List of Pokémon (481–493)

At the core of the multi-billion dollar Pokémon media franchise of various electronic games, ongoing anime, several manga series, collectible trading card games and other media are 493 distinctive fictional species classified as the titular Pokémon. Created by Satoshi Tajiri, Pokémon is one of Nintendo's flagship game franchises, which has sold over 143 million copies worldwide as of 2007. These creatures and entities reside throughout various locations of the fictional Pokémon universe and can be caught by humans designated as Pokémon Trainers often using devices called Poké Balls. These 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 generating fire or heat, martial arts, telekinesis, and so on. Through age and experience many of these 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 thirteen of the 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. Mesprit's name comes from the word sprite, a tiny fairy found in fantasy and fairy tales, or spirit, as its spirit often exits its body, leaving it on the bottom of Lake Verity. It has a small blue body 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.

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, yellow eyes, and eyelids the same dark blue as its head. 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 Lake Valor, it keeps the world in balance.

Dialga

Dialga (ディアルガ, Diaruga) is described as an ancient deity of the Sinnoh region with the ability to control time. It is part of the Legendary Dragon duo, along with Palkia. According to Sinnoh-region lore, 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.

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 is part of the Legendary Dragons, along with Dialga. It represents spatial demensions whereas Dialga represents time. Palkia, like Dialga, has an appearance of a dinosaur. Palkia has what looks like wings on its back, which can open up. In Sinnoh-region lore, it was said to be created by Arceus, at which time space began to take form and matter began to take shape. Its signature move is Special Rend.

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.

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. It learns its signature move Magma Storm at level 96

Despite being a Legendary Pokémon, Heatran is not genderless, and it has an equal chance of being either male or female. Heatran 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.

Regigigas

Regigigas (レジギガス, Rejigigasu) is one of the legendary Pokémon that premieres in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl; the name meaning king of the giants. It is similar to the three Regis - Regirock, Regice and Registeel - in both name, body structure and the fact that all Regis are weak to Fighting-type attacks. It will only appear in the game if the three Regis, after being transferred via Pal Park, are in your party while examining Regigigas' body. Regigigas was sealed in the Snowpoint Temple for centuries, and modern humans thought it was just a statue of the Pokémon.

Giratina

Giratina (ギラティナ, Giratina) is one of the legendary Pokémon that premiered in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. Giratina represents death. Giratina 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 and dead Pokémon dwell. Turnback Cave is a confounding place mainly inhabited with ghost-type pokemon. Giratina has a long, gray, segmented body, with six legs.

Cresselia

Cresselia (クレセリア, Kureseria) 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 its torso that look similar to the rings of Saturn. Light particles are given off by its veil-like feathers when it flies.

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.

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 currently 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. Because of Phione's relation to Manaphy, there is evidence on both sides of the issue of Phione's status (or lack thereof) as a legendary Pokemon. As it is the offspring of a legendary, and is banned from the Sinnoh Battle Tower, many people think it is a legendary. However, its lackluster stats and ability to breed more of itself lend evidence to the idea that Phione is NOT a legendary. Many things that Manaphy has two of, Phione only has one of (Phione has one antenna, only one gem on its stomach, and has one "eyelash" coming from each eye, while Manaphy has two of these).

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 eyelash markings similar to 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, similar to Baltoy. 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. While Manaphy is said to live in cold seas, it is said Phione live in warm seas.

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: Mantyke, Buizel, and Chatot.

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 can mimic human language as the Manaphy in Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea was able to say certain words and sentences.

In the upcoming Wii game Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Manaphy can be summoned using the PokéBall items. When summoned, Manaphy will use Heart Swap against two opponents to make players switch to different characters for a short while.

Darkrai

Darkrai (ダークライ, Dākurai) is a legendary Pokémon resembling 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 a figure shaped like an hourglass. 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. Darkrai possesses the power to lure people into deep sleeps and show them dreams. Darkrai resides on Newmoon Island, and on nights of the new moon, when it is active, it shows horrible nightmares.

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. Its cry is similar to birdsong. 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 beside it. Shaymin also has the power to decompose the toxins in the air and turn the land into flower fields in an instant. It is rumoured to have turned the desolate area of Floaroma Town into a fertile field.

Arceus

Arceus (アルセウス, Aruseusu) is a legendary Pokémon that premiered in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. It has a large, golden wheel around its abdomen, connected by spikes. It is said in 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 (Dialga) and space (Palkia) from itself, and then three more beings (Azelf, Uxie, and Mesprit). Those five creatures created matter and spirit, while Arceus went to sleep. This story can be found in the Canalave Library, and can also be told from the various plates the player encounters in the story.

Arceus has the Multitype Ability, which allows the player to change Arceus' type to any of the other sixteen types by having it hold various elemental plates. Arceus' signature move, Judgment, works hand in hand with the elemental plates. Arceus also has the highest base stat total of any Pokémon to date.

External links

• Bulbapedia - The Pokémon encyclopedia