Hoenn
The Hoenn region (Japanese: ホウエン地方 Hōen-chihō, Houen is also seen), the region southwest of Johto, is the setting of the Generation III games Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire and Pokémon Emerald. The names of most of the cities in Hoenn are made of two words put together (Little Root, Fort Tree, Slate Port, etc.). This region is the largest discovered so far and boasts many dramatic environments from rain forest to desert to mountains. Professor Birch of Littleroot Town offers the Pokémon known as Treecko, Torchic or Mudkip to trainers beginning their journey of this vast land.
Locations
Cities/Towns
- Littleroot Town
- Petalburg City
- Oldale Town
- Rustboro City
- Dewford Town
- Slateport City
- Mauville City
- Verdanturf Town
- Fallarbor Town
- Lavaridge Town
- Fortree City
- Lilycove City
- Mossdeep City
- Pacifidlog Town
- Sootopolis City
- Ever Grande City
Hoenn is also the place where trainers can compete in what is known as Pokémon Contests. Contest halls can be found in Verdanturf, Fallarbor, Slateport, and Lilycove in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. However, the first three have been replaced by Battle Tents in Pokémon Emerald.
Areas of interest
- Petalburg Woods
- Rusturf Tunnel
- Granite Cave
- New Mauville
- Mt. Chimney
- Cave of Origin
- Scorched Slab
- Safari Zone
- Seafloor Cavern
- Sealed Chamber
- Southern Island
- Abandoned Ship
- Meteor Falls
- Shoal Cave
- Mt. Pyre
- Jagged Pass
- Sky Pillar
- Island Cave
- Desert Ruins
- Ancient Tomb
Emerald-exclusive areas
These areas can only be found in Pokémon Emerald:
Routes
Routes in Hoenn number 101-134, breaking the former pattern set up by Kanto and Johto. This is presumably to discourage the idea of being able to travel back to either region after completion of the game, as was done in Generation II.
League
Gym Leaders
- Roxanne
- Brawly
- Wattson
- Flannery
- Norman
- Winona
- Tate & Liza
- Wallace (in Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire) or Juan (in Pokémon Emerald, Pokémon anime)
Elite Four
Trivia
Hoenn designer Jun'ichi Masuda has explicitly confirmed that Hoenn is modelled after Kyushu, the fourth of the main islands of Japan, in the 15th article in his Director's column.
Masuda's parents were both born in Kurate District, Fukuoka Prefecture, and so he has many relatives in Kyushu. When he was young, he went to Kyushu for his summer vacations. The happy memories he had of Kyushu eventually led him to choose Kyushu as the stage for Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald.
As with Kyushu, Hoenn (a pun on 豊縁 hōen) is a place where the relations (縁 en) between Pokémon and people, between person and person, are abundant (豊 hō).