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is one of the fictional species of Pokémon from the Pokémon media franchise – a series of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri.
The purpose of Regice in the games, anime and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon, untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments, and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.[1]
Regice looks like a golem made entirely of ice. It has a crystalline structure, with an obelisk-shaped, multi-faceted main body, two legs ending on a point, two arms, and icicles protruding from its back. Instead of a face, Regice has a Braille-like pattern of seven yellow dots forming a symmetric horizontal cross.
According to the Pokédex, the body of Regice was made during an ice age, which makes Regice a very ancient Pokémon indeed. It seems that the substance Regice is made up of is ice similar to the kind found on Antarctica, the coldest region of the planet. Regice is a life form that fuses with ice.
Regice envelops its icy body with intensely cold air whose temperature is -200 degrees Celsius (-328 degrees Fahrenheit). The absolute zero, the lowest limit of temperature according to modern physics, is -273.15 degrees Celsius (-459.67 degrees Fahrenheit). Regice seems to have control over this frigid air current.
Because of the cold atmosphere perpetually enveloping Regice, anyone even approaching it will freeze solid. Regice will not melt even if it is immersed in magma or exposed to the hottest flames.
Rather than walk, Regice may hover a few inches off of the ground, or it may even skate. This may be because the feet of Regice are much smaller than those of the other two Regis.
According to in-game information, an ancient people sealed away Regice along with Regirock and Registeel inside caves which they had used to inhabit because they feared the three Pokémon, to which they nevertheless felt indebted.
Regice was introduced in the third generation games, Pokémon Ruby, Pokémon Sapphire, and Pokémon Emerald. It can also be caught in Pokémon Ranger. Like with all Legendary Pokémon, only a single Regice exists in each game. It is located in the Island Cave. To enter the cave, the player must first unseal its entrance and then reveal the door to the inner chamber by following a complicated process described in braille.
Regice has excellent Special Attack, and almost the highest Special Defense in the game. However, its Attack is low. In this regard, its stats are the exact opposite of Regirock. Like the other Regis, Regice is very slow. It can learn various defensive moves, like Amnesia, which boosts its Special Defense even further, as well as powerful damaging special attacks. Players generally employ Regice as a wall against Pokémon which use Special Attacks. In addition, it is one of the few pure Ice-type Pokémon in the game (Snorunt, Glalie, and Glaceon are the others), and the fact that it is a legendary Pokémon with respectable stats makes it the ideal Ice Pokémon in the eyes of many. Its high Special Defense gives it a good chance of surviving Fire-type attacks, one of its weaknesses.
Regice appears in Pokémon Ranger as one of the only three of the legendary Pokémon that can remain in the player's party, the other two being Regirock and Registeel. Regice can create stalagmites of ice to try to stop the player from capturing it.
In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, Regice, along with Regirock and Registeel, must be transferred from the Pokémon GBA cartridges in order to unlock the legendary Pokémon Regigigas. Regice also appears as both a boss and a playable character in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon.
Regice appeared in the eighth movie, Lucario and the Mystery of Mew. Along with Regirock and Registeel, it is part of the defense system of the mythical Tree of Beginning and attacks Ash and his friends. However, as soon as it is made clear that they pose no threat, Regice and its comrades left them alone. The Regis are portrayed as robots. Regice's voice is rather high. Regice also is the only Regi that says its own name. In the English dub of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, Regice is voiced by Suzanne Goldish.
Regice appeared in episode 466: "Pace - The Final Frontier!". In this episode, Ash faced against Pyramid King Brandon in order to get the Bravery Symbol. Ash uses Pikachu and wins the battle.
Regice has made four appearances in the card game, all as Basic Water-type cards: