Sootopolis City

Sootopolis Cityルネシティ Rune Shiti
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The mystical city where history slumbers. れきしが ねむる しんぴの まち
Information
Region:	Hoenn
Connecting locations:	↓South - Route 126
Gym
Name:	Sootopolis City Gym
Gym Leader:	WallaceRSORAS JuanE
Pokémon type:
Badge:	Rain Badge

Sootopolis City is a city in the Hoenn region, surrounded by the Hoenn Route 126. The player character needs to use Dive outside of battle in Route 126 to reach Sootopolis City; later, they can directly Fly to Sootopolis City.

In Pokémon Emerald Version, when Kyogre and Groudon were awakened by Team Aqua and Team Magma respectively, the two Pokémon appeared in the city's lake and battled each other until Rayquaza intervened and becalmed them.

Sootopolis City is also the location of Hoenn's Water-type based gym.

Description

The city of Sootopolis has an overhead view of the sky shaped like a crater, a preservation of what was there before the city came to be. Sootopolis is built with staircases that lead to different parts of the city.

History

Sootopolis City is built in the crater of an extinct volcano^RSE or a meteor impact^ORAS, which soon filled with water during rainfall. Within the city is the Cave of Origin, guarded by one of the town's citizens. Sootopolis may be where the cataclysmic battle between Groudon and Kyogre fought thousands of years ago, implied by its subtle connection to Mt. Pyre. As quoted by the guarding citizen, "The spirits of Pokémon, becalmed at Mt. Pyre, are said to be revived here."

Pokémon

Ruby and Sapphire

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Emerald

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Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

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Items

• Wailmer Doll
• TM31 Brick Break

Poké Mart

• Ultra Ball 1200
• Hyper Potion 1200
• Max Potion 2500
• Full Heal 600
• Revive 1500
• X Attack 500
• X Defense 550
• Max Repel 700
• Shadow Mail 50

Appearances

Manga

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Anime

In "The Great Eight Fate!", Ash and his friends first arrived there so the former can have his final Gym battle against the Sootopolis City Gym Leader Juan.

Trivia

• This is the only town in the Pokémon games that requires the move Dive to first enter it.
• A young non-playable girl, Kiri, is named after Junichi Masuda's daughter, who was born before the development of the Generation III games.
• Sootopolis City's name comes from "soot" (black dust resulting from fires or volcanic eruptions) and the suffix "-opolis," often used in city names. Its Japanese name, Rune (pronounced "roo-nay," not "roon") City, comes from 流 (ru, flow) and 涅 (netsu, black underwater soil).
• As Hoenn is based on Kyūshū, Sootopolis City is based on Yakushima. Its architectural style is similar to that of Santorini, a city in Greece.

Gallery

Sootopolis City depicted in Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald

The Pokémon Center (Gen III)

The Pokémon Mart (Gen III)

The gym (Gen III)

Entrance to the Cave of Origin (Gen III)

This lady will give the player a Big Wailmer Doll.

This Black Belt will give the player a TM31 (Brick Break).

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