Nimbasa City

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Nimbasa City ライモンシティ Raimon City "いなずまきらめく かがやきのまち"

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Nimbasa City Gym - Unova Gym #4 Elesa Electric-type specialist Gym Bolt Badge

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Connecting locations ← Route 5 Nimbasa City Route 16 →   Route 4 ↓

Location Location of Nimbasa City in Unova.

Nimbasa City (Japanese: ライモンシティ Raimon City) is a city located in central Unova. There are three routes connecting to it: to the south of the city is Route 4 and the vast Desert Resort, to the west is Route 5, and to the east is Route 16. Nimbasa City is the most populous city in the Pokémon world.

Elesa is the Gym Leader of Nimbasa City. She specializes in the Electric type and hands out the Bolt Badge upon defeat.

Places of interest

Musical Hall

The Musical Hall is where the Pokémon Musical takes place. The player meets Bianca here upon their first arrival. Inside, a man will give the player a Prop Case and show them how to dress up their Pokémon.

Gear Station

The Gear Station is the central hub of the Battle Subway. All eight lines of the Battle Subway are accessed through the Gear Station, including the only available route to Anville Town.

Big Stadium

The Big Stadium is where baseball, soccer and football matches take place. Trainers may be battled there daily, following the schedule below:

Day	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
Sport	Baseball	Soccer	Football	Baseball	Soccer	Football	Baseball

Trainer	Pokémon
Baseball Player Alex Baseball Player Alex アレックス Alex Reward: $2300	Pansear♂ Lv.23 No item
	Pansage♂ Lv.23 No item
	Panpour♂ Lv.23 No item
Soccer Player Tony Soccer Player Tony トニー Tony Reward: $2500	Koaruhie♂ Lv.25 No item
Footballer Dan Footballer Dan ダン Dan Reward: $2400	Darumaka♂ Lv.24 No item
	Timburr♂ Lv.24 No item

Little Court

The Little Court is where tennis and basketball matches take place. Trainers may be battled there daily, following the schedule below:

Day	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
Sport	Tennis	Basketball	Tennis	Basketball	Tennis	Basketball	Tennis

Trainer	Pokémon
Tennis Player Elena Tennis Player Elena エレナ Elena Reward: $2500	Blitzle♀ Lv.25 No item
Basketball Player Bobby Basketball Player Bobby ボビー Bobby Reward: $2500	Whirlipede♂ Lv.25 No item

Ferris wheel

The Ferris wheel is where N is battled as part of the main storyline, and after defeating Elesa, Trainers may be battled there daily. The Trainer varies with the season and the gender of the Player, and its name is related to its season. After the battle, the Trainer will accompany the Player on the wheel. The conversations in the Ferris Wheel are laced with double entendres.

File:BW Hilbert.png If the player chosen was Hilbert:

Trainer	Pokémon
Hiker Natsumi ナツミ Natsumi Reward: $800	Gantoru♂ Lv.25 No item
Clerk ♀ Chiaki チアキ Chiaki Reward: $1000	Minccino♀ Lv.25 No item
Kindergartner Fuyuka Kindergartner Fuyuka フユカ Fuyuka Reward: $96	Yuniran♀ Lv.24 No item
Lass Miharu ミハル Miharu Reward: $400	Gothimu♀ Lv.25 No item

File:BW Hilda.png If the player chosen was Hilda:

Trainer	Pokémon
Ace Trainer Natsuki ナツキ Natsuki Reward: $1620	Swoobat♂ Lv.27 No item
Waitress Aurora アキラ Akira Reward: $1000	Swadloon♀ Lv.25 No item
Rich Boy Fuyuta フユタ Fuyuta Reward: $3840	Hatooboo♂ Lv.24 No item
Dancer Haruo ハルオ Haruo Reward: $800	Darumaka♂ Lv.25 No item

Below there is a table showing the relation between the seasons and the Trainers' names in the Japanese version.

