Virbank City

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Virbank City タチワキシティ Tachiwaki City "City of falling fog and rising stars!"

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Map description A city often covered by clouds and smoke, with very active residents.

Virbank City Gym - Unova Gym #2B2W2 Roxie Poison-type specialist Gym Toxic Badge

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Connecting locations   ↑ Pokéstar Studios   ← Route 20 Virbank City   Virbank Complex ↓

Location Location of Virbank City in Unova.

Virbank City (Japanese: タチワキシティ Tachiwaki City) is a city in southwestern Unova. It is the location of the second Gym that the player visits in the games Black 2 and White 2, led by Roxie.

Virbank City is shown to be a port city with many hangars, docks and waterways. In the northeastern part of the city, there is graffiti painted on the wall that resembles Koffing's skull and crossbones mark.

Slogan

City of falling fog and rising stars! (Japanese: タチワキは　立ちあがる　水蒸気 Tachiwaki is rising steam.)

Places of interest

Harbor

After defeating the Team Plasma Grunts both here and on Route 20, it is possible to sail to Castelia City.

Virbank Gym

Main article: Virbank Gym

The Virbank Gym is the official Gym of Virbank City. The Gym Leader is Roxie. The Virbank City Gym is also a music club. For defeating Roxie, Trainers receive the Toxic Badge, and are also given TM09 (Venoshock).

Virbank Complex

Main article: Virbank Complex

Virbank Complex is an industrial plant in the south of the city. It is known for its abundance of Electric- and Fire-type Pokémon.

Demographics

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

In Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, the population of Virbank City is 40.

Poké Mart

Upper cashier
Poké Ball $200	Great Ball $600
Ultra Ball5 Badges $1200	Potion $300
Super Potion $700	Hyper Potion3 Badges $1200
Max Potion7 Badges $2500	Full Restore8 Badges $3000
Revive3 Badges $1500	Antidote $100
Parlyz Heal $200	Awakening $250
Burn Heal $250	Ice Heal $250
Full Heal5 Badges $600	Escape Rope $550
Repel $350	Super Repel3 Badges $500
Max Repel5 Badges $700

Lower cashier
Heal Ball $300	Net Ball $1000
Greet Mail $50	Favored Mail $50
RSVP Mail $50	Thanks Mail $50
Inquiry Mail $50	Like Mail $50
Reply Mail $50

Items

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	Great Ball ×2	From attendant in the gate to Route 20	B2  W2
	Poké Toy	In the house east of the Pokémon Center	B2  W2
	Burn Heal	From a Nursery Aide in the blue house south of the Pokémon Center	B2  W2
	Antidote	In a trash can on the west side of the blue house south of the Pokémon Center (hidden)	B2  W2
	Poké Ball ×5	From a Roughneck in front of the Gym	B2  W2
	Rare Candy	West of the Pokémon Center (requires Surf)	B2  W2
	HM01 (Cut)	From Roxie after defeating the Team Plasma Grunt	B2  W2
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Pokémon

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Surfing
Frillish	B2			W2			Surfing	5-15	100%
Surfing in rippling water
Jellicent	B2			W2			Rippling water	5-15	5%
Alomomola	B2			W2			Rippling water	5-15	95%
Fishing
Krabby	B2			W2			Fishing	40-60	30%
Qwilfish	B2			W2			Fishing	50-70	5%
Finneon	B2			W2			Fishing	40-70	65%
Fishing in rippling water
Krabby	B2			W2			Rippling water	40-60	60%
Kingler	B2			W2			Rippling water	50-70	10%
Lumineon	B2			W2			Rippling water	40-60	30%
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Trainers

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After visiting Pokéstar Studios
Team Plasma Grunt Reward: $560	Patrat♂ Lv.14 No item
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In the anime

Virbank City in the anime

Virbank City debuted in An Epic Defense Force!, when Ash and his friends arrived at the city port. Like in the games, the city has an existing movie studio and a recently built amusement park. The group met Luke again as he was visiting the city to participate in the Pokéstar Studios Film Competition. After being persuaded by Cilan, the group decided to help Luke in the making of his film, which won Best Picture.

In Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 1 and Part 2, Ash and his friends went to the Virbank Gym. There, he battled Roxie for his eighth Unova League Gym Badge, and ultimately won it. Roxie also fronts Unova's top punk rock band "Koffing and the Toxics", so fans flock to the Virbank Gym to watch them perform during Roxie's Gym matches.

In All for the Love of Meloetta!, Ash and his friends, having learned that the Vertress Conference would begin in three months, decided to go eat Virbank City's famous "Bearticone" at Cilan's suggestion. Arriving at the ice cream stand, they met up with the Sinnoh League Champion, Cynthia. Cynthia then invited them to go to East Unova with her for the upcoming Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup.

Gallery

Pokémon Center	Virbank Gym	Virbank Complex	Pokéstar Studios

In the manga

Virbank City in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Black 2 & White 2 arc

Virbank City appeared in New Sword Player when Roxie performed at a concert in her Gym with her band. The concert was attended by Blake and Whitley, who successfully convinced Roxie to appear as a judge on the Autumn Choir Tournament in Aspertia City.

In the TCG

The following is a list is of cards mentioning or featuring Virbank City in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Pokémon in Virbank City 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	#
Croagunk		Boundaries Crossed		65/149	Cold Flare		027/059
		Legendary Treasures		62/113	EX Battle Boost		050/093
Toxicroak		Boundaries Crossed		66/149	Cold Flare		028/059
		Legendary Treasures		63/113	EX Battle Boost		051/093
Koffing		Plasma Storm		57/135	Plasma Gale		030/070
Scraggy		Plasma Storm		85/135	Plasma Gale		046/070
					BW-P Promotional cards		174/BW-P
Other related cards
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Virbank City Gym	St	Plasma Storm		126/135	Freeze Bolt		057/059

Trivia

• Due to a glitch, it is possible to Surf on the southeasternmost tile of the westmost boat by interacting with it from land, despite this tile being inaccessible from the adjacent water tile. This tile cannot produce wild Pokémon encounters, even through Sweet Scent or Honey.

Name origin

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	タチワキシティ Tachiwaki City	From 立涌文様 tachiwaki-monyō (pattern based on alternating vertical waves that represents rising steam)
English	Virbank City	From virga, bank (mass of cloud; water's edge), and possibly Burbank
German	Vapydro City	From vapor and Hydro- (prefix for water)
Spanish	Ciudad Hormigón	From hormigón (concrete)
French	Ondes-sur-Mer	From ondes (waves) and sur-Mer (city suffix for a city near the sea)
Italian	Zondopoli	From zonda (zonda wind)
Korean	모란만시티 Moranman City	From 모란만초문 (牡丹蔓草紋) moran-manchomun (creeping pattern based on the tree peony) and 모락모락 morangmorak (onomatopoetic word for steam rising)
Chinese (Mandarin)	立湧市 / 立涌市 ‎ Lìyǒng Shì	From the Japanese 立涌 tachiwaki
Chinese (Cantonese)	立湧市 Lahpyúng Síh
Polish	Virbank	From its English name
Brazilian Portuguese	Cidade de Virbank	From its English name
Vietnamese	Thành phố Tachiwaki	Transcription of its Japanese name

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