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Opelucid Gym: Difference between revisions
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[[File:Opelucid Gym Adventures.png|thumb|200px|Opelucid Gym in the Pokémon Adventures manga]]
===In the Pokémon Adventures manga===
===In the Pokémon Adventures manga===
The Opelucid Gym first appeared in ''[[PS504|The Cold Hard Truth]]'', where Drayden was seen holding a press conference in front of the Gym. He announced that the date of the Pokémon League tournament had been pushed up, being held in a week instead of the original three months. Inside the Gym, Drayden explained [[Kimi]] that the decision was made in order to lure [[Team Plasma]] out of their hiding.
The Opelucid Gym first appeared in ''[[PS504|The Cold Hard Truth]]'', where Drayden was seen holding a press conference in front of the Gym. He announced that the date of the Pokémon League tournament had been pushed up, being held in a week instead of the original three months. Inside the Gym, Drayden explained [[Kimi]] that the decision was made in order to lure [[Team Plasma]] out of their hiding.
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In [[PS526]], it was revealed that Iris had been made the new Gym Leader of the Opelucid Gym, although Drayden has plans to reclaim his position at some point.
In [[PS526]], it was revealed that Iris had been made the new Gym Leader of the Opelucid Gym, although Drayden has plans to reclaim his position at some point.
In Pokémon Adventures, as shown in ''[[PS505|A Cold Reception]]'', the Gym has similar dragon statues as in {{2v2|Black|White}}.
In [[Pokémon Adventures]], as shown in ''[[PS505|A Cold Reception]]'', the Gym has similar dragon statues as in {{2v2|Black|White}}.
Opelucid City Pokémon Gym Leader: Drayden "The Spartan Mayor"
Opelucid City Pokémon Gym Leader: Iris "The Girl Who Knows the Hearts of Dragons"
The Opelucid Gym is designed like a thin maze, with switches to open up the correct path. These switches cause dragon statues' heads to move, creating new paths for the player. After the switches have been hit in the right order, the path will lead the player to the Leader.
Clyde tells the player about the mechanics of the maze, although he says there are only two dragons, when there are actually three.
In the two years between Black and White and Black 2 and White 2, the Opelucid Gym was remodeled to hide the DNA Splicers; signs of construction can still be seen around the Gym.
In Black 2 and White 2, the Gym features a whiteB2/blackW2 dragon vertically on a wall and a blackB2/whiteW2 dragon which the player can control to move to a certain position by stepping on the buttons appearing on its head. The Trainers of the Gym are on four different levels; the player must defeat at least one Trainer from each level to be able to proceed to the next level. On the topmost level, the player will meet Drayden. The DNA Splicers are hidden within the Gym. Because of this, Team Plasma freezes Opelucid City after the player has defeated Drayden.
Appearance
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The Gym appeared for the first time in Drayden Versus Iris: Past, Present, and Future!, where Drayden battled Iris and won. Afterwards it was revealed that Drayden was considering Iris to replace him as the Opelucid Gym Leader one day.
In the anime, the Gym is a stone building with two stone dragon statues lining the entrance to the building. Inside is a dimly lit battlefield with statues of Druddigon, Haxorus, and Hydreigon overlooking the field near the ceiling.
Drayden used Druddigon as his second in his Gym Battle against Iris. It battled against Iris's Dragonite, and after a very tough match, finally emerged victorious with its Dragon Tail attack, winning the match for Drayden.
Druddigon was shown to be very strong, being able to withstand Dragonite's super effective Ice Beam and intercept it in the middle of a Dragon Rush.
The Opelucid Gym first appeared in The Cold Hard Truth, where Drayden was seen holding a press conference in front of the Gym. He announced that the date of the Pokémon League tournament had been pushed up, being held in a week instead of the original three months. Inside the Gym, Drayden explained Kimi that the decision was made in order to lure Team Plasma out of their hiding.
In PS526, it was revealed that Iris had been made the new Gym Leader of the Opelucid Gym, although Drayden has plans to reclaim his position at some point.
Iris and Drayden's teams are identical except for their genders and the Ability of their Druddigon and the ability of their Haxorus. Iris's Pokémon are all female and Drayden's are all male, Iris's Druddigon has Sheer Force and Drayden's Druddigon has Rough Skin, and Iris's Haxorus has Mold Breaker while Drayden's Haxorus has Rivalry.
In Black 2 and White 2, the Veterans' Japanese names are all based on the word "dragon" in different languages: Ryūsei, Tatsumi, and Tatsurō are from the Japanese words ryū and tatsu, Drake is a term sometimes used to refer to European dragons, and Long is Chinese for dragon.