Striaton City
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Striaton City Gym - Unova Gym #1BW
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Location Location of Striaton City in Unova. |
Striaton City (Japanese: サンヨウシティ Sanyou City) is a city in southeastern Unova. The Dreamyard is to the east, Route 2 is to the south and Route 3 is to the northwest.
Striaton City is home to Chili, Cress, and Cilan, the city's Gym Leaders as well as the home of Fennel. The eastern half of Striaton City houses buildings with unique architectural designs. The western part of the city houses a beautifully designed garden.
Places of interest
Trainers' School
- Main article: Pokémon academy
A Pokémon academy is a school where students and Trainers can learn more about Pokémon. Most beginning Trainers visit at least one of them, and common Trainers who study extensively at these locations are Lasses, School Kids, and Scientists. The blackboard at the back of the school details the five non-volatile status conditions. Cheren visits here to improve his knowledge while waiting for the Gym to open.
Fennel and Amanita's house
Fennel and Amanita live together in the house in the northern entrance of the easternmost building in Striaton City. They share a room on the top floor, which cannot be accessed until defeating the Striaton Gym. Fennel gives the player HM01 (Cut) as a reward for defeating the Gym Leader. Amanita introduces herself as the creator of the Unova Pokémon Storage System, then explains the Battle Box. After speaking with her, the "Someone's PC" becomes "Amanita's PC".
After saving the Munna from the Team Plasma Grunts, Fennel gives the player the C-Gear and Amanita will give you the Pal Pad. Amanita will then explain the purpose of the Pal Pad in addition to the Battle Box.
In Black 2 and White 2, due to Fennel and Amanita moving to Castelia City, they are absent. Instead, a woman, a man, a Herdier, and an Up-Grade are found. The man names all of the Pokémon Storage System admins, and the woman states that the C-Gear's current version is version 3.0.
Garden
On the west side of Striaton City, there is a hedge garden surrounded by water. It contains hedge walls, and Pikachu and Pidove-shaped hedges. In the center of the garden is a tall water fountain. In Black 2 and White 2, tame Stunfisk appear in the garden at night.
Striaton Gym
- Main article: Striaton Gym
The Striaton Gym is the official Gym of Striaton City. It is based on Fire-type, Water-type, and Grass-type Pokémon. The Gym Leaders are Chili, Cress, and Cilan. The Striaton City Gym is a Gym consisting of a puzzle by stepping on an element pad that defeats the element showcased on a curtain. For defeating one Gym Leader, Trainers receive the Trio Badge, TM83 (Work Up), and the ability to use Cut outside of battle.
Striaton City is host to the first Gym the player can challenge. Uniquely, this Gym has three brothers for Gym Leaders, and the Gym Leader faced by the player is determined by the starter the player chooses. If the player chooses Snivy, the player will face Chili and his Pansear. If the player chooses Tepig, the player will face Cress and his Panpour. If the player chooses Oshawott, the player will face Cilan and his Pansage.
The Gym is styled after a café; each of the Leaders serve as waiters. The Gym made its anime appearance in Triple Leaders, Team Threats!.
Striaton Restaurant
Making its appearance in Black 2 and White 2, the Striaton Restaurant is the former Gym of Striaton City. The player can watch a Pansage, Pansear, or Panpour show, with the prize being a Big Mushroom if the correct Pokémon is chosen. It is a spiritual successor to the Patrat show found at Village Bridge in Black and White. Every day, the player can team up with one of the three brothers and battle the other two in a Multi Battle. They all have three Pokémon each and use different Pokémon than the ones they did in Pokémon Black and White.
Demographics
46 people reside in Striaton City. This ranks Striaton City as one of the biggest cities in Unova.
