March-April Test Drive Meme

[indigo_league]

TEST DRIVE MEME

➞ Post with a character you wish to test drive in this game's setting.
➞ Tag other people's starters and thread out shenanigans!
➞ Invite your friends! Try out new characters! Come play with us!
➞ Have fun!


NOT SURE WHERE TO BEGIN YOUR TEST-DRIVE JOURNEY?
CHECK OUT ALL THE LOCATIONS WE HAVE AVAILABLE IN:

JOHTO | and | KANTO


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OTHER USEFUL LINKS:
NAVIGATION | RESERVES | APPLICATIONS

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[schachmeister]

Ah, you must be new.

Lets see.
There are some faster methods of travel available. Perhaps unsurprisingly, many of them depend on pokemon to some degree.

Looking at the pokemon related methods of transport first.
There are several pokemon moves that can help you travel long distances.
Fly is the most well known example of this. Surf acts similarly, but for water transport.
As you might have guessed, these moves allow for a flying type pokemon to transport you through the air
and for a water type pokemon to transport you over a body of water.
These are moves that must be taught to your pokemon however; they do not learn these naturally.
If you defeat certain gym leaders, they will give you something that is known as an HM, which you can use to teach those moves to your pokemon.
However, you generally will also need another gym leader's badge to actually use those moves outside of battle.
And, of course, a pokemon that is compatible with learning those moves.
It's... not the most accessible system.

Luckily, a simpler alternative is to simply ride your pokemon.
If your pokemon is large and docile enough, you can generally train it to allow you to ride them.
Some need more training than others though.
And, obviously, not every pokemon species is going to be fit for it.

If both of these are an impossibility for you, there is also something called the Pokemon Ride system.
You should be able to purchase a ride pass in any of the large cities.
With it, you can rent a pokemon to ride around if your own aren't up for the task.
I believe they charge you by the hour.

As for the non pokemon dependent ways of travel

You can buy bikes in most of the bigger cities. Rollarblades as well.
Though they are not going to work on every type of terrain.

Once you have visited a poke centrum, you will also be able to use the warp pad there to warp back to any poke centrum you have previously visited.
I'm not quite certain why this is only available after you've already visited a town.
Perhaps this is their way of encouraging us to explore and meet a diverse bunch of pokemon?

I believe there is a train system between certain towns too, though I've never ridden it.

[sylphauxiliatrix]

Thank You For your Thorough Explanation
Its Far More Useful Than The Available Transit Options
Would a Poké Centrum Happen To Be Anything Like A Poké Center

[And a moment later, as a courtesy Kanaya decides to add one more little thing.]

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