Poni Island
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| Location: | Southwest Alola | |||
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| Region: | Alola | |||
| Generations: | VII | |||
 Location of Poni Island in Alola. | ||||
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Poni Island (Japanese: ポニじま Poni Island) is the southwestern of the four major islands of Alola. Tapu Fini is the island's guardian deity.
Trials
Poni Island has one Captain, Mina, for the island challenge, but in Pokémon Sun and Moon, she has not decided on an official trial location or format, and thus does not conduct a trial when first met. The player does, however, encounter an ancient trial in the depths of Vast Poni Canyon, where they meet the present-day captain. At the end, they battle a Totem Kommo-o and its allies for ownership of a Dragonium Z.
Mina's trial is exclusive to Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.
Hapu was recently appointed as its Island Kahuna, and is in charge of its grand trial.
Poni Island's trials are unique in that its Grand Trial is initiated first before its other trials, and it is the only island to have an unmanned trial.
| Trial Captain Japanese |
Location Japanese |
Type | Totem Pokémon | Ally Pokémon |
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| None | Vast Poni Canyon ポニの大峡谷 Great Canyon of Poni |
 Dragon |
 Kommo-o |
  Hakamo-o and ScizorSM |
 Noivern and ScizorUSUM | ||||
 Mina マツリカ Matsurika |
NoneSM |  Fairy |
NoneSM | NoneSM |
| Seafolk Village 海の民の村 Seafolk VillageUSUM |
 RibombeeUSUM |
  Blissey and PelipperUSUM |
Grand trial
| Island Kahuna Japanese |
Location Japanese |
Type | Trial Stamp |
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 Hapu ハプウ Hapū |
Vast Poni CanyonSM ポニの大峡谷 Great Canyon of Poni |
 Ground |
 Poni Trial Completion |
| Exeggutor IslandUSUM ナッシー・アイランド Nassy Island |
Locations on Poni Island
In the anime
Poni Island first appeared in A Dream Encounter!, in which Professor Burnet, Lusamine, Faba, and Wicke were seen at the Altar of the Sunne, investigating reported sightings of the Ultra Beasts, only to find nothing.
The island served as one of the main settings of events from Family Determination! to SM054. After Lusamine had been kidnapped and taken into Ultra Space by a Nihilego, Lillie and Gladion traveled to Poni Island in order to visit the Altar of the Sunne and get the help of Alola's Legendary Pokémon in order to save their mother. After making their way through Vast Poni Canyon, they were joined by Ash, Professor Kukui, and the rest of Lillie's classmates. Upon reaching the altar, the group was surprised to encounter the four guardian deities of Alola, who helped Nebby to evolve into Solgaleo. With Solgaleo's help, Ash and his classmates traveled into Ultra Space, successfully rescuing Lusamine before returning back to their own world.
Trivia
- This is the only one of Alola's four main islands to lack any traditionally numbered routes.
- Aside from the frequent re-use of the proper noun 'Poni', this is the only one of Alola's four main islands that doesn't feature a landmark or settlement with a Hawaiian name.
Origin
Poni Island's real-life counterpart is the Hawaiian island of Kauai. Purple is the island's official color.[1]
Name origin
Poni is Hawaiian for purple.
In other languages
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References
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