Petalburg City
Template:Infobox town Petalburg City (Japanese: トウカシティ Touka City) is located in southern Hoenn. The town's motto is "Where People Mingle With Nature".
East of Petalburg City is Route 102 and Oldale Town. To the west is Route 104 where Mr. Briney's Cottage and the Petalburg Woods are found.
When a player first arrives at this city and talks to Norman, a boy named Wally will come in asking for help to catch a Pokémon. Using Zigzagoon, a Pokémon Norman lends, and the player's support, Wally catches his first Pokémon: a Ralts. Later on in the game, Wally becomes the main rival, while the alternate-gender choice (Brendan or May) returns to Littleroot Town to help his/her father. The Pokémon Center has a man near the PC who will let players put key words on their Trainer cards.
Places of Interest
Petalburg Gym
- Main article: Petalburg Gym
Norman, the father of the main character in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald is the Petalburg Gym Leader. He uses Normal-type Pokémon and gives out the Balancebadge.
Wally's House
Wally's house is located in the west section of the town, next door to the Gym. This the house of Wally, the main rival of Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald and his family. After defeating Petalburg Gym, Wally's family will give you HM03 (Surf).
Poké Mart
| Item | Price ($) |
|---|---|
| Balls | |
| Poké Ball | 200 |
| Recovery items | |
| Antidote | 100 |
| Awakening | 250 |
| Parlyz Heal | 200 |
| Potion | 300 |
| Other items | |
| Escape Rope | 550 |
| Orange Mail | 50 |
| Repel | 350 |
| X Attack | 500 |
| X Defend | 550 |
| X Speed | 350 |
Pokémon
| Pokémon | Games | Location | Levels | Rate
| |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Magikarp | R | S | E | Old Rod |
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Tentacool | R | S | E | Surfing |
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Marill | R | S | E | Surfing | 17 |
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| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here. | |||||||
Items
- HM03 (Surf)
- TM42 (Facade)
- Max Revive
- Ether
Demographics
The population of Petalburg City is 25. This is a fairly high number in the Pokémon games, and may be attributed to the fact that it sits right near Hoenn's west coast.
In the anime
In the Pokémon anime, Petalburg City is the hometown of Norman, May, Max, and Caroline. It also has a sister city to the north of it called North Petalburg.
Trivia
- A testmap used in the Generation III games is of Petalburg City; this map even appears in FireRed and LeafGreen where, instead of the sprites which would normally appear, sprites for Leaf, Sailors, Guitarists, Bug Catchers, Ladies and a Big Lapras doll are.
- In the Mario game Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, there is a town named Petalburg.
Name origin
Petalburg is a combination of petal, part of a flower, and burg, a common place name derived from German. Touka may refer to touka 頭花, meaning flower head.
In other languages
- Spanish: Ciudad Petalia