(the best walkthrough on the web)

THE STARTING

When you start out, the first question that the game asks to you is the hour of the day. Then next is the minute. You will begin in your house in Wakaba Town. Go downstairs, and after you mother asks you the day of the week, she will give you your PokeGear. And ask you if you have used it. Now, leave your house and go to the house all of the way up and to the left. This is Professor Utsugi's Lab. Once you go into the lab, Utsugi will talk to you, then give you the choice of three Pokemon on the table. The left one is Hinoarashi (a fire Pokemon), the middle one is Waninoko (a water Pokemon), and the right one is Chikoriita (a grass Pokemon). [Note: I chose Chikoriita. It learns Razor Leaf at level 8. It is good for the first couple of Gym leaders. It luckly can learn Flash and Cut. But if you want a pokemon that can help you defeat the really tough Gym leaders later on I suggest using Hinoarashi ][His fire attacks really rock] Before you leave, Utsugi's assistant will give you a Potion (you can't avoid it but why would you want to). Don't worry about Poke Balls just yet because if you did have them you wouldn't know how to use them. They will be given to you later.

YOSHINO CITY AND THE POKEMON ELDER

Your destination is Yoshino City to the west it is hard to miss. You should take the time to raise your Pokemon up to level 15 to make it easier to defeat the Gym leaders later on. Just raise them by fighting wild pokemon out side of outside Wakaba town. It will make you have an much easier time this way. If you need to heal your Pokemon, go to Utsugi's lab and use the computer. It acts as a Pokemon Center. Once you've built up to level 15 (which could take fairly long), go west. Don't bother going up, because you won't be able to get very far. Keep going until you get to Yoshino City. Talk to the old man at the beginning of the town, and answer "yes" to his question, and he'll take you on a tour of the town. Plus, when he ends at this house, he will give you a Map card. Which shows the new pokemon world. You can access the map from your PokeGear. Go north, out of town and head into the house. Here, a man will give you an item called "Spirit Fruit". There are many different types of Spirit Fruit in the game (some heal, cure poison, paralysis, etc.), and you can get them from the large flowers or tree (what ever you call it) that appear during the game (there is one outside of his house). The good thing about Spirit Fruit is that you can equip it on a Pokemon, and whenever it reaches the yellow zone or a certain low degree of Hit Points, it will automatically use that Spirit Fruit. Keep going east and north to the Pokemon Elder's house. He will give you a Mysterious Egg. Plus, Professor Oak will give you your Pokedex.(If you want to you can check out the Pokedex it is a big improvement on the other one) He'll also tell you to go to Kogane City. Not only that, he will heal all of your Pokemon.

BACK TO WAKABA TOWN

However, once you step out of the house, Utsugi will call you, telling you that there is trouble and that you should return immediately. Return to Yoshino City and use the Pokemon Center. Just before you leave town, you will encounter a your rival who uses one of the Pokemon that you could have chosen in the beginning. You should be at a high enough level that it will be an easy fight, even though you are weak against that he has chosen. After the battle heal at the Pokemon Center if you need to, then go to Utsugi's Lab. The police will be there, and you will have to name the young man that you fought. He will then be your rival for the remainder of the game. He will marvel at the Egg that you were give, and will take it for a time to study. Just as you are about to leave, Utsugi's Assistant will give you 5 Poke Balls. The first man that you see outside of Wakaba Town will instruct you on how to use the Poke Balls. Say "yes" to his question.

