Pokémon League Reception Gate

The Pokémon League Reception Gate (Japanese: ポケモンリーグうけつけゲート Pokémon League Reception Gate) is a large gate located in Kanto to the west of . The building serves as a Gym Badge checkpoint for both Kanto and Johto s in these games.
This gate is named the Pokémon League Front Gate (Japanese: ポケモンリーグゲート Pokémon League Front Gate) in Generations , , and , where it simply contains the checkpoint and connects Routes and .
==Description==
===Generations I, III, and VII===
The Pokémon League Front Gate serves as the checkpoint due to the Badge checkpoints being individually distributed by eight guards throughout . It also works as a connector between Routes and 23. Unlike its Generation II and incarnations, it is not a four-way intersection.
===Generations II and IV===
The Pokémon League Front Gate was rebuilt and renamed the Pokémon League Reception Gate. The Badge checkpoints are consolidated into a single one inside of the gate, which now connects directly to . This is why is extremely short in Generation II; in Generation IV, it was completely removed as its fifteen tiles are now considered part of Indigo Plateau itself.
s entering Kanto from Johto via Routes and are forced to enter this building from the south. Here, they are stopped by a Pokémon League official and must present the eight Johto Gym Badges before they can advance. Past the guard is a four-way intersection of hallways; only the north hallway leading to (and therefore Indigo Plateau) is initially open. The east hallway, leading to Viridian City via , is blocked by a guard until Snorlax has been removed from Vermilion City; once the guard has stepped aside, the player can travel between Johto and mainland Kanto without ing, ing, taking the S.S. Aqua or the Magnet Train. The west hallway, leading to and Mt. Silver, is opened by Professor Oak once the player has collected all eight Kanto Gym Badges.
In , Janine will appear here every evening between 16:00 and 20:00 after being defeated and will give the player her phone number so that she can be called for a rematch.
==Layout==
==Trivia==
* The gate uses different music in every generation. The Generation I games and use , the Generation II games use , use , and Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! use .
* The Pokémon League Reception Gate cannot be legitimately accessed without eight Badges, as the is required to scale the waterfall at Tohjo Falls. However, if it is reached without all Badges via cheating in Generation II, the guard will say "You don't have all the <sc>Gym Badges</sc> of <sc>Johto</sc>. I'm sorry, but I can't let you go through." and turn the player away. If this is done in Generation IV, the guard will recognize that the player has the eight Badges of Johto and let them through, even if they do not actually have them.Can You Get To The Pokémon League Without Gym Badges? - Justinian on YouTube
==In other languages==
Pokémon League Reception Gate
Pokémon League Front Gate
==References==
==Related articles==
Category:Kanto locations
Category:Red, Blue and Yellow locations
Category:Gold, Silver and Crystal locations
Category:FireRed and LeafGreen locations
Category:HeartGold and SoulSilver locations
Category:Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! locations
Category:Buildings
es:Recepción de la Liga Pokémon
it:Accettazione Lega Pokémon
ja:ポケモンリーグ うけつけゲート
zh:宝可梦联盟大门