Geonet

Geonet (Japanese: ジオネット Geonet) is a high-tech globe that first appeared in the Generation IV and V core series Pokémon games for the Nintendo DS. In these games, it displays the locations of players that the player has communicated with over DS Wireless Communications or Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, it is located in the Global Trade Station; in Pokémon Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver, it is located on the first floor of the Global Terminal; and in Pokémon Black, White, Black 2, and White 2, it is located on the second floor of every Pokémon Center, outside of the Global Terminal entrance.
In Pokémon Battle Revolution, the same list of locations as Geonet is used when selecting the player's location in the Profile. In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, Geonet returns as a globe in the Global Wonder Station that marks points chosen by other players during Wonder Trades using Nintendo Switch Online.
Usage
In the Generation IV games, Geonet can be used as soon as the player gains access to the Global Trade StationDP/Global TerminalPtHGSS. In the Generation V games, Geonet can be used after the player obtains the C-Gear.
Initially, interacting with the globe will bring up a menu with three options: "See list", "Register", and "Exit"DPPtHGSS/"Cancel"BWB2W2. "See list" allows the player to view the world map. "Register" allows the player to select their own country and region. After registering a location, interacting with the globe will bring the player directly to the map. After saving the game, the registered location cannot be changed without starting a new game.
The map displays a globe that includes the registered locations of any players the player has communicated with. By using the Control Pad or dragging the globe on the Touch Screen to line up the green cursor over a registered location and pressing the X Button (or tapping the "View" button on the Touch ScreenHGSSBWB2W2), the name of the location will be shown on the upper screen. By pressing the A Button or tapping the Touch Screen, the globe will zoom in and out. Pressing the B Button or tapping the "Exit"DPPtHGSS/"Quit"BWB2W2 button on the Touch Screen will leave the map interface.
Points on the globe can be displayed in one of four colors. Locations change from blue to yellow at midnight according to the Nintendo DS system's real-time clock after closing and reopening the Geonet interface.
| Index | Color | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | None | Locations that the player has never communicated with | |
| 1 | Blue | Locations that the player first communicated with today | |
| 2 | Yellow | Locations that the player has already communicated with | |
| 3 | Red | The player's own registered location | |
| — | Green | The cursor | |
In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, Geonet can be used after connecting to the internet at the Global Wonder Station. Every time the player performs a Wonder Trade, they are asked to pick a point on the globe to trade from. When matched with another player, the game will mark the point chosen by the other player on the player's globe. A single point can save up to five trades at a time.
Limitations
In Japanese-language Generation IV and V games, the player can only select a region within Japan. Until a player has communicated with a player whose registered location is outside of Japan, the map can only be be panned within a rectangular region around Japan, and cannot be zoomed out. This prevented Japanese games from unlocking points outside of Japan until after a compatible game was released internationally.
In Korean-language Generation IV and V games, the player is automatically registered to the location "Republic of Korea"DPPtHGSS/"South Korea"BWB2W2 upon starting a new game. As the Korean Generation IV games could only trade with other language games via the GTS, it is no longer possible to legitimately register any other points in those games following the discontinuation of Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.
Mechanics
In the Generation IV and V games, the player's registered location is used for the following features:
- Upon trading (or battlingDPPtHGSS) with another player over DS Wireless Communications or Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, each player's registered location is recorded on each other's Geonet map.
- The player's registered location is displayed to other players who view a Pokémon deposited by the player in the GTS.
- The player's registered location is displayed in the Visitor Profiles in the Wi-Fi Plaza.PtHGSS
- After registering a location in Geonet and making an international trade with another player, Unity Tower becomes accessible. The player will appear on the floor corresponding to their registered country.BWB2W2
- The player's registered location is displayed on the back side of Battle Passes, which can be exchanged over Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection or loaded from the Wii Remote.PBR
Internally, the player's registered location is stored in the save file using two bytes, with one for the player's country and one for the player's region. The recorded location data is stored using 16 bytes for each country, with each region corresponding to two bits. A separate flag records whether or not a location outside of Japan has been recorded.
Gallery
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Interface in Generation IV
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Interface in Generation V
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Map of locations in Generation IV
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Map of locations in Generation V
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Map of locations in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
List of locations
In the Generation IV and V games, there are 233DPPtHGSSPBR/232BWB2W2 countries and 632DPPtHGSSPBR/635BWB2W2 locations in the game's internal data, but only 130 of these countries and 510DPPtHGSS/529PBR/514BWB2W2 of these locations can be selected as a player's registered location. These mostly correspond to places where Nintendo had an official distributor as of Diamond and Pearl's release in Japan.[note 1][1] Internally, each location is associated with (x, y) coordinates stored as signed 16-bit integers, which correspond to the point's latitude and longitude. Countries and dependencies have an additional value that stores whether it corresponds to a country, a dependency, or a country with selectable regions.
