Goldenrod City コガネシティ Kogane City "A Happening Big City"

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Map description A developing city where people and Pokémon come and go as they like.

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Connecting locations   ↑ Route 35   Goldenrod City   Route 34 ↓

Location Location of Goldenrod City inJohto.

Other generation maps Gen II

Goldenrod City (Japanese:コガネシティKogane City) is a sprawling metropolis located in westernJohto. It is the largest city in theregion, and one of the largest cities in thePokémon world. Goldenrod is the center of the region's economy and telecommunications. Major attractions for Trainers include theGoldenrod Radio Tower, the city'sDepartment Store,Game Corner,Name Rater,Magnet Train,Global Terminal,^HGSS andGym.

Pokémon Trainers often come to Goldenrod City in order to win thePlain Badge fromWhitney, the GoldenrodGym Leader, who specializes inNormal-typePokémon.

TheNational Park, along with thePokéathlon Dome, is located north of Goldenrod offRoute 35 while thePokémon Day Care is just south of the city onRoute 34.

Slogan

Generation II

The Festive City of Opulent Charm (Japanese:ごうか　けんらん　きんぴか　にぎやか　はなやかな　まちThe bustling, brilliant city of luxurious splendor.)

Generation IV

A Happening Big City (Japanese:にぎわいの　おおがた　としA bustling big city.)

Places of interest

Pokémon Center

In Western versions ofCrystal, a woman in thePokémon Center gives theplayerRevives in exchange for copies ofEon Mail, itself only obtainable viaMystery Gift.

She is not featured in the Japanese version,Gold and Silver, orHeartGold and SoulSilver.

Bike Shop

Main article:Miracle Cycle

The lone bicycle shop inJohto is located in an isolated neighborhood in east Goldenrod, where business doesn't seem to be doing very well. In Gold, Silver, and Crystal, the owner of the shop has moved his business fromCerulean City to Goldenrod, whereas in HeartGold and SoulSilver, the Goldenrod Bike Shop is merely a new branch of the Bike Shop located in Cerulean City.

Theplayer obtains theirBicycle from this shop for free. The owner of the store first simply loans the player the Bicycle, but after his number of customers drastically increases, he calls theplayer on thePokégear to let the player know that they can keep it.

Goldenrod Department Store

Main article:Goldenrod Department Store

The Goldenrod Department Store, located in the city center, claims to have a full selection of Pokémon Goods for Trainers. Though the store does not carry more advanced items such asHyper Potions^GSC,Ultra Balls^GSC, orFull Restores, it does back up its claim by boasting the widest selection of specialty items in Johto. It is one of the largest buildings in Goldenrod City, making it easy to find.

The lowest level of the store connects to theGoldenrod Tunnel, which encompasses most of western Goldenrod. A team of workers and aMachoke are moving boxes around. People get told off by the worker for going down and distracting them. This is one of the endpoints of the Goldenrod Tunnel. In Generation II, every time the player enters the area, the boxes will be moved in various places, allowing access to items that are on the ground in blocked rooms. InHeartGold and SoulSilver, the boxes are instead moved when the player interacts with workers in the area.

Goldenrod Game Corner

Main article:Goldenrod Game Corner

Johto's installment of the Game Corner is located in Goldenrod across the main north-south road from the department store. The parlor features slot machines among other varieties of games. InPokémon Crystal, theMove Tutor can be found standing outside the building on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

There are two games to play: the slot machines andCard flip. One to three coins can be put in theslot machine each play. One Coin will only count the center row across, two Coins will count all three rows across, and three Coins will count all three rows across as well as both diagonals. The reels stop spinning when the A button is pressed. Thecard flip minigame is exclusive toGeneration II. Theplayer can pick either a card or a group of cards, making it much likeroulette. The deck has 24 cards, each one with a number between 1 and 6 and a picture of one of four Pokémon (Pikachu,Jigglypuff,Oddish, orPoliwag). Bets can be placed by a single card, by a single column, by a single row, by a pair of columns, or by a pair of rows. In non-Japanese versions ofHeartGold and SoulSilver, these games are replaced by theVoltorb Flip minigame.

