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  • Mr. Fuji and the people of Lavender Town agreed to allow the government to convert the Pokemon Tower, a consecrated site of burial for deceased Pokemon, into a Radio Tower. WHY would the government choose to refurbish a sacred structure that was built some decades ago for the sole purpose of laying Pokemon to rest instead of building a brand new one or even selecting a different location for the Kanto Radio Network? Even though all of the Pokemon graves were moved to the House of Memories or relocated underground, wouldn't it still be considered desecration? It would be alright if the Tower was demolished and replaced with a Modern Structure. But as the official canon says, the Pokemon Tower was merely CONVERTED into the Kanto Radio Tower.
    • The "actual" answer is most likely an out of universe one, that being that since Lavender Town was the only Kanto town that already had a big tower in it, so it would be simplest to just handwave it and put Kanto's Radio Tower there (due to space limitations on the original GBC carts and all). As for an in-universe answer... well, it's been three years. I don't think it's stated exactly when the tower was converted. It could be that there was some outcry or backlash over it, but it's been long enough by now that people have started to accept it.
      • The only Kanto town that already had a big tower in it? Celadon has a Department Store and Saffron has Silph Co. The Silph Co. building isn't even fully accessible in the actual game; it could easily have been converted into the radio. Then the Pokemon Tower could still exist and have its upper floors closed off instead - perhaps because of a private service.
  • Why does Ethan/Gold need to fill the Pokedex for Kanto Pokemon? These games take place three years after Red and Blue, so shouldn't there be 151 different species of Pokemon already archived and described in the Pokedex when you start the game? Do Pokemon Professors not pool their research with each other? Or does this mean that Red canonically fails to finish Professor Oak's mission?
    • Even if Red did finish his own dex, each individual Pokédex is still a separate unit. They don't log data until the owner catches a 'mon themselves. This does raise the question of why Oak couldn't just input data himself onto all new dexes, but a) that would take a lot of time, depending on how many dexes he gives out, or b) Kris/Ethan/Lyra still wanted to catch one of each Pokémon for themselves anyway.
  • The breakable rocks in the Cliff Cave are absent until the National Pokedex is obtained. This makes sense at first glance — there are Root and Claw Fossils in there, and the game does it's hardest to stop you getting Hoenn and Sinnoh Pokemon before the National Dex. Except... Fossils are restored at Pewter City. Pewter City cannot be accessed until the National Dex. Getting a Root or Claw Fossil early does nothing, and just produces that seems illogical from an in-universe perspective (nothing happens to Cliff Cave that might cause the rocks to appear).
    • Maybe there was just some kind of minor off-screen rock slide while the player was at the League, or something? Small enough that there was minimal damage to the cave, but it could've produced those rocks nonetheless...
  • Why didn’t Silver steal both of the leftover Pokémon from Elm’s lab?
  • Why does the player character make no effort to take back the stolen Pokémon from Silver and/or subdue him whenever he’s encountered? Or call the cops?
    • Well, Silver does come to care about his Pokémon eventually, so that might partly explain why the player never reports him for that... But admittedly that explains things more later, and you'd think they'd still have more of a reaction to him hitting/pushing them early on.
    • Before he even has Pokémon, Silver proves that he's willing to physically assault the player if they're in his way. If the player beat Silver in a battle and then tried to confiscate his starter, presumably Silver would just punch them in the face and walk away. Perhaps the player realized this and decided to just stick to battling.
  • Why isn't the third version called Pokémon Bronze?
    • The third version is supposed to be superior to the original pair, but bronze is less valuable than both gold and silver. Also, crystal fits better than bronze for making Suicine the version mascot.
  • Early in the game, Silver calls out Team Rocket members for seeking strength in numbers, rather than relying on their own strength. But in the remakes, he comments on how strong the Kimono Girls are, despite the fact that they make challengers face them all five in a row, and each has only one Pokémon. So why isn't he calling them out for doing the same thing as TR?
    • Because the Kimono Girls are supposed to be skilled trainers who simply challenge you all at once while Rockets are poor trainers who use common pokemon and attempt to compensate for low quality with sheer quantity.
  • Why is no one at all concerned that a Pokemon thief is obviously going through populated areas while making no attempt to disguise himself? Is law enforcement really just that pathetic?
