Victini
Encyclopedia
is a Pokémon species in Nintendo
and Game Freak
's Pokémon
franchise. Created by Ken Sugimori
, Victini first appeared in the video games Pokémon Black and White
, later appearing in various merchandise, spinoff titles and animated and printed adaptations of the franchise.
-like Pokémon. Its large pointed ears shaped like letter V. It is said that a trainer with a Victini will always win any kind of battle. It produces infinite energy within itself and shares with others by touching them. Victini was designed by Mana Ibe, under the instructions from game director Junichi Masuda
that it would be more appealing to women. He commented that he liked Victini the best of all Pokémon.
, Celebi
, Jirachi, and Shaymin, can only be obtained via a downloadable wi-fi
event. In the story of the games, this Victini was brought to Liberty Garden and locked up in a room to keep it safe and make sure it never fell into the wrong hands. Team Plasma arrives on the island to free Victini into the world, and the player must stop them and then capture Victini, as it wishes to find a worthy trainer. Victini has the Unova regional Pokédex #000, which makes it the first Pokémon that has such designation in any regional Pokédex. Victini also appears in the Pokémon spin-off game Battle & Get! Pokémon Typing DS
where players type in the names of Pokémon that they see.
.
in Japan on September 18, 2010, the company released the , a special item that allows players to get in touch and capture Victini that cannot be caught normally in the games. In English speaking countries, the item is known as the Liberty Pass and was distributed from March 6 to April 10, 2011, in the United States, Canada, and Australia. The Pass Liberté (French), Gartenpass (German), Ticket Libertad (Spanish), Liberticket (Italian), or Liberty Pass (English & Dutch) was distributed in European nations from March 4 to April 22. Another unique Victini was released for a promotion for the Victini and the Black Hero: Zekrom and Victini and the White Hero: Reshiram
films, which has an attack which cannot be learned by the Victini given out to commemorate the games' release.
s Jeff Marchiafava noted Victini's "unified character design", citing its species name, ability, appearance, and pose. GamesRadar
's Carolyn Gudmundson commented that it was "definitely worthy of his legendary status" due to its power, also praising it for being cute like Celebi, Mew
, Jirachi, and Shaymin, but unique from them as well. She describes him as "cute yet aggressive", adding on that it is "ultra-Japanese", citing its "V-for-victory hand pose and bento apple rabbit ear design." When the design was revealed, GamesRadar discussed whether Victini was "cool or not", with the question of the week being what the readers thought of it, specifically whether it held up to previous cute legendary Pokémon. Kotaku
's Mike Fahey called it as "adorable a lil' bunny
-chicken
thing." Joystiq
's Griffin McElroy described it as indispensable in three-on-three battles due to its powerful assistance ability, as well as adorable. While discussing Victini's pre-order bonus, Shack News' Steve Watts notes that while people may trade for Victini, he questions "who would willingly give up a fox-chicken-bat that shoots fire and plays with your mind?" 1UP.com
described Victini as a "flaming rabbit-like Pokémon".
Nintendo
is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
and Game Freak
Game Freak
is a Japanese video game developer that currently creates games exclusively for Nintendo. It has developed the Pokémon series of role-playing games and several other games.-History:...
's Pokémon
Pokémon
is a media franchise published and owned by the video game company Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996. Originally released as a pair of interlinkable Game Boy role-playing video games developed by Game Freak, Pokémon has since become the second most successful and lucrative video...
franchise. Created by Ken Sugimori
Ken Sugimori
is a Japanese video game designer, illustrator, manga artist, and director. He is most famous as the character designer and art director for the Pokémon franchise. Sugimori is also credited with the art direction for other titles, including Pulseman. Sugimori drew all of the original 151 Pokémon...
, Victini first appeared in the video games Pokémon Black and White
Pokémon Black and White
are role-playing games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. They are the first installments in the fifth generation of the Pokémon series of role-playing games...
, later appearing in various merchandise, spinoff titles and animated and printed adaptations of the franchise.
Concept and characteristics
Victini, known as the Victory Pokémon, is a small rodentRodent
Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....
-like Pokémon. Its large pointed ears shaped like letter V. It is said that a trainer with a Victini will always win any kind of battle. It produces infinite energy within itself and shares with others by touching them. Victini was designed by Mana Ibe, under the instructions from game director Junichi Masuda
Junichi Masuda
is a video game composer, director, designer, producer, and programmer best known for his work on the Pokémon franchise. He is a member of the Game Freak board of directors, and has worked at the company since 1989. He helped compose the music for games like Mendel Palace and Smart Ball before...
that it would be more appealing to women. He commented that he liked Victini the best of all Pokémon.
In the video games
Victini, similar to earlier Pokémon species MewMew (Pokémon)
is one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from Nintendo's and Game Freak's multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise—a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards, and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri...
, Celebi
Celebi (Pokémon)
is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. Created by Ken Sugimori, they first appeared in the video games Pokémon Gold and Silver and subsequent sequels. They have later appeared in various merchandise, spinoff titles and animated and printed adaptations of the franchise...