KIKYOU CITY AND THE WING BADGE

At this point, you may want to catch some Pokemon to add to your team. A good choice to catch would be Otachi (the flying raccoon; can only be caught during the day). It can learn Cut, and Surf! Another good one is Pidgey, which can learn Fly. And is very good at defeating the next few Gym leaders. While you're at it, pick up a Geodude and when you get Strength later on teach it to him (you can catch him in the area where I said don't bother to go because you couldn't get very far)Note: He is a must catch if you want to defeat the next gym leader. Keep at least one slot open in your party! Due to that egg that you will be getting. Make your way to Kikyou City. Then beat Hayato at the Gym. The Gym Members and Leader use bird-type Pokemon, and should be relatively easy if you built up your levels and if you caught a Geodude. Defeat Hayato to get the "Wing Badge". It increases the Attack of all of your Pokemon, plus allows you to use Flash at any time. He also gives you TM 31 "mud shadow". It's a high-damaging "Sand Attack". Utsugi will call after you exit the Gym. Your egg is now ready. Go to the Pokemon Center, and Utsugi's Assistant will be there. Answer "yes" to his question, and you'll be given your egg back, but this time will be in your party. It can not attack, etc., but will hatch in some time, into Togepi! Now, go to the northern part of town to the Bellsprout Temple. Battle your way to the top, and defeat the temple master for the Flash HM.

HIWADA TOWN AND THE INSECT BADGE

Now, go south through the cave to Hiwada Town (if you try going west, you will be blocked by some sort of tree). Go into the Pokemon Center, and talk to the fisherman to get the Fishing Pole. Talk to Gantetsu, the Pokemon Ball maker at the northern end of town, and he'll ask you to save the Slowpokes that are being held captive. He'll then leave the house. Now go to the front of the town and into the hole that a man was previously blocking. Gantestu will be there. Defeat all of the Team Rocket members, and Gantestu will be grateful. He'll give you a "Lure Ball". Hold on to it you will need it in the future. Now go to the Gym, and defeat the leader for the "Insect Badge". It allows you to control Pokemon up to level 30, and enables you to use Cut. She also gives you TM 49 "Renzokugeri". A good slash attack that she used on you earlier. Heal at the Pokemon Center, then go west through the gate. Just as you are about to, your rival appears again. This battle is a little tougher, but shouldn't be difficult if you have built up your Pokemon levels.

KOGANE CITY AND THE REGULAR BADGE

Go through the forest, and play a game of "Catch the Farfetch'd" to get the Cut HM from the grateful man. Cut your way north, and into Kogane City. Explore the town, but don't go into the Gym yet. You should be able to find a Coin Case in an underground tunnel (you won't be able to go into the door yet), get a Bicycle in the Miracle Bike Shop. Go to the Radio Tower (the large building to the west end of town), and talk to the woman at the right end of the counter). Answer her questions correctly, and she'll give you the Radio Card. You'll be able to access the Radio from your PokeGear. You can go to the Gym now, if you want. HOWEVER, you may want to build each of your Pokemon up to at least 25. This is because the gym leader, Akane, uses a wicked Pokemon called "Mirutank". This is a strong pokemon, because it has huge HP, and can wipe down lower Pokemon easily. Now only that, it has an attack called "Mellow Mellow" that charms your Pokemon into not attacking, if it is the opposite gender of Mirutank. If this isn't bad enough, it has some Milk equipped on it, so when you reduce its HP down, it will automatically heals! But it only heals once. This will be one of the most difficult battles that you will face up to now. Unless you use the two flying pokemon I told you to catch earlier. Pidge works best on Mirutank. You will get the "Regular Badge" for winning. At first, she won't give it to you, but if you talk to one of the club members and then try coaxing it out of her she will give it to you. It allows you to use Strength. She also gives you TM 45 "Mellow Mellow".

