Vista Lighthouse
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| Location: | Sunyshore City | ||||
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| Region: | Sinnoh | ||||
| Generations: | IV, VIII | ||||
 Location of Vista Lighthouse in Sinnoh. | |||||
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The Vista Lighthouse (Japanese: シルベの灯台 Guidance Lighthouse) is a location in Sunyshore City in the Sinnoh region.
This lighthouse consists of an elevator and an observation deck. The player can see the Sinnoh Pokémon League building if they look into the binoculars at the observation deck. This is also where the player will first meet Volkner.
Geography
The Vista Lighthouse is located on the far south east side of Sunyshore City. It was built to help guide ships and boats into Sunyshore's port, representing safety and protection to all Sailors.
The lighthouse was built on a large rocky cliff face right beside the sea. Despite its size, it has only one floor that can be publicly accessed by people, the top floor, which is only accessible by a large elevator. Once on the top floor, people can see the views and even use the binoculars to see far and wide, even the Pokémon League building towering over a great waterfall. There are also seats where people can have a rest and take a break. Volkner can be initially found here and needs to be talked to before he'll return to the Sunyshore Gym.
Layout
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In the anime
- Main article: Sunyshore Tower
The animated series-exclusive Sunyshore Tower serves a similar purpose as the Vista Lighthouse in the games, with Ash first meeting Volkner there and finding him unwilling to take on challengers. The tower's solar panels are used to provide electricity for machinery around Sunyshore City.
The actual Vista Lighthouse appeared briefly at the beginning of Ultra Exciting from the Shocking Start!.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Diamond & Pearl arc
The Vista Lighthouse first appeared in Encountering Elekid, where it had been darkened by the blackout plaguing Sunyshore City, causing potential trouble for the ships in the area. The Valley Windworks manager, who had been called in to investigate the blackout, eventually tracked the source of the problem to the Sunyshore Gym, where Volkner's renovations had caused the Gym to drain all the electricity in the city.
Platinum arc
The lighthouse briefly reappeared in The Final Dimensional Duel XI.
In the TCG
The following is a list of cards mentioning or featuring Vista Lighthouse in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
| Vista Lighthouse Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats. | |||||||
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| Card | Type | English Expansion |
Rarity | # | Japanese Expansion |
Rarity | # |
| Volkner | Su | Yellow A Alternate cards | 135a/156 | Tag Bolt | 
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095/095 | |
Trivia
- Jasmine states that she is reminded of Olivine City whenever she visits Sunyshore City, because the Vista Lighthouse reminds her of a similar lighthouse.
- In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, any Eggs hatched here will have the met location of Vista Lighthouse. This is no longer the case in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, where any Eggs hatched here instead are listed as having been met in Sunyshore City.
In other languages
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