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Nacrene City
シッポウシティ Shippou City
"A Pearl of a Place"
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A city established in restored storehouses built 100 years ago.
Nacrene City is described as having a peculiar cityscape, as it reuses its warehouses built about a century ago. According to thePokémon Adventuresmanga, the unique cityscape makes it a popular place for avant-garde artists and is usually the place where trends begin. Due to this, Nacrene City is called the "city of art".Castelia City'sGym LeaderBurgh is a renowned artist whose hometown is Nacrene City. Nacrene City houses the Nacrene Museum which happens to include theNacrene Gym.
Nacrene Museum (Japanese:シッポウ博物館Shippou Museum) is a museum showing various historical treasures is located at the heart of Nacrene City. Upon entering the museum, the player may talk to the woman on the right hand desk to restoreFossils. The ground floor of the Nacrene Museum is where all of its showcases are located, arranged symmetrically along the left and right sides of the walls. The museum's most prominent display is the skeleton of aDragon-type Pokémon (resemblingDragonite), which is nestled at the center of the main exhibition room. Over to the left of the skeleton is anArmaldo Fossil. There is a meteorite exhibit located above the Fossil that, when examined, can changeDeoxys into any of its fourforms, depending on which one it is currently in. TheDark StoneW orLight StoneB is located here and initially regarded as an "ordinary old stone" beforeLenora discovers what it actually is and gives it to the player. On the right side of the museum is an ancient tablet with an unknown script carved into it. Beneath this is a mask that was worn by ancient people at festivals, and three large bones that were once carried as weapons by a certain Pokémon (possiblyCubone orMarowak). By ascending the flight of stairs at the back of the museum, the player can access a library room, which also operates as theNacrene GymBW.
InPokémon Black 2 and White 2, the player can choose to obtain either aPlume Fossil or aCover Fossil (neither of which are obtainable atTwist Mountain) fromLenora upon visiting the Nacrene Museum for the first time. A replica of the Dark StoneW2/Light StoneB2 is now substituted in place of the real ones, which were originally given to the protagonist by Lenora in Black and White.
The Nacrene Gym is the officialGym of Nacrene City. It is based onNormal-typePokémon. TheGym Leader isLenora. The Nacrene City Gym is a Gym consisting of a library that requireTrainers to find the right answers to opponents' questions through the readable books, before engaging them in battle. For defeating Lenora, Trainers receive theBasic Badge andTM67 (Retaliate).
Café Warehouse Try our delicious specials on Wednesdays and Saturdays!
TheCafé Warehouse (Japanese:カフェ ソーコCafé Sōko) is a diner on the westernmost end of the city, just past the Nacrene Museum. The place has a special every Wednesday, where the player can receive a freeSoda Pop. InBlack 2 and White 2, the player may also receive a freeLemonade every Saturday.
In Black 2 and White 2, on Sundays, the player may speak to aWaitress on the lower level of the café who offers the player a misplacedGrubby Hanky with the intention of it being returned to its owner. If the player accepts, the handkerchief can be returned to a customer with aWatchog who visits the café on Thursdays. After doing so, the player can speak to the Waitress again on a Sunday to receive aFluffy Tail.
Loblolly's studio
Loblolly's studio is located in the southeast of Nacrene City. After visiting theDream World at least once, Loblolly will talk aboutDécor that "people will dream of". Players may choose one of five pieces of Décor that will be unlocked in the Dream World the next time the Game Sync is used. Each day another piece may be chosen.
Dye's house
Dye's house is located in the southeastern side of Nacrene City. In it, Dye will offer totrade the playerPetilil forCottonee in Black, andCottonee forPetilil in White. After trading with Dye and stoppingTeam Plasma atN's Castle, Dye will challenge the player to a battle in which she uses the evolved form of theCottoneeB orPetililW that the player traded to her.
In addition, downstairs in Dye's house, a woman will evaluate thefriendship of the first Pokémon in the player'sparty.
Battle item shop
In the house west of the Pokémon Center, a man will sellbattle items out of his house.
InPokémon Black 2 and White 2, aMove Tutor in the city will teach the player's Pokémon moves in exchange for six, eight, ten, or twelveGreen Shards. He is in the building right west to the Pokémon Center. In these games, he is the only Shard Move Tutor to not teach aspecial move, or to teach a move for less than 6 Shards.
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.
InPokémon the Series, Nacrene City is shown to be a very colorful and artistic city with water fountains, stained glass windows and an unused railway track. The buildings and warehouses are painted in a variety of different colors. It was also shown to have aBattle Club. The famous Nacrene Museum houses many rare exhibits and also includes the city's library andGym.
InA Night in the Nacrene City Museum!,Ash andhis friends arrived at Nacrene City and visited the museum while looking for theNacrene Gym. There, they found it to be closed due to it being haunted. The Museum's vice-curatorHawes revealed that the supernatural occurrences began last night.Lenora showed up in time and was able to calm down theYamask that was causing havoc in the museum after its mask had been sealed away in a glass case.
InScraggy-Hatched to be Wild!, Team Rocket received orders fromPierce to visitDr. Zager. They went there, and he examined the Meteonite, which was found to contain materials of an extraterrestrial origin.
Nacrene City first appeared inWheeling and Dealing whenBlack andWhite arrived there. After White had advertised her company, theBW Agency, at Café Warehouse, and Black had solved the case of a stolen accordion, the latter went to challengeLenora at theNacrene Gym inBattle at the Museum. While Black battled, White and the director of the BW Agency had aXtransceiver call with the mayor ofNimbasa City, who was worried of his city's lowering tourism rates, and wanted White to help in inventing new attractions to solve the issue. White suggested establishing aPokémon Musical, which the mayor thought to be an excellent idea.
InThe Battle Within, most of Unova'sGym Leaders set up an ambush on Team Plasma in Nacrene City as they attempted to steal the Dark Stone from the museum. However, inMuseum Showdown, the Gym Leaders were caught off-guard when theShadow Triad unleashed theforces of nature upon them, completely overwhelming them. InFinding Truth,Ghetsis tricked Black into revealing the Dark Stone's hiding place in the museum's basement, allowing him to steal it. The Gym Leaders who had tried to defend the museum were subsequently taken captive by Team Plasma, except forBrycen, who had managed to replace himself with an ice duplicate before being caught. It was then revealed that the museum had also been hiding theLight Stone, which Team Plasma had not been aware of. As Brycen saw the Light Stone rolling towards Black and thus choosing him as theHero of Truth, he decided to take him to theTubeline Bridge for atraining session.
A boy in Nacrene City mentions that Dire Hit is called Dire Hit in Unova. This is a reference to the change in the Japanese name of Dire Hit from クリティカッターCriticutter to クリティカットCriticut, in order to make room for the number-level reference ofWonder Launcher items. Because "Dire Hit" is much shorter than the 12-character limit on English item names, this issue does not come up in the translated games.
In addition, if theplayer nicknames the CottoneeB/PetililW that is traded to her, the nickname will carry over into the battle, making her the only Trainer to use a nicknamed Pokémon in battle, excluding thePokémon World Tournament's Mix Tournament.
Among the exhibits of the museum, there is an African mask, referring to a place in the real world, in addition to being different from other exhibitions, which are related to the history of the Pokémon.
Nacrene City may correspond toDumbo, a historic industrial district inBrooklyn that has since become one of the premier art districts in the city.
The Nacrene Museum may be based on theBrooklyn Museum, the second largest museum in New York City with its large collection of historical art from Africa, Asia, and Pacific Islands.
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