Devon Corporation

Devon Corporation (Japanese: デボンコーポレーション Devon Corporation) is a large company that is based in Rustboro City in Hoenn. Most of the locals just shorten the name to "Devon". It was a small company that mined rocks and smelted iron sand to iron many years ago, but has grown by leaps and bounds, and even rivals Kanto's Silph Co. The Devon Corporation is headquartered in a large stone building in the northern section of town.
Devon makes many useful products, most of which are geared towards Pokémon training. The company is responsible for creating the new types of Poké Balls found in Hoenn.
The Devon Corporation also developed a process to revive Pokémon from Fossils. It is unknown if this process was developed independently from the Cinnabar Island and Sinnoh region research laboratories.
The current president of the Devon Corporation is Mr. Stone.
==Inventions==
===Pokémon Producer===
This machine allows an extinct to be brought back to life from DNA preserved in a Pokémon Fossil. It has five capsules that are filled with an orange liquid called Creation Fluid. When a Pokémon Fossil is placed inside the fluid, the machine extracts its data, which is analyzed by a high-powered supercomputer. The result is a blueprint for the Pokémon; from this blueprint, the corporation grows a regenerated Pokémon.
In the , the Pokémon Producer is still a work in progress, but is fully functional in the games.
===Released inventions===
* PokéNav
* PokéNav Plus
* Running Shoes
* Medicines
* Devon Scope
* Devon Scuba Gear
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* Poké Ball variations:
** Luxury Ball
** Premier Ball
** Net Ball
** Dive Ball
** Nest Ball
** Repeat Ball
** Timer Ball
===Inventions in progress===
Devon Pokémon Dreams Projector.png|The Pokémon Dream Projector makes a visual projection of Pokémon dreams.
Devon Pokémon Transformator.png|The Pokémon Transformer turns people into Pokémon.
Devon Pokémon Speaker.png|The Pokémon Speaker allows communication with Pokémon.
==In the games==
The can bring Fossils to a scientist located on the second floor to get them restored. Engineers on the second floor are working on developing devices that allow people to talk to , as well as one that visually reproduces the dreams of ; in , this scientist also mentions that his rival who lives far away is working on a similar project.
According to a in the Team Magma Hideout/Team Aqua Hideout, Tabitha/Shelly used to work for Devon Corporation.
The Devon Corporation was previously run by Mr. Stone's grandfather, who decided to use the Infinity Energy of the ultimate weapon in order to help people and Pokémon. The Devon Parts were parts for a submarine that would allow it to be powered by Infinity Energy. The rockets launched from the Mossdeep Space Center use Infinity Energy through Devon technology, as well.
===Role===
The player's first encounter with Devon Corporation occurs in Petalburg Woods, where a Devon researcher claims to be looking for wild . The researcher is then attacked by a member of Team Magma or Team Aqua, whom the player must battle in order to prevent the Devon Goods/Devon Parts from being stolen.
After defeating Roxanne, the same researcher can be seen chasing after a Team Magma or Team Aqua thief who has managed to steal the Devon Goods/Devon Parts from him. After pursuing the thief into Rusturf Tunnel and defeating him and returning the Devon Goods/Devon Parts to the researcher, the player will automatically be taken to the 3F of the Devon Corporation building (which was previously inaccessible). Here, Mr. Stone, the company president, asks the player deliver the Devon Goods/Devon Parts to Captain Stern in Slateport City and a Letter for in Granite Cave. In return for accepting these favors, Mr. Stone presents the player with a PokéNav, or in Generation VI a BuzzNav enhancement for the player's PokéNav Plus. In Generation III only, after delivering the Letter, the player will also receive an Exp. Share upon speaking to Mr. Stone again. Additionally, the researcher will stand outside of Rusturf Tunnel and give the player a Repeat Ball after delivering the Devon Goods/Devon Parts.
In , a researcher will install the feature onto the player's PokéNav when exiting the building after talking to Mr. Stone for the first time. The player will then be prompted to call Mr. Stone who explains the feature in brief detail and claims that the player seems quite happy as he is watching from a window in his 3F office.
In , bringing the Intriguing Stone to Mr. Stone will reveal that it is really Pidgeotite, which the player will then receive.
====Delta Episode====
During the Delta Episode, after receiving 's call in Petalburg City, Steven will be waiting outside the Devon Corporation building in Rustboro City for the player, escorting the player to Mr. Stone's office when they arrive.
In his office, Mr. Stone tells the player about the history of the Devon Corporation and asks the player to retrieve a Meteorite Shard from Granite Cave. Throughout the Delta Episode, Mr. Stone mentions where Steven has most recently headed.
After listening to Zinnia's grandmother at Meteor Falls, Steven heads to the Devon Corporation building in Rustboro City. When the player arrives there, a scientist runs out the door, running away from a Team Aqua Grunt. That grunt then challenges the player, followed by a second and third grunt, all of whom run away after they are defeated. The scientist then reveals that the device to control the Link Cable was stolen by Courtney/Matt and that Steven has headed off to the Mossdeep Space Center.
===Items===
===Pokémon===
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===Gallery===
====Artwork====
Concept art from
===Layout===
====Interior====
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==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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Max visited the Devon Corporation in Stairway to Devon, after he had spilled a drink onto the PokéNav, causing it to malfunction. He first learned of the Corporation after stumbling across an inventor, who later revealed himself to be its President, Mr. Stone. 
