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Giratina
Pokémon series character
File:Giratina487.png
Giratina in its Origin Forme
National Pokédex
Regigigas - Giratina (#487) - Cresselia
First gamePokémon Diamond and Pearl

Giratina (ギラティナ), is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. Created by Ken Sugimori[citation needed], Giratina first appeared in the video games Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, but gained prominence in the remake, Pokémon Platinum, which it was made the mascot of. It later appeared in various merchandise, spinoff titles and animated and printed adaptations of the franchise. Giratina is featured prominently in the film Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior, and later appears in the film Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life.

Known as the Renegade Pokémon, Giratina is one of a trio of legendary Pokémon, alongside Dialga and Palkia, that represents Pokémon Platinum and appears on its cover art. While Dialga and Palkia represent time and space, Girantina represents antimatter. In Platinum, it was given a unique design called the Origin Forme, which depicts it as a floating creature that writers have described as being similar to a snake or larva. Since it appeared in the Pokémon series, Giratina has received generally positive reception. It has been featured in several forms of merchandise, including figurines, plush toys, and the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Concept and creation

Giratina, known as the Renegade Pokémon, is one of a trio of legendary Pokémon, alongside Dialga and Palkia. Giratina has a long, platinum-colored, segmented body with six legs, and has ghostly wings with red spikes. Six rib-like yellow rings encircle its neck, and the yellow ornament on its head resembles a human collarbone. While in its own realm, the Distortion World, it takes on its "Origin Forme" (オリジンフォルム, Orijin Forumu), which differs from the "Altered Forme" it takes in the real world (in the video games it also takes on origin form when holding the Griseous Orb). It has a slightly different head with a beak like mouth, long "streamers" with spikes instead of wings, and spikes in place of legs, becoming more serpentine.

It was created along with Dialga and Palkia by Arceus, though as it was banished for its violence (possibly by Arceus) to the dimension called the Distortion World.[1], it has been forgotten from the legends as "one whose name was never to be spoken." While Dialga and Palkia represent time and space, Girantina represents antimatter. It lives in the Distortion World, but can also visit a cemetery-like ruin known as Turnback Cave, a place where the dimensional boundaries are said to be distorted, and dead Pokémon are able to enter the physical world. Giratina is capable of inter-dimensional travel, which causes it to change forms unless holding a "Griseous Orb." It is able to see into the normal world through mirrors and reflective objects, because they can bring to mind other dimensions.

The designers of Pokémon Platinum designed Giratina's Origin Forme to be "opposite" of Dialga and Palkia as well as to make its existence "more fun, more interesting, cooler".[2] They paid "meticulous attention" to the Origin Forme's details; the designer "redrew Giratina's image again and again" in order to make it "significantly different" and change its shape. The designers eventually decided to feature the Origin Forme on the cover of Platinum.[3] Designer Junichi Masuda envisioned concepts of "reversed world", "matter and anti-matter", and "E = mc2" in designing it.[4] Its location, the Distortion World, was designed by Takeshi Kawachimaru around Giratina, with the concept as "how Giratina fits in the world". When designing its theme, Masuda "thought of the front/back, life/death" to make it cover "bipolar, opposite ideas".[5]

Appearances

Giratina as seen in Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior.

In the video games

In the video games Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, Giratina can be found after the player defeats the Elite Four. In the remake of Diamond and Pearl titled Pokémon Platinum, Giratina serves as the mascot and appears on its cover. It features a design unique to it called the Origin Forme. It also appears in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver as part of a special event. Outside of the main titles, Giratina appears in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness and Pokémon Rumble.

In other media

Giratina is featured prominently in the film Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior. Giratina also appears in the film Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life. Giratina also appears in the manga based on the two films. In the Pokémon Adventures manga, the Rocket Executives use Arceus' power to create replications of Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina, but they are destroyed before they can materialize.

Reception

Since appearing in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, Giratina has received generally positive reception. It has been featured in a Pokémon Platinum-themed deck of playing cards as the Joker.[6] As a bonus for pre-ordering Platinum, select pre-orderers would receive a 2.75" sculpted figurine of Giratina's Origin Forme.[7] This was a part of a promotion called "Search for Giratina", which also encompassed a number of other promotional items.[8] In Europe, Nintendo made available a limited edition DS Lite featuring Giratina's Origin Forme through their "Stars Catalogue" which could be purchased with coins that are earned by buying Nintendo games and registering them.[9]

