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Revision as of 02:31, 21 July 2007 by 72.153.127.159 (talk) (→Regigigas)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)At the core of the multi-billion dollar Pokémon media franchise of video games, anime, manga, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri are 493 distinctive fictional species classified as the titular Pokémon. These creatures and entities reside throughout the various regions of the fictional Pokémon world and can be caught by humans designated as Pokémon Trainers, and Trainers use Pokémon for a variety of purposes, such as being pets and loyal companions and/or being pitted against other trained Pokémon in competitive Pokémon battles. Pokémon are potentially powerful and magical creatures that can employ a variety of talents such as breathing fire, martial arts, psychokinesis, and so on, and through age and experience many species undergo a metamorphosis and transform into a similar but stronger specie in a process referred to as Pokémon evolution.
This is a selected listing of the last thirteen Pokémon species, arranged as they are in the main game series' National Pokédex.
Mesprit
Mesprit (エムリット, Emuritto, Emrit in original Japanese language versions) is a legendary Pokémon that is part of the Psychic-type Lake Trio along with Uxie and Azelf. It has a small pinkbody about the size of Mew, and is identical to Uxie and Azelf except for its head. It has a pink head with a jewel embedded in its forehead, and four long ears drooping down its head looking like those of Lucario. Mesprit is referred to as "The Being of Emotion". It is said that Mesprit taught humans to sense emotion such as the pain of sorrow and the value of joy. If a human touches it, three days after the touch, the person will lose their emotions.
In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, the trio is captured by Team Galactic, and they are freed by the protagonist. They attempt to stop Dialga or Palkia from overwhelming Sinnoh later in the game. When it is encountered afterwards, it flees in order to see the world. It is randomly encountered in the wild afterwards, and can be located using a Pokétch application.
Azelf
Azelf (アグノム, Agunomu, Agnome in original Japanese language versions) is a legendary Pokémon that is part of the Psychic-type trio along with Uxie and Mesprit. It has a small blue body about the size of Mew, and is identical to Uxie and Mesprit except for its head. It has a blue cone shaped head with a jewel embedded in its forehead and also two blue dropping ears and yellow eyes. It is referred to as "The Being of Willpower". It can either make people give up on an activity or cause them to attempt the activity repeatedly. Residing and sleeping at the base of a lake, it keeps the world in balance. If Azelf is harmed, the attacker, after five days, will become indefinitely immobile.
In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, the trio is captured by Team Galactic, and they are freed by the protagonist. They attempt to stop Dialga or Palkia from overwhelming Sinnoh later in the game. After defeating Dialga or Palkia, Azelf returns to Lake Valor.
Dialga
Dialga (ディアルガ, Diaruga) is described as an ancient deity of the Sinnoh region with the ability to control time. According to Sinnoh-region mythology, it was created by Arceus, at which point time began to flow. It has a long neck, tail and thick set legs with sharp, metal-like claws. It has many silver protrusions resembling spikes along the back of its neck, on its head, on its top rear, and on its chest. Lodged into the chest protrusions is a glowing blue, diamond-like jewel. Running along its body are light blue lines that fluctuate into diamond shapes. In Pokémon Battle Revolution, it can be seen that Dialga's underbelly is reflective like a mirror.
Dialga is only obtainable in Diamond, in the same way that Palkia is only obtainable in Pearl. It is summoned by the defeated leader of Team Galactic, Cyrus, who hopes to have it create a new universe for him, at the Spear Pillar on top of Mt. Coronet. It is stopped by Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf, which nullifiy its power, and can be captured or defeated by the player. It has a signature move called Roar of Time, which is a Dragon type version of Hyper Beam.
Dialga, along with Palkia and Darkrai is set to appear in Dialga VS Palkia VS Darkrai, the tenth Pokémon movie. It is also known that Dialga, as well as Palkia, will be shown in the episode of the anime currently Japanese titled as "The Sinnoh Space-Time Legend!".
Palkia
Palkia (パルキア, Parukia) is a legendary pokemon that can only be found in Pearl version, which is a part of the fourth-generation Pokémon games. It represents space whereas Dialga represents time. Palkia, like Dialga, has an appearance of a dinosaur. To be exact, Palkia's appearance is like that of a therapod. Palkia's shoulder ornaments are large pearls, which represent the Pearl version. It also has a few stripe-like purplish pink markings on its body. It has what looks like wings on its back, which can open up. In Sinnoh-region mythology, it was said to be created by Arceus, at which time and space began to take form and matter began to take shape.
Palkia is only obtainable in Pearl, in the same way that Dialga is only obtainable in Diamond. It is summoned by the defeated leader of Team Galactic, Cyrus, who hopes to have it create a new universe for him, at the Spear Pillar on top of Mt. Coronet. It is stopped by Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf, which nullifiy its power, and can be captured or defeated by the player. Palkia has the unique move Spacial Rend, which is a Dragon-type move with a high critical-hit ratio. In Pokémon Pearl, a statue of Palkia is found in Eterna City and is said to have been the centerpiece of many festivals in the Sinnoh region.
