both' Pokémon would be doubly susceptible, which would be a handicap. I did consider making everybody both and giving the move 50% accuracy, but then that would look odd next to moves like Leech Seed, which has much higher accuracy, and it would look like it'd been removed.) All Pokémon are capable of learning Attract and using it; this includes non-artificial Pokémon but it will not work on them. Breeding is unaffected, because as everybody knows, romantic orientation is distinct from sexual orientation and should be treated as such.

But I digress. The Jumpluff family would learn Fairy Wind instead of Splash and Monblast at the end of their movesets, while Magikarp and Gyarados would start with Thrash and then learn Water Gun and Flail followed by the rest of Gyarados' moveset. (They would also learn Outrage before Hyper Beam, while as an extra treat for me Arcanine and Houndoom would learn Fire Spin as a basic move, with their pre-evolutions learning it as an egg move.) Misdreavus would learn Sing instead of Growl. The Jynx family would learn Confusion instead of Powder Snow and Powder Snow instead of Pound. The Magneton family would learn Metal Sound and Magnet Bomb instead of Thunder Shock and Thunder Wave, and Porygon-Z would learn Signal Beam where Porygon would learn Sharpen and where Porygon2 would learn Defense Curl.

Those who can learn Defense Curl by any method as well as Harden, which I think are the Geodude, Snorlax, Sudowoodo, Steelix, Qwilfish, Slugma and Corsola families, learn Sharpen instead of Harden; those who can learn Leer and Tail Whip, which I think is just the Cubone family, learn Scary Face instead of Leer. Tyranitar would learn Faint Attack on evolving, as a parallel to Dragonite learning Wing Attack on evolving; the Larvitar and Dratini families learn ExtremeSpeed and Stone Edge, which bunch up Hyper Beam. Butterfree and Venomoth learn Silver Wind instead of Gust, the Pidgey family also learns Feather Dance instead of Gust and Gust instead of Tackle and the Hoppip family learns Fairy Wind instead of Tackle and Moonblast instead of Mega Drain. Cubone and Kangaskhan learn Sing by breeding, Vulpix, Diglett, Psyduck, Growlithe, Swinub and Houndour learn Charm by breeding. Beedrill and the Spearow, Ponyta, Farfetch'd and Doduo families learn Baton Pass by level and Drowzee and Natu learn it by breeding.

There are far fewer signature moves. Tangrowth and Butterfree can learn Morning Sun and can pass it on to Bellsprout and Scyther. Softboiled can also be learned by Clefairy, Togepi and Exeggcute. Lugia learns Feather Dance instead of Gust, because it doesn't really need it when it has Aeroblast. In addition, Heal Bell - which in real-life is learnt by Miltank and Celebi and obviously Celebi doesn't exist here - is also learnt by Mareep, Lapras and Dratini by egg. Articuno also learns Heal Bell, but by level, as well as Sheer Cold; Zapdos also learns Baton Pass and Metal Sound and Moltres learns Morning Sun and Will-O-Wisp. The Rhydon and Goldeen families learn Megahorn at the end of their movesets and Nidoran, Seel and Lapras learn it by breeding in lieu of Horn Drill. (Nidoking I'm not adding to its moveset, because I'm not bringing in Superpower for Nidoqueen.)

In fact, all moves which are TMs in this version (see this article's section on Machines) are removed from all egg movesets; Geodude, Bonsly and Shuckle, the only Pokémon to lose all their egg moves this way, would learn Block, Lock-On, and Sand Tomb by breeding respectively. Onix and Bonsly learn Lock-On from Geodude, who learns it in basically the same place as it would learn Mud Sport in Generation III (these were, incidentally, planned as egg moves for all three before Shuckle changed egg group). Shuckle learns Lock-On at the end of its moveset and Sand Tomb from Gligar, who learns it at the end of its moveset; Lock-On is also learnt by breeding by Diglett, Dunsparce, Slugma, Pineco and Phanpy, and Mind Reader is also learnt by breeding by Drowzee and Mime Jr.. (The Gamer in Pokémon Stadium's Prime Cup Ultra and Master Balls uses Pokémon who in Ultra Ball uses Lock-On/Mind Reader and inaccurate moves such as Zap Cannon and DynamicPunch and in Master Ball Pokémon who know Lock-On/Mind Reader and one-hit knockout moves, and I want to increase the range of Pokémon they can use.)

The four Pokémon who can learn Confusion by breeding, so Squirtle, Nidoran, Tangela and Hoppip, are instead able to learn Psychic by TM and Psybeam by breeding (Nidoran learns real-life Nidoran♀ and Nidoran♂'s common moves first and both genders' egg moves); Koffing and Gastly, who in real life would learn Psywave by breeding, learn Astonish and Spite instead, and both can learn Grudge that way as well, and Seel and Togepi learn Drill Peck by TM instead of Peck. The five Pokémon who can learn Bubblebeam by breeding learn Water Pulse that way instead. And finally, it has always grated that Mew is advertised as being able to learn any move yet it can't; I'm going to go out on a limb and say that had Sketch existed at the time of Mew's creation, Shigeki Morimoto would have put it in Mew's moveset, and so here I'm going to include it at the end of its moveset.

Geography

Technically, there is no Johto, since the Kanto/Johto landmass is considered one region. As much as it pains me to do it, I'm taking out both of the game corners; in my world, we'd have known what gambling can do to people and betting shops would have become socially unacceptable, so they wouldn't exist. (A large chunk of my after-school times was spent playing free versions of luck-based games such as Deal or No Deal online, and while it didn't affect me too much, it has impacted many people's lives so the responsible thing is to take them out.) I'm also taking the opportunity to rearrange several route numbers, as certain routes are traversed in different orders to real-life. For familiarity, the route numbers given below use the real-life numbering; in the table on the right you will find a list of renumbered routes. In addition, with the exception of building roofs, the entire tileset will use Johto tiles.

Kanto

List of places of interest
Route number	Approximate coverage
Pallet Town	Pallet Town
Route 1	Route 1
Viridian City	Viridian City
Route 2	Route 2 and Viridian Forest
Pewter City	Pewter City
Route 3	Route 3
Mt. Moon	Mt. Moon
Route 4	Route 4
Cerulean City	Cerulean City
Route 5	Route 24
Route 6	Route 25
Route 7	Route 5
Route 8	Route 6
Vermilion City	Vermilion City
Diglett's Cave	Diglett's Cave
Route 9	Route 11
Route 10	Route 9
Rock Tunnel	Rock Tunnel
Route 11	Route 10
Lavender Town	Lavender Town
Pokémon Tower	Pokémon Tower
Route 12	Route 8
Route 13	Route 7
Celadon City	Celadon City
Route 14	Route 12
Route 15	Route 13
Route 16	Route 14
Route 17	Route 15
Fuchsia City	Fuchsia City
Safari Zone	Safari Zone
Route 18	Route 18
Route 19	Route 17
Route 20	Route 16
Route 21	Route 21
Cinnabar Island	Cinnabar Island
Cinnabar Lab	Cinnabar Lab
Pokémon Mansion	Pokémon Mansion
Saffron City	Saffron City
Route 22	Route 20
Route 23	Route 19
Cerulean Cave	Cerulean Cave
Seafoam Islands	Seafoam Islands
Power Plant	Power Plant

Kanto is broadly the same as in Generation I, with a few differences. All of the ledge holes are normal tiles, as I'm using stairs to display scalable rocks. Viridian City's drug user (and yes I do consider coffee a drug) isn't there; you'll find both Rivals battling around the same place blocking access to Route 2, in the same way as Youngster Joey in Generation II but they're battling horizontally rather than vertically. One thing you will not find in Viridian City is Trainer House; clearly intended for the end of the game, as there's a hole in Goldenrod City, where its game corner once was, that can replace that. Viridian Forest I'm making the same size as in actual Red and Green but part of Route 2 like in Gold and Silver, with the HM05 sidebar squashed and the western 'half' of Route 3 moved up to accommodate it. As I'm making Brock's battle quite a bit harder, I'm making it so that the gym is initially shut, and you'll have to fetch him from the Mt. Moon Pokémon Center; there'll be a Rocket Grunt guarding Mt. Moon until after you've beaten him and his underlings, where he'll fall asleep next to the entrance. Brock will take the place of the Magikarp salesman, who I'm taking out as I don't like the idea of buying Pokémon. I'm also removing four lines from the top of Mt. Moon B2F to remove the stairs, as I'll be using those to indicate scalable rocks. Now I believe that there's a missing map at the end of Generation I Mt. Moon, as you exit from a ladder rather than a door; to fill in the gap, that last staircase will take you on to the Generation II 1F top-right staircase, with the top-left door taking you on to a rearranged Mt. Moon Square.

The Copycat was originally intended to be in Cerulean City, so why not put her there. In addition, the Day Care in Route 5 takes two Pokémon and gives a Pichu egg on first visit; the one in Route 34 is non-existent. The north-south Underground Path is lowered by a floor so it doesn't clash with Diglett's Cave or the east-west Underground Path. I'm also removing SS Anne from Vermilion City and the Magnet Train from Saffron City; SS Anne is locked in by the Route 17 and Route 21, and the Magnet Train would if realistic carve up several routes. You'll find the Metal Coat after rescuing an NPC's daughter from the Burned Tower, you'll find the HM01 in the Route 11 gate where you would otherwise find the Itemfinder. In addition, the current Power Plant 'entrance' has been replaced by a ledge, with a scalable rock added easy of the southern Rock Tunnel entrance. And, you know what, I can't think of a single reason why Ghost Marowak is the only uncatchable Ghost Pokémon so I'm treating myself: you can catch it. I treat honorifics with the unbridled contempt they deserve, so Mr. Fuji I'm renaming to Fuji. (The Cinnabar Lab gives his name as "Dr. Fuji", which I did consider, but actually, why is his qualification more important than his name? I don't go around calling myself I'm Clever Launchballer, so why does he get to?)

