Registeel (Pokémon)


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Registeel (Japanese: レジスチル Registeel) is a Legendary Pokémon introduced in Generation III.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Along with and, it is one of the three Legendary titans of Hoenn.

Biology
The top-half of Registeel's body is spherical and gray with a black stripe running down its "face". Its face consists of seven red dots in a hexagonal formation. It has black arms with three fingers each and cylindrical legs. While Registeel has been classified as a Pokémon, its body is actually made of a material that is harder than any known metal. However, this material stretches and shrinks despite its hardness. Its body was tempered by pressure over thousands of years.

Registeel appeared alongside and  in Lucario and the Mystery of Mew. The legendary titans were guardians of the Tree of Beginning. Registeel first attacked, but when they tried to flee, it attacked and  too. After everyone was saved by, it, together with Regice and Regirock, realized they were not a danger and left.

Registeel made its main series debut in Overjoyed!, under the ownership of. Ash and battled against it but lost. It reappeared in Pace - The Final Frontier! alongside, where they blasted off. It appeared again in A Pyramiding Rage! and Pillars of Friendship!.

Minor appearances
Registeel debuted in a brief cameo during the opening sequence of Destiny Deoxys.

A Registeel made a cameo appearance alongside the other members of its trio in the opening sequence of The Rise of Darkrai, where they all fired s that combined into an extremely powerful one.

A Registeel briefly appeared in PK18, where it sent and his cronies blasting off after they mistook him for a floating Pokémon.

A Registeel appeared in a flashback in Pillars of Friendship!.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Registeel debuted in The Beginning of the End with Kyogre & Groudon XIV, when Drake attempted to open the Ancient Tomb. Together, and  created a team of four  and Sapphire's  and, thus opening up the chamber containing Registeel, as well as the other two titans,  and. Registeel used to stop  and  from spreading destruction. After the battle, it and the other two titans—left weak and powerless—traveled to the mountains, where they were later caught by shortly before the opening ceremony of the.

Brandon used Registeel first in his battle with, where it squared off against the the boy borrowed from. Though Registeel took considerable damage from the accumulation of many es and was eventually beaten by a strong attack, it managed to cause its opponent to faint as well with a clever  maneuver. It has not been seen since.

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga
Registeel, along with the other two Legendary titans, are seen under the possession of Candice. She uses them against Hareta to test his worthiness to challenge in A Novel Test!!.

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Registeel appears as an occasional stage hazard in the of the  stage. Appearing rarely, it will use to dislodge the swords embedded in the stage, causing them to fly upwards and damage fighters. Grounded characters will also take damage from Stomp.

Trophy information
''This Steel-type Pokémon's hollow body is made out of an ultrahard metal, forged under pressure over thousands of years underground. It can appear in the Kalos Pokémon League stage, in the Elite Four's Steel-type chamber. Its Stomp attack will launch fighters on the ground, and even the giant swords mounted on the stage!''

NPC appearances

 * : Registeel is the boss of Steel Chamber in Aegis Cave.

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Trivia

 * In the non-English European versions of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, Registeel's sprite was edited because of its arm. The arm's original position is reminiscent of the . In, the sprite was changed for all regions to the continental European variation (this change was retained in ).
 * In Pokémon Ranger, Registeel was the only one of the three Legendary titans that has a Field Move. The other two have a Poké Assist instead.
 * In, there is an unobtainable Registeel Doll programmed into the game. It may have been intended to be obtained with the e-Reader.
 * Registeel is tied with and Shield Forme  for the highest  base stat of all  Pokémon.
 * Registeel shares both its standard and hidden with  and.

Origin
Registeel may be based on the s of Hebrew legend. The legends cast them as servants of higher powers and are said to have writing on their heads. When the writing is removed, the creature would be weakened, or even killed in some legends.

Name origin
Registeel is the combination of the words regis (Latin for royal) and steel.

Related articles

 * Legendary titans
 * Legendary titans
 * Legendary titans