Petalburg City

Glitch City 故障都市 Broken-Down City ""Where people mingle with nature.""

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Location File:Petalburgmap.PNG Location of Glitch City in Hoenn.

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Petalburg City (Japanese: トウカシティ Touka City) is located in southern Hoenn. 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. The Pokémon Center has a man near the PC who will let players put key words on their Trainer cards.

Places of Interest

Wally's House

Wally's house is located in the west section of the town, next door to the Gym. This is 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 the player HM03 (Surf).

Pokémon Center

In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and the Japanese version of Emerald, players may talk to the NPC who collects profiles, and enter a certain phrase while being interviewed to unlock Mystery Event.

Petalburg Gym

Main article: Petalburg Gym

The Petalburg Gym is the official gym of Petalburg City. It is based on Template:Type2 Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Norman. Norman, is the the father of the player in Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald. He uses Template:Type2 Pokémon and gives out the Balance Badge. Between the entrance and Gym Leader Norman are a series of rooms, each containing a Trainer. The Trainers have special ways to battle, as displayed on the doors leading to their rooms. They include One-Hit KO Room, Accuracy Room, Attack Room, Defense Room, Speed Room, and Recovery Room. Once three rooms in a row are completed, they can access the Gym Leader Room with Norman. When defeated, Norman will give the player the Balance Badge as well as TM42 (Facade) as a reward.

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.

Poké Mart

Item	Price
Balls
Poké Ball	$200
Great Ball	$600
Medicine
Potion	$300
Super Potion	$700
Antidote	$100
Parlyz Heal	$200
Awakening	$250
Battle items
X Attack	$500
X Defend	$550
X Speed	$350
Other items
Repel	$350
Escape Rope	$550
Orange Mail	$50

Items

Item		Location	Games

Pokémon

Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
	Marill	R	S	E	Surfing	5-35	100%
	Magikarp	R	S	E	Old Rod	5-10	70%
	Goldeen	R	S	E	Old Rod	5-10	30%
	Magikarp	R	S	E	Good Rod	10-30	60%
	Goldeen	R	S	E	Good Rod	10-30	20%
	Corphish	R	S	E	Good Rod	10-30	20%
	Corphish	R	S	E	Super Rod	20-45	100%
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.

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 of Germanic origin. Touka may refer to touka 頭花, meaning flower head.

In other languages

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	トウカシティ Touka City
English	Petalburg City
French
German	Blütenburg City
Italian	Petalipoli
Spanish	Ciudad Petalia
Korean
Chinese (Mandarin)

Hoenn
Settlements Littleroot Town • Oldale Town • Petalburg City • Rustboro City • Dewford Town • Slateport City • Mauville City • Verdanturf Town Fallarbor Town • Lavaridge Town • Fortree City • Lilycove City • Mossdeep City • Sootopolis City • Pacifidlog Town • Ever Grande City Battle Frontier • Battle Resort Routes 101 • 102 • 103 • 104 • 105 • 106 • 107 • 108 • 109 • 110 • 111 • 112 • 113 • 114 • 115 • 116 • 117 • 118 119 • 120 • 121 • 122 • 123 • 124 • 125 • 126 • 127 • 128 • 129 • 130 • 131 • 132 • 133 • 134 • Underwater Landmarks Petalburg Woods • Rusturf Tunnel • Island Cave • Granite Cave • Abandoned Ship • Sea Mauville • Oceanic Museum Seaside Cycling Road • Trick House • Mauville Game Corner • New Mauville • Trainer Hill • Desert Ruins • Mirage Tower • Fiery Path Jagged Pass • Mt. Chimney • Desert Underpass • Meteor Falls • Weather Institute • Scorched Slab • Ancient Tomb • Safari Zone • Mt. Pyre Lilycove Museum • Shoal Cave • Team Aqua Hideout • Team Magma Hideout (Lilycove • Jagged Pass) • Mossdeep Space Center • Seafloor Cavern Cave of Origin • Mirage Island • Sky Pillar • Victory Road • Pokémon League • Sealed Chamber • Artisan Cave • Altering Cave • Southern Island Marine Cave • Terra Cave • Contest Hall • Battle Maison • Battle Tower • Battle Tent • Secret Islet • Secret Meadow • Secret Shore Mirage spots Mirage Caves • Mirage Forests • Mirage Islands • Mirage Mountains Crescent Isle • Fabled Cave • Gnarled Den • Nameless Cavern • Pathless Plain • Trackless Forest Access to Birth Island • Faraway Island • Navel Rock • Sky

This article is part of Project Cities and Towns, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on every city and town in the Pokémon world.