National Park

National Park しぜんこうえん Nature Park "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
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Location:	Between Routes 35 and 36
Region:	Johto
Generations:	II, IV
File:MapDome.gif Location of National Park in Johto.
Pokémon world locations

The National Park (Japanese: しぜんこうえん Nature Park) is a location in Johto. It is located to the north of Goldenrod City, between Route 35 and Route 36. The Bug-Catching Contest takes place there every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. In HeartGold and SoulSilver, the Pokégear describes it as a spacious and beautiful park. It is connected to the Pokéathlon Dome.

Geography

The park is a separated into two main areas. The southern part contains several benches and a patch of flowers. Several people rest in this area, including a Teacher with a Persian that gives a Quick Claw to the player.

The northern part is circular and resembles a Poké Ball, with a fountain in the center, a semi-circular patch of tall grass to the south and another of long grass to the north, the first instance of this type of grass that is encountered in the games. Trainers can be battled only within these patches of grass, though there are no Trainers to battle during a Bug-Catching Contest.

In Generation II, most of the people talk about printing pictures off from the Pokédex, in order to promote the games' connectivity to the Game Boy Printer that was released two years before them. In Generation IV, they instead talk about using the Pokéwalker.

File:NationalPark.png File:HGSS National Park.png Generation II Generation IV

Items

Item		Location	Games

Pokémon

Generation II

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Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
Morning
	Caterpie	G	S	C	Grass	10-12	50%
	Caterpie	G	S	C	Grass	10	5%
	Metapod	G	S	C	Grass	10	30%
	Weedle	G	S	C	Grass	10-12	50%
	Weedle	G	S	C	Grass	10	5%
	Kakuna	G	S	C	Grass	10	30%
	Pidgey	G	S	C	Grass	10-14	20%
	Pidgey	G	S	C	Grass	13	10%
	Nidoran♀	G	S	C	Grass	12	30%
	Nidoran♂	G	S	C	Grass	12	30%
	Ledyba	G	S	C	Grass	14	20%
Day
	Caterpie	G	S	C	Grass	10	30%
	Caterpie	G	S	C	Grass	10	5%
	Metapod	G	S	C	Grass	10	30%
	Weedle	G	S	C	Grass	10	30%
	Weedle	G	S	C	Grass	10	5%
	Kakuna	G	S	C	Grass	10	30%
	Pidgey	G	S	C	Grass	12-14	15%
	Pidgey	G	S	C	Grass	13	10%
	Nidoran♀	G	S	C	Grass	12	30%
	Nidoran♂	G	S	C	Grass	12	30%
	Sunkern	G	S	C	Grass	11-13	25%
	Sunkern	G	S	C	Grass	14	20%
Night
	Venonat	G	S	C	Grass	10-12	10%
	Psyduck	G	S	C	Grass	12	30%
	Hoothoot	G	S	C	Grass	10-14	100%
	Hoothoot	G	S	C	Grass	13-15	40%
	Spinarak	G	S	C	Grass	14	20%
Bug-Catching Contest
	Caterpie	G	S	C	Grass	7-18	20%
	Metapod	G	S	C	Grass	9-18	10%
	Butterfree	G	S	C	Grass	12-15	5%
	Weedle	G	S	C	Grass	7-18	20%
	Kakuna	G	S	C	Grass	9-18	10%
	Beedrill	G	S	C	Grass	12-15	5%
	Paras	G	S	C	Grass	10-17	10%
	Venonat	G	S	C	Grass	10-16	10%
	Scyther	G	S	C	Grass	13-14	5%
	Pinsir	G	S	C	Grass	13-14	5%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Generation IV

