Prism Tower
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| Map description: | A tower located in the heart of Lumiose City, which is in the center of the Kalos region. It’s nearly one thousand feet tall. | |||
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| Location: | Centrico Plaza, Lumiose City | |||
| Region: | Kalos | |||
| Generations: | VI, IX | |||
 Location of Prism Tower in Lumiose City. | ||||
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Prism Tower (Japanese: プリズムタワー Prism Tower) is a tower located in Centrico Plaza, at the heart of Lumiose City. Standing at approximately 1,000 feet (300 meters) tall, it is the tallest man-made, free-standing structure in Lumiose City and the entirety of the Kalos region, and thus serves as a symbol of the city, as well as a major tourist attraction.
In Pokémon X and Y, Prism Tower houses the Lumiose City Gym. The tower plays a major role in the story of Pokémon Legends: Z-A.
In the core series games
History
Background
Prism Tower was built at least 2,000 years ago and is the oldest structure in Lumiose City, predating even the city itself.[1] Hidden within the center of the tower is Ange, a device containing Mega Power created by AZ to grant eternal life. The tower itself would be remodeled and renovated a few times afterward,[2] eventually serving as the structure of the present-day Prism Tower.
Pokémon X and Y
In the modern day, Prism Tower is a major tourist attraction of Lumiose City. In Pokémon X and Y, the tower housed Gym for Lumiose City, known as the Lumiose City Gym. The Gym was led by Clemont, who also designed and created Prism Tower's lighting system.
The Lumiose City Gym is initially inaccessible when the player first reaches Lumiose City in Pokémon X and Y, as it and much of the rest of the city have lost power due to a blackout. After the player has defeated Team Flare in the Kalos Power Plant, power will be fully restored to the city and the player will be able to challenge the Gym.
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Prism Tower in Pokémon X and Y -
A Photo Spot at the entrance to Prism Tower
Between X and Y and Legends: Z-A
After the activation of the ultimate weapon during the events of Pokémon X and Y, the Ange device awoke from within Prism Tower, unleashing its Mega Power and attracting wild Pokémon in droves into Lumiose City, as well as allowing many wild Pokémon to undergo Rogue Mega Evolution. Two years prior to the game's events, the company Quasartico Inc. was first made aware of this phenomenon when they began investigating the tower for repairs and improvements, causing them to close down Prism Tower, as well as the Lumiose City Gym contained within, to the public for "renovation work".
At some point after Prism Tower was closed by Quasartico Inc., the Mythical Pokémon Darkrai wandered into Lumiose City and settled atop the Tower, where it got exposed to the unbridled Mega Power leaking from Ange. In turn, this caused its nightmare-generating powers to be greatly enhanced, and Hyperspace Lumiose was born as the reflection of a blend of memories and dreams from people and Pokémon affected by them.
Pokémon Legends: Z-A
As the storyline of Legends: Z-A progresses, Prism Tower is gradually covered by Quasartico Inc.'s scaffolding, eventually being concealed completely. Through conversations with L and AZ, it was revealed that the only way to stop Ange is to have AZ's Eternal Flower Floette Mega Evolve and take on Ange's power. This would, in turn, unleash the power of Ange and turn it into Hyperrogue Ange Floette, using the structure of the tower as a skeleton for it. The player fights Hyperrogue Ange Floette with the help of Zygarde, eventually unleashing Zygarde's true potential by Mega Evolving it into Mega Zygarde and having it eliminate Hyperrogue Ange Floette using Nihil Light.
After the destruction of Hyperrogue Ange Floette, a cleanup effort was done to remove the debris from Centrico Plaza, as well as the Quasartico Inc. scaffolding meant to contain the tower. The heavily damaged ruins of Prism Tower are left standing as is. A wild zone, numbered Wild Zone 20, the largest in the game, is established within Centrico Plaza, and the plaza is reopened to the public. Some debris from Prism Tower remain scattered around the plaza.
