This city was made by carving out steep, rocky mountains. Its isolation limits its contact with other cities. The city puts effort into providing entertainment. Naturally, one can find a Gym here. Conveniently located right next door to the Game Corner is the Prize Exchange. At the highest point in the city is Team Galactic's headquarters. There are warehouses for storing a variety of goods. There is also a major department store.
Veilstone City (Japanese:トバリシティTobari City) is a city in easternSinnoh. It is the eighth largest city in thePokémon world. It is situated near the sea to the north, withRoute 214 andPastoria City to the south, andRoute 215 to the west. It housesMaylene, the Veilstone CityGym Leader, along with the headquarters forTeam Galactic.
Veilstone is carved out of steep and rocky mountains, giving the city rock walls that project a cold atmosphere. It is fairly isolated and has little contact with other cities. Team Galactic also constructed theGalactic Warehouse and their headquarters, theGalactic Veilstone Building there. This city is also home to the Sinnoh region'sdepartment store. Veilstone is famous for its stones, including its meteorites, which can changeDeoxys between its many forms.
The Veilstone Department Store is located in the middle of Veilstone City, west of thePokémon Center. It is the main shopping district in the city. Veilstone lacks a regularPoké Mart, but its department store sells all the usual items and more. This department store is similar to theCeladon Department Store, theGoldenrod Department Store, and theLilycove Department Store. The store offers a wide variety ofitems on its five floors. When players enter the store, there is a woman to the left of the entrance who will give away a mask to be put in theFashion Case. The people at the reception counter sell items commonly found inPoké Marts. On the second floor a man behind the counter will give away theCounter Pokétch app. Battle items and vitamins are sold here as well.TMs are sold on the third floor, whileSecret Base decorations are sold on the fourth floor. Inexpensive healing items,Lemonade,Soda Pop, andFresh Water, can be bought on the top floor from vending machines. A basement floor, exclusive toPokémon Platinum, sellsPoffins,Berries, andLava Cookies.
The Galactic Veilstone Building is a front for what is really the Team Galactic HQ. The building is a large, multi-story building in northern Veilstone City. Along with theTeam Galactic Eterna Building, it is one of the main centers forTeam Galactic's operations. It houses theLegendary PokémonUxie,Azelf, andMesprit for a brief time after Team Galactic succeeds in capturing them.
At first, the player can only roam the lobby of the first floor of the building. A locked door in the lobby can only be opened with theGalactic Key. A portion of the headquarters can also be accessed via an underground passageway behind a locked door in the Galactic Warehouse. On the top floor of the headquarters, the player will find and battleCyrus, who gives away aMaster Ball on his defeat.
The Veilstone Game Corner is located in the southern Veilstone City near the Gym. The woman behind the counter to the left of the slots sellsCoins to the player: 50 coins for$1000, or 500 coins for$10000. There are sixteen slot machines in the Game Corner, with four of them having people already seated at them. Each spin of the machine takes 3 coins, which are inserted by pressing the X button. Reels will start spinning either when the D-pad is pressed down or the X button is pressed again. Y stops the left reel, B stops the middle, and A stops the right. The Bonus Round occurs when aClefairy pops out of the Poké Ball on the touch screen. Once the Clefairy appears, players must continue spinning the reels until they get a 100-coin bonus. The odds of getting the bonus seem to improve if the slots are activated to the beat of Clefairy's clapping. Prizes are sold in the house to the right of the Game Corner.
InGeneration VIII, the Game Corner is replaced by the Metronome Style Shop.
The Galactic Warehouse is a small storage facility found on the northwest side of Veilstone City. The warehouse is connected to theTeam Galactic HQ by an underground passageway behind a locked door. The door can only be opened with theStorage Key. In Diamond and Pearl, one Team Galactic Grunt stays here, keeping his guard status throughout the game. In Platinum, Looker stays behind after the player and Lucas/Dawn beat the Grunts and getting the Pokédex back.HM02 (Fly) can be found here along with a rareDusk Stone.
Massage Girl
The Massage Girl is aPokémon groomer who lives in southern Veilstone City, in the house nearestthe Gym. Once a day, the Massage Girl massages the player's Pokémon for free and findsAccessories for dressing up inPokémon Contests. The latter stops when nine of each Accessory have been received. Massages make the massaged Pokémonfriendlier. If a Pokémon's friendship becomes 200 or greater, she will say "<name> looks dreamily content..."
The Massage Girl lives with her brother and aPachirisu. Her boyfriend is theScarf Guy inPastoria City, whom she keeps in contact with through mail, which she lets Pokémon deliver.
