Japanese name: Hiun City

The largest city in the game (and the one most prominently featured in trailers) is Castelia City - a huge, sprawling metropolis located on the central landmass of the Unova region, north of the sea and south of a large desert. It is connected to the eastern Landmass of Unova (where you start your journey) via Skyarrow Bridge.

This city takes full advantage of the DS' 3D rendering capabilities and presents itself as a wonderful 3D city from many angles.

Features

Castelia City features a thriving business district, with wide streets and alleys amidst huge towering skyscrapers, all surrounding a central park-like hub. As you walk down the streets, other people are also walking down them, and they actually walk around you as you pass.

You can enter several of the skyscrapers and visit certain floors of theirs. Many helpful NPCs reside in these buildings.

Main Street

• Inside the Castelia City Pokemon Center is a man who's crazy about trading. He loves it so much that he's willing to throw some pretty rare items at you for doing so. If you trade with a certain amount of people, whether it be via IR, local wireless, WFC, or the GTS, he'll give you free items. Here's a list of what you can get:

Icon	Received Item	Received for
	Wide Lens	5 or more trades
	Everstone	10 or more trades
	Zoom Lens	20 or more trades
	Choice Scarf	30 or more trades
	PP Max	40 or more trades
	Master Ball	50 or more trades

• Inside the Battle Company building, located on the corner of Mode Street, you can battle businessmen and women who should be working. In there you can receive a Scope Lens from a scientist. Another man will also give you some Timer Balls and Quick Balls. Finally, once you defeat the fake-janitor he will give you an EXP Share.

• The Passerby Analytics HQ is located on the corner of the Pokemon Gym street. Here you may receive a whole new feature for your C-Gear, allowing you to survey other passer-by players of the game.

Castelia Street

• Castelia Street is where you'll find Game Freak's building. If you bring the special "Fated Encounter" event Celebi to the entrance floor and talk to a young boy, you will receive Zorua.

Head upstairs inside this same building to find the Game Freak crew. Once you've beaten the main story, return here and you'll be able to battle Morimoto once per day.

♂ Liepard Lv. 75	♂ Swoobat Lv. 75	♂ Zebstrika Lv. 77	♂ Simipour Lv. 75	♂ Simisear Lv. 75	♂ Simisage Lv. 75

• A woman living in a building on the left side of the street will massage one of your Pokemon once a day, raising their happiness. Upstairs, you'll find a hiker who will give you TM44 Rest.

Mode Street

• Inside Studio Castelia, an art museum located on the right side the street, there is a clown who will give you a berry if you show him a Pokemon of a specific type. The type of Pokémon he will want to see changes each day.

• On Tuesdays during Spring, Summer, and Autumn, you may buy one Casteliacone per week from a street side stand. It's basically just a Full Heal in the form of ice cream, but you know you want one.

Narrow Street

• A creepy man will jump out from behind a dumpster and flash you give you TM70 Flash.

• One of the Dancers can be found on this street (see the Central Plaza for more details).

• There's not much else on this street, but you can chill out at Cafe Sonata if you're bored. You'll receive a free lemonade the first time you speak with the bartender.

Castelia Gym Street

Surprise, surprise. This street is where you'll find the Castelia City Pokemon Gym (see the Gym for more details).

The building on the left side of the street is involved in a brief event, but otherwise there's nothing else here worth noting.

Central Plaza

There is a Dancer that you can battle in front of the fountain. After beating him he'll ask you to find two other dancers so that they can form a dance team. One dancer is found on Narrow Street and the other is found on Unity Pier. Once defeated, they will go up to the fountain.

When you return to the fountain, you will see all three dancers and you will receive an Amulet Coin as a reward.

Northern Road

This road exits North onto Route 4.

• The Name Rater lives in a building on the left side of the street. The Relocator is also found on the upper floor of this building.

• In the building directly across from the Name Rater, a party is raging on one of the upper floors. After you're patted down/frisked (the joys), you'll be allowed upstairs. Amongst the random guests you'll find a woman who'll give you TM 45, Attract.

• Inside the final building on this street, a scientist on the entrance level will give you an Eviolite if you've seen over 25 Pokemon.

The Relocator

As mentioned above, in the same building where you find the Name Rater you'll also find a peculiar scientist upstairs. This scientist will ask you to input a phrase, similar to how you unlocked the Mystery Gift in the past generations. The phrase is Everyone Happy, Simple Connection.

Enter the phrase correctly and you'll unlock the Relocator. This new option, located on your game's start-up menu, allows you to transfer over certain key Pokemon and, in one case, a special item to Black and White from any of the Gen IV games.

The Pokemon that are allowed to be transferred are the shiny Beasts of Johto (received from the 13th Movie giveaway in Japan and Gamestop/WiFi giveaway in the rest of the world) and the "Fated Encounter" Celebi. The shiny beast trio will unlock Zoroark, while Celebi unlocks Zorua (see Castelia Street for more details).

Lastly, the player is allowed to transfer the Lock Capsule, an item that can be obtained within HeartGold and SoulSilver. The Lock Capsule has not been given away as of yet, but inside of it is TM95 Snarl.

The Piers

As it is next to the sea, Castelia City has its own harbor, filled with boats and ships.

• On the pier closest to the city's entrance you'll find a man who'll give you either a Leaf Stone, a Fire Stone, or a Water Stone depending on your choice of Pansage, Pansear, or Panpour.

• Harbored at the Cruise Dock you'll find the Royal Unova, which becomes available once you've beaten the game. For a fee of 1,000 PokéDollars, you may board the ship once a day. There are various trainers to battle on board and items to be found. The trainers available to battle change each day.

• On Unity Pier there is a ship that will take you to an island where the Unity Tower is located. This facility is available once the player trades with a person from another country.

• Finally, on Liberty Pier you will find a boat that will take you to Liberty Garden, where you may find the phantom Pokemon Victini. However, you'll only be allowed to ride the boat if you have the Liberty Ticket in your possession, a special key item received from a WiFi event.

Events

Once again, you will face off against Team Plasma, except this time it's personal - as they stole Bianca's Munna, and you must give chase. Once you and Burgh defeat the grunts you will run inside a building and find Ghetsis along with the sage from Pinwheel Forest. Ghetsis will monologue at you and then they will return the Munna with no further incident. Here you will also meet Iris for the first time.

Trainers

Battle Company

47F

55F

Dancers

Gym

The gym here, styled after a beehive, is owned by Burgh, who specializes in Bug-type Pokemon.

In this gym you will have to navigate a honeycomb of rooms, pushing through walls of honey. Some of these walls are locked behind iron bars, which you will need to remove by locating step-buttons that will lead to unlocking them. There are also various Clown-type trainers inside this gym for some reason.

Eventually, you will make your way to the back of the Gym, where Burgh's room is - gaudy stained glass windows and all.

Burgh will bestow the Insect Badge upon the trainers who will succeed in defeating him. The acquisition of the badge allows you to command Pokemon up to level 40 and you will also receive TM76 Struggle Bug - a new Bug-type move.

Screenshots

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  Castelia City - and what a city it is.

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  A shady alley. Beware of flashers.

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  The Liberty Pier.

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  Walking through the market.

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  Outside Castelia City Gym with Cheren.

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  Inside Burgh's sticky gym.

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  The Insect Badge!

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  Castelia Central Plaza.

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  Meet Unova's Gamefreak team!

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  Does that rascally Team Plasma ever give you a break?

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  Cafe Sonata: a nice place to chill.

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  Here there be clowns. This one gives you berries.