Pokémon Tohjo Files

Pokémon Tohjo Files is a 2025 role-playing adventure game. The game is a stand-alone title that is a part of the core series of the Pokemon games although it does have several influences from the Legends series of games.
The game is set in the Tohjo region: a reimagined version of Kanto and Johto. It takes place in an alternate timeline where the events of the original Kanto and Johto games played out in this reimagined region. The main plot follows the player as they join the Vermilion Guild to face off against new threats.
==Gameplay==
Pokémon Tohjo Files's battle system is the same as the Core Series Pokémon games, albeit with the catching mechanics from Legends Arceus. 
===Exploration===
The main differences lie in the overworld. Instead of travelling and exploring around, the player travels between different cities and towns by train or bus. Within said cities and towns, the player can explore several different areas within those settlements.
While the player can catch Pokémon to their team, completing the Pokedex is not a main objective of the game as it has already been filled by other trainers. Rather, it is treated like a side quest that the player can embark on throughout their journey.
== Plot ==
The game begins with the player arriving from Cherrygrove City in Vermilion City: a part of the Vermilion-Saffron-Celadon Metropolitan area. They head to the headquarters of the Vermilion Guild in the western part of the city where they meet the Guild Leader: Utatio. She introduces them to the team the player will be working with: Stella, a prodigy trainer who was famous when she was younger, Holder, a more experienced trainer from Unova, Wattle, an introverted former shut-in, Protea, a new trainer from Sinnoh and Ipil, a trainer obsessed with history and myths. Utatio explains that the guild's philosophy maintains that teams don't have a leader, and that each member contributes thier own shares. As a trial of passage, Stella and Holder battle the player to test their strength. Following this, the player is formally accepted into the guild and can take on missions. There are two types of missions: Story Missions which progress the main story and Side Missions, optional missions that can give the player various rewards.
The team is given their several missions to investigate Pokemon disappearances in the Lavender Town region, which they find out is due to the prevelance of criminal groups in the area. After returning to Vermilion, Utatio tells them that the amount of organized criminal groups has peaked in recent months, with fears that it could reach the same level as when Team Rocket was around. As a result, she gives them new missions to investigate and put to stop to crime in Eastern Johto, with previous missions suggesting that there may be criminal bases there. 
The team proceeds to defeat the criminal groups with ease, however they are stopped by mysterious people who introduce themselves as members of Team Harmony: a group that seeks to bring everlasting peace to the region by subduing any figure that may pose a threat to the region, including those that may be in power. Harmony blames the Guild for both not doing enough, but also complacent with the status quo. Following this, the team returns to Vermilion only to find Utatio discussing with a mysteriously dressed man, who introduces himself as Siah, the leader of Team Harmony. Siah apologises for the actions of the grunts in Eastern Johto, believing that Harmony and the Guild can work together. Utatio interrupts Siah, claiming that the Guild has no interest in helping them. Angered, Siah claims this as an "act of war" and leaves with the other grunts he bought with him.
Following this, Utatio declares a State of Emergency throughout the Guild, with almost all of the members tasked with fighting Team Harmony. She also reluctantly decides to contact the Tohjo government for help, which Ipil and Protea are against, while Wattle supports the move. Ipil argues that too much reliance on government would erode the Guild's power, which clashes with Wattle's viewpoint that the government and Guild should grow closer together to bring proper peace to the region. Protea, is against it for her own reasons: that the authority in Tohjo is inherently corrupt and that instead, they should try and contact Red or Gold, who left the region years ago to go on their own journeys. Stella and Holder however, are more neutral and calm the tensions in the group to focus on the mission.
The team, alongside other allies help defeat Team Harmony when they occupy Viridian City, with the grunts surrendering as Siah and the top Harmony leadership succesfully escape. At the same time, the President of Tohjo: Pine, arrives alongside the Head of Security Hemlock to assess the situation. Noticing the Pokemon possessed by Team Harmony being more dangerous, Pine orders Hemlock to euthanize the Pokemon. Utatio protests, claiming that the Pokemon were defenceless, which is supported by the members except Wattle. Pine and Hemlock reluctantly agree, but decide to keep the Pokemon in custody regardless. 
