Sevii Islands
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The Sevii Islands (Japanese: ナナシマ Nanashima) are an archipelago accessible from the Kanto region.
Official sources differ as to whether the Sevii Islands are part of Kanto or outside of this region. In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen and other contemporary sources, they are considered separate from Kanto.[1][2][3][4][5][6] There are conflicting statements either way from chapters of the Pokémon Adventures manga and related webpages.[7][8][9][10][11][12] Subsequently, official material has since explicitly referred to it as part of the Kanto region, including the Pokémon World Climate site and Pokémon Pokopia.[13][14][15]
In the core series games
The Sevii Islands consist of nine main islands, seven of which are permanently settled (hence the archipelago's name), as well as several smaller islets surrounding them. They are located far south of the Kanto mainland, and are home to several Legendary and Mythical Pokémon: Moltres, Lugia, Ho-Oh, and Deoxys.
The Sevii Islands provide most of the post-Pokémon League plot in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. The Sevii Islands sideplot actually begins as soon as the player has defeated the Cinnabar Gym and obtained the Volcano Badge. The first three islands, One, Two, and Three, are the only ones that are initially accessible, but the plot here is important for continuing the game. By obtaining the National Pokédex (and subsequently retrieving the Ruby), the later islands are unlocked.
Some of the Sevii Islands' background music tracks are remixed themes from Pokémon Gold and Silver, specifically the ones from Violet City/Olivine City (Six Island and Seven Island), Azalea Town/Blackthorn City (Four Island and Five Island), and Routes 42, 43, 44, and the Lake of Rage (routes on Five, Six, and Seven Islands).
The main islands' only game appearance was in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, but the two event-exclusive islands, Navel Rock and Birth Island, later reappeared in Pokémon Emerald. The Sevii Islands also appear in other media based on these games.
Plot
There is also a plot by Team Rocket based in the Sevii Islands. It deals with Pokémon Evolution, and appears to be the prelude to a plot that is launched three years later. Only when the Team Rocket members realize that the player has already defeated Giovanni, who subsequently disbanded Team Rocket, do they give up.
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Accessibility
In FireRed and LeafGreen, the Sevii Islands are accessible from Vermilion Harbor via a system of boats called the Seagallop Ferries. To be able to access One, Two, and Three Islands, one needs a Tri-Pass, received from Celio after defeating Blaine on Cinnabar Island. To be able to access Four, Five, Six, and Seven Islands, one needs a Rainbow Pass, received from Celio in One Island, after entering the Hall of Fame and obtaining the National Pokédex. To be able to access Navel Rock, one needs a MysticTicket, and to be able to access Birth Island, one needs an AuroraTicket, both of which can be obtained promotionally with Mystery Gift. In the Nintendo Switch re-release of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, the AuroraTicket and MysticTicket automatically appear in the player's Bag once the player has become Champion and entered the Hall of Fame.
Geography
Demographics
The population of Sevii Islands is 212, including all towns and other areas.
Notable locations
The nine Sevii Islands are located to the south of mainland Kanto. These islands cannot be surfed to; to travel from island to island a Pokémon Trainer must take the Seagallop Ferries from another island or Vermilion City in Kanto.
Settlements
The seven major islands each have a settlement, which are named numerically.
| Map | Name |
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One Island |
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Two Island |
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Three Island |
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Four Island |
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Five Island |
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Six Island |
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Seven Island |
Landmarks
- One Island
- Two Island
- Three Island
- Four Island
- Five Island
- Six Island
- Seven Island
- Navel Rock
- Birth Island
Appearance
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| One Island, Two Island, and Three Island as seen in FireRed and LeafGreen |
Four Island, Navel Rock, and Five Island as seen in FireRed and LeafGreen |
Seven Island, Six Island, and Birth Island as seen in FireRed and LeafGreen |
In the spin-off games
Pokémon Masters EX
In the Pasio Gold Rush event in Pokémon Masters EX, Leaf says that she met a Hiker when she travelled the Sevii Islands. She also asks if Red met the Hiker as well.