    • Yes.
    • Other than the cops that battle you (and stay in only one spot) there are hardly any police at all in the Pokemon world. My guess is that Silver beat them in a battle and they just gave up.
  • How did Silver get into Victory Road? Re-checking the gyms I never see him certified like you the player are, did he steal his badges like his manga counterpart?
    • The players character almost certainly reads only the section in the gym statues that lists his name. Did you think he was the only trainer to ever beat the gyms and get listed as a certified trainer?
      • Except that all other games do keep tabs on your rivals beating the gyms and their names are recorded along with yours, so that's why it's confusing. Not helping the case is the fact that the only gym you see him interact with is the olivine gym, earlier on in Azelea town he walks right on by that gym without stopping, and this was after Team Rocket had been dealt with as they had prevented us from entering the gym upon arrival, so again it makes you wonder if he stole his badges rather than earn them.
        • First of all, not all other games list the rivals. Gen III didn't for one. Some player characters apparently check for familiar names, other check just for their name. Second, the many trainers on the various Victory Roads make it clear that there are plenty of certified trainers aside from the player (or the player and the rival). The reading of the list was never all-encompassing, even in games that listed the rival.
  • In HeartGold/SoulSilver you can get water-dwelling Pokémon that can't walk, to "walk" with you. How does that work exactly? If I sent out my Lanturn on dry land, wouldn't it kind of desperately flop around while it slowly dehydrates? In fact, I've never understood the workings of battling with those Pokémon anywhere other than in water.
    • That's a nice case of Fridge Horror right here. While I agree that it wouldn't work, I'm ready to suspend my disbelief for it.
    • I think that those...whatever those console games where had water-type Pokémon magically floating. Who knows, maybe water-type Pokémon are different than real-world fish and can stay out of water for long periods of time.
    • Maybe they're like Fishmen and have both lungs and gills.
  • Why is Pikachu the Pokemon featured in every one of the intro panels for Viridian Forest in HG/SS? It's the rarest Pokémon to find in that place, a panel with Caterpie or Weedle would make more sense.
    • It's GodPikachu.
    • You just answered your own question; rare Pokemon in the area appear on the intro panels, changing for the time of day ( ex: Quagsire appears on Mt Silver's panel in the morning, Larvitar appears on it at night).
  • The redesign of the Violet City Gym in HG/SS bugs me. In GSC it looked like it was on ground level, but in the remake it's quite high up. Wouldn't that cause problems for any Trainer who happened to be terrified with heights? And I can't say Claire's Gym looks very safe, what with the fast moving platforms with no handrails or anything of the sort being the only thing stopping the protagonist from falling into lava!
  • In Heart Gold and Soul Silver, it's said that the Embedded Tower was built by people from Hoenn. How were they able to build a tower so high up into the sky, AND the bottom of the ocean? Never mind a place where Groudon, Kyogre and Rayquaza can all reside? I take it that it must have been like the Sky Pillar, that is before it was ravaged. Still not sure how those legendaries resided there. Also, do HG/SS take place after Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald after the Red and Blue Orbs have been used?
    • Yes. Gen II is stated to take place three years after Gen I. Gen III is generally considered to have run concurrently with Gen I, since the remakes can contact Gen III without the need for a time machine.
  • Karen, the Dark-type Elite Four member. Only three of her five Pokés are Dark-type, and when they had enough Dark types to fill up her team(Sneasel and Tyranitar) in GSC, it just seems weird to have two non-Dark types, especially at a time where Elite Four trainers kept to one type for battles(not counting second types) and now, they only have one other-typed Pokémon to "balance" out the team- not two.
    • Actually, in the first two games it was much more common for Elite Four members to have Pokemon outside their speciality type (probably due to there being fewer Pokemon of certain types back then). Agatha is said to be a Ghost-type trainer but in fact all her Pokemon are poison-type, Lance has more flying-types than Dragons (true for both gen 1 and 2). Lorelei has Slowbro, Koga has Forretress, Bruno had his two Onix. So Karen isn't really much of an anomaly - it's only from Gen III onwards that Elite Four members really start using types exclusively. That said, I do find it odd that GSC had an Ice-type Gym and a Dark-type Elite Four member, and chose to not use the Dark/Ice Sneasel in either one of them.