Palkia, along with Dialga and Darkrai is set to appear in Dialga VS Palkia VS Darkrai, the tenth Pokemon movie. It is also known that Palkia, as well as Dialga, will be shown in the episode of the anime currently Japanese titled as "Sinnoh Space-Time Legend!".
Heatran
Heatran (ヒードラン, Hīdoran) is one of the legendary Pokémon that premieres in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. Heatran has a large body made of magma, a large jaw, and a silver helmet-like structure on its head. It has four legs, each locked by a steel bangle. Heatran lives inside Stark Mountain, a large volcano found in Sinnoh, burrowing into the mountains.
Despite being a Legendary Pokémon, Heatran is not genderless, and it has an equal chance of being either male or female. It is the only legendary Pokémon without a set gender; other Legendaries, like Latios, Latias, and Cresselia, have genders, though they have only one gender possibility apiece. Although it can use and is affected by moves and abilities that depend on the target's gender, such as Captivate and Attract and the ability Rivalry, Heatran is unable to breed. Its signature move, Magma Storm, causes the opponent's Pokemon to be trapped on the battlefield, being unable to switch out or flee.
Regigigas
Regigigas (レジギガス, Rejigigasu) is one of the legendary Pokémon that premieres in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. It is similar to the three Regis, Regirock, Regice and Registeel, in both name and and body structure. It will only appear in the game if the three are gathered at the Snowpoint Temple. Otherwise, it will remain dormant, and a scripture can be read from its body. A Sinnoh legend states that Regigigas' power is so immense, that it could move a full continent by pulling it with a rope. It is a white, humanoid golem with yellow plates on its shoulders, arms, and its facial area. Instead of a face, Regigigas has a Braille-like pattern of seven black dots running down the middle of its facial plate. On the areas between its shoulder plates and on its feet, grows a large amount of moss. Its exclusive move, Crush Grip, is a move whose damage depends on the opponent's remaining HP. As a balance to its power, its ability, Slow Start, halves its stats for the first three to five turns after it is sent into battle.
Giratina
Giratina (ギラティナ, Giratina, Giratina in original Japanese language versions) is one of the legendary Pokémon that premiered in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl and is part of the legendary dragon trio including Dialga and Palkia. Giratina represents dementions. It is described in the Pokémon video games as a creature that lives in a world on the reverse side of the human world; this area is in a cemetery-like ruin in the depths of Turnback Cave, a place where the border between dimensions is said to be distorted. It has a long, gray, segmented body, with six legs. Its thick legs have yellow spikes on the ends of its feet and yellow shackles around each leg. Giratina has two black wings with red horns jutting out from parts of them coming out of its neck. Its neck also has three yellow blade-like crescents around it that match the color of the crown-like helmet upon its head. The crescents look very similar to a ribcage, opening up the length of its body. Like other Sinnoh legends, it has its own signature attack, Shadow Force. This move makes Giratina disappear for one turn, and strike the next. Shadow Force is unaffected by Protect and Detect.
Cresselia
Cresselia (クレセリア, Kureseria, Crescelia in original Japanese language versions) is one of the legendary Pokémon that premieres in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. It is exclusively a female Pokémon. It has an ornament on its head that resemble a crescent moon, and it also has three rings on their torsos that look similar to the rings of Saturn. Light particles are given off by its veil-like feathers when it flies.
Cresselia is said to be the exact opposite of Darkrai, even their locations (Fullmoon Island: Cresselia, Newmoon Island: Darkrai) are opposite of each other. While Darkrai is said to cause nightmares, Cresselia stops them. Darkrai's power comes with a New Moon while this Pokemon gets its power from the Full Moon, much like Lunatone, another Psychic type.
It is encountered on Fullmoon Island after a sailor takes the player to the island in hopes of obtaining the Lunar Wing to save his son of a nightmare induced by Darkrai. When encountered, it runs to different locations in Sinnoh, similarly to Mesprit. Its signature move, Lunar Dance, causes Cresselia to faint, but its trainer's next Pokemon has full HP and cured of any status problems.
Phione
Phione (フィオネ, Fione) is a Pokémon obtained by breeding Manaphy and Ditto, though Phione will not evolve into Manaphy. It is the only Pokémon that cannot evolve into the Pokémon from which it is bred, and it is the only Pokémon able to be bred from a legendary. Phione itself can breed with Ditto, but it will only produce other Phione and not a Manaphy. Many things that Manaphy has two of, Phione only has one of.
Since it is the product of a bred Manaphy, they share many traits. It is the same shade of blue, it has the same large eyes, only blue, and has the same eyelash markings as Manaphy. It has a large knob-shaped bump on its head from which extends a long, ribbon-like antenna, somewhat resembling a sailor's cap, though in fact it is a flotation device. Instead of feet, it has a small point, a bit like a horn of sorts. Instead of two jewels, it has a single red gem in the middle of its tiny body. It has two large fins in proportion to its body, which it uses to navigate through the oceans that it lives in.
