Accumula Town (Japanese:カラクサタウンKarakusa Town) is a small town located in southeasternUnova. The town has two exits: to the south isRoute 1, leading toNuvema Town; to the west isRoute 2, leading northwards toStriaton City.
InPokémon Black and White, the town is where theplayer first encountersTeam Plasma,Ghetsis, andN. When the player first enters the town,Professor Juniper stands outside the Pokémon Center, andTeam Plasma Grunts prevent the player from continuing to Route 2. After the player speaks to Professor Juniper, entering the Pokémon Center to experience the tutorial, Ghetsis and Team Plasma will appear in the town square. Either approaching them or attempting to bypass them will automatically begin their speech.
The Fast-Growing Town! (Japanese:生い茂る ツルは 繁栄の証Thick ivy is proof of prosperity.)
Places of interest
Town square
In the center of the town is an open, park-like area. It is here thatTeam Plasma makes their first speech inBlack and White, andGhetsis encourages the citizens of Accumula to release their Pokémon. After Ghetsis leaves,N appears out of the crowd and tries to listen and talk to theplayer's Pokémon. After he communicates with the player's Pokémon, he challenges the player to a battle.
Pokémon rock-paper-scissors
In a house in the north-west of town, there is a little girl who will challenge the player to a game of Pokémon rock-paper-scissors. Instead of using rock, paper, and scissors, this game usesFire,Grass, andWater.
Demographics
Pokémon Black and White
Accumula Town has a total population of 30.
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
Accumula Town now has a total population of 36.
Variable scoring
Piano and percussion tracks can be added to Accumula Town's background theme by speaking to a pianist and drummer residing in a house in the northeast section of town. In Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, the piano track cannot be added until the player has shown the pianist both aKricketot and aWhismur.
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.
Accumula Town appeared in a flashback inThe Plan, whereGhetsis held a speech aboutTeam Plasma's plans of Pokémon liberation there. The speech was watched byHilda,Cheren, andN.
Accumula Town appeared inBWGP02, whereTakurō andMashiro metProfessor Juniper there. When Takurō'sbag was stolen by aPurrloin, he chased it and ended up saving it from falling off a cliff. Afterwards, Takurō befriended Purrloin andcaught it.
Accumula Town first appeared inAn Odd Speech. After arriving there,Black andWhite camped outside for the night while White'sTepig,Gigi, was given a hotel room due to her status as an actress in theBW Agency. The two were suddenly attacked by aTimburr, but the attack turned out to have been justTeam Plasma setting up a stand, and they apologized for the damages and disturbance they had unintentionally caused for them. The next day,Ghetsis held a speech on the finished stand, imploring the people of Accumula Town torelease their Pokémon. When some people indeed started doing this, several others followed suit, much to Black's shock.
InLetting Go, Black deduced that Team Plasma was holding similar speeches aroundUnova, basing his deduction on the fact that hisGalvantula,Tula, hadset up its trap close to a human residence, which seemed unusual for awild Pokémon, since they avoid making too much human contact. As such, it must've belonged to aTrainer who released it recently after hearing a similar speech. Soon afterwards, Black was approached byN, who forced him tobattle him. During the battle, N expressed his disgust at the thoughts of Pokémon being confined toPoké Balls and thePokédex causing more Pokémon to becaught to complete its pages.
InListening to Pokémon, Black countered N's thoughts with a passionate speech about how his Pokémon weren't suffering, as they shared his desire to defeat thePokémon League, with the Pokédex allowing him to understand his Pokémon better. After Black's Tepig,Tep, had proven its determination by charging through N'sTympole's attack, N called off the battle and left. White was worried if N was a member of Team Plasma, but while Black wasn't certain whether he was or not, he had seen N's dream in hisMunna'sDream Mist during the battle. Based on it, he decided that while N might've been wrong about them, he wasn't a bad guy.
Piano and Drum tracks are added after speaking to NPC's in the house located on the north-east section of the town
Trivia
Atypographical error occurs in this town, when showing a tiny Pokémon to theYoungster who makes daily requests to see one: "Wow! Amazing!a <Pokémon species name> is so tiny!"
The first battle with Lass Diana is the only Trainer battle in Black 2 and White 2 outside of abattle facility that has its levels unaffected by whatdifficulty level is used; rather, the levels are based solely on what the player trades. If an Excadrill that is lower than 65 is traded to Diana, the Excadrill in battle will be raised to level 65; if the Excadrill traded is at least 65, the Excadrill in battle will instead be raised by 5 levels, to a maximum of 100.
Additionally, if the Excadrill and Hippowdon traded to her arenicknamed orShiny, they will retain these factors when battling Diana.
