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Miraidon (Pokémon)
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While not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon, it is said to be a relative of Cyclizar[1] from the distant future or a version of it[2] from a different timeline. It has an ancient counterpart called Koraidon. Miraidon has five different forms it changes between when it travels the Paldea region or adapts to a situation.
Low-Power Mode when it has little power.
Drive Mode when traveling on land.
Aquatic Mode when traveling in water.
Glide Mode when traveling in the skies.
Ultimate Mode during battle and full strength.
Miraidon is the game mascot of Pokémon Violet, appearing on the game's box art in its Ultimate Mode. It is also known as the "Iron Serpent" (Japanese: テツノオロチTetsuno'orochi), and a member of the Paradox duo along with Koraidon.
Miraidon shooting electricity from its jet engines
Miraidon's robotic tongue
Ultimate Mode Miraidon is a large robotic reptilian Pokémon. Most of its body is violet in color, although its face, claws, abdomen, and tail are silver. Additionally, there are light blue accents on its shoulders and legs, the latter of which resemble jet engines when folded and allow it to float in the air. Its head has a dark purple casque, circular purple cheeks, two pairs of antennae, and black eyes. The eyes have a pixelated display; they usually show yellow-cyan pupils, although Miraidon can simulate blinking by changing the display pattern. Inside Miraidon's body is what appears to be purplish-yellow energy, with light blue streaks accenting it. This energy is mostly concentrated on its throat (forming a prominent circular growth), tail, and antennae (which can emit the energy in a manner similar to electricity).
Miraidon was brought to this era/timeline through the time machine created by Professor Turo ten years ago, but it is different from the other Paradox Pokémon. He was capable of only bringing two of them and is also the one who coined Miraidon's name. According to AI Turo, Miraidon is a ferocious future descendant of Cyclizar. However, according to a Turo brought to the Crystal Pool by Terapagos, Miraidon is a counterpart of Cyclizar from another timeline. Its true origin is unknown. It is powerful enough to use its lightning to turn the land into ash. Its lightning can be shot from its mouth, neck, or jet engines. According to the Violet Book, it was formerly known as the "Iron Serpent" due to its metallic and serpent-like body.
While apparently accustomed to humans, Miraidon uses its power of insight and observation to carefully judge a person's character before it decides whether to join them or not. It has a calm and collected disposition, and it is very difficult for others to tell what it is thinking or feeling due to its robotic nature, with the only available hints presented in its eyes. In its Ultimate Mode, it keeps itself afloat to maintain an advantageous position that applies pressure to grounded opponents, and it anticipates their moves before striking at their weak points. It uses the electricity generated in its internal organs to charge its claws, fangs, and tail. One strike from its charged tail is said to knock out even the sturdiest foe.[3] While asleep, it turns itself off, causing the energy on its throat, tail and antennae to disappear, making them turn silver, similar to what happens in its Low-Power Mode.
The rest of Miraidon's ecology and other details regarding it is unknown.
Aside from Ultimate Mode, Miraidon has four other forms it can assume depending on the situation.
Low-Power Mode Miraidon walks on all fours, with the jet engine-like legs unfolding. The antennae become light silver along with the throat. The eyes are light blue. The other glowing parts of its body become violet. Miraidon assumes this form either when weakened or not battling.
Miraidon has the ability to change its form in order to facilitate travel. Drive Mode Miraidon can generate the energy in its tail and throat and turn them into wheel-like rings, which allow it to accelerate. Drive Mode Miraidon is capable of driving up cliffs. Aquatic Mode Miraidon is similar in appearance to Drive Mode and propels itself using both its rings and the jet engines on its legs. Glide Mode Miraidon moves its antennae in order to expand an energy membrane, allowing it to glide through the sky.[4] Glide Mode Miraidon can switch between gliding or unlimited flight.
Miraidon debuted in PASV01 as Violet's ride. In PASV02, Violet revealed to Arven that he had encountered Miraidon as it crashed down on a beach near Cabo Poco and started following him after eating his sandwich. Professor Turo had then contacted him, informing him that Miraidon had previously been in his possession, and told Violet that its current depowered state could be remedied with the help of the Herba Mystica, inspiring Violet to find them in order to unlock Miraidon's full potential.
Pokémon Violet: Another Miraidon, also known as the Guardian of Paradise, is the secondary antagonist and a boss in the game. It was brought to the Pokémon world sometime after the first one through Professor Turo's "time machine" and is shown to be far more aggressive and belligerent than it, which eventually caused both to became rivals.
