Verdanturf Town

Verdanturf Town (Japanese: Shidake Town) is a small, quaint town nestled between the mountains and the plains in central-western Hoenn. It is well known for its very clean air.
Wally is sent to live here with his aunt, uncle, and cousin, Wanda, to improve his health. The town features a Contest Hall in , as well as in their Generation VI remakes, Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. In , however, the Contest Hall is replaced with a Battle Tent.
There are two ways out of Verdanturf: to the east is towards Mauville City; and to the north is the Rusturf Tunnel, which was being constructed to link and Verdanturf. However, the construction disturbed the local who lived in the tunnel, and so it was canceled. Wanda's boyfriend tried to dig the tunnel himself but was unable to do it. After the gets the , they can use to complete the tunnel and open a path to .
==Slogan==
The windswept highlands with the sweet fragrance of grass. (Japanese: The highlands where the grass-scented wind blows.)
==Places of interest==
===Contest Hall===
In , the Verdanturf Town Contest Hall is where Normal Rank Pokémon Contests are held. It is also where Pokémon Coordinators can register their Contest Passes. A sign outside the building reads:
In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the Contest Hall returns. Pokémon Contest Spectaculars of all four ranks are held here.
===Battle Tent===
In , the Contest Hall is replaced with a Battle Tent themed after the Battle Palace in the . A sign outside the building reads:
===Wanda's house===
Wanda and most of her family live on the south side of the town. Wally is sent to live here to improve his health, but is only seen at Wanda's house after the player battles Wally in Mauville City. After the player obtains the Balance Badge, Wally will no longer be at Wanda's house.
===Friendship rater===
In the house situated to the left of Wanda's house, there is a woman who rates the friendship of .
===Shroomish girl===
In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, there is a little girl between the houses of Wanda and the friendship rater who has lost her . She mentions it went missing somewhere near the sign. If the player reads the sign after talking to the girl, the Shroomish will come out from behind the sign and return to the girl. As a reward for finding it, the little girl will give the player the Intriguing Stone.
===Move Tutor===
In , inside the Pokémon Center there is a kid who will teach a compatible Pokémon one time only.
===Poké Mart===
The Poké Mart in town is the only one in Hoenn where Nest Balls can be purchased.
==Demographics==
===Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire===
In , the population of Verdanturf Town is 29, making it the largest town in Hoenn.
===Pokémon Emerald===
In , the population of Verdanturf Town is 24, making it the third-largest town in Hoenn.
===Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire===
In , the population of Verdanturf Town is 27, tying it with Lavaridge Town for being the largest town in Hoenn.
==Poké Mart==
==Items==
===Contest Hall/Battle Tent===
==Pokémon==
===Generation VI===
==Appearance==
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 
==Music==
Games	Situation	Song name (Japanese)	Song name (English)	Composition	Arrangement
 	Overworld	シダケタウン 	Verdanturf Town 	Go Ichinose	Go Ichinose
 	Overworld	シダケタウン 	Verdanturf Town 	Go Ichinose	Shota Kageyama
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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In , Verdanturf Town was shown to have a fairly luxurious neighborhood. It is the hometown of Morrison, a Pokémon Trainer and one of 's rivals in the Ever Grande Conference. Among the town's current residents are Timmy Grimm and his parents, Tommy Grimm and Mrs. Grimm, who live in a mansion.
Ash, , Max, and arrived in Verdanturf Town in Disaster of Disguise, where they met up with Drew again. Drew was planning to compete in the town's Pokémon Contest. However, after his was injured in a against Timmy's , he took it to the Pokémon Center and decided not to participate.
In Disguise Da Limit!, May entered the Verdanturf Contest in the hopes of winning her second Ribbon. Timmy and Jessie, respectively disguised as The Phantom and Jesselana, were also among the contestants. In the Appeals Round, May's Skitty failed to deliver a successful attack. Despite this, the was able to save its performance with a juggling act taught to it by Dr. Abby in Delcatty Got Your Tongue. When Vivian announced the results, it was revealed that May, Timmy, Jessie, and a named Stefano had advanced to the Contest Battles.
After defeating Stefano, May battled Timmy in the final round. Timmy proved to be a talented Coordinator and a tough opponent for May, as he had some good combinations up his sleeve, which led May to lose a large number of points. However, her Skitty managed to master Blizzard and use it against Dusclops, knocking it out. The Contest Judges then called and May was declared the winner. Afterwards, Mr. Contesta rewarded May with the coveted Verdanturf Ribbon, her second Contest Ribbon overall.
====Gallery====
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==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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Verdanturf Town appeared in Mind-Boggling with Medicham and It's Absol-lutely a Bad Omen, where arrived there to obtain the Hoenn Contest Pass and to compete in the Normal Rank Pokémon Contests, accompanied by Gabby and Ty. After winning all five Normal Rank Contests, he saw a person whom he initially mistook as , but was actually Wally's cousin Wanda, who told him that Wally had left the town before his arrival.
In It All Ends Now VIII, the Verdanturf Contest Hall, destroyed during the weather crisis caused by and , was revealed to have been rebuilt as a Battle Tent, though it still maintained the function of hosting Pokémon Contests.
==Trivia==
* In , a girl in the Poké Mart sings a short song when talked to, which goes: "Ball, Ball, Nest Ball. ♪ Ball, Ball, Luxury Ball. ♪" Afterwards, she says that she learned the song from "a strange person in red clothes" when she visited the Kalos region once. This is likely a reference to the who sings a similar song before being battled at the Poké Ball Factory in .
* In , the player can see past the outer edges of the map, leading to a visual glitch. This is due to the Battle Tent being smaller than the Contest Hall in .
===Name origin===
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	シダケタウン Shidake Town 	From 芝 shi (lawn), 青竹色 aodake-iro (mint green color of bamboo), and 岳 take (peak)
English 	Verdanturf 	From verdant (green; lush) and turf (lawn)
German 	Wiesenflur 	From Wiese (meadow; lawn) and Flur (corridor)
Spanish 	Pueblo Verdegal 	From verdegal (green field)
French 	Vergazon 	From vert (green) and gazon (lawn, turf)
Italian 	Mentania 	From menta (mint)
Korean 	잔디마을 Jandi Maeul 	From 잔디 jandi (lawn)
Chinese () 	綠茵鎮 / 绿茵镇 Lǜyīn Zhèn 	From 綠 / 绿 lǜ (green) and 綠茵 / 绿茵 lǜyīn (lawn)
Chinese () 	綠蔭鎮 / 绿荫镇 Lǜyìn Zhèn 	From 綠 / 绿 lǜ (green) and 綠蔭 / 绿荫 lǜyìn (tree shade)
Chinese () 	綠茵鎮 Luhkyān Jan 	From 綠 luhk (green) and 綠茵 luhkyān (lawn)
Chinese () 	綠蔭鎮 Luhkyam Jan 	From 綠 luhk (green) and 綠蔭 luhkyam (tree shade)
Brazilian Portuguese	Cidade de Verdanturf 	From its English name
Vietnamese 	Thị trấn Shidake 	Transcription of its Japanese name
==Related articles==
Category:Ruby and Sapphire locations
Category:Emerald locations
Category:Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire locations
Category:Towns
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