Johto Name Rater

Main article:Name Rater

The Johto Name Rater is located in a house near thegate separating Goldenrod fromRoute 35. Here,Trainers can have thenicknames of their Pokémon rated and, if the Pokémon's ID number matches theTrainer's ID number, the nickname can be changed.

If the Pokémon was caught by theplayer that currently owns it, he'll say that the name could be better and offer the player the option of changing it.

If the Pokémon he's judging was obtained via atrade, he will say that the name is perfect and refuse to change it. However, if both players have identical Trainer IDs andsecret IDs^HGSS, he will allow name changes.

Radio Tower

Main article:Goldenrod Radio Tower

The Goldenrod Radio Tower, located at the west end of the main east-west path through the city, is the source of allPokégear broadcasts inJohto. An antenna on top of the tower transmits three radio programs daily, with a fourth program being aired between 6 P.M. and 12 A.M. every night. The building has three studios spread over five floors. The Radio Tower broadcasts numerous programs daily, the most prominent of such beingProfessor Oak's Pokémon Talk andBuena's Password, a new radio show that debuted inPokémon Crystal and that returns inHeartGold and SoulSilver.

InGold and Silver, the station has two studios, located on the fourth and fifth floors. A third studio is added in Pokémon Crystal on the second floor. In every version, the tower has a welcome center, as well as a computer linked toBill's PC and theTrainer's personal computer, on the first floor and a small café on the second floor. The technical operations of the tower are handled by way of a network of computers on the third and fourth floors. The manager of the tower has an office on the fifth floor.

For a short time inGeneration II and itsGeneration IV remakes, the tower falls into the clutches ofTeam Rocket, during which time none of the normal broadcasts are aired. Following theplayer's collection of sevenGym Badges, it is necessary to purge the Radio Tower of Team Rocket in order to continue the storyline as a man sellingRageCandyBars inMahogany Town will prevent access toRoute 44, the eastern path out of Mahogany, until the Radio Tower has been returned to normal. In addition, theBlackthorn Gym won't be open for challengers until the incident has been solved.

Magnet Train station

Main article:Magnet Train

Saffron City and Goldenrod City are linked by a railway used by the Magnet Train, a high-speed train that runs regularly between the two cities. The train follows no set schedule, making the Magnet Train an ideal way to travel betweenKanto andJohto.

To board the train, a potential rider must have aPass. TheCopycat ofSaffron City has one (given to her as compensation for the fact that the station in Saffron is built where her house used to be), and is willing to give it up as a reward for returning her thePoké Doll thatRed gave to herthree years before.

Initially, the train is out of service as a minion ofTeam Rocket has stolen theMachine Part from theKanto Power Plant. After defeating him inCerulean City, theplayer can retrieve the part from theCerulean Gym and return it to the Power Plant. With the part back in place, the train will have the necessary power to run.

The president of the company behind the Magnet Train can be spoken to after the Kanto's power is restored in Generation II. However, he is absent in the Generation IV games.

Goldenrod Tunnel

Main article:Goldenrod Tunnel

An underground path, the Goldenrod Tunnel, runs from the southwestern side of the city to the northwestern area, with a branch leading to the basement of theDepartment Store. Apair of groomers in the tunnel will groom Pokémon, increasing thefriendship of the groomed Pokémon, for a small fee.

This path contains a barber shop,Herb Shop, and a shop sellingvaluable items—which are to be simply resold for profit. Shops are only open on certaindays of the week, and in some cases, at certaintimes. The path is also notorious for having litter carelessly left there byTrainers. Additionally, there is an entrance to the basement of the Department Store, which is initially occupied byTeam Rocket.

Flower shop

A flower shop is located in the northeast area of the city, where the player can obtain theSquirtBottle, theKey Item needed to get past theSudowoodo who blocks the player's path onRoute 36; however, the SquirtBottle can only be obtained after defeatingWhitney.

InHeartGold and SoulSilver, theGracidea can be obtained here with afateful encounterShaymin as thewalking Pokémon. Also only in HeartGold and SoulSilver, after Sudowoodo has been cleared fromRoute 36,Mulch can also be bought here.

