to the other shore, and enter the Power
Plant. There are a couple of cool items to get and a few new pokemon too. You can catch Magnemite
(both), Magneton (both), Raichu (blue), and Electrabuzz (red). The main reason for comming to the
Power Plant is Zapdos. Zapdos is one of the legendary pokemon, and he will only appear in your game
once. He is found near the exit of the Plant. I strongly suggest not using your master ball at this time.
The master ball should be reserved for Mewtwo.
Mewtwo will be explained in a later chapter). Zapdos is at level 50, so he is really kind of hard to
catch. The best idea (and this works on all 3 of the legendary pokemon) is to freeze them with and ice
attack like icebeam, ice punch, or blizzard. One he is almost dead and frozen, just throw a bunch of
ultra balls at him. He will eventually stay in the ball. Once you are done with the Power Plant, use Fly
again to take you back to Fuchsia City.
Once in Fuchsia, exit the city to the south. you will see a huge body of water. Surf into it and start
swiming north. You can catch a Tentacruel in both versions here. Just follow the water until you get to
land. You will see the Seafoam Islands, which is a cave. To get through to Cinnabar Island, you will
need a pokemon who has the Strength ability. Enter the cave and use Strength. Then go to the boulders
and push them into the holes. After you push the boulder into the hole, jump in the hole and push the
boulder down again. Continue this until you have the boulder in the water. Then go up to the top floor
and push the second boulder into the hole, following the same process as the first. Repeat this process
until you have all the boulders in the cave in the water. To find all the boulders, you will have to do a
little exploring. You can catch a ton of new water type pokemon in the cave. On the first floor you can
get Seel (both), Slowpoke (both), Psyduck (both), Golduck (red), Horsea (red), Krabby (blue),
Shellder (red), and Staryu (blue). On the second level you can catch Staryu (both), Dewgong (both),
and Seadra (red). On the thrid you can get Kingler (blue). The forth floor has Golbat (both) and
Slowbro (blue).
On the forth floor, if you have all the boulders in the water, you can fight Articuno, the legendary ice
pokemon. If all the boulders are in the right spots, you can swim over to him. Articuno is at level 50,
and he is pretty hard to catch. Use the same techniques as you did with Zapdos, and you should be
able to catch him. Try putting him to sleep or paralyzing him. To get out of the cave, make sure all the
boulders are in the right spots, then jump into a hole on the second floor into the water, or go to the
third floor and Surf into the water. Swim over to the land area in the bottom right corner and take the
stairs. Keep following the stairs until you find the exit. Now Surf over to the Cinnabar Island. The island
is like a normal town, with the exception of the Pokemon Lab. You can take your fossil and the Old
Amber to the Lab and get a pokemon. The Old Amber becomes the Aerodactyl, the Dome Fossil
becomes the Kabuto, and the Helix Fossil becomes Omanyte. Just give your items to the man in the last
room, exit the building, then go back in and talk to him. He will give you the pokemon. Now you need
the seventh badge. As you can see, the Gym is locked, so you need the key. Its located in the building
in the top left corner of the city. This is the only building with random battles on the island. (*Heres a
little known secret for all you pokemon trainers out there: The forth and final Moon Stone is located in
this building. It can be found by using the itemfinder in the room you start out in when you enter the
building.*)
There are a few new pokemon to catch here. You can get Grimer, Muk, Koffing, Wheezing, and
Ponyta in both versions of the game. On the second floor, in the blue version only, you can catch
Magmar. To get the key, you have to get to an area on the third floor that has an open ledge that you
can jump off. To get there, you will have to push the buttons on the statues that open the various
electric doors in the building. When you get to there, jump off the ledge. There are three spaces that
you can jump off, and each takes you to a different place in the building. Tyr them all, until you get to
the basement. Search the basement to get the key. Now exit the building and go to the Gym. Beat all
the trainers, and get to the Gym Leader, Blaine. He uses fire pokemon. Hes got Growlithe, level 42,
Ponyta, level 40, Rapidash, level 42, and Arcanine, level 47. Beat him to get the Vocano Badge, and
the TM 38, which has Fire Blast, a very powerfull fire attack.
