Whirl Islands

Whirl Islands うずまきじま Whirlpool Islands "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
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Location:	Route 41
Region:	Johto
Generations:	II, IV
File:MapWhirl.gif Location of Whirl Islands in Johto.
Pokémon world locations

The Whirl Islands (Japanese: うずまきじま Whirlpool Islands) are a small archipelago located between the mainland of Johto and Cianwood City, on Route 41. Beneath the sea, a maze of dark caves sprawl, with explorers able to travel between the four islands with some amount of difficulty. Deep within these caves, Lugia can be found.

Named after the dangerous whirlpools that surround them, some parts of the Whirl Islands are mysterious and largely inaccessible. Children in Olivine City are told that bad kids are sent to the islands.

As explained in Pokémon SoulSilver, the Whirl Islands used to be one large island. At some point in time, there were two countries fighting over the island. Lugia, the guardian of the island, got upset and cast lightning bolts to tear the island into four pieces. It then disappeared into the deep end of the waterfall basin, longing for the invisible trust between people and Pokémon to manifest once more.

Items

Generation II

Item		Location	Games

Generation IV

Item		Location	Games

Pokémon

Generation II

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Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
All times
	Zubat	G	S	C	Walking	24	30%
	Golbat	G	S	C	Walking		5%
	Seel	G	S	C	Walking	22-23	15%
	Krabby	G	S	C	Walking	23, 25	50%
Morning
	Golbat	G	S	C	Walking		5%
	Seel	G	S	C	Walking		25%
	Krabby	G	S	C	Walking		40%
Day
	Golbat	G	S	C	Walking		5%
	Seel	G	S	C	Walking		25%
	Krabby	G	S	C	Walking		40%
Night
	Golbat	G	S	C	Walking		10%
	Krabby	G	S	C	Walking		60%
Surfing and Fishing
	Krabby	G	S	C	Fishing		40%
	Kingler	G	S	C	Fishing		20%
	Horsea	G	S	C	Fishing		30%
	Seadra	G	S	C	Fishing		10%
	Tentacool	G	S	C	Surfing		60%
	Tentacruel	G	S	C	Surfing		10%
	Horsea	G	S	C	Surfing		30%
	Seadra	G	S	C	Surfing		?%
Special Pokémon
	Lugia	G	S	C	Cave accessible from northeast island	70	Only one
	Lugia	G	S	C	Cave accessible from northeast island	40	Only one
	Lugia	G	S	C	Cave accessible from northeast island	60	Only 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.

Generation IV

Kimono Girls summoning Lugia inside Whirl Islands in SoulSilver

Lugia in the Whirl Islands in Generation IV

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Battling Lugia in the Whirl Islands

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Pokémon		Games		Location	Levels	Rate
Special Pokémon
	Lugia	HG	SS	Cave accessible from northeast island	45	Only one
	Lugia	HG	SS	Cave accessible from northeast island	70	Only 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.

Eyecatch

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  Morning (Seadra)

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  Day/Evening (Seel)

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  Night (Tentacool)

In the anime

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Map of the Whirl Islands in the anime

The depiction of the islands is far different in the anime. Far from being deserted, it contains many towns and other inhabitable areas. The Whirl Islands are home to the Whirl Cup, a competition for Water Pokémon Trainers held once every three years.

Rumors circulate that families of Lugia reside there. A mother Lugia and her baby, Silver, were sought by Dr. Namba and did, in fact, reveal themselves.

There are four main islands, with many smaller ones scattered throughout. Together, the islands in the archipelago form a spiral shape.

The islands, from north to south:

• Ogi Isle
• Silver Rock Isle
• Red Rock Isle
• Yellow Rock Isle
• Blue Point Isle
• Pudgy Pidgey Isle

According to the Nurse Joy on Blue Point Isle, the climate varies from island to island.

In the manga

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Silver flying over the Whirl Islands

The Whirl Islands appeared in the Pokémon Adventures manga in the HeartGold & SoulSilver arc.

Trivia

• In Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum Versions, a guest at Hotel Grand Lake by Lake Valor mentions a silver-colored Pokémon at Whirl Islands.
• In Generation II, it was possible to get to Lugia without having the HM Waterfall.

In other languages

• Brazilian Portuguese: Ilhas dos Redemoinhos (sometimes accidentally translated from the similar-sounding "World Islands" as Ilhas Mundo)
• Spanish: Islas Remolino
• Italian: Isole Vorticose
• German: Strudelinseln
• French: Tourb'îles
• Korean: 소용돌이섬
• Chinese: 漩渦列島 Xuánwō Lièdǎo

References

• Psypoke Psydex - Pokémon catch rates

External links

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