Town Map
The Town Map (Japanese: タウンマップ Town Map) is the first and most basic of the map devices used by players of the Pokémon games, and is the navigational item for all Generation I games, FireRed and LeafGreen, Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, all Generation V games, and X and Y. In these games, it is a Key Item, but they can also be found in Pokémon Centers in Generations III and IV, as well as in gates in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum.
| |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
In the Johto region, the player receives a map card after being given a tour of Cherrygrove City by the Guide Gent which allows the player to check the Town Map on the Pokégear in Generation II and HeartGold and SoulSilver. In the Hoenn region, the PokéNav and PokéNav Plus have a built-in map that also has the same function as the Town Map for Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald and Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. In Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon, the Rotom Pokédex has a detailed Town Map for each of Alola's four islands, as well as the exterior of Aether Paradise. In Pokémon Sword, Shield, Brilliant Diamond, and Shining Pearl, the Town Map is part of the menu.
In the core series games
|
This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Missing LGPE Town Map display |
Price
|
Effect
Generation I
In Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow, Daisy Oak will give it to the player after the player receives a starter Pokémon and delivers Oak's Parcel to the Professor.
In the Japanese games of this generation, the words "town" and "city" are not used in the Town Map. For instance, Cerulean City is simply displayed as "ハナダ" (Hanada) instead of "ハナダシティ" (Hanada City).
Some places (usually the interior of buildings) are unavailable by default on the Town Map; they don't appear as selectable places even if the player moves the cursor around. However, if the player uses the Town Map while inside any of these places, it appears on the map by default as the current location of the player. If the player moves the cursor around, these places will become unavailable on the map once more until the Town Map is used again. This applies to Sea Cottage, S. S. Anne, Team Rocket Hideout (identified as "Rocket HQ" on the Town Map), Silph Co., Cerulean Cave, Underground Path (Kanto Routes 5-6), and Underground Path (Kanto Routes 7-8). However, if the player uses the Town Map on the first floor of Silph Co., the current place displayed on the map is not Silph Co., but Saffron City.
|
|
| The Kanto Map in Japanese Generation I games | The Kanto Map in international Generation I games |
Generation II
In Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, the Town Map is available on the Pokégear once the player has acquired the Map Card. This Pokégear feature is referred to as a Town Map at the quiz asked in the Goldenrod Radio Tower. When asked, "Can the Town Map be displayed on a Pokégear?" the correct answer is "Yes".
Additionally, several buildings have a Town Map of the current region (either Johto or Kanto) on the wall. If the player interacts with it, the text "It's a Town Map." (Japanese: タウンマップが ある! It's a Town Map!) appears and then the map is shown.
In this generation, the Town Map displayed at the overworld is almost identical to the one displayed in the Pokégear, except for some minor differences. In all versions, the overworld version is taller than the Pokégear version, because the former does not have the same buttons for expansion cards as the latter. In both cases, the squares representing towns and cities in the Town Map depend on the player's gender: orange for a boy, or blue for a girl.
|
|
|
|
| Johto Town Map (English version, if the player is a boy) |
Kanto Town Map (English version, if the player is a boy) |
Johto Town Map (English version, if the player is a girl) |
Kanto Town Map (English version, if the player is a girl) |
|
|
|
|
| Johto Town Map (Japanese version, if the player is a boy) |
Kanto Town Map (Japanese version, if the player is a boy) |
Johto Town Map (Japanese version, if the player is a girl) |
Kanto Town Map (Japanese version, if the player is a girl) |
Generation III
In FireRed and LeafGreen, Daisy Oak will give it to the player after the player receives a starter Pokémon and delivers Oak's Parcel to the Professor. If it is not obtained here, then it will be given by Celio at One Island in Generation III.
At first, the map will only display the Kanto region. During Generation III, after the player has ventured into the Sevii Islands, Celio will give them an upgraded map, featuring One, Two, and Three Islands. After entering the Hall of Fame and obtaining the National Pokédex, Celio will upgrade the map to its complete extent, revealing the final four Sevii Islands. The map display can be changed among the four sections (mainland Kanto; One, Two, and Three Island; Four and Five Island and Navel Rock; and Six, Seven, and Birth Island) at will after getting each new map.
Some locations have a guide (Japanese: ガイド guide) that details information on important places. This feature was expanded for every location on the Town Map starting in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.
|
| The Kanto Map in FireRed and LeafGreen |
| Sevii Island Town Maps | ||
|---|---|---|
|
|
|
| One Island, Two Island, and Three Island | Four Island, Navel Rock, and Five Island | Seven Island, Six Island, and Birth Island |
Generation IV
A new, separate Town Map was introduced in Sinnoh, and serves as a complimentary map application to the Pokétch. The Sinnoh Town Map offers flavor text descriptions of all visited locations in the game, and of all routes, visited or not. However, areas such as Fullmoon Island will not be shown unless the player goes there. It resembles a Nintendo DS.
