

In the games, all its cities have plant-themed names. Johto is geographically similar to the Kansai and western Tōkai regions of Japan. The third, fourth, and fifth seasons of the anime are also set there. Meaning "castle palace" and "lattice-shaped palace", the second generation of Pokémon video games, Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal take place there, as do their remakes, Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. The Johto Region ( ジョウト地方, Jōto-chihō ?) consists of several towns and villages named after trees and plants. The remaining legendary Pokémon are Articuno, who is said to appear to doomed travelers in icy regions, Zapdos, who is found during thunderstorms, and Moltres, who is said to bring about an early spring with its arrival. Mewtwo's genetic structure was further manipulated to transform it into a powerful and ruthless psychic until it turned on its creators and escaped to the Cerulean Cave. The most powerful is the Genetic Pokémon Mewtwo, who was created by tampering with the DNA of the Pokémon Mew, a Pokémon that is said to have the DNA of every other Pokémon in its body and is believed to be the ancestor of all Pokémon, at the mansion on Cinnabar Island. Kanto is home to a handful of legendary Pokémon. Kanto represents the actual region in Japan called Kantō and eastern Tōkai. In the anime, Ash travels in Kanto in the Kanto and Battle Frontier seasons. Two areas of the Kanto region, Saffron City and the Pokémon Stadium, are playable stages in Nintendo's popular Super Smash Bros.

In the non-Japanese releases of the games, its cities are named after colors. In these games, however, the region differs from the earlier games (which are set three years previously) in several plot and graphical points. It is attached to the Johto region so the player can also visit it by train or jetboat in Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold and SoulSilver.


Kanto Region ( カントー地方, Kantō-chihō ?), introduced in Red and Green ( Blue in international releases), later seen in Yellow, Gold, Silver, Crystal, FireRed, LeafGreen, HeartGold, and SoulSilver, was the first region in the Pokémon series. Kanto region in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. Most regions are on separate continents, though many are based on parts of the real-world country of Japan. At different locations within each region, the player can find different types of Pokémon, as well as other helpful items and characters. Usually, the different regions are not accessible from one another via land (or at all within a single game), with the exception being Kanto, which can be accessed from Johto and vice versa in the Pokémon Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold and SoulSilver versions.Įvery region consists of several cities and towns that the player must explore in order to fulfill many waiting challenges such as Gyms, Contests, and/or saving a region from antagonistic characters. Moreover, several regions have been introduced in spin-off games, and one in the Pokémon anime, though most of these are still within the same fictional universe.
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Each of the five generations of the main series releases focuses on a new region. There are several regions that have appeared in the various media of the Pokémon franchise.