GamesRadar's Darryl Vassar described Giratina as a "giant pharaoh caterpillar" that was a "force to be reckoned with" due to its type combination.[10] Fellow GamesRadar editor Carolyn Gudmundson agreed that it was powerful, describing it as "fearsome".[11] PALGN's "Toastfarmer" similarly described it as "scary".[12] GameSpot's Shiva Stella described Giratina as "famed".[13] IGN described it as a "fan favorite".[14] In discussing the growth in strength of legendary Pokémon since Pokémon Red and Blue, G4TV described Giratina as "ridiculously powerful".[15] Official Nintendo Magazine's Tom East bemoaned the lack of villains in the Super Smash Bros. series, suggesting that Giratina would be a good choice for a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. He described it as the "biggest badboy of them all" and cited its impressive statistics and wide variety of abilities as reason for it to appear.[16] Freelance writer Nancy Davis Kho felt that the scene in Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior wherein Giratina becomes the protagonists' ally would be good discussion material for families about similar real world issues that their children may have experienced.[17]

1UP.com's Justin Haywald described Giratina's new form as one of Platinum's "biggest draws".[18] Official Nintendo Magazine's Chris Scullion described its Origin Forme as a "snake".[19] Joystiq's JC Fletcher felt that the Origin Forme was "some kind of larval stage" for Giratina.[20] Gamer Tell's Jenni Lada wrote that the Origin Forme resembled a "giant larval ghost" more so than a "dragon/ghost" Pokémon.[21] IGN also described its Origin Forme as a "winged hovering monster".[22] In a poll conducted by IGN, it was voted as the thirty-ninth top Pokémon, where the staff commented that it is "kind of terrible to look at".[23]

References

  1. ^ Game Freak (2007-04-22). Pokémon Diamond. Nintendo. Level/area: Pokédex entry. A Pokémon that is said to live in a world on the reverse side of ours. It appears in an ancient cemetery.
  2. ^ McKinley Noble (March 20, 2009). "Pokemon Platinum Version Preview from". GamePro. Archived from the original on 2010-06-23. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
  3. ^ "Pokemon Platinum Q&A: Giratina, Anti-Matter, and E=MC2 - DS Previews at GameSpot". GameSpot. 2009-03-22. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
  4. ^ Craig Harris (2009-02-23). "Pokemon Creators on Platinum - Nintendo DS Feature at IGN". IGN. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
  5. ^ Jack DeVries (2009-03-21). "Pokemon Creators Get Personal - DS Feature at IGN". IGN. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
  6. ^ Daniel Feit (12/08/2010). "Nintendo Releasing Pokemon Black & White Playing Cards". 1UP.com. Retrieved 2011-04-04. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ "Limited Giratina Origin Forme Figure Available to Fans who Pre-Order Pokémon Platinum Version - Nintendo DS News at IGN". IGN. 2009-02-11. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
  8. ^ Tom East (2009-04-06). "DS News: Download Shaymin Pokémon This Month". Official Nintendo Magazine. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
  9. ^ Tom East (2009-05-27). "Nintendo News: Giratina Pokémon DS Enters Stars Catalogue". Official Nintendo Magazine. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
  10. ^ "The complete Pokemon Diamond and Pearl pokedex, part 10, Pokemon Platinum PS3 Features". GamesRadar. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
  11. ^ Carolyn Gudmundson (Oct 29, 2010). "A tribute to Ghost-type Pokemon, Pokemon Platinum DS Features". GamesRadar. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
  12. ^ Toastfarmer (2009-05-20). "Pokemon Platinum Review - Nintendo DS Video Game Review - PAL Gaming Network". PALGN. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
  13. ^ Stella, Shiva (2009-03-22). "Pokemon Platinum Version Review for DS". GameSpot. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
  14. ^ IGN Nintendo Team (2009-03-26). "DS Games of Spring 2009 - DS Feature at IGN". IGN. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
  15. ^ r_pad (2009-03-17). "Junichi Masuda & Takeshi Kawachimaru Talk 'Pokemon Platinum', Particle Physics, Bridges, And More!". G4tv. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
  16. ^ "Wii Feature: Challenger Approaching!". Official Nintendo Magazine. 2009-10-04. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
  17. ^ "Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior - Movie Review". Commonsensemedia. 2009-03-31. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
  18. ^ "Pokemon Platinum Review for DS from". 1UP.com. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
  19. ^ "Nintendo Review: Pokémon Platinum". Official Nintendo Magazine. 2009-05-21. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
  20. ^ JC Fletcher (2008-05-15). "Pokemon Platinum: Giratina's wormy new form". Joystiq. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
  21. ^ "Pokemon Platinum preorders get a Giratina Origin Forme". Gamertell. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
  22. ^ "Pokémon Platinum Hands-on - Nintendo DS Preview at IGN". IGN. 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
  23. ^ Audrey. "Giratina - #39 Top Pokémon - IGN". IGN. Retrieved 2011-07-02.

See also

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