Newmoon Island

Newmoon Island (Japanese: New Moon Island) is an island located in northwestern Sinnoh. It is home to the Mythical Pokémon .
==Geography==
Newmoon Island is a mostly rocky island housing a small grove. The grove contains a puddle in the shape of a circle, with darker-than-usual water, representing the . No wild Pokémon other than reside on the island.
To get to the island, the must have received the Member Card at an event; this allows them to enter the in Canalave City. Inside, after being put to bed against their will by a mysterious NPC, the player experiences a nightmare and wakes up on Newmoon Island. The player may only leave the island by battling Darkrai in the grove. If the player is defeated, they will return to the most recently visited Pokémon Center as usual. Otherwise, they will reawaken in the inn, the mysterious NPC having disappeared.
Regardless of the outcome of the player's first encounter with Darkrai, Sailor Eldritch will subsequently take the player to and from Newmoon Island whenever they like. If the player has yet to catch Darkrai, it will still await them in the grove upon each visit. Alternatively, the player may also re-enter the inn in Canalave City to repeat the nightmare event prior to having caught Darkrai. The player will not be transported back to the inn after battling Darkrai if they traveled to the island via ship.
While nothing of interest remains on the island itself once Darkrai has been caught, it is one of only two entrances to the northwestern portion of the Underground, the other being Fullmoon Island.
==Special encounters==
===Pokémon Diamond and Pearl===
A is coded to appear here, but was never legitimately made accessible.
===Pokémon Platinum===
A appears here on the first visit. If it is defeated or run from, it respawns upon leaving the area.
===Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl===
A appears here on the first visit.
==Layout==
Version	Exterior	Interior
 	 	
 	 	
 	 	
  	  	 
==Music==
Games	Situation 	Song name (Japanese)	Song name (English) 	Composition 	Arrangement
 	Overworld 	もりのようかん 	Old Chateau 	Go Ichinose 	Go Ichinose
 	When battling	戦闘！伝説のポケモン 	Battle! (Legendary Pokémon)	Junichi Masuda	Junichi Masuda
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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Newmoon Island briefly appeared in Nightfall? Nightmares!, where a was seen there, reacting to Team Rocket's attack on on the neighboring Fullmoon Island.
==Trivia==
* Newmoon Island's image on the Town Map is a horizontal mirror image of Fullmoon Island's.
* The Underground can be accessed at any time from Newmoon Island, despite the falling under a nightmare and technically being asleep during the Member Card event.
* Despite it being an outdoor area, the player cannot use the Bicycle in the exterior portion of Newmoon Island. The same is true for the exterior portion of Fullmoon Island.
* The player cannot use , , or an Escape Rope whilst on Newmoon Island. This is likely to prevent them from leaving during the nightmare event.
* During the Member Card nightmare event, Eldritch's ship still appears moored at the island; however, it is unmanned, and the player cannot board it.
* Due to the Surf glitch present in the Japanese version of , the player is able to reach this area without the Member Card. This problem was fixed in subsequent language releases of the games.
** The much more complex tweaking glitch allows players to reach this area in international versions of Diamond and Pearl as well. This glitch was fixed in all releases of .
* In , Newmoon Island is considered a cave for purposes of the Dusk Ball.
* Despite almost exclusively taking elements from , the Darkrai encountered here in the remakes is level 50, like in , whereas in Diamond and Pearl, it was level 40.
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
*Fullmoon Island
Category:Sinnoh locations
Category:Diamond and Pearl locations
Category:Platinum locations
Category:Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl locations
Category:Islands
Category:Event-exclusive locations
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