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The ruins of Prism Tower after the destruction of Ange -
The site of Prism Tower reestablished as Wild Zone 20
Mega Dimension
In the DLC, a loading screen tip gives a new description of Prism Tower:
- This tower looks very different without its cladding. The day it reclaims its former glory will probably mark the end for one phase of Lumiose's urban redevelopment plan.
As a result of Darkrai's growing power, hyperspace distortions started appearing across the city, including a large one that leads into Hyperspace Newmoon Nightmare right above Prism Tower.
While meeting the player at the Nouveau Café, Corbeau says he feels that the tower, as the symbol of Lumiose City, should be fixed as soon as possible.
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In the spin-off-games
Super Smash Bros. series
- Main article: Prism Tower (stage)
Prism Tower appears as a playable stage in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, comprising the tower itself and its surrounding city. Matches begin on the ground level in front of the tower, and players must climb onto the moving platforms as they fly around and over the tower. As the stage ascends, the background scenery changes to a different time of day.
Prism Tower also appears as a trophy exclusive to the 3DS game.
Trophy information
NA: A notable location from Pokémon X and Pokémon Y. The Prism Tower is the symbol of Lumiose City, the metropolis at the heart of the Kalos region. In this game, platforms will take you on a tour around the tower and its surrounding areas, and at night you can marvel at the fabulous illuminations. You may see different Pokémon, as well.
PAL: A notable location from Pokémon X and Pokémon Y. The Prism Tower is the symbol of Lumiose City, the metropolis at the heart of the Kalos region. In this game, platforms will take you on a tour around the tower and its surrounding areas, and at night you can marvel at the fabulous illuminations. Of course, you may run into a Pokémon, too.
In animation
Pokémon the Series
The Prism Tower's design in Pokémon the Series differs somewhat from the games, with a narrower and taller base instead of the wider base in the games. Prism Tower's design in Pokémon the Series also features rectangular entrances with flat canopies and glass wall panels, instead of arch-shaped entrances.
Pokémon the Series: XY
Prism Tower debuted in Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!, where Ash tried to enter the Lumiose Gym as his first Gym upon arriving in Kalos, but he and Pikachu were ejected out of the tower by Clembot for not having any Badges from the Kalos region.
The tower was featured heavily in Lumiose City Pursuit!, as Professor Sycamore's rampaging Garchomp climbed it. Ash went up after her and was able to calm her down, but she still caused a fair bit of damage to the tower, causing Pikachu to fall off the tower and making Ash jump after him to save him, the two being saved from the fall by the Blaziken Mask's Mega Blaziken.
In Kalos League Passion with a Certain Flare!, while Prism Tower was closed during the Lumiose Conference, Xerosic and other members of Team Flare took over the tower as their base in order to control Zygarde. In Down to the Fiery Finish!, under Lysandre's orders, Team Flare used a device to transform Zygarde Core Z2 into its 50% Forme and control it to unleash giant roots that destroy much of Lumiose City, including parts of Prism Tower.
In A Towering Takeover!, after Ash and his Pokémon had been captured by Team Flare, Lysandre had both them and Alain brought to the top of Prism Tower, where he told Alain about his true intentions of changing the world. Upon learning the truth that he had unknowingly been helping Team Flare in fulfilling their plans, Alain was shocked and devastated. Lysandre then attempted to take control of Ash and his Greninja in order to use their Bond Phenomenon for his own purposes, but Ash defied him, breaking free of the binds he had been confined with. Alain proceeded to help freeing Ash's Pokémon, having finally understood that Lysandre needed to be stopped. The two Trainers then began battling against the Team Flare Boss, with all of Ash's Pokémon and Alain's Mega Charizard X facing against Lysandre's Pyroar and Shiny Mega Gyarados.
