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This is a map and walkthrough for Great Marsh, the Sinnoh region's very own safari zone in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl (BDSP). Learn about the mechanics of the Great Marsh, the Great Marsh Daily Pokemon, what Pokemon are found in each area, and what trainers, items, and events are encountered here.

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Great Marsh Daily Pokemon

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Upon entering the Great Marsh, you'll find an Ace Trainer to your right. Talk to the trainer to get the TM Defog .

This move is very important in order for you to progress through the game so don't forget to get this TM!

Great Marsh Guide and Mechanics

How to enter the great marsh.

You'll find a gate to the Great Marsh at the northern area of Pastoria City . You need to pay a ₽500 fee before you can enter the Great Marsh. Talk to the receptionist and pay the fee to receive 30 Safari Balls , which you can use to capture Pokemon inside the Great Marsh Safari Zone.

The session will end if you use up all 30 Safari Balls or take more than 500 steps.

Some Pokemon in the Great Marsh Change Daily

Six special Pokemon will appear everyday, one for each area of the Great Marsh. Take note that you may have the same special Pokemon for different areas . These six Pokemon change daily and some are exclusive to the Great Marsh.

To view the Daily Pokemon found in the Great Marsh, you can look through the binoculars on the second floor of the lobby. It will only show a random Pokemon from 5 of the areas in the Great Marsh, so you may need to look through it several times to find all six of your Daily Pokemon.

Changing the date on your Nintendo Switch will not affect the Daily Pokemon in the Great Marsh.

View Pokemon in the Great Marsh with Binoculars

You can view the Pokemon you can encounter in all the areas in the Great Marsh by going to the second floor of the lobby in the building and paying ₽100 to use the binoculars. All 3 Binoculars can scan the entire Great Marsh , so it does not matter which one you choose.

Each time you view the binoculars, you will be shown 5 Pokemon from 5 of the different areas in the Great Marsh. There is a chance that you could view one of your 6 Daily Pokemon from the binoculars. If you do not find any of your Daily Pokemon, you can pay another ₽100 to look through the binoculars again.

List of Great Marsh Binocular Backgrounds

The binoculars will show you Pokemon from 5 random areas of the Great Marsh, so it may be difficult to tell what area you are looking at through the binoculars. You can use this list of binocular backgrounds to find out what area each one corresponds to.

Throwing Ball, Bait, and Mud

While scouring for Pokemon in the Great Marsh, encounters inside the area will be different. When engaged in a Pokemon battle, your choices will be Ball, Bait, Mud, and Run.

Throwing Bait at a Pokemon will make the Pokemon more likely to runaway from the encounter, but makes it easier to catch the Pokemon.

On the other hand, throwing Mud at a Pokemon will make it harder to catch , but also decreases the chance that it flees the battle.

Throwing Safari Ball is the safest to catch Pokemon

Simply throwing a Safari Ball is the safest way to catch Pokemon in the Great Marsh, as it does not change any catch or flee rates of the Pokemon you will encounter.

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Encountered in Tall Grass or Cave

Encountered via old rod.

How to Get the Old Rod

Encountered via Good Rod

How to Get the Good Rod

Encountered via Super Rod

How to Get the Super Rod

Encountered While Surfing

How to Get TM95 Surf

Ride the Train to Travel Between Areas

Ride the train inside the Great Marsh to travel between locations quickly instead of navigating through the bogs and swamps of the areas. The train and the stations can be found in the middle of the Great Marsh.

Avoid Stepping in Bogs

Stepping in the bogs in the swampy areas of the Great Marsh will cause you to sink. You need to move around in order to get out of it, but that movement uses up the limited steps you're allotted inside the area.

Be sure to avoid these bogs to save up on steps, as you are only allowed to take 500 inside the Great Marsh.

Use Sweet Scent to not Waste Steps

While in the Great Marsh, you are only allowed to take up to 500 steps before the Safai Game ends. Instead of using those steps to walk around grass patches, you can bring a Pokemon with the move Sweet Scent . While standing in a patch of grass, use Sweet Scent to instantly encounter a Pokemon.

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>>10 Yeah, I've confirmed this now, you are not guaranteed to get a post-National Dex daily Pokemon. This makes catching that last one you need all the most obnoxious.

I used the binoculars about 50 times and didn't see a single post-National Dex daily Pokemon. I'm starting to think the Marsh isn't always guaranteed to have one, or the list is wrong.

