Manaphy

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Manaphy
National Phione - Manaphy (#490) - Darkrai Sinnoh Palkia - Manaphy (#151) - None
Japanese name	Manaphy
Stage	Basic
Evolves from	None (Phione is obtained by breeding Manaphy, but does not evolve into it)
Evolves to	None
Generation	Fourth
Species	Voyage Pokémon
Type	Water
Height	1 ft 0 in (0.3 m)
Weight	3.0 lb (1.4 kg)
Ability	Moist Body

Manaphy (マナフィ, Manafi^?) is a recently released character in the Pokémon franchise. Its debut is in the 9th Pokémon Movie Pokémon Ranger and the Prince of the Sea: Manaphy, and is thought to be the Prince of the Sea Pokémon alluded to in the title. It was the 6th Pokémon of the fourth generation to be revealed by CoroCoro magazine. It revealed alongside the silhouettes of three other Pokémon: the first one being Tamanta (the pre-evolution of Mantine), then Buoysel, and Perap. Manaphy is the official romanization of マナフィ, the Japanese name for this Pokémon. The final English name has been revealed in the recent U.S. release of Pokémon Ranger to be Manaphy as well.

[edit] In the video games

Manaphy appears in the Nintendo DS games, Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. The only way to get Manaphy in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl is by transferring its egg to the games via DS Wireless LAN from Pokémon Ranger, where it will be able to hatch. In Pokémon Ranger, Manaphy's egg is obtained by means of a side mission.

Unlike most of its other secret legendary counterparts (Mew, Celebi, and Jirachi), Manaphy is not a Psychic type; however, it can learn a number of Psychic attacks. All four of these Pokémon have a value of 100 for all base stats, making them some of the best characters, having a mix of power and being well-rounded.

Manaphy is the only breedable legendary. This is because it would create a programming paradox to have a pokémon from the no egg group hatch from an egg. Its offspring, however, is not Manaphy but Phione, a Pokémon very similar to Manaphy yet with inferior stats (80 in all base stats instead of 100) and lacks moves such as Tail Glow and Heart Swap. Furthermore, Phione cannot evolve into Manaphy in any way. According to the Pokédex entry, Manaphy is born in cold waters, while Phione prefers to live in warm waters.

According to Serebii.net, the Manaphy mission in Pokémon Ranger is not available in-game. However, there is a possible method that may allow the player to unlock the Manaphy mission using the password feature.

[edit] In other media

Manaphy is apparently the star fourth-generation Pokémon of the ninth Pokémon movie, Pokémon Ranger and the Prince of the Sea: Manaphy, where it is voiced by Yuri Shiratori; Manaphy shares the spotlight with Kyogre. None of its relation to Kyogre or otherwise is known for certain at this point, though. It is theorized that since Kyogre has long been recognized as the Lord of the Sea and Manaphy is advertised as the Prince of the Sea, Manaphy is subservient to Kyogre. According to the ninth movie manga adaptation, Manaphy can use its “feelers” to switch people's bodies, with hilarious results. For example, Ash and Jackie, the Pokémon ranger, get their bodies switched in the first chapter.[1]

It makes an appearance in the Trading Card Game half-deck promoting the 9th Movie.

Beginning on Wednesday, December 6th, 2006, Manaphy's egg has made mysterious appearances on Pokemon.com [2]; the words "December 15th 2006" and "Check our Pokemon Ranger mini-site" appeared in a picture along with a Manaphy egg.