Deoxys

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Deoxys
Image:Deoxys_Normal.png
National Pokédex
Jirachi - Deoxys (#386) - Turtwig
Hoenn Pokédex
Jirachi - Deoxys (#202) - None
Japanese name Deoxys
Evolves from None
Evolves into None
Generation Third
Species DNA Pokémon
Type Psychic
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight 134.0 lb (60.8 kg)
Ability Pressure

Deoxys (デオキシス Deokishisu?, pronounced /di'ɑks.ɪs/) is one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar[1] Pokémon media franchise – a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. The purpose of Deoxys in the games, anime and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon, untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments, and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon Trainers.[2] It is known as a promotional secret Pokémon because of its extreme rarity and extremely high stats in the games. It belongs to the Psychic type, a generally strong element that plays a role in most Pokémon battles.

Deoxys was introduced in the video games Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire for Game Boy Advance and occupies the last place in the National Pokédex (#386) and place #202 in the Hoenn Regional Pokédex. However it was not 'catchable' until the release of the FireRed and LeafGreen games.

Deoxys is also one of the few Pokémon to have its own musical theme, and it is prevalent throughout the seventh Pokémon movie and when it is encountered in the games. The theme mainly consists of three primary notes (the pitches F3, G3 and C3, in that order) delivered by bell strikes, and it carries a very extraterrestrial motif. Deoxys's name is a shortening of Deoxyribonucleic acid.

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[edit] Biology

Deoxys' brain is not situated in its head but rather in the crystal on its chest. From there, Deoxys has the ability to use psychic attacks on its enemies. Deoxys's Pokédex entry and the Pokémon movie Destiny Deoxys indicate that Deoxys is actually a virus that came to earth inside a meteor and mutated into a Pokémon when it was "exposed to a laser beam". The viral nature of Deoxys is reflected in many of its aspects, its name being one example. Whether or not Deoxys has any connection whatsoever to the Pokémon virus known as Pokérus is unknown, though it is unlikely. The incredibly high offensive statistics of Deoxys coupled with its weak defensive and health statistics mirror the fragility of a virus as well as its destructive potential once inside a host. Its sight is obstructed in the presence of strong electric fields. Deoxys is one of the few Pokémon that is somewhat humanoid.

[edit] In the video games

[edit] Deoxys' forms

Deoxys has the ability to change its form to adapt to its current environment, a trait found in some microorganisms when introduced to hostile conditions. This feature of Deoxys manifests itself only in the Pokémon games, FireRed, LeafGreen, and Emerald. Each version features Deoxys with an entirely different set of statistics, moveset, and appearance, and as such encourages a different strategy in battle. The Deoxys of each version is unique to it: if traded to the other version, it will shift accordingly. If this technique is used properly, a single Deoxys can be traded several times to obtain the best moves from each form. Moves are exchangeable, but stats recalculate when traded. For instance: in Emerald, Deoxys learns Extremespeed, a Normal-type move that always goes first. Once this move is learned, Deoxys can be traded to FireRed, where its Attack form can use the move to devastating effect.

In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games, Deoxys resides in the Meteor Cave, where the player fights all forms of Deoxys as mirages. The Deoxys mirage of each floor must be defeated before the player can progress. On floor 20 of the dungeon, a real Deoxys is fought, which the player can recruit. Whenever Deoxys enters a new floor in a dungeon, it will transform into a random form. Just like in the other games, this Deoxys will learn moves based on the form it is in when it levels up – for instance, in Attack Form Deoxys can learn Zap Cannon at Level 40, while it can learn Extremespeed in its Speed Form at Level 50. However, because of this, Deoxys cannot have moves remembered at the Gulpin Link Shop.

In all four forms, TM and HM compatibility is exactly the same. All four forms are also banned from competitive play due to the legendary status of Deoxys.

Deoxys can also be transferred to Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. Here, it can be changed between all four forms listed below. In the game, there are four meteorites located next to each other in Mio City. A player can approach a meteorite, and it will transform Deoxys into one of the four forms.

During link cable battles, an opposing Deoxys will always be shown in its Normal form, regardless of whether or not the Deoxys being used by the opponent is actually in that form. Despite the reused sprite, the actual Deoxys will retain the stats of its true form.