Back at the base, the guild holds an emergency meeting which quickly descends into a heated argument. Wattle, as well as his allies in the group, decide to leave the Guild and form the Citron Guild in Citron Town, believing that the Guild has strayed too far from the Government and as a result, a new guild must be formed for the Central Kanto area. Meanwhile, Ipil and Protea remain in the Guild but believe that radical change is needed.
Following Wattle's departure, Utatio introduces Maise, the grandaughter of Professor Elm, as Wattle's de-facto replacement. Maise is more energetic than the group, which gives the team a much needed boost in energy following Wattle's departure. Together, they embark on more missions taking down Team Harmony grunts as well as other criminal groups. Along the way, they butt heads with the Citron Guild who is competing with the Vermilion Guild for greater relevance. Other guilds such as the Cerulean Guild and the Blackthorn Guild also begin to increasingly side with the Citron Guild as its ideals, with the Vermilion Guild forms a coalition with its allied guilds such as the Goldenrod Guild and the Moonstone Guild. Seeing tensions rise, Utatio decides to have a truce mission between the different guilds in taking down a large Team Harmony Guild, taking down one of the Admins. However, Utatio and Wattle argue about whether to kill the Admin, or keep him alive albeit in custody. In the middle of the fight, the Admin shoots the two before being knocked unconscious by other Guild members. While Wattle only has a minor injury, Utatio falls into a coma. 
Blaming the Citron Guild, Ipil decides that enough is enough and takes over the Guild, claiming that he will take revenge for Utatio and engage in a war against the opposing guilds and the government. Protea decides to leave the Guild to seek Red and Gold, while the player and their friends are forced to choose a path for themselves. At this point, the story splits and there are 4 main paths the story can take.
If the player decides to side with Ipil, civil war erupts between the government, who has the support of some of the Guilds, the Guild Coalition led by the Vermilion Guild, and Team Harmony. People begin to leave Tohjo as the violence erupts, with Maise joining them. Stella and Holder reluctantly stay, believing that while the Guild's actions may seem unjust, they may bring about a better region. With the player's help however, the Guild is evenutually able to first eliminate Team Harmony, killing Siah and then the Government, with Hemlock and Pine being arrested and taken into custody. Wattle also surrenders, however depending on the player's choice, he either is imprisoned or becomes an ally. After which, depending on the player's actions, Stella and Holder decide to either stay or leave the region. Under Ipsil's rule, Tohjo gradually is rebuilt and reformed into a society dominated by the Guilds, with different parts of the region having high levels of autonomy and freedom, though there is also a high level of co-operation. The player eventually becomes the deputy leader of the Vermilion Guild while Ipil becomes the new leader of the region as a whole. Utatio wakes up in this timeline.
If the player decides to leave the Guild and join the Citron Guild, Maise, Stella and Horner will remain in the Vermilion Guild, seeing the player as having lost their way. With the player's help however, the Citron Guild, the government and other allied guilds manage to defeat Team Harmony then the Guild Coalition. However, Wattle is ordered by Pine to kill a surrendered Ipil. Here, the story splits again. If the player encourages Wattle to kill Pine, Ipil is killed and the player's friends see him as having completely lost his way and leave the region, with the story hinting that they join Protea on their hunt for Red and Gold. Tohjo falls into an authoritarian government led by Wattle, with the Guilds removed. If the player discourages Wattle, Pine tries to kill Wattle, Ipil and the player but in a last minute alliance, they defeat him and Hemlock, putting them in custody. Wattle forcibly takes over the government and grants a pardon to Ipil, as well as the player's friends who Wattle encourages to return and help him run his new government. Ipil however, decides to leave the region believing that he is incompatible with the new way of life, though he respects Wattle. This ending sees a reformed rather than revamped status quo for the region, as Wattle reforms the Guild system rather than removing it. Utatio does not wake up in the first ending, eventually dying though she is alive in the second ending and wakes up.
