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* Arceus's English name has had three different pronunciations. The announcer of [[Pokémon Battle Revolution]] pronounced it "AR-see-uss". A promotional trailer for ''[[M12|Arceus and the Jewel of Life]]'' used the pronunciation "Ar-SAY-us", a pronunciation supported by the katakana used to spell its name. In the final release of ''Arceus and the Jewel of Life'', it was pronounced "AR-key-us", which was affirmed as the official pronunciation by a [[Pokémon.com]] mailbag and by the [[Pokémon Essential Handbook]].
* Arceus's English name has had three different pronunciations. The announcer of [[Pokémon Battle Revolution]] pronounced it "AR-see-uss". A promotional trailer for ''[[M12|Arceus and the Jewel of Life]]'' used the pronunciation "Ar-SAY-us", a pronunciation supported by the katakana used to spell its name. In the final release of ''Arceus and the Jewel of Life'', it was pronounced "AR-key-us", which was affirmed as the official pronunciation by a [[Pokémon.com]] mailbag and by the [[Pokémon Essential Handbook]].
** According to [[Tom Wayland]], the "AR-key-us" pronunciation was used due to concerns over the {{wp|arse|implications}} behind the first syllable of "AR-see-uss" in the UK and other British English-speaking territories.
** According to [[Tom Wayland]], the "AR-key-us" pronunciation was used due to concerns over the {{wp|arse|implications}} behind the first syllable of "AR-see-uss" in the UK and other British English-speaking territories.
* Arceus has the highest base stat total of all non-[[Mega Evolution|Mega Evolved]] Pokémon.
* As a Normal type, Arceus has the highest [[base stats|base stat]] total of all {{type|Normal}} Pokémon.
* As a Normal type, Arceus has the highest [[base stats|base stat]] total of all {{type|Normal}} Pokémon.
** Arceus has the highest base {{stat|Defense}} stat of all Normal-type Pokémon.
** Arceus has the highest base {{stat|Defense}} stat of all Normal-type Pokémon.
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* Arceus received the most votes of all pre-[[Generation V]] Pokémon in Japanese, as well as international (non-Japanese and non-Korean) in the [[Pokémon Global Link]] [[List of Pokémon Global Link promotions/Pokémon#Arceus|promotion]] poll.
* Arceus received the most votes of all pre-[[Generation V]] Pokémon in Japanese, as well as international (non-Japanese and non-Korean) in the [[Pokémon Global Link]] [[List of Pokémon Global Link promotions/Pokémon#Arceus|promotion]] poll.
* In Generation IV an Arceus using {{m|Trick}} would always fail, making the move completely useless on Arceus. However, this was fixed in Generation V so that Trick will only fail if a Plate is held.
* In Generation IV an Arceus using {{m|Trick}} would always fail, making the move completely useless on Arceus. However, this was fixed in Generation V so that Trick will only fail if a Plate is held.
* Prior to [[Generation VI]], Arceus had the highest base stat total of all Pokémon. Since then, it has been surpassed by the two Mega forms of {{p|Mewtwo}}.


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