Meanwhile, Clemont and Clembot attempted to take back their Gym from below. In The Right Hero for the Right Job!, Clemont and Clembot managed to enter the Gym and encounter Xerosic; while Clemont and Xerosic battle, Clembot used the distraction to hack into Xerosic's machine and eject him out of the Gym using one of the installed trap doors. Clemont and Clembot managed to shut down the machine controlling Z2, though not without Clembot's sacrifice, as it is destroyed in the process. At the same time, Malva interrupted Ash and Alain's battle with Lysandre, stating that she opposes Lysandre's plan to destroy the world. In Rocking Kalos Defenses!, Ash and Alain finally managed to defeat Lysandre and break both Z2 and Squishy from his control, but Lysandre, unyielding, chose to retreat by jumping off the tower. The heroes subsequently left Prism Tower in order to help stop the Giant Rock, a secret backup weapon Lysandre had prepared.
In Battling with a Clean Slate!, many parts of Lumiose City and Prism Tower were under repairs after the Team Flare incident. Prism Tower was later reopened with a relighting ceremony witnessed by all the citizens of Lumiose.
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Prism Tower entrance in Pokémon the Series: XY -
Prism Tower taken over by Z2
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Pokémon Journeys: The Series
Prism Tower briefly reappeared in A Festival Reunion! as Ash and Goh flew over Lumiose City on their way to Shalour City.
The tower reappeared in The Future is Now, Thanks to Strategy!, where Ash and Got visited Clemont and Bonnie at the Lumiose Gym before Ash's upcoming World Coronation Series battle against Drasna.
Pokémon Horizons: The Series
Prism Tower appeared in Mega Evolution - Roy as one of the places Roy visited during his time in Kalos. Near the tower, he witnessed a battle between two Trainers wielding Mega Evolution and met Ult and Master Mayonnaise, the latter who taught the two boys about Mega Evolution and gave each of them a Mega Ring.
Pokémon Generations
Prism Tower appeared in the backgrounds of The Beauty Eternal and The Investigation. Its appearance differs from its depiction in the games or Pokémon the Series, notably lacking the central interior at the bottom where the Lumiose Gym entrances would be located.
Pokémon Evolutions
Prism Tower appeared in the background of The Visionary. As both Pokémon Generations and Pokémon Evolutions were produced by the same animation team, Team Kato, the tower retains its Pokémon Generations appearance in this episode.
Dragonite and the Special Delivery
Prism Tower appeared in Dragonite and the Special Delivery as one of the locations that Hana and Rio soared past with Dragonite. They circled around the tower on their way to the Kanto region.
Gallery
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Prism Tower in Pokémon Generations -
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Prism Tower in Dragonite and the Special Delivery
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
X & Y arc
Prism Tower debuted in Pangoro Poses a Problem, where it is shown that Pokémon are kept at the tower to provide electricity. Alexa visited the tower in order to have an interview with Professor Sycamore there about the incident with Xerneas and Yveltal in Vaniville Town in preparation for an article of the subject. Once she arrived at the tower, she was surprised to find out that her boss, the Lumiose Press editor-in-chief, was there as well, aware of the fact that both Sycamore and Alexa knew the truth about the incident, which the media had covered up with a fake tale of an unexplained explosion. After the editor-in-chief had driven Professor Sycamore away with the excuse of him being a busy man and having interviewed him himself, he revealed his association with Team Flare by promptly burning Alexa's article materials to ashes. He then sent out his Pangoro to kill Alexa, but luckily X and his friends arrived just in time to save the reporter lady. As the editor-in-chief had taken Alexa's Helioptile as a hostage, X stayed behind to battle him while Y, Shauna, Tierno, and Trevor helped Alexa to escape.
X soon found out that, even though he had his Kanga and Li'l Kanga attack Pangoro together in their Mega Evolved state, the Daunting Pokémon had no effort in dodging all of their attacks. With Salamè and Marisso being distracted by the editor-in-chief's two Spewpa's Rage Powder, X's hopes of winning looked non-existent. However, once the two Spewpa had been beaten, X was able to use Salamè's tail flame to burn the leaf in Pangoro's mouth, which had allowed it to sense and dodge incoming attacks. With this advantage gone, Kanga and Li'l Kanga were able to defeat Pangoro. As one of the attacks during the battle had made a hole in the wall, Alexa's Helioptile was able to recharge itself with sunlight, promptly shocking the editor-in-chief into unconsciousness and freeing itself in the process.