I'm lowering the east-west Underground Path by two floors so that it doesn't 'clash' with the other path or Diglett's Cave and resiting the Route 7 entrance to the north of the route so that it is in line with the Route 8 entrance; you'll find that route's grass below a ledge. The Team Rocket Hideout you'll find underneath the restaurant, with the chap in the restaurant who would've given you a Coin Case replaced by the poster guarder and the staircase to the hideout replacing the top-right hand corner of the walkable area (where the bin was in Generation II). You'll find a Curse TM on the roof of the Celadon Condominiums (and yes I do mean Condominiums, prior to Generation IV Celadon Condominiums was called Celadon Mansion due to a mistranslation and surely someone would've done their job properly the first time) from the self-proclaimed "I know everything" man, and in the same room you'll find Eevee. In addition, the friendship checker in Pokémon Yellow on the first floor of said condominiums - who I'll admit I hadn't heard of prior to looking up where it was in FireRed and LeafGreen - replaces the one in Goldenrod City. With Celadon Game Corner missing, you'll get given Porygon instead of Lapras in Silph Co., and you'll find Lapras in Union Cave. And you won't find that pervert outside Celadon Gym.

Because there are only enough badges in these games's Kanto 'half' to use four HMs, it doesn't make sense to have five available, so as a result you won't find HM02 in Fly house on Cycling Road. You won't even find Snorlax anywhere near there; you'll find a Sudowoodo one tile below where you would have found a Cuttable plant. You'll be given Squirtbottle by someone in the upstairs of the Route 18 gate. (Why this way round? So that people can't Surf around the one in Silence Bridge. I won't slow down players travelling north to Celadon City, you'll be pleased to hear.) What you will find instead of Fly house is a third entrance to Diglett's Cave. You get the Rock Smash HM from Warden Slowpoke rather than the Strength HM, on the grounds that you need it earlier. I am going to block Fuchsia City from Route 19, not by a volcano eruption (given where it is in real life, that would be implausible), but by a recalcitrant gatekeeper who won't shift until they see you wearing a Volcano Badge. Seafoam Islands I'm making inaccessible until you have Rock Climb. I'd make one small edit to Cinnabar Mansion 3F to end the risk of players getting stuck - can't believe the programmers didn't spot that. Only after you've defeated Blaine and Team Rocket have stormed it will you be able to get into Saffron City, as I find it nonsensical that they can apparently get into it but you can't, and that Team Rocket are apparently in several places at once. Bill will call the player to let them know. You will find Kiyo in Saffron City's Fighting Dojo (with Giovanni occupying Kiyo's place in Mt. Mortar), but he'll hand over a Tyrogue instead of making you choose between Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan.

Tohjo

List of places of interest
Route 24	Route 22
Route 25	Route 26
Route 26	Route 27
Tohjo Falls	Tohjo Falls
Route 27	Route 28, above 27
Mt. Silver	Mt. Silver
Victory Road	Victory Road
Route 46	Route 23

Tohjo, which I define as 'the bit between Viridian City and New Bark Town', I'm significantly remodelling. For one thing, the hole in the ledge in the south of Route 22 is moved to the right by two tiles, and there's a human obstacle in the same column as the wall. The route 'ends' at the westernmost point of the pond; after the player has the eight badges of Kanto, they surf south and then head down Route 26 to clear the ten gyms of Johto. Ever wonder why from Route 29 you head into Route 27? Originally, that first pool was walkable, and Route 28 (and by extension Mt. Silver) was accessible via Route 27. (And an intestine-like corridor, but they were right to bin that.) Therefore, here you'll find the left-hand pool of Route 28 attached to the pool left of Tohjo Falls and the Pokémon League Reception Gate on the right-hand of it. To get back into the Kanto 'half', there's a ledge near the right-hand side of Route 28. Mt. Silver; as the player is Red and you can't battle yourself, this mountain exists to house Moltres. Mew takes Moltres' place in Victory Road after you've caught Mewtwo. You will need Rock Climb just to get into it though.

Johto

List of places of interest
New Bark Town	New Bark Town
Route 28	Route 29
Cherrygrove City	Cherrygrove City
Route 29	Route 30
Route 30	Route 31
Dark Cave	Dark Cave
Violet City	Violet City
Sprout Tower	Sprout Tower
Route 31	Route 36 (east)
Ruins of Alph	Ruins of Alph
Route 32	Route 32 (north of Frieda)
Cianwood City	Route 32 (south of Frieda)
Route 33	North of Azalea Town
Union Cave	In the middle of Route 34
Azalea Town	North of Ilex Forest
Route 34	Route 34 (north) and Goldenrod City (south)
Goldenrod City	Goldenrod City (north)
Route 35	Route 35 and National Park (south)
Route 36	Route 37 and Route 36 (west)
National Park	National Park (north)
Route 37	West of Goldenrod City (think Route 40 on its side)
Route 38	Route 41, but south of Olivine City
Olivine City	Olivine City and Route 40 (north)
Route 39	Route 39
Route 40	Route 38
Ecruteak City	Ecruteak City
Burned Tower	Burned Tower
Route 41	Route 42
Mt. Mortar	Mt. Mortar
Mahogany Town	Mahogany Town
Route 42	Route 43
Lake of Rage	Lake of Rage
Team Rocket HQ	Team Rocket HQ
Route 43	Route 44
Ice Path	Ice Path
Blackthorn City	Slightly southwest of Blackthorn City
Dragon's Den	Dragon's Den
Route 44	Route 45 (inverted, slightly southwest)
Route 45	Above New Bark Town (inverted Route 46)
Whirl Islands	Whirl Islands
Bell Tower	Bell Tower

Firstly, because Elm doesn't exist, there doesn't need to be a lab in New Bark Town; this is replaced by a gate to Route 46, which is in these versions directly above New Bark Town due to Routes 45 and 46 being flipped vertically. In addition, in the beta Gold and Silver, the player's house was a Pokémon Center, therefore so too will it be here. (Probably the one near Mt. Silver, since I want to 'flatten' the left-hand side of that route.) Cherrygrove City has a Fairy type gym, with Pixie the gym leader. 'Berry house' is replaced by a scalable rock which connects to Route 32, while the water nearby is moved south to connect with the inaccessible pond near Route 29. (That game was in development for three years and still got put out with that left in. What were they doing?) The front half of Dark Cave uses Rock Climb instead of Rock Smash, and the back half can be cut through using the same field move. Sprout Tower would be called something else, since it makes little sense to name it after the first evolution when the trainers won't be using it and given (I think) that this is an artifact from when Victreebell was going to get a Bellossom-like 'sibling'. The Pokémon Center just before Union Cave is now the location of Cianwood City, while Union Cave bunches up to immediately west of that (north of where Azalea Town is), Slowpoke Well doesn't exist, and Azalea Town bunches up to north of where Ilex Forest was. You'll find the Headbutt TM where Dude is, the Sweet Scent TM given to you by Juan after beating them in Cerulean City, the Soft Sand cul-de-sac nonexistent and the item available from Sunny and the Magnet held by Zapdos. Chuck will need to be fetched from Union Cave; the way that cave works is that the 1F staircase leads to what in real life is the B1F corridor but with both staircases going up, and with the other staircase leading to what in real life is the 'Ruins of Alph' floor; the top entrance leads to the other side of Route 33, while the lower exit leads (effectively) to Slowpoke Well, and you'll find Chuck in place of the King's Rock guy; you'll find those for sale in Celadon Department Store. There won't be a Charcoal Kiln in Azalea, you'll find Charcoal held by Moltres.

Goldenrod City is by far the worst affected by these versions, with most of its attractions surplus to Kanto towns; there's already a Name Rater in Lavender Town, a Bike Shop and Herb Shop in Cerulean City and a friendship checker in Celadon Condominiums, plus you will have been given a Squirt Bottle from Route 18 and both the Game Corner and Magnet Train are totally missing. To make matters worse, the Bargain Shop would only be able to stock Nuggets and would thus be almost totally unviable, and the fact that I'm fairly certain that, if this had been published as Red and Green, there would only be one department store and it would be Celadon City. Long story short, Goldenrod City would be much smaller. To save waste, I'm concentrating everything into the top-left corner, with the Radio Tower moved up and the Underground Path truncated south of Super Nerd Teru. You won't have to deal with Whitney crying after beating her, as she'll fork over the badge straight after being beaten, nor will she have to suffer the indignity of being labelled an "incredibly pretty girl" (why is it we place such importance on what is effectively a lottery?). You also won't have to deal with the plot hole created by HeartGold and SoulSilver of the Executive apparently being in two places at once, as the Radio Tower will be devoid of Rockets until after the player has seventeen gym badges. Unfortunately, you won't immediately be able to get to Ecruteak as the route is blocked by a smashable rock; you'll therefore have to go via the water routes accessible from Goldenrod City to Olivine City. There's a hole in the fence near the Radio Tower which Buena blocks off; talk to her after you've beaten Whitney, and she'll talk to you until the director calls her to tell her she's got the job, which she will then go into, but not before she's handed over her number. When you've cleared the boulder, talk to Rock Smash guy and he'll give you HM06, for the purposes of the Whirlpools in Dragon's Den and on Route 40.