In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, there are 630 points. The numbering starts from Point 1 near the city of Sapporo in Hokkaido, Japan; continues through Asia, Europe, Africa, North America, South America, and Oceania; and ends with Point 630 in Antarctica. The table below labels them according to the closes point in the Nintendo DS games where applicable. Internally, each point is associated with (x, y, z) coordinates stored as 32-bit floating-point numbers, which correspond to its position in 3D space.
18 countries (Japan, China, India, Russia, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Italy, Canada, the United States, Brazil, Argentina, and Australia) have multiple points corresponding to regions of that country. Locations that are not selectable are displayed in gray below. Unlike in the Nintendo DS games, "None" can be selected as a country or region in Pokémon Battle Revolution.
Generation IV
Generation V
Generation VIII
Changes
The following changes were made between Generation IV and Generation V. Name changes are not included below.
- Countries and dependencies:
- Removed "Hong Kong" (selectable)
- Removed "Macau" (selectable)
- Removed "Serbia and Montenegro" (not selectable)
- Added "Serbia" (selectable)
- Added "Montenegro" (selectable)
- Regions:
- Australia: added "Australian Capital Territory" (7 → 8)
- China: added "Hong Kong"; added "Macau" (31 → 33)
- France: corrected regions (22 → 22)
- Norway: added "Jan Mayen Island"; added "Vestfold" (20 → 22)
- Russia: added "North Caucasian Federal District" (7 → 8)
- Sweden: replaced provinces with counties (24 → 22)
Trivia

- On page 256 of Pokémon Platinum: Prima's Official Strategy Guide published by Pokémon USA, the included screenshot for the Geonet feature displays the player's registered location as "United States of America / New York" and the currently viewed location as "United States of America / Seattle", despite only the U.S. states and Washington, D.C. being selectable in-game. This is likely due to the fact that on page 337 of Pokémon Platinum Official Complete Clear Guide published by Media Factory, the equivalent Japanese screenshot displays the player's registered location as "Japan / Kagoshima" and the currently viewed location as "Japan / Tokyo", which are ambiguous between the prefectures and the cities of the same name.
In other languages
| Language | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese | Cantonese | 寰宇網 Wàahnyúhwǎng |
| Mandarin | 寰宇網 Huányǔwǎng * 地理网 Dìlǐwǎng * | |
| French | Canada | Géonet* Geonet* |
| Europe | Géonet | |
| German | Geonet | |
| Italian | Geonet | |
| Korean | 지오넷 Jionet | |
| Spanish | Geonet | |
See also
Notes
- ↑ The only countries and dependencies that were made selectable despite not having a distributor listed were the British Virgin Islands, Serbia, and Montenegro. The only countries that had a distributor at the time that were not made selectable were Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Cuba, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Syria.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Referred to as the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (フォークランド(マルビナス)しょとう) in Japanese; as the Falkland Islands in English, FrenchBWB2W2, German, Italian, and Korean; and as the Malvinas in FrenchDPPtHGSSPBR and Spanish.
- ↑ Referred to as Loire in Japanese, English, and Korean; and as Centre in French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Referred to as Svalbard and Jan Man'en (スバールバル・ヤンマンエンとう), a misspelling of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (スバールバル・ヤンマイエンとう), in Japanese; and as Jan Mayen Island in other languages. Note that Svalbard is listed separately as a region of Norway.
- ↑ Referred to as North Swedish Lapland in English Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (non-European versions) and Pokémon Battle Revolution.
- ↑ Referred to as South Swedish Lapland in English Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (non-European versions) and Pokémon Battle Revolution.
- ↑ Referred to as Ostergotland in English Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (North American and Australian version) and Pokémon Battle Revolution, Japanese, and Korean.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Referred to as the Palestinian territories (パレスチナじちく) in Japanese; as an empty string in GermanDPPtHGSSPBR; and as Palestine in English, French, GermanBWB2W2, Italian, Spanish, and Korean.
- ↑ Corresponds to the previous incorrect location of "Russia / Urals Federal District".
- ↑ Corresponds to the previous incorrect location of "Brazil / Mato Grosso".
References
- ↑ | Nintendo - Customer Service | Corporate Info - International Distributors | (archived August 24, 2006)
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