At some point in Area Zero, both Miraidon got into a territorial battle where the first one was defeated, but saved just in time by Professor Turo, who sacrificed his life to save it, after that, it was forced to escape Area Zero, traumatized by what happened there and leaving the second Miraidon as the strongest Pokémon in Area Zero and making it its territory.
In The Way Home, the second Miraidon appears to the player, Nemona, Penny, Arven and the first Miraidon, only to attempt to start another battle to kick Miraidon out of its territory once again, however, the Zero Lab's is opened and instead of attacking, it walks inside it, leaving the first Miraidon even more scared of it. The player and Miraidon go inside after defeating some Paradox Pokémon and inside, they meet AI Turo, who calls the second Miraidon back inside its Master Ball.
After the player defeats the controlled AI Turo to deactivate the time machine, the Paradise Protection Protocol is activated, locking all of the heroes's Poké Balls as a last resort to defend the time machine, sending out the the Guardian of Paradise, who's defeated once and for all by the player's Miraidon after Terastallizing into a DragonType.
Later on in the post-game, the player can find the now trainer-less Miraidon out of the Zero Lab and catch it, supposedly due to its Master Ball being out of reach.
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IX.
Whose names follow regular Pokémon naming conventions.
To not have different names between languages.
To each have their own unique Abilities.
Miraidon is the tallest Paradox Pokémon in the Paldea Pokédex and the only known future Paradox Pokémon to be taller than both its present-day and ancient relatives.
It is also the only future Paradox Pokémon not to have the word “Iron” in its name. However, its previous name according to the Violet Book is “Iron Serpent”.
Of all Pokémon, Miraidon and Koraidon have the highest number of forms that are obtainable in some capacity yet unusable in battle, as they each use three forms solely for travel and are obtained in their fourth ‘low-power’ forms, yet can only battle in their ‘high-power’ forms.
Curiously, the forms are fully usable in battle when hacked into the game, albeit with various glitches and oddities.[5]
In its unused Pokédex entry, the Ride forms of Miraidon are smaller than its Ultimate Mode, at 9'2" / 2.7m tall.
Rotom has five forms that are unusable in battle (Pokédex, Phone, Bike, Rotomi, Drone), but Rotomi and Rotom Drone are completely unobtainable.
The modes of Miraidon in Japanese and Korean use borrowed words from English, showing modernity, while the builds of Koraidon in the same languages use Sino-Japanese and Sino-Korean words respectively, showing tradition and the past.
Despite being able to swim and fly with the player on its back, Miraidon can't learn Surf or Fly. It shares this trait with its counterpart Koraidon.
Miraidon has a V on the back that may allude to the fact that it is the Mascot of Pokémon Violet.
Origin
Miraidon's appearance may be based on a robotic serpentine dragon and various lizards, such as the anole or the genera Sitana and Sarada — the latter two are collectively known as fan-throated lizards. Its robotic look might also be a reference to how futuristic cultures are often depicted with the overuse of machines and robots, as opposed to Koraidon's traditional look. Some elements of its design may be based on parts of various motorized vehicles (such as a sport bike and other super bikes designed with maneuverability in mind for city streets and highways), with its casque resembling a motorcycle windshield, its shoulders being similar to handlebars, its rear looking like the backrest of a vehicle seat, its throat and tail resembling wheels when active, and its legs resembling jet engines or exhaust pipes. Miraidon's ability to rearrange itself when changing between forms may be inspired by transforming robots. Miraidon’s color scheme, along with the name of the game it debuts in, possibly stemmed from violet being on the opposite side of the visible spectrum of light from red (a prominent color associated with Pokémon Scarlet and Koraidon) as well as violet occasionally being associated with space (which is often considered the “final frontier,” tying to Miraidon’s hypothetical future motifs).
Given its snake-like body and its Electric type, it may take inspiration from Sugaar in Basque mythology. Originally venerated as the god of storms and thunder in pre-Christian Basque beliefs, Sugaar takes the form of a serpent and embodies lightning.
Name origin
Miraidon may be a combination of 未来 mirai (future), ライド raido (ride), and dragon, don (Spanish for lord), or -don (common suffix in dinosaur names derived from the Ancient Greek word for tooth).
Its alternate name, Iron Serpent, is literally iron serpent.
Tetsuno'orochi, its alternate name in Japanese, can be taken literally as 鉄の大蛇 tetsu no orochi (iron serpent).
↑AI SadaS/AI TuroV: "Through analysis of its genetic makeup, as well as its behavioral patterns...I came to realize that what I had discovered was in fact an ancientS/futuristicV form of Cyclizar, the Pokémon commonly ridden in this region." (Pokémon Scarlet and Violet)
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