A port city that is bisected by a canal. It has a distinctly exotic air of foreign culture. Head to the library if you want a workout for the mind. Head to the Gym if you just want to work out. Large ships can always be seen moored at the town's piers.
Canalave City (Japanese:ミオシティMio City) is a city in theSinnohregion. Canalave City is a port city that is bisected by a canal which is crossed by a small drawbridge. It has an air of exotic and foreign culture. InPlatinum, its entrance is blocked until theplayer defeatsCyrus atCelestic Town. Large ships are moored at the piers. In the old days, the port used to be a hub of cargo transportation. TheMove Deleter is in a house on the east side of town. TheCanalave Library has many books onSinnoh myths. The ferry in the canal will take people out toIron Island andFullmoon Island and sometimesNewmoon Island.
The Move Deleter is located on the east side of the city, near the seaside. He is the only Move Deleter in theSinnoh region. Although not a hugely important place to visit, the Move Deleter is helpful for deleting moves that can't be deleted otherwise.He is a very forgetful man, and lives alone. For no charge, the Move Deleter will make aPokémon forget amove it knows. This is the only way for a Pokémon to forgetHM moves such asCut orFly. A Pokémon's move will not be forgotten if it is the only move it knows.
Sailor Eldritch's house
A local Sailor calledEldritch lives in a small house near the pier with his wife and young son. He works at the docks of Canalave City, which is just outside his house, and operates the boat that can take people to a variety of destinations, among themIron Island andFullmoon Island. After the player has both entered theHall of Fame and obtained theNational Pokédex, they find that Eldritch's son has been stricken by nightmares and cannot awaken, thrashing in his sleep, saying"Dar...Dark... Is watching me...". To cure the boy, the player must go to Fullmoon Island with Eldritch's help and retrieve aLunar Feather, which will cure his son.
Harbor Inn
The mysteriousHarbor Inn (Japanese:波止場の宿Wharf Inn) is located on the north-eastern side of Canalave City, and was a thriving inn until it mysteriously closed down for many years. Now the doors remain locked and no one can seem to open them. Before obtaining the Member Card, trying to enter the Harbor Inn only yields the phrase "The door is tightly shut. It appears impossible to open." The only way to unlock the inn is by obtaining aMember Card, anevent-exclusive item. When inside, there is a man who puts the player into a deep sleep. Once they awake, they appear atNewmoon Island, whereDarkrai can be battled. After the event, the door to the Harbor Inn is locked again.
The Canalave Gym is the officialGym of Canalave City. It is based onSteel-typePokémon. TheGym Leader isByron.Trainers who defeat him receive theMine Badge. The Canalave City Gym is a four-story tall building made of steel platforms, lifts, and moving metal platforms. Trainers must ride the elevators and moving platforms in a certain order to reach the fourth floor, on which Byron waits. For defeatingByron, Trainers receive the Mine Badge,TM91 (Flash Cannon), and the ability to useStrength outside of battle.
Demographics
Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Brilliant Diamond, and Shining Pearl
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.
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.
On certain days, the player can challenge a Trainer who appears in the Pokémon Center. Depending on the game's progress, the Trainer will have teams with higher leveled Pokémon upon rematch.
In theanimated series, Canalave City is located on a chain of islands connected by bridges.Ash,Dawn,Brock, andBarry first arrived there viablimp inJumping Rocket Ship!, wherethe group,Team Rocket, and their Pokémon became scattered all over the city. The city is shown to be full of confusing alleyways with many dead-ends, as well as many bridges and canals to allow boats to travel. One of the city's landmarks is the Canalave Harbor, a large pier that allowspeople to travel to many places by boat, includingIron Island,Fullmoon Island, andChocovine Town. A large bridge crosses the harbor which can open up to allow larger boats beneath it. On top, an underground sewer is also seen to lead to the harbor. The islands are also shown to contain many areas of forestland.
InSleepless In Pre-Battle!, it is revealed thatDarkrai visits the city once a year and that usuallyCresselia drives it away. However, the Darkrai came earlier than usual due to Team Rocket's Nightmare Machine causing all the locals to have nightmares. As a result, even the busiest shopping districts became deserted.
InGet Your Rotom Running!, Ash andhis friends visited theOld Chateau, where they befriended aRotom, which had taken residence there after thechâteau was closed down due to a recent thunderstorm. Ash and his friends continued to stay in the city in thenext episode, where Ash trained for his upcomingGymbattle, and Dawn attempted to battle with herPiloswine for the first time.
