Pokémart

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A Pokémart is a shop in the Pokémon series of video games and the anime.

In the games, it is identifiable by its blue roof and by its sign with "MART" in earlier games.

These Marts contain items for the player to buy and use, such as Potions and Poké Balls. As the player progresses in the game, the better the items become, such as a Potion may be replaced by a Super Potion or a Poké Ball may be replaced by a Great Ball, a more advanced Poké Ball. In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, there are two clerks. The male clerk sells specialist items for that particular city while the female clerk sells the standard range of goods except that this universal range is available in all cities and just gets updated when the protagonist reaches a new city.

Cities such as Celadon City, Goldenrod City, Lilycove City and Tobari City are renowned for their much larger Marts, which are known as Department stores. These stores have up to six floors and hold a much larger asortment of Pokémon items, even Technical Machines for teaching attacks and Poké Dolls. In Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Diamond and Pearl these Department Stores sell Secret Base items which can then be placed into the player's Secret Base, as well as selling the usual items that any other Pokémart sells.