A Traveler's Guide to the World of Pokémon/Kanto/Fuchsia City
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| Fuchsia City | |
|---|---|
| セキチクシティ Sekichiku City | |
| File:Fuchsia Map.png | |
| Behold! It's Passion Pink! | |
| Location info | |
| Region | Kanto |
| Connecting routes | Route 19 (South) Route 15 (East) Route 18 (West) |
| Gym info | |
| Gym Leader(s) | Koga (Generation I) Janine (Generation II) |
| Gym Badge | Soul Badge |
| Type | Poison |
Fuchsia City (セキチクシティ Sekichiku Shiti, Sekichiku City in the original Japanese) is a fictional city located in southeast Kanto, a region in the Pokémon world. The town's motto is "Behold! It's Passion Pink!" and has a population of 25 people.
In the video games
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Pokémon Gym
[edit | edit source]Fuchsia City is home to Koga, head of the Pokémon Gym in Pokémon Red, Blue, Yellow, Fire Red, and Leaf Green. He is replaced by his daughter, Janine, in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal. In either case, the gym's interior is a confusing maze of invisible walls. Koga (or Janine) awaits challengers in the center of the maze, clearly visible to challengers as they attempt to navigate the maze. Both leaders specialize in Poison-type Pokémon.
Safari Zone
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Fuchsia City is home to the Safari Zone, a large national park where Pokémon trainers are able to catch rare Pokémon. In the Safari Zone, a trainer pays Image:Pokébuck_sign.gif500 in order to get 30 special Safari balls and 600 steps (500 in the original games) to explore the zone with. The Safari Zone is also the gateway to accessing Glitch City in Pokémon Red and Blue.
The Safari Zone is different from a wild area. The player cannot battle the Pokémon that live there. Instead, they must throw rocks to stun the wild Pokémon, bait to entice them, or Safari Balls to capture them. While capturing Pokémon this way is more difficult, the Safari Zone is the sole place to capture a number of rare Pokémon, including Dratini, Kangaskhan, Pinsir, Scyther, Tauros, and Chansey. You are allowed to use your Pokémon to Surf, use Sweet Scent, and do other appropriate Overworld Tricks.
In the Gold, Silver and Crystal, the Warden is out of vacation and the Safari Zone is closed.
Zoo
[edit | edit source]Outside the Safari Zone is a small Pokémon Zoo (the only Zoo to be featured in the Pokemon games, to date). It is seen in almost all of the continuities and if the player has a look it can fill his/her Pokédex (the Pokédex data that is received is similar to what one would normally get if they had encountered the Pokemon in battle, but not captured it). In Gold, Silver and Crystal, the zoo is also closed.
Miscellaneous
[edit | edit source]Fuchsia City is the southern end of the Cycling Road, which starts off at Celadon City in central Kanto. Route 15 leads into the city from the east, route 18 from the west, and the beach of route 19 is in the south.
Fuchsia City is also a location in Pokémon Pinball (on the blue table) where the player can catch Magikarp, Goldeen, Kangaskhan, and Exeggcute.
In the anime
[edit | edit source]In the anime, Ash and his friends get lost on their way to the Fuchsia City Gym, which is hidden in the middle of nowhere. They decide to enter an oriental-looking building to ask for directions but are met with traps such as fake mirrors, invisible walls, pits, and many Voltorb. This is the gym. They follow a Venonat and eventually find Aya, another girl that catches Brock's eye, and who is Koga's younger sister and one of his students.
Ash, Misty, and Brock overcome the traps in the Gym, and Ash was finally able to challenge Koga. Their match was interrupted when Team Rocket tried to steal Koga's large supply of Voltorb, although they had raided the gym with the intent of getting Poison-type Pokémon. Team Rocket was stopped by Misty's Psyduck, and Ash and Koga had a rematch. Ash triumphed and won the Soul Badge.
In the anime, the Battle Pike is located near Fuchsia.
In the manga
[edit | edit source]Red visits the Safari Zone in Chapter 21, "VS. Nidoking", in Pokémon Adventures. In this chapter, he catches a wild Nidoqueen.
Category:Kanto locations Category:Fictional towns and cities