After the incident, Bonnie, whom Clemont had left in charge of the Lumiose City Gym at Prism Tower while being away, noticed the damages the battle had caused, and realized that one of the 25 Pokémon that had been producing electricity for the tower was missing, having started to follow X after witnessing his battle.
In the TCG
- Main article: Prism Tower (Ninja Spinner 80)
Prism Tower was introduced as a Stadium card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Mega Evolution Series (the Japanese MEGA Series). It was first released in the Japanese Ninja Spinner expansion, with artwork by MARINA Chikazawa. A Full Art ultra rare version with artwork by the same illustrator was released in the same set. It lets players discard 2 cards from their hand in order to draw 1 card.
Prism Tower is also featured in the artworks of the following cards, typically as part of backgrounds depicting Lumiose City:
It is also featured in the following booster pack artworks:
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Forbidden Light booster art featuring Zygarde Complete Forme
Trivia
- A mini replica of Prism Tower, called Square Tower, can be found in the central courtyard of Mauville City in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.
- Prism Tower is one of the oldest towers in the known Pokémon world, alongside Dragonspiral Tower, Bell Tower, and Burned Tower.
Origin
Prism Tower is based on the Eiffel Tower,[3][4] a lattice tower and the tallest structure in the city of Paris (which Lumiose City is based on). According to Junichi Masuda in his former LINE Blog, he requested the designer of Prism Tower to design it with the imagery of fragrance bottles as an inspiration.[4]
Its location at the center of Lumiose City likely references the position of the Arc de Triomphe, another famous Parisian monument, at the center of Paris's Place Charles de Gaulle.
Name origin
A prism is an optical object designed to refract light; the naming of Prism Tower alludes to Lumiose City's slogan of "The City of Light".
In other languages
| Language | Title | |
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| Japanese | プリズムタワー Prism Tower | |
| Chinese | Cantonese | 稜鏡塔 Lìhnggeng Taap * 幻彩水晶塔 Waahnchói Séuijīng Taap * |
| Mandarin | 稜鏡塔 / 棱镜塔 Léngjìng Tǎ * 幻彩水晶塔 Huàncǎi Shuǐjīng Tǎ * | |
| Danish | Prismetårnet | |
| Dutch | Prismatoren | |
| Finnish | Prismatorni | |
| French | Tour Prismatique | |
| German | Prismaturm | |
| Indonesian | Menara Prisma | |
| Italian | Torre Prisma | |
| Korean | 프리즘타워 Prism Tower | |
| Norwegian | Prismetårnet | |
| Polish | Wieża Pryzmatu | |
| Portuguese | Brazil | Torre de Prisma Torre Prisma (XY131-present) |
| Portugal | Torre Prisma | |
| Russian | Башня Призма Bashnya Prizma Башня Призмы Bashnya Prizmy * | |
| Spanish | Latin America | Torre Prisma |
| Spain | Torre Prisma | |
| Swedish | Prisma-tornet | |
| Thai | ปริซึมทาวเวอร์ Prism Tower | |
| Vietnamese | Tháp lăng kính | |
References
- ↑ NPC: "Apparently Prism Tower came first and Lumiose expanded outward from there." (Pokémon Legends: Z-A)
- ↑ NPC: "Say, boss, did you know that Prism Tower's been remodeled and renovated a few times? I hear its...skeleton? Its framework? The insides, whatever you call them, are pretty old." (Pokémon Legends: Z-A)
- ↑ (October 9, 2025). "Illuminating Lumiose City." Pokemon.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Masuda, Junichi (July 6, 2016). "Prism Tower." Junichi Masuda Official Blog (LINE Blog). Archived August 5, 2020.
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