[edit] Normal form

In the Pokémon Ruby, Pokémon Sapphire, and Pokémon Colosseum games, Deoxys assumes its Normal form. In this form, each of its arms resembles two cords arranged in a double helix pattern (quite appropriate for a creature named and modeled after DNA), which may easily change into the shape of an elastic hand. Its list of attacks contains mostly offensive techniques with a couple of defensive abilities thrown in for good measure. This form of Deoxys is also playable in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness in the "Quick Battle" mode, and is always paired up with Blissey.

[edit] Attack form

In FireRed(you are able to obtain deoxys by mystery gift), Deoxys assumes its Attack form. In this form, Deoxys' head features three points akin to horns and its cord-like arms resemble tentacles. Its offensive stats are boosted at the expense of its defensive statistics, which are among the lowest of any Pokémon. While the Ruby/Sapphire Deoxys has a few defensive abilities, the FireRed version has nothing but offensive attacks. It is also capable of having the highest Attack and Special Attack stats in the game. At level 50, it learns Hyper Beam and Zap Cannon, the latter of which paralyzes if it hits. In this form, Deoxys holds the title of being the most naturally powerful Pokémon (in terms of Attack and Sp. Attack).

[edit] Defense form

In LeafGreen version( you are able to obtain deoxys by mystery gift) , Deoxys assumes its Defense form. In this form, Deoxys' head almost fuses with its body, its neck disappearing completely. Its shoulders and chest bulge and its arms become wide and flat. This version of Deoxys features almost completely inverted statistics compared to the other two forms, having especially high defenses while featuring at best average offensive capabilities. Its moveset is similarly changed, maintaining only a couple of damaging moves while stocking up on defensive, blocking, and healing skills. It is similar to Shuckle (the Pokémon with the highest defense) in that it has a relatively low base HP stat (base 50), leaving it more vulnerable to attacks that ignore Defense. Still, this form is considered to be the ultimate "tank" of the 3rd-gen games. At lv. 50, it can learn both Counter and Mirror Coat, which reflect the previous damaging attack with double the power (both of which are, ironically, quite useless on Defense Deoxys, as it takes very little damage from most attacks).

[edit] Speed form

In Emerald, Deoxys assumes its Speed form. In this form, Deoxys looks similar to its Attack form, but with a huge horn on the back of its head instead of a trio of points. Its legs become slender and more agile, and most of its excess body mass disappears. Thus, its interior gray body is exposed through the Speed form so it may move quicker. The number of tentacles is reduced to one per arm; its left tentacle is orange, and the right tentacle is blue. In this form, its Speed is its greatest asset; its Attack and Defense stats are balanced (Attack is slightly higher), but neither are especially outstanding. In addition, Deoxys learns the move Extremespeed at level 50 instead of Hyperbeam. This is the only form that was not shown in the movie, as it did not exist at that point.

Deoxys in Normal form, when traded to Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire or Pokémon Colosseum.

Deoxys in Attack form, as in Pokémon FireRed.

Deoxys in Defense form, as in Pokémon LeafGreen.

Deoxys in Speed form, as in Pokémon Emerald.

[edit] Obtaining Deoxys

Currently, the only known way to obtain Deoxys (besides using a GameShark or other cheating device) is by trading it from Pokémon FireRed, LeafGreen, or Emerald, where it is obtainable on Birth Island. The only way to get to Birth Island is via a Wonderspot — a special event hosted by Nintendo where a satellite allows the tickets to be downloaded to the game cartridge, or by using a GameShark or Action Replay, although any Deoxys caught somewhere other than Birth Island will not obey its trainer in any Pokémon game besides Ruby and Sapphire, even if that trainer has all eight badges, and cannot be traded to another version. The only known way to ensure a nearly completely legitimate Deoxys with a Gameshark or Action Replay that will obey the trainer and can be traded (as well as all the other functions of a normal Deoxys) is to use a code that transports the player to Birth Island or gives the player an Aurora ticket or makes Deoxys appear, and catch it with no codes that ensure an automatic catch (excluding the Master Ball and easy catch codes). During the battle to capture Deoxys, a piece of music containing Deoxys's theme is played (incidentally, Deoxys is the only Pokémon of all four current generations to have its own unique battle theme). Deoxys is obtainable in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon game at the end of a twenty-floor dungeon known as the Meteor Cave, and when the player uses Deoxys in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, its form randomly changes from time to time in dungeons. However, Pokémon from Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games cannot be transferred to any other Pokémon games.

