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Unova Route 3
３番道路 Route 3
Map description
A long winding road with lots of ponds and tall grass.
Route 3 starts off with a short simple path to the north after exiting Striaton City. Straight ahead is the Pokémon Day Care and a school where several Preschoolers can be fought in the playground. A Nursery Aide can heal the player's Pokémon inside the school building. A pair of Twins initially blocks the player's path further westwards unless they have at least two usable Pokémon in their party. The player can travel westwards to find two separate paths, one that leads west and another that leads south; a patch of tall grass is located at the top of the intersection. The player can continue down the west path to find Wellspring Cave and a large patch of grass, or to the south, which winds around the shore of a pond. The player can then cross the pond by a bridge to the west leading to Nacrene City, past a few patches of tall grass. In Black and White, this is the first area where dark grass is accessible.
When the player first locates the Pokémon Day Care in Black and White, only one Pokémon can be deposited. After meeting the Day-Care Man in Nimbasa City and helping him against some Team Plasma Grunts, he will return to the Day Care and two Pokémon can now be deposited in the Day Care, allowing for Pokémon breeding to occur. In Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, this is not necessary, as the Day Care will accept two Pokémon as soon as the player reaches it.
After obtaining HM03 (Surf), the player can travel across the pond to the other side. On the west side of the pond, the player can find two patches of tall grass and a Pokémon Breeder.
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.
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.
Trainer Tips The Pokémon placed in the upper left of the Pokémon list is important! The Pokémon set there is the first out when a Pokémon battle starts!
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
Trainer Tips Tap the yellow button at the top of a PC box to switch to Group Move mode. It lets you move groups of Pokémon in your PC Boxes.
In Snivy Plays Hard to Catch!, Ashcaught his Snivy on a grassy route, which features trees with vines and a bog with huge lily pads. The Wellspring Cave was also located nearby. In A Home for Dwebble!, there is a rocky terrain near a river where Cilan caught a Dwebble.
A small city is also located here, as seen in Saving Darmanitan From the Bell!. The town is famous for its historic clock tower which was initially slated for demolition after its bell stopped ringing. A spate of food thefts by two Darumaka was also plaguing the town. Though thanks to Ash and his friends, the bell's hook was repaired, so the clock tower was reinstated again. Also the resident Darmanitan reverted to Standard Mode, after it was using all its energy to support the broken bell, and assumed the role of the clock tower's guardian.
A joint Pokémon Day Care and Kindergarten, operated by Karena and her granddaughter Daniela, was featured in Here Comes the Trubbish Squad!. The students had befriended a Trubbish, who brought its bad smell and the garbage from the local dump to the Day Care. Daniela was against Trubbish staying, but after it saved the children, she allowed it to stay. Karena also gifted Ash an Egg as thanks, which later hatched into a Scraggy.
The instruments that play in the intro of the theme varies across seasons being either a FluteSpring, StringsSummer, PianoAutumn, or GlockenspielWinter
Percussion track added in when the player is walking
The in-game maps show Route 3 leaving Striaton City directly from the west. However, the actual entrance to the city is a north-south entrance.
The two westernmost columns of tall grass in the patch closest to Nacrene City are subject to a graphical glitch: Seven tall grass sprites in each column are squashed to fit into six spaces on the world's grid. The player still moves along this grid, thus disaligning them with the grass sprites in these rows.
Furthermore, the Rare Candy in the dark grass shares the same flag as the hidden Rare Candy in the northwest part of the area (near Breeder Galen). If the Rare Candy in the dark grass is obtained, the Rare Candy in the northwest area will disappear, and vice versa. The same applies to the hidden Ultra Ball in the sandbox and the hidden Ultra Ball near the traffic cone in Dreamyard.
