Nosepass
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Nosepass (ノズパス Nozupasu in Japan, Nasgnet in Germany and Tarinor in France) is a fictional being from the Pokémon franchise. It was introduced in the Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire versions of the Pokémon video games. It is a Rock-type Pokémon that does not evolve and it is #299 in the National Pokédex. It has an enormous magnetic nose, and can thus learn several Electric-type attacks.
The name "Nosepass'" is a simple combination of the words "nose" and "compass". This is because its nose works like a compass. The name is also simply a translation of its Japanese name.
Biology
Nosepass is an odd, rocky, animate figurine vaguely in the shape of an Easter Island moai statue, but with black, shut eyes, rudimentary blocky limbs, and a huge red protrusion where its “nose” should be. It lives in caves and comes across as immobile because it is often found standing still in these environments. However, Nosepass displays behavior commonly associated with predatorial animals in the wild as well, hunting and feeding on prey that might be foolish enough to approach it. Its full body emits a powerful force of magnetism which it uses to pull its prey towards it like a tractor beam before feeding. This sense of magnetism is naturally bolstered in cold seasons.The nose of Nosepass is undoubtedly its most notable feature. It is the focal point of Nosepass’ magnetic nature, and this works to make Nosepass something of a living compass. When seen standing idly, it is consistently facing the North Pole as directed by its magnetic nose. Travelers who encounter this Pokémon can therefore actually use the placement of a Nosepass to check the direction of north and get their bearings. However, close observation has revealed that the Pokémon is affected by polar drift; With each passing year, Nosepass’ direction shifts slightly at a rate of 3/8 of an inch each year. Since all Nosepass have noses of the same magnetism, if two of these Pokémon meet, they cannot turn their faces towards each other when they are close because their magnetic noses repel one another.
In the video games
Nosepass is found only in the second basement of Granite Cave in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire and Pokémon Emerald by using Rock Smash on breakable boulders. It can also be snagged from Wanderer Miror B. in , but only as a randomly decided “left-over” Shadow Pokémon because the first time it appears is during a part of the game where the player is unable to snag Pokémon without the Snag Machine, so therefore the player is forced to knock it out through battle.Nosepass is a peculiar Pokémon battler overall. It has superb defense and very high special defense as well, but with all other stats at very low values below 45. This means that Nosepass will not last long against enemy attacks in spite of its defenses (especially since its extremely low speed compels all opponents to attack it before it can attack, thus wiping out its meager HP meter), and its subpar offenses will not encourage usage of its odd collection of offensive moves either, which include Rock, Ground, and Electric-type moves such as Rock Slide, Earthquake, and the Lock-On/Zap Cannon combo. It is only in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness that Nosepass gains access to the Helping Hand move, which it can use in 2-on-2 battles to surprise the opposition with a bolstered sweeping move from the other Pokémon on the player’s side, and that along with its Magnet Pull ability to trap enemy Steel-type Pokémon amounts to a conceivable disruption tactic the opponent may never anticipate. Generally, though, Nosepass is strictly a novelty.
In the animé
In the animé series, Ash Ketchum collects badges by defeating Gym Leaders. In one episode, Ash must defeat the Gym Leader Roxanne. Her main Pokémon of use is Nosepass. Ash's Pikachu defeats Nosepass by using Iron Tail, a Steel-type attack that is super-effective against the Rock-type Nosepass.In other properties
In the trading card game
Nosepass makes four card game appearances, all as Basic Ground/Fighting types:- EX Ruby and Sapphire
- EX Deoxys
- EX Emerald
- EX Holon Phantoms
References
- The following games and their instruction manuals: Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue; Pokémon Yellow; Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Stadium 2; Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal; Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald; Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen; Pokémon Colosseum and
- Publications
External links
- [Official Pokémon website]
- [Bulbapedia] (a Pokémon-centric Wiki)’s article about Nosepass as a species
- [Serebii.net]’s 3rd Gen Pokédex entry for Nosepass
- [Pokémon Dungeon] Pokédex entry, full of statistics analysis
- [PsyPoke] Pokédex entry
- [Smogon] Pokédex entry
- *[WikiKnowledge.net’s] entry for Previously hosted by Wikibooks
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