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-[[Image:Route 1 sign.png|thumb|right|{{rt|1|Kanto}}: [[Pallet Town]] to [[Viridian City]]]]
+[[File:Route 1 sign.png|thumb|right|{{rt|1|Kanto}}: [[Pallet Town]] to [[Viridian City]]]]
-A '''signpost''' is a small sign on a [[route]] or within a city that tells a player certain pieces of information. Most of them are well-maintained, however, there are a few that end up worn away, making the text on them hard to read, such as the sign outside the {{DL|Canalave City|Harbor Inn}} in {{3v2|Diamond|Pearl|Platinum}}. Other signs have been defaced, such as the signs outside the {{DL|Lilycove City|Pokémon Trainer Fan Club}} of [[Lilycove City]] and on an island in the north of {{rt|110|Hoenn}}.
+A '''signpost''' is a small sign on a [[route]] or within a city that tells a player certain pieces of information. They appear in every main series Pokémon game. These signs are generally used for marking locations within the Pokémon world: each [[route]] and every [[city]] has at least one sign indicating where travelers can get their bearings. They may also describe the location. Sometimes, there will be [[List of Trainer tips|Trainer Tips]] written on the signpost, designed for novice players to give helpful tips.
-Most often, these objects tell players where they are located, at least in [[Generation I]]. Since {{game|Crystal}}, there is a small text box which pops up every time players enter another location, so most of the location-describing signposts are merely residual. However, some of these signposts remain as a description of the town using their motto.
+Most signposts are well-maintained, but there are some that have become illegible through age (such as the sign outside the {{DL|Canalave City|Harbor Inn}}) or graffiti (such as a sign on an island on {{rt|110|Hoenn}}).
 The homes of notable people, such as the {{player}}, are identified with signs saying whose home it is. Early on, these signs were the same as all other signs, but as graphical improvements were made, they began to change; in [[Generation IV]], notable houses are mostly marked by mailboxes.
-[[Image:Rt201.jpg|thumb|left|{{rt|201|Sinnoh}}&ndash; [[Sandgem Town]] to [[Twinleaf Town]]]]
+In addition to these physical signposts, a small text box will appear in the top corner of the screen in every game since {{game|Crystal}} with the same information.
-Sometimes, there will be [[List of Trainer tips|Trainer Tips]] written on the signpost, designed for novice players to give helpful tips.
+[[File:Rt201.jpg|thumb|left|{{rt|201|Sinnoh}}&ndash; [[Sandgem Town]] to [[Twinleaf Town]]]]
+Signposts have been used in the anime since the original series; notably, {{Gary}} scrawled on a sign with the words "''Gary was here! {{Ash}} is a loser!''" The first time a route marker was shown was in the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}}.
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