GOLD						CRYSTAL
NEW BARK TOWN
Time				5:36						5:50
Time to exit the town		Faster						Slower

ROUTE 29 (between New Bark Town & Cherrygrove City)
Hoppips				No lv4 Hoppips for exp.				Lv4 Hoppips for exp.

ROUTE 30 (north to Cherrygrove City)
Berry				Taking an extra Berry				Not taking an extra Berry
Poliwag				No Poliwag					Poliwag caught at night if encountered
Don (Bug Catcher)		Is a spinner to dodge				Is a stander that is not fought

ROUTE 31 (east to Violet City)
Potion				Doesn't exist					Is taken

ROUTE 32 (south to Violet City)
Repel				No Repel available				One Repel is available
Path taken			Right because we need experience from Fisherman	Left because the last trainer is a spinner
				Ralph. Also the last trainer is a rotato				

UNION CAVE
Items							X Attack & Potion have swapped position
Encounters			Can catch a Sandshrew if needed			No encounters, because the Repel is activated
Daniel				Is a spinner to dodge				Is a stander that is not fought
Russell				Is a mandatory trainer to fight			Is a spinner to dodge
Bill				Is a spinner to dodge				Is a optional trainer to fight to get extra exp.
Ray				Is a mandatory trainer to fight			Is a stander that is not fought

AZALEA TOWN
Path is Gym			Left because faster fight			Right because need to evolve into Croconaw after Bugsy
										Left can be chosen if extra exp. from a spinner

ILEX FOREST
Items						Super Potion and Full Heal have different positions
Encounters			Lv5-6 Oddish (no Sweet Scent)			Lv5-7 Oddish (lv7 have Sweet Scent)
				Lv5-6 Paras					Lv6 Paras
				No Psyduck					Lv7 Psyduck (replaces Poliwag/Poliwhirl)

ROUTE 35 (between Ilex Forest & Goldenrod City)
1st Trainer			Spinner						Stander

GOLDENROD CITY
Spinner Hell			No need to go there				Need to go there to activate the Sister that gives the
										Squirtbottle
Underground trainers		Always fight both of them for exp.		They are optional and can be fought later depending
				They allow reaching lv29 before the Rare Candy	on strat
				Open the way to get the Coin Case
Abra				Always bought (4,000$) 				Optional strat (2,000$)
Shopping			No Ice Punch yet				Mandatory Ice Punch because of Rival fight 
										in Burned Tower
Exiting the town		Teleport with Abra				Through Spinner Hell

ROUTE 37 (south to Ecruteak City)
Greg				Mandatory fight					Spinner to dodge

ECRUTEAK CITY
Burned Tower			Optional, is skipped				Mandatory to grant access to the Gym
Poliwag catch			Always here (lv15-24)				No here

ROUTE 38 (west to Ecruteak City)
Trainers			No Spinners					2 Spinners to dodge

ROUTE 39 (north to Olivine City)
Trainers			No trainer to fight				1 mandatory fight

ROUTE 42 (between Ecruteak City & Mahogany Town)
Path				Lakes' path because Mt Mortar is dark		Going through clear Mt. Mortar
				(like Mt. Silver)

ROCKET HQ (in Mahogany Town)
Trainers			2 more scientists to fight			No extra scientist to fight
				1 mandatory rocket fight (3 Pokes)		Spinner to dodge
Items				1 Protein when reaching the Electrodes		The Protein is replaced by a Full Heal

GOLDENROD CITY
Pokemon Center			Can be skipped					Unskippable with actual strats
Shopping			Done immediately				Can either be done now or delayed after the Underground

RADIO TOWER (in Goldenrod City)
2F				Skipping Grunt F				Fighting mandatory Grunt F

ROUTE 44 (east to Mahogany Town)
Encounters			None						Poliwag/Poliwhirl can sometimes be caught here
Trainers			1 mandatory trainer				Becomes an optional that is not fought

ICE PATH
Pattern				Slower						Faster

DRAGON'S DEN
Trainers			None						1 mandatory trainer to fight

ROUTE 27
Trainers			1 mandatory fight				None

ROUTE 26
Trainers			4 mandatory fight				1 mandatory fight

KANTO
Route				Abra route					Casual route
				Boat -> Lavender Town -> Rock Tunnel		Boat -> Cerulean City -> Power Plant
				-> Power Plant -> Celadon Gym 			-> Nugget Bridge -> Celadon Gym
				-> Saffron Gym -> Nugget Bridge			-> Cerulean Gym -> Power Plant
				-> Cerulean Gym -> Power Plant			-> Saffron Gym -> Lavender Town
				-> casual end of Kanto 				-> casual end of Kanto