Mulch
Growth Mulch $200	Damp Mulch $200
Stable Mulch $200	Gooey Mulch $200

Friendship checker

A woman in a house near theBike Shop is able to determine thefriendship of the first Pokémon in the player's party.

Bill's house

Goldenrod City is the hometown ofBill, the inventor of bothKanto's andJohto'sPokémon Storage System. After meeting Bill inEcruteak City, the player can meet him again in this house and receive anEevee. It is also the home of the rest of his family, who lives in a small house near the southern entrance ofGoldenrod Tunnel. However, some of his family also lives inFuchsia City, and inGeneration II andGeneration IV, hisgrandfather watches over his Sea Cottage onRoute 25.

Pokémon Communication Center

Main article:Pokémon Communication Center

In the Japanese version ofCrystal, thePokémon Center was expanded into a much larger building, called the Pokémon Communication Center, and shortened to PokéCom Center. It took use of theMobile System GB via theMobile Game Boy Adapter, which required connecting to amobile phone.

The Pokémon Communication Center housed the facilities for the aforementioned systems, such as the Pokémon News Machine, which compiles news from the save files ofplayers across Japan. Reading the news would sent out a player's own save file data, allowing others to read about the player's adventure.

It is most famous for being related to theGS Ballevent that allowed players to encounter and catchCelebi. The GS Ball would be delivered to the player by a nurse in the Pokémon Communication Center, which could then be taken toKurt inAzalea Town to investigate. The day afterwards, the player could retrieve the GS Ball from Kurt and take it to the shrine inIlex Forest to summon a battle with a level 30 Celebi.

The building and its associated features were removed from international releases of Crystal, which also caused the restoration of the regular Pokémon Center fromGold and Silver. However, they are still available in the programming of the international releases and most of the scripts are fully translated in the English versions.

The sign outside in the English versions, either by restoring the Pokémon Communication Center in the map via hacking or by analyzing the game's dialog scripts in the programming, reads:

Global Terminal

Main article:Global Terminal

The Global Terminal is the worldwide network over which players can interact in different ways viaNintendo Wi-Fi Connection, only seen inHeartGold and SoulSilver. In order to access the terminal,players must have the firstBadge of Johto. The first Pokémon in the player's party is returned to itsPoké Ball before entering the building.

The Global Trade Station lets a player send and receive Pokémon on the worldwide network. If the player talks with the woman at the counter, she will direct them into a room in which they can either trade for a Pokémon put there by another player, or put their own Pokémon up for trade.

Players can go to the second floor by using the green warp panels. There are two points of interest on this floor: Box Data, which is located on the western side and the northern set of green machines; and Dress-Up Data, which is located just below the Box Data in the southeastern corner. Players can go here by using the pink warp panels. There is only one point of interest on this floor: the Battle Video Gallery located on the western side and the set of the pink machines.

Goldenrod Gym

Main article:Goldenrod Gym

The Goldenrod Gym is the officialGym of Goldenrod City. It is based onNormal-typePokémon. TheGym Leader isWhitney.Trainers who defeat her receive thePlain Badge. InGeneration II, the Goldenrod Gym is a maze of flowers and ornaments. Theplayer must navigate their way around the Gym floor by going around the wall of pretty flowers first, then enter the middle section. The Trainers in the Gym are hard to avoid, and most of them must be battled in order to challenge Whitney, who is located in the middle of the Gym.

InHeartGold and SoulSilver, many aesthetic changes have been made to the Goldenrod Gym. The overall layout of the Gym remains the same; however, the outer part of the Gym has been raised to create a platform above the rest of the Gym. To reach Whitney, the player must navigate their way around the raised platform, battle Trainers, and go though an arch below one of the platforms.

When Leader Whitney is defeated, she throws a temper tantrum and cries. Then, the player must talk to her. After drying her eyes and blowing her nose, she will get over her loss and give the player thePlain Badge,TM45 (Attract), and the ability to useStrength outside of battle.