When it comes to Burned Tower, I prefer the Pokémon Gold and Silver 1F centre and 2F and the Pokémon Crystal exterior and 1F non-middle; I'm also removing the middle 2F ledge to access the Roaming Pokémon, as you'll need Rock Climb for it anyway. The Secretpotion you give Amphy comes from a Pharmacy in Ecruteak rather than Cianwood. As you would already have Waterfall by the time you reach Mt. Mortar, I'm slightly editing the middle of Mt. Mortar 1F to require Rock Climb; as Kiyo is in the Fighting Dojo, this will instead be the final Giovanni battle, and he'll hand over whichever fossil you didn't get in Mt. Moon. That maze in the western half of Lake of Rage is now a full-size town, with Karen the gym leader; the Hidden Power house has been relocated to where *retch* Mr. Pokémon's house was. The Red Gyarados in Lake of Rage is implausible due to the changes I'm making to Wild Pokémon availability, so I'm taking it out; Will (then presenting as Lorelei) will appear outside Mahogany Gym once you've bested Pryce. I'm removing the Ragecandybar blockage, because if Game Freak are happy enough for players to wander into Blackthorn City before Goldenrod Radio Tower's been divested of Rockets then I'm quite happy for them to wander there before they've dealt with Team Rocket HQ; the only blockages will be outside Lake of Rage and Blackthorn Gym. The Ice Path is optional, since I can imagine it being tedious by that point in the game (all of its unique items are elsewhere, though in HM07's place you'll find TM59 and because Blackthorn City is (very) slightly southwest to accommodate both this and the inversion of Route 45 and 46. And finally, to get to the Pokémon League, you still head east of New Bark Town, but once you're in the sea, you head north-east, via Route 28 in reverse and through the house used to access Indigo League from that route.

Pokémon Trainers

On your right is a list of trainers found in these versions of the game. They are effectively most of the trainer types in Generations I and II with the Beauty, Burglar, Cue Ball, Gentleman, Lass, Twins and Youngster classes excised and all remaining classes including at least men and women. In my aforementioned happy place, people who have actually committed crimes, and who are reported are arrested the second the crime is committed by time-travelling officers; for example, if a burglar tried to thieve something from a building, a time-travelling officer would be waiting outside the building, therefore actually being one would be impossible; Cue Balls are based on skinheads, which is a phase the universe this takes place in would not have experienced and so I'm delighted to say these versions wouldn't contain them. I really hate the idea of classifying people based on what they look like given it's effectively a lottery, so Beauty's got to go. Twins I have no problem with in principle, although I have a sneaking suspicion they were introduced because double battles were planned for the game and later taken out and frankly I'd rather wait. But I do have a problem with Pokémon Trainers being classified based on a protected characteristic, so out goes Gentleman, Lass and Youngster. I'm also renaming Kimono Girl to Dancer, Schoolkid to Student and Elite Four to Elite Six.

So that there are thirty six trainer types (two of each type, for the purposes of Pokémon Stadium's Gym Leader Castle), I'm bringing in the Bug Maniac, Cyclist, Pilot, Ruin Maniac and Worker classes from subsequent generations, and I'm reviving the Firefighter class from the beta; the Psychic class was built on the old Firefighter design, so that'll look a bit different as it'll have been drawn from scratch. In fact, while I'm on the subject of mucking about with character designs, I'm a super morbidly obese male-bodied individual who occasionally has slim girlfriends and I've long thought it ridiculous that I can be in public topless and she can't even though my chest's bigger; as far as I'm concerned, the male swimmers are also covered.

Rival battles

There are two rivals in these games. In these versions, an extra trainer visits the lab after you and your first rival have finished; you get to name both, but from here on out I will refer to them as Juan and Tu. (Which is a Vietnamese name, thank you very much. Don't call me lazy.) Now this could get confusing, so pay attention. If the player is male, the trainer you beat in the lab will be female and the other trainer will be non-binary. If the player is female, the trainer you beat in the lab will be non-binary and the other player will be male. If the player is non-binary, the trainer you beat in the lab will be male and the other trainer will be female. The only indication of this is the pronouns the rivals use to describe each other. Both rivals have a starter Pokémon; the Pokémon with a type advantage against the one you picked is faced in the lab, as normal. The Pokémon who doesn't is given to a third trainer, possibly a second sibling (or even triplet!) whose battle with your first rival blocks off access to Route 2 until after the Mystery Egg has been delivered; your battle with your second rival replaces the optional Route 22 battle.

The following is a list of Pokémon owned by rivals during their unexpected encounters. Their extra Pokémon depend on your starter, so if you pick Bulbasaur, your first rival will later on battle with Charmander, Exeggcute and Magikarp and your second rival will battle with Squirtle and Growlithe. Generally speaking, these are the same as the ones in Red and Green followed by the ones in Gold and Silver, with one exception; Gold and Silver's Burned Tower encounter creates a plot hole because he'll still be there even after all other battles have been exhausted, and I'm moving SS Aqua's Metal Coat girl to inside Burned Tower in place of Pokémon Crystal's Burned Tower encounter. I'm therefore moving the one in Burned Tower to Olivine City, they come out of Olivine Gym disgusted by the absence of Jasmine and take you on instead.

Also, note Juan and Tu's habit of waiting to evolve certain Pokémon so that they can learn certain moves earlier; if you know when they learn them, this is an excellent habit to get into.

List of unexpected rival encounters
Juan (Oak's Lab)					500/Pokégear
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Charmander	5	Scratch	Growl
OR
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Squirtle	5	Tackle	Tail Whip
OR
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Bulbasaur	5	Tackle	Growl
Tu (Viridian City)					500/Old Rod
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Squirtle	5	Tackle	Tail Whip
OR
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Bulbasaur	5	Tackle	Growl
OR
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Charmander	5	Scratch	Growl
Juan (Cerulean City)					1900/TM62
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Pidgeotto	19	Gust	Quick Attack	Whirlwind	Sand Attack
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Abra	18	Confusion	Disable	Teleport	Kinesis
AND EITHER
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Charmeleon	18	Ember	Scratch	Leer	Smokescreen
OR
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Wartortle	18	Water Gun	Bite	Withdraw	Tackle
OR
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Ivysaur	18	Vine Whip	Leech Seed	Tackle	Poisonpowder
Tu (Pokémon Tower)					2700/TM58
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Gastly	27	Lick	Hypnosis	Curse	Mean Look
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Zubat	26	Leech Life	Absorb	Confuse Ray	Bite
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Magnemite	27	Magnet Bomb	Swift	Lock-On	Supersonic
AND EITHER
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Wartortle	27	Water Gun	Bite	Tail Whip	Rapid Spin
OR
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Ivysaur	27	Razor Leaf	Leech Seed	Tackle	Poisonpowder
OR
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Charmeleon	27	Ember	Rage	Scary Face	Smokescreen
Juan (Silph Co.)					3800/TM76
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Pidgeotto	38	Wing Attack	Quick Attack	Feather Dance	Agility
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Kadabra	38	Psychic	Future Sight	Disable	Recover
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Rhyhorn	38	Rock Blast	Stomp	Horn Drill	Scary Face
AND EITHER
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Exeggcute	38	Barrage	Confusion	PoisonPowder	Leech Seed
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Charizard	38	Flamethrower	Wing Attack	Leer	Rage
OR
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Growlithe	38	Flame Wheel	Bite	Leer	Take Down
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Blastoise	38	Water Gun	Bite	Withdraw	Rapid Spin
OR
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Magikarp	38	Water Gun	Twister	Thrash	Bite
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Venusaur	38	Razor Leaf	Leech Seed	Tackle	Poisonpowder
Tu (Route 22)					4600/TM38
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Haunter	46	Lick	Dream Eater	Curse	Hypnosis
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Golbat	46	Wing Attack	Bite	Haze	Confuse Ray
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Magneton	46	Zap Cannon	Lock-On	Magnet Bomb	Supersonic
AND EITHER
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Growlithe	46	Flame Wheel	Bite	Agility	Take Down
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Blastoise	46	Water Gun	Bite	Withdraw	Rapid Spin
OR
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Magikarp	46	Hydro Pump	Twister	Thrash	Bite
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Venusaur	46	Razor Leaf	Leech Seed	Synthesis	Poisonpowder
OR
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Exeggcute	46	Solar Beam	Confusion	PoisonPowder	Leech Seed
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Charizard	46	Flamethrower	Wing Attack	Dragon Rage	Slash
Juan (Olivine City)					6500/TM25
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Pidgeot	65	Wing Attack	Mirror Move	Agility	Quick Attack
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Alakazam	65	Psychic	Future Sight	Disable	Recover
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Rhydon	65	Earthquake	Stone Edge	Glare	Megahorn
AND EITHER
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Exeggutor	65	Solar Beam	Confusion	Poison Powder	Leech Seed
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Gyarados	65	Hydro Pump	Twister	Rain Dance	Bite
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Charizard	65	Flamethrower	Wing Attack	Fire Spin	Slash
OR
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Arcanine	65	Flamethrower	Fire Spin	Take Down	Bite
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Exeggutor	65	Solar Beam	Confusion	Poison Powder	Leech Seed
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Blastoise	65	Hydro Pump	Bite	Withdraw	Skull Bash
OR
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Gyarados	65	Hydro Pump	Twister	Rain Dance	Bite
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Arcanine	65	Flamethrower	Fire Spin	Take Down	Bite
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Venusaur	65	Razor Leaf	PoisonPowder	Synthesis	Leech Seed
Tu (Goldenrod Tunnel)					8500/TM15
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Gengar	85	Dream Eater	Hypnosis	Curse	Destiny Bond
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Crobat	85	Wing Attack	Bite	Haze	Confuse Ray
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Magnezone	85	Zap Cannon	Lock-On	Magnet Bomb	Supersonic
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Sneasel	85	Faint Attack	Slash	Fake Tears	Beat Up
AND EITHER
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Arcanine	85	Flamethrower	Fire Spin	Take Down	Bite
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Blastoise	85	Hydro Pump	Bite	Withdraw	Skull Bash
OR
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Gyarados	85	Hydro Pump	Twister	Rain Dance	Bite
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Venusaur	85	Razor Leaf	PoisonPowder	Synthesis	Leech Seed
OR
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Exeggutor	85	Solar Beam	Confusion	Poison Powder	Leech Seed
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Charizard	85	Flamethrower	Wing Attack	Fire Spin	Slash

Giovanni

Technically, there have always been two rivals, as you face Giovanni multiple times. (Come to think of it, why did they abbreviate his name to Giovani in Pokémon Stadium? A little research would've found that 'Gianni' is a not much less common diminutive form of the name.) I'm fairly certain that had the Dark type been around in Generation I Giovanni would've used them; given how few Dark types there are, I've topped them up using some of the Ground types he used in Generation I.