The Map is obtained in Jubilife City, when visiting the Trainers' School. The player receives it from their rival, Barry, upon giving him the Parcel from his mother.
Interestingly, Platinum's Town Map text data appears to have been taken directly from Diamond and Pearl: this is evidenced by Route 212's description including a reference to the house where shards can be traded for TMs. However, in Platinum, the TM-trading woman has been replaced by a Move Tutor.
|
| The Sinnoh Town Map |
Generation V
The Town Map in Black and White is given to the player by their Mom after receiving the Pokédex from Professor Juniper, while in Black 2 and White 2, it is obtained from Hugh's sister after Bianca gives them Poké Balls.
|
|
| The Unova Map in Black and White | The Unova Map in Black 2 and White 2 |
Generation VI
In X and Y, the Town Map is obtained from Mom once the player has received the Pokédex and delivered the Prof's Letter.
|
| The Kalos Town Map |
Generation VII
In Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon the Town Map is available from the beginning of the game.
In Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, the player will receive the Town Map from their Mom after they've received the Pokédex from Professor Oak.
|
|
| The Alola Map in Sun and Moon | The Alola Map in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon |
Generation VIII
Pokémon Sword and Shield
In Sword and Shield, the Town Map is available from the beginning of the game as part of the player's Rotom Phone. Now part of the menu, the player can use it to check the current weather of any location of Galar, and use the Flying Taxi.
Between Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield, the two version-exclusive Gyms show up in different colors on the map. After the Isle of Armor becomes accessible, an extra set of train tracks and a train station are added to the main part of the Galar map. After the Crown Tundra becomes accessible, an additional set of train tracks are added.
|
|
| Galar as seen in Pokémon Sword after purchasing the Expansion Pass |
Galar as seen in Pokémon Shield without purchasing the Expansion Pass |
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
In Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, the Town Map remains a menu option, and is no longer a Key Item like it is in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum. It is still unlocked at the Trainers' School in Jubilife City.
Description
|
Acquisition
|
Appearance
|
|
|
|
|
| Gen III (FRLG/E) |
Gen IV-VI | Gen V obtain sprite |
Gen VII (PE) |
BDSP menu icon |
In the anime
Main series
In Dreams by the Yard Full!, similar to Max with his PokéNav in Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire and Brock with his Pokégear in Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl, Cilan is shown to have a Town Map for his journeys with Ash and Iris. It seems to have the ability to look up and locate various landmarks and natural occurrences as seen in Cottonee in Love! when Cilan uses it to track the flow of the wind, and in Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open! when he locates plants used for an antidote for poison at the bottom of a lake.
In Best Wishes Until We Meet Again!, Cilan was seen examining the Town Map of Kanto and Johto while planning how he and Iris would continue traveling.
In A Battle of Aerial Mobility!, Clemont was revealed to own a Town Map.
In Giving Chase at the Rhyhorn Race!, Serena was revealed to own a Town Map. Along with the map and current location shown on the left hand screen, the right hand screen can be used for a variety of other uses, including watching announcements for upcoming Pokémon Showcases by Monsieur Pierre. The device can also be used to search for information, as shown in Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction where Serena used it to find out that Diancie could make diamonds.
Unova's Town Map
Kanto and Johto's Town Map
Kalos's Town Map
Pokémon Evolutions
A Town Map of Kanto appeared in The Discovery, under the ownership of Green.
In the manga
The Electric Tale of Pikachu
May Oak was seen giving Ash a Town Map in Pikachu, I See You!.
Pokémon Adventures
Diamond & Pearl arc
In this chapter, Pearl was often seen examining a Town Map.
Pokémon Zensho
In Pewter City, Daisy Oak gave Satoshi a Town Map, despite Shigeru having told her not to do so.
In the TCG
- Main article: Town Map (Boundaries Crossed 136)
Town Map was introduced as an Item card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Black & White Series (the Japanese BW Era). First released in the Japanese Freeze Bolt expansion, it later debuted in English in the Boundaries Crossed expansion, with both prints featuring an illustration by Toyste Beach. This Trainer card allows the player to flip their Prize cards face-up for the remainder of the game.
Trivia
- Before the release of Pokémon Gold and Silver, the only in-game source mentioning the name of the Kanto region was the Japanese-language text when examining the Town Map in Blue's house before the player obtains it.
In other languages
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
- List of Key Items (Generation I)
- List of Key Items (Generation III)
- List of Key Items (Generation IV)
- List of Key Items (Generation V)
- List of Key Items (Generation VI)
- List of Key Items (Generation VII)
| |||||||
|
This item article is part of Project ItemDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on all items. |