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==Diamond Dust==
==Diamond Dust==
[[Image:Diamond Dust.gif|left|frame|An animation depicting Diamond Dust falling on Snowpoint's port.]]
[[Image:Diamond Dust.gif|left|frame|An animation depicting Diamond Dust over Snowpoint's port.]]
On January 10, 2008, [[Junichi Masuda]] posted a blog entry urging players to play their Diamond or Pearl January 12. On that day, the same day as Masuda's birthday, a [[Weather conditions|weather effect]] called '''Diamond Dust''' (Japanese: '''ダイヤモンドダスト''' ''Diamond Dust'') occurred in Snowpoint City, replacing the usual Hail. It is purely aesthetic, since it only occurs within the city where no battles are possible. It has been determined that other special weather conditions happen on predetermined days throughout the year. This also occured in the Japanese versions of Diamond and Pearl, on April 22nd 2007, the release date of the two games in North America.
On January 10, 2008, [[Junichi Masuda]] posted a blog entry urging players to play their Diamond or Pearl January 12. On that day, the same day as Masuda's birthday, a [[Weather conditions|weather effect]] called '''Diamond Dust''' (Japanese: '''ダイヤモンドダスト''' ''Diamond Dust'') occurred in Snowpoint City, replacing the usual Hail. It resembles glitter in the air. It is purely aesthetic, since it only occurs within the city where no battles are possible. It has been determined that other special weather conditions happen on predetermined days throughout the year. This also occured in the Japanese versions of Diamond and Pearl, on April 22 2007, the release date of the two games in North America.


==Name origin==
==Name origin==

Revision as of 19:55, 12 January 2008

Template:Infobox town Snowpoint City (Japanese: キッサキシティ Kissaki City) is a city in the region of Sinnoh. Its temple is home to the legendary Pokémon Regigigas.

Snowpoint Temple

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The basement of Snowpoint Temple, where Regigigas resides.

Although Snowpoint City is not home to much, a noticable landmark in the area is Snowpoint Temple, which can only be accessed after the Sinnoh Elite Four have been beaten and the National Dex has been obtained. The temple contains five floors, with odd bits of slippery ice. At the very bottom of the temple lies a dormant Regigigas. To awaken this legendary Pokémon, the player must bring all three of the legendary golems along with them, which are all only available in the Generation III games.

Because of the location of the temple within a city, Regigigas is only the third legendary Pokémon that can be caught within city limits, the other two being Ho-Oh and Suicune in Ecruteak's Tin Tower during Generation II.

Geography

Snowpoint is located in the far north of Sinnoh, where snow blows down from the top of Mt. Coronet, causing low temperatures. Snowpoint City, and the three routes that lead to it (Route 216, Route 217 and Acuity Lakefront) are also completely covered in snow. To the northeast of Route 217, Lake Acuity can be found. A cave, which houses Uxie, is located in the middle of Lake Acuity. Being that the snow, which affects every battle on the two routes leading to the city, as well as the fact that to get to Route 216 from the rest of Sinnoh one must pass through Mt. Coronet, the most convenient way to get to the city is to Fly.

Diamond Dust

File:Diamond Dust.gif
An animation depicting Diamond Dust over Snowpoint's port.

On January 10, 2008, Junichi Masuda posted a blog entry urging players to play their Diamond or Pearl January 12. On that day, the same day as Masuda's birthday, a weather effect called Diamond Dust (Japanese: ダイヤモンドダスト Diamond Dust) occurred in Snowpoint City, replacing the usual Hail. It resembles glitter in the air. It is purely aesthetic, since it only occurs within the city where no battles are possible. It has been determined that other special weather conditions happen on predetermined days throughout the year. This also occured in the Japanese versions of Diamond and Pearl, on April 22 2007, the release date of the two games in North America.

Name origin

Its name may be derived from the fact that it is a snow-covered city that is located at the northern-most point of Sinnoh. Its Japanese name is the same as that of the tip of a katana.

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