Virbank City

Virbank City タチワキシティ Tachiwaki City "City of falling fog and rising stars!"

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Map description A city often covered by clouds and smoke, with very active residents.

Virbank City Gym - Unova Gym #2B2W2 Roxie Poison-type specialist Gym Toxic Badge

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Connecting locations   ↑ Pokéstar Studios   ← Route 20 Virbank City   Virbank Complex ↓

Location Location of Virbank City in Unova.

Virbank City (Japanese: タチワキシティ Tachiwaki City) is a city in southwestern Unova. It is the location of the second Gym that the player visits in the games Black 2 and White 2, led by Roxie.

Virbank City is shown to be a port city with many hangars, docks and waterways. In the northeastern part of the city, there is graffiti painted on the wall that resembles Koffing's skull and crossbones mark.

Places of interest

Harbor

After defeating Team Plasma Grunts both here and on Route 20, it is possible to sail to Castelia City.

Virbank Gym

Main article: Virbank Gym

The Virbank Gym is the official Gym of Virbank City. The Gym Leader is Roxie. The Virbank City Gym is a Gym is a music club. For defeating Roxie, Trainers receives the Toxic badge, and is also given TM09 (Venoshock).

Virbank Complex

Main article: Virbank Complex

Virbank Complex is an industrial plant in the south of the city. It is known for its abundance of Electric- and Fire-type Pokémon.

Demographics

The population of Virbank City is 40.

Poké Mart

Upper cashier
Poké Ball 200	Great Ball 600
Ultra Ball* 1200	Potion 300
Super Potion 700	Hyper Potion* 1200
Max Potion* 2500	Full Restore* 3000
Revive* 1500	Antidote 100
Parlyz Heal 200	Awakening 250
Burn Heal 250	Ice Heal 250
Full Heal* 600	Escape Rope 550
Repel 350	Super Repel* 500
Max Repel* 700

Lower cashier
Heal Ball 300	Net Ball 1000
Greet Mail 50	Favored Mail 50
RSVP Mail 50	Thanks Mail 50
Inquiry Mail 50	Like Mail 50
Reply Mail 50

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Poké Toy	In the house east of the Pokémon Center	B2  W2
	Great Ball ×2	From woman in a gate connecting to Route 20	B2  W2
	Antidote	In a trash can, near blue house south of the Pokémon Center (hidden)	B2  W2
	Burn Heal	From a Nursery Aide in the blue house south of the Pokémon Center	B2  W2
	Poké Ball	From a Roughneck near the Gym	B2  W2
	Rare Candy	West of the Pokémon Center (requires Surf)	B2  W2
	Silk Scarf	At the end of a hidden passageway up the stairs next to a ship	B2  W2
	Pearl	On a ledge under the bridge to the left of the gym (hidden)	B2  W2
	HM01 (Cut)	From Roxie after defeating Team Plasma Grunt	B2  W2

Pokémon

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Surfing
Frillish	B2			W2			Surfing	5-15	100%
Rippling water
Jellicent	B2			W2			Rippling water	5-15	5%
Alomomola	B2			W2			Rippling water	5-15	95%
Fishing
Krabby	B2			W2			Fishing	40-60	30%
Qwilfish	B2			W2			Fishing	50-70	5%
Finneon	B2			W2			Fishing	40-70	65%
Rippling water
Krabby	B2			W2			Rippling water	40-60	60%
Kingler	B2			W2			Rippling water	50-70	10%
Lumineon	B2			W2			Rippling water	40-60	30%
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.

Trainers

Trainer	Pokémon
Team Plasma Grunt Reward: 560	Patrat♂ Lv.14 No item

In the anime

Virbank City in the anime

Virbank City first appeared in the anime when Ash and his friends arrive at the city port in An Epic Defense Force!. The city has an existing movie studio and a recently built amusement park. The group meets Luke who is visiting to participate in a movie contest. After being persuaded by Cilan, the gang decided to help Luke in the making of his film.

In Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 1 and Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 2, Ash and his friends arrived at an underground music club while looking for the Virbank Gym. There, he battled Gym Leader Roxie for his eighth gym badge in Unova.

In All for the Love of Meloetta!, Ash and his friends, having found out that the Unova League began in three months, decided to go eat Virbank City's famous "Bearticone" at Cilan's suggestion. Arriving at the ice cream stand, they met up with the Sinnoh League Champion, Cynthia. Cynthia then invited them to go to East Unova with her.

Trivia

• Virbank's Japanese motto is タチワキは　立ちあがる　水蒸気.

Name origin

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	タチワキシティ Tachiwaki City	From 立涌文様 tachiwaki-monyō, a pattern based on alternating vertical waves, resembling steam.
English	Virbank City	From virga, bank, and possibly Burbank.
French	Ondes-sur-Mer	From ondes (waves), and sur-Mer, city suffix for a city near the sea.
German	Vapydro City	From vapor and hydro (Greek for water).
Italian	Zondopoli	From zonda, zonda wind.
Spanish	Ciudad Hormigón	From hormigón, concrete.
Korean	모란만시티 Moranman City	From 모란만초문 (牡丹蔓草紋) moran-manchomun, a creeping pattern based on the tree peony.
Chinese (Mandarin)	立湧市 ‎ Lìyǒng Shì	From 立涌 tachiwaki. Literally means "Upright surge".

Unova
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