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Video Playthrough Link (Introduction through Violet City Gym):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqJtkx8DcE0

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|Sprout Tower|
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Pokémon found in Sprout Tower:

#019 Rattata
#069 Bellsprout
#092 Gastly

Items found in Sprout Tower:

Escape Rope
HM05
Parlyz Heal
Potion
X Accuracy
 
This tower is called Sprout Tower, and it's obviously named that because the
sages inside mostly use Bellsprouts. I wonder what rituals the sages go through
with those Bellsprouts. It should give you plenty of experience. Head up the
stairs to Floor 2. Continue up the path and you'll see Sage Nico, and he'll
challenge you to a battle.

Sage Nico
Level 3 Bellsprout (54 EXP)
Level 3 Bellsprout (54 EXP)
Level 3 Bellsprout (54 EXP)
You get: 96G

Continue along the path and down the stairs. Grab the item below you. It is
Parlyz Heal. Head back up and left along the path to fight Sage Chow.

Sage Chow
Level 3 Bellsprout (54 EXP)
Level 3 Bellsprout (54 EXP)
Level 3 Bellsprout (54 EXP)
You get: 96G

Go up the stairs and along the path till you see YET another sage, after you
grab that X Defense above you.

Sage Edmond
Level 3 Bellsprout (54 EXP)
Level 3 Bellsprout (54 EXP)
Level 3 Bellsprout (54 EXP)
You get: 96G

Climb up the stairs, grab the item near you (a Potion), then fight every sage up
in turn.

Sage Jin
Level 6 Bellsprout (108 EXP)
You get: 192G

Next up is another sage. Use your starter for backing.

Sage Neal
Level 6 Bellsprout (108 EXP)
You get: 192G

Move up to the third sage on the floor and fight him.

Sage Troy
Level 7 Bellsprout (126 EXP)
Level 7 Hoothoot (106 EXP)
You get: 224G

When you move up, you'll see some sort of shaking up above you. Your rival is
there, after beating the main sage of the tower. He has been given the HM Flash
but the sage criticizes him for treating his Pokémon too harshly and he gets
enraged. He escapes with the Escape Rope. Go up to the item to the right of the
monk. In reality, it is a...

Level 3 Rattata (24 EXP)

Now move up to take on the leader of the sages itself. The final battle of the
Sprout Tower challenge commences.

Sage Li
Level 7 Bellsprout (126 EXP)
Level 10 Hoothoot (122 EXP)
Level 7 Bellsprout (126 EXP)
You get: 320G

For beating the main guy of the tower, you get your reward, the Flash HM (HM05).
Flash is a flashlight, it's not something else. Get your mind out of the gutter.
You'll need the 1st badge to use it, however. Go back to the Rattata you faced
before, and now it's an Escape Rope. You may use that to get out of the tower or
by climbing down it. Get out of the tower and go back to the Pokémon Center of
Violet City.

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|Violet City|
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Well, you should be around an hour into the game now. Now, you'll want to head
northwest in the city to the Violet City Gym. After all that training, things
are gonna look awfully ridiculously easy in here, so you'll know you're doing
the right thing. And best of all, you didn't even need to run on a treadmill at
the school gym. Head up to fight your trainer battles first.

Bird Keeper Abe
Level 9 Spearow (111 EXP)
You get: 216G

Head up the path to the second trainer.

Bird Keeper Rod
Level 7 Pidgey (82 EXP)
Level 7 Pidgey (82 EXP)
You get: 168G

Go back to the Pokémon Center to heal, then you're ready to battle, so head up
the zig-zag pathway to Falkner. Falkner is ready to show the magnificent power
of bird Pokémon. I'm not convinced. If you chose Cyndaquil or Totodile, this
should be pretty easy. If you have Chikorita, I would suggest evolving it first
or using a non-grass Pokémon (like a Rattata) take this gym.

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GYM LEADER FALKNER
Level 7 Pidgey (82 EXP)
Level 9 Pidgeotto (217 EXP)
You get: Zephyr Badge, $900, & TM31 (Mud Slap)
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Strategy VERSUS Pidgey: Use your highest-powered move from your starter Pokémon,
or consider using Rattata's quick attacks if you have Chikorita and haven't
evolved it yet.

Strategy VERSUS Pidgeotto: Use your highest-powered move from your starter
Pokémon, or consider using Rattata's quick attacks if you have Chikorita and
haven't evolved it yet. Pidgeotto will have a Gust attack that does a bit more
damage.

The Zephyr Badge gives your Pokémon a slight attack boost. That's cool and you
have one badge now. 

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