InPokémon Platinum, the man in the house directly behind the Pokémon Center will offer the player aPorygon that he found.
Meteorites
Meteorites in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
Four meteorites can be seen on the east side of Veilstone City. If the player has anyDeoxys in their party, they will change form when the meteorites are inspected.
Prize Exchange
A man in the Prize Exchange will tell the player what typeHidden Power will act as for any Pokémon he is shown.
The population of Veilstone City is 77, only ten people less thanJubilife City, making it the third largest city inSinnoh.
Pokémon Platinum
The population of Veilstone City has increased to 82 people, making it the second largest city in Sinnoh.
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
The population of Veilstone City is 70, not including members ofTeam Galactic. The reduction in population comes about from the removal of the Game Corner.
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.
Trainers with aVs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.
Pokémon Center
On certain days, the player can challenge Trainers who appear in the Pokémon Center. Depending on the game's progress, these Trainers will have teams with higher leveled Pokémon upon rematch.
Trainer
Pokémon
Wednesday and Friday
Interviewers Roxy & Oli ユミとタクYumi and Taku Reward:$3312
InPokémon the Series, Veilstone City is said to have been built around the meteorites that are situated near the center of the city, as opposed to its edge, as in thegames. It is also thehometown ofPaul andReggie.
Veilstone City first appeared inLost Leader Strategy!, whereAsh andhis friends met up withMaylene, the localGym Leader, and Reggie, Paul's brother and aPokémon Breeder who looks afterPaul's Pokémon. It was revealed that Paul had challenged Maylene to aGymbattle and defeated her easily, mocking her for being weak. This left Maylene very upset and made her doubt herself, something which angered herLucario and worried her assistantConnally.Dawn, coming from two consecutive losses in thePerformance Stage of theHearthome City andSolaceon TownPokémon Contests, related to Maylene's doubts and fears. The two became friends and spent an afternoon chatting about their insecurities. Meanwhile, Ash andBrock went to Reggie's house, where Ash had a battle with Reggie and won. At the end of the day, Dawn surprised her friends by announcing her intention of challenging Maylene to an official Gym battle.
InCrossing the Battle Line!, Reggie taughtAsh's Staravia themoveBrave Bird, and Dawn battled Maylene at theVeilstone Gym. Despite making use of herContest Battle techniques to confuse Maylene, Dawn was unable to defeat her. However, Maylene thanked Dawn for helping her and then accepted Ash's request for a Gym battle, which took place inA Triple Fighting Chance!. Ash and Maylene's battle ended in a draw, but Maylene decided to give Ash theCobble Badge, as she recognized his skills as aTrainer.
InEnter Galactic!, Reggie led the group to a field full of ancient meteorites that are considered the guardians of the city.Saturn, one ofTeam Galactic'sCommanders, arrived in Veilstone City and, together with severalTeam Galactic Grunts, attempted to steal the meteorites. They sent magnetic waves from theGalactic Veilstone Building, disrupting everything from the communications grid to the medical equipment at thePokémon Center, to operate without being noticed. While Ash, Dawn, Brock, Reggie, and Maylene managed to save some of the meteorites, Team Galactic still managed to get away with enough to begin the creation of theRed Chain. InThe Battle Finale of Legend!, Team Galactic revealed that the Veilstone meteorites were used to create the Red Chain because they contain the power of "the Original One".
Veilstone City first appeared inMagnificent Meditite & Really Riolu I, whereDiamond,Pearl, andPlatinum arrived there after being detoured from their intended path towardsMount Coronet due to a mass ofPsyduck blocking offRoute 210. Becoming addicted to theslot machines after mistaking theVeilstone Game Corner for a hotel, Platinum had to be dragged away from them by Diamond and Pearl. Diamond exchanged theCoins Platinum had won for aZoom Lens, which she tested out with Pearl'sMonferno,Chimler. The test attack almost hitMaylene, attracting her attention. Having overheard a group of Trainers wanting to get anaccuracy-raising item in preparation for challenging her, Maylene mistook thePokédex holders as said Trainers and told them she'd accept their challenge, surprising them with the knowledge that she was the localGym Leader.
InMagnificent Meditite & Really Riolu II, Platinum challenged Maylene at theVeilstone Gym and defeated her, earning herself theCobble Badge. While retrieving thePokédex that Platinum had accidentally forgotten at the Game Corner, Diamond ran intoTeam Galactic, who attempted to steal it and gave chase when Diamond ran away with it. As Pearl and Platinum tried to find Diamond, Platinum was taken away by her supposed-to-be bodyguardsPaka and Uji, who knocked her unconscious and hid her in theVeilstone Department Store before joining Diamond and Pearl in battling Team Galactic outside. TheTwinleaf Town youths were shocked to learn that Platinum wasn't their travel guide, like they had thought, but the daughter of theHouse of Berlitz, the richest family inSinnoh.
