The Battle Frontier at Route 40 replaces the Battle Tower.

Some Trainers in the Kanto region have Generation III and IV Pokémon.

Hills that require HM08 Rock Climb can now be found.

Next to the National Park, there is the Pokéathlon Dome in which you can compete in minigames to win medals, which is available after you receive the Plain Badge.

The areas in the Safari Zone can be altered after you receive Baoba's second challenge.

A Safari Zone can be found at Route 48, which is owned by Baoba.

Additional routes, Route 47 and Route 48, are placed next to Cianwood City.

He will be seen whenever the character encounters Suicune. He also can be found at the intro video, where he is wearing purple clothes. The player character will meet him when the player character finds Suicune.

Eusine (from Pokémon Crystal) returns he is a character who is interested in Suicune.

Team Rocket now have four executives - Proton, Petrel, Ariana, and Archer.

Players who succeed solving the Kabuto puzzle will receive an Unown Dex from a man in the ruins.

The tiles of the puzzle in Ruins of Alph can now be rotated to solve the puzzle.

All the gyms are balanced differently to be tougher than in the original Generation II games.

You may interact with it to show how it feels or what it's doing right now. Only the lead Pokémon of your party (the Pokémon in the first spot of your party) will follow you.

All 493 Pokémon can follow you, including Shiny Pokémon, a feature which cannot be turned off.

The Global Terminal is found at Goldenrod City.

Visiting the Sprout Tower and completing the task in it is now required in order to access the Violet City gym.

Recorder from Ethan or Lyra early in the game, depending on the gender you chose. Previously, the female player characters didn't make an appearance in the story.

Lyra's dialogue now appears in the story if she is a non-playable character.

The new female character named Lyra was added in HeartGold and SoulSilver and she replaces Kris (the female protagonist from Crystal), and Gold has been renamed as Ethan.

Reach for the sky-call forth the Legendary Pokémon!Įnjoy minigames with your Trainer Pokémon!

Prepare for thrilling new adventures as Legendary Pokémon awaken!Įxplore the Johto region as you catch, train, and battle with your favourite Pokémon by your side.

2 Changes from Gold, Silver and Crystal.

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