Johto
From the Pokémon Encyclopedia
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| General | |
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| Name | Johto region |
| Introduced in | Gold/Silver/Crystal |
| Newly revealed Pokémon | 100 |
| Region Professer | Professor Elm |
| Starter Pokémon | Chikorita, Cyndaquil, Totodile |
| Pokédex version | Johto Dex |
| Regional villains | Team Rocket |
The Johto region is the second region to be explored, located to the west of Kanto. Johto and Kanto are part of one large continent, with everything to the west of the Indigo Plateau considered part of Johto. Because of the close proximity of these two regions, they both share the same location for the Pokémon League.
This region was first revealed in Gold/Silver/Crystal, along with 100 previously unknown Pokémon. In the Generation II games, the player's hometown is New Bark Town, where they can choose either Chikorita, Cyndaquil, or Totodile as their first Pokémon.
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[edit] Geography
The terrain of Johto is similar to that of Kanto, with a jagged mountain range in the north-east, descending to a boundless ocean in the south-west.
[edit] Locations
[edit] Cities/Towns
- New Bark Town
- Cherrygrove City
- Violet City
- Azalea Town
- Goldenrod City
- Ecruteak City
- Olivine City
- Cianwood City
- Mahogany Town
- Blackthorn City
[edit] Areas of Interest
- Ruins of Alph
- Slowpoke Well
- Union Cave
- Ilex Forest
- Radio Tower
- National Park
- Tin Tower
- Burned Tower
- Sprout Tower
- Whirl Islands
- Dark Cave
- Mt. Mortar
- Dragon's Den
- Tohjo Falls
- Indigo Plateau
- Mt. Silver
[edit] Routes
Johto's routes start where Kanto left off: routes in Johto are numbered 29-46, where Kanto's are 1-28.
[edit] Johto League
The Johto League is the greatest aspiration of all Trainers. Because they are neighboring regions, Johto and Kanto share the same Elite Four, located at Indigo Plateau. One Badge from each Johto Gym is required to enter.
[edit] Gym Leaders
| Johto Gyms | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Type |
| Falkner | Flying |
| Bugsy | Bug |
| Whitney | Normal |
| Morty | Ghost |
| Chuck | Fighting |
| Jasmine | Steel |
| Pryce | Ice |
| Clair | Dragon |
[edit] Real-life Connection
Following the tradition, the Johto region is based off of a real-world region of Japan, the Kansai region, just as Kanto is based off of the real Kanto region in Japan.
[edit] Reappearance ?
In the Generation IV games Diamond & Pearl, there is location pointer data (for a captured Pokémon's status screen) that includes a reference to Johto, much like it does for Kanto and Hoenn when a Pokémon is migrated forward from Generation III. What this means is that the Johto region could make an appearance in a future game that would be compatible with Diamond & Pearl.
[edit] Trivia
- Johto was the first region to introduce the time-of-day feature.
- Johto is the only region that has not been featured on a newer handheld (GBA & DS).
- This was the first region to introduce the use of Berries.
- The most recent Pokémon types, Dark & Steel, were introduced in Johto.