ENJU CITY AND THE PHANTOM BADGE

Exit the Gym, and go to the house on the right, and on top. Talk to the lady next to the flowers, and she'll give you some Squirtle Liquid. Go north through the gate between the town and the path to the next town, there are two ways to get to the tree. One is find the spot out side and north of the town where all the grass is. And then going east on the grass then cut the flower and go north until you get on to the concrete path. The other is going through the Park. Ether way you end up in the same place. After that find the tree by following the path. Get the Squirtle Liquid, examine it in front of the tree, then answer "yes". The Squirtle Liquid will pour on the tree. Tree will attack you. Usokii, the tree, is pretty tough but you shouldn't have much of a problem. You can catch it if you want, you only get one chance to catch it; it may be a good time to use that Lure Ball. Before you do that walk a little bit to the right, and encounter the pudgy man. Defeat him, and he'll give you "TM 08". You need this to destroy the broken rocks that you encounter later on in the game. Now go into Enju City. You will encounter, your rival's friend at the Pokemon Center. Go to the house to the left of the Pokemon Center, and answer "yes" to get an Item Finder. Now go to the house north of the Pokemon Center that has dancing girls. Defeat all of the girls (they are using Eevee evolutions, including the two new ones which are Evil and psychic types), then and talk to the Gentleman in the room. He'll give you the Surf HM. Now you can go to the Gym and defeat the gym leader (who uses Ghost Pokemon) for the Phantom Badge. It allows you to control Pokemon up to level 50, and allows you to use Surf any time. He also gives you TM 30 "Shadow Ball". Go to the smaller temple in the upper-left portion of town. You will encounter your rival in there. Break the rocks and walk around until there is a pit to fall down. Walk to the stairs, and the three Pokemon that are there will jump away.

ASAGI CITY

Go west to Asagi City. You can stop by the Mirutank Farm. One of the Mirutanks are sick. Feed it around eight to ten Spirit Fruits and it will get better. Then you can talk to the mother in the house, and she will give you a TM. You also can buy milk from the father, which heals a good amount of HP. As you should know from earlier. You don't have to do this. It does take a little bit of time to do this so if your going for speed, I don't suggest doing this. In Asagi City, you will notice that the Gym is empty. Climb the Lighthouse (the large building), and talk to Mikan at the top. Her Pokemon is sick, and you will need medicine to help her. Exit the lighthouse, and go to the last house just before the beach. Talk to the sailor to get the Strength HM.

TABAN CITY AND THE SHOCK BADGE

Now, Surf over to Taban City (the city over the sea), and defeat the Gym Leader to get the Shock Badge. It will allow you to control Pokemon up to level 70(wow). He also gives you TM 01 "Explosive Punch". Talk to the woman just outside of the Gym to get the Fly HM. Go into the very last house at the bottom of Taban City and talk to the man. He will give you some Medicine.

BACK TO ASAGI CITY AND THE STEEL BADGE

Now, go back to Asagi City and climb the Lighthouse again. Talk to Mikan, and then she will go down to the Gym. Defeat her for the Steel Badge. It increases your Pokemon's Defense. She also gives you TM 23 "Iron Tail".

CHOJU TOWN AND THE ICE BADGE

Go west from Enju City to Choju Town. There is a man blocking the Gym door, so you can't go in just yet. Go north, and defeat/capture the Red Gyarados. Once you do, look for the sign in the same area. Wataru [Lance] will be looking at the sign. Talk to him, and he will disappear. Go back down to Choju Town, and enter the Shop. Lance will be there, and will show the way into a Team Rocket HQ. Go into the HQ. Defeat the Researcher at the computer, and examine the computer that will  turn on a switch. On the next floor, you will meet Lance again. He will  heal your Pokemon. Defeat all of the Team Rocket members on the remaining floors to get passwords. (Don't worry about writing them down). Those passwords will allow you to open up the gates. This will eventually allow you to enter the boss' room at the top, and defeat him. Talk to the bird to get the final password. Go back down to the floor with the large machine on it, behind a gate. Defeat the Team Rocket members with Lance's help, then go into the Generator Room. Defeat the three Electrodes  ( left side). Lance will then give you HM 06 "Whirlpool". This HM is used to fill in whirlpools. Once outside, you will see that the man is no longer in front of the Gym. You can now enter and defeat him for the Ice Badge, and TM 16 "Numbing Wind".

KOGANE CITY AND THE RADIO TOWER(back again)

At this point, since you will have seven badges, you will get a call from Professor Utsugi. There is trouble at the Radio Tower in Kogane City. Enter the Radio Tower and defeat all of the Team Rocket members. There will be a gate on one of the floors along the way.. Ignore it, and go up to defeat the boss at the top. You will then get a key. Exit the Radio Tower, and go just north of it to the Underground Passage (the place where you got the cool coin case). Unlock the door, and go in. Your rival will then enter and attack you. Get the card key from the Gentleman that is trapped on one of the floors. He will give you a key card. Enter the elevator, you will find that your in the Shop. Re-enter the Radio Tower, and go through the gate that was  locked (like I was talking about before. Defeat the remaining Rockets.

