Kanto

Kanto is a geographical region of Pokémon first appearing in the Pocket Monsters: Green and Pocket Monsters: Red video games of 1996, as well as the later video games Pocket Monsters: Blue and Pocket Monsters: Pikachu. It is based on the region of Japan with the same name.

Internationally, Kanto is also present in Pokémon Red Version, Pokémon Blue Version, Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition, Pokémon Silver Version, Pokémon Gold Version, Pokémon Crystal Version, Pokémon FireRed Version, Pokémon LeafGreen Version, Pokémon HeartGold Version and Pokémon SoulSilver Version.

In Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow you travel the land getting all eight gym badges. Once you have the badges, you take on the Elite Four. After you defeat the Elite Four, it is revealed that your rival has become Pokémon champion right under your nose. You challenge your rival one last time, and become a Pokémon master. In these games, the player's journey is strictly limited to Kanto.

In Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions, you see Kanto as it is three years after the events in Red and Blue, and becomes unlocked after you defeat the Elite Four. You take on the eight gyms of the region (Koga is replaced with his daughter Janine and Giovanni is replaced with Blue) before heading up to Mt. Silver to fight Red.

In FireRed, and LeafGreen, the player has access to Kanto in addition to the Sevii Islands.