Aspertia City

Aspertia City ヒオウギシティ Hiougi City "A city that reaches for the sky."

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Map description A city at the foot of high mountains where you can see all of Unova.

Aspertia City Gym - Unova Gym #1B2W2 Cheren Normal-type specialist Gym Basic Badge

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Connecting locations   ↑ Route 19   Aspertia City

Location Location of Aspertia City in Unova.

Aspertia City (Japanese: ヒオウギシティ Hiougi City) is a small city situated in southwestern Unova and serves as the hometown of the Unova player character in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2. The settlement exists on Unova's western strip of land, and is surrounded by forest. The entrance to the city is through Route 19 to its north.

Aspertia City contains some prominent areas of interest such as the Aspertia Gym, a lookout, and a Pokémon Center. It is a newly developed area containing modern buildings and houses.

Slogan

A city that reaches for the sky. (Japanese: さらなる　発展を　意味する　街 The town signifying further development.)

Places of interest

Player's house

Main article: Player's house → Unova → Aspertia City

The player's house lies in southeastern Aspertia City and is where the player lives before beginning their journey. The player's house has a small flower garden and is situated by a small body of water, which can be surfed across to obtain TM53 (Energy Ball).

Trainers' School / Aspertia Gym

Main article: Aspertia Gym

The Aspertia Gym is the official Gym of Aspertia City and the first Gym a player must face in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2. It is based on Normal-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Cheren. Trainers who defeat him receive the Basic Badge and the TM83 (Work Up). The Gym is situated just west of the Pokémon Center in the backyard of the Trainers' School.

Lookout

	Aspertia City Outlook Ahead Unova Unfolds before Your Eyes

The lookout is Aspertia City's most famous spot. It is a platform built onto a hill at the city's northmost point. There are stairs, which ascend to an observation deck hosting a green lamppost. The lookout overlooks a panoramic view of a scenic landscape featuring trees, a lake in the foreground, and a mountain range in the background. The scenery changes depending on the season.

Demographics

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

The population of Aspertia City is 30, excluding the player and Hugh.

Poké Mart

Upper cashier
Poké Ball $200	Great Ball1 Badge $600
Ultra Ball5 Badges $1200	Potion $300
Super Potion1 Badge $700	Hyper Potion3 Badges $1200
Max Potion7 Badges $2500	Full Restore8 Badges $3000
Revive3 Badges $1500	Antidote1 Badge $100
Parlyz Heal1 Badge $200	Awakening1 Badge $250
Burn Heal1 Badge $250	Ice Heal1 Badge $250
Full Heal5 Badges $600	Escape Rope1 Badge $550
Repel1 Badge $350	Super Repel3 Badges $500
Max Repel5 Badges $700

Lower cashier
Greet Mail $50	Favored Mail $50
RSVP Mail $50	Thanks Mail $50
Inquiry Mail $50	Like Mail $50
Reply Mail $50

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Xtransceiver	In the Bag from the start of the game	B2  W2
	Pal Pad	In the Bag from the start of the game	B2  W2
	Pokédex	Gift from Bianca after choosing a first partner Pokémon	B2  W2
	Poké Ball ×10	Gift from Bianca in the Pokémon Center after defeating Hugh	B2  W2
	Running Shoes	Gift from the player's Mom after getting the Poké Balls, outside of the Pokémon Center	B2  W2
	Town Map	Gift from Hugh's sister after getting the Poké Balls, outside of the Pokémon Center	B2  W2
	Potion	Obtained from the woman at gate connecting to Route 19	B2  W2
	X Defend	From a School Kid in the Trainers' School	B2  W2
	TM27 (Return)	From Bianca after defeating Cheren	B2  W2
	C-Gear	From Bianca after defeating Cheren	B2  W2
	Ultra Ball	From the girl in the northeast house after defeating Cheren	B2  W2
	TM53 (Energy Ball)	Beyond the water near the player's house (requires Surf)	B2  W2
	National Pokédex	From Cedric Juniper after entering the Hall of Fame	B2  W2
	Max Revive ×2	From the player's Mom after entering the Hall of Fame	B2  W2

