Oldale Town

Oldale Town (Japanese: Kotoki Town) is located in southwestern Hoenn. As coincides with Hoenn, Oldale approximates with .
South of Oldale Town is and Littleroot Town. North is , which can be ed to use as a shortcut to Slateport City. West is and Petalburg beyond.
There is little of interest in Oldale Town in the Pokémon games; the simple town serves as a checkpoint for Pokémon Trainers traveling between Littleroot Town and Petalburg City.
The main character's rival in Ruby, Sapphire, , ( or depending on the 's selected gender) trains to the north of Oldale Town when the games begin.
==Slogan==
Where things start off scarce. (Japanese: Where things start off scarce.)
==Places of interest==
===Tracking scientist===
The way to is blocked by a researcher upon the player's first visit to Oldale Town. The scientist is sketching what he believes are footprints from rare Pokémon. Until he is done, west is a no-go. This is to ensure that players challenges their rival on and receives a Pokédex from Professor Birch before they continue with their journey. When the player returns, the researcher sheepishly stands aside, after concluding that it was his own footprints all along.
===Poké Mart representative===
On the player's first visit, a Poké Mart worker will stand next to the house on the bottom-right. When talked to, he will lead the player to the town's Poké Mart, and give away a Potion sample.
==Demographics==
===Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald===
The population of Oldale Town is 16, making it the second-smallest town in Hoenn, with Littleroot Town being the smallest.
===Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire===
In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Oldale Town has a total population of 14.
==Poké Mart==
==Items==
==Appearance==
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 
==Music==
Games	Situation	Song name (Japanese)	Song name (English)	Composition 	Arrangement
 	Overworld	コトキタウン 	Oldale Town 	Morikazu Aoki	Morikazu Aoki
 	Overworld	コトキタウン 	Oldale Town 	Morikazu Aoki	Shota Kageyama
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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 and arrived in Oldale Town in A Ruin with a View. There, May dropped off her weakened , who had a bad confrontation with a family of , , and earlier, at a Pokémon Center, while Ash got himself registered for the Hoenn League. Later, they met up with Professor Alden, who was studying the nearby Oldale Ruins. They had a small confrontation with Team Magma, who wanted to explore the ruins for themselves, but they didn't find anything in there and escaped. Afterwards, Ash and May left Oldale and set foot for Petalburg City.
Ash and returned to Oldale Town via ship in The Scheme Team, following Ash's participation in the Ever Grande Conference. While none of the town was featured, the group picnicked in a grassy area. Afterwards, they went their separate ways, with Max and May returning to the Petalburg Gym, while Ash and Brock went to Littleroot Town's port, where they took a ship to the Kanto region.
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==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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Oldale Town appeared in Distracting Dustox, where passed through it. While trying to think of what to do with his newly-acquired , he ended up accidentally angering a , causing it to attack him. As his other Pokémon were put asleep by Dustox's scales, Ruby was forced to fight it with Mudkip. Mudkip eventually managed to defeat Dustox by soaking it wet, leaving it unable to fly. Impressed by this, Ruby officially added the Mudkip to his team with the nickname "Mumu".
==Trivia==
* There's involving the Poké Mart clerk in .
===Name origin===
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	コトキタウン Kotoki Town 	From 古 ko (old) and 時 toki (time) or 鴇色 toki-iro (coral pink color of the ）
English 	Oldale Town 	From old and
German 	Rosaltstadt 	From Rosa (pink), solar, alt (old), and Stadt (town)
Spanish 	Pueblo Escaso 	From escaso (scarce)
French 	Rosyères 	From rose (pink; rose), ères (eras), and hier (yesterday)
Italian 	Solarosa 	From solar and rosa (pink; rose)
Korean 	고도마을 Godo Maeul 	From a contraction of its Japanese name or 고도 (古都) godo (old capital) and 도색 (桃色) dosaek (peach color)
Chinese () 	古玫鎮 / 古玫镇 Gǔméi Zhèn 	From 古 gú (old) and 玫紅 / 玫红 méihóng (rose pink)
Chinese () 	古辰鎮 / 古辰镇 Gǔchén Zhèn 	From 古 gǔ (old) and 辰 chén (time)
Chinese () 	古玫鎮 Gúmùih Jan 	From 古 gú (old) and 玫紅 mùihhùhng (rose pink)
Chinese () 	古辰鎮 Gúsàhn Jan 	From 古 gú (old) and 辰 sàhn (time)
Polish 	OldaleMiasto Oldale 	From its English name
Brazilian Portuguese	Cidade de Oldale 	From its English name
Russian 	Олдэйл Таун Oldeyl Taun 	Transcription of its English name
Vietnamese 	Thị trấn Kotoki 	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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