Pokémon League Reception Gate

The Pokémon League Reception Gate (Japanese: ポケモンリーグうけつけゲート Pokémon League Reception Gate) is a large gate located in Kanto to the west of Route 22. The building serves as a Gym Badge checkpoint for both Kanto and Johto Trainers in these games.

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Location:	Generations I, III, and VII Between Route 22 and Route 23 Generations II and IV South of Victory Road, West of Route 22, East of Route 28, North of Route 26
Region:	Kanto
Generations:	I, II, III, IV, VII
Location of Pokémon League Reception Gate in Kanto.
Pokémon world locations

This gate is named the Pokémon League Front Gate (Japanese: ポケモンリーグ正面ゲート Pokémon League Front Gate) in Generations I, III, and VII, where it simply contains the Boulder Badge checkpoint and connects Routes 22 and 23.

Description

Generations I, III, and VII

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

Generations II and IV

The Pokémon League Front Gate was rebuilt and renamed the Pokémon League Reception Gate. The Badge checkpoints are consolidated into a single one inside of the gate, which now connects directly to Victory Road. This is why Route 23 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.

Trainers entering Kanto from Johto via Routes 26 and 27 are forced to enter this building from the south. Here, they are stopped by a Pokémon League official and must present the eight Johto Gym Badges before they can advance. Past the guard is a four-way intersection of hallways; only the north hallway leading to Victory Road (and therefore Indigo Plateau) is initially open. The east hallway, leading to Viridian City via Route 22, is blocked by a guard until Snorlax has been removed from Vermilion City; once the guard has stepped aside, the player can travel between Johto and mainland Kanto without Flying, Teleporting, taking the S.S. Aqua or the Magnet Train. The west hallway, leading to Route 28 and Mt. Silver, is opened by Professor Oak once the player has collected all eight Kanto Gym Badges.

In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Janine will appear here every evening between 16:00 and 20:00 after being defeated and will give the player her phone number so that she can be called for a rematch.

Layout

Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation VII

Trivia

• The gate uses different music in every generation. The Generation I games and Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen use Viridian Forest, the Generation II games use The Pokémon League, Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver use Route 26, and Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! use The Final Road.
• The Pokémon League Reception Gate cannot be legitimately accessed without eight Badges, as the Rising Badge is required to scale the waterfall at Tohjo Falls. However, if it is reached without all Badges via cheating in Generation II, the guard will say "You don't have all the Gym Badges of Johto. I'm sorry, but I can't let you go through." and turn the player away. If this is done in Generation IV, the guard will recognize that the player has the eight Badges of Johto and let them through, even if they do not actually have them.

In other languages

Pokémon League Reception Gate

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		神奇寶貝聯盟大門 Shénqí Bǎobèi Liánméng Dàmén
French		Porte d'accès à la Ligue PokémonHGSS Ligue Pokémon - Porte d'accèsGSC
German		Pokémon Liga Empfang
Italian		Lega Pokémon - Accettazione
Korean		포켓몬리그 접수처 게이트 Pokémon League Jeopsucheo GateHGSS 포켓몬 리그 접수처 게이트 Pokémon League Jeopsucheo GateGSC
Spanish		Recepción de la Liga Pokémon

Pokémon League Front Gate

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	寶可夢聯盟正門 Pokémon Lyùhnmàhng Jingmùhn
	Mandarin	寶可夢聯盟正門 Pokémon Liánméng Zhèngmén * 宝可梦联盟正面入口 Pokémon Liánméng Zhèngmiàn Rùkǒu *
French		Ligue Pokémon - Entrée principaleFRLGPE Ligue Pokémon - Porte entréeRBY
German		Pokémon-Liga HaupteingangPE Pokémon Liga HaupteingangFRLG PKMN-Liga HaupteingangRBY
Italian		Lega Pokémon - Ingresso principaleFRLGPE Lega Pokémon - Varco AnterioreRBY
Korean		포켓몬리그 정면 게이트 Pokémon League Jeongmyeon Gate
Spanish		Liga Pokémon - Entrada principalPE Liga Pokémon - Puerta delanteraFRLG Liga Pokémon - Puerta DelanteraRBY

Related articles

Kanto and Johto
Cities and Towns Pallet Town • Viridian City • Pewter City • Cerulean City • Vermilion City • Lavender Town Celadon City • Saffron City • Fuchsia City • Cinnabar Island • Indigo Plateau 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 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 Landmarks Professor Oak's Laboratory • Viridian Forest • Diglett's Cave • Pewter Museum of Science • Mt. Moon (Square) • Cerulean Cave Underground Path (Kanto Routes 5–6) • Underground Path (Kanto Routes 7–8) • S.S. Anne • S.S. Aqua • Sea Cottage • Rock Tunnel Power Plant • Cycling Road/Pokémon Road • Team Rocket Hideout • Silph Co. • Magnet Train • Pokémon Tower • Kanto Safari Zone/Pal Park/GO Park Seafoam Islands • Pokémon Mansion • Cinnabar Lab • Pokémon League Reception Gate • Victory Road • Tohjo Falls 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 • Johto Safari Zone • Whirl Islands Mt. Mortar • Lake of Rage • Team Rocket HQ • Ice Path • Dragon's Den • Mt. Silver (Cave) Access to Sevii Islands • Sinjoh Ruins

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