Pastoria City (Japanese: ノモセシティ Nomose City) is a city in the Sinnoh region. It is also the home of the Move Reminder, the Scarf Guy and the Sinnoh region's Safari Zone. It is a city on the edge of a giant swamp, known as the Great Marsh. The marsh was once part of the sea, which drained away over time leaving the marshland. There are rare Pokémon only found in the swamps. The Great Marsh keeps the weather cool in the summertime, making it an ideal town for Water Pokémon. Croagunk is one of the rare Pokémon that can be found in the swamp in Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum.
Slogan
The Marsh City (Japanese: だいしつげんと いきる まち Town that lives with the Great Marsh.)
Places of interest
Great Marsh
- Main article: Great Marsh
The Great Marsh is an area located right to the north of Pastoria City. It is the main attraction of Pastoria City that gets many visitors and Trainers coming from around the area. The Great Marsh contains some Pokémon that cannot be found elsewhere in Sinnoh. It is filled with marshy areas, which are inhabited by wild Pokémon. Much like other Pokémon preserves in Kanto and Hoenn, the Great Marsh features a Safari Game in which Trainers pay $500 for 30 Safari Balls and a limited amount of steps (500) to catch as many Pokémon as they can. When a wild Pokémon appears, no Pokémon may be sent out to battle it: catching Pokémon here, as in all Safari Zones, requires sheer luck. There are four options in the battle screen: Throw a Safari Ball, throw Bait, throw Mud, and run away. Throwing Bait makes a Pokémon less likely to run, but makes it harder to catch; while throwing Mud does the reverse, making it easier to catch but more likely to run. Each day, a special type of Pokémon which can only be found on one day, will change, therefore, to get a new set, players must wait a day. These Pokémon will appear randomly in one of the six areas, some may not appear for a while, while others appear several days in a row or in multiple areas on the same day. Some may not appear until after getting the National Pokédex. The only way to tell which changing Pokémon is available in the areas for the day is to use the lookout upstairs from the entrance.
Move Reminder
- Main article: Move Reminder
The Move Reminder allows Pokémon to relearn any move that they were able to learn at an earlier level than the one they are currently at, or ones from that level. Certain Pokémon have moves that may only be obtained in this fashion. The Move Reminder resides in a house northeast of the Poké Mart and will teach a Pokémon a move it could have previously learned but has not, in exchange for a Heart Scale. These may be obtained from the Underground, from the man in the Pokémon News PressPt, or from wild Luvdisc after the National Pokédex is acquired.
Scarf Guy
- Main article: Scarf Guy
The Scarf Guy lives in Pastoria City, in the house nearest to the Route 213 exit. The Scarf Guy checks a Pokémon's condition to see if it is worthy of a Scarf. If the Pokémon's condition is at its maximum value in an area, he will give out the corresponding Scarf to that Pokémon. If not, he will tell the player to improve its condition with Poffins. The Scarf Guy lives with his sister and a Pachirisu. His girlfriend is the Massage Girl in Veilstone City, whom he keeps in contact with through mail, which he lets Pokémon deliver.
Pastoria Gym
- Main article: Pastoria Gym
The Pastoria Gym is the official Gym of Pastoria City. It is based on Water-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Crasher Wake. The Pastoria Gym is a large indoor swimming pool with numerous floating platforms. Switches on the floor of the pool raise and lower the water between three levels. To get to the Gym Leader, the switches must be hit in a certain order so that a path will be formed with the floating platforms. For defeating Crasher Wake, Trainers receive the Fen Badge, TM55 (Brine), and the ability to use Defog in Diamond and Pearl and Surf in Platinum Version outside of battle.
Demographics
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, the population of Pastoria City is 47, which also happens to be the same number as Sunyshore City.
Pokémon Platinum
In Pokémon Platinum the population of Pastoria City is 44.
Poké Mart
Items
Berry woman
The woman in the southwestern-most house will give the player one of the move-weakening Berries once a day.
Pokémon
class="roundytl" style="padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; background: #Template:City color light; color: #000000" rowspan="1" | Pokémon
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style="padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; background-color: #Template:City color light; color: #000000" rowspan="1" colspan="6" | Games
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style="padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; background-color: #Template:City color light; color: #000000" rowspan="1" | Location
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style="padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; background-color: #Template:City color light; color: #000000" rowspan="1" | Levels
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class="roundytr" style="padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; background-color: #Template:City color light; color: #000000" colspan="3" | Rate
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Surfing
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D
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P
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Pt
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20-30
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60%
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D
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P
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Pt
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20-40
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5%
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D
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P
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Pt
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20-40
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9%
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D
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P
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Pt
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20-30
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30%
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D
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P
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Pt
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20-40
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5%
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D
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P
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Pt
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20-30
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30%
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D
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P
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Pt
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20-40
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1%
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Fishing
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D
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P
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Pt
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3-10
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100%
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D
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P
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Pt
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3-15
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100%
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D
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P
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Pt
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10-25
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65%
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D
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P
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Pt
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10-25
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35%
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D
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P
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Pt
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30-55
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65%
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D
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P
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Pt
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20-50
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35%
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D
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P
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Pt
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30-55
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35%
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class="roundybottom" style="background: #Template:City color light; color: #000000" colspan="14" | A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.
