Nimbasa Gym

The Nimbasa Gym (Japanese: ライモンジム Raimon Gym) is the official Gym of Nimbasa City. It is based on . The Gym Leader is Elesa. s who manage to defeat her receive the .
==In the core series games==
===Pokémon Black and White===
The Nimbasa Gym is designed like an amusement park, filled with brightly-colored neon lights, floating stars and s. Upon entering the Gym, there is a huge open room, filled with transparent platforms. The roller coasters within the Gym are scattered around the room, all connected by platforms. The must find their way around the Gym by walking into the roller coasters cars, in which they are then taken to the next platform. Within several of them, Trainers are hiding, and when the player opens the cars, the Trainer will engage the player in battle. Also, there are several switches around the Gym, which redirect the path of the roller coasters. However, many of these are also guarded by Trainers. The final roller coaster slightly differs from the others, featuring a large loop-the-loop, and partially speeds up after a slope before the loop-the-loop.
After navigating through the roller coasters, the player will meet Elesa. She stands on a transparent platform just like the other platforms, which has the Unova Gym logo on it. Behind her is a large circular spinning wheel, but it is just for show, and cannot be interacted with. Once the player has defeated Elesa, a short-cut to the exit of the Gym is available to the left of her.
===Pokémon Black 2 and White 2===
Elesa has moved the Nimbasa Gym to a new building nearby. The new Gym is a long catwalk where challengers must battle three Trainers before battling Elesa. The old Gym, known as "the Shining Roller Coaster", is still running with a few Trainers in it. The old Gym must be traversed before the player is allowed to enter the new Gym.
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==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Artwork of various depictions of the Nimbasa Gym is seen in 's mindscapes.
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==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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The Nimbasa Gym was first seen in Enter Elesa, Electrifying Gym Leader!. When and arrived there was a note saying that Elesa was somewhere else. Later it was revealed that had already requested a battle, therefore Ash had to wait until she was done. With the group observing, Bianca battled Elesa, but eventually lost.
Ash finally got the chance to battle Elesa in Dazzling the Nimbasa Gym!. He had planned to sweep the entire match with just , and was thus forced to call a time out and change his team around mid-battle when it was defeated. Despite this, Ash was still able to win himself a in the end.
Just like the games, the Nimbasa Gym has a roller coaster that needs to be traversed in order to reach Elesa.
====Pokémon used in the Gym====
===Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Animated Trailer===
Nimbasa Gym appeared in the Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 Animated Trailer, where was seen entering the Gym with his and preparing to battle Elesa.
====Pokémon used in the Gym====
This listing is of Elesa's known in the Black 2 and White 2 Animated Trailer:
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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The Nimbasa Gym appeared in Battle on a Roller Coaster, where challenged Elesa. Like in the games, the Gym is filled with a big roller coaster, with Elesa waiting at the end. However, when Black reached Elesa, he found out that he couldn't open his safety harness, forcing him to stay in his moving car during the battle. Using her favorite move, , Elesa was able to launch rapid fire attacks while avoiding Black's Pokémon's attacks. With good timing, Black was able to defeat Elesa's with Nite's , leaving her with just . With its great speed and attacks, Emolga came close to defeating Nite, but with some quick thinking, Black came up with a strategy of using a roller coaster loop for Nite to land a surprise attack on Emolga from above, defeating it.
Just when Elesa was about to hand Black a as a sign of his victory, his car started moving again, taking Black to an outside portion of the roller coaster, where he encountered , which unleashed a lightning bolt on him, shocking him and opening his harness in the process. Back inside the Gym, Elesa told Black how she had also encountered Thundurus in her past.
In Gigi's Choice, a mischievous was revealed to have been the reason behind the roller coaster malfunctioning.
====Pokémon used in the Gym====
==In the TCG==
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring the Nimbasa Gym in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
==Trivia==
* In , Nimbasa Gym is the only Gym where the Gym Leader's monetary reward is the lower than all of the other Pokémon Trainers present in the Gym. This is probably due to the fact that the Trainers are s and , who give a higher prize money than most other es. 
* Due to , if the player loses to Colette while directly facing her when encountered, when the player comes back in she will be standing on the same spot and will battle the player. After she is defeated, she still remains on the tracks of the roller coaster, and can be passed through while riding the roller coaster to Elesa.
* In , all of the Trainers have only and 's evolutionary lines, despite , , and 's lines being in the Unova Pokédex.
* In , the three Beauties are named after famous scientists and engineers: Nikola is named after Serbian-American engineer , from whom she also gets her Japanese name; Fleming is named after English physicist , while her Japanese name Frémy comes from the French chemist ; and Ampère is named after French physicist . Two of them are also : for and for .
 
==Related articles==
Category:Gyms
Category:Unova Gyms
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