Pokémon Technetium and Promethium

Pokémon Technetium and Promethium is a Pokémon game, the first of Generation EX (short for "extreme generation", being more aimed at hardcore gamers and Otakus). 
Unlike most Pokémon games, this game is not a Nintendo exclusive, it came out on the PS5 and PS4 too. 
This game, in its PS5 version, can be bought in a special bundle with Pokémon Insanity - Italy is not Unova, an M-rated "absolutely insane" action RPG about a girl who is an insane serial killer obsessed with Pokémon. Clear data from Pokémon Insanity allow you to catch said girl as a Mythical Pokémon in this game, making it the first Mythical Pokémon that requires you to be on a PS5 and have finished an M-rated game. 
It markets itself as being a darker and edgier story-driven single-player RPG akin to Pokémon Dark Rising or the Shin Megami Tensei games. Its tone is reminiscent of series such as Batman TAS and Beyond, Kamen Rider or Power Rangers RPM, being appreciable by both kids for its generally shiny looks, and the fact that it has Pokémon, and adults for its complex and dark lore and backstory, its Pokémon designs and various elements that intentionally appeal at otakus rather than kids (including more humanoid or monstrous SMT-esque designs and Pokémon based on things such as tengu, kappa, asura, dogu sculptures, humanoid cyborgs, Hatsune Miku, references to celebrities, Greek gods and other religious references) and its villains Team Armada and the Fa'Shan Cult being played dead seriously, unlike the laughably evil teams of gen VII, VIII and IX. 
Its aesthetic has been described as "Animecore". 
Unlike most Pokémon games, this game has an anime adaptation that is faithful to it (including having a protagonist that is mute as a plot point, named Haruka but of unknown gender). 
It's set in the region of Nozomi, based on Italy. Its main theme is technology and art, but also Italy's dark past as a Nazi-occupied area and its lack of international relevance at present. 
Its box legendaries are the Aion Trio, a trio of bug Pokémon with a cyberpunk-esque design and a life-and-death theming: Promethium has Aion Ohrmazd, a Bug-Dragon Pokémon representing life, while Technetium has Aion Ahriman, a Bug-Ghost Pokémon representing death (the Aions are not Pokémon, but advanced robots created by an ancient civilization using Xerneas and Yveltal's energy). The third legendary in the trio is Alice, who is bug-normal and represents birth and being reabsorbed (and is the first Pokémon in the series to have a human form and as such the first human NPC to directly attack the player). 
It contrasts with Scarlet and Violet, eschewing the open world for a linear story. It has multiple villains, such as Team Armada (occupational forces) and your rival the SS. 
== Setting ==
Nozomi is based on Italy (despite mixing Italy with very Japanese landmarks, explained as the influence of the Fa'Shan Cult). Cities and towns have Japanese-Italian hybrid names.
Nozomi is split into four provinces, each ruled by a Doge (the four Dogi are the Elite Four, and unlike most regions, in Nozomi Dogi are permanently Elite Four until they die): the Leone province in the center-northeast with Ungamachi as its capital (based on Venezia), the Toro Province in the northwest with Ushimachi as its capital (based on Torino), the Aquila Province in the center with Namimachi as its capital (based on Napoli), and the Angelo Islands (based on Sicilia and Sardegna) with Minatomachi (based on Palermo) as its capital. The four provinces are each associated with one of the Four Apostles, Mythical Pokémon which have huge lore relevance but aren't catchable as they're said to be too weak to fight due to Iscariot having hurt them. The capital city of the Nozomi region, Kaminomiyako, is based on Rome and is the location of the Order of Alpha's central cathedral, being ruled directly by the Order (it was originally the land protected by Iscariot, however, since Iscariot turned traitor, Alice was created as an artificial Apostle to protect it). 
The player starts their journey in Ungamachi, the capital of the Leone Province, a city built on water with canals and gondolas, based on Venezia but hosting the Japanese-style fortress Leone-no-Shiro. 
The south, the Aquila Province, is covered in the Masabaku desert (desert of demons), a perpetually arid wasteland created when the Fa'Shan Cult cursed the land so that the Partigiani won't be able to live onto it regardless of whether they win against the Cult. 
In the north, near the town of Noroshiromura in the Toro Province, is an ancient castle used by the Fa'Shan Cult called the Fashoshiro (castle of Fa'Shan), which is submerged in a lake due to the Partigiani having attacked it, however it resurfaces once the SS proclaims himself as the new Duce and reforms the Fa'Shan Cult. 
Through events, you can obtain items called Time Egg: Past and Time Egg: Future, with which you can access the past when the Fa'Shan Cult was still rising (where you can catch the Four Apostles and Iscariot) or the post-apocalyptic future where Arceus was killed by Annalisa causing the end of the world (where you can catch the Crossover Ultra Beasts and Annalisa). Those settings will be more explored in the spin-offs Pokémon Ranger: The Iscariot Cult and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Mankind Burned Down respectively. 
== Gameplay ==
The game is a monster catching RPG akin to most Pokémon games before it.
=== Harakiri === 
This generation's gimmick (corresponding to past gens' Mega-Evolutions, Z-Moves, Dynamax and Terastal) is a "blood sacrifice" called Harakiri: when the player uses the Wakizashi item, a Pokémon can commit Harakiri, eliminating itself from the player party for the entirety of the battle in order for another Pokémon in the party. This Pokémon is referred to as a "Harakirized Pokémon". 
Another Pokémon, referred to a "Harakiri Receptor", is empowered by the Harakiri by absorbing the Harakirized Pokémon. A Harakiri Receptor adds to its stats a fraction of the Harakirized's stats, receives STAB from the moves of the the Harakirized Pokémon's type, and has both the natural ability of the Receptor and the ability of the Harakirized. 
A few Pokémon can have different forms called Rakshasa Forms, if Pokémon of a specific type, or another species of Pokémon, is Harakirized and they are the Receptor. Aragami change not only in stats but also in type and ability, similar to Megaevolutions but instead of holding a mega stone, you have to Harakiri specific Pokémon to them. One such instance is if Regigigas is Receptor and you Harakiri a Regi: Regigigas turns into Rakshasa Regigigas, which is a Normal-Fighting Pokémon with the ability Huge Power. 
=== Body Traits ===
Other than abilities, Body Traits have been added. They represent a secondary passive ability based on the body design of the Pokémon, and most Pokémon don't have them but specific categories of Pokémon do, and it's possible to have more than one. Unlike abilities, Body Types are locked by species. Body types include:
* Floating: The Pokémon floats, flies or levitates, hence it cannot be hit by terrain-hitting moves (does not give an immunity to the Ground type).
