Necrozma
The Prism Pokémon
Type: Psychic
Official Registration #: 800
Entry: Much confusion and debate surround this strange and highly destructive pokémon. For example, although it was first discovered emerging from deep underground beneath Alola’s Melemele Island, some say that Necrozma actually came from the Ultra Beasts’ world and is, thus, an Ultra Beast itself. Others argue that its emergence from Alola’s caverns is proof of a terrestrial origin and that its appearance and abilities are merely reflections of the Ultra Beasts—a defense, in other words, created by the tapu to counter the extradimensional threat. Then, of course, there are the more important questions, such as how a perfectly black crystal can reflect light, why any of this matters when it’s an intensely violent super-pokémon, and whether or not its design inspired certain rock bands of the 1970s to make absolutely fantastic album covers. While all of these are certainly good questions, the author would like to reassure his readers that he and his counterparts of Sinnoh and Kalos are very close to a breakthrough on that last one.