[edit] Pokémon Ranger

Deoxys appears in all of its forms in Pokémon Ranger. It is available as the player's first Ranger Net mission and is available to play immediately after beating the main storyline of the game. In this side mission, a Deoxys goes on a rampage and the player must stop it. After it is chased into the Krokka Tunnel, it assumes its Attack form. Attempts to capture it reveal that it must be in Normal form. Repeated attempts to capture it in the wrong forms, as well as various attempts at emotional appeal, finally lead to it assuming its Normal Form. The final battle forces the player to wait for it to assume Normal form, since it randomly switches forms during the battle. Capturing it calms it down, at which point the mission is cleared. An epilogue explains that Spencer was responsible for Deoxys' rampage, and Deoxys forgives him.

[edit] Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, Deoxys can be used in any form by visiting certain meteorites near Tobari City. By selecting the relevant meteorite, Deoxys changes form accordingly.

  • Top - Speed Form
  • Middle - Normal Form
  • Bottom Left - Attack Form
  • Bottom Right - Defense Form

[edit] In the anime

Deoxys first appeared in the seventh Pokémon film, Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys. In the film, it demonstrated the ability to switch between its forms (it's debatable whether speed form was used, after it was attacked and appeared to use an Extremespeed attack on Rayquaza), create shadow copies for use as drones, regenerate missing body parts, launch an aurora into the sky, and erect a city-size force field which keeps nearly every sort of machine within from operating. The film also demonstrated that Deoxys is not a one-of-a-kind unique species like Rayquaza; more than one Deoxys is seen.

In the opening sequence to the eighth season of the Pokémon anime (in the United States, Pokémon Advanced Battle), Deoxys is seen in its Speed form. Deoxys also appears in the episode Pokémon Ranger! Deoxys Crisis!, part of the eighth season, in which its Speed form was finally introduced. It's the third Pokémon to speak through Meowth to communicate with humans, the others being Tentacruel and Haunter.

[edit] In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga, Deoxys is captured on the Sevii Islands by Team Rocket's leader, Giovanni, and is used to fight Red, Green, Blue, and Mewtwo at the Trainer Tower. Giovanni's main purpose for catching Deoxys is to locate his son, Silver. Deoxys is later revealed by Yellow to share Red's DNA.

[edit] Deoxys and NASA

In early 2005, NASA began a cross-promotion with Nintendo and the Pokémon Company to provide an "edutainment" program to children across the United States by Internet, teaching the science behind various Pokémon characters as they appear in Trading Card Game expansions. In the first segment of the program, based on the newly-released EX: Deoxys Trading Card Game expansion, they used the character of Deoxys to teach children about outer space, anatomy of a virus, the meaning of DNA, the existence of the ozone layer, and a definition of an extraterrestrial. Since then the program has had two other segments covering the next two expansions: EX Emerald and EX Unseen Forces.

[edit] In the trading card game

Deoxys in the Pokémon Trading Card Game (EX Deoxys set).
Deoxys in the Pokémon Trading Card Game (EX Deoxys set).

Deoxys is featured prominently in the Pokémon Trading Card Game expansion named after it, EX Deoxys (Speed form in EX Emerald), represented in two cards each, with one of each pair of cards as an EX Pokémon:

  • Defense form
  • Normal form
  • Attack form
  • Speed form

All eight cards share the same Poké-Power, Form Change, which lets the player switch its current card form with another card form in a player's deck at any time during a player's turn.

Deoxys's four forms each make another appearance in the more recent EX Holon Phantoms set, continuing to carry the Form Change Poke-Power characteristics of the previous cards.

[edit] References

Notes
  1. ^ Pokemon Franchise Approaches 150 Million Games Sold. PR Newswire. Retrieved on February 28, 2006.
  2. ^ Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire Review (page 1) Ign.com. URL Accessed June 1, 2006.
Publications
  • Barbo, Maria. The Official Pokémon Handbook. Scholastic Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-439-15404-9.
  • Loe, Casey, ed. Pokémon Special Pikachu Edition Official Perfect Guide. Sunnydale, CA: Empire 21 Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-930206-15-1.
  • Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon FireRed Version & Pokémon LeafGreen Version Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., August 2004. ISBN 1-930206-50-X
  • Mylonas, Eric. Pokémon Pokédex Collector’s Edition: Prima’s Official Pokémon Guide. Prima Games, September 21 2004. ISBN 0-7615-4761-4
  • Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon Emerald Version Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America Inc., April 2005. ISBN 1-930206-58-5

[edit] External links

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