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	Starting up and Catching more Pokemon: Okay, you've got a Pokemon, now what?  Go to the 
north.  Talk with various people along the trail and get useful information and items (you get 
another free potion).  You'll also run into wild Pokemon by walking in the grass.  If you don't 
want to fight a wild Pokemon, you can either avoid the grass or run.  Don't worry, you don't 
lose experience for running away and don't bother working your Pokemon up now, it'll only be 
tougher to catch Pokemon later.
	Now, you'll find a town to North.	Talk to the first person you meet while you head 
towards the town and you'll get the free potion.  Go to the nearest building (a Pokemon 
hospital) which'll heal your Pokemon for free if they need it.  For future reference, all Pokemon hospital are marked with a tiny 'poke' on the outside.  If your Pokemon is in good 
health, head to the building marked with a tiny 'mart'.  Talk to the clerk, who'll give you a 
package.  Return to your home town and give the package to Professor Oak.  You get the Pokedex, 
which will record all the Pokemon you've ever seen in combat or caught.  It's the Pokemon that 
you've caught or traded for that will count later on.  (You get credit for temporary trades, in 
other words, you and your friends can trade for a minute or so and you'll STILL get the credit!)
	Anyway, return to the store and buy some pokeballs for 200g.  Preferably a lot of 
pokeballs.  Don't worry.  This'll be money well spent.  Now, go back into the wild and get into 
a fight.  You'll likely get into a fight with a Pokemon (Pidgey or Rattata, it doesn't matter) 
that's about level 2 or 3.  Have your Pokemon hit it until you're sure another hit will knock 
it out.  If you're having trouble figuring out whether or not your Pokemon'll defeat it in 
another strike, then try catching it when it's life bar is _at least_ at the half-way marker.  
The enemy's life bar, not your own Pokemon's life bar.
	Now, instead of attacking, go into the item screen and press A while the pointer is on 
the pokeballs.  One will be tossed at the Pokemon.  Some Pokemon can break free, even when 
weak, so you may have to try a few times.  Luckily, enemy Pokemon can't run away until much, 
much later in the game.  Now, sooner or later, you'll catch a Pokemon.  It's better if the 
Pokemon is weaker, because they'll be stronger later on, but it doesn't make too much 
difference at this point in the game.  (Big And Very Important Note On Pokeballs: You can't 
catch the Pokemon of other trainers.  You'll just waste a Pokeball.  There is, however, a 
strong rumor that you may be able to catch Trainers, but read the Obscure Rumors page for 
information.)
	Now, go back to the Pokemon hospital and heal, because the Pokemon you've just caught is 
still weak.  Go back into the wild and catch the other Pokemon you've run into.
	To build up the weak Pokemon, it'll become painfully obvious that they can't beat their 
tougher and still wild counterparts.  So, here's how you build them up.  Press start while 
outside of a fight and go into the menu marked "Pokemon".  You'll see all the Pokemon you're 
carrying there.  Click on the top Pokemon (your first one, most likely) and in the submenu, 
choose "Switch".  Click on the Pokemon you want to grow.  Now, get into another fight.
	It's at this point you'll notice that the Pokemon that is at the top of the list is 
ALWAYS sent into battle first.  Have your Pokemon give the opposing Pokemon a few shots (this 
is optional if you don't think your Pokemon can stand up.  It just has to appear on the 
screen), but DON'T let your Pokemon pass out.  It can be revived at the Pokemon hospital, but 
it doesn't get any experience from the fight.  Now, click on your strongest Pokemon and it'll 
be sent into battle.  Again, you'll lose a turn, allowing the opposing Pokemon to get a shot 
in, but once you win, both Pokemon will gain experience of the fight.
	Now, it'll be less than if either Pokemon won by themselves, but that's okay.  You're 
just building the Pokemon up right now.  Also note that you can switch a Pokemon out of the 
fight before the enemy Pokemon can attack and it'll still get experience.  And if at any time, 
your strongest Pokemon gets into trouble, don't be afraid to switch to yet another Pokemon.
	Soon, all your Pokemon'll be about seventh level or so.  Now, go back to the town with 
the pokemart and the Pokemon hospital and go to the left.  You'll find a small patch of grass.  
Walk around in the grass, but DON'T go up onto the road.  Your rival is waiting there and as 
much as you'd like to beat him again, his Pokemon have grown stronger too.  Walk around in the 
area and you'll find new kinds of Pokemon.  Catch all three types: Nidoran male, Nidoran female 
and Spearow.  Having caught the Nidoran male and female this early will allow you to save some 
time rather than having to trade one off for the other.
	Now, catch an extra Spearow for later.  Later on, a kid wants a Spearow.  Give him one 
and you'll get a rare Farfetch'd that's mysteriously always at the same level as the Spearow 
you trade him.  You'll see that you'll get a message that you have too many Pokemon and that 
the Spearow has been transferred to SOMEONE'S COMPUTER.  Don't worry, the Someone is Bill and 
he's a nice guy.  He lets you hold as many Pokemon as you want in his computer, just separated 
into various boxes.  Each box can only hold twenty Pokemon, but there are over ten boxes, so 
don't worry.
	To access your extra Pokemon or to change the box, head to the Pokemon Hospital and go 
right.  In all of the Pokemon Hospitals there'll be a computer.  Access it.  You can choose to 
either switch in/out Pokemon by accessing SOMEONE'S Computer.  You can put extra items into 
storage for later or take those stored items out by heading into your own computer.  To get 
your Pokedex rated, choose Professor Oak's Computer.
	The two kinds of Nidoran evolve into two different kinds of Pokemon later on.  Now, work 
these Pokemon up too.  Once all the Pokemon are at about level 11 or 12 (this'll take a while), 
save and take on your rival.  You'll probably crush him easily, but you'll notice after every 
Pokemon of his that faints, you're asked the question of if you want to switch your Pokemon.  
If you switch your Pokemon when this is asked, the one that's on screen before the switch WON'T 
get any more experience unless used again.  You can still switch Pokemon in the fight, so don't 
be scared to do so if one gets weak.  His Pokemon still pack a punch, no matter how powerful 
your Pokemon get.
	Now once you've beaten him, head back towards town.  Head left, then up and you'll find a narrow passageway.  Walk to the other end of the path and you'll find a bush.  Hit 'A' and you'll get a potion.  Pretty keen, huh?  Especially since you'll have to head to Pewter City to find a store to buy them.
	Now buy some more pokeballs at the mart and pick up some antidotes as well.  The next 
area you'll be entering will have Weedles which can poison your Pokemon.  In the forest, you'll 
be able to catch Caterpies, Metapods, Weedles, Kakunas and Pikachus.  Good Luck!

