Just going in to look at giant mechanical Pokémon should not have been much of a selling point.
"There aren't just giant Pokémon models. You can catch wild Pokémon inside, too."
Pokémon Park lay quite far outside Saffron City. Wild Pokémon lived within the grounds, and the park staff fed them to make them more comfortable around people.
Catching Pokémon in the mountains was extremely dangerous. Pokémon Park was much safer by comparison, and emergency personnel would arrive promptly if anything happened.
Pokémon raised at colleges were generally meant for students to bond with and take away, so they could not be used to simulate catching Pokémon in the wild.
With that additional purpose of obtaining Pokémon, it was only natural for Pokémon Park to charge more.
The Safari Zone had its own special Safari Balls, and Pokémon Park likewise sold exclusive "Park Balls" and other supporting equipment.
No wonder it could become one of Team Rocket's important sources of revenue...
At the park entrance, Shen Qi presented his Racing License and registration QR code.
Registered drivers could bring up to three support personnel. Bringing more than three required applying to the organizers for approval in advance.
Shen Qi was only bringing Little Reporter inside, which met the requirements.
A giant Azurill passed by. It was a Normal- and Fairy-type Pokémon, also translated as a water mouse or water rabbit, with a round blue body and a blue, ball-shaped tail almost as big as its body.
A Meganium a full five meters tall poked its head out of the grass. It was the final evolution of the Johto Region's Grass-type starter Pokémon, nicknamed the "big chrysanthemum."
Shen Qi had originally thought the giant Pokémon models would look fake because they also had to be movable. In fact, they were remarkably