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Safari Zone

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Guide and Walkthrough (GBA) (Portuguese) by maguix

Version: 1.0 | Updated: 06/11/2019

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Table of Contents

• Next: Route 122
• Stone Badge
• Littleroot Town
• Littleroot Town (2ª visita)
• Route 101 (2ª visita)
• Oldale Town
• Route 103 (lado oeste)
• Littleroot Town (3ª visita)
• Oldale Town (2ª visita)
• Petalburg City
• Route 104 (lado sul)
• Petalburg Woods
• Route 104 (lado norte)
• Rustboro City
• Rustboro Gym
• Knuckle Badge
• Rustboro City (continuação)
• Rusturf Tunnel (lado oeste)
• Rustboro City (2ª visita)
• Explorando com Cut
• Route 104 (2ª visita)
• Dewford Town
• Dewford Gym
• Dynamo Badge
• Granite Cave
• Dewford Town (2ª visita)
• Rustboro City (3ª visita)
• Slateport City
• Slateport Market
• Oceanic Museum
• Trick House
• Route 103 (lado leste)
• Route 110 (2ª visita)
• Mauville City
• Mauville Game Corner
• Route 118 (lado oeste)
• Seaside Cycling Road
• Mauville Gym
• Granite Cave (2ª visita)
• Trick House (2ª visita)
• Verdanturf Town
• Rusturf Tunnel (lado leste)
• Route 111 (lado sul)
• Route 112 (lado sul)
• Route 112 (lado norte)
• Route 111 (lado norte)
• Fallarbow Town
• Meteor Falls
• Mt. Chimmey
• Jagged Pass
• Lavaridge Town
• Mt. Chimmey (2ª visita)
• Lavaridge Gym
• Balance Badge
• Fiery Path (2ª visita)
• Route 111 (deserto)
• Trick House (3ª visita)
• Rustboro City (4ª visita)
• Petalburg City (2ª visita)
• Petalburg Gym
• Feather Badge
• Petalburg City (continuação)
• Route 115 (2ª visita)
• Route 114 (2ª visita)
• Route 106 (2ª visita)
• Dewford Town (3ª visita)
• Abandoned Ship
• Route 108 (continuação)
• Route 109 (2ª visita)
• Trick House (4ª visita)
• Mauville City (2ª visita)
• New Mauville
• Route 118 (lado leste)
• Route 123 (lado oeste)
• Weather Institute
• Route 119 (continuação)
• Fortree City
• Route 120 (lado norte)
• Fortree Gym
• Trick House (5ª visita)
• Route 120 (lado sul)
• Route 123 (lado leste)
• Slateport City (2ª visita)
• Lilycove City
• Lilycove Department Store
• Team Magma/Aqua Hideout
• Mosdeep City
• Mosdeep Gym
• Trick House (6ª visita)
• Abandoned Ship (Dive)
• Route 124 (Dive)
• Seafloor Cavern
• Sootopolis City
• Cave of Origin
• Sootopolis City (continuação)
• Sootopolis Gym
• Pokémon League
• Trick House (7ª visita)
• Route 114 (Waterfall)
• Meteor Falls (Waterfall)
• Route 119 (Waterfall)
• Pacifidlog Town
• Routes 132, 133 e 134
• Ever Grande City (lado sul)
• Victory Road
• Ever Grande City (lado norte)
• Littleroot Town (pós)
• Pokémon Andarilhos
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Aqui dentro do prédio você tem um PC para acessar o seu Box. Para entrar na Safari Zone você precisa pagar $500. Você receberá 30 Safari Balls . Assim que entrar você poderá procurar Pokémon até acabar todas as suas Safari Balls ou até dar 500 passos, você pode sair antes disso se quiser.

Existem 4 áreas na Safari Zone e em cada área há um Pokéblock Feeder . Uma caixa cinza onde você pode colocar Pokéblocks para atrair determinados tipos de Pokémon. Você pode ler sobre como fazer Pokéblocks na seção de concursos.

Você começa na Área 1 . Siga para o norte e você verá uma "ponte" branca bem fina, se estava prestando atenção, você já percebeu que já passou por outras dessa na Route 119. Suba na sua Acro Bike e siga por esta ponte, pressione B+↑ para pular para a parte de cima. Assim que cruzar a "ponte" prossiga para o norte para acessar a Área 4 . No canto noroeste desta área você encontra um Calcium .

