Revisiting Kanto - Cycling Road Is Pokemon’s Weirdest Route

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Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V. Welcome to another edition of my weekly Kanto column. After taking a week off to explore Germany in real life as TheGamer went on tour to Gamescom, I’m back in Pokemon Blue’s Kanto. For those regular readers among you, please excuse another intro. For newcomers, this is my weekly adventure going back through Kanto as a tourist rather than a trainer, trying to figure out what makes it such a magical place and why Pokemon’s first setting still holds so much power. You can read the story so far here. This week, I’m doubling back from Fuchsia City to reach the Cycling Road.

Cycling Road might be the most bonkers part of Kanto. It feels weirdly like the cousin of the Silence Bridge, performing the same role in wildly different ways. Silence Bridge is a quiet path of solitude, connecting Lavender Town and Fuchsia City. It’s the happening hangout spot for all the Fishers in Kanto, and there’s a sense of bliss and peace to it. The sound and the fury of the game is stripped away, and the rest is silence. It’s one of the most under-appreciated areas of Kanto, far less remembered and beloved than Cycling Road, but experiencing the bike path again only makes me appreciate the Bridge even more.

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For starters, there is no reason for the path to even exist. Despite taking a new approach to the game in terms of my perspective, I have approached the gameplay from largely the same angle. This has meant choosing the same starter, catching my same favourites, and taking the same route. Therefore, I’m in Fuchsia City with six badges in my pocket, standing on the beach at the south of town, inhaling the sweet and salty sea air into my lungs. My feet twitch