Distortion World

The Distortion World (Japanese: Torn World) is the name given to an alternate dimension in and the true home of the Legendary Pokémon .
==In the core series games==
===History===
====Background====
At the start of the Pokémon universe, due to 's violent nature, its creator, the Mythical Pokémon , banished it to the Distortion World, which became its home from then on.
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When the reaches Spear Pillar at the top of Mount Coronet to stop Team Galactic. When the lake guardians are fail to stop Team Galactic's control over and , Giratina appears from the Distortion World and swoops on Cyrus to stop him from destroying both worlds. After Cyrus is taken away by Giratina, the player and Cynthia follow them and navigate the new world with the help of lake guardians. The will guide the player in the puzzle. There, the player battles with Cyrus once again and later battles Giratina as well. Cyrus also remains in the Distortion World, vowing to create his spiritless world.
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While the Distortion World does not appear in the games, a similar area can be set up in Ramanas Park called the "Distortion Room", which plays a similar role of battling Giratina in its Origin Forme and obtaining the Griseous Orb. However, as Giratina is caught in Turnback Cave, the one that appears here is in a shadow-based form, signifying that it cannot be caught. It will only reveal its true form after the battle, which also flips the area upside down.
==Geography==
The Distortion World is said to be another universe or world parallel to the Pokémon world. Two gateways to it have been known to exist: one opened at the top of Mount Coronet on the Spear Pillar, and the one present in Turnback Cave.
More of the capabilities of the DS are utilized in the Distortion World than elsewhere in Sinnoh. It is a dark place with platforms floating at many different angles. The world disobeys the normal , creating an effect similar to the art of . Time is said to not flow and spatial relations are shown to be irregular, allowing the to walk and on walls in any direction. Trees and rocks can simply grow out of the ground and then disappear. The player is able to go up a waterfall without having the move or the . This is possibly due to the fact that gravity is not normal in this world; therefore, no extra effort is needed by the to climb the waterfall. Also, given how the player appears to be "surfing" on the waterfall's surface, it may be that the waterfall isn't being "climbed" at all. The only Pokémon known to inhabit the Distortion World is . Therefore, fishing has no results here, showing up with a message that there seems to be no Pokémon in this water.
The world's rust-colored landmass is separated into tiny islands. Trees are spiky and incredibly tall, much like . Beneath the floating land, there is a spinning whirlpool of spatial clouds.
In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, when Professor Laventon comes across Giratina's Origin Forme, he notes in his Pokédex that Giratina has no legs, and thus he assumes and describes Giratina "must hail from a world where the heavens and the earth are as one" (referencing the floating distorted islands and landmasses), but then stops himself because of his personal lack of information. Volo, at one point, also mentions that Giratina dwells in "a world on the reverse side of our own".
Cynthia and Cyrus theorize that this world was created by Giratina as a balance for the real world.
==Items==
==Special encounters==
An Origin Forme appears here as part of the story. If defeated or run from, it respawns in Turnback Cave after entering the Hall of Fame.
==Trainers==
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==Effects in gameplay==
The Distortion World is the only place in which a that has used can assume 's in Generation IV. Since in Generation IV only Giratina can hold the Griseous Orb, all Pokémon that transform into an Origin Forme Giratina will immediately become the outside of this area.
 Giratina here is the only instance in the Generation IV games where the battle scene does not include a platform graphic underneath the Pokémon.
Although time is said to not flow here, the game clock counting total gameplay time will still add time spent here and events affected by time, such as 's evolution to or , still occur. In addition, the clock on the Pokétch functions normally.
After defeating Cyrus, the Journal entry for that day reads "Met Distortion World's Cyrus!".
==Layout==
===Spear Pillar===
Version	1F 	B1F 	B2F
 	 	 	