Volte para o início e siga para oeste para acessar a Área 2 . No canto esquerdo da Área você encontrará um lago, cruze-o para pegar um Max Revive . Agora você precisará voltar para Mauville para trocar sua bicicleta pela Mach Bike. Volte até esse ponto da Área 2 e siga para o norte, você verá um barranco, suba-o com a bicicleta para acessar a Área 3 . Há um lago no canto nordeste desta área, cruze-o para pegar a TM22 (Solarbeam) .

Além dos Pokémon só capturáveis aqui, não há mais nada para se fazer neste local. Saia e siga para onde você viu os Grunts indo. Você irá se deparar com um lago, use Surf e siga para o sul para acessar a Route 122 .

Johto Safari Zone

The Johto Safari Zone (Japanese: サファリゾーン Safari Zone ) is a special Pokémon preserve where Trainers can catch certain types of Pokémon. The Johto Safari Zone made its debut appearance in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver , where it was shown to be located northwest of Cianwood . It is located at the Safari Zone Gate , a bazaar that sprung up due to the Safari Zone's popularity. It is owned by Baoba , the owner of the former Kanto Safari Zone , which was, by then, made into a Pal Park by his son.

For $ 500, the player will receive 30 Safari Balls . Akin to previous Safari Zones, there is a large area to cover, but the six areas of the Zone can uniquely be rearranged to suit the player. Also, there is no time or step limit to how long the player can try to catch Pokémon. The only ways to leave are to retire, to walk back through the entrance or to run out of Safari Balls.

When a wild Pokémon appears, no Pokémon may be sent out to battle it; catching Pokémon here, as in most Safari Zones, requires sheer luck. There are four options in the battle screen: throw a Safari Ball, throw Bait, run away, and throw Mud. Throwing Bait makes a Pokémon less likely to run, but makes it harder to catch, while throwing Mud does the reverse, making it easier to catch but more likely to run.

The Safari Zone can only be accessed once the player has healed the sick Ampharos , Amphy , in Olivine City 's lighthouse .

• 1.1 Base flee rates
• 2.1 Default area layouts
• 3.1 First Challenge
• 3.2 Second Challenge
• 4.1 Area upgrades
• 6.7 Marshland
• 6.8 Mountain
• 6.9 Rocky Beach
• 6.10 Wasteland
• 6.11 Savannah
• 6.12 Wetland
• 7.1.1 HeartGold & SoulSilver arc
• 9 In other languages

This Safari Zone works identically to the Great Marsh : Pokémon are made easier or harder to catch by modifying the catch rate of a Pokémon. Each Pokémon appearing in the Safari Zone also has an escape rate, representing the probability that they flee from battle; a Pokémon's escape rate is identical across all Generation IV games (however, their escape rates are not defined in games which they cannot be found in their Great Marsh or Safari Zone). As a rule of thumb, Pokémon at higher evolutionary levels generally have lower escape rates.

At the start of an encounter, both the catch rate and escape rate are set to their species defaults. When Bait is thrown, it lowers the escape rate by one stage, but has a 90% chance of also lowering the catch rate by one stage. When Mud is thrown, it raises the catch rate by one stage, but has a 90% chance of raising the escape rate by one stage. Stages for catch rates and escape rates work identically to stat stages : they can be raised as high as +6 and as low as -6, where 0 is the starting stage; multipliers at each stat stage also work identically.

At the end of each turn, a random number between 0 and 255 is generated. If it is less than the modified stat stage, the Pokémon escapes.

Base flee rates

Like the Safari Zone in Hoenn and Great Marsh in Sinnoh , the Johto Safari Zone has six areas, which are inhabited by different Pokémon. A feature unique to this Safari Zone, however, is the customization of these areas. Each of the six areas may be placed in any arrangement the player desires. This is a useful function, as it means the player does not have to traverse to the furthest area from the entrance to get the Pokémon living in it. This is taken even further due to the fact that there are 10 unique defaults from the moment the Safari Zone is unlocked.

Customization happens on the Nintendo DS touch screen. By dragging and sliding the tiles with the stylus, the player can move them with ease. The exits to each area are arranged so that every conceivable arrangement of areas is possible: up to 2,985,984. In each specific area, the player can choose from several different objects and put up to 30 into the area, which can potentially draw out rarer Pokémon, Pokémon not found in the area, or Pokémon not found in the zone any other way. The specific layout of the Safari Zone may be shared by multiple players at one time, like other events in Generation IV , through record mixing or by using the Safari Zone Link.

