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|professor=[[Professor Juniper]]

|starter={{p|Snivy}}, {{p|Tepig}}, {{p|Oshawott}}

|villain=[[Team Plasma]]

|league=[[Unova League]]

|location={{un|Pokémon League}} <small>(games)</small><br>[[Vertress City]] <small>(anime)</small>

|pokelist=Unova Pokédex<br>&nbsp;([[List of Pokémon by Unova Pokédex number (Black and White)|Black and White]])<br>&nbsp;([[List of Pokémon by Unova Pokédex number (Black 2 and White 2)|Black 2 and White 2]])

|season=[[S14|Black & White]] (14)<br>[[S15|Rival Destinies]] (15)<br>[[S16|Adventures in Unova]] (16)<br>[[S23|Journeys]] (23)

|generation={{Gen|V}}

|games={{v2|Black and White|s}}<br>{{2v2|Black|White|2}}

The '''Unova''' region (Japanese: '''イッシュ{{tt|地方|ちほう}}''' ''Isshu {{tt|region|chihō}}'') is a [[region]] of the [[Pokémon world]]. It is the setting of {{game|Black and White|s}} and [[Pokémon Black and White Versions 2|Pokémon Black 2 and White 2]]. It was the fifth [[core series]] region to be introduced.

Unova is far away from the four other large regions, and the Pokémon which inhabit Unova are diverse and different from those of [[Kanto]], [[Johto]], [[Hoenn]], and [[Sinnoh]]. In his director's column, [[Junichi Masuda]] suggested that the geographical and social background for Unova draws inspiration from the {{wp|New York City metropolitan area}}.<ref>[http://www.gamefreak.co.jp/blog/dir_english/?p=242 Hidden Power of Masuda: Director's Columns]</ref><ref>"This new region was inspired by New York's Manhattan. I visited New York when Diamond and Pearl launched and I had the chance to wander around the town. When I walked through the streets, I saw a lot of different people having festivals and community events—Italian people, French people—they're coming from different countries and coexisting in one community", [[Junichi Masuda]], [[Official Nintendo Magazine]] Issue 65 page 30.</ref> Although it is geographically based on New York City, it draws inspiration for its landmarks from the entire state of New York, which features a mixture of rural locations and urban areas as well as factory towns and industrial complexes.

Unova's Japanese name, イッシュ ''Isshu'', is derived from the Japanese word for "one variety", '''一種''' ''isshu'', or '''１種類''' ''isshurui''. According to the game director Masuda, this is to express that although the region is diverse in species and race, they are all the same as living creatures when seen from a distance.<ref>http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/interview/irbj/vol1/index2.html</ref>

The region's English name likely comes from the Latin words ''unum'' or the Spanish word ''uno'' (one) and ''nova'' (new). It may also be derived from ''united'', considering its basis on the largest city in the United States. It also sounds like parts of the phrase '''Un'''ited States '''of''' '''A'''merica.

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In contemporary history, a present containing three [[starter Pokémon]]—one each for [[Cheren]], [[Bianca]], and {{ga|Hilda}}/{{ga|Hilbert}}—was sent to Hilda/Hilbert's house in [[Nuvema Town]] by [[Professor Juniper]] on their mothers' request, so that they could each start their Pokémon journeys through the Unova region, challenging each of Unova's eight Gyms in order to collect Badges and eventually reach the {{un|Pokémon League}}. During their travels, Hilda/Hilbert met and battled with the members of [[Team Plasma]] many times, including their king, [[N]], and encountered the mysterious [[Shadow Triad]], with events coming to a head at [[Dragonspiral Tower]], where N managed to capture one of the members of the [[Tao trio]] and invited Hilda/Hilbert to face him after they had beaten the Pokémon League and resurrected the complementary dragon from the [[Light Stone]]{{sup/5|B}}/[[Dark Stone]]{{sup/5|W}}. On retrieving the appropriate stone from [[Nacrene Museum]] and defeating the [[Elite Four]], Hilda/Hilbert reached the Champion's room, where N was waiting for them, having just defeated [[Alder|the Champion]]. N then summoned [[N's Castle|his castle]], which rose out of the earth surrounding the Pokémon League; Team Plasma had been working tirelessly for years prior to build the fortress around the Pokémon League right under their nose, overworking the Pokémon gifted to them by Trainers they had emotionally manipulated into doing so for this purpose. N then invites Hilda/Hilbert into the castle to battle him in order to test the strength of their convictions.

