

Brendan/May encountered Zinnia at Sky Pillar and successfully summoned Rayquaza. May's/Brendan's, Wally's, and Archie's AS/ Maxie's OR Key Stones were stolen by Zinnia in an attempt to summon Rayquaza to avert the crisis. Upon becoming the Champion, a meteor changed course towards Hoenn OR AS. Brendan/May then proceeded to win at the Pokémon League and become the Champion, and was invited to compete in the Battle Frontier E. However, Brendan/May successfully calmed the weather Pokémon when they defeated it R S OR AS or summoned Rayquaza to calm them E. Team Magma R E OR and/or Team Aqua S E AS successfully awakened Groudon R E OR and/or Kyogre S E AS, which caused the region of Hoenn to be plagued by harsh sunlight R OR, heavy rain S AS or a strange mixture of both E. Brendan/May traveled across Hoenn, occasionally encountering and defeating Team Aqua and Team Magma. Brendan/May saved Professor Birch from a Poochyena R S OR AS/Zigzagoon E with a Torchic, Mudkip, or Treecko from Professor Birch's bag as a reward for saving him, he gave Brendan/May a Pokédex and allowed them to keep the Pokémon that they used to save him. Brendan/May encountered May/Brendan, competing with Brendan/May to complete the Pokédex. In contemporary history, Brendan/ May moved to Littleroot Town in Hoenn from Johto. The moving of the continents by Regigigas created Hoenn, and when Regigigas was sent to sleep in the Snowpoint Temple in Sinnoh, Regirock, Registeel, and Regice, the keys to awakening it, were sealed away in Hoenn. A meeting between these two caused a great battle for supremacy until it was quelled by Mega Rayquaza, sending Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre into caverns where they rested until they were awakened many years later during the course of events in Generation III or Generation VI. Primal Groudon raised the landmasses and Primal Kyogre filled the seas that would later become Hoenn. Hoenn was created after Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre were formed. Junichi Masuda stated that the reason Kyushu was rotated 90° to create Hoenn was to increase playability. The Hoenn region is based on the real-world Japanese main island of Kyushu, rotated 90° counterclockwise. Junichi Masuda has stated that Hoenn's name signifies "abundant relations" (豊縁 hōen), as a common theme in this region is the relationships forged between Pokémon and people.

The map of Japan showing the Hoenn region as Kyushu Etymology Professor Birch of Littleroot Town offers the starter Pokémon known as Treecko, Torchic, or Mudkip to Trainers beginning their journey of this vast land. The names of most of the cities in Hoenn are made of two words put together (Little Root, Fort Tree, Slate Port, Ever Grande, etc.) rather than colors or plants as Kanto and Johto had done. Hoenn is inspired by the real-world Japanese main island of Kyushu.
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It was the third core series region to be introduced. It is the setting of Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire. It is located south of Sinnoh, as stated in The Unbeatable Lightness of Seeing!.

The Hoenn region (Japanese: ホウエン 地方 Hoenn region) is a region of the Pokémon world. Artwork of the Hoenn region from Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