* Amorphous: The Pokémon is immaterial or amorphous, as such it can rebuild its shape and restore a small percentage of HP after each attack.
* Armored: The Pokémon has a thick armor or shell, halving the damage of the first physical attack received but preventing it from evading the first physical attack.
* Stationary: The Pokémon is stuck on the ground, making it impervious to wind-based moves and making it impossible to lift the Pokémon in the air.
=== Gameplay changes ===
* As the game is less about socialization and more of a plot-driven single-player RPG with a PS5 release, trading is much less emphasized (as you can't do it on a PS5 unless you're online).
** Trade evolutions are abolished. The Link Stone is used to evolve Pokémon which are supposed to be evolved by trading, though trading still works. If Pokémon needed to be traded holding an item, said item now can be used like an evolutionary stone.
** There are multiple degrees of dex completion: 1-Star Completion (catch all Pokémon you can obtain in your version without trading), 2-Star Completion (catch all Pokémon obtainable in the games and trade to obtain the ones you can't get in your version) and 3-Star Completion (have all Pokémon including traded, transferred from past generations, and Mythical Pokémon too, if you are a PS5 player you are barred from obtaining it as no Pokémon game of the past generations exists on the PS5).
=== Pokémon Type Changes ===
* Flying means strictly "air-themed" so many Bug-Flying Pokémon which aren't explicitly air-themed lose this type, replacing it with the "Floating" body trait. 
* Cresselia (psychic--> psychic-fairy)
* Darkrai (dark--> dark-ghost)
* Mothim (bug-flying--> bug-dragon)
* Trapinch (ground--> bug-ground)
* Vibrava/Flygon (ground-dragon--> bug-dragon)
* Golduck (water--> water-psychic) 
* Doduo line (normal-flying--> ground-flying)
=== Type Chart Changes ===
* Grass is immune to Fairy.
* Water is weak to Poison and Ice. Said types both resist it.
* Normal is weak to Psychic, Fighting and Dark. Normal moves however hit everyone neutrally except for Ghost, being no longer resisted by Rock or Steel.
* Fighting is no longer supereffective on Ice. It is, however, no longer resisted by Poison. It resists Dragon.
* Electric is weak to Dark and is not very effective against it. It's also supereffective on Steel.
* Poison lost its resistance to Fighting, but it resists Water and is supereffective on it, and also resists Dark. It can hit Steel, albeit being resisted by it, but can no longer hit Bug, and is now weak to Rock.
* Psychic is supereffective on Normal and Fairy, and weak to Dragon.
* Dark resists Electric and is supereffective against it. It's also supereffective on Normal, but resisted by Poison.
* Ghost resists Fairy but no longer resists Bug.
* Rock does no damage on Steel and is resisted by Ice, having also gained a weakness to the latter type. It does not resist Normal. However, it's supereffective on Poison. It gained a resistance to Bug and to Rock itself and is no longer resisted by Ground.
* Ground hits Steel neutrally, is resisted by Ice, and no longer resists Rock.
* Ice is supereffective against Water and Rock, and resists Water, Ground and Rock. It's hit neutrally by Fighting, and only weak to Steel and Fire.
* Steel no longer resists Normal but it does resist Dark, is hit neutrally by Ground, and is weak to Dragon and Electric. It resists Poison but is no longer immune to it, being immune to Rock instead. It's resisted by Dragon.
* Bug resists Fairy and is supereffective against it. It's also immune to Poison, is no longer resisted by Ghost.
* Dragon is supereffective on Steel and Psychic and resists not only Fire, Water, Grass and Electric but also Steel. It's resisted by Fighting instead.
* Fairy is resisted by Bug, Psychic and Ghost, does no damage on Grass, and is weak to Bug and Psychic.
=== Ability changes: ===
* Illuminate works like Intimidate but for accuracy: once the Pokémon enters the field, all opposing Pokémon have accuracy reduced by one stage.
* Anticipation halves accuracy of supereffective or OHKO moves.
* Forewarn reveals one of the enemy's moves once the Pokémon enters the field, making the revealed move always fail when used against a Pokémon with the ability.
* Justified gives immunity to the Dark type other than raising attack by one stage when hit by said type.
* Steam Engine gives immunity to the Water type other than maximizing speed when hit by said type. It does not activate from Fire type moves however. 
* Magma Armor halves the effectiveness of Water-type moves used against a Pokémon with said ability, doubles the power of the Fire-type moves used by a Pokémon with said ability, and prevents Freezing.
* Pressure not only forces enemies to use more PPs, but also gives any move used by a Pokémon a 33% chance of making the enemy flinch.
* Honey Gather doubles the power of Bug-type moves used by a Pokémon with said ability, on top of STAB.
* Klutz seals all held items on the field, not just the user's, for three turns. 
* Sand Spit doesn't just cause a sandstorm but works as an automatic Ground-type Counter against the hit that activated the ability (the ability only works on moves which cause contact)
* Battle Bond gives maximized evasion right after turning Greninja into Ash Greninja, making it an almost impossible to hit dodge tank and Water Shuriken always crits unless the enemy is water-resistant (in this case, the move cannot crit at all). 
* Steam Engine makes Coalossal completely immune to Water moves (it's strange that an ability that gives buff when hit by a double weakness doesn't give immunity to said weakness: in order to have Coalossal benefit from Steam Engine, you have to hit him with a type that can easily OHKO it, which makes it impossible to use unless you have a Focus Sash to survive a Water instant kill with one HP)
* Stall is skill-swapped to the enemy in case a Pokémon with said ability takes damage from a contact move.
* Slow Start doubles defense while it's active, turning Regigigas into a physical wall for the first five turns (plus, using Reflect and Light Screen you can tank even further. The power of the move Body Press is based on defense buffs rather than attack buffs, so it's doubled by Slow Start rather than halved. 
* Pick Up can allow the owner to use the same held item twice, or automatically steals the enemy's item if you don't hold one and the enemy does.
* Tangled Feet makes the owner never damage itself in confusion.
* Harvest automatically creates a Berry that protects you against a supereffective hit if you hold no item. Said berry is randomly generated among the pokémon's weaknesses.