In animation
Pokémon the Series
Pokémon Chronicles
The Sevii Islands have only been featured in The Search for the Legend, where Ritchie visited Mt. Ember (referred to as Mt. Magma in the dub) on One Island. The episode focused on the Moltres living on the mountain and a man named Silver who desired to battle the Legendary bird.
Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl
The Sevii Islands also appear in the animated series map released with The Rise of Darkrai.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
FireRed & LeafGreen arc
The Sevii Islands were the main setting for this arc. It focused on the three original Kanto Pokédex holders dealing with Deoxys, based on the Birth Island event, as well as the resurgence of Team Rocket.
Trivia
- According to an old woman on Seven Island, the Sevii Islands were named not because there are seven islands (two event items reveal there are in fact nine), but because they were supposedly made in seven days.
- Data in the games reserved for location name index pointers reveal the following values:
- Sevii Isle 6 (Japanese: ６ばんななしま Nanashima 6)
- Sevii Isle 7 (Japanese: ７ばんななしま Nanashima 7)
- Sevii Isle 8 (Japanese: ８ばんななしま Nanashima 8)
- Sevii Isle 9 (Japanese: ９ばんななしま Nanashima 9)
- Sevii Isle 22 (Japanese: ２２ばんななしま Nanashima 22)
- Sevii Isle 23 (Japanese: ２３ばんななしま Nanashima 23)
- Sevii Isle 24 (Japanese: ２４ばんななしま Nanashima 24)
- These routes are not accessible during normal gameplay and are likely remnants from the development period of the games.
- The routes on the Sevii Islands are not numbered, unlike the other regions. This is likely to prevent confusion as to their relation to the others, as continuing where Johto left off (after Route 46, at the time the highest-numbered Johto route) would seemingly imply that Johto is accessible in the games.
- The Sevii Islands being an archipelago located south of Kanto is similar in concept to the Orange Islands from Pokémon the Series: The Beginning.
Origin
The Sevii Islands archipelago may correspond to the real-life Izu Islands and Bonin Islands. Both island chains are administered as part of Tokyo Metropolis, and are thus considered part of the Kantō region, despite their distance from the mainland.
One through Four Island as well as Navel Rock may correspond to the Izu Islands, while Five, Six, and Seven Island may correspond to Mukojima, Chichijima, and Hahajima in the Bonin.
Navel Rock and Birth Island's status as two secret, extra islands, could be a reference to the fact that, although the Izu Islands are sometimes referred to as the "Seven Islands of Izu" in reference to the seven "main" permanently inhabited islands, there are actually two more permanently inhabited islands (as well as dozens of uninhabited islets) which are implicitly excluded in that name: Shikinejima and Aogashima. Birth Island's shape and location appears to be based on Minamitorishima, however (an isolated coral atoll politically but not geographically considered a part of the Bonin Islands).
