It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.
Manaphy has the unusual ability to breed despite being a Mythical Pokémon, although it can only be bred with Ditto due to being a gender-unknown Pokémon. Manaphy's offspring are Phione, which do not evolve into Manaphy.
Along with Phione, Manaphy is considered to be one of the Sea guardians.
Manaphy is a small, blue, aquatic Pokémon with stubby feet and club-like arms that are longer than its body. It has a red gem on its chest and a yellow dot below the gem. Its onion-shaped head has a pair of long blue antennae, which have small spheres on the ends. Its irises are dark blue with yellow sclerae, and there are two yellow dots of "eyelash" markings extending from the eyes.
Eighty percent of Manaphy's body is made of water. It is highly susceptible to its environment and swims long distances to return to its birthplace. Manaphy prefers to live deep underwater, on the cold seafloor. It has been known to visit the coastal waters of Hisui, occasionally with Phione following it. It is born with a special power that allows it to bond with any Pokémon. Manaphy can switch the perspective of people, and Pokémon, with each other using Heart Swap, one of its signature moves prior to Generation VII and in Generation VIII. One epithet for Manaphy is "Prince of the Sea". As seen in the anime, Manaphy is capable of learning and speaking the human language. Manaphy is capable of breeding Phione; despite their resemblance and familial links, the connection between the two is unknown at this point.
Manaphy, the Seafaring Pokémon. A Water type. Manaphy emerges from the depths of cold oceans. It has the unique power to bond with any Pokémon on a heart-to-heart level.
GOTCHA!
A Manaphy briefly appeared as a silhouette in GOTCHA!.
A Manaphy appeared in PMDP11, where Red and his Pokémon found it at sea. Professor Oak investigated it and told the group about the Egg hatching into a Legendary Pokémon. It later hatched into Manaphy but became lazy due to Clefairy's parenting skills.
When released from a Poké Ball, Manaphy uses Heart Swap, which temporarily switches the body of the user with another player. KO's count for the player in control, not the character's normal player, preventing easy KOs via suicide.
Trophy information
"A Seafaring Pokémon. Eighty percent of its body is made of water. It has the ability Hydration, which allows it to restore status effects at the end of the turn if it's raining. It is the only Pokémon who can use the stat-effect-swapping move called Heart Swap. Place a Manaphy and a Ditto in the Pokémon Day Care, and they will produce a Phione egg."
Manaphy appears as an occasional stage hazard in the Flood Chamber of the Kalos Pokémon League stage. Appearing rarely, it will use Whirlpool to create a maelstrom on the floor of the stage, sucking in any fighters standing in the water in an attempt to KO them.
Trophy information
This Water-type Pokémon is said to have the mysterious ability to bond with any other Pokémon. It's also said to appear occasionally in the Water-type Elite Four Trainer's room in the Kalos Pokémon League stage. When it appears on the stage, it'll use its Whirlpool move to drag fighters into the middle of the swirling waters.
Manaphy once again appears on the Kalos Pokémon League stage. Its behavior is the same as it was in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. Manaphy also ppears as a Spirit.
Pokémon: Magikarp Jump: A Manaphy may randomly appear in the pond. Tapping it triggers the "Food Fever" event.
Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon: Manaphy returns, giving the player a request meet at the bottom of Seafloor Ruins. Connecting with Manaphy and Phione also leads to the player connecting with Walrein.
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
Rumored to migrate across the oceans and visit Hisui's coastal waters only rarely. Although Manaphy resembles Phione, it is also quite different. The relation between the two is unclear.
Manaphy heard about the PokéPark from Wingull and decided to come and play. Of course, Manaphy could not pass up a chance to play Gyarados's Aqua Dash.
Manaphy has a wondrous power that lets it bond with any kind of Pokémon. It will sometimes rise up from the ocean floor, lured by the sound of beautiful singing.
In Pokémon Ranger, it is also known as the "Prince of the Sea" in the British English versions of the game; however, it is referred to as the "Princess of the Sea" in American English versions.
Like the majority of Event Pokémon obtained through Mystery Gift, it was intended to be impossible to obtain a Shiny Manaphy. However, an oversight in Generation IV allows a Manaphy Egg to have a chance to hatch Shiny, but only if it was traded before hatching. This is because Shininess is dependent on the Trainer ID number and Secret ID number, and the game mistakenly attempts to prevent Shininess using the original game's ID numbers instead of the ID numbers of the game that it was traded to. This oversight was undone by the time Manaphy's Egg returned in Generation VIII. Shiny Manaphy that are hatched from a traded Egg can still pass Poké Transporter's legality check.
Because breeding Manaphy with Ditto produces only Phione Eggs, there has yet to be an explanation on how Manaphy Eggs are produced.
Manaphy may be based on sea angels, tiny transparent ocean mollusks. The Manaphy Egg's design is similar to Turritopsis dohrnii.
Manaphy's trait of only being able to produce Phione as offspring may be inspired by eusociality, a biological phenomenon which usually manifests in a colony of animals having a sole breeding female, or queen, tended to by her usually infertile offspring, or an example of a highly rare and unique mutation such as albinism or polydactyly.
Name origin
Manaphy may be a combination of mana (spiritual life force in Polynesian culture) and fay (fairy).
King's Rock (100%)
Red Scarf (100%)
Lansat Berry (100%)
Mystic Water (100%)
For other sprites and images, please see Manaphy images on the Bulbagarden Archives.
