Nimbasa City

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Nimbasa City ライモンシティ Raimon City "Lit by the Flash of Lightning!"

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Map description A bustling city of entertainment, with many theme parks.

Nimbasa City Gym - Unova Gym #4 Elesa Electric-type specialist Gym Bolt Badge

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Connecting locations ← Route 5 Nimbasa City Route 16 →   Route 4 ↓

Location Location of Nimbasa City in Unova.

Nimbasa City (Japanese: ライモンシティ Raimon City) is a city located in central Unova. There are three routes connecting to it: to the south of the city is Route 4 and the vast Desert Resort, to the west is Route 5, and to the east is Route 16. Nimbasa City is the most populous city in the Pokémon world, it is also the most densely populated city. In contrast to Castelia City, which is the heart of business and economy in the Unova region, Nimbasa serves as the heart of leisure and entertainment. Nimbasa City is well known for its grand-scale landmarks such as the Musical Theater, Gear Station, Big Stadium and Small Court, Battle Institute, and the Rondez-View Ferris Wheel and amusement park.

Elesa is the Gym Leader of Nimbasa City. She specializes in the Electric type and hands out the Bolt Badge upon defeat.

Places of interest

Musical Theater

The Musical Theater is where the Pokémon Musical takes place, located in the north of Nimbasa. The player meets Bianca here upon their first arrival.

Inside, the owner of the theater will give the player a Prop Case and show them how to dress up their Pokémon.

Gear Station

Main article: Battle Subway

Gear Station is the central hub of the Battle Subway. All eight lines of the Battle Subway are accessed through Gear Station, including the only available route to Anville Town. The stats judge which can appraise a Pokémon's IVs is located in Gear Station as well.

Big Stadium and Small Court

Main article: Big Stadium and Small Court

Nimbasa City's sports venues, Big Stadium and Small Court, are where sportspeople and sports fans go to practice and engage in both Pokémon battles and the sport of their choosing. They are also the places where sporting events are hosted in the Unova region. Big Stadium hosts sports requiring fields, specifically baseball, soccer, and football; meanwhile, Small Court hosts sports requiring courts, specifically tennis and basketball.

Trainers may be battled daily at both facilities except during event hours.

Battle Institute

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Outside the Battle Institute

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Inside the Battle Institute

The Battle Institute (Japanese: トライアルハウス Trial House) is a building just left of the Pokémon Center. The Trainers met here are the same ones that battle in the Battle Subway. The player can opt to fight five consecutive mock battles—called the Battle Test—of either single battles (requiring three Pokémon) or double battles (requiring four Pokémon). When battling, all Pokémon are auto-leveled to 50, whether they were below in level or above. Bag items are not permitted to be used. At the end of the fifth battle, the player is awarded a score and a rank.

Unlike the Battle Subway, the Battle Institute does not require the player to save the game before participating.

Each battle grows in difficulty, starting with pre-evolved Pokémon and potentially fighting legendary Pokémon by the end. Once the Battle Test begins, there is no quitting; losing one battle means continuing to the next, until all five battles are complete. The 'Run' command acts as a battle forfeit measure for that battle only. If it is not the fifth battle, the player's forfeit will trigger the next battle.

The scoring system is:

Rank	Points	Stars
Beginner	0-999	0-1
Novice	1000-1999	2
Normal	2000-2999	3
Super	3000-3999	4
Hyper	4000-4999	5
Elite	5000-5999	6
Master	6000+	7

Each battle increases the max points that can be earned, meaning the max amounts of points one can earn in the first battle is lower than the max points one can earn in the last. Points are awarded depending on how many battles are won (no points are awarded for lost battles) and how well the player beats the opponent; fainted teammates count against the final score, as does damage taken.

