Viridian City

Viridian City is a small city located in western Kanto. It is home to the Viridian Gym, which can only be challenged by the player once they have obtained the Badges of the seven other Gyms of Kanto. In the Kanto-based games, the Gym Leader is Giovanni, the boss of Team Rocket and a Ground-type expert.

The city has three exits. To the north is Route 2, divided into two by Viridian Forest and leading to Pewter City. To the south is Route 1, leading to Pallet Town. To the west is Route 22, leading to the Pokémon League Reception Gate.

In the Generation II games and Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, the city is known as "the Gateway to Indigo Plateau".

Viridian Gym
The Viridian Gym is the official Gym of Viridian City. Trainers who defeat this Gym's Leader receive the Earth Badge. The Gym is usually strewn with the same one-way spin tiles seen in the Team Rocket Hideout. The Gym is initially locked due to its Leader's absence and will not re-open until the player has collected the other seven Badges.

After defeating Giovanni and obtaining the Earth Badge, he will leave the gym and players cannot battle him again.

Old man
There is a grumpy old man in central Viridian who will not let Trainers pass through to Route 2 until he has had his daily coffee. (In the original Japanese games, the old man is not grumpy from lack of coffee, but rather is drunk and has passed out in the middle of the road, much to the dismay of his grandchild.) The man is simply a barrier in the game, preventing players from wandering past Viridian City until the player has gone to the Viridian Poké Mart and delivered Oak's Parcel to Professor Oak. Once the task is complete, the old man lightens up and teaches the player how to catch a Pokémon using a Poké Ball.

Poké Mart
The Poké Mart is located south of the Viridian Gym