Izabe Island

Izabe Island イザベ島 Izabe Island
Izabe Island
Region	Hoenn
Debut	A Cacturne for the Worse

Izabe Island (Japanese: イザベ島 Izabe Island) is an anime-exclusive location in the Hoenn region. It is a large island situated between Mossdeep City and Sootopolis City. It contains a wide variety of environments, from deserted areas to snow-covered mountains. Its highest peak is known as the Square Top, a cube-shaped rock formation on a mountain. Ash and his friends traveled across the island from A Cacturne for the Worse to Do I Hear a Ralts?.

In the anime

The annual Purika City Contest took place in A Cacturne for the Worse. where May met her new rival Harley. Despite Harley's underhanded tactics during the final round, May won her fourth Ribbon.

Sigourney is the current sage of Izabe Island. In Claydol Big and Tall, he explained "The Great Destruction", a catastrophic event caused by a giant Claydol that threatened the island over a thousand years ago. Claydol remains sealed inside a stone Poké Ball to avoid another catastrophic event.

While on Izabe Island, Brock's Lombre evolved into a Ludicolo, Ash caught a Snorunt, and Max befriended a Ralts that he promised to start his journey with.

Locations

Cities and towns

• Purika City
• Riyado Town
• Cerosi Town

Areas of interest

• Izabe Lake
• Square Top
• Trapinch underground labyrinth
• Valley of Destruction

Gallery

Purika Contest Hall	Izabe Lake	Riyado Town	Square Top	Trapinch underground labyrinth

Pokémon seen on Izabe Island

Trapinch → Vibrava (multiple)	Elisa's Meganium	Nidoran♀	Nidoran♂	Rhyhorn	Rhydon
Tauros ♂	Girafarig	Phanpy (×2)	Donphan	Zigzagoon	Poochyena
Absol	Gordon's Heracross	Ralts	Kirlia	Gardevoir

Caught Pokémon

Ash's Snorunt

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 伊札貝島 Mandarin 伊札貝島 Yīzhábèi Dǎo French Île d'Izabe German Izabe-Insel Italian Isola di Izabe Portuguese Ilha Izabe Spanish Isla Izabe

Valley of Destruction

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 毀滅之谷 Mandarin 毀滅之谷 Yīzhábèi Dǎo Finnish Tuhon laakso Italian Valle della Distruzione

This article is part of both Project Anime and Project Locations, Bulbapedia projects that, together, aim to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon Anime and Locations, respectively.