Nebel Plateau

Nebel Plateau ネーベル高原 Nebel Plateau
Nebel Plateau
Region	Kalos
Debut	Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel

The Nebel Plateau (Japanese: ネーベル高原 Nebel Plateau) is an anime-exclusive location in Kalos and one of the settings for the third XY series movie, Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel.

It is a remote highlands where Pokémon harmed by humans live together. Volcanion protects the Pokémon living here and remains awake at night to watch over them. Ash, his friends, and Kimia visited this location with the guidance of Volcanion. Volcanion was able to produce a mist which prevented them from being followed by humans.

The Pokémon living here are afraid of humans and Pokémon owned by these humans, including Ash, his friends, Kimia, and their Pokémon. A Gulpin residing there became wary of Ash after Ash hugged it. Volcanion revealed that the Gulpin had been abandoned by its trainer after receiving a big hug. However, with time, the Pokémon were able to trust Ash and his friends, and began to play around together. By the end of the movie, Ash and his friends gained the trust of Volcanion and became honorary Nebel Plateau Pokémon.

During the events of the movie, Alva attempted to destroy Nebel Plateau using Magearna's Soul-Heart but his attack was deflected by the Nebel Plateau Pokémon and Squishy.

The flower fields of Nebel Plateau is also the location Volcanion first met Magearna. Since then, Volcanion has taken care of Magearna.

Pokémon seen at Nebel Plateau

Volcanion	Magearna	Fletchling (multiple)	Minccino (×2)
Espurr (×3)	Watchog	Zigzagoon (×2)	Litleo
Sentret	Buneary	Marill	Stunky
Starly (multiple)	Amaura	Munchlax	Quilladin
Chesnaught	Kirlia	Aron	Helioptile
Gulpin	Psyduck	Litwick	Scrafty
Patrat	Altaria (×3)	Claydol	Pidgey
Wormadam (Plant Cloak)	Wormadam (Sandy Cloak)	Wormadam (Trash Cloak)	Drilbur
Pidgeotto	Hippowdon	Ralts (flashback)	Pachirisu (flashback)
Deerling (flashback; Summer Form)	Scraggy (flashback)	Hippopotas (flashback)

In the manga

In the movie adaptations

Nebel Plateau appeared in the manga adaptation for Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel.

Pokémon seen at Nebel Plateau

Volcanion	Magearna	Amaura	Munchlax
Marill	Psyduck	Gulpin	Kirlia
Furfrou	Dugtrio	Quilladin	Chesnaught
Aron	Watchog	Zigzagoon	Minccino
Helioptile	Litwick	Litleo

Trivia

• Nebel was used as the OT of Japanese and English Volcanion event distribution in Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, and Singapore, a reference to the nineteenth movie Volcanion in Nebel Plateau.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ネーベル高原 Nebel Plateau	From Nebel, German for fog
English	Nebel Plateau	Same as Japanese name
Chinese (Mandarin)	尼貝爾高原 Níbèi'ěr Gāoyuán	Transliteration of Japanese name
Chinese (Cantonese)	尼貝爾高原 Nèihbuiyíh Gōuyùhn * 濃霧高原 Nùhngmouh Gōuyùhn *	Mandarin-based transliteration of Japanese name From 濃霧 nùhngmouh, heavy fog
Italian	Altopiano Nebula	Same as Japanese name
Korean	네벨고원 Nebel Gowon	Same as Japanese name

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