Mauville City

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Mauville City キンセツシティ Kinsetsu City "The bright and shiny city of fun!"

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Mauville City Gym - Hoenn Gym #3 Wattson Electric-type specialist Gym Dynamo Badge

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Connecting locations   ↑ Route 111   ← Route 117 Mauville City Route 118 →   Route 110 ↓

Location Location of Mauville City in Hoenn.

Mauville City (Japanese: キンセツシティ Kinsetsu City) is located in central Hoenn and serves as the hub for travelers throughout the Hoenn region. The city features a Game Corner and Rydel's Cycles. Wattson is the Gym Leader and founder of Mauville. He originally had plans to do a complete overhaul of the town, but abandoned them. The city is also notable for its Pokémon Center men.

The roads of the town stretch north to Route 111, west to Route 117 and Verdanturf Town, east to a beach on Route 118, and south to Route 110.

Places of interest

Mauville City in Ruby and Sapphire

Rydel's Cycles

Main article: Rydel's Cycles

A bike shop is located in Mauville City which is called Rydel's Cycles. It is very conveniently located for the owner and customers alike, as the Seaside Cycling Road runs on Route 110, just to the south. Rydel sells Acro Bikes and Mach Bikes. However, he will give the player a bike for free after he finds out that the player have come all the way from Littleroot Town with just Running Shoes. The player may exchange their bike with the owner for the other bike.

Mauville Game Corner

Main article: Mauville Game Corner

The Mauville Game Corner also draws tourists in. At the Game Corner, people can gamble coins on slots or roulette. This game corner houses two roulette wheels and sixteen slot machines. A Coin Case is needed to play at the game corner, which can also be found in one of the houses at Mauville City, in exchange for Harbor Mail.

Mauville Gym

Main article: Mauville Gym

The Mauville Gym specializes in Electric-types. Wattson, the Gym leader hands out the Dynamo Badge to players who defeat him. The Gym contains electric dividers that turn on or off when different switches are stepped on.

Demographics

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

In Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, the population of Mauville City is 39. This number means it is a medium-sized Hoenn city.

Poké Mart

Poké Ball $200	Great Ball $600
Potion $300	Super Potion $700
Antidote $100	Parlyz Heal Parlyz Heal $200
Awakening $200	X Speed $350
X Attack $500	X Defend $550
X Accuracy $950	Guard Spec. $700
Dire Hit $650

Items

Item		Location	Games
	X Speed	Behind the fence across from the Poké Mart	R  S  E
	HM06 (Rock Smash)	Received from the Rock Smash Dude in the southeast house	R  S  E
	Acro Bike	From Rydel*	R  S  E
	Mach Bike	From Rydel*	R  S  E
	Coin Case	Received from the woman in the house next to the Poké Mart in exchange for Harbor Mail	R  S  E
	Basement Key	Received from Wattson after agreeing to help shut down New Mauville's generator	R  S  E
	TM24 (Thunderbolt)	Thank-you gift from Wattson for shutting off New Mauville's generator	R  S  E

Trainers

PKMN Trainer Wally Mauville City Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald Reward: $960
Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: None Ralts♂ Lv.16 Growl Normal   --       Confusion Psychic   --       Double Team Normal   --       Teleport Psychic   --

In the anime

Mauville City

Mauville City first appeared in the anime in the episode Watt's with Wattson. Ash and his friends arrived here and went straight to the Mauville Gym where Ash challenged Wattson for the Dynamo Badge. Mauville City also appeared in the episode Manectric Charge when Ash and his friends arrived here as a pit stop on their way back to Petalburg City.

Trivia

• Mauville's Japanese motto is あかるく かがやく たのしい まち "The bright and shiny city of fun".
• Mauville City is the hometown of League Champion, Tyson.
• Mauville has part of a straight line of free path can be ridden on that breeders use when hatching Eggs.
• "Mauville" is the French name of Violet City.
  • The city's French name "Lavandia" is the same as the German name of Lavender Town.
  • Additionally, the city shares its name with Lavender Town in Korean.

Name origin

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	キンセツシティ Kinsetsu City	Possibly from 菫 kin (violet), 近接 kinsetsu (nearby; neighboring), and 晢 setsu (shine)
English	Mauville City	From mauve (a purple-pink color) and ville
French	Lavandia	From lavande, lavender
German	Malvenfroh City	From Malvenfarbe (mauve) and froh (glad)
Italian	Ciclamipoli	From ciclamino, cyclamen
Spanish	Ciudad Malvalona	From malva, mauve
Korean	보라도시 Bora City	보라 bora means violet
Chinese (Mandarin)	紫堇市 Zǐjǐn Shì	From 紫 zǐ (purple or violet) and 堇 jǐn (Viola)

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

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