LaRousse City
LaRousse City (Japanese: ラルース LaRousse) is a anime-exclusive city located in the Hoenn region and was the setting for the seventh Pokémon movie, Destiny Deoxys, and makes a cameo in Lucario and the Mystery of Mew .
It is a technologically advanced city with moving walkways and a large presence of "Blocky" robots. The city's main power source seems to be its windmills. The most famous attraction in LaRousse is the Battle Tower.
Location
According to the promotional map handed out with Destiny Deoxys Japanese release, LaRousse City is located in northern Hoenn, near Fortree City.
Geography
The city is located at the confluence of two rivers in northern Hoenn. The city mainly lies on an island, including the huge park, the Battle Tower, and most of the business districts.
On the shores of the river, presumably mainland Hoenn, lies more areas of the city, though not much. Access to the island is via monorail, which wraps around the island, and a bridge over the northern part of the island.
In the TCG
Even though LaRousse City is a place, it still owned Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game. The following list of cards all belong to LaRousse City.
Name | Type | Level | Rarity | Set | Set no. |
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LaRousse's Plusle | - | - | 7th Movie Half Deck (no English release) | 4/19 | |
LaRousse's Minun | - | - | 7th Movie Half Deck (no English release) | 5/19 | |
LaRousse's Munchlax | - | - | 7th Movie Half Deck (no English release) | 6/19 | |
LaRousse's Munchlax | - | - | "PCG-P" Promotional cards (no English release) | 20/"PCG-P" |
Origin
LaRousse is based off Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Trivia
- LaRousse City is also the hometown of May's rival, Drew.
- This is the second time a movie-made city was based off a real city outside of Japan.