== Characters ==
Protagonist (default name: Haruka, true name Polluce): An androgynous person with platinum-blonde hair, a forehead tattoo in the shape of a butterfly (representing being the host body for an aion), and heterochromia (one green eye and one purple, which one lights up depends on the version, green for Promethium and purple for Technetium), with a weird cyberpunk-looking outfit, looking somewhat similar to champion Alice. Uniquely, they have internal monologue like the Mystery Dungeon protagonists, plus they're said to be mute in-universe due to having sealed their own memories and personality (they also stop being mute and have a few lines once they awaken their memories). They're awakened from a capsule by a girl named Shion, and then brought to Ungamachi to be adopted by the noble family Leone. Their design is fixed and cannot be customized at all because it's a plot point that you are a humanoid cyborg called a Jinzoningen who is the host body for an Aion (Aion Ohrmazd or Aion Ahriman depending on the version). 
SS (opposite gender as yours, true name Castore): A boy/girl who looks identical to you but with the eyes' colors switched. At first they're adopted by Shion alongside you... but they quickly steal the starter strong against you and attack your father Sakuya, crippling him, then run off. They claim to be named Seer of Secrets (SS for short), they are a Jinzoningen like you and Alice. Unlike most rivals, the SS is an amoral Sephiroth-like figure who sows destruction everywhere they go. The SS has the strong starter against yours, and is the host of the opposite version's legendary Aion (Ohrmazd if you have Technetium, Ahriman if Promethium). They're actually trying to summon the Mythical Pokémon Iscariot and become his new avatar after the Duce died... however they are looking for a way to destroy Iscariot once and for all at the cost of their own life, sparing you the fight. Later on, the SS becomes the Duce of the new Fa'Shan Cult and the main antagonist, after he brutally murders Lt. Zack by ordering his starter to eat him. When you confront Castore in the Fashoshiro, they summons Iscariot (and also use the opposite version's legendary Aion) and you temporarily get to use Alice fused with your version mascot in order to defeat Iscariot and purify Nozomi once and for all. Castore dies, referring to you as the true hero and to himself as "that bastard that had to play the monster for the hero to rise". 
Annalisa: An alternate counterpart of Annalisa Miyawaki from Pokémon Insanity. She's the protagonist of a special post-game episode. 
Shion del Leone: A girl from the noble house of Leone who takes you in as an elder sibling, often calling you "onii-chan" (a very un-Italian way to call your elder brother). She chooses the weak starter against yours. She's named after the Japanese name of the flower Aster. Shion wants to become an Elite Four and succeed her father Sakuya: in the postgame, she successfully catches Karrarmarte (if you are in Technetium) or Veneamore (if you are in Promethium) and takes her father's place in the Elite Four after Alice steps down.
Tsubaki del Leone: Your adopted elder sister, she's the local gym leader and specializes in Dragon types. She's named after the Japanese name of the camellia flower.
Professor Tasso del Leone: Your adoptive eldest brother, and the Pokémon professor of the region. He's named after the Italian word for "yew" (the Italian word for the plant yew and the animal badger is the same), and he handles you and Shion your starters. 
Yuri del Leone: Your adopted brother, he looks vaguely your age. He's not a particularly strong trainer but he's a top coordinator. He's interested in feminine things, but has a girlfriend named Umeko (and named his trusted Gardevoir after her). He's named after the Japanese word for "lily".
Sakuya del Leone: Your father, the Doge of the Leone Province and head of the noble family Leone (one of the four noble families composing the Elite Four alongside the Aquila, Toro and Angelo), and an Elite Four, specialized in Rock types (using Archeops, Koratsabuto, Aggron, Garganacl and Tyranneko). He's got a Diancie which he nicknames "Kirakira", which he mentions he's captured in Kalos but refuses to use as an Elite Four because it's too powerful. He got crippled by the SS (but luckily survived). He has connections with the civilization champion Alice hails from. In the postgame, after his daughter Shion catches Karrarmarte/Veneamore and takes his place as an elite four, he takes Alice's place as champion and even uses legendaries (using a new team made of Iron Paladin if you're in Technetium or Obsidian Cut if you're in Promethium, then Nihilego, then Tyranneko, then Iron Rocker if you're in Promethium or Sacred Giant if you're in Technetium, then Terrakion and finally his Diancie which he shifts into MegaDiancie). When you beat him in a rematch, he handles you Kirakira, his Diancie (holding a Diancite) and replaces it with Stakataka. His name comes from the sakura flower. 
Momoko del Leone: Your adoptive mother.
Team Armada: A division of Unovans who occupy Nozomi, priding itself on having exterminated the Fa'Shan Cult and using it as an excuse to It's part of the ruling of Unova, legally acting as an enforcement unit to enforce the will of Unova in Nozomi and other occupied regions (Lt. Surge's unit controls Kanto). It's led by Lt. Gordon Zolas, and its other admins are named Casey Prowl, Rena Peake and Mishan Park (the latter being a former samurai from the Korea-based region of Goryeo who joined Team Armada when they fought against the communist revolution in Goryeo). Team Armada is as much of an enemy to the Fa'Shan Cult as it is to the Zovyati, and in fact, at the time of the Partigiani, Lt. Zolas often killed not only Fa' Shan but also the Zovyat-supported communist Partigiani, plus Zolas participated in an anti-communist war in Goryeo where he recruited Mishan into the team. Unlike joke teams Skull, Yell and Star, Team Armada is explicitly a foreign military corps acting as occupation force and is extremely serious as a threat. 
Alice: The Nozomi League Champion and the Alpha Sage (a fictional counterpart of the Pope), who is almost worshipped like a goddess, she looks very similar to you and the Seer of Secrets. She's actually a humanlike Legendary Pokémon (type: Bug-Normal). Like you and the SS, Alice was created by the legendary Iuppitrex as a copy of Leda, a human woman, and is an artificial Apostle that replaces Iscariot as the protector of Kaminomiyako. After beating her team, uses herself as the final mon of her team, mandating for you to catch her. You cannot challenge Elena at first, as the SS and the New Fa'Shan Cult take over the Pokémon League. Her champion team is made of Sunergeat, Kigabbib, Nozomian Enamorus, Dragostinea, Ourosmos and finally Alice herself. She steps down as the champion and Sakuya takes her place. When rematching her in the Battle Frontier's Battle Hive (equivalent of the Battle Tower) as Hive Queen Alice, Alice uses Roaring Moon if in Promethium or Iron Valiant if in Technetium, then the opposite version's Aion, and finally Alice herself as the third Pokémon (note that you must remove Alice from the team if you want to enter the Battle Hive, as Alice obviously cannot fight herself). Meanwhile, Alice can also be rematched by herself in the ruins of the Fashoshiro as an "ultimate challenge" with a team composed of Roaring Moon, Iron Valiant, Deoxys Speed Form, Hoopa Unbound, Marshadow, the opposite version's Aion, and finally Alice herself as the seventh Pokémon. Winning Alice's rematch gives you Roaring Moon if you're in Promethium, or Iron Valiant in Technetium. She's one of the few Pokémon named after celebrities, being named after Alice Eve. 
