Pewter City

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Template:Infobox town Pewter City (Japanese: ニビシティ Nibi City) is a city located in northwest Kanto. The locale lies between Viridian Forest (via Route 2) and Mt. Moon (via Route 3). The most notable resident of the city is Brock, the Pewter City Gym Leader.

Places of interest

Pewter Gym

Main article: Pewter Gym

Pewter Museum of Science

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Pewter City in Generation I.
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Pewter City in Generation II.
Main article: Pewter Museum of Science

A famous museum is located in the northwestern part of town. The main building is open to the public for $50 and features several historical artifacts, including Aerodactyl and Kabutops fossils, and a model of a space shuttle. The second, smaller building is not accessible by the public, but if the player cuts through and talks to the scientists there, Old Amber can be obtained and used to resurrect an Aerodactyl on Cinnabar Island.

The museum is closed for renovations during Generation II.

Poké Mart

Generations I and III

Item Price ($)
Balls
Poké Ball 200
Recovery items
Antidote 100
Awakening 200
Burn Heal 250
Parlyz Heal 200
Potion 300
Other items
Escape Rope 550
Repel* 350

Generation II

Item Price ($)
Balls
Great Ball 600
Recovery items
Antidote 100
Awakening 250
Burn Heal 250
Parlyz Heal 200
Super Potion 700
Other items
Super Repel 500

Trainer Tips

FireRed and LeafGreen

  • All Pokémon that appear in battle, however briefly, earn Exp Points.

In the anime

Episodes in Pewter City commonly focus on the Pewter Gym. While its legacy is of a strong Gym "as rough and tough as the stones themselves" was kept under Brock, his mother has recently added a brighter color scheme. The Gym Leader's family lives in a house by the side of the Gym, in which Brock's nine siblings and parents currently reside.

Around the outskirts of the city, there is a Contest Hall and one of the locations of the Battle Pyramid.

In the Pokémon Special manga

Pewter City is first visited in Wanted: Pikachu! and Onix is On! in the Red, Green & Blue chapter. The citizens are business people that have tents in the streets where they sell principally fruits and vegetables, they also enjoy to watch the battles of the trainers who challenges the Pewter Gym. The city has a Pokémon Center but in this round it is closed because of damages, later revealed to be caused by the "bad" Gym Leaders in an effort to make Brock give up his gym badge for their plans.

Trivia

  • In Generation I, the Pewter Museum housed a model of the Space Shuttle Columbia. However, due to the shuttle's 2003 accident, it is simply called "Space Shuttle" in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.
  • Goldenrod City and Rustboro City are very similar to Pewter City. Their geographic locations in their respective regions are remarkably similar, as well as being only accessible through a forest during the beginning of the game. Rustboro is however the most like Pewter in that both cities are the second city visited with a gym, but first to be beat by the player. Both Pewter and Rustboro's Gyms specialize in Template:Type2 Pokémon, and play a role in the player obtaining fossil Pokémon.

In other languages

Language Name Origin
Japanese ニビシティ Nibi City 鈍色 (nibi iro) refers to a dull gray color.
English Pewter City Pewter is a metal alloy of copper, tin, and, traditionally, lead that has a gray color.
French Argenta From argent, silver.
German Marmoria City From Marmor, marble.
Italian Plumbeopoli From plumbeo, of the colour of lead, and the suffix -poli, meaning city.
Spanish Ciudad Plateada Means silver city.
Korean 회색시티 Hoesaek City 회색 (hoesaek) means grey.
Chinese (Mandarin) 尼比市 Níbǐ Shì
Chinese (Cantonese) 深灰市 Samfui Si


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