	Hey, it says that I have can't use my pokeballs because I have too many Pokemon in the 
current box.  What does THAT mean?: If the box is too full (something that'll happen a lot 
during the later portions of the game), you'll have to go to the nearest Pokemon Hospital, go 
to the computer, enter Bill/Someone's Computer and "Change Box".  Don't worry about your 
Pokemon.  They're still safe.  The Game Designers just want to complicate the game a bit by 
allowing each box to hold only twenty Pokemon at a time.  You'll see a long list of Box Numbers 
and a pokeball icon next to the first box.  The pokeball marks which boxes have Pokemon in 
them.  Don't bother looking for other people's Pokemon, they won't show up, even if anyone else 
is using them.  If you want to go on a long or a large Pokemon catching spree, get lots of 
pokeballs and _don't_ _forget_ to change the box to one that has no Pokemon.  That way, unless 
you catch more than twenty, you can focus on more important issues.  Like catching Pokemon.

	Evolution?  What's that?  How does it work?:  In the game, quite a few Pokemon will have 
higher stages of evolution where they become VASTLY tougher and stronger.  There are some 
problems with evolving Pokemon, though.  1) It takes longer for your Pokemon to learn new 
techniques.  2) Because it's stronger, it takes more experience to grow.  However, there are 
advantages too.  1) The attacks of your Pokemon become VASTLY stronger.  An attack that might 
beat a Pokemon in two attacks before the evolution might only require one afterwards.  2) Their 
health and defense improves greatly.  This is an extremely important advantage if your Pokemon 
have been fainting a lot.  It generally works like so: At about sixteen to twenty-second level, 
the Pokemon will generally make it's first evolution.  If it has a second, it will evolve 
around the thirty-second to the thirty-sixth level.  The beginning Pokemon have two evolutions.

