Destiny Cavern

The start of the game for a couple years, until the addition of the Summoner's Platform. This is the area where the player chooses his or her Pokemon starter. Each crystal signifies which Pokemon cavern type it leads to. There are a total of 31 starters to pick from.

Starters
Below is a list of starter Pokemon in this game and the locations they're available in outside of, if any.

Into the Crystal
After stepping into the crystal, the player awakens in a wooded map leading to a tutorial in the ''Exbel Woods. ''

Trivia

 * Destiny Cavern used to act as the place where players first appeared upon starting a new character. Since then, new sections were added before and after this area in order to slowly ease players into the game.
 * In 2011, the individual chambers used to use the same tiles as the main chamber.
 * The area before Destiny Cavern is called Summoner's Platform
 * Technically, Togepi (and the rest of its Family) is now Fairy Type, but it is still included as a Normal Type Starter.
 * Before the January 2019 update, Abra, Natu, Meditite, Rhyhorn, Phanpy, Hippopotas, Pachirisu, and Mareep were all starter pokemon.
 * Additionally, the area comprised of 7 areas consisting of 4 Pokemon from certain types.