Pokémon

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Surfing
Basculin Red-Striped	B2			W2			Surfing	5-15	100%
Basculin Blue-Striped	B2			W2			Surfing	5-15	100%
Surfing in rippling water
Basculin Red-Striped	B2			W2			Rippling water	5-15	100%
Basculin Blue-Striped	B2			W2			Rippling water	5-15	100%
Fishing
Goldeen	B2			W2			Fishing	40-70	70%
Basculin Red-Striped	B2			W2			Fishing	40-60	30%
Basculin Blue-Striped	B2			W2			Fishing	40-60	30%
Fishing in rippling water
Goldeen	B2			W2			Rippling water	40-60	60%
Seaking	B2			W2			Rippling water	50-70	10%
Basculin Red-Striped	B2			W2			Rippling water	40-60	30%
Basculin Blue-Striped	B2			W2			Rippling water	40-60	30%
First partner Pokémon
Snivy	B2			W2			Gift	5	One
Tepig	B2			W2			Gift	5	One
Oshawott	B2			W2			Gift	5	One
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.

Trainers

If the player chose Snivy:

PKMN Trainer Hugh Aspertia City Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $500
Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Blaze Held item: None Tepig♂ Lv.5 Tackle Normal Physical   --       Tail Whip Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

If the player chose Tepig:

PKMN Trainer Hugh Aspertia City Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $500
Type: Water Unknown Ability: Torrent Held item: None Oshawott♂ Lv.5 Tackle Normal Physical   --       Tail Whip Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

If the player chose Oshawott:

PKMN Trainer Hugh Aspertia City Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $500
Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Overgrow Held item: None Snivy♂ Lv.5 Tackle Normal Physical   --       Leer Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Gallery

Artwork

Concept art from Black 2 and White 2

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Artwork depicting the Aspertia City's lookout is seen in Bianca's mindscape.

Bianca & Musharna

In animation

Aspertia City in Pokémon the Series: Black & White

Pokémon the Series

The city contains a port and is also home to the Aspertia Gym. The Gym also functions as a school dedicated exclusively to the education of aspiring Pokémon Trainers. Cheren is not only Gym Leader of Aspertia Gym, but also a teacher of the school.

Pokémon the Series: Black & White

Aspertia City was first mentioned by Professor Juniper in New Places... Familiar Faces!, when she advised Ash to challenge the new Gym Leader, Cheren, while on their way to the White Ruins.

Aspertia City appeared in There's a New Gym Leader in Town!, when the group arrived there for Ash and Cheren's battle, which ended in Ash's defeat.

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Animated Trailer

Aspertia City in the animated trailer

Aspertia City briefly appeared in the Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 Animated Trailer. There, Nate and Hugh met up with Bianca and chose their first partner Pokémon.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Aspertia City in Pokémon Adventures

Aspertia Trainers' School in Pokémon Adventures

Black 2 & White 2 arc

Aspertia City served as one of the main settings of this arc, first appearing in The Transfer Student. It houses the Aspertia Trainers' School, where Cheren works as a teacher. During the arc, he taught a class that included Blake, Whitley, Hugh, and Leo. After Looker returned to Unova to resume his pursuit of the Seven Sages, he traveled to Aspertia City to meet up with Blake, who was another International Police agent. Much to Looker's shock, Blake turned out to actually be his superior, despite his young age.

In Mr. Perfect, Blake introduced Looker to the Magician, who supplied him with his equipment. Soon afterwards, the city was attacked by a Genesect controlled by Colress with his Colress Machine. Since Colress was using an indirect method to control Genesect, Blake deduced that it was technically a wild Pokémon, meaning that he could stop it by catching it. As such, he started throwing Luxury Balls at it while his Dewott kept dealing damage to it in-between his throws. In Innocent Scientist, Blake finally succeeded in catching Genesect. Before leaving, Colress revealed to Blake and Looker that Ghetsis had made him the new Boss of Team Plasma.

