The Pokewalker

About the Pokewalker

Styled like a PokeBall, the Pokewalker allows you to tranfer a Pokemon to it and take it for a walk on a specified route. When a pokemon is in the Pokewalker, it can find items and battle wild pokemon, with a simple battle system.

The Pokewalker main screen, showing the route terrain, Pokemon, and number of steps taken.

The Pokewalker's main function is a pedometer, so as you walk it will count the number of steps you take. Every 20 steps counts as one Watt. The more Watts you earn, the more you unlock on the Pokewalker, such as additional routes and rarer wild pokemon. Your pokemon also earn one EXP point per step, until they have enough to go up one level. After that, they will not earn any more until their level increases, which happens when transferred back to the game.

It's relatively easy to gain Watts, just keep the Pokewalker in your pocket as you go about your daily life of school, work, etc. I work in an office where I'm sat down a lot of the time and still get over 1,500 steps a day. If you play any sport you can get a lot of steps that way too.

All the possible Pokewalker routes are listed to the right. Some are only avilable through Wi-fi events so may be unavailable at this time. Each route requires a certain number of Watts on the Pokewalker to unlock, with 8 routes available pre-National Dex and 12 after you obtain the National Dex (after beating the Elite Four and Champion).

Each route has three advantageous types - if you send over a pokemon of that type, the required number of steps to find each wild pokemon are reduced by 25%.