While Diamond, Pearl, Paka, and Uji managed to defeat theTeam Galactic Grunts chasing her, Paka and Uji were afterwards struck by an experimental energy ray fired at them bySaturn from theTeam Galactic HQ. Before disappearing toanother dimension, Paka and Uji asked Diamond and Pearl to protect Platinum on their behalf.
InHalting Honchkrow, Pearl broke through a blockade that Team Galactic had arranged onRoute 214, entering Veilstone City and storming into the Team Galactic HQ to help save thelake guardians, along with Diamond, who had arrived at the HQ before, and Platinum. While the Pokédex holders focused on freeing the lake guardians and battling theAdvanced level Grunt,Cynthia also arrived at the HQ, only to be confronted byCyrus. The two battled, but Cyrus was eventually able to escape after Cynthia's imperfectedDraco Meteor failed to finish him off. Meanwhile, the lake guardians were freed before the secondRed Chain could be created, forcing Cyrus to resort to using an artificial copy as he headed to theSpear Pillar. Cynthia, meanwhile, retrieved the Pokédex holders and headed after Cyrus with them.
InThe Final Dimensional Duel I, Cynthia andher grandmother were at Veilstone City. Cynthia was scolded for her reckless use of Draco Meteor, as she had not mastered it yet. Cynthia's grandmother revealed that the Veilstone meteorites were actually brought down by her when she practiced Draco Meteor in her youth, and started training with her granddaughter in order for her to master the move.
InTeam Galactic's Ultimate Warrior, Hareta arrived at theTeam Galactic HQ in order to save thelake guardians. However, he was confronted and challenged by Mitsumi, whomCyrus had blackmailed into returning to serve Team Galactic. While Hareta managed to defeat Mitsumi and free the lake guardians, Cyrus was still able to complete theRed Chain, and ordered the HQ to be destroyed in order to protect Team Galactic's secrets. Hareta and Mitsumi were saved from the collapsing building byJun.
On the way to Veilstone Gym, the player will run into Professor Rowan's assistant. If the player is playing as Lucas, Dawn will respond that she has been shopping at the department store. Conversely, if the player is playing as Dawn, Lucas will respond that he has been playing at the Game Corner.
In the Japanese version ofPokémon Platinum, there is anNPC who speaks to the player in English. He is next to the pillar whereRock Climb can be used. In the English version, the NPC speaks in French instead. In the Spanish version, he once again speaks in English. He basically asks whether the player likes Pokémon or not and responds positively or negatively, based on whether the player says "yes" or "no". In the English versions, if the player says "Yes," he says in French, "Me too! It's great!", and if the player says "No," he says, "I cannot believe you... one only has to look at you!"
The clown that gives the player theCoin Case says the famous Internet phrase, "A winner is you," provided that the player answers correctly to his question.
Much like the shop inTwo Island, the Veilstone Department Store's basement has Rage Candy Bars for sale. Like in the Sevii Islands, the shop is completely sold out, and the item cannot be bought.
The mention of this item in both games fueled much speculation of eventual remakes ofPokémon Gold and Silver, where it was originally introduced. This has come true withPokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, though, as the Rage Candy Bar is not programmed into its predecessors, it appears as a Key Item to be traded forTM64 to an NPC in the underground path between Route 5 and 6.
Two importantNPCs appear in Veilstone City post-Elite Four in Pokémon Platinum.Professor Rowan will appear in the basement floor of the department store, whileLooker will appear in the Game Corner (after the Stark Mountain story arc).
Both of their Gym Leaders are female, have pink hair and eyes and, in theanimated series, have been shown to have a Pokémon that stays out of its Poké Ball on a regular basis (Clefairy forWhitney andLucario forMaylene).
InPokémon Platinum, when the player walks into thegate leading toRoute 215 from Veilstone City, activates theBicycle and rides onto Route 215, the rain audio will play for a second and then end as the route shows up on the screen. The rain itself will show up, however. Accessing theBag or entering abattle ends this effect. This does not work inPokémon Diamond and Pearl, as the player cannot ride the Bicycle in gates in these games.
In-universe, Veilstone City appears to be named afterVeilstone Cape.
↑InPokémon Legends: Arceus, theVeilstone Cape inHisui is known as 帳岬Tobari Misaki (literally "Curtain Cape") in Japanese, whereTobari is written as 帳 (curtain) in kanji. The cape's name in all the other languages corresponds to the respective localized names of Veilstone City.
