Pokémon Communication Center: Difference between revisions

Initially, the background music played inside the PokéCom Center is ポケモンセンター [[Pokémon HeartGold & SoulSilver Music Super Complete|''Pokémon Center'']] and the facilities are inaccessible and unusable. Once the first successful connection to the Pokémon Mobile System GB is made, it changes to a theme of its own and the services become operational.

 

The PokéCom Center is divided into three rooms:

* The '''Administration Office''' (Japanese: '''かんりしつ''' ''Control Room''), a small room with three PokéCom Center staff members and three [[PC]]s containing documentation and support articles about the mobile features.

** The staff room is initially blocked off by an old man, who came to see the new machines in {{ci|Goldenrod}}'s Pokémon Center. He claims that the staff is still busy with the preparations; to the player, this means that once the first connection to the [[Pokémon Mobile System GB]] is sucessfully made, the old man will leave.

To use any of the facilities, players need to access the [[Pokémon Mobile System GB#Access|Mobile Center]] first in order to register themselves there.

In the Trade Corner, players can link with other players via {{wp|mobile phone}} {{wp|Japan|national-wide}} to [[trade]] {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}, much like the [[Global Terminal#Global Trade Station|GTS]] in the [[Generation IV]] and {{Gen|V}} games. If the player brought the {{DL|List of key items in Generation II|Egg Ticket}} received from the [[Day-Care Couple|Day-Care Man]] at the [[Pokémon Day Care]] on {{rt|34|Johto}} to the [[Pokémon Center Nurse]] in the Trade Corner, she would exchange it for an {{pkmn|Egg#Odd Egg|Odd Egg}}, which carried a rare {{Shiny}} [[Baby Pokémon]] knowing {{m|Dizzy Punch}}.

The most influential {{pkmn2|event}} held by the PokéCom Center was on April and May 2001 in Japan, and allowed the {{player}} to obtain a [[GS Ball]] from a [[Pokémon Center Nurse]] to summon a {{pkmn2|wild}} [[level]] 30 {{p|Celebi}} to {{pkmn|battle}} at the [[Ilex Forest shrine]], 24 hours after giving it to [[Kurt]] in [[Azalea Town]] for inspection. The event involved the player obtaining 16 [[Badge]]s, before successfully completing the ''Chieko Dice'' minigame three times in a row and successfully answering the "ten card quiz" via the Pokémon News Machine.<ref>[http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~kakeru/pokemon2/mobile/ モバイルの窓]</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20020708151316/http://www.geocities.com/meowth346/gs/faq/legendary/faq_Celebi.htm Celebi] (via Internet Archive)</ref>

==Impact and legacy==

<!--The PokéCom Center has influence in the presence of {{p|Unown}} at the [[Ruins of Alph]]. A scientist there claims that the radio signals emitted from it are related to the appearance of Unown patterns on the walls of the ruins.--><!--This part is true but I need to check it out better first.-->

In the real world, the presence of the [[Pokémon Mobile System GB]] and its related features were [[Game Freak]]'s first attempt at providing wireless linking to {{player}}s, which had already requested for such capability at the time. This experiment, along with the [[Game Boy Advance Wireless Adapter]] in [[Generation III]], helped the company in creating the multiplayer features of the games for [[Generation IV]] onwards, which are now more practical due to the use of {{wp|Wi-Fi}} and [[Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection]]. The explanation for creation of the PokéCom Center and Mobile Center is further evidenced in-game by an administrator at the former's Administration Office.

Also inside the Administration Office, there is an {{wp|email}} to the staff on one of the [[PC]]s that {{wp|Fourth wall|breaks the fourth wall}}. Its content clearly states Game Freak's desire of achieving the goal of allowing players to link with each other at worldwide level without facing the barriers of [[link cable]]s.

In {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}, there's a [[Global Terminal]] in the western area of [[Goldenrod City]]. Its location there might have been inspired by the PokéCom Center.

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