The scoring breakdown is as follows:

• 1000 points per battle won
• 80 points per opposing Pokémon fainted
• 5 points per switch
• 1 point per super-effective attack
• 4 points per opposing attack that is rendered ineffective (either from type immunities, Levitate, or a status attack that the Pokémon is immune to due to typing)
• 2 points per opposing attack that is rendered not very effective
• 30 points if a battle was won with the opposing side taking at least one turn, 15 points if a battle was won without the opposing side taking a turn
• -80 points per Pokémon fainted
• -10 points per turn
• -10 points per ineffective attack against the opponent (on the same basis as the above)
• -2 points per resisted attack against the opponent
• 1 point per percent of HP remaining after each battle

Rondez-View Ferris Wheel

The Rondez-View Ferris Wheel is a couples-only ferris wheel where N is battled as part of the main storyline, and after defeating Elesa, Trainers may be battled here daily. The Trainer varies with the season and the gender of the player, and with the exception of Preschooler Winter, only their Japanese name is related to the season. After the battle, the Trainer will accompany the player on the wheel. In the Japanese version, the conversations on the Ferris wheel are laced with double entendres.

If the player chosen was Hilbert: Trainer Pokémon Lass Maya ミハル Miharu Reward: $400 Spring only Gothita♀ Lv.25 No item Hiker Andy ナツミ Natsumi Reward: $800 Summer only Boldore♂ Lv.25 No item Clerk ♀ Trisha チアキ Chiaki Reward: $1000 Autumn only Minccino♀ Lv.25 No item Preschooler Winter フユカ Fuyuka Reward: $96 Winter only Solosis♀ Lv.24 No item

If the player chosen was Hilda: Trainer Pokémon Dancer Dirk ハルオ Haruo Reward: $800 Spring only Darumaka♂ Lv.25 No item Ace Trainer Austin ナツキ Natsuki Reward: $1620 Summer only Swoobat♂ Lv.27 No item Waitress Aurora アキラ Akira Reward: $1000 Autumn only Swadloon♀ Lv.25 No item Rich Boy Martin フユタ Fuyuta Reward: $3840 Winter only Tranquill♂ Lv.24 No item

Nimbasa City Gym

Main article: Nimbasa Gym

The Nimbasa Gym is the official Gym of Nimbasa City. The Gym doubles as a roller coaster. The Gym specializes in Electric-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Elesa. Trainers who defeat her receive the Bolt Badge.

Demographics

Pokémon Black and White

Nimbasa City is the most populous city in the Pokémon world with a population of 150 (239, including all Trainers in the Big Stadium and Small Court). It surpasses the urbanized Castelia City in terms of population.

Poké Mart

Lower cashier
Poké Ball $200	Great Ball $600
Ultra Ball* $1200	Potion $300
Super Potion $700	Hyper Potion $1200
Max Potion* $2500	Full Restore* $3000
Revive $1500	Antidote $100
Parlyz Heal Parlyz Heal $200	Awakening $250
Burn Heal $250	Ice Heal $250
Full Heal* $600	Escape Rope $550
Repel $350	Super Repel $500
Max Repel* $700

Technical Machine department
TM21 (Frustration) $10000	TM27 (Return) $10000
TM73 (Thunder Wave) $10000	TM74 (Gyro Ball) $10000
TM16 (Light Screen) $30000	TM20 (Safeguard) $30000
TM33 (Reflect) $30000

Items

Item		Location	Games

Trainers

Pokémon Black and White

Trainer	Pokémon
Team Plasma Grunt Reward: $720	Watchog♂ Lv.18 No item
	Trubbish♂ Lv.18 No item

Team Plasma N Nimbasa City Black and White Team Plasma and Professor N Oak Nimbasa City Black and White Reward: $2200

Types: Ground Dark Ability: Moxie Held item: None Sandile♂ Lv.22 Assurance Dark Physical   --       Embargo Dark Status   --       Sand Tomb Ground Physical   --       Mud-Slap Ground Special   --       Types: Dark Fighting Ability: Shed Skin Held item: None Scraggy♂ Lv.22 Swagger Normal Status   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Headbutt Normal Physical   --       Faint Attack Dark Physical   --       Types: Fire Unknown Ability: Hustle Held item: None Darumaka♂ Lv.22 Fire Punch Fire Physical   --       Headbutt Normal Physical   --       Facade Normal Physical   --       Uproar Normal Special   --       Types: Psychic Flying Ability: Magic Guard Held item: None Sigilyph♂ Lv.22 Whirlwind Normal Status   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Tailwind Flying Status   --       Air Cutter Flying Special   --