Default area layouts

There are ten possible layouts that the areas can be arranged in by default when the player first reaches the Safari Zone. Between the ten default layouts, all of the areas are utilized at least once with the exceptions of the Desert and Rocky Beach areas; each default arrangement positions the Peak area right in front of the entrance. Six more areas can be added once Baoba 's second challenge is assigned to the player.

First Challenge

When the player first visits the Safari Zone, its owner, Baoba , will give the player their first challenge of finding and catching a Geodude inside of the Safari Zone. No matter which of the 10 possible default Safari Zone area set-ups is in use, the Peak Area where Geodude can be found is always the first area that the player enters.

Second Challenge

Three game-play hours after completion of the first challenge, Baoba will call the player and give them their second challenge. The point of this challenge is to get the player to use the Area Customizer, a machine that allows the player to move around and order the different areas of the Safari Zone. Using the Area Customizer to add the Desert Area, the player must catch a Sandshrew . When Baoba is shown a captured Sandshrew, he makes the player the new Safari Zone Owner.

After the player has both received the National Pokédex from Professor Oak , and 3 hours of gameplay have passed after completion of Baoba 's second challenge, Baoba will call the player to tell them that he has come up with a new idea for the Safari Zone. After receiving this call, the player will be able to place blocks in each active area of the Safari Zone. Each active area can contain up to 30 blocks at one time. Initially, the player will have access to only 6 block items. After another 3 hours of gameplay, Baoba will call the player again and add 6 new blocks. This cycle will repeat 2 more times until the player has been granted access to all 24 different block items.

Area upgrades

Each area of the Safari Zone keeps a hidden counter which tracks how many days it has been active. It adds 1 day to the count at midnight (00:00). After an area has been active for a predetermined number of days, it will be upgraded. Each upgrade acts as a multiplier for one block type within an area. For example, a Plains block in an area with no upgrades counts as a single Plains block point. A Plains block in an area with one Plains upgrade counts as two Plains block points. Baoba may call to notify the player when this occurs, however, the upgrade comes into effect regardless of whether the call has been received. The upgrades cannot be reverted once obtained, even if the player moves the area out of the current rotation or removes the blocks.

The invisible day counter for each active area of the Safari Zone is tied to the internal game clock of the system. Playing the game every day is not necessary to advance the counter as long as the game is used in the same system. If the game detects a different clock (either by changing the date or time or by booting the game in a different system), the counter will freeze for 24 hours after saving. If the clock was set one or more days forward, the counter doesn't advance to match the number of skipped days, but resumes counting from where it left off before the penalty period. The counter never resets to 0.

Many Pokémon are found in the Safari Zone with no additional input needed by the player. Other Pokémon will only appear if certain block objects are placed within each area. For example, Fearow will not appear in the Peak area unless there are five Forest objects placed in the Peak area. Some Pokémon need two types of block objects in order to appear. For example, Vigoroth requires both Plains and Forest objects.

The area upgrade mechanic within the Safari Zone is key to being able to encounter the more rare Pokémon types. For example, to encounter a Bagon within the Swamp area, the player must have unlocked the block capability and received enough notifications from Baoba that both Peak and Forest block items are available for placement. The Swamp area must then be made an active area within the Safari Zone for 110 days. This quadruples the block score for each forest block and triples it for each peak block placed within it. The player can then place 19 peak blocks (19 × 3 = 57) and 9 forest blocks (9 × 4 = 36), which achieves the required scores of 56 and 35 respectively to enable Bagon.

All encounter slots in the Safari Zone are 10% each. The block-based encounters will replace topmost available slot, with higher ID being prioritized. For example, having 5 points of Plains blocks and 10 points of Forest blocks in Wetland will cause the game to insert Farfetch'd , Furret and Pachirisu in grass encounter slots 1, 0, and 2, respectively.

The Safari Zone is not listed as a Pokédex area. Any Pokémon that can be encountered only here will have the area listed as "AREA UNKNOWN".

Additionally, when generating Pokémon's IVs , the game will reroll the numbers up to 4 times if none of the IVs are at 31.

If the player keeps track of every area's counter and changes them optimally, they can unlock and obtain every evolution family exclusive to the Safari Zone by waiting 100 days (see the left side of the table). However, to unlock every species in every area, the player has to wait 140 days. The Pokémon on the right side of the table become available earlier through evolution or breeding of encounters from other areas.