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Pokémon		Games		Location	Levels	Rate
Morning
	Caterpie	HG	SS	Walking	10-12	50%
	Metapod	HG	SS	Walking	10	30%
	Weedle	HG	SS	Walking	10-12	50%
	Kakuna	HG	SS	Walking	10	30%
	Pidgey	HG	SS	Walking	10-14	20%
Day
	Caterpie	HG	SS	Walking	10	30%
	Metapod	HG	SS	Walking	10	30%
	Weedle	HG	SS	Walking	10	30%
	Kakuna	HG	SS	Walking	10	30%
	Pidgey	HG	SS	Walking	12-14	15%
	Sunkern	HG	SS	Walking	12	25%
Night
	Hoothoot	HG	SS	Walking	10-14	100%
Special Pokémon
	Plusle	HG	SS	Hoenn Sound	Unknown	Unknown
	Minun	HG	SS	Hoenn Sound	Unknown	Unknown
	Shinx	HG	SS	Sinnoh Sound	Unknown	Unknown
Bug-Catching Contest (Pre-National Dex)
	Caterpie	HG	SS	Grass	7-18	20%
	Metapod	HG	SS	Grass	9-18	10%
	Butterfree	HG	SS	Grass	12-15	5%
	Weedle	HG	SS	Grass	7-18	20%
	Kakuna	HG	SS	Grass	9-18	10%
	Beedrill	HG	SS	Grass	12-15	5%
	Paras	HG	SS	Grass	10-17	10%
	Venonat	HG	SS	Grass	10-16	10%
	Scyther	HG	SS	Grass	13-14	5%
	Pinsir	HG	SS	Grass	13-14	5%
Bug-Catching Contest (Post-National Dex)
Tuesday Contest
	Caterpie	HG	SS	Grass	24-36	20%
	Metapod	HG	SS	Grass	26-36	10%
	Butterfree	HG	SS	Grass	27-30	5%
	Weedle	HG	SS	Grass	24-36	20%
	Kakuna	HG	SS	Grass	26-36	10%
	Beedrill	HG	SS	Grass	27-30	5%
	Paras	HG	SS	Grass	27-34	10%
	Venonat	HG	SS	Grass	25-32	10%
	Scyther	HG	SS	Grass	27-28	5%
	Pinsir	HG	SS	Grass	27-28	5%
Thursday Contest
	Scyther	HG	SS	Grass	27-28	5%
	Pinsir	HG	SS	Grass	27-28	5%
	Wurmple	HG	SS	Grass	24-36	20%
	Silcoon	HG	SS	Grass	25-32	10%
	Dustox	HG	SS	Grass	25-32	5%
	Nincada	HG	SS	Grass	26-36	20%
	Volbeat	HG	SS	Grass	26-36	10%
	Kricketot	HG	SS	Grass	27-30	10%
	Kricketune	HG	SS	Grass	27-30	10%
	Combee	HG	SS	Grass	27-34	5%
Saturday Contest
	Scyther	HG	SS	Grass	27-28	5%
	Pinsir	HG	SS	Grass	27-28	5%
	Wurmple	HG	SS	Grass	24-36	20%
	Beautifly	HG	SS	Grass	25-32	5%
	Cascoon	HG	SS	Grass	25-32	10%
	Nincada	HG	SS	Grass	26-36	20%
	Illumise	HG	SS	Grass	26-36	10%
	Kricketot	HG	SS	Grass	27-30	10%
	Kricketune	HG	SS	Grass	27-30	10%
	Combee	HG	SS	Grass	27-34	5%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Trainers

Generation II

Trainer	Pokémon
PokéFan Beverly PokéFan Beverly メグミ Megumi Reward: $1120	Snubbull♀ Lv.14 Berry
PokéFan William PokéFan William アキヒト Akihito Reward: $1120	Raichu♂ Lv.14 Berry
Schoolboy Jack Schoolboy Jack シュウイチ Shūichi Reward: $480	Oddish♂ Lv.12 No item
	Voltorb Lv.15 No item
Lass Krise Lass Krise ユキ Yuki Reward: $360	Oddish♀ Lv.12 No item
	Cubone♀ Lv.15 No item
Trainers with a telephone symbol by their names will give their Pokégear number to the player, and may call or be called for a rematch with higher-level Pokémon.

Generation IV

Trainer	Pokémon
PokéFan Beverly PokéFan Beverly メグミ Megumi Reward: $1120	Snubbull♀ Lv.16 No item
PokéFan William PokéFan William アキヒト Akihito Reward: $1024	Raichu♂ Lv.16 No item
School Kid Jack School Kid Jack シュウイ Shūichi Reward: $480	Oddish♂ Lv.12 No item
	Voltorb Lv.14 No item
Lass Krise Lass Krise ユキ Yuki Reward: $272	Oddish♀ Lv.14 No item
	Cubone♀ Lv.17 No item
Trainers with a telephone symbol by their names will give their Pokégear number to the player, and may call or be called for a rematch with higher-level Pokémon.

Eyecatch

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  Morning (Pidgey)

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  Day (Sunkern)

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  Evening (Sunkern)

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  Night (Hoothoot)

Trivia

• Though some fans consider National Park a Safari Zone, it is too different to be categorized as one. In addition, Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver added a Safari Zone in Johto separate from the National Park.
• A beta version of National Park was seen prior to the release of Pokémon Gold and Silver.
• Scyther and Pinsir appear in every variation of the Bug-Catching Contest, which is unusual, considering that they're always among the hardest to find.

In other languages

• Spanish: Parque Nacional
• Italian: Parco Nazionale
• German: Nationalpark
• French: Parc Naturel
• Korean: 자연공원

Johto
Settlements New Bark Town • Cherrygrove City • Violet City • Azalea Town • Goldenrod City • Ecruteak City Olivine City • Cianwood City • Mahogany Town • Blackthorn City • Safari Zone Gate • Frontier Access Routes 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 Landmarks Dark Cave • Sprout Tower • Ruins of Alph • Union Cave • Slowpoke Well • Ilex Forest • Radio Tower • Global Terminal Goldenrod Tunnel • National Park • Pokéathlon Dome • Bell Tower • Bellchime Trail • Burned Tower • Moomoo Farm • Olivine Lighthouse Battle Tower (Crystal • HGSS)/Frontier • Cliff Edge Gate • Cliff Cave • Embedded Tower • Safari Zone • Whirl Islands Mt. Mortar • Lake of Rage • Team Rocket HQ • Ice Path • Dragon's Den • S.S. Aqua • Mt. Silver (Cave) Access to Sinjoh Ruins • Kanto

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