Rayquaza (レックウザ, Rekkūza^?) is one of the 493 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 Rayquaza 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] from Pokémon-Games. ... This is a complete list of Pokémon which appear in the National Pokédex as of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. ... Groudon ) is one of the 493 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. ... Jirachi ) is one of the 493 fictional species of Pokémon from the Pokémon Franchise - a series of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards, and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Groudon ) is one of the 493 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. ... Jirachi ) is one of the 493 fictional species of Pokémon from the Pokémon Franchise - a series of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards, and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Pokémon game mechanics. ... The official Pokémon logo. ... The official Pokémon logo. ... Pokémon types are special attributes based partly on, and expanded from, the classical elements, which determine the strengths and weaknesses of different Pokémon species. ... Pokémon types are special attributes based partly on, and expanded from, the classical elements, which determine the strengths and weaknesses of different Pokémon species. ... Pokémon types are special attributes based partly on, and expanded from, the classical elements, which determine the strengths and weaknesses of different Pokémon species. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... An inch (plural: inches; symbol or abbreviation: in or, sometimes, ″ - a double prime) is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... The metre or meter is a measure of length. ... The pound (abbreviations: lb or, sometimes in the United States, #) is a unit of mass (called weight in everyday parlance) in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... The U.S. National Prototype Kilogram, which currently serves as the primary standard for measuring mass in the U.S. It was assigned to the United States in 1889 and is periodically recertified and traceable to the primary international standard, The Kilogram, held at the Bureau International des Poids et... It has been suggested that Pokémon evolution be merged into this article or section. ... This is a complete list of Pokémon which appear in the National Pokédex as of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. ... The official Pokémon logo. ... A media franchise is an intellectual property involving the characters, setting, and trademarks of an original work of media (usually a work of fiction), such as a film, a work of literature, a television program, or a video game. ... Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a universal phenomenon. ... The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) (L to R: Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Ed Tivrusky, Faye Valentine, and Ein the dog) For the oleo-resin, see Animé (oleo-resin). ... Manga )   (pl. ... A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of paper, parchment, or other material, usually fastened together to hinge at one side. ... Various trading cards A trading card (or collectible card) is a small card which is intended for trading and collecting. ... Satoshi Tajiri , born on August 28, 1965) is a Japanese electronic game designer and the creator of Pocket Monsters, better known as Pokémon. ... The player characters, Red (male) and Leaf (female), of FireRed and LeafGreen. ...

Rayquaza represents Pokémon Emerald and appears on the cover art for the game. It is one of a trio of legendary Pokémon, alongside Kyogre and Groudon. In the legend surrounding the three, Rayquaza represents the sky, while Kyogre and Groudon represent the sea and the land, respectively. The name Rayquaza may be derived from the English words ray and quasar, describing how Rayquaza live under the influence of solar phenomena such as the rays of the Sun. The derivation from the word quasar is likely either a misunderstanding of what a quasar really is, or an indication of a cosmic origin. Although not apparent in the Romanization alone, the katakana rendering of the name also contains the Japanese word for sky (空, kū^?). This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Legendary Pokémon ), sometimes known as legendaries or mirage Pokémon ), are characters in the Pokémon franchise. ... Kyogre , Kaiorga in original Japanese language versions) is one of the 493 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. ... Groudon ) is one of the 493 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 introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... “Sol” redirects here. ... Katakana ) is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin alphabet. ...

