Fresh from his succesful capture of Starly, Lucas finally reaches Jubilife City. He first goes to the Pokémon Center, as he had apparently battled quite a few Wild Pokémon and Pokémon Trainer's on Route 202. When he gets there, Nurse Joy asks if Lucas is a Pokémon Trainer, to which he answers, he is. She says that if he's a Pokémon Trainer, he should head to Orebourgh City, where the first Pokémon Gym is. He asks what a Pokémon Gym is, and Nurse joy replies by saying, it is a building that houses a Gym Leader. These Gym Leaders are stronger than normal trainers, and when beaten, give out Gym Badges to the trainer who defeated them. She continues to say that there are eight Gym Badges in total, and once they are all collected, a trainer is able to challenge the strongest of trainers, the El