Virbank City

Virbank City タチワキシティ Tachiwaki City "Tachiwaki is rising steam"

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Map description

Virbank City Gym - Unova Gym #2Wrong template. See Template:Sup/doc. Roxie Poison-type specialist Gym Toxic Badge

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Connecting locations   ↑ Pokéstar Studios   ← Route 20 Virbank City   Virbank Industrial Complex ↓

Location Location of Virbank City in Unova.

Virbank City (Japanese: タチワキシティ Tachiwaki City) is a city in southwestern Unova. It is the location for the second Gym that the player visits in the games Black 2 and White 2, led by Roxie.

Virbank City is shown to be a port city with many hangars, docks and waterways. In the northeastern part of the city, there is graffiti painted on the wall that resembles Koffing's skull and crossbones mark.

Places of interest

Harbor

After defeating Team Plasma Grunts both here and on Route 20, it is possible to sail to Castelia City.

Virbank Gym

Main article: Virbank Gym

The Virbank Gym is the official Gym of Virbank City. The Gym Leader is Roxie. The Virbank City Gym is a Gym is a music club. For defeating Roxie, Trainers receives the Toxic badge, and is also given TM09 (Venoshock).

Poké Mart

Upper 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

Lower cashier
Heal Ball $300	Net Ball $1000
Greet Mail $50	Favored Mail $50
RSVP Mail $50	Thanks Mail $50
Inquiry Mail $50	Like Mail $50
Reply Mail $50

Items

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Pokémon

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Surfing
Frillish	B2			W2			Surfing	7, 10, 13	%
Rippling water
Jellicent	B2			W2			Surfing	8, 14	%
Alomomola	B2			W2			Surfing	15	%
Fishing
Krabby	B2			W2			Fishing	40, 42-43, 46, 48-51, 53-56, 58	%
Qwilfish	B2			W2			Fishing	52	%
Finneon	B2			W2			Fishing	41-43, 48-60, 65-67, 70	%
Rippling water
Krabby	B2			W2			Fishing	50	%
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Trainers

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Team Plasma Grunt Reward: $560	Patrat♂ Lv.14 No item
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In the anime

Virbank City in the anime

Virbank City first appeared in the anime when Ash and his friends arrive in the city in An Epic Defense Force!. The town has had a movie studio since long ago and recently an amusement park was completed. The group meets Luke who is visiting to participate in a movie contest and they help in the making of his film. In Rocking the Virbank Gym! (Part 1) and Rocking the Virbank Gym! (Part 2), Ash arrived at Virbank Gym, in order to battle Gym Leader Roxie for his eigth gym badge in Unova. In BW085 Ash and his friends, having found out that the Unova League begins in three months, decided to go eat Virbank City's famous "Beartic Ice Cream" at Cilan's suggestion. When they do, they meet the Sinnoh Region Champion, Cynthia.

Trivia

• Virbank's Japanese motto is タチワキは　立ちあがる　水蒸気.

Name origin

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	タチワキシティ Tachiwaki City	From 立涌文様 tachiwaki-monyō, a pattern based on alternating, vertical waves, resembling steam.
English	Virbank City	From virga, bank, and possibly Burbank.
French	Ondes-sur-Mer	Means "Waves on the sea".
German	Vapydro City	From vapor and hydro (Greek for water).
Italian	Zondopoli	From zonda, zonda wind.
Spanish	Ciudad Hormigón	From hormigón, concrete.

Unova
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