FUSUBE CITY AND THE RAGING BADGE

Now that Team Rocket's been taken care of, go back to Choju City, and east to Fusube City through a cave. HM 07 "Waterfall" is in this cave (in an item ball). Defeat Ibuki at the Gym, but she won't give you your badge yet. Surf on the area behind the Gym, and through the cave. Find the item ball with the feather in it. And Ibuki will show up. She will then give you your Raging Badge. It allows you control all Pokemon(that even better). She also hands you TM 24 (Dragon Blizzard).

PREPARING FOR THE POKEMON LEAGUE

After getting the badge and exiting the cave, Utsugi will give you a call(like he has done before). Go to him, and he will give you the Master Ball(which should be famious). Now that you have all eight badges, you can go to the Pokemon League. Access it from Wakaba Town (the first town). Surf to the right, and a man will give you a new Map Card (to see the second map). However, you may need some firepower. You should start your quest for one of the new Legendary Birds. If you are playing Gold, you can get Houou first; if Silver, you can get Lugia first. Both are at level 30.

HOUOU AND LUGIA

Houou is in the Legendary Temple. Go back to Enju City, and into the double-space house that has a door in it. Follow it around until you get to a temple. Ascend to the top, and Houou will be there. Lugia, on the other hand, is in the set of caves to the west of Taban City. Go into the middle-right cave. You will be nearing Lugia's area if you go down a waterfall. Enter the cave, and Lugia will be there.

TO THE POKEMON LEAGUE

After you have caught the birds. Once you have gotten the second map from the man, go into the cave, and work your way through the cave. Prepare for a long walk up to the League. Go through the very last cave (it's not very long), and your rival will confront you for the last time at the end. Defeat him and enter the Pokemon League. Defeat the Elite Four. Itsuki has Psychic pokemon, Kyou  [Koga] has Poison, Batsu [Bruno] has Fighting, Karin has pretty much everything, and finally defeat the current Champion, Wataru [Lance] the one who has Dragon pokemon.

KUCHIBA CITY AND THE ORANGE BADGE

Continue after the game rolls the credits and shows the title. Utsugi will call you. Go to him, and get a Boat Ticket. Go to Asagi City and down the pathway until you get the boat. Enter it, and go to your room (the one with the sailor standing in front of it). Heal if you need to. Enter all of the rooms, and talk to the Gentleman in one of them. His daughter is missing. Go up the stairs and talk to the sailor that won't let you through. Go back down to the room to the right of yours, and defeat the sailor. Go back up, and defeat the passengers and sailors on that floor. Ascend the stairs, and talk to the little girl who is talking to the captain. You will both be warped back to her cabin. At this time, you should be at your destination  Kuchiba City! Go to the Gym and defeat Machisu [Lt. Surge] for the Orange Badge. It increases the Speed of your Pokemon.

YAMABUKI CITY AND THE GOLD BADGE

Go north to Yamabuki City and defeat Natsume [Sabrina] for the Gold Badge. Now go east to the town, and into the Radio Station there. Talk to the men, then exit. Go north from that town, and around, surf down until you get to the Power Station. Talk to the man in the Generator Room, and then leave.

HANADA CITY AND THE BLUE BADGE

Return to Yamabuki City, and go north to Hanada City. Enter the Gym. A Team Rocket member will bump into you, then will leave. The Gym is empty. Exit the Gym, and go north up the trail, where you will find the Rocket. Defeat him, and he will tell you about an item that he hid in the Gym. This item is the component that they are missing from the Power Station. Go back to the Gym, and to the little pool in the middle of the Gym. Examine the upper-left corner of the little pool for the item. Go north again, and fight through the string of Trainers. You should then see a young lady. Talk to her, and she will go back to the Hanada City Gym. Return to the Gym and defeat her (Kasumi [Misty]) for the Blue Badge. Return to the Power Station and give the item to the man. He will give you a TM in return. Now, go back to the town on the second map with the Radio Tower. Talk to the Gentleman, and he will give you a Radio Upgrade. Go to Kuchiba City, and into the Pokemon Fan Club. Talk to the plump man at the table, and he will give you a Clefairy Doll. Go back to Yamabuki City, and into the Copycat's house. Go up the stairs and talk to her. She will give you the Linear Motorcar Ticket. You can now go back and forth between the maps MUCH more easily.

TAMAMUSHI CITY AND THE RAINBOW BADGE

Go back to Yamabuki City and go to the west, to Tamamushi City. Defeat Erika at the Gym for the Rainbow Badge, and TM 19 "Giga Drain".

SEKICHIKU CITY AND THE PINK BADGE

Go west down Cycling Road to Sekichiku City. Enter the Gym and defeat Anju. She is the girl that is on the lower left. She will give you the pretty Pink Badge.

NIVI CITY AND THE GREY BADGE

Return to Kuchiba City, and up to the Snorlax. Enter your Radio Screen, and go to the last tuneable station (the one with nothing but music). Exit the menus, and then examine the Snorlax. It will have waked up and attack will  you. Once the Snorlax is dealt with and caught, go through Diglett's Cave, and you will have emerge near Nivi City. Go to Nivi City, and defeat Takeshi [Brock] at the Gym for the Grey Badge. There is also a Trainer's House in this town. You can go into the basement to fight a high-level trainer. You can only do this one per day. You can also go right to go to Mt. Moon (a very short cave like in red and blue). You will fight your rival for the very last time here. At the top is a shop , and there is an open field.

TOKIWA CITY AND MASARA TOWN

Now, do south to Tokiwa City. The Gym is empty (once again). Go south to Masara Town, and talk to Professor Oak. Surf south from Masara Town, to a little island. There will be a person examining a rock. Talk to him, and he will leave. And then go back to the Gym.

GUREN TOWN AND THE CREME BADGE

Surf to the right, to a little cave. This is the Guren Town Gym. Defeat Katsura [Blaine] there, and get the Creme Badge.

TOKIWA CITY AND THE GREEN BADGE

Return to Tokiwa City, and defeat Green [Gary] there for the Green Badge. Now you have ALL sixteen badges! Good news. Now you can go back and get the other new Legendary Bird. Go talk to everyone in Nivi City again. One of them will give you another feather. This will allow you to go to the other location to grab the other Legendary Bird. However, this other bird will be at level 70.

SHIROGANE MOUNTAIN

But there's a little more. Go back to Masara Town, and talk to Professor Oak. He will tell you about Shirogane Mountain, which has some strong Pokemon. Return to Tokiwa City , and go west. Go through the small cave to emerge by some grasslands. . This is a good place to build up levels. Good thing there is a Pokemon Center there. You can also fly to the Pokemon Center here from the locations on the first map.

THE LAST BATTLE

RED [ASH] But there is also a cave. Go through it, to find someone at the end. This is Red [Ash]. He has the most very powerful pokemon. Here's how you can beat him. Use these three main Pokemon: Houou (a level 60), Red Gyarados (a level 59), and Meganiumu (a level 61). I also brought along five Revives, twenty-five super potions(you don't need that many), and twenty Full-Heals(which is always good). My other three Pokemon were "cannon fodder", and were used as a one turn rest while I used a Super Potion on one of the three main Pokemon. You'll  have an easier time if your Pokemon have higher levels. First up is his Pikachu (level 81 looks like he is always using it). Use Houou. It took one Fire Blast to knock it out. Second is his Blastoise (level 77). Switch to Meganiumu. If you're lucky, he'll use a minor attack. I used Solar Beam once, and Razor Leaf after that. Third is his Venusaur (level 77). Switch back to Houou, and use Holy Fire once, then Gust (Venusaur was weak against both). Fourth is Eefi (level 77). It will most likely use "Reflector" (nothing to worry about). Switch to Houou and used Fire Blast twice. It likes to use Psychic. Fifth is the most difficult one, a Snorlax (level 77). I beat this Snorlax by running it out of attacks but feel free to try something else. . Use Super Potions or Houou's Recover until the Snorlax no longer has anything else to use except Amnesia. Then Gust it into oblivion, since things like Fire Blast did very little damage. Watch out for it;s Body Slams. This will allow Snorlax to attack first in all turns. If Snorlax is asleep, use some healing items on your other Pokemon. Sixth is Charizard. I pull out a Gyarados, and use "Waterfall" on it three times and it fall. Or Hydro Pump. Once you defeat Red, the credits will roll once again, and you will immediately be taken to the Pokemon Center in front of Shirogane Mountain. If you go back in, Red is no longer there.

