Nebel Plateau

Nebel Plateau ネーベル高原 Nebel Plateau
Nebel Plateau
Region	Kalos
Debut	Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel

The Nebel Plateau (Japanese: ネーベル高原 Nebel Plateau) is an animated series-exclusive location in Kalos and one of the settings of Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel.

It is a remote highlands where Pokémon harmed by humans live together. Volcanion protects the Pokémon living here and remains awake at night to watch over them. Ash, his friends, and Kimia visited this location with the guidance of Volcanion. Volcanion was able to produce a mist which prevented them from being followed by humans.

The Pokémon living here are afraid of humans and Pokémon owned by these humans, including Ash, his friends, Kimia, and their Pokémon. A Gulpin residing there became wary of Ash after Ash hugged it. Volcanion revealed that the Gulpin had been abandoned by its trainer after receiving a big hug. However, with time, the Pokémon were able to trust Ash and his friends, and began to play around together. By the end of the movie, Ash and his friends gained the trust of Volcanion and became honorary Nebel Plateau Pokémon.

During the events of the movie, Alva attempted to destroy Nebel Plateau using Magearna's Soul-Heart, but his attack was deflected by the Nebel Plateau Pokémon and Squishy.

The flower fields of Nebel Plateau is also the location Volcanion first met Magearna. Since then, Volcanion has taken care of Magearna.

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• Pokémon seen at Nebel Plateau
  • In flashbacks
• In the manga
  • Movie adaptations
    • Pokémon seen at Nebel Plateau
• Trivia
  • Origin
• Names
  • Notes
• References
• Related articles

Contents

Pokémon seen at Nebel Plateau

Volcanion	Magearna	Altaria (×3)
Amaura	Aron	Buneary
Chesnaught	Claydol	Drilbur
Espurr (×3)	Fletchling (multiple)	Gulpin
Helioptile	Hippowdon	Kirlia
Litleo	Litwick	Marill
Masquerain (×2)	Minccino (×2)	Munchlax
Patrat	Pidgeotto	Pidgey
Psyduck	Quilladin	Scrafty
Sentret	Starly (multiple)	Stunky
Watchog	Wormadam (Plant Cloak)	Wormadam (Sandy Cloak)
Wormadam (Trash Cloak)	Zigzagoon (×2)

In flashbacks

Deerling (Summer Form)	Hippopotas	Pachirisu
Scraggy	Ralts

In the manga

Movie adaptations

Nebel Plateau appeared in the manga adaptation for Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel.

Pokémon seen at Nebel Plateau

Volcanion	Magearna	Amaura	Munchlax
Marill	Psyduck	Gulpin	Kirlia
Furfrou	Dugtrio	Quilladin	Chesnaught
Aron	Watchog	Zigzagoon	Minccino
Helioptile	Litwick	Litleo

Trivia

• Nebel was used as the OT of Volcanion event distribution for Pokémon X and Y and Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, a reference to the nineteenth movie Volcanion in Nebel Plateau.
• The Nebel Plateau resembles the later-introduced Cero Island in being home to Pokémon who live in remote, forested highlands, had been harmed by humans, fear humans, and are protected by a powerful Pokémon: Volcanion (M19) or Mewtwo (M01).

Origin

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Nebel Plateau is modeled after various locations in Hokkaido, Japan, where the production team had scouted Lake Mashū, Lake Tōya and Osaru River in Shikotsu-Tōya National Park, Kaiyōdai Observatory in Nakashibetsu, along with Mount Iō, Oshinkoshin Falls, and Shiretoko National Park in the Shiretoko Peninsula.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ネーベル高原 Nebel Kōgen	From Nebel (German for "fog")
English	Nebel Plateau
German	Nebelplateau
European Spanish	Meseta Niebla	From niebla (fog)
Latin American Spanish	Meseta Nebel	From its English name
Italian	Altopiano Nebula	From nebula (archaic word for fog)
Korean	네벨고원 Nebel Gowon	Transcription of its Japanese name
Chinese (Taiwan)	尼貝爾高原 Níbèi'ěr Gāoyuán	Transcription of its Japanese name
Chinese (Hong Kong)	尼貝爾高原 Nèihbuiyíh Gōuyùhn 濃霧高原 Nùhngmouh Gōuyùhn	Mandarin-based transcription of its Japanese name From 濃霧 nùhngmouh (heavy fog)
Chinese (mainland China)	尼贝尔高原 Níbèi'ěr Gāoyuán	Transcription of its Japanese name
Brazilian Portuguese	Planalto Enevoado	From enevoado (misted)
Polish	Płaskowyż Mgieł	From mgła (mist)
Swedish	Nebelplatån	From its English name
Thai	ที่ราบสูงนีเบล Nebel Plateau	Transcription of its Japanese name

Related articles

Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel
Characters	Alva • Cherie • Flamel • Kimia • Levi • Mother and daughter • Nikola • Raleigh Volcanion • Magearna
Locations	Azoth Kingdom • Nebel Plateau
Soundtrack and score	Soundtrack • Pokémon Movie Music Collection Mailing out My Voice (single)
Adaptations	Manga
TCG	Magearna • Volcanion-EX • Ash-Greninja-EX Mythical & Legendary Dream Shine Collection Volcanion-EX Special Jumbo Card Pack
Merchandise	Pokémon Movie Companion
Event distributions	Pokémon General Election 720 Greninja Helen Volcanion (American, PAL) Nebel Volcanion (American, Korean, Taiwanese, East Asian, Southeast Asian, PAL) Alva's Gengar (code, Nintendo Network) • Kimia's Gardevoir QR Code Magearna Nintendo 3DS theme Ga-Olé disks (Volcanion, Magearna)

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This article is part of both Project Anime and Project Locations, Bulbapedia projects that, together, aim to write comprehensive articles on locations in the animated series.