If the player sides with Protea, the player is joined by Stella, Maise and Holder, narrowly escaping the violence. Using what they know, they eventually track Red and Gold in the far southern island of Bealiss, where they were last seen. They soon discover in a cavern, that the two have been trapped in a time loop by Temlum: a Mythical Pokemon that was foretold by the island's natives to be tamed by two powerful trainers. Recognizing that Red and Gold are those two trainers, the group battles Temlum. After defeating Temlum, Red and Gold break out of their time loop and manage to catch Temlum, with the Pokemon somehow belonging to both of them. Following a briefing by Protea, Red and Gold agree to help them save Tohjo from the violence. Joined by several allies in Tohjo, the group manages to defeat the government, Team Harmony and the Guild Coalition. Ipil and Wattle are pardoned by Protea, who believes that they can be reformed, though Siah, Hemlock and Pine are arrested. In the aftermath, Tohjo is rebuilt into a full stratocracy, with Red and Gold being the dual leaders of the region, as the Guild system is disbanded. The player and their friends to go back to living normal lives, with Utatio waking up from her coma.
If the player decides not to side with Ipil, Wattle or Protea, they decide to join Maise, Stella and Holder in starting their own faction. The player then encourages people from across the region to side with them as they form a formidable force. After defeating Team Harmony, they encourage Protea to come back to the region and help them. Protea returns, alongside allies from Sinnoh. The group then negotiates with Ipil to side with them, saying that with his help they can build a society that he too will agree with. With most of the region united, they clash with the government eventually defeating it. Wattle surrenders, and is expected to be killed or arrested, however depending on the player's choices, he is either exiled or put on parole. With the government collapsed, a new government is built, designed to prevent a leader from Pine from taking power, while also making sure that criminal groups do not arise. The player becomes the new leader of the Vermilion Guild, as the Guild system is restored to have a healthier relationship with the government. 
==New Pokémon and Forms ==
Pokémon Tohjo Files introduces several new Pokémon and variants. 
===New Regional Forms ===
Name 	Type(s) 	Evolves From.
Tohjoan Grovyle 	Grass/Electric	Treecko at Level 16
Tohjoan Ralts 	Fairy/Fighting	N/A
Tohjoan Kirlia 	Fairy/Fighting	Tohjoan Ralts at Level 20
Tohjoan Gardevoir	Fairy/Fighting	Tohjoan Kirlia at Level 30
Tohjoan Gible 	Water/Dragon 	N/A
Tohjoan Gabite 	Water/Dragon 	Tohjoan Gible at Level 24
Tohjoan Garchomp 	Water/Dragon 	Tohjoan Gible at Level 48
Tohjoan Abomasnow	Fire/Grass 	Snover at Level 40
Tohjoan Patrat 	Dark/Fighting 	N/A
Tohjoan Blitzle 	Ground/Grass 	N/A
Tohjoan Zebstrika	Ground/Grass 	Tohjoan Zebstrika at Level 27
Tohjoan Druddigon	Dragon/Normal 	N/A
Tohjoan Braixen 	Fire/Poison 	Fennekin at Level 16
Tohjoan Dedenne 	Rock/Electric 	N/A
Tohjoan Grubbin 	Bug/Steel 	N/A
Tohjoan Charjabug	Bug/Steel 	Tohjoan Grubbin at Level 20
Tohjoan Mudsbray 	Ground/Water 	N/A
Tohjoan Mudsdale 	Ground/Water 	Tohjoan Mudsbray at Level 30
Tohjoan Drizzile 	Water/Flying 	Sobble at Level 16
===New Pokemon ===
Name 	Type(s) 	Evolves From.
Voltile 	Grass/Electric	Tohjoan Grovyle at Level 36
Garryu 	Fairy/Fighting	Tohjoan Kirlia when exposed to a Dawn Stone
Nozasnow 	Fire/Grass 	Tohjoan Abomasnow when exposed to a Fire Stone
Scourat 	Dark/Fighting 	Tohjoan Patrat at Level 21
Orochigon	Dragon/Normal 	Tohjoan Druddigon when exposed to a Mysterious Comb