Unown (Pokémon): Difference between revisions

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I have no idea why "Roman" is supposed to be better, Latin should be right ; IMO if you don't know enough Japanese to know the right thing already, the romanization/pronunciation doesn't really matter
(→‎Other: Fixed Tokyo-based prescriptive "it is pronounced" (people around Japan pronounce things differently) to "usually pronounced", and added same clarification to を/ヲ.)
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'''Unown''' ([[List of Japanese Pokémon names|Japanese]]: '''アンノーン''' ''Unknown'') is a {{type|Psychic}} {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} introduced in [[Generation II]].
'''Unown''' ([[List of Japanese Pokémon names|Japanese]]: '''アンノーン''' ''Unknown'') is a {{type|Psychic}} {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} introduced in [[Generation II]].


While it is not known to [[Evolution|evolve]] into or from any other Pokémon, as of [[Generation III#Kanto|Generation III]], Unown has [[List of Pokémon with form differences#Unown|28 derivative shapes]], chronicled in the [[Unown Mode]] in [[Generation II]] and the [[Unown Report]] in {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}}. There are 26 Roman alphabet characters, plus ''?'' (question mark) and ''!'' (exclamation mark) introduced in [[Generation III]]. In Generation II, its shape is determined by its [[individual values]]; in Generation III, it is determined by its [[personality value]]; from Generation IV onward, it is determined by a separate form identifier.
While it is not known to [[Evolution|evolve]] into or from any other Pokémon, as of [[Generation III#Kanto|Generation III]], Unown has [[List of Pokémon with form differences#Unown|28 derivative shapes]], chronicled in the [[Unown Mode]] in [[Generation II]] and the [[Unown Report]] in {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}}. There are 26 Latin alphabet characters, plus ''?'' (question mark) and ''!'' (exclamation mark) introduced in [[Generation III]]. In Generation II, its shape is determined by its [[individual values]]; in Generation III, it is determined by its [[personality value]]; from Generation IV onward, it is determined by a separate form identifier.


==Biology==
==Biology==
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|{{uwr|S}}{{uwr|U}}{{uwr|B}}{{uwr|E}}{{uwr|T}}{{uwr|E}}[[File:Noimage.png|12px]]{{uwr|N}}{{uwr|O}}[[File:Noimage.png|12px]]{{uwr|I}}{{uwr|N}}{{uwr|O}}{{uwr|C}}{{uwr|H}}{{uwr|I}}[[File:Noimage.png|12px]]{{uwr|H}}{{uwr|A}}
|''SUBETE NO INOCHI {{tt|HA|While technically the character for HA, when used in this context it is usually pronounced/romanized WA}}''
|''SUBETE NO INOCHI HA''
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|{{uwr|N}}{{uwr|A}}{{uwr|N}}{{uwr|I}}{{uwr|K}}{{uwr|A}}[[File:Noimage.png|12px]]{{uwr|W}}{{uwr|O}}[[File:Noimage.png|12px]]{{uwr|U}}{{uwr|M}}{{uwr|I}}{{uwr|D}}{{uwr|A}}{{uwr|S}}{{uwr|U}}
|''NANIKA {{tt|WO|While technically the character for WO, when used in this context it is usually pronounced/romanized O}} UMIDASU''
|''NANIKA WO UMIDASU''
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|''{{tt|ANANUKE|The romaji is of a shortened version of the Japanese name for Escape Rope.}}''
|''{{tt|ANANUKE|A shortened version of "Escape Rope"}}''
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|''{{tt|HOUOU|Houou is the Japanese name for Ho-Oh.}}''
|''{{tt|HOUOU|Ho-Oh}}''
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