Unova is divided by two rivers that lead into an ocean to the south of it. These rivers cannot be surfed on, with the exception of the river directly below [[Village Bridge]]. It divides Unova into central and eastern peninsulas and a western landmass. These three landmasses are connected by five bridges: the [[Skyarrow Bridge]], the [[Driftveil Drawbridge]], the [[Tubeline Bridge]], [[Marvelous Bridge]], and the Village Bridge. The eastern part of Unova is further divided by mountains that makes a southeast part and northeast part. The southeastern part is important to Trainers who want to compete in the Pokémon league since two Gyms are located there, but the northeastern part is not since there are no Gyms there and it mostly has tourism, as evidenced by the amount of people speaking foreign languages. Further away from this bundle of towns is where the {{un|Pokémon League}} is located. Interestingly, the northeastern part is the only place in the region to find Pokémon species foreign to Unova outside of Swarms. The central peninsula of Unova consists of two of the largest cities in the Pokémon world, [[Castelia City]] and [[Nimbasa City]], as well as [[Opelucid City]] further north, all of which contain Gyms. Every bridge in Unova connects to the central part of the region from either the east or west. The western side contains medium-sized towns and more varied landscapes but it also has three Gyms there, making it another destination to visit for any Pokémon Trainer.

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| [[Black City]]

| [[White Forest]]

| [[Aspertia City]]

| [[Floccesy Town]]

| [[Virbank City]]

| [[Lentimas Town]]

| [[Humilau City]]

[[File:Battle Subway Map BWB2W2.png|right|thumb|Battle Subway map showing various destinations in the Greater Unova region]]

*[[Cold Storage]]

*[[Challenger's Cave]]

*[[Victory Road (Black and White)]]

*[[Floccesy Ranch]]

*[[Pledge Grove]]

*[[Virbank Complex]]

*[[Pokéstar Studios]]

*[[Castelia Sewers]]

*[[Join Avenue]]

*[[Cave of Being]]

*[[Pokémon World Tournament]]

*[[Reversal Mountain]]

*[[Plasma Frigate]]

*[[Victory Road (Black 2 and White 2)]]

*[[Clay Tunnel]]

*[[Underground Ruins]]

*[[Strange House]]

*[[Relic Passage]]

*[[Seaside Cave]]

* [[Marine Tube]]

| Artwork of Unova from {{color2|000|Pokémon Black and White Versions|Pokémon Black and White}}

The Unova League is the regional [[Pokémon League]] of the Unova region. After obtaining the eight Badges of the region a Trainer may battle the [[Elite Four]] at the {{un|Pokémon League}} building.

| style="background:#{{grass color light}}" colspan="2" | [[File:VSCilan.png]]<br>{{color2|{{grass color dark}}|Cilan}}<br><small>{{color|{{grass color dark}}|デント Dent}}</small>

| style="background:#{{fire color light}}" colspan="2" | [[File:VSChili.png]]<br>{{color2|{{fire color dark}}|Chili}}<br><small>{{color|{{fire color dark}}|ポッド Pod}}</small>

| style="background:#{{water color light}}" colspan="2" | [[File:VSCress.png]]<br>{{color2|{{water color dark}}|Cress}}<br><small>{{color|{{water color dark}}|コーン Corn}}</small>

| style="background:#{{??? color light}}" | {{color2|{{??? color dark}}|Striaton City}}<br><small>{{color|{{??? color dark}}|サンヨウシティ<br>Sanyou City}}</small>

| style="background:#{{??? color light}}" | [[File:Trio Badge.png|50px]]<br>{{color|{{??? color dark}}|Trio Badge}}

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** an actual or former {{type|Rock}} or {{type|Fighting}} [[Gym]] in the generations that introduced Gyms.<!--Do not remove this. It says "actual or FORMER". Jasmine is a former Rock-type Gym Leader, and the Fighting Dojo was a Fighting type Gym before Sabrina came.-->

** a new {{type|Psychic}} specialist, as [[Caitlin]] was introduced in [[Generation IV]].

** a regional [[Pokédex]] that starts with a {{type|Grass}} [[starter Pokémon]] (although the Grass-type starter Pokémon is still entry #001, its Pokédex starts with {{p|Victini}} as #000)

** the [[List of Pokémon by evolution family|evolution families]] of {{p|Pikachu}}, {{p|Machop}}, {{p|Goldeen}} and {{p|Magikarp}} in its regional Pokédex.

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