Manaphy
Manaphy (マナフィ, Manafi) made its debut is in the 9th Pokémon Movie, Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, and is thought to be the Prince of the Sea Pokémon alluded to in the title of the Japanese movie. It was the 6th Pokémon of the fourth generation to be revealed by CoroCoro magazine. It was revealed alongside the silhouettes of three other Pokémon: the first one being Mantyke, then Buizel, and Chatot. Also In result of breeding phione will hatch from the egg.
Manaphy are blue blob-like Pokémon. They have two long antennae extending from atop their head. At the end of these antennae are round objects that resemble a ball. Manaphy can use their antennae to use Heart Swap and switch people's energy. They also have jewel-like markings on their stomachs, one large red gem and a very small yellow gem. They are said to live in cold waters, and migrate miles away from their homes only to return. Manaphy are highly influenced by their environment; their bodies are eighty percent water. They can learn to speak human language as the Manaphy in Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea was able to say certain words and sentences.
When Manaphy are bred with Ditto, they will produce eggs from which a Phione will hatch. Contrary to most Pokémon hatched from eggs, Phione is unable to evolve into Manaphy at any point. Manaphy are obtained by transferring a special Manaphy Egg from Pokémon Ranger to Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. It is unable to hatch in that region, so it is given away.
Its exclusive move, Heart Swap, is actually a Psychic Type move, where Manaphy is only a Water Type. The move allows any stat changes to Manaphy to be negated, and then applied to the foe Pokemon.
Darkrai
Main article: DarkraiDarkrai resembles a dark, sinister ghost, such as the Grim Reaper. The top of its body is connected to the lower half by a tiny waist, giving it an hourglass figure. A white substance flows from its head, obscuring much of its facial features. Its club-shaped arms are clawed and look muscular, with parts of them appearing tattered. It possesses the power to lure people into deep sleeps and show them dreams. On nights of the new moon, when it is active, it shows horrible nightmares.
Darkrai is the complete opposite of Cresselia, who is known to cure the dark, permanent, nightmares Darkrai causes to humans. In Canalave City, a small boy suffers from an illness with regard to the fact that he thrashes about in nightmares, trying to say Darkrai's name. The only cure for the boy's illness is the Lunar Wing, the wing of Cresselia. Darkrai is found in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl when the player stays the night at the Harbor Inn in Canalave City and is put into a deep nightmare by Darkrai. The player will then end up on Newmoon Island with the man from the Inn and go to find Darkrai.
Darkrai, along with Palkia and Dialga is set to appear in Dialga VS Palkia VS Darkrai, the tenth Pokémon movie. A Darkrai knowing Roar of Time and Spacial Rend, Diagla and Palkia's signature moves, will be released in Japan. Its own unique move, Dark Void, causes both opponents to fall asleep. This move works well with Darkrai's ability, Bad Dreams, which takes away HP of sleeping foes.
Shaymin
Shaymin (シェイミ, Sheimi in original Japanese language versions) is a hedgehog-like legendary Pokémon that premieres in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. Its body's fur is pure white and instead of quills, Shaymin has green grass growing on its back along with pink flowers growing on the sides of its head, giving it an even more flower-like appearance. Shaymin resides in the Flower Paradise, a flower-filled field untouched by humans. In order to go unnoticed by intruders or attackers, it utilizes its own form of camouflage; rolling up into a ball resembling a flower in a patch of grass. By doing so, it blends in with the surrounding flowers, going undetected even if the attacker is right beside it. It also has the power to decompose the toxins in the air and turn the land into flower fields in an instant. It even turned the desolate area of Floaroma Town into a fertile field.
Arceus
Arceus (アルセウス, Aruseusu, Arseus in original Japanese language versions) is one of the legendary Pokémon that premieres in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. Arceus is referenced as the "Original One." It is said in a legend from a book called "The Original Story" that Arceus was born from an egg in a vortex of pure chaos. After it was born, it created two beings of time and space from itself, and then three more beings. Those five creatures created matter and spirit, while Arceus went to sleep. This story can also be told from the various plates the player encounters in the story. It is an equine being with a golden wheel around its abdomen.
Arceus makes its first appearance in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl for the Nintendo DS. It possesses the unique ability Multitype, which changes Arceus' type, as well as its appearance, according to the plate it is holding. The plates encompass all of the existing Pokémon types, except Normal type, as Arceus' type when it is not holding a plate is Normal. Arceus's unique signature move, Judgement, works hand in hand with these plates, changing type depending upon the plate held, and inflicting a large amount of damage.
Arceus can be obtained through a Nintendo event that provides the player with an item called the Azure Flute. Playing this flute at the top of Mt. Coronet reveals a stairway to the Hall of Origin, where Arceus resides.
References
- The following games and their instruction manuals: Pokémon Red and Blue; Pokémon Yellow; Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Stadium 2; Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal; Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald; Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen; Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness; Pokemon Pearl, and Diamond
