Opelucid City
This article is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this article to add missing information and complete it. |
| ||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||
Opelucid City Gym - Unova Gym #8
| ||||||||||||
Opelucid City Gym - Unova Gym #8
| ||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||
Location Location of Opelucid City in Unova. |
Opelucid City (Japanese: ソウリュウシティ Souryuu City) is a city in the northern and central area of the Unova region. The look of Opelucid City differs between versions. In Pokémon Black, the city features a technological appearance, while in Pokémon White, it has a natural appearance. The music reflects their respective appearances in both versions as well.
Places of interest
Opelucid Gym
- Main article: Opelucid Gym
Opelucid City is host to the final Gym Trainers challenge on their journey through Unova. The Gym Leader faced depends on the game version. In Pokémon Black, the player will face Drayden, while Iris is faced in Pokémon White. They both specialize in Template:Type2s.
Battle Mansion
The Battle Mansion, located west of the entrance, is a building where the player can battle two Ace Trainers in rotation battles in Black, and triple battles in White. Unlike most trainers in Black and White, these trainers can be rematched, and will battle the player once per day.
Black
Trainer | Pokémon | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| |||||||||||
| ||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||
|
| |||||||||||
| ||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||
White
Trainer | Pokémon | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| |||||||||||
| ||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||
|
| |||||||||||
| ||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||
Demographics
Pokémon Black
Pokémon White
Opelucid City has a population of 52.
Items
Item | Location | Games
Template:Itlistbod Template:Itlistbod Template:Itlistbod Template:Itlistbod Template:Itlistbod Template:Itlistbod Template:Itlistbod Template:Itlistbod Template:Itlistbod | |
---|---|---|---|
Gallery
- Opelucid Black.png
Opelucid City in Pokémon Black.
- Opelucid White.png
Opelucid City in Pokémon White.
Trivia
- Opelucid's Japanese motto is かこと みらいが からみあう まち.
- The city is similar to Blackthorn City in that they are both host to a Template:Type2 Gym, that Gym is the eighth gym of the region, and they are both located in the northern part of their respective regions.
- This is the second city in Unova where the Gym Leader varies, though not in the same way as the Striaton Gym.
Name origin
Language | Name | Origin |
---|---|---|
Japanese | ソウリュウシティ Souryuu City | 双龍文 sōryūmon, a type of Chinese pattern resembling two dragons. Also from 蒼竜 sōryū, a Japanese name for the Azure Dragon. |
English | Opelucid City | From opacus (opaque sheets of clouds), perlucidus (sheets of cloud with small spaces), and possibly translucidus (translucent sheets of clouds). May also be from opal. |
French | Janusia | From Janus, the Roman god of gates depicted with two faces, one facing the past, the other facing the future. |
Italian | Boreduopoli | From Bora, a northern katabatic wind in the Mediterranean area, and duo. |
This article is part of Project Cities and Towns, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on every city and town in the Pokémon world. |