Pokémon Center

A Pokémon Center is a place in both the games and the anime where you get your Pokémon healed. A Pokémon Center is completely free and is found in most major cities in the games and anime. They can be found by their red roof in the games, and giant 'P' in the anime.

In the Anime

In the anime, Pokémon Centers come in a variety of different ways, ranging from very tall buildings to tiny little huts. Occassionally, they can be found out in the middle of nowhere. Every center has a Nurse Joy and some Chansey to assist her. Pokémon Centers in the anime usually consist of a lobby, a recovery room for Pokémon in-healing to stay, an ER, a Poké Ball room, beds for weary trainers, and sometimes a cafeteria. They also have video phones and PCs, which trainers are welcome to use.

All Centers are connected in case of emergency.

In the Games

The Pokémon Centers in the games have stayed about the same way through with basic rooms, the Wireless Cable Club and the lobby which holds the Nurse Joy and PC. Again, every Center contains a Nurse Joy.

Generation I

This includes Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, Pokémon Green, and Pokémon Yellow. In these games, there is a lobby with a Nurse Joy and a Link Club.

The Nurse Joy will heal all the party Pokémon if need be, returning their HP and PP to normal and healing their status ailments. Located on the far-end of the Center is the PC and the Link Club.

The Link Club allows the player to link with other players and trade and battle others*. Whereas the PC allows access to the player's stored Pokémon and even to have their PokéDex rated by the known Professor, Professor Oak.

*It is required to save the game before linking with other players.

Generation II

This includes Pokémon Gold, Pokémon Silver, and Pokémon Crystal.

The basic structure of the Pokémon Center hasn't changed; however, the Link Club, now the Cable Club, is located in the second story of the Pokémon Center and the PC is now right next to Nurse Joy.

Generation III

This includes Pokémon Ruby, Pokémon Sapphire, Pokémon Emerald, Pokémon FireRed and Pokémon LeafGreen.

The basic structure did not change, except for the stairs turning into an escalator to lead upstairs.

Generation IV

This includes Pokémon Diamond, Pokémon Pearl, and Pokémon Platinum.

The basic structure, again, stayed pretty much the same, only now a Wi-Fi Square was added, leading the the basement of the Pokémon Center. Here, players can make poffins and play mini-games. Twenty players may enter the Wi-Fi Square, but the players are only allowed to spend a certain amount of time each day in the Wi-Fi Square.