The Fa'Shan Cult: A heretic sect which used to rule Nozomi. It was led by a Mythical Pokémon called Iscariot and his human avatar Il Duce. Its remnants were exterminated by the Partigiani and an alliance of Galarian, Zovyati, Unovan, Alolan and Kalosian soldiers.
Alternate Annalisa: A DLC character. Alternate Annalisa is a serial killer from a world where Pokémon are fictional, who got Isekaied in the Pokémon World as the avatar of an abomination called Pandemonium. In the far future, she and the Pandemonium killed Arceus, causing the end of the Pokémon World and an invasion of Ultra Beasts (you'll be able to catch the Ultra Beasts in the future). Alternate Annalisa leads the Genocide Palace, an alternate Elite Four composed of Geralt (fairy type, uses Enamorus, Tapu Fini, Magearna, Fezandipiti, Zacian Sword and Geralt himself), 2B (steel type, uses Heatran, Zamazenta Shield, Cobalion, Celesteela, Kartana and 2B herself), Kratos (ice type, uses Calyrex Ice Rider, Chien Pao, Articuno, Regice, Black Kyurem and Kratos himself) and finally Dante (ghost type, uses Blacephalon, Marshadow, Calyrex Ghost Rider, Hoopa Unbound, Giratina Origin and Dante himself). As the champion, Alternate Annalisa fully heals your Pokémon before the fight ("to give you a false glimmer of hope before being put down by my haxxed [sic] team"), then uses a whopping EIGHT Pokémon: Origin Dialga, Origin Palkia, Zygarde with Power Construct, Ultra Necrozma, Arceus, Mega Rayquaza, Eternamax Eternatus, and finally Annalisa herself. The player is allowed to catch Annalisa in order to finish the battle. Not catching Annalisa causes her to die after you defeat her (she doesn't talk, she just disintegrates into light), and the Pandemonium will possess the Annalisa of your world instead, allowing you to catch Annalisa again (at the cost of the Annalisa of your world suffering death of personality).
== New Pokémon ==
* Konympha (grass) [inspired by nymphs]
* Moryad (grass-water) (evolves from Konympha at level 12)
* Nymphayashi (grass-water) (evolves from Moryad at level 34)
* Fokken (fire-bug) [inspired by leaf bugs and ninjas]
* Firikken (fire-bug) (evolves from Fokken at level 16)
* Huchinobi (fire-grass) (evolves from Firikken at level 37)
* Vipeidon (water) [inspired by sea snakes and the Landoro fire-breathing sea snake]
* Varunaga (water) (evolves from Vipeidon at level 15)
* Landragyu (water-fire) (evolves from Varunaga at level 35)
* Rathonk (normal-ghost) [inspired by rats and the O' Munaciello ghost]
* Sikrattello (normal-ghost) (evolves from Rathonk at level 42)
* Katskull (bug-ghost) [Katskull family is Technetium-exclusive] [inspired by worms which decompose corpses]
* Koskuurmor (bug-ghost) (evolves from Katskull at level 14)
* Disembutly (bug-ghost) (evolves from Koskuurmor at level 35 during the night)
* Pilpillar (bug) [Pilpillar family is Promethium-exclusive] [inspired by the Morpho butterfly]
* Crysalik (bug-psychic) (evolves from Pilpillar at level 14)
* Mediteye (bug-psychic) (evolves from Crysalik at level 35 during the day)
* Galagala (psychic) [inspired by a planet, which evolves into an asteroid, a comet or a star]
* Asteryoda (psychic-rock) (evolves from Galagala at level 20 if defense or attack is the highest stat)
* Comettoid (psychic-flying) (evolves from Galagala at level 20 if speed is the highest stat)
* Blaziella (psychic-fire) (evolves from Galagala at level 20 if special attack or special defense is the highest stat) 
* Castleroid (psychic-rock) (evolves from Asteryoda at level 47 knowing the move Castle Shield)
* Speederal (psychic-flying) (evolves from Comettoid at level 47 knowing the move Lightspeed Hit)
* Noviella (psychic-fire) (evolves from Blaziella at level 47 knowing the move Sunblast) 
* Leafzard (grass-ghost) [inspired by a shaman]
* Shamafolia (grass-ghost) (evolves from Leafzard at level 29)
* Archfosham (grass-ghost) (evolves from Shamafolia by dying while holding an Archmage's Cloak)
* Washiotto (flying) [inspired by an eagle]
* Aquilaero (flying) (evolves from Washiotto at level 23 during the day)
* Washireala (flying) (evolves from Aquilaero at level 53) 
* Plasman (fire-electric) [Plasman family is Technetium-exclusive] [inspired by plasma and cyborgs]
* Cyblazap (fire-electric) (evolves from Plasman by leveling up knowing Searing Plasma)
* Kappalude (water-grass) [Kappalude family is Promethium-exclusive] [inspired by kappas]
* Kappancho (water-grass) (evolves from Kappalude by leveling up knowing Swamp Shell)
* Tengarasu (dark-flying) [inspired by tengu]
* Terriddi (water-dragon) [inspired by Scylla and Charybdis, which are a lamprey and a hydra]
* Skyejulla (water-dragon) (evolves from Terriddi by leveling up knowing Whirlpool)
* Icynn (ice-fire) [inspired by ice sublimating into steam]
* Firystal (ice-fire) (evolves from Icynn by leveling up during a snowstorm, starting from level 18)
* Arahaidoru (ground-psychic) (evolves from Claydol by leveling up knowing Aura Blade if attack is higher than special attack)
* Dogranwatpoh (ground-psychic) (evolves from Claydol by leveling up knowing Aura Storm if special attack is higher than attack)
* Krickonchello (normal-bug) (evolves from Kricketune by leveling up knowing Perish Song) [inspired by a cello]
* Blazikore (fire-poison) (evolves from Pyroar at level 32) [inspired by a manticore]
* Sunergeat (grass-fire) (evolves from Sunflora by using a Solar Panel) [inspired by a solar panel]
* Tossitasso (normal-poison) [inspired by a badger and a yew plant, as both are called Tasso in Italian]
* Miktom (psychic-fairy) [inspired by vocaloids, especially Hatsune Miku]
* Vocalomnos (psychic-fairy) (evolves from Miktom at level 23 knowing a sound-based move)
* Hatsukellos (psychic-fairy) (evolves from Vocalomnos at level 47)
* Lupett (ice) [inspired by wolves]