The eighth and final badge is located at Veridian City. Remember that locked Gym at the begining of
the game? It unlocked now, and the final leader is there. Beat all the trainers and fight the final Gym
Leader. Its Giovanni Again! Hes not much more powerful now, so just take him out. Hes got Rhyhorn,
level 45, Dugtrio, level 42, Nidoqueen, level 43, Nidoking, level 45, and Rhydon, level 50. Any water
or psychic pokemon will have no problem killing them. Now, heal all your pokemon and stock up on
items. I recommend getting about 20 ultra balls (if you can afford it), a bunch of potions, and a few
escape ropes. Also make sure you have pokemon with the Surf and Strength skills. Now exit Veridian
City to the west, and enter the big building. Go through all the chack points until you get to a cave. In
the grassy area before the cave you can get a Arbok (red) and Sandslash (blue). Save the game, then
enter the cave. To advance through the cave, called Victory Road, you must push the boulders onto the
switches to unlock the blockades. The cave can be pretty confusing, but just keep pusing the boulders
and pressing onward. Eventually, you will get to a boulder next to a hole. Push the boulder through the
hole, then follow it down. Just follow the stairs to the exit. If you do some extra exploring, you will find
Moltres (hes on the second floor). He is the third and last of the legendary pokemon. Once again,
freezeing attacks work very well against him. Also try confusion, paralize, and sleep attacks. You can
catch three new pokemon here. On the first floor, there is Machoke (both) and Marowak (both). On
the second floor there is a Venomoth (both). Find the exit and enter the Indigo Plateau, the final
challenge of the game!
This is the final test, the only battle that really counts. If you have only been building up one pokemon
the entire game, you might have a little trouble with this fight. First, before even trying to fight the Elite
Four, i recommend going back into Victory Road and builing up some levels. Once you have gotten
about 4 pokemon to level 60 or above, you will be able to win the final challenge. Also, before entering
the battle, go to the store in the Indigo Plateau and buy lots of Max Potion, Revive, and Full Heal.
These items are essential to winning the next battle. Now enter the door at the top of the room to begin.
The first challenger is Lorelei. She uses ice/water type pokemon. To beat her, use a fire, fighting, or
psychic pokemon. She has Dewgong, level 54, Cloyster, level 53, Slowbro, level 54, Jynx, level 56,
and Lapras, level 56. They can be hard if you are not prepared. After beating her, heal any pokemon
that are injured, or have status problems, and head to the next fight. Its against Bruno, and in my
opinion, its the easiest battle in the series. He uses fighting/rock pokemon, so use any ice, water,
ground, or psychic pokemon against him. The reason he is so weak is that his pokemon are strong but
slow, so if you use a pokemon that is super effective against him, you will kill him without having him
attack even once. He has Onix, level 53, Hitmonchan, level 55, Hitmonlee, level 55. Onix, level 56, and
Machamp, level 58. Take him out, heal your pokemon, and get ready for the next battles, cause they
start getting pretty hard. Next fight is against Agatha, a ghost pokemon trainer. She also has some other
creepy pokemon. To win this match, get a psychic pokemon for the ghosts, and any other strong
pokemon for the others. Your psychic pokemon will really do dammage with the Psybeam and Psychic
attacks. Agatha has Gengar, level 56, Golbat, level 56, Haunter, level 55, Arbok, level 58, and Gengar,
level 60. Beat her and heal. Make sure to save some Full Heals for this fight because her ghosts and
snakes and bats can cause some pretty bad status problems. Now, get ready for the fourth battle. Its
against Lance, the dragon tamer. His pokemon are tough, but can be easyily beaten with any ice
pokemon. Icebeam and Blizzard will take take them all out. Lance ha Gyarados, level 58, Dragonair,
level 56, Dragonair, level 56, Aerodactyl, level 60, and Dragonite, level 62. Beat him down to get to
the final battle. Before confronting Gary, make sure your pokemon are in top fighting condition. Now
go get him. All of Gary's pokemon have different classes, so you will need at least 2 or 3 powerful
pokemon to beat him. His first 3 pokemon are Pigot, level 61, Alakazam, level 59, and Rhydon, level
61. His second three differ, depending on which pokemon he choose at the start of the game. If he
picked Bulbasaur, he will have Gyarados, level 61, Arcanine, level 63, and Venusar, level 65. If he
picked Charmander, he will have Exeggutor, level 61, Gyarados, level 63, and Charizard, level 65. If
he picked Squirtle, he will have Arcanine, level 61, Exeggutor, level 63, and Blastoise, level 65. Beat
him to beat the game. Congratulations! Your next job is to collect all 150 pokemon!
Mewtwo is one of the best pokemon in the game. He is super strong, super fast, has tons of HP, a high
special rating, and looks cool. To catch him, head over to Cerulean City and exit the city to the north,
over the bridge. At the endof the bridge, there is some water. Surf into the water and swim until you get
to a cave. Mewtwo is there, on the 3rd floor. He can only be seen once, and he is really hard to catch,
because he starts out at level 70. Did you save your Master Ball? If you did, just use it on the first turn.
If you don't have it anymore, just follow the same methods as you did in catching the legendary birds.
Get him real low in HP, like 1 or 2. Make sure he has a status problem (the best, in my opinion, is
freeze, but sleep, confusion, and paralize works well too). NOw start throwing Ultra Balls. It might take
a bunch, but Mewtwo is worth it!
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