In all but the last case, the additional 'reward' is either handed over by a grateful trainer or, in the second case, appears on the floor after the battle.

List of Giovanni battles
Giovanni (Mt. Moon)					1600/Fossil
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Nidorina	16	Growl	Scratch	Tail Whip	Double Kick
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Nidorino	16	Leer	Peck	Focus Energy	Double Kick
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Houndour	17	Leer	Ember	Howl	Smog
Giovanni (Team Rocket Hideout)					3000/Silph Scope
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Larvitar	29	Rock Slide	Bite	Sandstorm	Scary Face
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Nidorina	30	Bite	Double Kick	Poison Sting	Scratch
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Nidorino	30	Horn Attack	Double Kick	Focus Energy	Peck
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Houndoom	30	Bite	Ember	Howl	Smog
Giovanni (Silph Co.)					4200/Master Ball
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Rhyhorn	41	Rock Blast	Stomp	Tail Whip	Scary Face
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Pupitar	42	Rock Slide	Stomp	Sandstorm	Scary Face
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Nidorina	42	Bite	Double Kick	Poison Sting	Fury Swipes
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Nidorino	42	Horn Attack	Double Kick	Focus Energy	Fury Attack
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Houndoom	42	Faint Attack	Ember	Howl	Smog
Giovanni (Team Rocket HQ)					6100/HM06
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Rhydon	60	Earthquake	Stone Edge	Scary Face	Stomp
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Murkrow	60	Sky Attack	Faint Attack	Astonish	Twister
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Nidoqueen	60	Crunch	Double Kick	Flatter	Body Slam
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Nidoking	60	Megahorn	Double Kick	Flatter	Fury Attack
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Houndoom	60	Flamethrower	Crunch	Howl	Smog
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Tyranitar	61	Stone Edge	Bite	Earthquake	Scary Face
Giovanni (Goldenrod Radio Tower)					7500/Silver Wing
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Rhyperior	74	Earthquake	Stone Edge	Scary Face	Megahorn
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Nidoqueen	74	Crunch	Double Kick	Focus Energy	Body Slam
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Nidoking	74	Megahorn	Double Kick	Focus Energy	Horn Drill
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Honchkrow	74	Sky Attack	Faint Attack	Astonish	Twister
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Houndoom	74	Flamethrower	Crunch	Howl	Smog
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Tyranitar	75	Stone Edge	Crunch	Hyper Beam	Earthquake
Giovanni (Mt. Mortar)					10000/Fossil
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Rhyperior	100	Earthquake	Stone Edge	Hyper Beam	Megahorn
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Nidoqueen	100	Earthquake	Sludge Bomb	Hyper Beam	Crunch
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Nidoking	100	Earthquake	Double Kick	Hyper Beam	Thrash
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Honchkrow	100	Sky Attack	Faint Attack	Hyper Beam	Twister
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Houndoom	100	Flamethrower	Crunch	Hyper Beam	Fire Spin
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Tyranitar	100	Stone Edge	Crunch	Hyper Beam	Earthquake

Indigo League

Readers of Sonic Heroes 2 will know I like my games big and these are no exception: these games includes 18 gym leaders. That's not a typo, I didn't hit the 1 by accident, these games includes 18 gym leaders, one for each type there has ever been, comprising each of the 15 original gym leaders in Pokémon Gold and Silver plus Karen and one each for Ground and Fairy. (Blue is the Indigo League champion and Giovanni isn't in charge because he's hiding in Mt. Mortar.) I'm making Brock less ambiguously brown and renaming Lt. Surge to just plain Surge; I really hate honorifics at the best of times (as far as I'm concerned, nothing is so much more important than your name that it should get to go before it), plus we wouldn't have countries in my alternative universe, let alone armies. My levelling of the Johto gym leaders may well be coloured by wishful thinking, being fed up of repeating the Elite Four for experience and it taking so long to level up.

List of Indigo League battles
Brock (Pewter Gym)					1400/TM87
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Corsola	13	Tackle	Sharpen	Bubble	Sandstorm
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Shuckle	13	Constrict	Withdraw	Wrap	Sandstorm
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Sudowoodo	14	Rock Throw	Mimic	Flail	Sandstorm
Misty (Cerulean Gym)					2100/TM13
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Cloyster	20	Bubblebeam	Tacke	Withdraw	Supersonic
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Seaking	20	Bubblebeam	Horn Attack	Supersonic	Peck
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Starmie	21	Bubblebeam	Rapid Spin	Harden	Recover
Muddy (Viridian Gym)					2400/TM81
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Sandslash	23	Mud-Slap	Poison Sting	Defense Curl	Scratch
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Gliscor	23	Mud-Slap	Poison Sting	Harden	Quick Attack
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Nidoqueen	24	Mud-Slap	Poison Sting	Horn Attack	Double Kick
Surge (Vermilion Gym)					2800/TM57
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Jolteon	27	Zap Cannon	Quick Attack	Tail Whip	Sand Attack
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Lanturn	27	Zap Cannon	Water Gun	Supersonic	Flail
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Raichu	28	Zap Cannon	Slam	Double Team	Sweet Kiss
Erika (Celadon Gym)					3600/TM21
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Victreebel	35	Giga Drain	Acid	Sunny Day	Synthesis
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Bellossom	35	Giga Drain	Moonblast	Sunny Day	Moonlight
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Tangrowth	36	Giga Drain	Ancientpower	Sunny Day	Morning Sun
Koga (Fuchsia Gym)					4400/TM06
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Beedrill	43	Sludge Bomb	Toxic	Twineedle	Double Team
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Muk	43	Sludge Bomb	Toxic	Screech	Minimize
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Weezing	44	Sludge Bomb	Toxic	Explosion	Double Team
Blaine (Cinnabar Gym)					5100/TM56
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Flareon	50	Fire Blast	Fire Spin	Smog	Will-O-Wisp
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Arcanine	50	Fire Blast	Fire Spin	Crunch	Will-O-Wisp
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Rapidash	51	Fire Blast	Fire Spin	Megahorn	Will-O-Wisp
Sabrina (Saffron Gym)					5400/TM46
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Espeon	53	Psywave	Psychic	Morning Sun	Swift
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Mime Sr.	53	Psywave	Psychic	Encore	Double Slap
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Alakazam	54	Psywave	Psychic	Recover	Future Sight
Pixie (Cherrygrove Gym)					5800/TM95
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Granbull	57	Play Rough	Lick	Attract	Bite
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Wigglytuff	57	Play Rough	Zen Headbutt	Attract	Faint Attack
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Clefable	57	Moonblast	Zen Headbutt	Moonlight	Attract
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Togekiss	58	Moonblast	Sky Attack	Sweet Kiss	Attract
Falkner (Violet Gym)					6100/TM42
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Fearow	60	Sky Attack	Mirror Move	Fury Attack	Steel Wing
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Dodrio	60	Sky Attack	Faint Attack	Tri Attack	Steel Wing
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Farfetch'd	60	Sky Attack	Mirror Move	Slash	Steel Wing
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Pidgeot	61	Sky Attack	Mirror Move	Razor Wind	Steel Wing
Bugsy (Azalea Gym)					6500/TM69
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Parasect	64	Leech Life	Giga Drain	Spore	Slash
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Venomoth	64	Leech Life	Psychic	Disable	Sleep Powder
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Ariados	64	Leech Life	Sludge Bomb	Scary Face	Spider Web
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Yanmega	65	Leech Life	Wing Attack	Hypnosis	Ancient Power
Whitney (Goldenrod Gym)					6800/TM50
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Snorlax	67	Snore	Sleep Talk	Substitute	Rest
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Porygon-Z	67	Psybeam	Zap Cannon	Recover	Substitute
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Blissey	67	Egg Bomb	Sing	Softboiled	Substitute
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Miltank	68	Body Slam	Rollout	Substitute	Milk Drink
Morty (Ecruteak Gym)					7400/TM80
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Marowak	73	Shadow Ball	Bone Rush	Sing	Dream Eater
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Ninetales	73	Shadow Ball	Flamethrower	Hypnosis	Dream Eater
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Mismagius	73	Shadow Ball	Psychic	Sing	Dream Eater
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Gengar	74	Shadow Ball	Sludge Bomb	Hypnosis	Dream Eater
Jasmine (Olivine Gym)					7700/TM75
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Forretress	76	Flash Cannon	Leech Life	Explosion	Spikes
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Magnezone	76	Flash Cannon	Zap Cannon	Supersonic	Lock-On
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Skarmory	76	Flash Cannon	Drill Peck	Swords Dance	Slash
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Steelix	77	Flash Cannon	Earthquake	Crunch	Stone Edge
Chuck (Cianwood Gym)					8000/TM82
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Machamp	79	Brick Break	Scary Face	Foresight	Rolling Kick
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Primeape	79	Brick Break	Focus Energy	Screech	Cross Chop
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Heracross	79	Brick Break	Megahorn	Endure	Reversal
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Poliwrath	80	Surf	Ice Beam	Hypnosis	Brick Break
Pryce (Mahogany Town)					8400/TM66
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Dewgong	83	Waterfall	Icy Wind	Drill Peck	Megahorn
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Jynx	83	Zen Headbutt	Icy Wind	Lovely Kiss	Dream Eater
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Weavile	83	Bite	Icy Wind	Slash	Beat Up
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Mamoswine	84	Earthquake	Icy Wind	Amnesia	Rock Slide
Karen (Lake of Rage Gym)					8600/TM89
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Umbreon	85	Bite	Dig	Flatter	Thunder Wave
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Honchkrow	85	Faint Attack	Twister	Flatter	Thunder Wave
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Girafarig	85	Psychic	Bite	Flatter	Thunder Wave
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Tyranitar	86	Bite	Rock Slide	Flatter	Thunder Wave
Clair (Blackthorn City)					9000/TM74
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Gyarados	89	Hydro Pump	Dragon Breath	Thrash	Bite
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Charizard	89	Fire Blast	Dragon Breath	Wing Attack	Bite
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Dragonite	89	Dragon Breath	Wing Attack	Thunder Wave	Thunder
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Kingdra	90	Waterfall	Blizzard	Flash Cannon	Dragon Breath

