Unown made its debut appearance in the Pokémon series in Pokémon Gold and Silver. It is generally not used in battle due to low stats and its limited move pool. In the movie, Professor Oak studies a new pair of Unown, which are actually modeled after Cyrillic. If multiple Unown come together, their power increases, Unown's only known move in battle is "Hidden Power", an attack whose type depends on the individual values of the user.
The in-game Pokédex states that Unown can make telepathic contact with other beings. It is unknown whether the Unown came first, or the letters they resemble. In the Pokémon universe, it is said that each form has different abilities. First appearing in Pokémon Gold and Silver, Unown went on to have a total of 28 different forms, with the latter two Unowns meant to look like a question mark and an exclamation point. Unown are Psychic-type Pokemon, and are hieroglyph-like, thin, black symbols found on walls. Unlike others in the franchise, Unown do not have singular voice actors, but instead are voiced by several at once. While they were designed to resemble aliens at first, the designers noticed that they began to look like letters of the alphabet, leading them to lean into this and make 26 different forms corresponding to the Latin alphabet. Unown were created by Ken Sugimori for the 1999 Game Boy games, Pokémon Gold and Silver. Unown has received generally negative reception, criticized for being weak, useless, and lacking appeal, with writer Kat Bailey criticizing its gimmick as "silly." It was used as part of a research paper, where they used Unown in order to teach classification and phylogeny to students.Ĭoncept and creation The Unown alphabet, as depicted in Pokemon Legends: Arceus. It was originally conceived as an alien-like creature, but while designing it, the designers noticed its resemblance to letters in the Latin alphabet, and shifted course. Unown is a Psychic-type Pokémon, and is not able to evolve. There are 28 forms of Unown: one for each of the 26 letters in the Latin alphabet, a question mark, and an exclamation point. Unown are hieroglyph-like, thin, black ancient Pokémon usually found on walls. It has also appeared in various merchandise, spin off titles, and animated and printed adaptations of the franchise. Created by Ken Sugimori, Unown first appeared in the video games Pokémon Gold and Silver and most of its subsequent sequels. Unown ( アンノーン, Annōn, "Un-noun", / ʌ n ˈ n oʊ n, ˈ ʌ n oʊ n/) is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise.
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