Biological characteristics

Rayquaza is based on the Chinese deity Shenlong, the spirit dragon, who controls weather and Tianlong, the celestial dragon and guardian of gods' palaces. It may also be based on Quetzalcoatl in the Aztec religion and the Jewish Ziz. It has skinny arms and no legs, as well as pairs of rudder-like wings and two horns protruding from its head. Some have likened its aerodynamic appearance to that of a contorted missile. Rayquaza is the longest pokemon because it is 23 feet in a serpentine curl, meaning it's much longer from nose to tail. It is about 60 feet from nose to tail. Shenlong (神龍) is a spiritual dragon from Chinese mythology that controls wind and rain. ... In Chinese mythology, Tianlong or Tien-long (天龍, literally heaven dragon) are the celestial dragons who pull the chariots of the gods and guard their palaces. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... Aztec religion was a typical Mesoamerican religion combining elements of polytheism, shamanism and animism within a framework of Astronomy and calendrics. ... Leviathan, Behemoth and Ziz The ziz (Hebrew: ×–×™×–) is a giant bird in Jewish mythology, said to be large enough to be able to block out the sun with its wingspan; similar to the Kar, the Khara, the Hadhayosh, and another, Has-meal. ... It has been suggested that Guided missile be merged into this article or section. ...

Rayquaza resides within the ozone layer of the Earth and has lived there for hundreds of millions of years without ever descending (see Atmospheric beast). To those who have observed Rayquaza from the surface of the planet, Rayquaza has always appeared to be a zooming meteor. Rayquaza feeds on water and particles in the Earth's atmosphere. Due to its extreme age and living conditions under the rays of the sun, Rayquaza has been tempered to wield incredible power. The ozone layer is the part of the Earths atmosphere which contains relatively high concentrations of ozone (O3). ... Atmospheric beasts (also sky beasts or sky critters) are organisms which could hypothetically exist off of the surface of Earth or other planets with an atmosphere. ... Photo of a burst of meteors with extended exposure time A meteor is the visible path of a meteoroid that enters the Earths (or another bodys) atmosphere, commonly called a shooting star or falling star. ... “Sol” redirects here. ...

Rayquaza is capable of calming any disturbance in nature, be it a storm or drought. This is reflected in its ability Air Lock, which annuls all weather effects. It is said to descend from the ozone layer if Kyogre and Groudon were to fight, in order to end the feud and maintain the balance of nature.

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Role

Pokémon video games

Rayquaza is available in Pokémon Ruby, Pokémon Sapphire, and Pokémon Emerald only. Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire, released in Japan as Pocket Monsters Ruby and Pocket Monsters Sapphire ), released on March 17, 2003 in North America for the Game Boy Advance, mark the beginning of the third generation in the Pokémon series of RPGs. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

In Pokémon Emerald, Rayquaza is seen in a series of cutscenes. Once the player progresses past the Magma and Aqua Hideouts, Kyogre and Groudon wake up and start fighting, with the Red and Blue Orbs unable to control them. Subsequently, Hoenn is torn apart by flash heatwaves and rainstorms as the two battle for dominance. The player must journey up the Sky Pillar, where encountering Rayquaza causes it to fly off, and another series of cutscenes appear where Rayquaza forces the two to cease their battle. Then Rayquaza returns to the Sky Pillar, where it can be battled and caught before the player faces the Elite Four. If Rayquaza is accidentally defeated before it can be captured, the player can later return to the Sky Pillar after defeating the Elite Four. A cut scene or cutscene (sometimes also referred to as a cinematic) is a sequence in a video game over which the player has no control. ...

Rayquaza appears as a boss character in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games when the protagonists reach the summit of Sky Tower and is playable if recruited by the player. Perhaps in reference to its position as the moderator of battles amongst Kyogre and Groudon, in the mystery dungeon games Rayquaza is presented as a rigid upholder of what he considers the laws of nature — land Pokémon remaining on the land and sea Pokémon remaining in the water. The protagonist and their partner are sent to the Sky Tower to convince Rayquaza to annihilate a falling star hurtling towards the planet; once there, however, Rayquaza attacks. After it is defeated, Rayquaza quickly recovers, but before it can continue to fight, the star enters the world's atmosphere, and the protagonist's partner asks Rayquaza to destroy the star, to which Rayquaza agrees, even though its Hyper Beam may kill the rescue team. It is revealed that the team survived the attack and explosion from the shooting star. Flag Ship from the video game Gorf In video games, a boss (sometimes called a guardian) is a particularly large or difficult computer-controlled character that must be defeated at the end of a segment of a game, whether it be for a level, an episode, or the very end... Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team ) and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team ) are a matched pair of Pokémon games for the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS, respectively. ...

