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Shadow Lugiaダークルギア Dark Lugia

Shadow Lugia

Debuts in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness Gender Gender unknown Ability Pressure Current location Citadark Isle or with the player

This Pokémon is fully evolved.

Shadow Lugia (Japanese: ダークルギア Dark Lugia), codenamed XD001, is a Lugia that has had the door to its heart shut by the criminal syndicate Cipher, believed to be the ultimate Shadow Pokémon and completely immune to purification. Its form is different from that of a normal Lugia. Unlike other Shadow Pokémon who appear normal but possess a shadowy aura, Shadow Lugia has jagged silver eye-spikes, a dark-purple body with white undersides, and glowing red eyes. It also has sharper toes that resemble claws, as well as a longer, more pointed tongue. Shadow Lugia cannot enter Reverse Mode.

Shadow Lugia is the game mascot of Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, appearing on its boxart.

Contents

• 1 History
• 2 Moves
• 3 In the TCG
• 4 Trivia
  • 4.1 Name origin
• 5 In other languages
• 6 References
• 7 Related articles

History

Shadow Lugia was created prior to the events of Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness by Lovrina, one of Cipher's administrators, as the first in a series of "XD-series" Shadow Pokémon, intended to be impossible to purify. During the course of the game, Shadow Lugia is thus referred to as "XD001," but never seen.

In the prologue, Shadow Lugia attacks the cruise ship S.S. Libra, which had been carrying many Pokémon to Orre. However, Shadow Lugia drops the ship in the middle of the desert, forcing Cipher to travel to the desert and catch the Pokémon left in the ship. Lovrina later reveals that Shadow Lugia was supposed to bring the S.S. Libra to Cipher's headquarters, but an instability in the corruption process led to it briefly breaking free of Cipher's control.

When Michael explores Citadark Isle, he again encounters Lovrina, who boasts that she has perfected Shadow Lugia, making it completely impossible to purify. Later, at the very pinnacle of Cipher's headquarters, Michael finally confronts the corrupted Lugia when it is sent out by Greevil to defeat the boy before the other six (also Shadow) members of his party.

After snagging the Lugia and defeating Greevil, Michael will find that Lovrina was apparently correct — Shadow Lugia cannot be purified through using it in battle, massaging it with Scents, keeping it in the active party, or by any other normal means. However, the Purify Chamber, the ultimate creation of Michael's father and Professor Krane, will be able to purify Shadow Lugia if all nine of the Sets within it are at maximum tempo.

Moves

Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
Shadow moves	Level 50+	Purified moves
Shadow Blast		Psycho Boost	Psychic
Shadow Down		FeatherDance	Flying
Shadow Shed		Earthquake	Ground
Shadow Storm		Hydro Pump	Water

In the TCG

Main article: Shadow Lugia (Nintendo World promo)

Shadow Lugia was featured in the TCG as a promotional card. The English version was given out to attendants of the Nintendo Pre Electronic Entertainment Expo conference. This card was also distributed at the Nintendo World Store in New York in October 2005. This card was released as a Jumbo card and was therefore not legal to use in tournaments or official events. It has an unusual 300 HP and its only attack, Shadow Storm, does 1000 damage (tied with various other promotional cards for the highest amount of damage on any printed card without counting damage modifiers). It uses the same artwork as it does on the box art of Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness.

Shadow LugiaCards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format.Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	EnglishExpansion	Rarity	#	JapaneseExpansion	Rarity	#
Shadow Lugia		Miscellaneous Promotional cards			Unnumbered Promotional cards

Trivia

• Shadow Lugia, available in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, is the only way to get Lugia without an event in Generation III. Its counterpart, Ho-Oh, is only available by purifying all Shadow Pokémon in XD's predecessor, Pokémon Colosseum, and then defeating all 100 Trainers at Mt. Battle in Battle Mode without changing the party for the entire challenge.
• The text displayed by the Aura Reader is different for Shadow Lugia. Instead of showing, "Oh! A Shadow Pokémon!" it shows, "The Aura Reader is responding! It is a Shadow Pokémon!"
• Even though Shadow Lugia is never shown to be officially "owned" by a Trainer (as it appears to lack a Poké Ball and Greevil already has a full party), Michael still uses the Snag Machine on it.
• Assuming the player has all the necessary Pokémon for the Purify Chamber, Shadow Lugia can actually be purified with the least amount of effort, as it is purified instantly and the method doesn't work on any other Shadow Pokémon.
• In Super Smash Bros. 4 and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, one of Mewtwo's alternate costumes resembles Shadow Lugia.
• Shadow Lugia was designed by James Turner.[1] According to Turner, he chose Shadow Lugia's colors and finalized its design based on sketches drawn by Hiromoto-SIN-ichi.[2]

Name origin

XD001 may stand for eXtra Dimension (Japanese: エクストラデイメンジョン), the abbreviation used in the title Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness.[3][4]

In other languages

Language		Title
French		Lugia Obscur
German		Crypto-Lugia
Italian		Lugia Ombra
Norwegian		Skygge-Lugia
Spanish		Lugia Oscuro
Swedish		Mörkrets Lugia

References

1. ↑ Tweet about designing Shadow Lugia
2. ↑ Tweet about finalizing the design of Shadow Lugia
3. ↑ June 2005 CoroCoro Comic
4. ↑ Pokemon-Games.com (archive)

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Lugia.

Cipher
Cipher Lab • Realgam Tower (Tower Colosseum) • Cipher Key Lair • Citadark Isle
Grand Master	Head
Greevil	Evice
Admins
Dakim • Venus • Ein • Lovrina • Snattle • Gorigan • Ardos • Eldes
Other members
Exol • Cipher Peons (Verde • Rosso • Bluno • Skrub • Mirakle B.Fein • Naps • Hexagon Brothers) • Nascour • Reath • Ferma • Zook
Former members
Miror B. • Folly • Trudly
See also: Shadow Pokémon (Shadow Lugia) • Team Snagem

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