Transportation in the Pokémon world
There are various methods of transportation used in the Pokémon games.
List of methods of transportation
Shoes
Normal shoes
These are the primary way of getting around in the games. The player starts with these, and with them, is able to walk around.
Running shoes
Introduced in Generation III, the running shoes are a pair of shoes that allow the player to run by holding down the B button. Running is not allowed in many buildings, however, until Generation IV.
Bikes
Generation I and II
In the Generation I and Generation II games, as well as FireRed and LeafGreen, there is only a basic bicycle which is sold by Miracle Cycle. Only one obstacle is passable only by bicycle, and that is Cycling Road. Bicycling is disallowed in most buildings.
Generation III
In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, there are two types of bicycle: the Mach Bike and Acro Bike. They can be swapped at Rydel's Cycles in Mauville City.
The Mach Bike can move so fast that it can move over muddy slopes or over weak ground. If the player collides with something, the speed will reset. On the Seaside Cycling Road, the player's time and amount of collisions are recorded, and will be sent over to another player if the records are swapped.
The Acro Bike has the same speed as the bikes in earlier games, but can climb rocks in areas like Route 112 and travel on white rails on Route 119 and other places.
Generation IV
In the Generation IV games released so far, only one bicycle is available. This, however, has two gears which can be changed by pressing the B button. Obstacles can be jumped over with sufficient speed.
Flying Vechicles
Blimps
- Ash, Misty, Brock, and Team Rocket used a blimp in A Scare in the Air! and one is seen in The Kecleon Caper!.
- Misty uses one to go back to Cerulean City from the Mirage Kingdom in the episode A Togepi Mirage.
Hot Air Balloons
Used by Team Rocket multiple times. Some balloons were shaped as a Wobbuffet, a Sneasel, and a Meowth. A hot air-balloon was also used by Ash and co. in the episode Bye Bye Butterfree and by various contestants, including Ash, in The Big Balloon Blow-Up.
Airplanes
Used by Noland in Numero Uno Articuno.
Hangliders
Used by Domino in Mewtwo Returns
Helicopters
Used by Team Rocket, Team Magma and Team Aqua multiple times and by Rhonda in All Dressed Up With Somewhere To Go!.
Air Car
Seen commonly in the various manga. Most notably, Officer Jenny patrols in a flying car in the Electric Tale of Pikachu. Wallace also has a flying car in Pokémon Special.
Air Ship
Seen used frequently by villains. Futuristic airships of a large size, powered apparently by antigravity technology of some kind. J and Lawrence III both owned airships.
Boats
S.S. Anne
The S.S. Anne stops four years, a year or monthly (depending on canon) in Vermilion City. The S.S. Ticket that is needed to board the ship is only given away to exclusive people, such as Bill and Professor Oak. However, they can give the ticket away to others.
S.S. Aqua
The S.S. Aqua is a boat that runs between Olivine City in Johto and Vermilion City in Kanto. It is the largest ship seen so far in the Pokémon world.
S.S. Tidal
The S.S. Tidal is a boat that mostly runs in the Hoenn region.
After the player has become the champion, it will always run between Lilycove City and Slateport City. However, it will occasionally run to other places if the player has a ticket. With the Battle Pass, it will run to Battle Tower (in Ruby and Sapphire) or the Battle Frontier (in Emerald); with the Eon Ticket, it will run to Southern Island; with the Mysticticket, it will run to Navel Rock; with the Auroraticket, it will run to Birth Island; and with the Old Sea Map, it will run to Faraway Island.
Seagallop Ferries
The Seagallop Ferries run between Vermilion City in Kanto and each of the nine Sevii Islands.
There are currently four known tickets that can be used to board a Seagallop Ferry: The Tri-Pass allows them to travel to Knot, Boon and Kin Islands, the Rainbow Pass to the same three islands, as well as Floe, Chrono, Fortune, and Quest Islands, the Mysticticket allows travel to Navel Rock, and the Auroraticket allows travel to Birth Island.
Submarines
Used by Team Rocket many times and by Ash and his friends in Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea and in Relicanth Really Can!. In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald a submarine made by Captain Stern is stolen by Team Magma to reach Seafloor Cavern where Groudon is.
Kayaks and canoes
Used by a Nurse Joy in The Joy of Pokémon and by Ash and his friends in Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea.
Team Rocket's boats
Team Rocket has used many different boats in the anime.
Steam Boats
Ash and his friends went on a Wailord-shaped Steam Boat in Steamboat Willies!.
Objects with Wheels
Moving truck
A truck is used by the player's family to move from Johto to Hoenn in the Generation III games. The player starts off the game inside of the truck.
Magnet Train
The Magnet Train runs between Saffron City and Goldenrod City, and was constructed some time after Generation I. To ride it, a person needs a pass, which was given to those displaced by the train stations' construction.
S.S. Anne Truck
A truck is located in a normally inaccessible part of the S.S. Anne. Its purpose is currently unknown.
Motorbikes
Used by Officer Jenny multiple times.
Skateboards
In Extreme Pokémon!, Ash and Gary race on skateboards. Skateboards were also supposed to appear in Pokémon Gold and Silver as a different mode of transportation, but that idea was scrapped.
Segways
In The Scheme Team, Butch and Cassidy rode Segways.
Cars
Used multiple times in the anime.
