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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 Registeel 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]
Registeel looks like a robot, even more so than Regirock and Regice since it seems to be metallic, with a silver exterior and a darker inner body. Instead of a face, Registeel has a pattern of six red dots forming a horizontally elongated hexagon, with a seventh dot at its center.
Although it is classified as a Steel-type Pokémon and behaves as one for all intents and purposes in the games, Registeel is actually made of an unidentifiable substance with peculiar properties. Its body is harder than any substance known to man (even diamond), while simultaneously being flexible and hollow within. Since no known material displays such extraordinary behavior, scholars in the Pokémon world theorize that it is of extraterrestrial origin. Another mystery about Registeel concerns its diet; what kind of food Registeel feeds on is completely unknown, nor is it known whether it depends on any substances (due to its absence of a mouth).
According to in-game information, the ancients confined Registeel along with Regirock and Regice into caverns they themselves had used to occupy because they were in fear of the three Pokémon, despite the fact that they felt they were in their debt. It seems that in the time Registeel spent underground, the pressures exercised to its body made it even harder (compare with Steelix).
Registeel can be found in ''Pokémon Ruby'', ''Sapphire'' and Pokémon Emerald. Similar to all other Legendary Pokémon, there is just one Registeel in each game. It is found inside the Ancient Tomb, located at Route 120. To enter it, the player must first unseal its entrance and then reveal the door to the inner chamber by following a complex process described in braille code (follow this link for detailed instructions). In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, Registeel, along with Regice and Regirock, must be transferred from the Pokémon GBA cartridges in order to unlock the legendary Pokemon Regigigas. Registeel also appears as both a boss and a playable character in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon,in the Buried Relic,on the 35th floor(Regirock and Regice appear on the 15th and 25th.)
While Regirock focuses on physical attack and defense and Regice on special attack and defense, Registeel strikes a balance between the two by having offensive and defensive attributes equal to each other and to the average of the respective stats of the other two Regis. As is the case with the other two, Registeel also has a low speed stat. It can learn both Iron Defense and Amnesia, which can serve to heighten its defenses even further, as well as Curse, which will raise its physical attack and defense while diminishing its otherwise low speed. (Regice can only learn Amnesia. Regirock can only learn Iron Defense.) It is interesting to note that it and Mawile are the only pure Steel-type pokemon.
Since Registeel's offensive stats are only average and its defensive stats are higher and balanced so that they grant it protection against both physical and special attacks, Registeel is often preferred in a stalling strategy, where it raises its defenses as high as possible, inflicts the opponent with annoying moves such as Toxic, and either waits it out using Rest to replenish its health whenever needed, causing the opponent to tire, switch, or succumb to poison, or uses the occasional attack, weakening the opponent even further and eventually outlasting it.
Registeel appears in Pokémon Ranger as one of the only three legendary Pokémon you are allowed to keep with you, the other two being Regice and Regirock. It summons balls of steel that resemble large cannon balls to try to stop you from capturing it. This is the only Regi to have a field move (a move that helps you outside of battle screens)
Registeel's cry bears a striking resemblance to the classic "transformation sound" that the Transformers made in the original series.
Registeel made its first appearance on the eighth movie, Lucario and the Mystery of Mew. It is one of the defensive measures of the fabled Tree of the World's Beginning, together with Regirock and Regice. Under this capacity, it hunted Ash and his friends. When it is made apparent that they mean no harm, Registeel and its brethren cease fire and leave them be.
Registeel was the second of the Regi triad to appear in the anime, making an appearance in EP462: Overjoyed, as a partner to the Battle Pyramid King, Brandon. There, it defeated Ash's Torkoal, using the powerful Lock-On/Zap Cannon combo.
Registeel has made four appearances in the card game, all as Basic Steel-type cards: