Kanto ‘HeartGold’ and ‘SoulSilver’ Coverage

This post is a continuation of our previous news story covering HeartGold and SoulSilver‘s Johto region. We have now arrived in Kanto and will post any important notes here. To see the full Gym Leader rosters for the Kanto Gym Leaders, including the rosters for when you re-battle them, please refer to the previous HG/SS news story. The information below is arranged from newest to oldest.

• — We’ve been backtracking. We’re doing the Arceus event now. Translations are coming soon.
• Zapdos is in the Power Plant at level 50. Its attacks are Discharge, Ancient Power, Charge, and Agility.
• Mewtwo is in Cerulean Cave at level 70. It knows Guard Swap, Power Swap, Psycho Cut, and Amnesia. The cave still has the same general feel as FireRed and LeafGreen.
• After collecting all of the badges, go to the 3rd floor of the mansion in Celadon City. This is where Gamefreak resides. The man standing next to the spinning globe will give you the GB Player, a key item, which switches all of the new music in the games to the old Gold and Silver music. The icon for it is a Gameboy with headphones. Nostalgia!!
• Ho-Oh is in the Tin Tower at level 70 (if you have SoulSilver, that is). It knows Sacred Fire, Ancient Power, Safeguard, and Punishment.
• Exiting the Gym, you receive a call from Professor Oak. He wants you to go see him. When you do, he gives you HM08 Rock Climb. He also says you can go to Mt. Silver now.
• In order to challenge Green at the Viridian Gym, you need to have defeated all other Gym Leaders. Once you have, you can talk to him on Cinnabar Island and he will go back to his Gym. If you don’t have the necessary badges, he’ll tell you that you aren’t strong enough yet. When you enter his Gym you are told that you have to put your Pokemon away because of the floors; his Gym features many hard puzzles involving propelling panels, which shoot you to certain spots within the Gym. He awards you with TM92 Trick Room, since his Gym is tricky, and you can now use Rock Climb outside of battle.
• In surfing from Pallet Town to Cinnabar Island, we meet Green for the first time. He introduces himself and talks about how he was champion of the Kanto Elite Four until Red got in his way. He says that Cinnabar Island was destroyed by a volcanic eruption.
• Backtracking: Lugia’s attacks are Extrasensory, Hydro Pump, Rain dance, and Aero Blast. It’s at level 45.
• There is an old man on the eastern side of Pewter City who is on a ledge. Go talk to him and he will hand you a feather he found in Johto. In SoulSilver he will hand you the Rainbow Wing and in HeartGold it will be the Silver Wing.
• He gives you TM80 Rock Slide
• Moving up through the fully redone Viridian Forest and into Pewter City and Brock’s Gym. It is a very simple layout and very easy to avoid the trainers.
• When you come out of Diglett’s Cave (which seems to have been expanded a bit) go down into the house and one of Professor Oak’s assistants is inside. Talk to him and he tells you that Professor Oak told him to give you something. He gives you Sacred Ash.
• Off to Diglett’s Cave, as was in the originals, Snorlax is blocking the entrance to the cave. To wake it up, turn on your PokeGear radio, and manually move the dot on the screen to the upper-middle. When you do that it will change to a PokeFlute station. Exit out like that and then talk to the Snorlax. It will wake up and fight you.
• In order to listen to channels coming from the Kanto Radio Tower you have to upgrade the Radio Card in your PokeGear. This can be done after you have solved the Magnet Train incident. Go to the Kanto Radio Tower, and inside there will be a man with a brown coat and hat on. He thanks you for solving the Magnet Train incident and as a reward gives you the upgrade.
• Now, if we go back to where we got Misty earlier at the farthest East of Route 25, Suicune is waiting for you. This is where you can finally battle and catch it.
• Once you have the doll and you exit the Pokemon Fan Club, Steven Stone will be there waiting for you. He tells you about a Pokemon from the Hoenn Region (In this case we had Latios). He tells you it has left its home in the Hoenn Region and that it could possibly have something to do with the Soul Dew. He makes it clearly sound like the Pokemon will roam.
• To get the ticket for the Magnet Train, you need to go to Saffron City and talk to the Copycat Girl. She is upset because she lost her doll. To get the doll, go to Vermilion City and talk to the guy at the table in the Pokemon Fan Club. Bring this doll back to her and she will give you the ticket as promised.
• Now we can head back to the Power Plant to return the stolen part. Talk to the chief of the Power Plant, and in gratitude he will give you TM57 Charge Beam. This will open up the Magnet Train at Saffron City, however in order to actually ride the Magnet Train we need to get receive the ticket.
• She gives you TM03 Water Pulse
• This whole time Misty has been out of the Gym. To get her to come back you have to go to the east most side of Route 25.
• Once you go into the Cerulean Gym a Team Rocket Member will be leaving. He tells you to forget you ever saw him and goes out the door. You spot him again as you head up north of Cerulean City on Route 24. This time he tells you if you battle him, he’ll tell you a secret. Once you’ve beaten him, his secret is that he hid the part from the Power Plant near some swim rings in the Cerulean City Gym. The part is indeed by a pair of swim rings on the side of the pool, all the way towards the back left.
• As you go to leave the Power Plant, the guard closest to the door will run over to someone on the computer and tell him there is breaking news. He says that someone suspicious was spotted near Cerulean City Gym, and asks you to cooperate by going to check it out.
• In the Kanto Power Plant people inside talk about how one of the parts has been stolen.
• She gives you TM84 Poison Jab
• Janine’s Gym seems a bit different from before. The walls to the maze she’s in are invisible until you touch them.
• Fuchsia City’s Safari Zone has been turned into Pal Park.
• She awards you with TM19 Giga Drain.
• Erika’s Gym is a little bit different from her old one. It is a small maze that you have to work your way through.
• She awards you with TM48 Skill Swap.
• Sabrina’s Gym also uses a similar design to that of the original games.
• There is a person on Route 6 between Vermilion City and Saffron City that tells you there has been an incident at the Power Plant. Additionally, a Snorlax is blocking the way east of Vermilion City as was the case in the original games.
• Lt. Surge gives out TM34 Shock Wave.
• Lt. Surge’s Gym features the same layout as in Red and Blue.
• Some Trainers are using Pokemon that are not found in Johto or Kanto, such as a Trainer with a Bronzor on the S.S. Aqua and an Electrike being used in Vermilion Gym.
• Double battles still occur if you are in the path of two single Trainers.
• Upon arrival at Vermilion Harbor, a Suicune is seen in the ocean. Eusine approaches you and says he is going to chase it.