Poni Island

Poni Island ポニじま Poni Island "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
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Location:	Southwest Alola
Region:	Alola
Generations:	VII
Location of Poni Island in Alola.
Pokémon world locations

Poni Island (Japanese: ポニじま Poni Island) is the southwestern of the four major islands of Alola. Tapu Fini is the island's guardian deity.

Trials

Poni Island has one Captain, Mina, for the island challenge, but in Pokémon Sun and Moon, she has not decided on an official trial location or format, and thus does not conduct a trial when first met. The player does, however, encounter an ancient trial in the depths of Vast Poni Canyon, where they meet the present-day captain. At the end, they battle a Totem Kommo-o and its allies for ownership of a Dragonium Z.

Mina's trial is exclusive to Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

Hapu was recently appointed as its Island Kahuna, and is in charge of its grand trial.

Poni Island's trials are unique in that its Grand Trial is initiated first before its other trials, and it is the only island to have an unmanned trial.

Trial Captain Japanese	Location Japanese	Type	Totem Pokémon	Ally Pokémon
None	Vast Poni Canyon ポニの大峡谷 Great Canyon of Poni	Dragon	Kommo-o	Hakamo-o and ScizorSM
				Noivern and ScizorUSUM
Mina マツリカ Matsurika	NoneSM	Fairy	NoneSM	NoneSM
	Seafolk Village 海の民の村 Seafolk VillageUSUM		RibombeeUSUM	Blissey and PelipperUSUM

Grand trial

Island Kahuna Japanese	Location Japanese	Type	Trial Stamp
Hapu ハプウ Hapū	Vast Poni CanyonSM ポニの大峡谷 Great Canyon of Poni	Ground	Poni Trial Completion
	Exeggutor IslandUSUM ナッシー・アイランド Nassy Island

Locations on Poni Island

• Seafolk Village
  • Exeggutor Island
• Poni Wilds
• Ancient Poni Path
  • Vast Poni Canyon
  • Altar of the Sunne / Altar of the Moone
• Poni Breaker Coast
  • Ruins of Hope
• Poni Grove
• Poni Plains
  • Poni Meadow
  • Resolution Cave
• Poni Coast
• Poni Gauntlet
• Battle Tree

In the anime

Poni Island in the anime

Poni Island first appeared in A Dream Encounter!, in which Professor Burnet, Lusamine, Faba, and Wicke were seen at the Altar of the Sunne, investigating reported sightings of the Ultra Beasts, only to find nothing.

The island served as one of the main settings of events from Family Determination! to 10,000,000 Reasons to Fight!. After Lusamine had been kidnapped and taken into Ultra Space by a Nihilego, Lillie and Gladion traveled to Poni Island in order to visit the Altar of the Sunne and get the help of Alola's Legendary Pokémon in order to save their mother. After making their way through Vast Poni Canyon, they were joined by Ash, Professor Kukui, and the rest of Lillie's classmates. Upon reaching the altar, the group was surprised to encounter the four guardian deities of Alola, who helped Nebby to evolve into Solgaleo. With Solgaleo's help, Ash and his classmates traveled into Ultra Space, successfully rescuing Lusamine before returning back to their own world.

In the manga

Poni Island in Pocket Monsters the Movie: I Choose You! Remix

In the movie adaptations

Poni Island appeared in ICYR1, where it was site of one of Ash's island trial. In that trial, he encountered a Totem Kommo-o and battled it. After Ash remembered the day that he met Pikachu, he was able to defeat Kommo-o, clearing the trial.

Trivia

• This is the only one of Alola's four main islands to lack any traditionally numbered routes.
• Aside from the frequent re-use of the proper noun 'Poni', this is the only one of Alola's four main islands that doesn't feature a landmark or settlement with a Hawaiian name.

Origin

Poni Island's real-life counterpart is the Hawaiian island of Kauai. Purple is the island's official color.

Name origin

Poni is Hawaiian for purple.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 波尼島 Bōnèih Dóu Mandarin 波尼島 / 波尼岛 Bōní Dǎo Danish Poni-øen Dutch Poni Eiland Finnish Poni-saari French Poni German Poni Italian Poni Korean 포니섬 Poni Seom Norwegian Poniøya Russian Остров Пони Ostrov Poni Spanish Poni Swedish Poni-ön

References

Alola
Islands Melemele Island • Akala Island • Ula'ula Island • Poni Island • Aether Paradise Settlements Iki Town • Hau'oli City (Outskirts) • Heahea City • Paniola Town • Konikoni City • Royal Avenue • Malie City Tapu Village • Po Town • Seafolk Village • Pokémon League Trial sites Verdant Cavern • Brooklet Hill • Wela Volcano Park • Lush Jungle • Hokulani Observatory Thrifty Megamart (Abandoned Site) • Exeggutor Island • Vast Poni Canyon • Seafolk Village Routes 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 Landmarks Mahalo Trail • Trainers' School • Hau'oli Cemetery • Berry fields • Melemele Meadow • Seaward Cave • Kala'e Bay • Ten Carat Hill Tide Song Hotel • Paniola Ranch • Melemele Sea • Diglett's Tunnel • Battle Royal Dome • Memorial Hill • Akala Outskirts • Ruins of Life Hano Grand Resort • Hano Beach • Malie Garden • Mount Hokulani • Blush Mountain • Ula'ula Beach • Aether House • Haina Desert Ruins of Abundance • Ula'ula Meadow • Lake of the Moone • Lake of the Sunne • Shady House • Poni Wilds • Ancient Poni Path Poni Breaker Coast • Ruins of Hope • Altar of the Sunne • Altar of the Moone • Mount Lanakila • Ruins of Conflict Poni Grove • Poni Plains • Poni Meadow • Resolution Cave • Poni Coast • Poni Gauntlet • Battle Tree Festival Plaza • Poké Pelago • Big Wave Beach • Sandy Cave • Heahea Beach • Pikachu Valley • Dividing Peak Tunnel Kantonian Gym • Poni Beach • Plains Grotto • Team Rocket's Castle Ultra Space Ultra Deep Sea • Ultra Megalopolis • Megalo Tower • Ultra Jungle • Ultra Desert • Ultra Plant Ultra Forest • Ultra Crater • Ultra Ruin • Ultra Space Wilds

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