Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire/Route 103

Route 103
'You can't go far away on this route, because you're blocked by water. You'll have to come back with Surf later one. For this time, though, you'll battle for the first time against another Trainer and you can catch a new Pokémon, once you have some Pokéballs in possession.'



First of a long serie of Trainer's battle
For the moment, you can go really far as you're blocked by the water. Later in the game, you'll be able to make your Pokémon learn a move, Surf, which will let you navigate on the water. What interests us for the moment is our Rival (Brendan if you chose the girl, May if you chose the boy), who is waiting for us.

And it's now time to have our first trainer battle. It's an easy one, and if you've previously trained your Pokémon, you can't normally lose.

Your rival automatically picks the Pokémon with the type advantage against yours; players who selected Mudkip will face Treecko, Treecko faces Torchic, and Torchic faces Mudkip. They all are level 5. However, if you've leveled up even just once, you will have a significant advantage. Your rival's AI isn't particularly bright, and you should just be able to hammer your way to victory. If you're having trouble, remember to use your Potions.

With victory, you'll get some money from your adversary, in this case 200P. When you lose, on the contrary, you give some money away, and you are directly transported to the last Pokemon Center visited.

Once you've beaten them, they'll spout praise about you and suggest heading home. Follow them back to Littleroot--Route 102 is still blocked--and find them in Birch's lab. The professor is pleased at your victory and gives you a neat little device called a Pokédex, which records data on every Pokémon you've seen or caught. He wants you to fill up every page--in other words, catch 'em all!

Your rival is very excited by this development and gives you ten Poké Balls. Now your journey really begins!

One or two advices before really leaving
Now you can go back to Oldale Town. But before this, your Rival will learn you how to use your PokeNav, and will learn you how to approach visible wild Pokemon in the grass, which you do by walking slowly to the Pokémon, by pushing really smoothly the pad.

Once this done, you can go to Oldale Town. The scientist had finished his researchs so now you can go on the [Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire/Route 102|Route 102]].