Pokemon Heartgold Xenophobia Guide

Not all of them, of course. But enough. Trainers from the far-off Unova region, with their oddly geometric Pokémon—the stoic, dark-furred Zorua, the strange, multi-eyed Elgyem—began to appear on Routes 33 and 34. They were polite, for the most part. They sought to challenge the Goldenrod Gym, to see the famed Bell Tower. But to the elders of Kanoko, their Pokémon were… wrong. They didn't feel like real Pokémon. They had no history in Johto. They had no place in the old stories.

The message read: Johto needs you. Bring your Pokémon. All of them. We'll meet at the Ilex Forest shrine at dawn. pokemon heartgold xenophobia

Lyra never learned to love every Pokémon. Some still felt strange to her. But she learned that xenophobia wasn't a battle to be won. It was a forest fire to be prevented, one small act of connection at a time. And as she stood on the edge of the Ilex Forest, watching a wild Zorua tentatively play with a group of Pichu, she knew: Johto would never be pure again. Not all of them, of course

Instead, she took out her PokéGear and pressed a single button. A message she and Silver had prepared, linked to every trainer she'd ever traded with—from Sinnoh, Hoenn, Kalos, Alola. She had beaten the Champion. She had captured Lugia. She had walked through the distortion of the Sinjoh Ruins. She had friends everywhere. They were polite, for the most part