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Trainers
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
If the player chose Turtwig:
If the player chose Chimchar:
If the player chose Piplup:
Pokémon Platinum
If the player chose Turtwig:
If the player chose Chimchar:
If the player chose Piplup:
Pokémon Center
On different days, the player can challenge a Trainer who appears in the Pokémon Center. Depending on the game progress, these Trainers will have teams with higher leveled Pokémon upon rematch.
Trainer
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Pokémon
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Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
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Guitarist Arturo ポール Paul Reward: $552/840/1128/1248/1416
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Monday and Friday
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Idol Grace* リエコ Rieko Reward: $1512
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Idol Grace* リエコ Rieko Reward: $2434
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Idol Grace* リエコ Rieko Reward: $3096
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Idol Grace* リエコ Rieko Reward: $3456
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Idol Grace* リエコ Rieko Reward: $3816
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Tuesday and Thursday
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Clown Lee チャック Chuck Reward: $144/552
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Clown Lee* チャック Chuck Reward: $792
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Clown Lee* チャック Chuck Reward: $1056
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Clown Lee チャック Chuck Reward: $1200/1344
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Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.
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Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
If the player chose Turtwig:
If the player chose Chimchar:
If the player chose Piplup:
In the anime
Pastoria City in the
anime
Ash and his friends first arrived in Pastoria City in Cream of the Croagunk Crop!. Ash's Gym battle was pushed back because Gym Leader Crasher Wake was judging the Pastoria Croagunk Festival. The city's residents honor Croagunk as guardians of the Pastoria and the Great Marsh, with the city featuring a temple complex dedicated to the Toxic Mouth Pokémon. Each household raises one Croagunk with great reverence and care, and each year, all people gather at the festival to choose the Croagunk champion of the year. The winner receives a crown encrusted with a beautiful diamond and pearl. Nurse Joy's Croagunk was given the honor after beating Team Rocket, defeating the defending champion Hamilton.
In A Crasher Course in Power!, Ash won against Crasher Wake, earning him the Fen Badge.
The Pastoria Great Marsh is nearby. It is a vast area filled with long grass, mud and interconnected lakes, and is home to many wild Pokémon. Local station chief Carny operates the railway that runs through the Marsh.
Gallery
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Pastoria City first appeared in A Skuffle with Skorupi, where Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum arrived there in order for Platinum to challenge Crasher Wake. However, since Platinum's only Pokémon at the time were Empoleon and Ponyta, one of Wake's Gym Trainers suggested that she should catch herself a Grass type at the Great Marsh. Despite the Pokédex holders following the advice, their trip to the Great Marsh ended up with them catching no new Pokémon at all and Platinum almost drowning in the mud.
In Crafty Carnivine, Platinum challenged Crasher Wake with her Empoleon and Diamond's Tru, eventually emerging victorious and earning herself the Fen Badge.
In Besting Buizel I, Crasher Wake brought Pearl to recover at the Pastoria Gym after he had failed to stop Team Galactic from capturing Azelf at Lake Valor. Afterwards, he took Pearl to train on Routes 213 and 212 in preparation for his next confrontation with Team Galactic.
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!
Pastoria City briefly appeared in Dialga's Secret Keys, where Hareta was shown defeating Crasher Wake.
Trivia
- The mascot of Pastoria City is Croagunk, as there is a statue of one in the Poké Mart. This is reflected in the anime episode Cream of the Croagunk Crop!, when the city holds a Croagunk Festival in honor of their mascot.
- Southeast of the city, there are two ships, but they have no known use for transportation.
- In Platinum, if the player stands behind the Croagunk Wall with the player's head sticking out of it, a wild Croagunk will appear, cry out, and walk into the Great Marsh building.
- Standing right outside the Move Reminder's house is a man who claims to be standing "smack-dab in the middle of town." However, according to the map, he is placed four steps down and five steps to the right of the true center of town.
- Upon arriving in Pastoria, a Team Galactic Grunt will refer to the player as a "little bugger". Despite the game being acceptable for "Everyone", "bugger" is an expletive in some parts of the English-speaking world. This line was removed from the European release.
Name origin
Language
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Name
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Origin
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Japanese
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ノモセシティ Nomose City
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From 野面 nomose (field)
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English
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Pastoria City
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From pasture
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German
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Weideburg
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From Weide (pasture) and the suffix -burg (castle)
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Spanish
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Ciudad Pradera
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From pradera (pasture, prairie)
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French
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Verchamps
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From vert (green) and champs (fields)
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Italian
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Pratopoli
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From prato (meadow) and the suffix -poli (city)
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Korean
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들판시티 Deulpan City
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From 들판 deulpan (field)
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Chinese (Mandarin)
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野原市 Yěyuán Shì*
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From 原野 yuányě (field)
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濕原市 / 湿原市 Shīyuán Shì*
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From the Japanese word 湿原 shitsugen (wetlands)
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Chinese (Cantonese)
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野原市 Yéhyùhn Síh*
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From 原野 yùhnyéh (field)
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濕原市 Sāpyùhn Síh*
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From the Japanese word 湿原 shitsugen (wetlands)
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Polish
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Pastoria
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From its English name
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Russian
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Пастория Pastoria
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From its English name
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Vietnamese
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Thành phố Nomose
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Transcription of its Japanese name
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