In Movie Panic, the Aspertia City Gym was revealed to not have a Gym Leader at the moment due to its rural location. As such, Brycen suggested to Cheren that he should take on the position.

In Choir Tournament, Cheren's class participated in the Autumn Choir Tournament, a competition where Trainers sing while their Pokémon use sound-based moves. The class ended up winning, awarding them with the right to participate in another competition in Castelia City. This was all according to Blake's plan, as he needed to investigate the sightings of Bronius and Ryoku of the Seven Sages made at the Castelia Sewers.

In Pink Slip, Looker tried to find Blake in Aspertia City after he had disappeared from him, but ended up only finding the Magician, who told him that Blake had been discharged from the International Police due to him having given the Magician illegal access to the organization's database and taken Genesect for his own use without permission. In the same chapter, Benga was revealed to be one of Cheren's students as well, having been temporarily suspended for trying to start a Pokémon battle in the middle of a classroom on his first day of school.

In Abyssal Ruins, Rood took Hugh back to Aspertia City, as he needed to find a memory card required to stop the Colress Machine, which Hugh had found from a pendant belonging to Whitley. Hugh agreed to help on the condition that Rood would return his sister's stolen Purrloin later. Rood agreed to this and retrieved the memory card from Hugh's Trainers' School dorm while Hugh held off a group of Team Plasma Grunts sent to deal with Rood. After Rood had retrieved the memory card, he and Hugh headed to Driftveil City to put it to use.

In Epilogue, Cheren's class graduated from the Trainers' School, while Black enrolled it in preparation for challenging Gyms again, including the Aspertia Gym, which Cheren had just become the Leader of.

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Aspertia City in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Related cards Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Purrloin		Boundaries Crossed		90/149	Freeze Bolt		041/159
Hugh	Su	Boundaries Crossed		130/149	Freeze Bolt		056/159
					BW-P Promotional cards		170/BW-P
Turtwig		Plasma Storm		1/135	Plasma Gale		001/070
Ralts		Plasma Storm		59/135	Plasma Gale		032/070
Patrat		Plasma Storm		111/135	Plasma Gale		060/070

Trivia

• Aspertia City is the only hometown in the core series games to be a city, and as such is much larger than other hometowns and has a higher population. It is also the first hometown in a core series game to contain concrete paths, a Gym, or a Pokémon Center. It is also the first hometown that is connected to a gate.
  • As Aspertia City is the only hometown to house a Pokémon Center, it also is the only city in the core series games where the Pokémon Center is not the flying destination, as this trait is given to the player's house.
• Aspertia City and Nuvema Town are the only hometowns that share a region.

Name origin

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ヒオウギシティ Hiougi City	From 檜扇紋 hiōgi-mon (traditional pattern modeled after the Japanese cypress folding fan)
English	Aspertia City	From asperatus (former name of the most recently discovered cloud formation that was later renamed to asperitas) and aspire or aspiration
German	Eventura City	From éventail (French for fan) and aventura (Spanish for adventure)
Spanish	Ciudad Engobe	From engobe (slip)
French	Pavonnay	From pavo (Latin for peacock) or pavonner (to strut) and -ay (French city suffix)
Italian	Alisopoli	From aliseo (trade wind)
Korean	부채시티 Buchae City	From 부채 buchae (fan)
Chinese (Mandarin)	檜扇市 / 桧扇市 Kuàishàn Shì / Guìshàn Shì	From the Japanese 檜扇 hiōgi
Chinese (Cantonese)	檜扇市 Kúisin Síh
Polish	Aspertia	From its English name
Brazilian Portuguese	Cidade de Aspertia	From its English name
Russian	Аспертия Сити Aspertiya Siti	Transcription of its English name
Vietnamese	Thành phố Hiougi	Transcription of its Japanese name

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