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | ナナシマ Nanashima | From 七 nana (seven) and 島 shima (island) |
| English | Sevii Islands | From seven and VII (Roman numeral for seven) |
| German | Sevii Eilande | |
| European Spanish | Archi7 | From archipiélago (archipelago) and the number 7 (pronounced siete in Spanish) |
| French | Îles Sevii | From its English name |
| Italian | Settipelago | From sette (seven) and arcipelago (archipelago) |
| Korean | 일곱섬 Ilgop Seom | From 일곱 ilgop (seven) and 섬 seom (island) |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 七之島 Qī zhī Dǎo / Chāt jī Dóu | From 七 qī / chāt (seven), the genitive particle 之 zhī / jī, and 島 / 岛 dǎo / dóu (island) |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 七之岛 Qī zhī Dǎo | |
| Chinese (mainland China) | 七岛 Qīdǎo[n 1] | From 七 qī (seven) and 岛 dǎo (island) |
| Brazilian Portuguese | Ilhas Sevii | From its English name |
| Vietnamese | Thất Đảo | From thất (seven) and đảo (island) |
Notes
References
- ↑ "We should head back to Kanto." - Bill at One Island, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
- ↑ "I can't tell you how grateful I am for your rescue of Lostelle. Thanks to your feat, the people of Three Island have changed their attitudes about Kanto people. And, I'm from Kanto, you see. The people of Three Island helped me add to my merchandise." - Lostelle at Two Island's Joyful Game Corner: ", Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
- ↑ "Link established with Kanto region."; later "Link established with Kanto and Hoenn regions." - Network Machine at One Island, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
- ↑ "Other Lands [other than Kanto, Johto, and Hoenn] Sevii Islands Location: East and southeast of Kanto region" - Pokémon 10th Anniversary Collector's Edition Complete Pokédex, page 16
- ↑ ポケモンリーグへの挑戦が間近に迫った頃、主人公はカントー地方をはなれ、広大な海に浮かぶ島々を訪れることになる。「ナナシマ」と呼ばれるその島々には、隠された秘密や楽しい遊びがいっぱい！ (Just before challenging the Pokémon League, the player leaves the Kanto region to visit islands floating in the vast ocean. These islands, known as the Sevii Islands, hide secrets and are enjoyable to play!) - Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen (setting), Pokémon.co.jp
- ↑ 彼らとのバトルの場所は、カントーから出る船で赴く「7の島」にある「トレーナータワー」。 (The place where you battle against them, after taking a ship departing from Kanto to Seven Island, is the Trainer Tower.) - Pokémon Card e+ FireRed & LeafGreen, Pokémon.co.jp
- ↑ "Our destination is the first island of Kanto's Sevii Islands... One Island!" - Announcement at Seagallop in Now You See Me.., Pokémon Adventures
- ↑ "At first we just had trouble connecting to the Kanto mainland..." - Celio in Now You See Me.., Pokémon Adventures
- ↑ "Head for the Kanto region!" - Giovanni at the Trainer Tower in Secrets from Sneasel, Pokémon Adventures
- ↑ "[...] is spreading throughout the Sevii Islands and the Kanto region [...]" - Giovanni in It Takes Patience, Knowledge and a Really Quick Beedrill in Pokémon Adventures
- ↑ 第五章は『ポケモン ファイアレッド・リーフグリーン』で追加された、カントー地方のナナシマが舞台！ (The fifth arc takes place in Kanto's Sevii Islands from "Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen"!) - Fifth Arc: FireRed and LeafGreen, Pokémon.jp
- ↑ カントー・ナナシマでつぎつぎ起こるきみょうな事件には (In Kanto and Sevii Islands, mysterious incidents happen one after the other [...]) - Blue's Character Profile, Corocoro.tv
- ↑ 「グレンじま」よりも本土からはなれた場所に、「ナナシマ」と呼ばれる7つの小さな島があり、同じカントー地方ながら、暖かな気候と自然が人気の観光スポットとなっています。 (Even further from the mainland than Cinnabar Island, there are seven small islands called the Sevii Islands, and despite being part of the same Kanto region, their warm climate and nature make them a popular tourist spot.) - Pokémon World Climate: Kanto region, Pokémon.jp
- ↑ 各地方に残る主な遺跡 カントー地方（ナナシマ） アスカナいせき てんのあな (Major archeological sites of every region - Kanto (Sevii Islands): Tanoby Ruins, Dotted Hole) - Pokémon's Four Great Mysteries, Pokémon.jp
- ↑ "The Sevii Islands, located in the southern part of the Kanto region, are a popular vacation spot due to their temperate climate. We interviewed a girl visiting from Pallet Town who had the following to say with a big smile on her face. 'I heard that there a lot of rare Pokémon to see here, so I'm really excited!'" - Island Monthly (July Issue), Pokémon Pokopia
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