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{| {{prettytable|notwide=1}} align="right" style="text-align:center"
|+ New Pokémon Available
! style="background-color:#ff0000" | Red
! style="background-color:#4080ff" | Blue
! style="background-color:#ffd700" | Yellow
|- valign="center"
| colspan=2 | [[Image:Pokemon_010Caterpie.png|40px]]{{bp|Caterpie}}<br />
{{bp|Weedle}}[[Image:Pokemon_013Weedle.png|35px]]<br />
[[Image:Pokemon_025Pikachu.png|40px]]{{bp|Pikachu}}
|[[Image:Pokemon_010Caterpie.png|40px]]{{bp|Caterpie}}
|}
'''''The nature preserve is smack-dab in the middle of Route #2, the route that runs between Viridian City and Pewter City.  Pokémon are plentiful within its borders, and many trainers come here to capture new specimens for their collections or to challenge other trainers.  It's easy to lose yourself in Viridian Forest if you don't know where you're going.'''''
[[Image:Pokemon_RBY_ViridianForest.png|left|thumb|300px|Viridian Forest]]
{|{{prettytable|notwide=1}} align="left" style="font-size:smaller"
|-
|bgcolor="yellow"|'''1'''||Lass||[[File:Pokebuck.png]]90
|-
|bgcolor="yellow"| ||Nidoran♀||LV6
|- style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"
|bgcolor="yellow"| ||Nidoran♂||LV6
|-
|bgcolor="#c080ff"|'''2'''||Bug Catcher||[[File:Pokebuck.png]]60
|-
|bgcolor="#c080ff"| ||Weedle||LV6
|-
|bgcolor="#c080ff"| ||Caterpie||LV6
|-
|bgcolor="yellow"| ||Caterpie||LV7
|- style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"
|bgcolor="yellow"| ||Caterpie||LV7
|-
|bgcolor="#c080ff"|'''3'''||Bug Catcher||[[File:Pokebuck.png]]70
|-
|bgcolor="#c080ff"| ||Weedle||LV7
|-
|bgcolor="#c080ff"| ||Kakuna||LV7
|-
|bgcolor="#c080ff"| ||Weedle||LV7
|-
|bgcolor="yellow"| ||Metapod||LV6
|-
|bgcolor="yellow"| ||Caterpie||LV6
|- style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"
|bgcolor="yellow"| ||Metapod||LV6
|-
|bgcolor="yellow"|'''4'''||Bug Catcher||[[File:Pokebuck.png]]90
|-
|bgcolor="yellow"| ||Caterpie||LV8
|- style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"
|bgcolor="yellow"| ||Metapod||LV8
|-
|bgcolor="#c080ff"|'''5'''||Bug Catcher||[[File:Pokebuck.png]]60
|-
|bgcolor="#c080ff"| ||Weedle||LV9
|- style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"
|bgcolor="yellow"| ||Caterpie||LV10
|-
|bgcolor="cyan"|A
|colspan="2"|Poké Ball
|-
|bgcolor="cyan"|B
|colspan="2"|Potion
|-
|bgcolor="cyan"|C
|colspan="2"|Antidote
|-
|bgcolor="yellow"|C
|colspan="2"|Potion
|}
{{-|right}}
{| {{prettytable}} align="right" style="font-size:larger"
|+ Viridian Forest encounters
| style="background:red;color:white" |'''Caterpie'''[[Image:Pokemon_010Caterpie.png|40px]]
| style="border:1px solid red" | '''5%'''
| style="border:1px solid blue" | '''45%'''
| style="border:1px solid #ffd700" | '''45%'''
|-
| style="background:red;color:white" |[[Image:Pokemon_011Metapod.png|40px]]'''Metapod'''
| style="border:1px solid red" | '''5%'''
| style="border:1px solid blue" | '''40%'''
| style="border:1px solid #ffd700" | '''25%'''
|-
| style="background:red;color:white" |'''Weedle'''[[Image:Pokemon_013Weedle.png|35px]]
| style="border:1px solid red" | '''45%'''
| style="border:1px solid blue" | '''5%'''
| style="border:1px solid #ffd700" | N/A
|-
| style="background:red;color:white" |[[Image:Pokemon_014Kakuna.png|25px]]'''Kakuna'''
| style="border:1px solid red" | '''40%'''
| style="border:1px solid blue" | '''5%'''
| style="border:1px solid #ffd700" | N/A
|-
| style="background:red;color:white" |'''Pikachu'''[[Image:Pokemon_025Pikachu.png|40px]]
| style="border:1px solid red" | '''5%'''
| style="border:1px solid blue" | '''5%'''
| style="border:1px solid #ffd700" | N/A
|-
| style="background:red;color:white" |[[Image:Pokemon_016Pidgey.png|40px]]'''Pidgey'''
| style="border:1px solid red" | N/A