Elite Six

The Elite Six work very differently in these versions. All trainers use level 100 Pokémon, and your Pokémon are automatically healed between battles; in effect, this works very similarly to Gym Leader Castle. The Elite Eight include Daisy, Will, Janine, Bruno, Agatha and Lance, with Juan the champion; you face Tu straight after, as it transpires they're a battle behind you. As Daisy wouldn't have existed as the Pokégear would take her job in Generation II, and given that her Generation II function existed only to give her something to do, I'm taking her out, and may as well reuse the name.

Oh, and one other thing. When I was writing the subsidiary pages for Sonic Heroes 2 I was derided for describing Ashura as a female when he's a glitch based on Sonic the Hedgehog, who is male. As my penance, given that Bugsy is variously described as male and female, I'm going to say that they are non-binary; given also that Will is clearly an evolution of Lorelei, I'm going to suggest that Will is in fact a transgender man who previously went by the name Lorelei, who comes out to 'help' with Team Rocket HQ in lieu of Lance and comes out between finishing in Mahogany Town and reaching Indigo Plateau. (And yes, I'm well aware deadnaming is with good reason considered offensive in this universe; remember that these are set in an alternative universe, as described in the Background section of this article, where people can be more open about their past.)

List of Elite Six battles
Daisy (Indigo Plateau)					10000
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Bellossom	100	Petal Dance	Moonblast	Safeguard	Sludge Bomb
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Azumarill	100	Hydro Pump	Play Rough	Rollout	Blizzard
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Mime Sr.	100	Zen Headbutt	Moonblast	Thunder Wave	Shadow Ball
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Blissey	100	Double Edge	Zen Headbutt	Sing	Dream Eater
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Raichu	100	Thunderbolt	Thunder Wave	Play Rough	Rolling Kick
Will (Indigo Plateau)					10000
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Mamoswine	100	Blizzard	Earthquake	Horn Drill	Rock Slide
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Dewgong	100	Hydro Pump	Blizzard	Sheer Cold	Drill Peck
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Lapras	100	Hydro Pump	Blizzard	Confuse Ray	Sheer Cold
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Slowbro	100	Hydro Pump	Zen Headbutt	Fissure	Blizzard
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Xatu	100	Psychic	Drill Peck	Horn Drill	Steel Wing
Janine (Indigo Plateau)					10000
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Butterfree	100	Solar Beam	Psychic	Morning Sun	Sunny Day
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Venomoth	100	Solar Beam	Sludge Bomb	Morning Sun	Sunny Day
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Jumpluff	100	Solar Beam	Moonblast	Synthesis	Sunny Day
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Parasect	100	Solar Beam	Leech Life	Synthesis	Sunny Day
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Rapidash	100	Solar Beam	Flamethrower	Morning Sun	Sunny Day
Bruno (Indigo Plateau)					10000
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Hitmontop	100	Triple Kick	Dig	Detect	Pursuit
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Steelix	100	Earthquake	Stone Edge	Crunch	Iron Tail
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Hitmonchan	100	Mach Punch	Fire Punch	Ice Punch	Thunder Punch
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Hitmonlee	100	High Jump Kick	Mega Kick	Mind Reader	Foresight
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Machamp	100	Cross Chop	Earthquake	Scary Face	Rock Slide
Agatha (Indigo Plateau)					10000
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Umbreon	100	Bite	Flatter	Attract	Thunder Wave
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Arbok	100	Bite	Glare	Attract	Flatter
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Honchkrow	100	Sky Attack	Flatter	Attract	Thunder Wave
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Mismagius	100	Astonish	Flatter	Attract	Thunder Wave
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Houndoom	100	Bite	Fire Spin	Attract	Flatter
Lance (Indigo Plateau)					10000
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Gyarados	100	Hydro Pump	Dragon Breath	Hyper Beam	Rain Dance
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Aerodactyl	100	Rock Slide	Wing Attack	Hyper Beam	Dragon Breath
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Charizard	100	Fire Blast	Dragon Breath	Hyper Beam	Wing Attack
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Tyranitar	100	Stone Edge	Crunch	Hyper Beam	Outrage
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Dragonite	100	Outrage	Wing Attack	Hyper Beam	Safeguard
Juan (Indigo Plateau)					10000
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Pidgeot	100	Sky Attack	Mirror Move	Razor Wind	Mirror Move
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Alakazam	100	Zen Headbutt	Shadow Ball	Recover	Thunder Wave
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Rhyperior	100	Earthquake	Stone Edge	Horn Drill	Megahorn
AND EITHER
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Exeggutor	100	Giga Drain	Toxic	Sludge Bomb	Leech Seed
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Gyarados	100	Hydro Pump	Blizzard	Crunch	Iron Tail
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Charizard	100	Fire Blast	Fire Spin	Dig	Will-O-Wisp
OR
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Arcanine	100	Fire Blast	Fire Spin	Dig	Will-O-Wisp
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Exeggutor	100	Giga Drain	Toxic	Sludge Bomb	Leech Seed
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Blastoise	100	Hydro Pump	Blizzard	Crunch	Iron Tail
OR
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Gyarados	100	Hydro Pump	Blizzard	Crunch	Iron Tail
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Arcanine	100	Fire Blast	Fire Spin	Dig	Will-O-Wisp
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Venusaur	100	Giga Drain	Toxic	Sludge Bomb	Leech Seed
Tu (Indigo Plateau)					10000
Pokémon	Level	Moves
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Gengar	100	Zen Headbutt	Shadow Ball	Dream Eater	Hypnosis
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Crobat	100	Wing Attack	Crunch	Leech Life	Confuse Ray
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Magnezone	100	Flash Cannon	Zap Cannon	Lock-On	Supersonic
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Weavile	100	Blizzard	Faint Attack	Slash	Beat Up
AND EITHER
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Gyarados	100	Hydro Pump	Blizzard	Crunch	Iron Tail
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Venusaur	100	Giga Drain	Toxic	Sludge Bomb	Leech Seed
OR
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Exeggutor	100	Giga Drain	Toxic	Sludge Bomb	Leech Seed
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Charizard	100	Fire Blast	Fire Spin	Dig	Will-O-Wisp
OR
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Arcanine	100	Fire Blast	Fire Spin	Dig	Will-O-Wisp
[[Bulbapedia:{{{7}}}|{{{7}}}]]	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Blastoise	100	Hydro Pump	Blizzard	Crunch	Iron Tail

Items

Key items

The following is a list of key items in these games. The Coin Case, S.S. Ticket, Pass and Red Scale are missing due to the Game Corners, S.S. Aqua, Magnet Train and Mr. Pokémon being missing. The Power Plant contains Zapdos, so there's no machine and thus no missing Machine Part. Rather than collecting Oak's Parcel from Viridian City's Poké Mart, you collect the Mystery Egg from Day Care, which swaps with Trainer House; you'll be asked to raise this when you've beaten Misty. There is no Lost Item, because that item was the Poké Doll that Red gave her and you're Red; as in real-life Red and Green, you give Copycat a Poké Doll and she'll give you TM31. In addition, the Silver Wing is received when the Radio Tower has been saved, and the Rainbow Wing is acquired in the same way as in Crystal.

List of Poké Gear card locations
Item	Location
Blue Card	Goldenrod Radio Tower
Map Card	Oak's Lab
Radio Card	Lavender Town

Neither the Town Map nor the Poké Flute are present in these versions because they're part of the Pokégear, which is handed over by your parent at the start of the game, just like in Generation II; you receive the Radio Card from Fuji after 'rescuing' him from Lavender Tower, and because Kanto is one region in these versions they also lack the EXPN Card.