Rayquaza also appears as a boss character in Pokémon Ranger. In this game, it is capable of whipping up powerful gusts of wind and firing energy balls from its mouth to damage the player's Capture Styler. This is the final boss in the game, not counting the Ranger Net missions. Pokémon Ranger is an action/role-playing video game developed by HAL Laboratory, Inc. ...

In Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire, Rayquaza can be captured every other time it is defeated in its bonus stage.

Pokémon anime

Rayquaza is featured in the seventh Pokémon movie, Destiny Deoxys. Four years prior to the main events of the movie, Rayquaza is nearly injured in the ozone layer by the passage of a meteor containing the essence of Deoxys. Once the alien Pokémon awakens on the ground, Rayquaza's Hyper Beam seemingly blasts it out of existence. Four years later, Rayquaza travels to LaRousse City, sensing that Deoxys has revived itself there. It wages a fierce battle with Deoxys and its clones in the airspace of the city in order to minimize damage, but the fight still causes massive destruction. Deoxys , pronounced //) 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. ... This is a list of locations in the Hoenn region of the Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald. ...

After Deoxys finds what it had been searching for, it attempts to beat Rayquaza into submission; however, the security system of the city goes haywire, and suddenly every human and Pokémon in the area is in jeopardy of being swarmed to death by security cubes. Rayquaza is shielded from the flood of cubes by Deoxys until Ash manages to shut down the system. Rayquaza realizes that Deoxys isn't an enemy, so it returns to the ozone layer while Deoxys returns to outer space. 1 example. ... Ash Ketchum, known as Satoshi ) in Japan, is the protagonist of the anime Pokémon. ...

A Rayquaza was seen in the movie Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea being shot at by missiles. It was then "captured" and was experimented on for evil deeds (what happens after that is unknown). Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea , lit. ...

Pokémon trading card game

Rayquaza in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Rayquaza has appeared eight times in the Pokémon Trading Card Game, all as Basic, Colorless Pokémon except when otherwise stated: Image File history File links RayquazaTcg. ... Image File history File links RayquazaTcg. ... This article is about the card game. ...

• EX Dragon (as Rayquaza EX)
• EX Deoxys (as Rayquaza EX, and as Rayquaza "star")
• EX Emerald
• EX Delta Species (as Rayquaza δ; a Steel/Lightning dual type)
• EX Holon Phantoms (as Rayquaza δ; a Steel/Water dual type, and as a Fire type)
• EX Dragon Frontiers (as Rayquaza EX δ; a Lightning type)

Like most Dragon-type Pokémon, Rayquaza's TCG attacks require mixed elements of Energy, in this case Fire and Lightning.

In the EX Delta Species and EX Holon Phantoms sets, Rayquaza has good resistance and retreat cost, but is contrastingly weak against Colorless Pokemon.

References

Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire, released in Japan as Pocket Monsters Ruby and Pocket Monsters Sapphire ), released on March 17, 2003 in North America for the Game Boy Advance, mark the beginning of the third generation in the Pokémon series of RPGs. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Pokémon FireRed , Pocket Monsters Firered) and Pokémon LeafGreen , Pocket Monsters Leafgreen), are two titles in the Pokémon video game series, released for the Game Boy Advance in 2004 and they were first compatible with Game Boy Advance Wireless Adapter (bundle with these games). ... Pokémon Colosseum is the first GameCube incarnation of the Pokémon video game franchise. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Official Pokémon website
• ‹The template Bulbadex is being considered for deletion.› Rayquaza at Bulbapedia, a Pokémon-centric wiki
• Rayquaza’s fourth-generation Pokédex entry at Serebii.net
• Rayquaza's PsyPoke Pokédex entry
• WikiKnowledge.net’s entry for Rayquaza Previously hosted by Wikibooks