Kanto (Pokémon)
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- This article is about the Pokémon region. For the region of Japan, see Kantō region.
Kanto (カントー地方 Kantō-chihō?) is a region in the Pokémon fictional universe, the first of several, such as Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh, to be featured in the popular series of games. It is modeled and named after the Kantō region, a geographical area of Honshū, in Japan, which includes, amongst other cities, the Japanese capital Tokyo. The resemblance between the bay formations seen on the in-game map and the actual Sagami Bay, Suruga Bay and Tokyo Bay formations is particularly striking.
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[edit] Location
Kanto and Johto are in very close proximity, the two of them making up what is presumably a small continent; Kanto is to the east and Johto is to the west. In Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal, the player was able to travel from Johto to the retroactively titled "Kanto" via the S.S. Aqua (which would take them to Vermilion City) or the train in Goldenrod City (which would take them to Saffron City). South of Kanto are the Sevii and Orange Islands. Hoenn, introduced in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald, is supposedly further to the southwest.
[edit] In the games
[edit] Red, Blue and Yellow
In the first generation of games, Pokémon Red and Blue for the Game Boy, and Pokémon Yellow for the Game Boy Color, Kanto was the only explorable region, featuring a variety of environments, such as urban locales and mountainous, wooded and oceanic routes. The names of the cities and towns in Kanto are based on colors; if Red or Blue are played on a Super Game Boy, or if Yellow version is played on a Game Boy Color or Game Boy Advance, each area will be appropriately colored to match its name.
[edit] Gold, Silver and Crystal
In the next wave of games, after completing their main journey through the new region of Johto, players were able to visit Kanto once again and challenge all eight of the Gyms. Since Gold and Silver took place later than Red and Blue, some differences appeared. Koga, who had been Fuchsia City's Gym Leader, joined the Elite Four; his daughter Janine replaced him. Blue, the antagonist of the previous generation, has become the Gym Leader of Viridian City. A recent volcanic eruption has destroyed all but the Pokémon Center of Cinnabar Island, forcing Blaine to relocate his Gym to the Seafoam Islands. Certain aspects of gameplay, such as the length of some areas (like Victory Road and Viridian Forest), were compromised; the Unknown Dungeon in particular was removed altogether.
[edit] FireRed and LeafGreen
Kanto, while referred to by various characters in Hoenn, was not playable. However, in late 2004, Red and Blue were remade as new titles for the Game Boy Advance called Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. The quality of the graphics was upped, and new elements of gameplay from games in the series which followed Red and Blue were added, such as genders, breeding for Pokémon and two-on-two battling.
[edit] Appearances in the Super Smash Bros. series
Two areas of the Kanto region, Saffron City and the Pokémon Stadium, are playable in HAL Laboratory's popular Super Smash Bros. fighting games. In the Nintendo 64 version, Saffron City is a city-esque battlefield complete with skyscrapers and the Silph. Co. Its hazard would be random Pokémon popping out of doors, such as Porygon (who uses Takedown), Venusaur (who uses Razor Leaf), Electrode (who uses Selfdestruct), Chansey (who uses Softboiled), and Charmander (who uses Flamethrower). In Super Smash Bros. Melee, the Pokémon Stadium is a basic arena and transforms to water, grass, rock and fire type battlefields.
[edit] Places in Kanto
[edit] Towns
- Pallet Town
- Viridian City
- Pewter City
- Cerulean City
- Vermilion City
- Celadon City
- Lavender Town
- Fuchsia City
- Saffron City
- Cinnabar Island
[edit] Other areas
- Cerulean Cave (Unknown Dungeon) (Only in Red/Blue/Yellow and Fire Red/Leaf Green)
- Diglett's Cave
- Indigo Plateau
- Mt. Moon
- Pokémon Mansion (Only in Red/Blue/Yellow and Fire Red/LeafGreen)
- Pokémon Tower
- Power Plant
- Rock Tunnel
- Celadon Game Corner
- Safari Zone (Closed in Gold/Silver/Crystal)
- Seafoam Islands
- Silph Co. HQ
- Viridian Forest
- Victory Road
[edit] Routes
Routes in Kanto are numbered 1 to 25, with three routes being added in the second generation games to connect to Johto areas.
[edit] In the anime
In the anime, Ash began his journey by touring through Kanto with Misty and Brock, defeating the eight gym leaders of the Indigo League and coming in the Top 16 at the Indigo Plateau. He left for the first time by flying to the Orange Islands, and, upon winning the Orange League tournament, returned to Pallet Town. He left shortly thereafter for Johto, and, after competing there, he returns to Kanto again, stopping in Viridian City and then going to Pallet Town. After only a day, Ash leaves yet again for Hoenn. After his adventures in Hoenn, Ash comes back to Kanto a fourth time, and, like after the Johto League, first stops in Viridian City and then goes to Pallet Town. This time, his stay in Kanto is longer. After learning about the Battle Frontier from Scott, he takes another tour through the region, this time with May and Max, revisiting certain cities and seeing places he missed out on the first time around. He leaves for the Sinnoh Region at the very end of the Advanced Generation.
[edit] Towns in the Anime
- Hidden Village
- Porta Vista
- Hop Hop Hop Town
- Scissor Street
- Gringy City
- Sunny Town
- Stone Town
- Dark City
- Neon Town
- Mossgreen Village
- Rifure Village
- Sayda Island
- New Island
- Cameron Palace
[edit] Other areas in the Anime
- Pokémon Tech
- Pokémon Land
- Maiden's Peak
- The House of Imite
- Leaf Forest
- Gaiva Dam
- Grandpa Canyon
- The Tree of Beginning
- Next Stedos Paradise
[edit] Gym Leaders
- Brock
- Misty
- Lt. Surge
- Erika
- Koga (Red/Blue/Yellow) or Janine (Gold/Silver/Crystal)
- Sabrina
- Blaine
- Giovanni (Red/Blue/Yellow) or Blue (Gold/Silver/Crystal)
[edit] Elite Four (Red/Blue/Yellow)
[edit] Champion (Red/Blue/Yellow)
[edit] See also
| Pokémon Gym Leaders and Frontier Brains | |
|---|---|
| Kanto Gym Leaders | Brock • Misty • Lt. Surge • Erika • Koga • Janine • Sabrina • Blaine • Giovanni • Blue |
| Kanto in Anime Only | Brock's family • Daisy, Lily, and Violet • Jessie, James, and Meowth • Agatha |
| Orange Island Gym Leaders | Cissy • Danny • Rudy • Luana • Drake |
| Johto Gym Leaders | Falkner • Bugsy • Whitney • Morty • Chuck • Jasmine • Pryce • Clair |
| Hoenn Gym Leaders | Roxanne • Brawly • Wattson • Flannery • Norman • Winona • Tate & Liza • Wallace • Juan |
| Sinnoh Gym Leaders | Hyouta • Natane • Sumomo • Maxi • Melissa • Tougan • Suzuna • Denji |
| Leaders of Unofficial Gyms | Kiyo • A.J. • Yas & Kas Gym • Dorian |
| Club Masters | Mitch • Gene • Amy • Isaac • Nikki • Murray • Rick • Ken |
| Battle Frontier Brains | Noland • Greta • Tucker • Lucy • Spenser • Brandon • Anabel |
| Pokémon regions and locations | |
|---|---|
| Kanto: | List of Kanto locations |
| Johto: | List of Johto locations |
| Hoenn: | List of Hoenn locations |
| Sinnoh: | List of Sinnoh locations |
| Other: | Orange Islands • Sevii Islands • Orre • Fiore |