* Famelykos (ice-dark) (evolves from Lupett by Ice Stone)
* Ringuinotti (poison-steel) [Ringuinotti line is Technetium exclusive] [inspired by penguins, radiation and Pinguini Tattici Nucleari]
* Hoshasenguin (poison-steel) (evolves from Ringuinotti using the Cesium-137 while knowing Radioactive Blast)
* Saranchesko (psychic-fighting) [Saranchesko line is Promethium exclusive] [inspired by monkeys, Asian dances and Francesco Gabbani]
* Hadakabbani (psychic-fighting) (evolves from Saranchesko using the Solid Smoke while knowing Smoke Dance)
* Radatore (electric-psychic) [inspired by mice and the radar]
* Ugotoperyo (electric-psychic) (evolves from Radatore at level 24) 
* Frecchoryon (ground-flying) [inspired by an arrow]
* Yuumavallo (normal-fighting) [inspired by centaurs]
* Chentarkyudo (normal-fighting) (evolves from Yuumavallo by leveling up with a Frecchoryon in the party)
* Hayaiwa (rock-electric) (evolves from Midday or Dusk Lycanroc by using a Thunder Stone)
* Boryokami (rock-dark) (evolves from Midnight or Dusk Lycanroc by using a Dusk Stone)
* Durejina (bug-steel) (evolves from female Durant by killing a Heatmor) [inspired by a queen ant]
* Butirce (fairy-ground) [inspired by pigs and the sorceress Circe]
* Kotobles (ground-fighting) [inspired by the Catoblepas]
* Kladoblash (ground-fighting) (evolves from Kotobles at level 35)
* Maryusso (poison-ice) (evolves from Ekans using an Ice Stone) [based on a Marasso, a snake living in cold climates]
* Soragno (bug-flying) [inspired by spider ballooning]
* Diragnibile (bug-flying) (evolves from Soragno at level 37)
* Monokolos (dark-fighting) [inspired by monstrous mythical tribes such as the one-legged Monocoli, the mouthless Astomi and the big-eared Panozi]
* Shapanastom (dark-fighting) (evolves from Monokolos by leveling up knowing Low Kick)
* Rosammia (normal-ghost) [inspired by the mummy of Rosalia Lombardo]
* Murikkoblo (ghost-rock) [inspired by a Nurikabe yokai]
* Yowinksei (fairy-???) [inspired by Italian cartoon Winx Club and its protagonists Bloom, Stella, Flora, Musa and Tecna] (has five forms: Blooming form is fairy-fire; Stellar form is fairy-psychic; Floral form is fairy-grass; Musical form is fairy-ghost; Technic form is fairy-steel) [Yowinksei is Promethium-exclusive]
* Zodialiere (fighting-???) [inspired by Italian cartoon I Cavalieri dello Zodiaco and its protagonists Seiya, Shiryu, Hyoga, Ikki and Shun] (has five forms: Pegasus form is fighting-fairy, Draco form is fighting-water, Cygnus form is fighting-ice, Phoenix form is fighting-fire, and Andromeda form is fighting-steel) [Zodialiere is Technetium-exclusive]
* Ghialcervo (normal-ice) (evolves from Stantler by Ice Stone) [inspired by a deer]
* Futsukuro (psychic-flying) (evolves from Noctowl by Moon Stone) [based on a barn owl, Minerva's sacred owl, and the moon]
* Yanterion (bug-dragon) (evolves from Yanmega by using the Dragon Scale)
* Smiskavo (normal) [based on a dwarf and a blacksmith]
* Dwarfabbro (normal-steel) (evolves from Smiskavo at level 31) 
* Koratsabuto (normal-rock) [based on an armadillo]
* Scarabeon (bug) (evolves from Eevee by leveling up knowing a Bug-type move)
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* Centureon (fighting) (evolves from Eevee by leveling up while holding a Focus Sash)
* Terroreon (ghost) (evolves from Eevee by using a Reaper Cloth) 
* Diamanteon (rock) (evolves from Eevee by using a Protector)
* Nipponeon (dragon) (evolves from Eevee by using a Dragon Tooth)
* Tatsuhirako (bug-dragon) [based on a Lamproptera Meges butterfly, also known as the Dragontail]
* Puzzoneko (rock) [based on Italian feline monsters such as Gatto Mammone and the Tatzelwurm, a dragon with a cat head]
* Mammoneko (rock-dragon) (evolves from Puzzoneko at level 41)
* Tyranneko (rock-dragon) (evolves from Mammoneko at level 54)
* Marragna (bug-dark) [based on a Marranghino, a spider-bat hybrid appearing in a legend from Basilicata]
* Komokumo (bug-dark) (evolves from Marragna by Dusk Stone)
* Tummoro (dark-rock) [based on the Tummà, a goblin from Puglia which can sniff gold] [Tummoro is Technetium-exclusive]
* Alienghelo (fairy-ghost) [based on a Lenghelo, a goblin from Lazio which attacks people in sleep and predicts lucky numbers] [Alienghelo is Prometheus-exclusive]
* Orkoni (fighting-dark) [based on Oni, goblins and Orcolat, an ogre from Italian folklore]
* Blablinea (normal-ghost) [inspired by the line-like figures in the videos of the songs Bla Bla Bla and The Riddle by Gigi D'Agostino]
* Riddlinea (normal-ghost) (evolves from Blablinea at level 26)
* Dragostinea (normal-ghost) (evolves from Blablinea at level 64) [pseudo-legendary]
* Starrios (fairy-dragon) [inspired by the Ouroboros and the Moebius Strip]
* Sideboru (fairy-dragon) [evolves from Starrios at level 53]
* Ourosmos (fairy-dragon) [evolves from Sideboru at level 68] [pseudo-legendary]
=== Regional Variants ===
* Nozomian Thundurus (water-electric) (evolves from male Castform by leveling up during rain in Promethium) 
* Nozomian Tornadus (ice-flying) (evolves from male Castform by leveling up during snow in Technetium)
* Nozomian Landorus (ground-fire) (evolves from male Castform by leveling up while in the sun or a sandstorm, having Nozomian Thundurus or Tornadus in the party)
* Nozomian Enamorus (normal-fairy) (evolves from female Castform by using Attract on a Thundurus, Tornadus or Landorus)
* Ookumeteo (flying) (evolves from Castform by winning a battle against Thundurus, Tornadus, Landorus or Enamorus) [inspired by a big cloud]
* Nozomian Heatmor (rock-fighting) [inspired by a Pangolin and Raoul/Ken-Oh from Ken il Guerriero, it's actually Heatmor's original form before it developed fire when it was brought to Unova to contrast Durant's steel armor]
* Nozomian Ralts (fairy-dark) [inspired by emo music and Asura]