To unlock every species in this area, it needs to be active for at least 60 days, after which Vigoroth becomes available by placing the necessary blocks.

Notably, Bronzor becomes available after 30 days and Spheal becomes available after 40 days. All other block-based encounters only need their respective blocks, without requiring any area upgrades.

The following are the default encounters for Safari Zone's Peak area.

The following are block-based encounters for Safari Zone's Peak area.

To unlock every species in this area, it needs to be active for at least 40 days, after which Cacturne (also available in the Savannah area after 20 days) becomes available by placing the necessary blocks. However, Cacnea becomes available in this area after 20 days.

Notably, Vibrava becomes available after 20 days, but Trapinch becomes available after 30 days. Carnivine becomes available after 10 days. All other block-based encounters only need their respective blocks, without requiring any area upgrades.

The following are the default encounters for Safari Zone's Desert area.

The following are block-based encounters for Safari Zone's Desert area.

To unlock every species in this area, only the blocks are needed. No upgrade is necessary.

The following are the default encounters for Safari Zone's Plains area.

The following are block-based encounters for Safari Zone's Plains area.

To unlock every species in this area, it needs to be active for at least 70 days, after which Riolu becomes available by placing the necessary blocks.

Notably, Seedot becomes available after 10 days, Level 48 Nuzleaf becomes available in 20 days (Level 38 Nuzleaf doesn't require any area upgrades), and Nosepass becomes available after 30 days. All other block-based encounters only need their respective blocks, without requiring any area upgrades.

The following are the default encounters for Safari Zone's Meadow area.

The following are block-based encounters for Safari Zone's Meadow area.

To unlock every species in this area, it needs to be active for at least 110 days, after which Bronzong becomes available by placing the necessary blocks. However, Bronzor becomes available in the Peak area after 30 days.

Notably, Beldum becomes available after 70 days, but Metang becomes available in the Mountain area after 30 days. Shuppet becomes available after 20 days. All other block-based encounters only need their respective blocks, without requiring any area upgrades.

The following are the default encounters for Safari Zone's Forest area.

The following are block-based encounters for Safari Zone's Forest area.

To unlock every species in this area, it needs to be active for at least 110 days, after which Bagon becomes available by placing the necessary blocks. However, Shelgon becomes available in the Wetland area after 70 days.

Notably, Level 48 Duskull becomes available after 40 days (Level 42 Duskull doesn't require any area upgrades). All other block-based encounters only need their respective blocks, without requiring any area upgrades.

The following are the default encounters for Safari Zone's Swamp area.

The following are block-based encounters for Safari Zone's Swamp area.

To unlock every species in this area, it needs to be active for at least 30 days, after which Banette becomes available by placing the necessary blocks. However, Shuppet becomes available in the Forest area after 20 days.

Notably, Roselia becomes available after 20 days, but Budew becomes available in the Forest area after obtaining the Plains blocks and the Rocky Beach area after obtaining the Forest blocks, without requiring any area upgrades. Seviper becomes available after 10 days, and Carnivine (also available in the Desert area after 10 days) and Croagunk both become available after 20 days. All other block-based encounters only need their respective blocks, without requiring any area upgrades.

The following are the default encounters for Safari Zone's Marshland area.

The following are block-based encounters for Safari Zone's Marshland area by placing the necessary blocks.

To unlock every species in this area, it needs to be active for at least 80 days, after which Sealeo becomes available by placing the necessary blocks. However, Spheal becomes available in the Peak area after 40 days.

Notably, Metang becomes available after 30 days, but Beldum becomes available in the Forest area after 70 days; and Dusclops becomes available after 20 days, but Duskull becomes available in the Swamp area after obtaining the Peak blocks, without requiring any area upgrades. All other block-based encounters only need their respective blocks, without requiring any area upgrades.

The following are the default encounters for Safari Zone's Mountain area.

The following are block-based encounters for Safari Zone's Mountain area.

Rocky Beach

To unlock every species in this area, it needs to be active for at least 100 days, after which Gible becomes available by placing the necessary blocks. All other block-based encounters only need their respective blocks, without requiring any area upgrades.

The following are the default encounters for Safari Zone's Rocky Beach area.

The following are block-based encounters for Safari Zone's Rocky Beach area by placing the necessary blocks.

To unlock every species in this area, it needs to be active for at least 30 days, after which Solrock becomes available by placing the necessary blocks.