Phone

List of phone numbers
Trainer	Place	Free gift
Bug Catcher Wade	Route 30	Random Berry Cheri Berry Chesto Berry Pecha Berry Rawst Berry Aspear Berry Leppa Berry Oran Berry Persim Berry Lum Berry Sitrus Berry
Fisher Wilton	Route 43	Random Poké Ball Fast Ball Friend Ball Great Ball Heavy Ball Level Ball Love Ball Lure Ball Master Ball Poké Ball Stone Ball Ultra Ball
Bird Keeper José	Route 26	Fresh Water
Camper Todd	Route 37	Soda Pop
Pokéfan Beverly	National Park	Lemonade
Pokéfan Derek	Route 39	Moomoo Milk
Picnicker Tiffany	Route 42	Poké Doll
Fisher Tully	Route 41	Water Stone
Picnicker Dana	Route 40	Thunder Stone
Schoolboy Alan	Route 36	Fire Stone
Picnicker Gina	Route 34	Leaf Stone
Fisher Ralph	Route 32	Ice Stone
Bug Catcher Arnie	Route 37	Sun Stone
Schoolboy Chad	Route 41	Moon Stone
Sailor Huey	Olivine Lighthouse	Protein
Hiker Parry	Route 45	Iron
Picnicker Erin	Route 46	Calcium
Bird Keeper Vance	Route 44	Carbos
Hiker Anthony	Route 33	Zinc
Youngster Joey	Route 30	HP Up
Black Belt Kenji	Route 43	PP Up
Buena	Radio Tower	Password prizes Item Points Ultra Ball 2p Full Restore 2p Nugget 3p Rare Candy 3p Protein 5p Iron 5p Carbos 5p Calcium 5p Zinc 5p HP Up 5p PP Up 5p PP Max 15p

The following is a list of trainers you can get free stuff from. Schoolkid Chad, Fisher Ralph, Bug Catcher Arnie, Hiker Anthony and Hiker Parry, who inform you of swarms in Pokémon Gold and Silver, here hand over Moon Stones, Ice Stones, Sun Stones, Iron and Zinc; Bird Keeper José, Camper Todd, Pokéfan Beverly and Pokéfan Derek, who hand over valuable items or in Todd's case inform of sales for a department store which doesn't exist in these versions, hand over Fresh Waters, Soda Pops, Lemonades and Moomoo Milk, in that order, as I'm too tight to buy the drinks for the purposes of TMs. Wade and Wilton will give you a random berry or Poké Ball respectively; berries use their names from Generation III and their effects from Generation IV, but more on that in the Berries section, and Wilton may dredge up all possible types of standard Poké Ball (i.e. not the Safari Ball or the Park Ball).

Oak and your parent come preloaded; your parent effectively takes the place of Oak's Aide and will call you when they're out and about - for example when you're asked to take the Egg after beating Misty - while Bill gives his to you when you separate him from his Clefairy and calls you to notify you of the Saffron City invasion and Buena gives hers to you when you talk to her before she starts her new job and calls you to notify you of the Radio Tower takeover. (Radio stations, incidentally, are broadly the same as in Pokémon Crystal; I'm taking out the Lucky Number Show, for the same reason I took out the Game Corners - they simply would not be legal in the alternative universe this takes place in - and given that Pokémon March and Pokémon Lullaby are both on every day and would therefore require two frequencies they take up both its shared frequency and the Lucky Number Show's frequency.)

Apricorns

On your right is a list of Apricorns you can give Kurt; you'll notice that they use their full names, rather than the truncated versions they use prior to Generation VI. Because of Azalea Town being shifted up and left, Kurt's house is instead where the Charcoal Kiln is; the White Apricorn tree near its previous site is instead next to Moomoo Farm; because of Slowpoke Well no longer existing as a standalone area, rather as a Union Cave basement, you won't need to flush out Team Rocket for him to make balls for you.

A few balls would have different effects. The Heavy Ball modifier works on a sliding scale (weight in pounds divided by 10 minus 6), so that the heaviest Pokémon in this game, Snorlax, has a +40 modifier. The Love Ball works on Pokémon in the same egg group rather than of the same species, because a Pokémon's egg group contains all the Pokémon it can fall in love with. The Level Ball uses a sliding multiplier, calculating by dividing your Pokémon's level by the wild Pokémon's level and then by 6.25 so that its maximum is 8x, or 100 divided by 2 and then by 6.25. The Fast Ball also uses a sliding multiplier, obtained by dividing base speed divided by 35, meaning that the maximum would be 4x, as Electrode's base speed is 140. And finally, the real-life Moon Ball is here a Stone Ball, which will work on any Pokémon which requires an evolution stone to evolve.

Held items

Berries

On your right is a list of berries used in the game, complete with corresponding dead names; I take the view that their original names were placeholders, which would surely have been filled later, and which I'm filling now. The isolated rocks in Kanto (you know the ones I mean) are what I like to call Obvious Removed Storyline Indicators, since they're clearly where trees were going to be but which were lost to a lack of space. The MiracleBerry, which in real-life is only available via Mystery Gift which doesn't exist here, is only available in the tree near Rock Tunnel's southern entrance, which is only accessible using Rock Climb. In addition, the Sitrus Berry - which is available not on trees but via the Bug Catching Contest - would top up 25% of a Pokémon's HP rather than the 30 HP it replenishes prior to Generation IV, possibly because they reintroduced Little Cup in that generation's Pokémon Communication Club Colosseum and no Pokémon eligible can have more than 30 HP.

Other held items

Below on your right is a list of held items within the game. The Lax Incense and Sea Incense were only invented to provide a rationale for why Azurill and Wynaut's parents could not produce eggs in previous generations and I reckon none of the others would exist if they weren't made necessary, so out they all go; these Pokémon can be produced without them. In fact, no Pokémon need to hold anything while being traded to evolve, because they are no longer necessary.

Seeing as the Fairy type doesn't have its own type-enhancing item, and that in Generation II the Normal type had two, the Fairy type can use the Polkadot Bow; the fact that you can only get a Polkadot Bow by trading a Jigglypuff from Generation I, and that you can in fact get two Pink Bows in Gold and Silver makes me suspect this may have been the plan anyway. Tuscany will give you a Polkadot Bow, while Arthur can be found in Violet City (where the Hyper Potion is, behind a Cuttable plant) due to the Lake of Rage being a town and Sunny hands over Soft Sand as the alcove you get that from isn't there and Zapdos holds the Magnet. (Articuno, Moltres and the in-game event Dragonite and Tyranitar hold NeverMeltIce, Charcoal, Dragon Fang and Black Glasses, while the Berserk Gene is picked up after your battle with Mewtwo à la the Red Scale). The Silver Powder and Twisted Spoon, which are only available in Generation II from wild Butterfree and by trading wild Kadabra from Pokémon Yellow, are actually available in these versions, albeit using Rock Climb; the Metal Coat is still available from the chap whose daughter is missing, but his daughter goes missing in Burned Tower instead, and the five species-specific items can only be found attached to wild Pokémon.

Machines

This take's TMs are effectively 49 of the 50 that existed in real-life Generation I, followed by 36 of the 37 that were added for Generation II. Seems terribly one-sided to have the two grass-type draining TMs but neither of the bug-type, so I'm replacing Mega Drain with Leech Life, and Rock Smash I'm making a HM. I've added Light Screen, Safeguard and Flamethrower from Generation III (since they already existed prior to that generation) and Mirror Coat, Hydro Pump and Hail to level with Counter (one for physical, one for special), Blizzard, Fire Blast and Thunder and Rain Dance, Sunny Day and Sandstorm respectively, plus Brick Break, Dive, Flatter, Will-O-Wisp, Zen Headbutt, Crunch, Night Shade, Flash Cannon and Aerial Ace. These TMs fill holes, with the exception of Flamethrower, which swaps with Egg Bomb so that it can be next to Fire Blast just like Ice Beam and Thunderbolt are next to Blizzard and Thunder.

List of barterable TMs
TM	Source	Price
TM31	Copycat	Poké Doll
TM51	Black Belt	Moomoo Milk
TM83	Black Belt	Fresh Water
TM91	Black Belt	Soda Pop
TM98	Black Belt	Lemonade

Five TMs are obtained in exchange for other things. The "so immature she drives me nuts" girl on the Celadon Department Store rooftop is here a Black Belt, who - when given either one of the drinks from the vending machines or a Moomoo Milk - will hand over a TM that can teach a punching move. (Somewhat of a swizz that I've just healed your Moomoo and you're still charging me for milk if you ask me, but at least I get a TM out of it.) You also get TM31 from the Copycat.

This version includes nine HMs, and these are the seven in Gold and Silver plus Rock Smash and Rock Climb, since the latter's used in HeartGold and SoulSilver. Each HM will be 'unlocked' at a set even number of badges, which appears on your right in order of usability, followed by the 100 TMs in numerical order. As these games are a back to front take on Pokémon Gold and Silver (i.e. Kanto then Johto), there won't be any need to leave Waterfall until the end; in fact, Tohjo Falls can be skipped. Mt. Mortar and the Whirl Islands will use a rocky wall instead - the latter, in my opinion, is rather undermined by the fact that you have to go down it rather than up, and thus don't have to use the move. More on that in the Geography section of this article. In addition, Zen Headbutt has the same effect as Headbutt, and Dive has the same effect as Dig but in water. (For the record, the extra field move in the real life game's beta with the descriptive text "Ground rose up somewhere", I believe to be a removed move called "Tombstoner", which is referenced in one of the quiz questions in Cinnabar Gym and would have opened up a hidden room such as the ones in Crystal's Ruins of Alph.)

