Oldale Ruins

Oldale Ruins コトキ遺跡 Kotoki Ruins
Oldale Ruins
Region	Hoenn
Debut	A Ruin with a View

The Oldale Ruins (Japanese: コトキ遺跡 Kotoki Ruins) are an animated series-exclusive group of ruins near Oldale Town in Hoenn that appeared in A Ruin with a View.

These ruins are currently being studied by archaeologist Professor Alden who had read that there is a stone chamber within the ruins that legend states is a "bridge or portal between our world and the ancient Pokémon world". Because of its strange construction it crumbles whenever anyone attempts to forcibly enter it, however the stone tablet that Professor Alden possesses tells of four keys that can allow entrance into the stone chamber without it crumbling.

During A Ruin with a View, Team Magma Grunts supplied Professor Alden with the four keys and coerced him into opening the ruin chamber for them. However Team Magma were left disappointed by the first room, which appeared empty and its walls are decorated with glyphs of ancient people and Pokémon. Professor Alden accidentally uncovered a basement chamber and he followed the staircase downwards where he found an underground lake inhabited by several rare Relicanth.

Pokémon seen in the Oldale Ruins

Relicanth (multiple)

Trivia

• The stone tablet from which Professor Alden learns how to access the stone chamber is very similar to the stone tablet that gave information about the legend of Pokémopolis. Coincidentally that episode aired exactly four years previous.
• The sealed door that led to the underground lake is very similar to the door that leads to the King of Pokélantis' tomb, in an episode that would air almost four years later.
  • A Ruin with a View is therefore at the midpoint between the two episodes featuring the ancient civilizations Pokémopolis and Pokélantis. In addition it contains elements from both those episodes.

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  The recurring stone tablet

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  The similar sealed door

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 古玫遺跡 Gúmùih Wàihjīk * 古辰遺跡 Gúsàhn Wàihjīk * Mandarin 古辰遺跡 / 古辰遗迹 Gǔchén Yíjì Danish Oldaleruinerne Norwegian Oldaleruinerne Polish Ruiny Oldale Swedish Oldaleruinerna

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