Wi-Fi Plaza

The Wi-Fi Plaza is a location introduced in Generation IV. It appears in and . The Wi-Fi Plaza could be accessed from the lower floor of any Pokémon Center through Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, prior to the service being discontinued on May 20, 2014. It was one of the ways that players around the world could interact with one another, even if they were not in each other's Friends list. Up to 20 players could enter a Wi-Fi Plaza room at once. A random Tap Toy was given to players whenever they entered the Wi-Fi Plaza.
The Wi-Fi Plaza featured five different designs, four of which are themed after different type, including , , , and . There was also a rare Mew-themed variation. This only affected the aesthetic and the Pokémon decorations to match the type the Wi-Fi Plaza is themed after.
There were three different minigames playable in the Wi-Fi Plaza, including Swalot Plop, Mime Jr. Top, and Wobbuffet Pop.
To prevent score manipulation, players were allowed only between 20 to 30 minutes in a Wi-Fi Plaza room, though they could exit prematurely if desired. Three minutes before the Wi-Fi Plaza closes, fireworks go off. Following this was a parade where the player exited the Wi-Fi Plaza on a float designed after a Pokémon matching the type that the room is themed after. Each room type had one of two floats, such as the -themed plaza having Charizard and Torchic floats.
The Wi-Fi Plaza had a globe that allowed players to refer to each other's locations in real life, provided they had registered it beforehand at the Global Terminal.
==Gallery==
Wi-Fi Plaza water theme.png|The player in a -themed Wi-Fi Plaza room
Wi-Fi Plaza fireworks.png|Fireworks going off in the -themed Wi-Fi Plaza room
Wi-Fi Plaza Charizard float.png|The player exiting the Wi-Fi Plaza on a Charizard float
==External links==
*Wi-Fi Plaza on Serebii