National Park

National Park しぜんこうえん Nature Park "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
Map description:	A spacious and beautiful park. It's connected to the Pokéathlon Dome.
Location:	Between Routes 35 and 36
Region:	Johto
Generations:	II, IV
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.

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.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Sport Ball ×20	To be used in the Bug-Catching Contest, cannot be keptTuThSa	G  S  C  HG  SS
	Quick Claw	Gift from the woman with a Persian	G  S  C  HG  SS
Parlyz Heal	Parlyz Heal	Found by crossing the fence at the north of the park	G  S  C
	TM28 (Dig)	Found by crossing the fence at the north of the park	G  S  C  HG  SS
	Full Heal	Behind the fence next to the south entrance (hidden)	G  S  C  HG  SS
	Full Heal	Near the small fountain by the southern entrance (hidden)	HG  SS
	Shiny Stone	Northeast corner (requires Rock Climb)	HG  SS
	Soothe Bell	North of the entrance to Route 36, on the other side of the fence	HG  SS
	Nugget	Sometimes given out by Pokéfan Beverly if the player has her number	HG  SS

Pokémon

Generation II

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Caterpie	G		S		C		Grass	10-12	50%	0%	0%
Caterpie	G		S		C		Grass	10	0%	30%	0%
Caterpie	G		S		C		Grass	10	5%	5%	0%
Metapod	G		S		C		Grass	10	30%	30%	0%
Weedle	G		S		C		Grass	10-12	50%	0%	0%
Weedle	G		S		C		Grass	10	0%	30%	0%
Weedle	G		S		C		Grass	10	5%	5%	0%
Kakuna	G		S		C		Grass	10	30%	30%	0%
Pidgey	G		S		C		Grass	10-14	20%	0%	0%
Pidgey	G		S		C		Grass	12-14	0%	15%	0%
Pidgey	G		S		C		Grass	13	10%	10%	0%
Nidoran♀	G		S		C		Grass	12	30%	30%	0%
Nidoran♂	G		S		C		Grass	12	30%	30%	0%
Venonat	G		S		C		Grass	10-12	0%	0%	10%
Psyduck	G		S		C		Grass	12	0%	0%	30%
Hoothoot	G		S		C		Grass	10-14	0%	0%	100%
Hoothoot	G		S		C		Grass	13-15	0%	0%	40%
Ledyba	G		S		C		Grass	14	20%	0%	0%
Spinarak	G		S		C		Grass	14	0%	0%	20%
Sunkern	G		S		C		Grass	11-13	0%	25%	0%
Sunkern	G		S		C		Grass	14	0%	20%	0%
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%
Fishing
Krabby	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	100%
Note: The water is inaccessible without the use of a cheating device.
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

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Caterpie	HG			SS			Grass	10-12	50%	0%	0%
Caterpie	HG			SS			Grass	10	0%	30%	0%
Metapod	HG			SS			Grass	10	30%	30%	0%
Weedle	HG			SS			Grass	10-12	50%	0%	0%
Weedle	HG			SS			Grass	10	0%	30%	0%
Kakuna	HG			SS			Grass	10	30%	30%	0%
Pidgey	HG			SS			Grass	10-14	20%	0%	0%
Pidgey	HG			SS			Grass	12-14	0%	15%	0%
Hoothoot	HG			SS			Grass	10-14	0%	0%	100%
Sunkern	HG			SS			Grass	12	0%	25%	0%
Headbutt
Exeggcute	HG			SS			Headbutt	10-15	20%
Hoothoot	HG			SS			Headbutt	10-15	50%
Ledyba	HG			SS			Headbutt	13-15	30%
Spinarak	HG			SS			Headbutt	13-15	30%
Pineco	HG			SS			Headbutt	10-12	30%
Headbutt (Special Tree) The group of trees are located at the top of a hill, behind the fence at the north-east section of the National Park. It is accessible through Rock Climb.
Exeggcute	HG			SS			Headbutt	18-20	65%
Cherubi	HG			SS			Headbutt	18-25	35%
Special Pokémon
Plusle	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	10	20%
Minun	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	12	20%
Shinx	HG			SS			Sinnoh Sound	10-12	40%
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.

Bug-Catching Contest (pre-National Pokédex)

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
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%
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.

Bug-Catching Contest (post-National Pokédex)

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
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	24-32	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	24-35	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 メグミ Megumi Reward: $1120	Snubbull♀ Lv.14 Berry
Pokéfan William アキヒト Akihito Reward: $1120	Raichu♂ Lv.14 Berry
Schoolboy Jack シュウイチ Shūichi Reward: $480	Oddish♂ Lv.12 No item
	Voltorb Lv.15 No item
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 メグミ Megumi Reward: $1024	Snubbull♀ Lv.16 No item
Pokéfan William アキヒト Akihito Reward: $1024	Raichu♂ Lv.16 No item
School Kid Jack シュウイ Shūichi Reward: $300	Oddish♂ Lv.12 No item
	Voltorb Lv.15 No item
Lass Krise ユキ Yuki Reward: $272	Oddish♀ Lv.14 No item
	Cubone♀ Lv.17 No item
Rematch
Lass Krise ユキ Yuki Reward: $496	Oddish♀ Lv.21 No item
	Cubone♀ Lv.31 No item
Lass Krise ユキ Yuki Reward: $608	Gloom♀ Lv.32 No item
	Marowak♀ Lv.38 No item
Lass Krise ユキ Yuki Reward: $864	Vileplume♀ Lv.53 No item
	Marowak♀ Lv.54 No item
School Kid Jack シュウイ Shūichi Reward: $340	Gloom♂ Lv.29 No item
	Voltorb Lv.17 No item
School Kid Jack シュウイ Shūichi Reward: $620	Vileplume♂ Lv.38 No item
	Electrode Lv.31 No item
School Kid Jack シュウイ Shūichi Reward: $1040	Electrode Lv.43 No item
	Vileplume♂ Lv.52 No item
	Arcanine? Lv.52 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.

Preview

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  Morning (Pidgey)

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  Day (Sunkern)

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  Evening (Sunkern)

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  Night (Hoothoot)

Layout

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Missing Crystal layout. (Appears to have an odd structure to the left of the single bench.)

Generation II Generation IV

In the anime

The National Park gate in the anime

National Park appeared in The Bug Stops Here, where Ash and his friends came by it just in time to see the Bug-Catching Contest starting. Ash and Casey, who also appeared at the site, decided to participate the contest. Casey ended up catching a Weedle that Ash was trying to catch, but eventually Ash caught himself a Beedrill. After dealing with Team Rocket's latest scheme, during which Casey's Chikorita evolved into a Bayleef, Ash was declared the winner of the contest, earning him a Sun Stone and allowing him to keep the Pokémon he had caught. Before the group parted ways with Casey, Ash decided to give Beedrill to Casey, knowing her love of yellow-and-black-striped Pokémon.

Trivia

• A beta version of National Park was seen prior to the release of Pokémon Gold and Silver.
• This is the only area in Generation II where it is impossible to hear the normal background music whilst riding a bicycle. This was changed in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, where the player is now allowed to cycle in both gates.
• School Kid Jack is the only Trainer not to have his Pokémon's levels increase between Generation II and Generation IV.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 自然公園 Zìrán Gōngyuán European French Parc Naturel German Nationalpark Italian Parco Nazionale Korean 자연공원 Jayeon Gongweon European Spanish Parque Nacional Vietnamese Công viên Thiên Nhiên

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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