Resort Area

The Resort Area (Japanese: リゾートエリア Resort Area) is a small, town-like area in the Battle Zone, northeast of Sinnoh. Notably, there is no Poké Mart here.
==Places of interest==
===Ribbon Syndicate===
The Ribbon Syndicate is a difficult to miss building with its large size and giant decorative Ribbon over the doorway. A must have at least 10 different kinds of Ribbons spread among their current party to gain access to the building. One of the notable things about the syndicate is that they offer incredibly expensive Ribbons, which act mostly as signs of status rather than merit, with prices reaching up to 999,999 for a Royal Gorgeous Ribbon. The syndicate also features a spa on the top floor. A visit to this spa, like grooming in the earlier games, makes a Pokémon more friendly. They can only accept five members a day and a Trainer who receives a massage may not receive another until the next day.
===Villa===
In , when the arrives at the Resort Area, they will be shown into a house that can be their own. If the player accepts the offer, it can then be used similarly to a Secret Base. It will, however, also be visited by others like the Sinnoh Gym Leaders, Professor Rowan, , , Cynthia, and the player's mom.
==Demographics==
===Pokémon Diamond and Pearl===
The population of the Resort Area is 19. This makes it the smallest town in the Battle Zone and one of the smallest overall in Sinnoh.
===Pokémon Platinum===
The population of the Resort Area is 18. This makes it the smallest town in the Battle Zone and one of the smallest in Sinnoh overall.
==Items==
==Pokémon==
===Generation IV===
===Generation VIII===
==Trainers==
===Pokémon Platinum===
On certain days, the player can challenge a Trainer who appears in the Pokémon Center. Depending on the game progress, the Trainer will have teams with higher leveled Pokémon upon rematch.
==Appearance==
 	 	
 	 	
 	 	 
==Music==
Games	Situation 	Song name (Japanese) 	Song name (English) 	Composition	Arrangement
 	Overworld (Day) 	リッシこのほとり (昼) 	Valor Lakefront (Day) 	Hitomi Sato	Hitomi Sato
 	Overworld (Night)	リッシこのほとり (夜) 	Valor Lakefront (Night)	Hitomi Sato	Hitomi Sato
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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In A Little Rocket R & R!, and Goh traveled to the Resort Area to discover a mysterious Pokémon said to be hiding in a local lake. Coincidentally, the Team Rocket trio had also been sent there to take a break. Because they considered the break to be an order from , they resisted the urge to steal .
Ash and Goh eventually discovered that the mysterious Pokémon was a , which Goh successfully . Immediately afterwards, Matori and the Matori Matrix arrived and succeeded in stealing a lot of Pokémon, including Ash's Pikachu. Since it was Matori who had sent them on their break, the trio, realizing it was just a ploy to keep them out of the operation's way, decided to help Ash and Goh in freeing the stolen Pokémon while in disguise. The plan was successful, with the trio even managing to avoid being recognized by their own organization, thus forcing Matori and her to retreat.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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In Leaping Past Lopunny, Steven Stone was seen selling his Resort Area Villa before returning to Hoenn. The Villa was soon after bought by . It worked as her and 's Battle Zone base throughout the arc.
==Trivia==
* The Resort Area is the location of both the highest- and lowest-leveled wild Pokémon in any core series : .
** The level 1 Magikarp are tied with the Snowpoint Temple's in and the Nature Preserve's level 1 Magikarp and in .
** The level 100 Magikarp are tied with the Nature Preserve's level 100 Magikarp and Gyarados in Black 2 and White 2 and the Fellhorn Gorge's level 100 Magikarp in .
===Name origin===
The name may refer to the fact that this area is very peaceful, as well as the fact that the Ribbon Syndicate, into which only very skilled Coordinators can enter, is located here.
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
Category:Diamond and Pearl locations
Category:Platinum locations
Category:Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl locations
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