	Hey, I've raised this Pokemon twenty levels and it STILL won't evolve!  And it has an 
evolution!: Some Pokemon like Clefairy, Jigglypuff and Pikachu require special stones that will 
allow them to evolve.  Others like the Nidoran require that you evolve them by level, then by 
the Moon Stone that you'll find.

	This Pokemon won't evolve, it's got an evolution and the Moon Stone won't work!: There are 
five kinds of Stones that can evolve Pokemon.  Fire Stones, Water Stones, Thunder Stones, Leaf 
Stones and Moon Stones.  Moon Stones evolve Psychic Pokemon like Clefairy and Jigglypuff or the 
Nidorino and Nidorina.  Leaf Stones evolve Weepinbell and Gloom.  Fire Stones evolve Vulpix and 
Growlithe.  Thunder Stones evolve Pikachu.  Water Stones evolve Poliwhirl.

	Where do I find these Stones?: The Thunder, Fire, Water and Leaf Stones can be purchased 
on the fourth floor of the Celadon Department store.  The Moon Stones have to be found through 
out the game.

	Hey!  This guy's going to sell me a Magikarp for 500 bucks!  Is that a great deal?: No.  
Magikarp are weak water Pokemon that can grow up to a VERY strong Pokemon, but it's not worth 
wasting 500 dollars on.  Later on, when you get the Old Rod, you can fish for all the Magikarps 
you want.  Not to mention that the Magikarp he gives you starts at Level 15.  For the strongest 
Pokemon, try to start at the lowest level possible.  The ones you'll get by fishing will be 
about Level 5, but they level up really quick.  Someone may tell you that the Magikarp is 
useless to begin with.  And that's true.  But before you go rolling your eyes and asking "Why 
should I even bother?", remember that this stupid looking fish gets to be, hands down, one of 
six Pokemon that I and my friends ALWAYS GET.  That's right, we always get one, because it's 
evolved state, Gyarados, is so powerful, that even at it's lower levels, it can kick serious 
butt.  And at it's highest, it can use Hyper Beam, which is one of the three most powerful 
attacks in the game.

	Whoa, wait a minute.  I found this thing called Eevee.  What is it?  Can it evolve?: The 
Eevee is a strange Pokemon that can evolve into three different evolutions.  You can choose to 
either keep it as it is or evolve it with a stone.  With a Fire Stone, it evolves into the 
Flareon.  With a Water Stone, it turns into a Vaporeon.  A Thunder Stone turns it into a 
Jolteon.  Before you choose to change it, look at your team.  What element is missing?  If you 
have a lot of Grass Pokemon, perhaps a Fire Pokemon would be useful.  If you have a lot of Water 
Pokemon, how about an Electric Pokemon?  Too many Fire Pokemon?  Try a Water Pokemon.  Too many 
specialty Pokemon?  A normal Eevee will learn with only a few weaknesses.

	Hey!  Stop getting ahead!  I can't even FIND Eevee!: Eevee is in Celadon city.  Just as 
you enter the city from the right, you'll note a path just right of the Pokemon Hospital.  Head 
up and to the left.  You'll find an opening in a row of rock.  Go through and you'll find that 
you can enter some buildings from behind.  If you find a building with a stair case right next 
to the door you entered, go up to the top floor and enter the tiny suite that's on the roof.  
You'll see a pokeball on the table.  That's Eevee.  You only get one, so choose what you want it 
to change into.  If you have too many Pokemon, he'll be redirected to Bill's Computer.  He's 
about level 25, so he'll at least be useful.

	How do I get my main pokemon really strong?: Well, one method that my friends and I have 
tried (with great success) was to raise our pokemon to level 16 (where it'll evolve to it's next 
form) before doing this - Have your main pokemon fight EVERY trainer battle.  It'll rise in 
levels incredibly fast.  In fact, the Charmander a friend tried this with was at it's final 
evolution (Charizard) when she reached Cerulean City (the third town you reach) and was blazing 
through all competition.  Mind you, she did waste a lot of time getting it that powerful through wild battles too.  Not to mention that you should still raise your other Pokemon to stay at least 5-10 levels behinds your most powerful Pokemon.  That way, you'll have a Pokemon of comparable strength should even your greatest fail.