A Traveler's Guide to the World of Pokémon/Johto/Azalea Town
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| Azalea Town | |
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| ヒワダタウン Hiwada Town | |
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| Where People and Pokémon Live in Happy Harmony | |
| Location info | |
| Region | Johto |
| Connecting routes | Route 33 (East) Route 34 (West) |
| Gym info | |
| Gym Leader(s) | |
| Gym Badge | Hivebadge |
| Type | Bug |
Azalea Town (ヒワダタウン Hiwada Taun, Hiwada Town in the Japanese version) is a fictional town in the video games Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal. It is featured south of Violet City, just after the Union Cave and east of the Ilex Forest. It is home to the second Pokémon gym and its leader, Bugsy. Like all towns in Johto, Azalea Town is named after a plant (Azalea).
Places of interest
[edit | edit source]Gym
[edit | edit source]Bugsy is the leader of the Azalea Town gym, where he specializes in bug Pokémon. After reaching him by beating numerous forced battles, he attacks with his three Pokémon.
Kurt
[edit | edit source]This town is also home to a person named Kurt, who make different kinds of Poké Balls out of Apricorns. The Poké Balls he makes cannot be found anywhere else, and have special properties. Most of them are also excusive to Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal—while the Friend Ball became the Luxury Ball and the Level Ball became the Nest Ball, the rest may or may not be seen again. Kurt takes a real life day to complete a Poké Ball. While he can only work on a single Apricorn in Gold and Silver, in Crystal he can take multiple Apricorns of the same kind because his granddaughter is now able to help him. The White Apricorn becomes the Fast Ball, The Blue becomes the Lure Ball, The Black becomes the Heavy Ball, The Green Becomes the Friend Ball, The Pink becomes the Love Ball, The Red becomes the Level Ball, and the Yellow becomes the Moon Ball. While the White Apricorn can be found directly behind Kurt's house, The black, blue and red ones must be found on Route 37, and the Green, Pink and Yellow ones on Route 42. Also, Kurt can help you find Celebi, though only in the Japanese versions of Pokemon Crystal.
Ilex Forest
[edit | edit source]Ilex Forest is a forest that lies between Azelea and Goldenrod City. The most notable item in this forest is a shrine is dedicated to Celebi, the forest's protector. In the Japanese version of Crystal, players could go to a Nintendo Event and use the Mobile Adapter to get the GS Ball. The player can then place the ball on the shrine, which causes a Celebi to appear. The Mobile Adapter feature was taken out in the international versions of the game.