 	B3F 	B4F 	B5F
 	 	 	
 	B6F 	B7F 	B7F 's Area
 	 	 	
  	 	 	 
===Turnback Cave===
Version	Map
 	
  	 
==Music==
Games	Situation 	Song name (Japanese)	Song name (English) 	Composition 	Arrangement
 	Overworld 	やぶれたせかい 	Distortion World 	Hitomi Sato 	Hitomi Sato
 	When battling Cyrus 	戦闘！ギンガ団ボス 	Battle! (Team Galactic Boss)	Junichi Masuda	Junichi Masuda
 	After defeating Cyrus 	ギンガ団に勝利！ 	Victory! (Team Galactic) 	Go Ichinose 	Hitomi Sato
 	When battling Giratina	戦闘！ギラティナ 	Battle! (Giratina) 	Junichi Masuda	Go Ichinose
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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A counterpart to the Distortion World, the Reverse World, was featured in the Giratina and the Sky Warrior.
===Pokémon Generations===
The Distortion World appeared in The New World, where Cyrus was taken there by after his failed attempt to control and at the Spear Pillar. Cyrus realized that the Distortion World was like the emotionless world he had attempted to create, thus he decided to stay there. He sent an audio message to Saturn, telling him to not come looking for him.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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In Stunning Staravia & Stinky Skuntank II, Saturn used an experimental energy cannon to transport Paka and Uji to another dimension, this dimension later being revealed to be the Distortion World.
In Double Trouble with Dialga and Palkia VI, Charon revealed that the black hole created by and 's battle at the Spear Pillar was not the seed of a new universe, like Cyrus and everyone else had assumed, but a portal to another world. As Byron snatched the machine that Charon had been holding and brought it closer to the portal while doing so, a group of draconic tentacles reached out of the portal, snatched Dialga, Palkia, and Cyrus, and pulled them inside.
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During this arc, challenged the in order to learn more about the Distortion World from the Frontier Brains, hoping to rescue Paka and Uji from there. Accomapanying her in her research was from the International Police, who discovered that Charon was planning an assault on the Distortion World using the and Mythical Pokémon of Sinnoh.
Eventually the Sinnoh Pokédex holders, Team Galactic s, Stat Trainers, and Palmer entered the Distortion World in order to fight Charon and rescue the people trapped in there. Volkner and Flint entered the Distortion World as well, although they were only interested in battling . Eventually, everybody exited the Distortion World through a portal created by Giratina at Sunyshore City.
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In PS614, it was revealed that Archie and Maxie's spirits had wound up in the Distortion World after their respective deaths in the . There their spirits had merged, and during the events of the , they had been pulled back to the real world at the Ruins of Alph in order to help save the Hoenn region from an upcoming disaster.
===Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!===
The Distortion World was first mentioned in A Surprise Visit from Hareta's Father!, where it was revealed that Charon was seeking Kaisei due to his knowledge of it.
In Enter the Distortion World!, Charon entered the Distortion World with Kaisei after learning from him how to get there through Turnback Cave, followed by Hareta, Koya, and . However, Giratina proved too strong for Charon to capture, and it started attacking everyone, with Hareta leading everyone into a battle against the . While Giratina proved to be too strong for them as well, Hareta was happy to see Giratina having fun in an all-out battle. In Hareta's Fierce Battle!, Giratina transported everyone and itself to the real world to continue the battle.
==Trivia==
* Oddly, the "upside-down" surfing speed in the Distortion World is the same surfing speed as in . This is different in every other area of the game, where the surfing speed is faster.
* In the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the Lost Zone, introduced in the Platinum expansion, is associated with Giratina, much like the Distortion World.
===Origin===
In interviews Junichi Masuda and Takeshi Kawachimaru did for , it was revealed that Giratina and the Distortion World are personifications of .Junichi Masuda & Takeshi Kawachimaru Talk 'Pokemon Platinum', Particle Physics, Bridges, And More! - G4tv.com (archived) The Distortion World's antimatter affects the real world's and vice versa, though they mentioned that antimatter is more fragile than matter.
==In other languages==
==References==
==Related articles==
Category:Inter-dimensional locations
Category:Platinum locations
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