| style="border:1px solid blue" | N/A
| style="border:1px solid #ffd700" | '''28%'''
|-
| style="background:red;color:white" |'''Pidgeotto'''[[Image:Pokemon 017Pidgeotto.png|40px]]
| style="border:1px solid red" | N/A
| style="border:1px solid blue" | N/A
| style="border:1px solid #ffd700" | '''2%'''
|}
{{-}}
== Through the woods ==
{{sidebar|float=left|width=200px|title=Duels with Trainers|contents=You'll find rival trainers everywhere you go, and they'll usually challenge you as soon as they see you.  Trainers can have anything from one to six Pokémon, and you can't Run from a duel with a trainer, so always be prepared for an extended battle.  Keep in mind that the tame Pokémon trainers use are often more powerful than the wild Pokémon found in the surrounding area.}}
Viridian Forest serves as your first "maze" stage.  Its hard to get lost in there, but first timers may wish to explore it slowly to get a feel for the layout.  As you cross Viridian Forest, you'll be attacked by both wild Pokémon and various trainers.  While encounters with wild Pokémon are random, trainers will only come at you when you cross their line of vision, so you have a degree of control over when they challenge you.  Unfortunately, they are usually placed in positions that you have no choice but to pass in front of, but a few can be avoided by walking around them. 


If you are having trouble defeating trainers in a given area, it probably means that your Pokémon aren't strong enough and need to be leveled up higher.  The highest level Pokémon that a trainer in Viridian Forest has is level 9 (level 10 in Yellow), so as long as most of your Pokémon are level 8 or above, you should be in good shape.
The pets and the wildlife that you encounter in the forest may seem tough, but much of it won't be.  Wild and challenger-trained {{bp|Kakunas}} and {{bp|Metapods}} can't attack, they can only harden (which can make for some long battle that wear down your Pokémon's PP, so be careful).  Never try to capture a wild Metapod or Kakuna.  Instead, capture {{bp|Weedles}} and {{bp|Caterpies}} and level them up so they ''evolve'' into Kakunas and Metapods that retain their offensive abilities.  They evolve fast: Both will be at their third stage of evolution by Level 10!
{{bp|Pikachu}}s are extremely rare in Red and Blue (and non-existent in Yellow, except for your own) and will take extensive periods of walking around through grass to find them.  It isn't necessary to capture one, but they can deal with low-end Flying types and Water types.
{{-}}
{| {{prettytable|notwide=1}}
! style="background-color:#c080ff;color:#ffffff;" width="50%"| #10 Caterpie
! style="background-color:#c080ff;color:#ffffff;" width="50%"| #13 Weedle
|-
|[[Image:Pokemon_010Caterpie.png|left]]If you invest enough time with Caterpie, he will ultimately end up as a Bug and Flying-type {{bp|Butterfree}} that can gain status altering moves such as Stun Spore or Sleep Powder, as well as a basic Psychic attack in Confusion (this is a damage attack).  Butterfree can be extremely helpful in the early going.  However, Butterfree is quickly out-classed by other Pokémon such as Bellsprout or Oddish as a status inflicting platform, and Kadabra or Hypno in terms of Psychic power.
| [[Image:Pokemon_013Weedle.png|right]]Weedle doesn't start out much differently than Caterpies.  He's pretty weak when you get him, and evolving him into Kakuna doesn't make him much better.  But his evolution continues at a lightning pace, and at level 10 you'll have an awesome (at least for the early part of the game) {{bp|Beedrill}}. Beedrill learns the most usable Bug typed attack in Twin-Needle at level 20, but Beedrill's poison status makes it unusable as an Anti-Psychic measure.
|}
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