Demographics

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Population in Gold and Silver; population in Japanese Crystal

Pokémon Crystal

InPokémon Crystal, Goldenrod City has a total population of 105, being the largest city at the time. However, this was short-lived, asPokémon Ruby and Sapphire introduced a larger city—Lilycove City, which has a population of 123.

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

In HeartGold and SoulSilver, Goldenrod City has a total population of 126, making it the largest city inJohto. Its population is more than double the second-most populous city inJohto,Violet City, which only has a population of 52.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Revive	From a girl in thePokémon Center in exchange for anEon Mail (Western version only)	C
	Bicycle	From theBike Shop owner	G  S  C  HG  SS
	SquirtBottle	From the Flower Shop lady after earning thePlain Badge	G  S  HG  SS
	SquirtBottle	From the Flower Shop lady after earning thePlain Badge and speaking with her sister onRoute 36	C
	GS Ball	From an attendant while attempting to exit the Pokémon Center/Pokémon Communication Center after entering theHall of Fame (Virtual Console only)	C
	Super Potion	Northwest of the lamppost south of the Bike Shop(hidden)	HG  SS
	Gracidea	From the Flower Shop lady if the player has afateful encounterShaymin in theirparty	HG  SS

Goldenrod Department Store

Main article:Goldenrod Department Store → Items

Goldenrod Game Corner

Main article:Goldenrod Game Corner → Items

Radio Tower

Main article:Goldenrod Radio Tower → Items

Goldenrod Tunnel

Main article:Goldenrod Tunnel → Items

Pokémon

Generation II

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Gift Pokémon After meeting Bill in the Ecruteak City Pokémon Center
Eevee	G		S		C		Gift	20	One
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Generation IV

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Gift Pokémon After meeting Bill in the Ecruteak City Pokémon Center
Eevee	HG			SS			Gift	5	One
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Goldenrod Department Store

Main article:Goldenrod Department Store → Pokémon

Trainers

Radio Tower

Main article:Goldenrod Radio Tower → Trainers

Goldenrod Tunnel

Main article:Goldenrod Tunnel → Trainers

In animation

Pokémon the Series

Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver

Goldenrod City first appeared inA Goldenrod Opportunity, whenAsh andhis friends arrived there for Ash's thirdJohto League GymBadge. However, theGoldenrod Gym was closed, so the gang decided to explore the city, specifically theGoldenrod Galleria. Unfortunately, the city was so large,Brock lost his way, which led them to meetWhitney, who offered to guide them to the Galleria through theUnderground Path. Eventually, once the gang learned that Whitney is theGym Leader, Ashbattled her in an attempt to win thePlain Badge, though he ultimately ended up losing toWhitney's Miltank.

InA Dairy Tale Ending, Whitney escorted Ash and his friends toher uncle's dairy farm located in the hills surrounding Goldenrod City. After an attack byTeam Rocket at the farm, Ash and Whitney began their second battle. Ultimately, Ash only beat her in a three-on-one battle, but Whitney awarded him the Plain Badge anyway.

InAir Time!, the group visited theGoldenrod Radio Tower, where Ash was interviewed byDJ Mary. The group also took part in a radio drama, which was almost ruined by Team Rocket's attempt to stealPikachu, but the incident was successfully adapted as a part of the show. Following the broadcast, the group departed from the city.

Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl

InAn Egg Scramble!, Goldenrod City was featured inLyra's presentation of the Johto region during theJohto Festival.

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

InDreams Are Made of These!, Ash battled and defeatedOliver, a Trainer hailing from Goldenrod, in aWorld Coronation Series match.

Gallery

Pokémon Center	Goldenrod Gym	Underground Path	Goldenrod Galleria	Magnet Train station	Radio Tower

Pokémon Generations

Goldenrod City appeared in a flashback inThe Vision, asLooker recalled the incident whereTeam Rocket took over the Goldenrod Radio Tower in an attempt to contactGiovanni.

In the manga

Ash & Pikachu

InThe Beginning Of Good Luck?! Pokémon Fortune Telling,Ash andhis friends visited Goldenrod City. There, they metWhitney's grandmother, a fortune teller, and Ash challengedWhitney herself at theGoldenrod Gym.

Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure

Goldenrod City first appeared in a cameo inThe Revived Team Rocket!. InClash!! Jō VS Team Rocket,Jō confrontedArcher at theGoldenrod Radio Tower and defeated him, bringing an end toTeam Rocket's schemes.

Pokémon Adventures

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

Goldenrod City first appeared inSunkern Treasure, where the headquarters of theKanto andJohto branch of thePokémon Association was revealed to be located there.Bill attempted to convince the organization that some of Kanto'sGym Leaders had been members ofTeam Rocket, but the chairman dismissed his claims as proofless and told him to focus on fixing thePokémon Storage System instead.

InSmeargle Smudge,Gold arrived in Goldenrod City. After interrupting a live broadcast betweenDJ Mary andWhitney at theGoldenrod Radio Tower, Gold was berated by theRadio Director. However, to his surprise, the listener response to the interruption was very positive, asking for abattle between Gold and Whitney. Instead of a traditional battle, however, the confrontation between the two was set up as abike race, although Gold, preferring his skateboard over a bike, opted to combine them into apush-scooter. After the race, Gold visited theGoldenrod Game Corner inGligar Glide to spend his prize money from the race, but was thrown out when he tried to cheat in a game ofpool.

InCrossing Crobat,Janine helped to test out the security of the Goldenrod Museum by pretending to steal aBig Pearl from there. Soon afterwards, she was challenged bySuicune, who was challenging Gym Leaders in search for a worthy master. Ultimately, Janine was defeated, but she sympathized with Suicune and its search for a master, as it was exactly what she was doing as well.

InThe Last Battle XIV,Professor Oak went to have a radio interview at the Goldenrod Radio Tower. In the middle of the interview, a boy appeared in the studio, requesting aPokédex from him.

Ruby & Sapphire arc

In a flashback inThe Beginning of the End with Kyogre & Groudon XIV,Ruby andSapphire were revealed to have met each other for the first time in Goldenrod City as toddlers. A traumatic encounter with aSalamence had led to them both developing completely different personalities in the coming years, with the rough and tough Ruby growing to hate battles and the sweet-natured Sapphire swearing to become a good battler.

In a flashback inIt All Ends Now V, the Pokémon Association was revealed to have capturedRayquaza and kept it at their research facility in Goldenrod City to study it in the hopes of creating aGreen Orb to control it. The orb's creation was unsuccessful, however, and sometime later, on the same day whenNorman was supposed to take his Gym Leader test in order to become thePetalburg City Gym Leader at the test hall near the research facility, the same Salamence that had attacked Ruby and Sapphire moments earlier destroyed the chamber containing Rayquaza, allowing it to escape. Noticing that Salamence's body beared damage fromRuby's Pokémon, Norman took on the blame for Rayquaza's escape, causing the Pokémon Association to ban him from taking the Gym Leader test for the next five years and order him to find Rayquaza. Once Norman was finally allowed to take the test, he successfully passed it and subsequently moved toHoenn with his family.

Emerald arc

In a flashback inThe Final Battle IV, the boy who had come to ask for a Pokédex from Professor Oak in Goldenrod City was revealed to have beenEmerald. However, Professor Oak had refused his request for the time being, telling Emerald to first figure out what Pokémon meant for him and what his path with them would be.

HeartGold & SoulSilver arc

InDealing With A Koffing Fit, it was revealed that strange radio interferences were reported at Goldenrod City.Silver deduced that this was Team Rocket's way of announcing their return.

Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire arc

InPS610, Rayquaza was shown flying over Goldenrod City.

InPS611, Ruby and Norman used one ofHoopa's portals to travel to the Pokémon Association research building in Goldenrod, which had been shut down after Rayquaza's escape so that the Pokémon Association could pretend the whole incident never happened. Norman used a device in the facility to increase the purity of the incomplete Green Orb core, turning its color to jade. Immediately afterwards, Ruby and Norman spotted Rayquaza eating meteorites above the facility. After Ruby had managed to gain control of Rayquaza using the Green Orb core, he had it return to Hoenn through Hoopa's portal.