Poké Marts

List of Poké Mart items
Before any badges			After 1 badge
Item	Price ()	Other locations	Item	Price ()	Other locations
Antidote	100	Pharmacy	Awakening	250	Pharmacy
Paralyze Heal	200	Pharmacy	Burn Heal	250	Pharmacy
Poké Ball	200	Souvenir Shop	Escape Rope	550	Souvenir Shop
Potion	300	Pharmacy	Ice Heal	250	Pharmacy
After 3 badges			Lure	350	Souvenir Shop
Item	Price ()	Other locations	Repel	350	Souvenir Shop
Great Ball	600	Souvenir Shop	Super Potion	700	Pharmacy
Revive	1500	Pharmacy	After 5 badges
Super Lure	500	Souvenir Shop	Item	Price ()	Other locations
Super Repel	500	Souvenir Shop	Full Heal	600	Pharmacy
After 7 badges			Hyper Potion	1200	Pharmacy
Item	Price ()	Other locations	Ultra Ball	1200	Souvenir Shop
Max Lure	700	Souvenir Shop	After 9 badges
Max Potion	2500	Pharmacy	Item	Price ()	Other locations
Max Repel	700	Souvenir Shop	Full Restore	3000	Pharmacy

The following is a list of items sold by Poké Marts. Prices are as charged by marts in Pokémon Gold and Silver, with the exception of Lures which I'm bringing in nearly twenty years ahead of schedule but for a different purpose; originally, the encounter rate was set so high that Pokémon would appear every two steps, and that's what this will do. (Their prices appear to be pegged to those of Repels, which went up in Generation VI, so here they actually cost less than in real life. That said, given that Pokémon March has a similar effect you might as well save your money.) I'm using the Diamond and Pearl approach to Poké Marts by setting it so that item availability depends on the number of badges the player has instead of it being up to individual marts. (Generation IV, for me at least, was something of a golden era for marts, as in the next generation they were consigned to Pokémon Centers.) The goods sold by Just a Souvenir Shop (yes I know they didn't call it that until HeartGold and SoulSilver) and the Pharmacy are mutually exclusive; usual badge requirements don't apply to either the Pharmacy or the Souvenir Shop, as you can't access either with fewer than nine badges. Not that they sell anything of use - you can't access the bag in link battles or in Pokémon Stadium and any proper trainer will use the 'free' balls from either the ground or from Kurt to save money for things that have to be bought like TMs.

List of items for sale outside Poké Marts
Celadon Department Store
Vitamin	Price ()	Battle item	Price ()
Calcium	9800	Dire Hit	650
Carbos	9800	Guard Spec.	700
HP Up	9800	X Accuracy	950
Iron	9800	X Attack	500
PP Up	9800	X Defend	550
Protein	9800	X Sp. Atk	350
Zinc	9800	X Sp. Def	350
Held item	Price ()	X Speed	350
Bright Powder	3000	TM	Price ()
Focus Band	3000	TM13	3000
King's Rock	3000	TM18	2000
Leftovers	3000	TM24	3000
Quick Claw	3000	TM33	3000
Scope Lens	3000	TM37	3000
Evolution item	Price ()	TM65	3000
Fire Stone	2100	TM67	3000
Ice Stone	2100	TM79	2000
Leaf Stone	2100	TM94	3000
Moon Stone	2100	Vending Machines	Price ()
Sun Stone	2100	Fresh Water	200
Thunder Stone	2100	Soda Pop	300
Water Stone	2100	Lemonade	350
List of miscellaneous items for sale
Mt. Moon Square	Price ()	Mail Shop	Price ()
Poké Doll	1000	Eon Mail	50
Herb Shop	Price ()	Flower Mail	50
Energy Powder	500	Litebluemail	50
Energy Root	800	Lovely Mail	50
Heal Powder	450	Morph Mail	50
Revival Herb	2800	Music Mail	50
Moomoo Farm	Price ()	Portraitmail	50
Moomoo Milk	500	Surf Mail	50

Certain items are only available in certain places. Battle items, vitamins, evolution items and some held items, TMs and recovery items are only available in Celadon Department Store due to the standardisation of stock; there is no Department Store in Goldenrod in these versions as it has been moved without replacement to Celadon City. Herbs are only available in the herb shop, which can be found in the exact same place as FireRed and LeafGreen's "Berry Powder man", while mail can be bought from the obvious Removed Storyline Indicator in Vermilion City (the chap who asks his Pidgey to fly a letter to "Saffron in the north"). Finally, I strongly suspect Mt. Moon Square was originally going to be in Generation I, as you leave the mountain via a ladder, and because Moon Stones can't be bought, so I'm introducing it here.

Pokémon locations

Wild Pokémon

The following is a list of areas where wild Pokémon can be found. For simplicity's sake, due to the minuscule difference between day and morning, both have been merged into day, with varying transition times depending on the day, month and year entered by the player at the start of the game; days work on a 1,022,679 day loop (679 leap years per 2800 year loop) so there'll be no need to provide a day of the week. (There would not, incidentally, be daylight saving time in these versions; Japan has not employed Daylight Saving Time since 1951, while European countries which participated in World War Two dropped it shortly afterwards and didn't reintroduce it until the 1970s energy crises which wouldn't have happened in the alternate universe these versions takes place in, while America would have brought in the Uniform Time Act of 1966 far faster than it did and would probably have dropped Daylight Saving Time when they did so. We'd have mastered cloud seeding by then, so there wouldn't have been the 1967 drought that caused Tasmania, and a few years later the rest of Australia, to adopt Daylight Saving Time.)

There are six types of fishing location (Archipelago, Beach, Cave, Oasis, Pond and Sea) and two types of headbutt tree (Forest and Mountain). Gold and Silver uses four more, Dragon's Den, Lake, Remoraid and Qwilfish, which I've merged into Pond, Oasis, Pond and Sea respectively; real-life Oasis is basically Dragon's Den with wrong levels and I'm saying they would have done their job properly, Lake's redundant as I'm setting all Pokémon to evolve in the wild at the earliest level possible (and no earlier I'm afraid) and thus Gyarados would show up everywhere and Remoraid and Qwilfish are basically 'Pond plus Remoraid' and 'Sea plus Qwilfish' and I'd quite like to see them a little earlier.

List of Pokémon available by fishing or by headbutting trees
Group	Fishing			Headbutting (10)
	Old Rod (10)	Good Rod (20)	Super Rod (40)	Forest tree
Archipelago
Beach
Cave
Oasis				Mountain tree
Pond
Sea

This is based primarily on Gold and Silver's wild Pokémon as it has the largest 'set' (not counting Celebi, which doesn't exist here and requires an event or nowadays a glitch in real life, between the two only Generation I's starters, fossils and legendaries are missing). That's with the exception of places that exist in Generation I but Generation II, which I've based primarily on Red and Blue's availability. Although Mt. Moon exists in Generation II, it exists only in a cut-down form, so I'm using the Generation I availability. You won't find Pidgeotto in Route 2 as its appearance was a reference to the events of the anime, which would not have existed in time for these versions. For the same reason, you'll find Mime Sr. not in Route 21 but in Safari Zone. Instances of Exeggcute in Safari Zone grass are replaced by Togetic (as Pichu is given to you by Day Care instead of Togepi and Exeggcute are available in trees). Instances of Rhyhorn are replaced by Larvitar and vice versa, so I can introduce Larvitar in the same area as Dratini; you'll find Rhyhorn in Rock Tunnel and Rhydon in Cerulean Cave. So that evolutions are not available before their pre-evolved counterparts, Marill is available in Route 10 instead of Quagsire, Nidoran and Snubbull are available in Routes 3 and 13 instead of Arbok and Persian and Natu is available in Route 9 instead of Hypno. Both Safari Zone, Seafoam Islands and Cerulean Cave lack surfing Pokémon in Red and Blue; these are replenished in these versions in Safari Zone's case by Psyduck and Slowpoke from FireRed and LeafGreen (both of them, since they aren't version exclusive here), by Tentacool and Tentacruel in Seafoam Islands's case, to partially match Whirl Islands and by Psyduck and Golduck in Cerulean Cave, from HeartGold and SoulSilver. I don't see how half of the contents of the National Park can just vanish whenever there's a Bug Catching Contest on, so their contents are bug-only. You'll find Sunkern in Route 21 in lieu of Tangela, you'll find Tangela, Lickitung and Yanma in Routes 15, 16 and 17 in lieu of Skiploom, Chansey and Venonat/Venomoth (with Skiploom only available by Hoppip and Jumpluff and Chansey, Venonat and Venomoth available in the Safari Zone). West of Viridian City, and in areas Rock Climb exclusive, Pokémon are always the most evolved they can be by level alone. Seafoam Islands itself, in lieu of the version-exclusive evolved Pokémon on each floor, contain Jynx; you won't find them in Ice Path as it seems a little unfair that you can only catch Electabuzz and Magmar at level 71 plus and Jynx at a measly level 68. (Mind you, it also seems unfair that Jynx doesn't have another evolution, but Game Freak didn't seem to mind when they created Electivire and Magmortar.) This does not include in-game event Pokémon such as Ghost Marowak or Snorlax, nor does it include Unown as its special conditions for capture (i.e. you have to solve puzzles first) make me consider it an in-game event Pokémon.

Oh, and game-exclusive Pokémon? Available in both games.