In the anime

Nimbasa City in the anime

Nimbasa City first appeared at the beginning of Reunion Battles In Nimbasa! for a short time where Team Rocket arrived on a mission and again in Club Battle Finale: A Heroes Outcome! where the trio were riding the ferris wheel. Sometime prior to Meowth's Scrafty Tactics!, the trio started a mission which made it appear that Meowth messed up and was fired, however, it was revealed in Crisis from the Underground Up! that it was a plan to steal the gang's Pokémon.

Nimbasa Town, named after the city, is located on its outskirts.

Nimbasa City appeared again in BW049, along with Elesa. Ash won his Gym battle against her in BW050.

Trivia

• Nimbasa's Japanese motto is 稲妻きらめく　輝きの街.
• In the Japanese version, Nimbasa City contains several references to Inazuma Eleven, another Nintendo DS series. The city motto in romaji is "inazuma kirameku kagayaki no machi", it shares its name of Raimon (albeit written differently) with the school attended by many of the central cast of Inazuma Eleven, and one of the trainers in the Big Stadium asks the player to "Join the training of our Pokémon Eleven!"
• In the Pokémon Baccer World Cup in Zoroark: Master of Illusions, there is a "Nimbasa Legends" team, which comes from this city. It also has its own theme music. However, this team was later found out to be a sham created by Grings Kodai.
• Nimbasa City is the only city in the Pokémon world to feature arenas for human sporting events and an amusement park.
• There is a large Pikachu figure in the amusement park, even though Pikachu are not native to Unova.

Name origin

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ライモンシティ Raimon City	雷文 raimon, "meander" or "fret". The 雷 rai means "thunder".
English	Nimbasa City	From nimbus cloud, clouds that produces rain and lightning.
French	Méanville	From méandre, meander.
German	Rayono City	From the Spanish rayo, thunderbolt.
Italian	Sciroccopoli	From Scirocco, Italian word for Sirocco.
Spanish	Ciudad Mayólica	From mayólica, maiolica.
Korean	뇌문시티 Noemun City	뇌문 (noemun) means fret or key pattern.
Chinese (Mandarin)	雷文市 Léiwén Shì	From 雷文 raimon. Means "thunder pattern". Also an alternate term for 雷紋 léiwén (fret).

Unova
Settlements Nuvema Town • Accumula Town • Striaton City • Nacrene City • Castelia City • Nimbasa City • Anville Town Driftveil City • Mistralton City • Icirrus City • Opelucid City • Pokémon League • Lacunosa Town • Undella Town Black City • White Forest • Aspertia City • Floccesy Town • Virbank City • Lentimas Town • Humilau City Routes 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 Bridges and tunnels Skyarrow Bridge • Driftveil Drawbridge • Tubeline Bridge • Village Bridge • Marvelous Bridge • Marine Tube Landmarks Dreamyard • Wellspring Cave • Pinwheel Forest • Liberty Garden • Desert Resort • Relic Castle • Battle Subway • Lostlorn Forest Cold Storage • Mistralton Cave • Chargestone Cave • Celestial Tower • Twist Mountain • Dragonspiral Tower • Moor of Icirrus Challenger's Cave • Victory Road (BW • B2W2) • N's Castle • Royal Unova • Giant Chasm • Undella Bay • Abyssal Ruins Abundant Shrine • Poké Transfer Lab • P2 Laboratory • Entralink • Unity Tower • Floccesy Ranch • Pledge Grove • Virbank Complex Pokéstar Studios • Castelia Sewers • Join Avenue • Cave of Being • Pokémon World Tournament • Reversal Mountain • Plasma Frigate Clay Tunnel • Underground Ruins • Strange House • Relic Passage • Seaside Cave • White Treehollow • Black Tower Access to Nature Preserve Other Blueberry Academy • Terarium

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