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*Although the games show no actual volcano on or around Cinnabar Island, one still managed to somehow explode a year prior to the {{player}}'s adventure, during [[Generation II]]. This could be explained as Cinnabar's volcano and/or the island being a {{wp|Shield volcano}}, where in the anime it appears as a {{wp|Stratovolcano}} like {{wp|Mt. Fuji}}. Although likely to be a Shield Volcano in the games, the eruption was cited in Gold, Silver and Crystal as being so intense that it sent large boulders as far as the shore just south of [[Fuchsia City]], which isn't a general characteristic of a Shield Volcano. | *Although the games show no actual volcano on or around Cinnabar Island, one still managed to somehow explode a year prior to the {{player}}'s adventure, during [[Generation II]]. This could be explained as Cinnabar's volcano and/or the island being a {{wp|Shield volcano}}, where in the anime it appears as a {{wp|Stratovolcano}} like {{wp|Mt. Fuji}}. Although likely to be a Shield Volcano in the games, the eruption was cited in Gold, Silver and Crystal as being so intense that it sent large boulders as far as the shore just south of [[Fuchsia City]], which isn't a general characteristic of a Shield Volcano. | ||
*Cinnabar Island has many glitches associated with it in the [[Generation I]] games, such as [[Missingno.]] There is also a trick to see a man on the roof of | *Cinnabar Island has many glitches associated with it in the [[Generation I]] games, such as [[Missingno.]] There is also a trick to see a man on the roof of the [[Cinnabar Gym|Gym]]. | ||
*Cinnabar set the trend to having one Gym on an island to the southwest of the region | *Cinnabar set the trend to having one Gym on an island to the southwest of the region. | ||
===Name origin=== | ===Name origin=== | ||
{{wp|Cinnabar}} is a reddish mineral, a compound of mercury (II) sulfide, usually found near active volcanoes. It is the primary means of obtaining the element {{wp|mercury (element)|mercury}}, as well as the original means of making [[Vermilion City|vermilion]] pigment. Guren (紅蓮) refers to the red color of the {{wp|Nelumbo nucifera|Crimson lotus}}. | {{wp|Cinnabar}} is a reddish mineral, a compound of mercury (II) sulfide, usually found near active volcanoes. It is the primary means of obtaining the element {{wp|mercury (element)|mercury}}, as well as the original means of making [[Vermilion City|vermilion]] pigment. Guren (紅蓮) refers to the red color of the {{wp|Nelumbo nucifera|Crimson lotus}}. | ||
Revision as of 01:17, 19 September 2008
Cinnabar Island (Japanese: グレンじま Guren Shima, also Guren Island) is a large island located off the southern coast of the Kanto region, south of Pallet Town. It is home to a large volcano. Blaine is the resident Gym Leader, specializing in Template:Type2 Pokémon. Cinnabar is a kind of red mineral, which gave the color its name.
In the games
The Generation I games reveal Cinnabar Island to be a technological mecca. The journals scattered about the abandoned Pokémon Mansion suggest that Mewtwo was cloned here. The scientists at the Pokémon Lab have the ability to resurrect Pokémon from their fossils.
By the Generation II games, the large volcano has erupted, destroying everything except the Pokémon Center. After the eruption, the Gym was relocated to the Seafoam Islands.
There are no land paths to the island. Instead Route 20 in the east and Route 21 in the north are both waterways through the ocean.
Places of interest
Cinnabar Gym
- Main article: Cinnabar Gym
In the anime
Cinnabar Island is considered a mere beach resort in the anime. Many trainers skip the island entirely or go there for a break from battling. Blaine runs a hotel for tourists and wears a hippie disguise to hide his real identity as Gym Leader. His Gym is located inside of the volcano.
Aside from inside of the Pokémon Mansion, wild Pokémon also appear in the ocean around the island.
Pokémon that appear in Cinnabar Island
Generation I
| Pokémon | Games | Location | Levels | Rate
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Tentacool | R | B | Y | Fishing | 15-30 | 40%
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Shellder | R | B | Y | Fishing | 15 | 25%
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Horsea | R | B | Y | Fishing | 15 | 25%
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Goldeen | R | B | Y | Fishing | 15 | 25%
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Staryu | R | B | Y | Fishing | 15 | 25%
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Staryu | R | B | Y | Fishing | 10-15 | 60%
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| 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. | |||||||
Generation III
- Psyduck (FireRed only)
- Tentacool
- Slowpoke (LeafGreen only)
- Slowbro (LeafGreen only)
- Shellder (FireRed only)
- Krabby
- Horsea
- Seadra (FireRed only)
- Staryu (LeafGreen only)
- Magikarp
- Gyarados
Trivia
- Although the games show no actual volcano on or around Cinnabar Island, one still managed to somehow explode a year prior to the player's adventure, during Generation II. This could be explained as Cinnabar's volcano and/or the island being a Shield volcano, where in the anime it appears as a Stratovolcano like Mt. Fuji. Although likely to be a Shield Volcano in the games, the eruption was cited in Gold, Silver and Crystal as being so intense that it sent large boulders as far as the shore just south of Fuchsia City, which isn't a general characteristic of a Shield Volcano.
- Cinnabar Island has many glitches associated with it in the Generation I games, such as Missingno. There is also a trick to see a man on the roof of the Gym.
- Cinnabar set the trend to having one Gym on an island to the southwest of the region.
Name origin
Cinnabar is a reddish mineral, a compound of mercury (II) sulfide, usually found near active volcanoes. It is the primary means of obtaining the element mercury, as well as the original means of making vermilion pigment. Guren (紅蓮) refers to the red color of the Crimson lotus.
