Underwater

Underwater (Japanese:  underwater) is the label given to special areas in Hoenn.

Location
Underwater routes can only be accessed by using the move outside of battle, which also requires the use of. As such, it also requires the and.

In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, all underwater areas are simply called "Underwater". In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, all underwater areas use the name of the location they are underneath.

Route description
There are various differences among the underwater routes. What remains the same, however, is that they follow the general path of the deep water above them. Sometimes, there will be along the path; this is very similar to the tall grass of the surface world, where wild Pokémon appear. This is the only situation in Generation III in which the operates at full effectiveness.

While underwater, players can reach otherwise unreachable areas of the routes they are on, which often hide rare items. In, it is one of two ways to obtain shards, which can later be exchanged for evolutionary stones, the other being to obtain them from wild Pokémon that are holding them.

In all Hoenn games, the underwater sections of Routes and  connect. In, Routes and  also have new underwater sections that connect.

Underwater areas
Underwater areas can be found on Routes, , , , , , , , , and , as well as the Abandoned Ship, Sea Mauville, Seafloor Cavern, Sootopolis City, and Marine Cave.

In other languages
Unterwasser Fond marin Sott'acqua すいちゅう 水下