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Opelucid City
ソウリュウシティ Soryu City
"Time's Dividing Line"
Opelucid City in Pokémon Black.
Opelucid City in Pokémon White.
Map description
A convenient city of rapid change, showing no traces of the past.Wrong template. See Template:Sup/doc. A city that respects history and values old things.Wrong template. See Template:Sup/doc.
Opelucid City (Japanese: ソウリュウシティSoryu City) is a city in the northern and central area of the Unova region. The look of Opelucid City differs between versions. In Pokémon Black, the city has a technological appearance, while in Pokémon White, it has a natural appearance. The music reflects their respective appearances in both versions as well.
Opelucid City is host to the final Gym Trainers challenge on their journey through Unova. The Gym Leader faced depends on the game version. In Pokémon Black, the player will battle Drayden; in Pokémon White the player will battle Iris. They both specialize in Dragon-types.
Battle House
The Battle House, located west of the entrance, is a building where the player can battle two Ace Trainers in Rotation Battles in Black, and Triple Battles in White. Unlike most Trainers in Black and White, these Trainers can be rematched, and will battle the player once per day.
In Black version, a synth track will be added to the background theme if the player is near a keytar player performing immediately west of the Pokémon Center. In White version, an erhu player stands in the same place and will add an erhu track.
The city is similar to Blackthorn City in that they are both host to a Dragon-type Gym, that Gym is the eighth Gym of the region, having the effort value checker and a Move Tutor for Draco Meteor and they are both located in the northern part of their respective regions.
This is the second city in Unova where the Gym Leader varies, though not in the same way as the Striaton Gym.
Name origin
Language
Name
Origin
Japanese
ソウリュウシティ Soryu City
双龍文 sōryūmon, a type of Chinese pattern resembling two dragons. Also from 蒼竜 sōryū, a Japanese name for the Azure Dragon.
English
Opelucid City
From opacus (opaque sheets of clouds), perlucidus (sheets of cloud with small spaces), and possibly translucidus (translucent sheets of clouds). May also be from opal.
French
Janusia
From Janus, the Roman god of gates depicted with two faces, one facing the past, the other facing the future. Also a flower genus.
German
Twindrake City
From "twin" and "drake" (a term sometimes used to refer to European dragons).
Italian
Boreduopoli
From Bora, a northern katabatic wind in the Mediterranean area, and duo.