Gallery

Pokémon Association HQ	Radio Tower	Game Corner

Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys

Goldenrod City appeared inLet's Use Fighting Type Pokémon!!, whereGold arrived there withWhitney. After seeing some sights, he participated in abattle tournament at theGoldenrod Game Corner, where the participatingTrainers usedrental Pokémon provided by thePokémon Day Care. In the finals, Gold faced hisrival,Black, who used dirty tricks to gain the advantage. While Black ended up winning, his battling style was so hated that the main prize, aTyrogue, was given to Gold instead.

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

Goldenrod City first appeared inShowdown at the Radio Tower!!, whereClefairy defeatedGiovanni at the Radio Tower. InDon't Accuse Me,Red and his Pokémon got framed of being bad bythe Underground store owners. InFierce Battle Between Clefairy and Clefable, Clefairy reunited with his childhood friend,Clefable, while visiting theGoldenrod Gym.

In the TCG

The following gallery is of cards mentioning or featuring Goldenrod City in thePokémon Trading Card Game.

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  Radio Tower (Neo Destiny 95/105)
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  Team Rocket's Evil Deeds (Neo Destiny 103/105)
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  Clefairy (Call of Legends 54/95)
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  Metal Energy (HeartGold & SoulSilver 122/123)
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  Eevee (Undaunted 47/90)
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  Scyther (Undaunted 65/90)
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  Flower Shop Lady (Undaunted 74/90)
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  Team Rocket's Trickery (Undaunted 78/90)
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  Clefairy (HeartGold & SoulSilver 60/123)
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  Pinsir (Undaunted 32/90)
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  Pineco (Undaunted 62/90)
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  Aron (Undaunted 42/90)
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  Onix (Unleashed 57/95)
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  Tropius (Undaunted 22/90)
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  Steelix (Unleashed 24/95)
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  Forretress (Undaunted 13/90)

Trivia

• The placement of theGlobal Terminal inPokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver in Goldenrod City may have been inspired by thePokémon Communication Center that replaced the regularPokémon Center fromPokémon Gold and Silver in the Japanese version ofPokémon Crystal.
• The songGoldenrod City serves as the base for the songBicycle, since the latter is a sped-up version of the former which also uses different instruments.
• When the player arrives in the city after using theMagnet Train in HeartGold and SoulSilver, the guard states that the stress is to be placed on the letter "o". However, there are two "o"s in Goldenrod, and the guard does not state whether the stress is on the first "o" or the second.
• Although the localizations of Crystal restored the regular Pokémon Center from Gold and Silver due to the removal of theMobile System GB, theNPCs there were altered to match those from the Japanese version's Pokémon Communication Center (specifically, the little girl was replaced by the PCC's older girl).HeartGold and SoulSilver reuses the NPCs found in Gold and Silver.
  • The Pokémon Center in Crystal also has an unused warp on the tile above the stairs that leads the player to the Administration Office of the Pokémon Communication Center (video). Furthermore, the entrance/exit mat has hidden toggles for triggering theGS Ball delivery that would be activated during an officialNintendo distribution due to the event being adapted for the localizations (video); this is the only instance in which the Pokémon Communication Center's Trade Corner attendant appears to the player on non-Japanese versions of Pokémon Crystal.
• There used to be a building similar to theBell andBurned Towers inEcruteak City that once stood inGoldenrod Radio Tower's place in the past. TheRadio Director mentions that theLegendary PokémonHo-Oh also visited this tower in ancient times. It was later demolished due to old age, and its giant bell was put on display by the city's beach.
• In the very brief period in HeartGold and SoulSilver when the player dons theTeam Rocket uniform to infiltrate the compromised Radio Tower, allNPCs will have unique dialogue commenting on the player's supposed involvement.

Origin

Main article:Pokémon world in relation to the real world → Johto

Goldenrod City may correspond toOsaka, the largest city in theKansai region and a major financial center of Japan. Various locations in Goldenrod City may also be inspired by the landmarks in Osaka, such as the observation tower ofTsūtenkaku inShinsekai, the multipleunderground networks of shopping centers, and theTokaido Shinkansen high-speed rail line that runs fromShin-Ōsaka Station toTokyo Station.

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