LaRousse City

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LaRousse City
ラルース LaRousse
File:LaRousse from above.png
Sky view of LaRousse City
Region Hoenn
Debut Destiny Deoxys

LaRousse City (Japanese: ラルース LaRousse) is an anime-exclusive city located in the Hoenn region and was the setting for the seventh Pokémon movie, Destiny Deoxys, and makes a cameo in Lucario and the Mystery of Mew . It is a technologically advanced city with moving walkways and a large presence of "Blocky" robots. The city's main power source seems to be its windmills. The most famous attraction in LaRousse is the Battle Tower.

Location

LaRousse City at night, with Deoxys's aurora in the sky

According to the promotional map handed out with Destiny Deoxys Japanese release, LaRousse City is located in northern Hoenn, near Fortree City.

Geography

The city is located at the confluence of two rivers in northern Hoenn. The city mainly lies on an island, including the huge park, the Battle Tower, and most of the business districts.

On the shores of the river, presumably mainland Hoenn, lies more areas of the city, though not much. Access to the island is via monorail, which wraps around the island, and a bridge over the northern part of the island.

In the TCG

In the Movie Promo set of Pokémon Trading Card Game, there are cards containing Pokémon from LaRousse City. The cards on the following list all belong to LaRousse.

Name Type Level Rarity Set Set no.
LaRousse's Plusle Lightning - - Movie Commemoration VS Pack: Space Fissure's Deoxys 004/019
LaRousse's Minun Lightning - - Movie Commemoration VS Pack: Space Fissure's Deoxys 005/019
LaRousse's Munchlax Colorless - - Movie Commemoration VS Pack: Space Fissure's Deoxys 006/019
PCG-P Promotional cards 020/PCG-P

Trivia

  • LaRousse City is also the hometown of May's rival, Drew.
  • This is the second time a movie-made city was based off a real city outside of Japan.
  • LaRousse City was one of the first movie settings to feature a highly-efficient, eco-friendly city; now a recurring theme in the Pokémon franchise. It is implied in the seventh movie that the city relies heavily on wind turbines and other alternative energy sources, which create a healthy, non-polluting environment.

Origin

LaRousse is based on Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

In other languages

Language Name Origin
Chinese (Taiwan) 拉魯斯市 Lālǔsī Shì 拉魯斯 is the transliteration of its Japanese name. 市 means city.


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