Notably, Breloom becomes available after 20 days, but Shroomish becomes available in the Savannah area after 20 days; and Medicham also becomes available after 20 days, but Meditite becomes available in the Mountain area after obtaining the Forest blocks, without requiring any area upgrades. All other block-based encounters only need their respective blocks, without requiring any area upgrades.

The following are the default encounters for Safari Zone's Wasteland area.

The following are block-based encounters for Safari Zone's Wasteland area.

To unlock every species in this area, it needs to be active for at least 30 days, after which Torkoal becomes available by placing the necessary blocks.

Notably, Shroomish and Cacturne both become available after 20 days. All other block-based encounters only need their respective blocks, without requiring any area upgrades.

The following are the default encounters for Safari Zone's Savannah area.

The following are block-based encounters for Safari Zone's Savannah area.

To unlock every species in this area, it needs to be active for at least 70 days, after which Shelgon becomes available by placing the necessary blocks. However, Bagon becomes available in the Swamp area after 110 days.

Notably, Buizel becomes available in this area after 40 days, but Floatzel becomes available in the Swamp area after obtaining the Peak Blocks, without requiring any area upgrades. All other block-based encounters only need their respective blocks, without requiring any area upgrades.

The following are the default encounters for Safari Zone's Wetland area.

The following are block-based encounters for Safari Zone's Wetland area.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Heartgold & soulsilver arc.

In Weavile Wobbles But It Won't Fall Down , Silver ventured to the newly opened Safari Zone after hearing about it from Clair . There he participated in a Safari Game, during which he was attacked by an Arbok and he countered its attack. In the midst of battle, Eusine stopped him and lectured him about the rules of the Safari Zone, which prohibit attacking the wild Pokémon. Silver, who had recently found out about Plates , showed Eusine a Plate he has found at Whirl Islands , but did not get any reaction out of him other than confusion. His actions were, however, seen by Petrel , who attacked him and Eusine with his army of Koffing . During the following battle, Petrel revealed information about the Plates and that he defeated Lance . The battle ended as Petrel left and Silver stole the Plates he had managed to find. Some time after, Silver encountered Crystal , who was on a field trip with the children from Earl's Pokémon Academy , and they decided to travel to Ecruteak City together.

• Johto did not have a Safari Zone in Generation II . However, an unused and incomplete map of the Kanto Safari Zone still exists in the code of the Generation II games. In its tall grass, there are no Pokémon, but some are available by fishing.
• The number of Pokémon species that can be acquired in this Safari Zone is by far the largest quantity in the main series to date, and includes several species that were never before available in the wild, most notably Shelgon , Metang , Breloom , Vigoroth , and Riolu .
• This is the only Safari Zone which the player can customize.
• This is the first Safari Zone in which there is no step limit. The Hoenn Safari Zone in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire also does not have a step limit.
• The two construction workers outside of the Safari Zone, in the Safari Zone Gate , imply that they are the ones who move the Safari Zone areas; they mention that most people would think a complicated system would be in place, as well as complaining about aches and pains.
• Should the player use a wallhack to walk through the Safari Zone Gate without going through reception first, the Safari Zone will be 6 plain squares and the only Pokémon that will show up is a level 20 Rattata . However, the battle will go as it would anywhere else, instead of bringing up the Safari Zone's catching interface.
• A graphical glitch occurs in the Swamp area. Four tiles at the top of the grassy patch appear to be empty at first, but when the player (or their partner Pokémon ) walks over the tiles, tall grass will appear underfoot.

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10 Best Banned Pokmon Episodes, Ranked

Despite its massive popularity overseas, the Pokémon anime has quite the list of banned episodes. For one reason or another, specific countries may find them inappropriate to air. Ash’s journey to become a Pokémon master takes him to many different places and people. Sometimes a particular episode will end up banned simply because it features unsuitable content, is culturally offensive, or real world events take place.

Regardless, a few of these episodes are actually worth watching, whether it’s because of a rare Pokémon sighting or a ridiculously absurd plot. It’s fun to go back and watch banned Pokémon episodes for the sheer novelty of it. Some of these episodes would later be edited to address concerns, while others would never even air outside Japan.

10 Rarest Pokmon in the Original Anime Series, Ranked

For every several dozen common Pokmon in the original anime series, there are extremely rare ones that are very hard to find.

Ash and Friends Enter a Virtual World

The porygon episode is infamous for seizures.

