Pokémon League Reception Gate: Difference between revisions

|japanese_name={{tt|ポケモンリーグうけつけゲート|Pokémon Rīgu Uketsuke Gēto}}

|other_info=Pokémon League Front Gate{{tt|*|Generation I and FireRed and LeafGreen}}<br>({{tt|ポケモンリーグしょうめんゲート|Pokémon Rīgu Shōmen Gēto}})

|location=South of {{ka|Victory Road}}<br>Between {{rt|22|Kanto|Routes 22}} and {{rt|23|Kanto|23}}{{sup/1|RGB}}{{sup/1|RB}}{{sup/1|Y}}{{sup/3|FRLG}}<br>West of {{rt|22|Kanto}}{{sup/2|GSC}}{{sup/4|HGSS}}<br>North of {{rt|26|Kanto}}{{sup/2|GSC}}{{sup/4|HGSS}}<br>East of {{rt|28|Kanto}}{{sup/2|GSC}}{{sup/4|HGSS}}

The '''Pokémon League Reception Gate''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|ポケモンリーグうけつけゲート|Pokémon Rīgu Uketsuke Gēto}}''' ''Pokémon League Reception Gate'') is a large [[gate]] in [[Generation II]] and {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}} located in [[Kanto]] to the west of {{rt|22|Kanto}}. The building serves as the [[Badge|Gym Badge]] checkpoint for both [[Kanto]] and [[Johto]] {{pkmn|Trainer|Trainer}}s in these games.

This gate is named the '''Pokémon League Front Gate''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|ポケモンリーグしょうめんゲート|Pokémon Rīgu Shōmen Gēto}}''' ''Pokémon League Front Gate'') in [[Generation I]] and {{2v2|FireRed|LeafGreen}}, where it simply contains the {{badge|Boulder}} checkpoint and connects {{rt|22|Kanto|Routes 22}} and {{rt|23|Kanto|23}}.

{{pkmn|Trainer|Trainer}}s entering [[Kanto]] from [[Johto]] via {{rt|26|Kanto|Routes 26}} and {{rt|27|Kanto|27}} are forced to enter this building from the south. Here, they are stopped by a [[Pokémon League]] official and must present the eight [[Badge#Johto League|Johto Gym Badge]]s before they can advance. Ahead of the guardpost is a four-way intersection of hallways; however, only the north hallway leading to {{ka|Victory Road}} and [[Indigo Plateau]] is initially open. The east hallway, leading to {{rt|22|Kanto}} and [[Viridian City]], opens up once the Pokémon League Reception Gate is entered from the Route 22 side. When the gate is opened from the {{rt|22|Kanto}} side, the {{player}} can travel between Johto and Kanto on foot, without taking the [[S.S. Aqua]] or the [[Magnet Train]]. The west hallway, leading to {{rt|28|Kanto}} and [[Mt. Silver]], is opened by [[Professor Oak]] once {{ga|Ethan}}, {{ga|Kris}}{{sup/2|C}} or {{ga|Lyra}}{{sup/4|HGSS}} collect all eight [[Badge#Indigo League|Kanto Gym Badge]]s.

In {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}}, [[Janine]] will appear here every evening between 4 PM and 6 PM after being defeated and will give Ethan or Lyra her [[Pokégear#Phone|phone number]] in order to call her for a [[rematch]].

In [[Generation I]] and {{2v2|FireRed|LeafGreen}}, the Pokémon League Front Gate serves as the {{badge|Boulder}} checkpoint and the connector between Routes 22 and 23. It is not a four-way intersection, unlike its [[Generation II]] and HeartGold and SoulSilver incarnations.

The Pokémon League Reception Gate replaced {{rt|23|Kanto}} in many ways in [[Generation II]] and {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}}.

 

In [[Generation I]] and {{2v2|FireRed|LeafGreen}}, {{rt|22|Kanto}} led to Route 23 to the north through the Pokémon League Front Gate and the [[Badge|Gym Badge]] checkpoints were scattered throughout Route 23, with the exception of the {{badge|Boulder}} checkpoint, which is located in the Pokémon League Front Gate. The guards analyzed the {{player}} to check how many Gym Badges he/she had got, and if the player had the required Gym Badge in his/her possession, he would be allowed to go through until the next checkpoint, until all checkpoints are cleared.

 

This changed in Generation II and HeartGold and SoulSilver as the Gym Badge checkpoints were consolidated into a single checkpoint located inside the Pokémon League Reception Gate, at the hallway straight from {{rt|26|Kanto}}. This may explain why Route 23 shrunk into an extremely short road in Generation II, which then became part of [[Indigo Plateau]] itself in HeartGold and SoulSilver, causing Route 23 to no longer exist (although unused data for it still exists in the programming code).