Poké Mart
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Items
Item | Location | Games | |
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X Speed | Behind the south border fence | B W | |
Great Ball ×2 |
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Dusk Ball | From the man in the eastmost alley | B W | |
Oran Berry ×3 | From Cheren | B W | |
Full Heal | From boy in Trainers' School after passing quiz | B W | |
HM01 (Cut) | From Fennel after defeating the Gym Leader | B W | |
C-Gear | From Fennel after saving Munna from Team Plasma Grunts | B W | |
Pal Pad | From Amanita after saving Munna from Team Plasma Grunts | B W | |
BalmMushroom | In a tree, near the water, to the left of Route 3 gateway (hidden) | B W | |
Zinc | To the right of the Route 3 gateway (Requires Surf) (hidden) | B W | |
Big Pearl | Gift from a fisherman at the left of the Route 3 gateway (Requires Surf) | B W | |
Dusk Ball ×5 | From the man in the eastmost alley | B2 W2 | |
Timer Ball | Behind the fence on the southern edge of town | B2 W2 | |
Great Ball | From a man on the first floor of the lower apartment on the east side | B2 W2 | |
Up-Grade | On the top floor of the upper apartment building on the east side | B2 W2 | |
Gracidea | Gift from the girl inside the Pokémon Center if she is shown a fateful encounter Shaymin. | B2 W2 | |
PP Up | To the right of the Route 3 entrance (Requires Surf) (hidden) | B2 W2 | |
Full Restore | South of the fountain, to the left of the running girl (hidden) | B2 W2 | |
Max Elixir | Left of the fountain | B2 W2 | |
Yellow Shard | South of the fountain, right of the running girl | B2 W2 | |
Persim Berry | For correctly answering a schoolboy's quiz in the Trainer's school | B2 W2 | |
Pokémon
Pokémon Black and White
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35-55 | 70% | |||||||||||
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45-70 | 10% | |||||||||||
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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. |
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
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45-60 | 90% | |||||||||||
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Trainers
Pokémon Black and White
Trainers' School
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Restaurant
Cilan, Chili, or Cress can either be partnered with the player, or be one of his or her opponents.
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In the anime
Striaton City made its appearance in Triple Leaders, Team Threats!. It is a city with huge skyscrapers and loads of shops, including a market. Ash and Iris first met Cilan there and he invited them to his Gym.
Ash defeated Chili and Cilan, but lost to Cress; and as such Ash won his first Badge. In Dreams by the Yard Full!, Team Rocket's investigation in the Dreamyard caused Dream Mist to fall over Striaton City, but they were stopped by Ash, Iris, Cilan and Fennel. In the end Cilan decided to travel with Ash and Iris.
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Cheren and Bianca reach Striaton City in Welcome To Striaton City!! in their search for Black. After meeting up with him, they get wrapped up into his Gym battle and join him in battling the Gym leaders.
In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Striaton City in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Related cards Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats. | |||||||
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Surskit | Plasma Blast | 1/101 | Megalo Cannon | 001/076 | |||
Trivia
- Striaton's Japanese motto is サンヨウとは 3つ並ぶ 星のこと "Sanyou refers to three aligned stars".
- The fact that the map description references a snowy climate and that the name of the city is a corruption of "striation" (scratches left in rock from glacial friction) is likely a reference to Long Island, which was formed by glacial deposits during the ice age. Moreover, the position of Long Island relative to Manhattan is nearly identical to the position of the east peninsula of Unova relative to the central region, which was based on Manhattan.
- In Black 2 and White 2, tame Stunfisk appear in the garden at night in the summer. This could be a reference to the anime where Cilan owns a Stunfisk.
Name origin
Language | Name | Origin |
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Japanese | サンヨウシティ Sanyou City | From 三曜 (さんよう) san'yō, meaning "three luminaries", where a luminary here refers to the sun, the moon, or a star. Also a variation on the mon 三ツ星 mitsuboshi, meaning "three stars", particularly Orion's Belt. |
English | Striaton City | Corruption of striation, a series of parallel grooves in cloud formation that reveals the presence of rotation. Also contains "tri" (three). May also be from stratus clouds. |
French | Ogoesse | The French name for pellet, black-colored roundel (tourteau). |
German | Orion City | A reference to Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka, the three luminous stars that form Orion's Belt. |
Italian | Levantopoli | From Levante, Italian word for Viento de Levante. |
Spanish | Ciudad Gres Ciudad Striaton | From gres, stoneware. Also rhymes with tres (three). |
Korean | 성신시티 Seongsin City | From 성신 (星辰) seongsin, meaning "star", or possibly "morning star"; Venus, otherwise known the "Morning Star" and the "Goddess of Love", is known as either 금성 geum-seong and 여신 yeo-sin. 성신 (聖神) seongsin may also be in reference to "The Holy Spirit" (in the Christian/religious sense). |
Chinese (Mandarin) | 三曜市 Sānyào Shì | From 三曜 san'yō, meaning "three luminaries", referring to the sun, moon and stars. |
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