List of wild Pokémon locations
Place	Code	Grass			Surfing			Rock Smashing
		Range	Levels		Range	Levels		Range	Levels
			Min	Max		Min	Max		Min	Max
Pallet Town	SX					25	30
Route 1	XM		2	6
Viridian City	PF					20	25
Route 2	XF		3	7
Pewter City	XF
Route 3	XM		5	8
Mt. Moon	XX		8	12
Route 4	CM		8	12		30	35
Cerulean City	CF					30	35
Route 5	CX		10	14		30	35
Route 6	CX		10	14		30	35
Route 7	XF		12	16
Route 8	PF		13	17		30	35
Vermilion City	SF					25	30
Diglett's Cave	XX		14	18
Route 9	XM		15	19
Route 10	CM		15	20		30	35
Route 11	CM		16	22		30	35
Rock Tunnel	XX		18	24
Rock Tunnel B1F	XX		18	24					25	25
Pokémon Tower	XX		20	25
Route 12	XF		20	25
Route 13	XF		20	26
Celadon City	PF					35	40
Route 14	SF					25	30
Route 15	SF		22	30		25	30
Route 16	BF		24	31
Route 17	XX		26	32
Fuchsia City	PF					15	20
Safari Zone Hub	OF		27	33		20	25
Safari Zone 1	OF		28	34		20	25
Safari Zone 2	OF		29	35		20	25
Safari Zone 3	OF		30	36		20	25
Route 18	XF		31	37
Route 19	XX		32	38
Route 20	XF		33	39
Route 21	SX		34	40		25	30
Cinnabar Island	SX					25	30
Pokémon Mansion 1F	XX		30	34
Pokémon Mansion 2F	XX		32	36
Pokémon Mansion 3F	XX		34	38
Pokémon Mansion B1F	XX		36	40
Route 22	SX					25	30
Route 23	BX					25	30
Route 24	PX		40	44		20	25
Route 25	SF		42	46		25	30
Route 26	SF		44	48		25	30
Tohjo Falls	CX		45	49		30	35
Route 27	PM		46	50		20	25
New Bark Town	SM					25	30
Route 28	XM		47	51
Cherrygrove City	BF					25	30
Route 29	PM		48	52		20	25
Route 30	PM		49	53		20	25
Dark Cave (front)	CX		50	54		30	35		25	25
Dark Cave (back)	CX		51	55		30	35
Violet City	PF					20	25
Sprout Tower	XX		52	56
Route 31	XF		53	57
Ruins of Alph	PX		54	58		15	20
Route 32	BM		55	59		25	30
Cianwood City	SM					25	30
Route 33	XM		56	60
Union Cave	CX		57	61		15	20
Union Cave B1F	CX		58	62		15	20
Azalea Town	XF
Route 34	BF		59	62		25	30
Goldenrod City	BX					25	30
Route 35	PF		60	64		30	35
National Park	PX		61	65
Bug-Catching Contest	PX		61	65
Route 36	XF		62	66
Route 37	SX					25	30
Route 38	SX					25	30
Olivine City	BF					25	30		25	25
Route 39	XF		60	64
Route 40	XF		61	65
Ecruteak City	PF					20	25
Burned Tower	XX		62	66
Route 41	CM		62	66		30	35
Mt. Mortar 1F (front)	CX		63	67		30	35
Mt. Mortar 1F (back)	XX		63	67
Mt. Mortar 2F	CX		64	68		30	35
Mt. Mortar B1F	CX		64	68		30	35
Mahogany Town	XM
Route 42	PM		65	69		15	20
Lake of Rage	PF					15	20
Team Rocket HQ	XX		66	70
Route 43	PM		67	71		20	25
Ice Path	XX		68	72
Blackthorn City	PX					25	30
Dragon's Den	OM					25	30
Route 44	OX		69	73		25	30
Route 45	XX		70	74
Route 46	XX		70	74		20	25
Victory Road 1F	XX		71	75
Victory Road 2F	XX		71	75
Victory Road 3F	XX		71	75
Seafoam Islands 1F	AX		71	75
Seafoam Islands B1F	AX		71	75
Seafoam Islands B2F	AX		71	75
Seafoam Islands B3F	AX		71	75		25	30
Seafoam Islands B4F	AX		71	75		25	30
Power Plant	XX		71	75
Mt. Silver (front)	CX		71	75
Mt. Silver (back)	CX		71	75		30	35
Mt. Silver summit	CX		71	75
Mt. Silver chambers	CX		71	75
Whirl Islands	AX		71	75		25	30
Bell Tower	XX		71	75
Cerulean Cave 1F	LX		71	75		30	35
Cerulean Cave 2F	LX		71	75
Cerulean Cave B1F	LX		71	75		30	35

In-game event Pokémon

The following is a list of in-game event Pokémon, split by whether you're given them or have to catch them. This does not include any of the Self-Destructers in Team Rocket HQ, as I consider these to be wild Pokémon, and thus you'll find them in the above list, but it does however include Unown, as you have to do something to fish them out. Pichu must be hatched from the egg handed over to you from Oak at the Day Care, and comes out - like all eggs do in these versions - at level 1 rather than level 5. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I can think of no good reason for the Ghost Marowak to be uncatchable so here you can catch it. It seems a wee bit unfair for Lapras to be available in both Silph Co. and Union Cave while poor Porygon would be unavailable anywhere thanks to me excising the Game Corners, so here it gets given to you in Silph Co.. Tyrogue gets given to you in the Fighting Dojo in lieu of having to pick between Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan, as the choice is an obvious artefact. In addition, I really like Pokémon Emerald's approach of giving you the other fossil later in the game, so the fossil you don't pick in Mt. Moon gets handed to you if you can beat Giovanni in Mt. Mortar. To make things marginally less annoying, Roaming Pokémon are registered as 'seen' in the Pokédex as soon as they are seen in Burned Tower. Due to my standardisation of wild Pokémon levels, even a level 30 Red Gyarados would be implausible so I'm taking it out. And finally, the chap who gives you Black Glasses will here give you a Tyranitar with Black Glasses instead.

List of in-game event Pokémon
Location	Pokémon	Level	Moves
Oak's Lab	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Charmander	5	Scratch	Growl
OR
Oak's Lab	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Squirtle	5	Tackle	Tail Whip
OR
Oak's Lab	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Bulbasaur	5	Tackle	Growl
AND
Day Care	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Pichu	1 (egg)	Thundershock	Charm
Celadon Condominiums	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Eevee	5	Tackle
Fighting Dojo	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Tyrogue	5	Brick Break
Silph Co.	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Porygon	25	Agility	Psybeam	Recover	Sharpen
Cinnabar Lab	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Omanyte	25	Constrict	Withdraw	Bite	Water Gun
Cinnabar Lab	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Kabuto	25	Harden	Absorb	Leer	Sand Attack
Cinnabar Lab	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Aerodactyl	25	Agility	Bite	Supersonic	Ancient Power
Goldenrod City	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Fearow	40	Fury Attack	Pursuit	Mirror Move	Drill Peck
Dragon's Den	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Dragonite	55	Slam	Agility	Safeguard	Wing Attack
Dark Cave	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Tyranitar	55	Thrash	Scary Face	Crunch	Stone Edge
Lavender Tower	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Marowak	30	Headbutt	Leer	Focus Energy	Bonemerang
Silence Bridge	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Snorlax	30	Amnesia	Defense Curl	Belly Drum	Headbutt
Cycling Road	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Sudowoodo	30	Mimic	Flail	Low Kick	Rock Slide
Ruins of Alph	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Unown	50	Hidden Power
Union Cave	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Lapras	60	Rain Dance	Safeguard	Hydro Pump	Sheer Cold
Seafoam Islands	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Articuno	100	Sheer Cold	Heal Bell	Reflect	Blizzard
Power Plant	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Zapdos	100	Metal Sound	Drill Peck	Light Screen	Thunder
Mt. Silver	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Moltres	100	Will-O-Wisp	Sky Attack	Safeguard	Fire Blast
Roaming Pokémon	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Raikou	100	Quick Attack	Reflect	Crunch	Thunder
Roaming Pokémon	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Entei	100	Stomp	Fire Spin	Swagger	Fire Blast
Roaming Pokémon	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Suicune	100	Aurora Beam	Mist	Mirror Coat	Hydro Pump
Whirl Islands	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Lugia	100	Swift	Aeroblast	Ancient Power	Future Sight
Tin Tower	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Ho-Oh	100	Swift	Sacred Fire	Ancient Power	Future Sight
Cerulean Cave	[[Bulbapedia:{{{9}}}|{{{9}}}]]	Mewtwo	100	Psychic	Psych Up	Future Sight	Amnesia

In-game trade Pokémon

The following is a list of in-game event Pokémon. I have never quite understood how in-game traders always seem to have a Pokémon for you at the exact same level you do (do they have 100 of the same Pokémon there just in case?), and given that they dropped the pretense in Generation V I'm declining to introduce it. (I did consider having Pokémon that were, for example, level 50 and above like in Pokémon Stadium's Gym Leader Castle, but that would still evolve in-game trainers having lots and lots of the same Pokémon lying around.) I did say earlier on I wasn't sure what to do about the underleveled Pokémon usable in Pika Cup lost to the merging of the generations; given that the Petit Cup would require level 1 Pokémon, since they would want 'freshly hatched' Pokémon and that's the level they'd be in these versions, I'm going to set that so that Pika Cup uses Petit Cup's level requirements, and to accommodate that I'm making the sixteen non-event Pokémon who, even after my tinkering in this article's Pokémon section, evolve by level after level 30 available by trade at level 30 in exchange for the sixteen Pokémon who evolve between levels 27 and 30 inclusive. The locations are the same as the ones in Red and Green, with the exception of the lady in Goldenrod Department Store, who is in Celadon Department Store, and the chap in the Power Plant, who is in the same place as the Coach Trainer in Generation VII. (If they're happy to put her there…)

The Machoke, Magneton, Electabuzz and Magmar you trade away will evolve into Machamp, Magnezone, Electivire and Magmortar when they receive them and the Rhydon you receive will evolve into Rhyperior; one gripe I will remedy is that if a Pokémon evolves during the trade, both players's Pokédexes will update. I'm dispensing with the nicknames those trainers give, but I've used the names of trainers first used in real-life (nine from FireRed and LeafGreen and seven from Gold and Silver).

Trivia

I very nearly increased the maximum levels of Pokémon available for these games. I have a theory that the extra twelve weeks it took from its planned release date in December 1995 to its actual release date in March 1996 was to reduce all the game's levels; we know that the encounter rate was once set so high that encounters were programmed for every other tile, thereby causing caves to take half a day to complete, and that using glitches you can actually get level 255 Pokémon in Generation I (which would mean you could get a Chansey with 1781 HP or better still a Blissey with 1807 HP). Whether or not I carried this out I'm leaving as an exercise for the reader.