	Summer (Natsu)	Autumn (Aki)	Winter (Fuyu)	Spring (Haru)
Hilbert	Natsumi	Chiaki	Fuyuka	Miharu
Hilda	Natsuki	Aurora	Fuyuta	Haruo

Nimbasa City Gym

Main article: Nimbasa Gym

The Nimbasa Gym is the official Gym of Nimbasa City. The Gym doubles as an Amusement Park. The Gym specializes in Electric-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Elesa. Trainers who defeat her receive the Bolt Badge.

Demographics

Pokémon Black and White

Nimbasa City is the most populated city in the Pokémon world with a population of 150 (239, including all Trainers in the Big Dome and Small Dome). It surpasses the urbanized Castelia City in terms of population.

Items

Item		Location	Games

Trainers

Pokémon Black and White

Trainer	Pokémon
Team Plasma Grunt Reward: $720	Watchog♂ Lv.18 No item
	Trubbish♂ Lv.18 No item

Team Plasma N Nimbasa City Black and White Team Plasma and Professor N Oak Nimbasa City Black and White Reward: $2200

Types: Ground Dark Ability: Moxie Held item: None Sandile♂ Lv.22 Assurance Dark Physical   --       Embargo Dark Status   --       Sand Tomb Ground Physical   --       Mud-Slap Ground Special   --       Types: Dark Fighting Ability: Shed Skin Held item: None Zuruggu♂ Lv.22 Swagger Normal Status   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Headbutt Normal Physical   --       Faint Attack Dark Physical   --       Types: Fire Unknown Ability: Hustle Held item: None Darumaka♂ Lv.22 Fire Punch Fire Physical   --       Headbutt Normal Physical   --       Facade Normal Physical   --       Uproar Normal Special   --       Types: Psychic Flying Ability: Magic Guard Held item: None Shinbora♂ Lv.22 Whirlwind Normal Status   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Tailwind Flying Status   --       Air Cutter Flying Special   --

Trivia

• In the Pokémon Baccer World Cup in Zoroark: Master of Illusions, there is a "Nimbasa Legends" team, which comes from this city. It also has its own theme music.
• Nimbasa City is the only city in the Pokémon world to feature arenas for human sporting events and an amusement park.

Name origin

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ライモンシティ Raimon City	雷文 raimon, "meander" or "fret". The 雷 rai means "thunder".
English	Nimbasa City	From nimbus cloud, clouds that produces rain and lightning.
French	Méanville	From méandre, meander.
Italian	Sciroccopoli	From Scirocco, Italian word for Sirocco.
Spanish	Ciudad Mayólica	From mayólica, maiolica.
Chinese (Mandarin)	雷文市 Léiwén Shì	From 雷文 raimon. Means "thunder pattern". Also an alternate term for 雷紋 léiwén (fret).

Unova
Settlements Nuvema Town • Accumula Town • Striaton City • Nacrene City • Castelia City • Nimbasa City • Anville Town Driftveil City • Mistralton City • Icirrus City • Opelucid City • Pokémon League • Lacunosa Town • Undella Town Black City • White Forest • Aspertia City • Floccesy Town • Virbank City • Lentimas Town • Humilau City Routes 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 Bridges and tunnels Skyarrow Bridge • Driftveil Drawbridge • Tubeline Bridge • Village Bridge • Marvelous Bridge • Marine Tube Landmarks Dreamyard • Wellspring Cave • Pinwheel Forest • Liberty Garden • Desert Resort • Relic Castle • Battle Subway • Lostlorn Forest Cold Storage • Mistralton Cave • Chargestone Cave • Celestial Tower • Twist Mountain • Dragonspiral Tower • Moor of Icirrus Challenger's Cave • Victory Road (BW • B2W2) • N's Castle • Royal Unova • Giant Chasm • Undella Bay • Abyssal Ruins Abundant Shrine • Poké Transfer Lab • P2 Laboratory • Entralink • Unity Tower • Floccesy Ranch • Pledge Grove • Virbank Complex Pokéstar Studios • Castelia Sewers • Join Avenue • Cave of Being • Pokémon World Tournament • Reversal Mountain • Plasma Frigate Clay Tunnel • Underground Ruins • Strange House • Relic Passage • Seaside Cave • White Treehollow • Black Tower Access to Nature Preserve Other Blueberry Academy • Terarium

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.