Rustboro City/Trivia


 * As Hoenn coincides with, Rustboro coincides approximately with and.
 * Rustboro City is very similar to Saffron City of Kanto and Jubilife City of Sinnoh. All three cities are home to their region's corporate giants.
 * It is also similar to Pewter City of Kanto and Goldenrod City of Johto. Their geographic locations to their regions are very remarkably similar, as well as being only accessible through a forest during the beginning of the games. Rustboro is more like Pewter in that both cities are the second city visited with a Gym, but first to be beaten by the undefined. Both Pewter and Rustboro's Gyms specialize in Pokémon, and play a role in the player obtaining Fossil Pokémon.
 * In, there is an findable in Rustboro City, involving the  who gives the undefined a Float Stone. After giving it to the player, he will explain its effect of halving the holder's weight. If the player then leaves and re-enters the floor, the Ace Trainer has turned into a , who tells that he has put on a lot of weight recently for some reason.