* Dharksol (fairy-dark) (evolves from Nozomian Ralts at level 29) 
* Tenkurayov (fairy-dark) (evolves from Dharksol at level 61 during the night) [pseudo-legendary]
* Nozomian Honedge (dark-steel) [Honedge, possessing a Luger P38 gun rather than a sword]
* Dualuger (dark-steel) (evolves from Nozomian Honedge at level 35)
* Bazookrash (dark-steel) (evolves from Dualuger by Dusk Stone)
* Nozomian Ducklett (flying) [inspired by Paperinik, Donald Duck as a parody superhero]
* Papereiyu (flying)
* Nozomian Yamask (ghost) [inspired by yokai possessing katana or yoroi armors]
* Yorigus (ghost-steel) (evolves from Yamask by using the Bloodied Armor) [Yorigus is Promethium-exclusive]
* Tsurigus (ghost-fighting) (evolves from Yamask using the Bloodied Katana) [Tsurigus is Technetium-exclusive]
* Nozomian Unown (???) (there's a form per each type except Normal, each Unown is based on their type's Kanji) [inspired by Kanji writing]
=== Convergent forms ===
* Ossone (psychic) [convergent Cubone, based on a Rubik's Cube]
* Marrubik (psychic) (evolves from Ossone by leveling up knowing Rubik Enigma and holding a Magic Cube)
* Gaboniard (fighting-ghost) [convergent Pawniard, inspired by the Gabibbo, a man in a red Kigurumi costume used as a mascot for various Italian TV shows]
* Gabisharp (fighting-ghost) (evolves from Gabawniard at level 35)
* Kigabibb (fighting-ghost) (evolves from Gabisharp at level 58)
* Goldret (steel-flying) [convergent Golett, based on the mecha anime "Goldrake" popular in Italy in the 80s]
* Goldrark (steel-flying) (evolves from Goldret by leveling up knowing Space Halberd)
* Plaguitzee (poison-dark) [convergent Spritzee, based on a plague doctor]
* Lazzarisse (poison-dark) (evolves from Plaguitzee by killing a poisoned target using Venoshock)
* Dusvirlix (flying-ground) [convergent Swirlix, based on a dust devil]
* Devilurpuff (flying-ground) (evolves from Dusvirlix by killing a target through Sand Tomb or its trapping effect during a sandstorm)
=== Legendaries ===
* Kanjioh (normal) [inspired by Kanji writing]
==== Aion Trio (Mascot Legendaries) ====
* Aion Ohrmazd (bug-dragon) [Exclusive to Promethium] [inspired by digital data, a dragonfly, a monarch butterfly, a Chinese dragon, and a Seraph angel]
* Aion Ahriman (bug-ghost) [Exclusive to Technetium] [inspired by digital data, a mantis, a moth, a hitodama flame and the Grim Reaper]
* Alice (bug-normal) [inspired by humanoid AIs, a Pharaoh, various insects, Alice from Alice in Wonderland, and actress Alice Eve]
==== Great Kings Trio ====
* Iuppitrex (flying-electric) [inspired by an eagle and Zeus]
* Neptremor (water-fighting) [inspired by a horse, a dolphin and Poseidon]
* Hadyss (ghost-steel) [inspired by an owl, a snake and Hades]
==== War and Love Duo ====
* Karrarmarte (fighting-steel) [exclusive to Promethium] [inspired by Mars, a bull, a horse and a tank or a war chariot] 
* Veneamore (fairy-flying) [exclusive to Technetium] [inspired by Venus, a swan, a dove and the seashell held by a swallow from the Kaguya fairytale]
==== Paradox Pokémon ====
Past paradoxes are exclusive to Promethium, while Future paradoxes are exclusive to Technetium. 
* Primal Ooze (psychic-electric) [past Reuniclus, based on primordial soup]
* Iron Nymph (psychic-dark) [future Gothitelle, based on goth fashion]
* Sacred Giant (rock-psychic) [past Metagross, based on a Cromlech/Dolmen]
* Iron Stealth (ghost-flying) [future Dragapult, based on a stealth bomber plane]
* Origami Wing (normal-steel) [past Porygon, based on an origami]
* Iron Paladin (rock-fighting) [future Kleavor, based on a Kamen Rider]
* Serene Snake (dragon-fairy) [past Dragalge, based on Quetzalcoatl]
* Iron Boiler (water-fire) [future Clawitzer, based on a boiler and a pump]
* Obsidian Cut (rock-ghost) [past Aegislash, based on a Macuahuitl sword and a Chimalli shield]
* Iron Aura (fighting-psychic) [future Lucario, based on a robot and drones]
* Clouded Mind (fire-flying) [past Infernape, based on Sun Wukong]
* Iron Rocker (grass-rock) [future Rillaboom, based on a punk rocker]
* Wild Windrose (poison-flying) [past Roserade, a reference to metal band Wind Rose]
* Iron Gunrose (grass-steel) [future Roserade, a reference to metal band Guns N' Roses]
* Hellion/Sun Devourer (dark-steel) [past Darkrai + Solgaleo] [based on the Japanese legend of the lion that eats the sun, representing solar eclipses]
* Selenyx/Iron Dream (ghost-fairy) [future Cresselia + Lunala] [based on neon lights and "dream pop" aesthetics]
==== Ultra Beasts ====
* UB-E65 Zoroastl (psychic-dark) [a blue alien, based on Zorotl, alien mascot of the band Eiffel 65]
=== Mythicals ===
* Iscariot (dark-poison (in Avatar Form); dark ghost (in Fallen Form)) [inspired by Lucifer and Judas Iscariot]
==== Four Apostles ====
* Mattenshi (normal-water) [inspired by an angel and st. Matthew]
* Markoshishi (fire-steel) [inspired by a lion and st. Mark]
* Lukoushi (grass-ground) [inspired by a bull and st. Luke]
* Jovanshi (flying-psychic) [inspired by an eagle and st. John the Apostle]
==== Ultra Beasts ====
* UB-XXX Annalisa (???) (changes type every turn) [a human with empty black eyes, inspired by Harley Quinn, holding a Pikachu plushie, she's a serial killer from Earth who was Isekaied in the Pokémon world and became the Avatar of Pandemonium]
* UB-WCR Geralt (fairy-fighting) [a "crossover ultra beast", being Geralt from The Witcher]
* UB-NRA 2B (normal-steel) [a "crossover ultra beast", being 2B from NieR Automata]
* UB-GOW Kratos (fighting-ice) [a "crossover ultra beast", being Kratos from God of War]
* UB-DMC Dante (ghost-fire) [a "crossover ultra beast", being Dante from Devil May Cry]
=== Evolution methods changes ===
* As local multiplayer is impossible on a PS5, Pokémon which needed to be traded can use Link Stones or their evolutionary items as if they were evolutionary stones. 