Team Rocket steals a prototype of the virtual Pokémon known as Porygon, which makes its feature debut in "Electric Soldier Porygon". Ash and his friends end up in the computer network of cyberspace itself, a far cry from their usual travels in natural landscapes. There are high stakes involved since a powerful antivirus program is set to indiscriminately destroy everyone there.

Despite the unique concept, viewers prone to epileptic seizures are strongly advised not to watch the episode due to a light strobe effect caused by Pikachu destroying a missile with a thunder shock. When Episode 38 first aired in Japan, more than 600 children went to the hospital. Since then, the Porygon family line has become a scapegoat in the Pokémon anime.

Jigglypuff Sings a Tune For The First Time

But not for turkish viewers.

Ash and friends pay a nearly costly visit to Neon Town. With colorful bright lights in the dark backdrop of night, it's a fun locale that really stands out in the Pokémon anime, especially with the beautiful watercolor backgrounds. Jigglypuff makes its official debut in this episode, and would become a recurring character for most of the series.

While "The Song of Jigglypuff" did air in most countries, Turkey outright banned it from syndication. The most likely explanation is that since Turkey has strict gambling laws, they banned Episode 45 due to Neon City being a blatant copy of Las Vegas, the gambling capital of the world. That said, this has never been outright confirmed by any credible source.

Gastly, Haunter and Gengar Want to Play With Ash

Ash enters a spirit world and nearly stays there forever, pokmon fan art depicts bat-like, 'nightmare fuel' haunter.

An artist on Reddit has drawn a bat-like version of the ghost Pokemon Haunter, giving the specter a much more disturbing appearance.

The Pokémon anime isn’t afraid to put fear into the hearts and minds of children. After a disastrous showing against Sabrina of the Saffron Gym, Ash went to explore a haunted mansion in the hopes of catching a Ghost-type Pokémon. The entire Gastly family line plays childish pranks on Ash, but there is an underlying feeling of menace in "The Tower of Terror".

In the United States, however, Kids' WB! temporarily pulled Episode 23 from syndication due to the September 11 attacks. The episode’s title referencing towers may have to do with it. On a related note, the aftermath of the attacks led to the momentary ban of another episode, ''Tentacool and Tentacruel,'' due to the destruction of several buildings.

Suicune Beautifully Shines a Mystic Blue Light

Unfortunately, the ugliness of real world politics shows up.

Legends claim that a flying beast made of fire glows like a seven color rainbow in the sky. In "For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll!", Ash discovers that he saw Ho-Oh at the very start of his journey in the Pokémon anime. He also learns about the three mythical beasts Entei, Suicune, and Raizou. A chorus of sacred bells signal the awaited return of Ho-Oh proper. In the meantime, Suicune takes out Team Rocket with a majestic Aurora Beam.

Episode 227 was originally banned in South Korea due to censorship of Japanese media. It’s a long and complicated history due to Japan’s previous occupation of Korea, but restrictive broadcasting laws took effect by 1945 in response to said rule. The Pokémon series is the pride and joy of Japanese video game designer and director Satoshi Tajiri.

The Safari Zone is Seen For The First Time

Only for japanese viewers.

Ash and friends visit the wild Safari Zone in "Legend of Dratini" when they run into Kaiser, whose love for revolvers and physical appearance is clearly inspired by Clint Eastwood. He isn’t friendly at first and even points a gun directly in Ash’s face. It doesn’t get any crazier than the use of realistic firearms in a children’s show. However, it turns out that he is overprotective because of his tear jerking backstory involving a cute little Dratini that he wants to see again.

Unsurprisingly, the controversial episode never aired outside of Japan and there is no official dub for it. The missing episode does cause some continuity problems in the English version of the Pokémon anime. Namely, viewers in the United States would have no idea how Ash caught his Taurus when they show up later in the series.

Pikachu Makes Friends With The Pichu Brothers

The episode is retroactively best known for a drug scandal, 25 censored (& banned) pokmon trading cards.

A card can be either too powerful or confusing to be viable in Pokmon TCG tournaments. Other times, something about its design can be problematic.

Ash's Pikachu is the star of many shorts in the Pokémon anime given its mascot status. The series' seventh is particularly special as it commemorates Ash’s first year of his journey. Pikachu even wears his trademark hat by the end. It also features Pichu, the sparky underdog of the Pikachu evolutionary line. This special focuses on Pikachu’s misadventures with the Pichu Brothers, a playful group of troublesome baby Pokémon.