, Jirachi, and Shaymin, can only be obtained via a downloadable wi-fi
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi or Wifi, is a mechanism for wirelessly connecting electronic devices. A device enabled with Wi-Fi, such as a personal computer, video game console, smartphone, or digital audio player, can connect to the Internet via a wireless network access point. An access point has a range of about 20...
event. In the story of the games, this Victini was brought to Liberty Garden and locked up in a room to keep it safe and make sure it never fell into the wrong hands. Team Plasma arrives on the island to free Victini into the world, and the player must stop them and then capture Victini, as it wishes to find a worthy trainer. Victini has the Unova regional Pokédex #000, which makes it the first Pokémon that has such designation in any regional Pokédex. Victini also appears in the Pokémon spin-off game Battle & Get! Pokémon Typing DS
Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS
is a Pokémon spin-off video game developed by Genius Sonority for the Nintendo DS. It was released April 21, 2011.-Gameplay:Players capture Pokémon by typing in their name into a wireless Bluetooth keyboard which bundled with the game...
where players type in the names of Pokémon that they see.
In other media
In a teaser trailer shown by Pokémon Sunday, alongside with Unova's legendary Pokemon, Zekrom and Reshiram, Victini will appear in the upcoming 14th Pokemon films Victini and the Black Hero: Zekrom and Victini and the White Hero: ReshiramVictini and the Black Hero: Zekrom and Victini and the White Hero: Reshiram
Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram and Pokémon the Movie: White—Victini and Zekrom, originally released in Japan as and , respectively, are the two versions of the fourteenth film in the Pokémon anime series. They were released on July 16, 2011 in Japan...
.
Promotion
Starting the release of Pokémon Black and WhitePokémon Black and White
are role-playing games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. They are the first installments in the fifth generation of the Pokémon series of role-playing games...
in Japan on September 18, 2010, the company released the , a special item that allows players to get in touch and capture Victini that cannot be caught normally in the games. In English speaking countries, the item is known as the Liberty Pass and was distributed from March 6 to April 10, 2011, in the United States, Canada, and Australia. The Pass Liberté (French), Gartenpass (German), Ticket Libertad (Spanish), Liberticket (Italian), or Liberty Pass (English & Dutch) was distributed in European nations from March 4 to April 22. Another unique Victini was released for a promotion for the Victini and the Black Hero: Zekrom and Victini and the White Hero: Reshiram
Victini and the Black Hero: Zekrom and Victini and the White Hero: Reshiram
Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram and Pokémon the Movie: White—Victini and Zekrom, originally released in Japan as and , respectively, are the two versions of the fourteenth film in the Pokémon anime series. They were released on July 16, 2011 in Japan...
films, which has an attack which cannot be learned by the Victini given out to commemorate the games' release.
Reception
Game InformerGame Informer
Game Informer is an American-based monthly magazine featuring articles, news, strategy, and reviews of popular video games and associated consoles. It was formed in August 1991, when FuncoLand started publishing a six-page magazine, free in all its retail locations...
s Jeff Marchiafava noted Victini's "unified character design", citing its species name, ability, appearance, and pose. GamesRadar
GamesRadar
GamesRadar is a multi-format video game website featuring regular news, previews, reviews, videos, and guides. It is owned and operated simultaneously in the UK and US by worldwide publisher Future Publishing...
's Carolyn Gudmundson commented that it was "definitely worthy of his legendary status" due to its power, also praising it for being cute like Celebi, Mew
Mew (Pokémon)
is one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from Nintendo's and Game Freak's multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise—a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards, and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri...
, Jirachi, and Shaymin, but unique from them as well. She describes him as "cute yet aggressive", adding on that it is "ultra-Japanese", citing its "V-for-victory hand pose and bento apple rabbit ear design." When the design was revealed, GamesRadar discussed whether Victini was "cool or not", with the question of the week being what the readers thought of it, specifically whether it held up to previous cute legendary Pokémon. Kotaku
Kotaku
Kotaku is a video games-focused blog. It is part of Gawker Media's "Gawker" network of sites, which also includes Gizmodo, Deadspin, Lifehacker, io9 and Jezebel. Named to CNET News' Blog 100, Kotaku is consistently listed in the top 40 of Technorati's Top 100...
's Mike Fahey called it as "adorable a lil' bunny
Rabbit
Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world...
-chicken
Chicken
The chicken is a domesticated fowl, a subspecies of the Red Junglefowl. As one of the most common and widespread domestic animals, and with a population of more than 24 billion in 2003, there are more chickens in the world than any other species of bird...
thing." Joystiq
Joystiq
Joystiq is a video gaming blog founded in June 2004 that has since become one of the most successful sites within the Weblogs, Inc. family of weblogs. It is the centerpiece of WIN's own network of video gaming blogs, which also includes a blog dealing specifically with the popular MMORPG World of...
's Griffin McElroy described it as indispensable in three-on-three battles due to its powerful assistance ability, as well as adorable. While discussing Victini's pre-order bonus, Shack News' Steve Watts notes that while people may trade for Victini, he questions "who would willingly give up a fox-chicken-bat that shoots fire and plays with your mind?" 1UP.com
1UP.com
1UP.com is a video game website owned by IGN Entertainment, a division of News Corporation. Previously, the site was owned by Ziff Davis before being sold to UGO Entertainment in 2009....
described Victini as a "flaming rabbit-like Pokémon".