* Eevee can evolve into Espeon or Umbreon by Sun Stone or Moon Stone (though happiness still works). 
* Slowpoke needs Shellder in the party in order to evolve into Slowbro at level 37. It can evolve into Slowking by using a King's Rock without Shellder. 
* As a PS5 cannot be turned upside-down, Inkay evolves into Malamar by leveling up knowing Topsy-Turvy if on a PS5.
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== OST ==
As part of this game's "Animecore" aesthetic, this game's OST is darkwave/synthwave/EBM, with Italian musician Exumano (Marco Minervino) being hired as composer. Exumano collaborated with Giorgio Vanni to make the opening and closing themes of the game, titled "Desolazione di Iscariot (Pokémon)" and "Attraverso Fiumi di Sangue", which are sung in Italian for all versions of the game and even in the anime. 
Exumano composed most of the music, especially the themes of the protagonist ("Figlio di Nessuno") and the rival ("Solitario Sterminatore"), which feature vocals by Giorgio Vanni. 
== Trivia ==
* Nozomi was chosen as a name because it sounds like an Italian name but it's actually Japanese for "hope". As the region has both Italian and Japanese influences (due to the Japan-based regions not being shown as overtly Japanese), it fits. 
*The Four Apostles' Japanese names are Matthew, Mark, Luke and John respectively, meanwhile Alice is still named Alice in Japanese (from Alice Eve, the person she's based on), while Iscariot is named Judas in Japanese, and Annalisa's name is the same in Japanese, making them some of the very few Pokémon to have human names. Yowinksei and Zodialiere are known in Japanese as Masasutorafi and Ijinyorumada respectively (a pun on Iginio Straffi and Masami Kurumada, the two mangaka who made Winx Club and I Cavalieri dello Zodiaco).
*Most Nozomian Pokémon have the same Japanese and English names, and some are named in English using Japanese or Italian words.
* Swamp Shell and Searing Plasma are 100 BP dual-type variants to Flying Press: Swamp Shell is water-grass (with water STAB), while Plasma Blast is electric-fire (with fire stab).
* Ossone is named after a pun in Italian: a cubo (di Rubik) is a Rubik's cube, while an osso is a bone. Cubone's name contains cubo but it wields an osso, so by extension an actual Cubone, based on a cubo, would be named an Ossone. 
** The pun only works if you pronounce Cubone's name as kuu-BOH-nay (parsing the name as cubo, "cube" and the suffix -one meaning "big", so "big cube"), as Ossone's name is pronounced oh-SOH-nay (sounding like osso, "bone" and -one, so "big bone"). 
* The Type Null, Cosmog, Kubfu, Poipole and Meltan evolutionary lines, the Galarian Birds and Nozomian Kami are confirmed to not be legendaries. Any Pokémon which is a legendary cannot evolve, due to legendaries being gods and as such immortal and unchangeable. Hence, Cosmoem, Solgaleo, Lunala, Urshifu, Naganadel, Type Null, Silvally and Nozomian Thundurus, Tornadus, Landorus and Enamorus, and also Nidorina and Nidoqueen, can now breed (Cosmog and Kubfu are baby Pokémon). Meanwhile, Nozomian Unown is a legendary and as such cannot breed. 
* Nozomi is based on Italy, but it has people, cities and Pokémon with Japanese names, Pokémon based on yokai, and a lot of Kanji writing including Nozomian Unown being based on Kanji for the various elements, and the very region of Nozomi being called in Kanji while Kanto itself is in Katakana. 
** This is due to Japanese language being referred to as Iscariotic Speech, the Fa'Shan Cult's cursed language that was created by the Pokémon Iscariot. Cult Lore Fragments, which talk about top-secret stuff of the Fa'Shan Cult, are written in perfectly accurate Japanese, which means someone familiar with it can "decipher" the Cult Lore Fragments just by interacting with them, even before taking them to the NPC in charge of doing so. In the Japanese versions of the game, Arabic is used instead for Iscariotic Speech.
* The Italian word for "yew plant" and "badger animal" is the same, "Tasso", hence there's a Pokémon named Tossitasso whose concept is being a badger with a yew plant growing out of its body.
* The Four Apostles are the only Mythical Pokémon to have so much lore significancy that entire provinces are named after them. Meanwhile, Kratos, Geralt, 2B and Dante (the "crossover ultra beasts") are the only crossover contents in Pokémon.
* The game's title was intentionally chosen both to sound cooler to older kids who want a Pokémon game that feels badass, and to mean that the game is darker and edgier and not strictly kiddy, as usually kids don't know what a Technetium or a Promethium even is. 
* Ringuinotti is a reference to Pinguini Tattici Nucleari (tactical nuclear penguins), being a literal radioactive penguin named after "Ringo Starr" (a song by Pinguini Tattici Nucleari) and Riccardo Zanotti (their frontman). Saranchesko on the other hand is named after the Japanese word for "monkey", saru, and Italian singer-songwriter Francesco Gabbani, and is a reference to Francesco Gabbani's song Occidentali's Karma, whose lyrics include "la scimmia nuda balla" (the naked ape dances). As Francesco Gabbani also sung the song "Viceversa" ("upside down"), the Saranchesko line has Contrary as its ability.
* It's explained why Durant developed a steel armor against Heatmor, despite Steel only increasing the weakness to Fire: Nozomian Heatmor, which are Rock-Fighting types, used to kill Durant with Rock moves. As such, Durant developed a steel armor to resist Rock. Only as a way to contrast said armor did Heatmor turn into a Fire type.