Nine years after its Japanese release, however, actress Sakai Noriko was arrested for drug possession and caught in a major scandal. She served as the guest narrator for this special. Japan is notoriously strict with their drug laws, not to mention that drug possession is greatly frowned upon, so the special has yet to be rerun in Japan since 2009.

Mewtwo's Backstory is Too Dark For Most Audiences

Life, death, and the ethics of cloning are prominent here.

The Uncut Story of Mewtwo's Origin is a short prologue to Mewtwo Strikes Back , the first ever Pokémon movie released in theaters. The prologue deals with the heavy subject matter of Mewtwo’s creation, which involves the ethical controversies of cloning. The prologue also deals with heavy philosophical questions about life, death, and consciousness.

It goes to show that Pokémon can reach out to children and adults alike. Due to the mature themes present in the special, it was never dubbed for any other language beyond English . Even that version is hard to find legally since it’s only been made available through DVD releases, which ceased production a long time ago.

Ash Saves Christmas From Team Rocket

Santa claus shows up with all his jolly good fun, 10 most iconic ice-type pokmon.

Pokmon's Ice-typing might have a bad reputation, but many iconic Ice-types are out there, like Abomasnow and Glaceon.

The festive spirit of the holidays brings joy to most children across the globe. Ash and his friends encounter a lost Jynx looking for Santa Claus himself. Team Rocket almost ruins Christmas, but their plan is foiled at the last minute by several Jynx. This was a generation before Delibird and Stantler made their proper debut, which meant Jynx was the only suitable candidate to be Santa’s personal helper.

The first airing of ''Holiday Hi-Jynx'' remains highly controversial due to the unfortunate implications of Jynx’s original design. Some believe that her enlarged lips and completely dark skin are unintentionally similar to racist caricatures of black people. Naturally, the special was banned in the United States and Jynx would be recolored to purple. The special also came out after a four month hiatus following the infamous Porygon episode.

Ash Battles a Samurai in The Forest

A swarm of beedrill can only be stopped by a butterfree.

Even the earliest Pokémon anime episodes were extremely dangerous. As branches creak and leaves rustle in the Viridian Forest, Ash and Misty wander around until they come across another trainer, fully dressed in samurai armor. This results in Ash’s first ever official trainer battle. However, the constantly dangerous presence of Beedrill, along with Ash’s desire to rescue his lost Metapod, give this episode higher stakes than normal.

Of course, since the character of the day is a samurai cosplayer, South Korea banned "Challenge of the Samurai" for overt Japanese themes. Unfortunately, this causes a continuity snarl for those viewers, since Ash’s Metapod evolves into a Butterfree in this episode. It’s a very touching moment which resolves the Beedrill plot and reaffirms Ash’s deep connection with his Pokémon.

The Ghost of Maiden's Peak is Tragic Yet Heartwarming

Best remembered for ash and misty wearing a yukata.

Rumor has it that an undead spirit of a pretty young woman continues to haunt Maiden’s Peak for well over 2,000 years now . She fell in love with someone who died in combat, and has waited for his return ever since then. It turns out that her ''spirit'' is a random Gastly in disguise. The mischievous Pokémon only wanted to keep her memory alive.

"The Ghost of Maiden's Peak" is a beautifully drawn episode that’s also remembered for the appearance of the real world mongoose via Gastly's apparitions, and a nighttime festival heavily inspired by Japanese traditions. The latter is likely the main reason why the Pokémon anime episode was banned in South Korea , due to stringent laws regarding Japanese media within the country.

Expanding across a multitude of media, including TCGs, video games, manga, live-action movies and anime, the Pokmon franchise is set in a shared world of humans and creatures with a wide variety of special abilities.

Created by Satoshi Tajiri

First Film Pokemon: The First Movie

Latest Film Pokmon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle

First TV Show Pokmon (1997)

Latest TV Show Pokmon Horizons (2023)

First Episode Air Date April 1, 1997

Video Game(s) Detective Pikachu Returns, Pokmon: Let's Go, Eevee! , Pokemon Red and Blue, Pokemon X and Y, Pokmon: Let's Go, Pikachu!, Detective Pikachu, Pokmon Scarlet and Violet, Pokmon Diamond & Pearl, Pokmon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, Pokmon Legends: Arceus, Pokmon Sword and Shield, Pokmon GO

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