Pokémon League Reception Gate: Difference between revisions

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

The Pokémon League Front Gate serves as the {{badge|Boulder}} checkpoint due to the [[Badge]] checkpoints being individually distributed by eight guards throughout {{rt|23|Kanto}}. It also works as a [[Gate|connector]] between {{rt|22|Kanto|Routes 22}} and 23. Unlike its [[Generation II]] and {{gen|IV}} incarnations, it is not a four-way intersection.

The Pokémon League Front Gate was rebuilt and renamed to the Pokémon League Reception Gate. The [[Badge]] checkpoints are consolidated into a single one inside of the gate, which now connects directly to {{ka|Victory Road}}. This is why {{rt|23|Kanto}} is extremely short in [[Generation II]]; in [[Generation IV]], it was completely removed as its fifteen tiles are now considered part of [[Indigo Plateau]] itself.

{{pkmn|Trainer}}s entering [[Kanto]] from [[Johto]] via {{rt|26|Kanto|Routes 26}} and {{rtn|27|Kanto}} are forced to enter this building from the south. Here, they are stopped by a [[Pokémon League]] official and must present the eight {{DL|Badge|Johto League|Johto Gym Badge}}s before they can advance. Past the guard is a four-way intersection of hallways; only the north hallway leading to {{ka|Victory Road}} (and therefore [[Indigo Plateau]]) is initially open. The east hallway, leading to [[Viridian City]] via {{rt|22|Kanto}}, is blocked by a guard until the {{player}} enters the gate from the Route 22 side; once the guard has stepped aside, the player can travel between Johto and mainland Kanto without {{m|fly}}ing, {{m|teleport}}ing, 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 the player has collected all eight {{Badge|Indigo League|Kanto Gym Badge}}s.

In {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}, [[Janine]] will appear here every evening between 16:00 and 20:00 after being defeated and will give the player her {{DL|Pokégear|Gym Leader phone listing|phone number}} so that she can be called for a [[rematch]].

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