  • The rival is a criminal, right? He steals things and kicks people. Why do I constantly let him just flounce off once all his Pokemon are unconscious, as opposed to knocking him out and taking his stolen starter back to Professor Elm?
    • You're ten. I'd guess the rival is at least fifteen. He'd probably kick your ass in a fistfight. I would love to see Kotone beat him up, though.
      • Why would it have to be a fistfight? Some of my Pokemon are still fine. If, hypothetically, I've got an Oddish with Sleep Powder still standing, why can't I use that?
      • I always assumed that using a Pokémon to attack an actual person would be illegal. True, the rival is engaging in criminal activity too, but at ten years old, you're a little young to become a vigilante.
      • In HG/SS, Lance makes his Dragonite use Hyper Beam on a person. And he survives.
      • On the other hand, as soon as the player hears anything about Team Rocket s/he becomes a vigilante so fast you'd think it was hir lifelong ambition.
    • You're not ten in HGSS. That's the anime and the anime alone. The only ages ever given in the games is Red being 11 years old in RBY.
  • Why is the psuedo-rival's number mandatory in Heartgold and Soulsilver? They never actually call you with anything plot important.
    • They're your childhood friend; in-character, you would naturally want to keep in contact.
      • But can't they make it so that you go and ask yourself? I really don't care about what their Marill smells like. And why have you never had it before, anyway?
      • Your Pokegear was in the shop for repairs, as I recall, it's not uncommon for phones to lose all numbers in real life if they're broken (I've seen way too many Facebook posts about it). So they notice you got it back and give you their number, since, after all, Ethan and Lyra are friends. Why wouldn't the other one give it to the player? As for plot importance, perhaps not, but call in the right place and they'll give you some trivia about certain areas or a hint about something special you can do with the right following Pokemon. (For example, take a Togepi to Cerulean Gym and see what I mean.)
      • Yeah, but the way it was put makes it seem like the very first time it was ever given. And it's not important enough a mechanic, I don't really care all that much about what happens with following Pokémon, especially because I often don't have whatever Pokémon they're talking about. I understand why you would want to get it in-character, but they should've made it something you can get yourself if you want to, like Bill's number, instead of them forcing it upon you. Your mother's number, I can understand, Professor Elm, yeah, he needs to tell you about eggs or Pokérus and whatever, Professor Oak, he's got the thing with the Pokédex, but little trivia isn't something I want pushed on me.
      • See, now it sounds like you're just whining over a little thing. You don't have to read the messages in-depth. Press A and fast-forward through it. You say they "force it upon you" like it's a Bad Egg or something... it's just for fun, you're taking it far too seriously.
      • Just saying, it's an irritating distraction. It's annoying to have to stop fairly often to press the A button a bunch of times. Or, if you ignore the call, you listen to an annoying ringing sound. (Random thought, but it would be awesome if you could have a ringtone, say a battle theme or something, for your Pokégear.)
      • Then just turn off your sound until the call stops...
      • Or hit any other button besides Save...
  • In HeartGold/SoulSilver, how the hell do the Gym leaders travel their respective distances (from as far away as Cianwood City) to get inside the Fighting Dojo in the time it takes for you to hang up the Pokégear and go through the door from the tile directly in front of the door?
  • What I wonder is why there is no nearby city/town music in houses on routes? As well as the music restarting when flying to a city/town that has the same music even though they did it with FRLG and the next remakes.
  • How come most of the Gym Leaders in Johto rely on having Kanto Pokemon (Falker having Pidgey and Pidgeot but no Hoothoot or Noctowl, Bugsy having a Metapod, Kakuna, and Scyther, but not having a Spinarak or Heracross, and Chuck having Primeape and Poliwrath but no Hitmontop)? There should be plenty of options for their teams.
    • Because the new Pokémon weren't treated as "Johto" Pokémon in Gen II. They were treated as newly discovered Pokémon that were rarer then the old 150. Unlike later gens, Gen II wasn't tied to any particular region, featuring two whole regions. In fact, GSC wouldn't even have featured Johto at first; it would have been set in the whole Japan archipelago (although the in-game map would have been smaller than the final Johto+Kanto map).

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