Nessa: Difference between revisions

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|caption=Artwork from [[Pokémon Sword and Shield|Sword and Shield]] by [[take]].<ref>[[a:File:NessaVividVoltage157.jpg|Nessa (Vivid Voltage 157)]]</ref>

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|generation={{gen|VIII}}

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|envagame=Anairis Quinones <small>([[Pokémon: Twilight Wings|Twilight Wings]])</small><br>Tiana Camacho<ref name="Tiana Camacho">[https://twitter.com/TianaCamachoVO/status/1395414597222342659 Tiana Camacho on Twitter]</ref> <small>({{pkmn|Masters EX}})</small>

|javagame=Sora Amamiya<ref name="Sora Amamiya">[https://twitter.com/pokemas_game/status/1395259492292567041 Pokémon Masters EX Twitter]</ref> <small>([[Pokémon: Twilight Wings|Twilight Wings]], {{pkmn|Masters EX}})</small>

==In the core series==

Nessa is the second [[Gym Leader]] [[Galar|Galarian]] {{pkmn|Trainer}}s face in their [[Galar League|Gym Challenge]]. Nessa's interest in {{type|Water}} Pokémon may have been influenced by her parents: her father is a fisher and her mother works in the marketplace. Eventually, she became the Gym Leader of [[Hulbury Stadium|Hulbury Gym]] and a successful model. She also became close friends with [[Sonia]] during the Gym Challenge, and often gives her fresh seafood from Hulbury whenever the two meet up. She claims to be the rival of [[Milo]], the [[Turffield]] Gym Leader, but the latter only sees himself as his own rival. Nessa is known to be a very popular Gym Leader and model. Many people believe she acts differently depending on her role. She is known to be calm and collected, but her competitive spirit and indomitable will lurk just beneath the surface.<ref>https://swordshield.pokemon.com/en-us/people-galar-region/water-gym-leader-nessa/</ref> Given her personality and modeling career, fans were concerned with how Nessa would react to her loss against the {{player}} in the first round of the Champion Cup. Though she still gave the fans a perfect smile, things were not as peaceful within the Gym.

==In spin-off games==

==Artwork==

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[[File:Young Nessa TW.png|thumb|250px|Young Nessa in Pokémon: Twilight Wings]]

During the time she was defeated in {{pkmn|battle}}, Nessa felt very concerned about juggling between her dual careers as a Gym Leader and a model. This conflict was amplified by [[Rose]]'s implication that her modeling career was distracting her from her Gym Leader duties. She also has a great friendship with Sonia.

|img2=Nessa Milotic TW.png

In [[PASS25]], the Gym Leaders gathered at [[Rose Tower]] to find out if [[Rose]] intended on bringing harm to Galar. Nessa went to [[Hammerlocke]] to meet with [[Sonia]], Leon, and [[Raihan]]. They planned to join the others in [[Wyndon]], only for Rose to unleash {{p|Eternatus}} and restart the [[Darkest Day]]. Power Spot lights began appearing all over the region, causing Pokémon to start [[Dynamax]]ing at random. Nessa's group and Henry's group later reunited at the [[Energy Plant]], where they found Rose ecstatic that his plan was a success.  

In [[PASS27]], Rose explained he meant no harm to Galar and sent [[Sordward]] and [[Shielbert]] to defeat Eternatus and prevent the Darkest Day from spiraling out of control. Despite their claims of being descendants of the heroes that once stopped the Darkest Day, Sordward and Shielbert were unable to win, forcing Rose to take their place. [[Oleana]] explained that Rose's actions were for the benefit of Galar and requested that everyone help stop Eternatus. The group agreed and made their way to the summit, where they found Rose had already been defeated. By teaming up, Nessa, [[Piers]], Leon, Hop, [[Marnie]], [[Melony]], and Raihan managed to take Eternatus down, only for it to get back up and unleash its Eternamax form.

In [[PASS29]], Eternatus quickly overwhelmed Nessa and the others, only for {{p|Zacian}} and {{p|Zamazenta}} to appear and assist in the battle against the Gigantic Pokémon. They attempted to wield the [[Rusted Sword]] and [[Rusted Shield|Shield]], but the items and Henry were snatched out of the air by Eternatus. Zacian and Zamazenta struck Eternatus at the same time, creating a massive blast of light. By the time the light cleared, Henry, Zacian, Zamazenta, Eternatus had vanished. Nessa and everyone injured during the battle were taken to a hospital to recover from the effects of Eternatus's poison.

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* Nessa's rivalry with Milo, especially with [[Hulbury]] and [[Turffield]]'s real world inspirations, could be based on the rivalry between {{wp|Lancashire}} and {{wp|Yorkshire}} since the {{wp|Wars of the Roses}}.

! Language

! Name

! Origin

| ルリナ ''Rurina''

| From 瑠璃苦菜 ''ruri-nigana'' ({{wp|Catananche caerulea|cupid's dart}})

| English

| Nessa

| Possibly from ''{{wp|Cuspate foreland|ness}}'' or ''{{wp|Loch Ness}}'', Greek ''Nerissa'', meaning "from the sea", or Cornish ''nessa'', meaning second.

| German

| Kate

| From ''Catananche caerulea'' (cupid's dart)

| Spanish

| Cathy

| From ''Catananche caerulea'' (cupid's dart)

| French

| Donna  

| From ''cupidone bleue'' (cupid's dart)

| Italian

| Azzurra

| From ''cupidone azzurro'' (cupid's dart)

| Korean

| 야청 ''Yacheong''

| From 야청 ''yacheong'' (dark blue)

| Chinese ({{tt|Mandarin|Taiwan and Mainland China}})

| rowspan="2" | Transcription of her Japanese name. Contains 露 ''lù / louh'' (dew) and 璃 ''lí / lèih'' from 玻璃菊 ''bōlijú / bōlēigūk'' (cupid's dart).

| Chinese ({{tt|Cantonese|Hong Kong}})

| 露璃娜 ''Louhlèihnàh''

| Brazilian Portuguese

| Vanessa

| From her English name

| Russian

| Несса ''Nessa''

| Transcription of her English name

| Thai

| รูรินะ ''Rurina''  

| Transcription of her Japanese name

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