Upon arriving, Max asked to have the device fixed, but the receptionist admitted that the Corporation did not handle repair servicing. Mr. Stone then discovered Max hiding behind a pillar and took him up to the lab, where he gave the broken PokéNav to the scientists and showed Max four unfinished inventions - one that creates a visual projection of Pokémon dreams, one that allows humans to speak with , one that allows humans to become Pokémon, and a machine that brings extinct Pokémon back to life from Fossils.
Max then asked Mr. Stone if , , and could come and visit the company and Mr. Stone sent his assistant Kennedy out to fetch them. Mr. Stone noticed an intruder in the lab and then started following him with Max. Soon after May and the others arrived, it was announced that some of the Creation Fluid used to regenerate Pokémon from Fossils was missing. Mr. Stone and Max confronted the culprit, a , on the rooftop. After a battle with Ash, the intruder recalled his Crawdaunt and tried to escape. However, the Team Rocket trio, who had also tried to infiltrate the Corporation, leaped onto him in an attempt to grab whatever he had stolen for themselves. With a from , Team Rocket was sent blasting off, and dropped the Creation Fluid in the process, which Max caught. The intruder made a clean getaway and escaped Officer Jenny in On a Wingull and a Prayer.
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In Mega Evolution Special III, brought Alain and Mairin to the Devon Corporation headquarters to analyze the situation of the missing Giant Rock. There, they received a conference call from Lysandre that and had undergone Primal Reversion and were set to collide in the middle of the ocean. After the crisis had been solved, Steven, Alain, and Mairin returned to Devon Corporation before leaving for the Kalos region to learn more about the Giant Rock.
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In Battling as Hard as Stone!, Steven was revealed to be in possession of a , possibly hinting that the Devon Corporation had completed the Fossil resurrection machine.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
Like in the games, Devon is a corporation that manufactures technology for the general public and is run by Mr. Stone.
In the past, Devon was rivals with Greater Mauville Holdings before the latter was shut down. In PS611, it was revealed that alongside its rival corporation, they offered technical assistance in capturing for the Pokémon Association. The capture operation also led to the unfortunate death of the Draconid Lorekeeper, Aster, who had attempted to protect Rayquaza.
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Mr. Stone worked with Captain Stern to create a heart component for the Submarine Explorer 1. This component was created to allow the submarine to withstand the pressure of the deep sea. With these machines, Mr. Stone planned to have the Seafloor Cavern sealed in order to prevent evil hands from awakening the super-ancient Pokémon and . The heart component was later stolen by Team Aqua and the Submarine Explorer 1 was taken by Team Magma. The event of being robbed by Team Aqua caused Mr. Stone to fall into a coma. Before falling unconscious, he gave a letter meant to be given to his son, . The letter was later revealed to contain missing parts of a stone slab that contained the secrets in awakening the . When Steven received the letter, he used it to awaken , , and in order to try and contain the energy released by Kyogre and Groudon when they clashed in Sootopolis City.
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The corporation was informed by Professor Cozmo that a large meteoroid would crash into the planet and destroy it. To prevent this crisis, Devon worked with the Mossdeep Space Center to construct a rocket that would be used to stop the meteoroid. After receiving a warning letter from Zinnia, who had sworn a vendetta against the Devon Corporation after Aster's death, to stop using their technology, Mr. Stone and Steven enlisted the help of the Hoenn Pokédex holders, , , and , to fight against the enemy. Additionally, they provided the three with Mega Bracelets and from Ultima in order to fully master the ultimate moves. Once finished, Mr. Stone took Sapphire and Emerald to the Sea Mauville, where they used a machine known as the Absorber that can drain the life energy of Sapphire's Chic and Emerald's in order to power a dimensional shifter capable of transporting the meteoroid to somewhere else when outfitted to the rocket.
Although the facility was attacked by Zinnia and Team Aqua and Magma members loyal to her in order to prevent Devon's plan from succeeding, the dimensional shifter managed to reach Mossdeep City safely. After being informed of the situation, Mr. Stone and Steven headed to Mosseep to assist with the launch of the rocket. Zinnia later attacked the rocket while it was in the process of launching. Although Sapphire attempted to stop her, Zinnia won the battle and destroyed both the shifter and the rocket.
===Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire===
Devon Corporation appeared in Let's Invite Something New! Go! Go! Go!, where and his Pokémon visited the building. Mr. Stone showed them some of their inventions, only for to wind up in loads of trouble while trying them out.
==Trivia==
* The Pokémon Transformer may be a reference to Bill's machine that turned him into a Pokémon.
* The scientist working for the Devon Corporation in is working on a machine to visualize the dreams of Pokémon, but says he is not succeeding. Likewise, in the animated series, Devon is trying to construct a Dream Visualizer. Both of these are apparently precursors to the , a feature in Generation V. In addition, in , the scientist also mentions that his rival, who lives far away, is also working on the project.
* In Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire, the Devon Corporation building resembles .
* Devon Corporation may be named after either the geologic period, or the of which it gets its name from.
==In other languages==
Category:Hoenn locations
Category:Ruby and Sapphire locations
Category:Emerald locations
Category:Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire locations
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Category:Companies in the Pokémon world
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