In the Generation I, II and III games, saving inside a Pokémon Center is required to facilitate linking with console games such as Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Colosseum. Originally, linked players could only battle and trade with one another, but in later generations, players could mix records R S E D P Pt HG SS and play games Pt HG SS together. Until Generation V, Pokémon Centers also hosted the Cable Club or the Union Room, which facilitated multiplayer gameplay. Players are able to deposit and withdraw Pokémon, along with the ability to store and withdraw items and display their Hall of Fame details.
Trainers also have access to a PC so that they can change out their party.The nurse is located at the main counter just as the player enters the Pokémon Center.
This service heals all status conditions and recharges HP and PP of all party Pokémon, free of charge.
A Pokémon Center Nurse heals all party Pokémon in a matter of seconds.Though the setup of the Pokémon Centers has varied slightly throughout each generation, all Pokémon Centers have the same core functions: Non-player character Trainers and their own Pokémon are often found hanging around in Pokémon Centers, offering general advice and information on the events in the town or area it is situated in. Pokémon Centers are essential to Trainers as they provide many facilities and host most game mechanics. Pokémon Centers are important buildings in the games and are found in most towns and cities, sometimes even on routes. Also, if defeated in battle, the player will appear at the Pokémon Center most recently visited (unless the player has not visited a Pokémon Center, in which case the player will appear outside his or her home). The connection clubs are absent in Generation VI and are replaced with the Player Search System.įly, Charizard Glide, Sky Dash, and the Flying Taxi typically bring the player to the Pokémon Center in the settlement chosen, and Teleport brings the player to the Pokémon Center they last visited (or to the Pokémon Center of the settlement they are currently in). Medal also appears here in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 when awarding the player any Medals.
As of Generation V, salesmen from the Poké Mart and the deliveryman (in Generation V and VII) or delivery girl (in Generation VI) appear when the Mystery Gift function is activated, due to its integration with the Pokémon Center. In the games, Pokémon Centers consist of a healing station run by a Pokémon Center Nurse, a PC, a trading connection club, a battling connection club (neither of which require wired connections as of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen), and various NPCs that vary upon location (in rural areas, no NPCs may be present). The most common service the Pokémon Center offers is healing Pokémon free of charge. This is to accommodate those Trainers in need and serve as a resting spot. Pokémon Centers are built where many Trainers gather and the area becomes popular. Some Pokémon Centers can be found outside of towns next to large forests or caves.
Pokémon Centers are found in most towns and cities of the Pokémon world almost every major settlement has a Pokémon Center.