InAncient Family Matters!,Byron returned from Iron Island. However, Ash still could not have his battle as Byron was quarreling with his sonRoark. Finally, inDealing With Defensive Types!, Ash battled Byron and won, earning theMine Badge, his sixthSinnoh League Badge overall. In thenext episode, a group ofwildWailord was preventing boats from leaving the Canalave Harbor. Ash helped to free a trappedWailmer out of the underground sewer, allowing the Wailord to swim out. InSteeling Peace of Mind!, Ash and his friends left Canalave City for Iron Island after receiving an urgent phone call from Barry.
InThe Arceus Chronicles (Part 1), Ash and Goh traveled to Canalave City to attend afestival dedicated toancient Sinnoh, where they met Dawn and Cynthia. Cynthia told them about Sinnoh's history and the Pokémon that inhabited it in ancient times, even allowing them to experience catching Pokémon with old-stylePoké Balls.
InDrifting Drifblim, Mr. Bertliz was approached by theAdvanced level Grunt, who claimed thatTeam Galactic had kidnapped his daughterPlatinum, using a photograph of her as evidence, and saying that her bodyguards,Paka and Uji, had been dealt with. For her release, the Grunt demanded$1.5 billion to be used for the construction of the Galactic Bomb, despite the fact that Team Galactic didn't actually have Platinum.
After hearing of Professor Rowan and Mr. Berlitz's disappearance inBrash Bronzong I, Platinum headed to Canalave City alongsideDiamond andPearl, receiving a ride there fromFantina's Drifblim. Soon after arriving, Platinum heard her father's voice and followed it to theCanalave Gym, where she was challenged byByron, who considered her, Diamond, and Pearl as intruders for having barged into the Gym in the middle of the night. At first, Platinum didn't want to fight him, but after seeing her father and Professor Rowan being trapped in a transparent cube behind Byron, she assumed he was responsible for their disappearance and fought harder, quickly defeating Byron's twoBronzong.
After seeing Platinum'sGym Badges, Byron realized he had been wrong about her and explained that the Advanced level Grunt had trapped Mr. Berlitz and Professor Rowan inside the cube after getting the ransom money. As the cube had started to wear off over time, Platinum was able to talk with her father, who was confused when she referred to Diamond and Pearl as her bodyguards. Diamond and Pearl admitted that they were not actually her bodyguards, with her intended bodyguards having been sent toanother world inVeilstone City. At first, Platinum was mad at them for having lied to her, but eventually, she came to realize that she too had lied to her friends on multiple occasions in the past, and apologized to them.
InHareta's Excellent New Partner...Minun?!, Hareta andMitsumi metProfessor Rowan andJun at theCanalave Library. Rowan told them that theInternational Police was pursuing both Team Galactic and Hareta's father,Kaisei, because of the latter's knowledge regardingGiratina and the fear of him teaming up with the former. Before the conversation could continue, the group was attacked bySaturn, who wanted to get revenge on Hareta for the defeats he had inflicted upon him in the past. With the help of his recently hatchedMinun, Hareta was able to once again defeat Saturn, who told him that Kaisei was at theTeam Galactic HQ inVeilstone City.
Pokémon in Canalave City Cards listed with ablue background are only legal to use in the currentExpanded format. Cards listed with agreen background are legal to use in both the currentStandard andExpanded formats.
The son of the sailor who owns the boat that normally goes toIron Island says"Dar...Dark... Is watching me..." during his unending nightmare that begins theCresselia event. He most likely meansDarkrai.
Before entering Canalave City fromRoute 218, there is a guard in thegate who, when talked to, says "Boy... Am I thirsty...". This is areference to the thirsty guards surroundingSaffron City in theGeneration I games.
During Darkrai's event, the Harbor Inn's slogan temporarily saysA Roost for Restless Sailors. "Enjoy sweet dreams in our sumptous beds!". After either defeating or catching Darkrai, the Inn's slogan reverts to its original unreadable phrase.
Also, after exiting the Inn, Eldritch appears and asks the player why they have been sleeping for so long, stating that nobody has been residing the Inn for the last fifty years.
Canalave City may correspond toOtaru, a port city located in the western part of Hokkaido. The city is famed for the picturesque Otaru Canal and historic architecture built withVictorian aesthetics.
Names
Language
Name
Origin
Japanese
ミオシティMio City
From 水脈 / 澪mio (waterway)
English
Canalave City
Fromcanal andlave (to wash)
German
Fleetburg
FromFleet (watercourse, canal) and the place name suffix-burg (fortified settlement)
