Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen/Route 3

At the entrance to Route 3 you will meet Prof. Oak's Aide, who will give you the Running Shoes. Now you'll be able to run fast by pressing . There is a Pokémon center at the end, so don't fret about returning to Pewter City constantly. However, make sure you're well stocked up on potions before attempting Mt. Moon.

Don't waste time looking for both forms of Nidoran on Route 3; depending on your game, you only have a 1% chance of catching the rarer form. Your best bet to get both forms is to catch two males in FireRed, or two females in LeafGreen. On Route 5, you'll be able to trade the extra one with an NPC for the other gender. Regardless of gender, both Nidoran's will later evolve into powerhouses, so catching at least one is very recommended.

Route 3

Pokémon found

FireRed
Pokémon		Level	Rate
	Pidgey	6-7	30%
	Spearow	6-8	35%
	Nidoran♀	6	1%
	Nidoran♂	6-7	14%
	Jigglypuff	3-7	10%
	Mankey	7	10%

LeafGreen
Pokémon		Level	Rate
	Pidgey	6-7	30%
	Spearow	6-8	35%
	Nidoran♀	6-7	14%
	Nidoran♂	6	1%
	Jigglypuff	3-7	10%
	Mankey	7	10%

New Pokemon

#29 Nidoran♀

Nidoran♀ is the first true Poison-type Pokémon which can be caught in the game. Nidoran can be quite an ally throughout most of the game, and even onto the end.

Its Poison Point ability is quite useful: when an opponent touches Nidoran, the opponent may become poisoned.

Its final form is Nidoqueen, a Poison/Ground-type defense-orientated Pokémon, that will appear only after you use a Moon Stone on it.

#32 Nidoran♂

Nidoran♂ is the male form of this poison Pokémon. This Nidoran is much easier to catch it in Fire Red; Leaf Green players may want to wait until the Safari Zone to catch it.

It also has the Poison Point ability, and possesses a more varied moveset than its counterpart.

Its final form is Nidoking, which is a Poison/Ground-type offense-orientated Pokémon, that will appear only after you use a Moon Stone on it.

#39 Jigglypuff

Jigglypuff, is the well known balloon Pokémon, whose singing lulls everyone hearing it to sleep. This can be helpful in catching Pokémon.

It evolves by using a Moon Stone into Wigglytuff, but when evolved, it will not learn any more attacks by leveling up.

Its stats and movepool aren't very impressive, so using it isn't recommendable.

Trainers

FireRed and LeafGreen
Trainer	Pokemon
Lass Janice Reward: 144	Pidgey Lv. 9 Pidgey Lv. 8
Bug Catcher Colton Reward: 120	Caterpie Lv. 10 Weedle Lv. 10 Caterpie Lv. 10
Youngster Ben Reward: 176	Rattata Lv. 11 Ekans Lv. 11
Bug Catcher Greg Reward: 108	Weedle Lv. 9 Caterpie Lv. 9 Kakuna Lv. 9 Metapod Lv. 9
Lass Sally Reward: 160	Rattata Lv. 10 Nidoran♀ Lv. 10
Youngster Calvin Reward: 224	Spearow Lv. 14
Bug Catcher James Reward: 132	Caterpie Lv. 11 Metapod Lv. 11
Lass Robin Reward: 224	Jigglypuff Lv. 14

Items

• Oran Berry (located between ledges near Youngster Calvin).

Unlike other hidden items, hidden berries are actually visible, marked by a darkened oval on the grass, but they are hard to notice, especially until discovering how they look like for the first time. As with other hidden items, don't stand on them to pick them up. You must stand beside the berries and be facing them to be able to pick them up by pressing . Berries remain signaled on the grass after being picked up. They aren't of much use on these releases and will only stand out more at the end of the game.

Also around this area, but technically now on Route 4, there's a hidden Persim Berry, located among the rocks west of the Pokémon Center.