* This Pokémon spin-off's "Animecore" aesthetic was conceived by an Italian emo who dislikes most things Italy is usually associated with in the collective imaginary, such as pasta, mandolins and sunny beaches, and wanted to take weirder and less known facets of Italy such as Italy being a center of both Roman Paganism and Christianity, its massive yet largely unknown darkwave music scene (with artists such as Exumano), its 90s EDM "Italo Dance" scene, its strong anime fanbase (the obscure anime Ken il Guerriero, known in Japan as Hokuto no Ken, is a pop culture phenomenon in Italy) and its important anime cons such as Lucca Comics, various pop cultural references (from pop songs from the Sanremo festival, to comics like Paperinik), futurist art, various scientists and geniuses such as Ugo Tiberio (inventor of the radar), and the fact that Italy had suffered a lot under fascism. The main antagonist teams are Team Armata based on American soldiers (as Italy has American military bases all throughout its territory), and the Fa' Shan Cult based on a mix of the Fascists and the Thelema Cult founded by Aleister Crowley (as the Thelema Cult had a temple in Cefalù, Sicilia).
* Some languages such as French, Korean and Chinese refer to the Harakiri mechanic with names that mean something like "Absorb-Fusion" (and to the Iscariotic Wakizashi as a "Fusion Trigger") to avoid alluding to ritual suicide. Japanese on the other hand calls it a "Fusion Seppuku".
* A region called Goryeo is mentioned, as the Armada villain Park Mishan is the heir of a Goryean samurai clan which was massacred by communist revolutionaries.
* The villainous Team Armada, Gordon Zolas (a reference to Gorgonzola Cheese), Casey Prowl (from Cacio and Provola), Rena Peake (from Pecorino) and Mishan Park (would be "Park Mishan" in Korean, sounds like Parmesan), are all named after cheese, as the one who wrote this page despises milk and hates anything containing milk or cheese (not to mention that Japanese people tend to dislike milk, so villains named after it or cheese would feel like "shit" to a Japanese). 
* These are the first games where the player can capture and use a human in battle, as Alice, Iscariot and Annalisa are a human-Pokémon hybrid, a human fused with a legendary Pokémon (Akira il Duce) and the human avatar of chaos itself respectively.
* Annalisa (the one from Pokémon Insanity) being catchable as a Mythical Pokémon in this game was a very controversial decision, as it means you need to have played an M-rated game akin to No More Heroes in order to obtain a bonus in a Pokémon game. But it was fun, as what better avatar of pure chaos would there be, than a Pokémon-obsessed serial killer who has just made herself a canon character in Pokémon?
* Unlike most Pokémon that don't lay eggs, Crossover Ultra Beasts (Geralt, 2B, Kratos or Dante) refuse to be left at the Pokémon Daycare and have unique quotes referencing their being non-oviparous (while humans in the Pokémon world are oviparous, Crossover Ultra Beasts aren't). 
** Dante says "I still can't believe you humans lay eggs. Sorry, but I don't!", Geralt says "I am infertile, and even if I wasn't, I don't lay eggs", 2B says "I am an android, I am not oviparous. My body cannot procreate", and Kratos says "I have a son, Atreus is his name. And I don't lay eggs".
*Crossover Ultra Beasts cannot learn new moves by leveling up nor from Tutors, but only through TMs. However, Crossover Ultra Beasts have fixed starting movesets all made of signature moves: 
**Dante's moves are Rebellion (Ghost type, 90% accuracy, physical, 90 base power, 66% critical chance), Balrog (Fire type, 90% accuracy, physical, 30 base power, attacks for 5 turns and power doubles each consecutive time the move connects), Ebony and Ivory (Dark type, 100% accuracy, special, 40 base power, attacks four times, in doubles hits the two enemies twice each and keeps attacking the next Pokémon if the target dies before the fourth hit) and Cavaliere (Ghost type, 100% accuracy, physical, 110 base power, increases speed by two levels every time it's used and hits every enemy in doubles). 
**Kratos' moves are Blades of Chaos (Fighting Type, 100% accuracy, physical, 50 base power, hits twice, inflicts instant death on Fire types), Leviathan Axe (Ice Type, 100% accuracy, physical, 160 base power, cannot be used consecutively), Draupnir Spear (Dark type, 50% accuracy, physical, 60 base power, if the move fails then "Draupnir duplicates" so that using the move again will cause it to attack twice, the spear's duplication carries on if Kratos is switched away and can stack until the move attacks six times, the move continues to attack a subsequent Pokémon if it kills a Pokémon before finishing the allotted number of attacks) and Guardian Shield (Fighting type, cannot fail, status move, protects from the enemy's damaging move, counters by 1/8 of the enemy's max HP, and increases defense by two levels, does not protect from status moves).
**2B's moves are R050 Spear (Normal type, 100% accuracy, special, 100 base power, inflicts damage using the enemy's physical defense), A130 Bomb (Steel type, 100% accuracy, special, 40 base power, hits from 2 to 5 times and each hit has a 10% chance to burn), R040 Blade (Normal type, never fails, physical, 70 power, if the enemy attacks after the user, this move acts as a shield and cancels the enemy's attack) and A110 Slow (Normal type, 100% accuracy, status, lowers enemy speed by three stages).
**Geralt's moves are Aard Sign (Fairy type, 100% accuracy, physical, 120 power, lowers enemy defense by one stage), Silver Blade (Fighting type, 100% accuracy, physical, 100 base power, damage calculated with the enemy's special defense), Strong Style (Fighting type, 100% accuracy, physical, 160 base power, cannot be used consecutively) and Yrden Sign (Fairy type, 100% accuracy, special, 80 base power, prevents enemy from being switched out and makes Ghost types weak to Fighting-type moves)
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*Crossover Ultra Beasts have actual quotes in Japanese taken from their games as their cries. 
**Dante has Tsumari, mojidōri, watashi no ichibu ga hoshī nodesu. Sate, kyōdai. Dekireba,-tori ni kite kudasai! ("So, you want a piece of me, literally. Okay bro. Come and get it, if you can!").
**Kratos has Kami kara no sentaku wa kami jishin to onaji kurai yakunitatanai! ("A Choice From The Gods Is As Useless As The Gods Themselves").
**Geralt has Kyōfu wa byōkideari, chiryō sezu ni hanatte okuto, anata o mushibamu kanōsei ga arimasu ("Fear Is An Illness, if You Leave It Untreated, It Can Consume You").
**2B has Watashitachiha eien ni seitoshi no owari no nai rasen ni tojikome rarete iru ("We are perpetually trapped in a never-ending spiral of life and death").
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