POKEMON BREEDING Pokemon Breeding is a way to increase your stockpile of Pokemon. However, it is the ONLY way to get the much sought- after "pre- evolutions" of certain Pokemon. Take two Pokemon of the same type, and of different genders to the house to the south of Kogane City. Here, you will find two people. Give the male Pokemon to the old man, and the female Pokemon to the old woman. Now, go out and explore, fight, walk around, etc. After about half an hour to an hour, return to this house. If done correctly, you should see the old man in the "pen" where the two Pokemon are. He has an egg for you. Make sure you have an open slot in your party! There is a computer in the house, where you can make room. Go and talk to the old man to get the egg. You can then get your Pokemon back by paying a certain amount of money. Certain Pokemon have "pre-evolutions", and hatch in the normal way (after an hour or so). Only certain Pokemon have pre- evolutions: Purin [Jigglypuff] - Pupurin Pippi [Clefairy] - Pii Erebuu [Electabuzz] - Erekkido Pikachu - Pichu Buubaa [Magmar] - Buubii Rujura [Jynx] - (don't have the name right off hand) Ebiwaraa/Sawamuraa [Hitmonchan/lee] - Kapoera There are more; these are just the ones I can think of right now. To my current knowledge, I do not know if keeping two Pokemon of the same type of different genders in your party will eventually give you an egg. If it does, you will most-likely need a space in your party.

AREF'S MONUMENT If you've been to the "pyramid" with the strange writing on the walls, chances are that you've encountered the "Annoon" Pokemon. They are the same Pokemon with more than one "shape". (If you actually use one, they never evolve, and never learn more than one move, called "Awakening Power"). The goal of this area is to catch all twenty-six different shapes of this Pokemon. After catching two different types, exit the monument, and a scientist will be outside. Talk to him, and he will take you into the small lab to get your Pokedex upgrade to view the Annoon that you have already captured. To view this upgrade, go into your Pokedex, and hit 'Select'. It should be the next to last option there. At first, you will only be able to catch a few of them. This is solved by completing the puzzles that are around. You should be able to immediately find and solve the "Kabuto" and "Aerodactyl" puzzles. For the other two, exit the area to the right, then go south into the cave that leads to the "Slowpoke" town. You will need "Surf" to get to the other ladders in the cave. These ladders (after a little exploring) will lead to the other two puzzles: "Omanyte" and "Moltres". What do these puzzles do? Once you solve them, they "unlock" another set of Annoon Pokemon for you to capture. Once you have all twenty-six of the Annoon Pokemon, go into the small lab, and you can use the small machine in the upper-right corner of the room. It allows you to print out the Annoon as stickers through your Pocket Printer. Oh, and if you didn't figure it out yet, each of the Annoon Pokemon represent a letter in the English alphabet.

THE THREE LEGENDARY DOGS In the Enju City, if you go into the temple in th upper-left of the city, and smash the blocks, eventually you will fall into an area that has three Pokemon sitting in an area. Once you step onto the stairs, they will jump away, leaving the temple. These are the three "Legendary Dogs" . My comment to you? Good luck trying to catch them(unless you haven't use your masterball). Each of the Dogs appears in a completely random place each time that you go into a new area (usually a town). So, one time it could be on the left end of the map, and then next time it will be on the right. So, you'll have to walk around until you see it for the first time. You may never encounter them at all. The location is in your Pokedex. So, just go in and out of a town's location, and check your Pokedex each time to see if they're near your location.

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