Cresselia (Pokémon)

Cresselia クレセリア Crecelia
Artwork from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
Type	Psychic
Species	Lunar Pokémon
National Dex	#488
Johto Dex	#—
Hoenn Dex	#—
Sinnoh Dex	#—
Fiore Browser	R—
Almia Browser	R-254
Height	4′11″ (1.5m)
Weight	188.7 lbs. (85.6kg)
Ability	Levitate
Egg group	No eggs
Time to hatch	30,720 steps
Effort yield	3 SpD
Exp. yield	210 base exp.
Lv. 100 at	1,250,000 exp.
Gender	100% ♀
Pokédex color	Yellow
Catch rate	3
Footprint
Body style
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Cresselia (Japanese: クレセリア Crecelia) is a Psychic-type legendary Pokémon.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Biology

Physiology

Cresselia has a blue, swan-like body with a yellow underside, and two magenta tufts that form an arc across her chest. The yellow ornaments on the sides of her head give her head the appearance of a crescent moon. Cresselia also has glowing, pink, ring-like wings on her sides and back.

Gender differences

Cresselia is a female-only species.

Special abilities

Cresselia has the power to dispel the nightmares induced by Darkrai, and in return induce pleasant dreams. She can also heal psychological scars if the sufferer looks at her. Some fans say Cresselia is the "Sandman" of the Pokémon world.

Cresselia is the only known Pokémon that learns Lunar Dance.

Behavior

She appears to be gentle, worrying for the ill and giving peace to those tormented by Darkrai. In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 2, her opposition to Darkrai becomes clearly evident, with the story showing scenes of Cresselia chasing it.

Habitat

Cresselia lives at Fullmoon Island.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

A Cresselia is set to make a debut in DP104. However, nothing has been revealed about her role yet, except that she will confront Darkrai.

In the manga

In the TCG

Main article: Cresselia (TCG)

Other appearances

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Cresselia appears on the Spear Pillar stage as one of three Pokémon who appear in the center (the others being Dialga and Palkia). Cresselia acts completely different than the other two in terms of attacks she uses. She'll often shoot Psycho Cuts around the field, and sometimes shoot one large Psycho Cut as if it were a boomerang, hitting anyone that touches it.

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 2: Cresselia has made it her mission to foil Darkrai's plot of plunging everyone in the world into an endless nightmare. After healing Azurill of its nightmare, she joins the player's team as a guest in Dark Crater. After defeating Darkrai, Cresselia will offer to officially join the team.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

By tutoring

Side game data

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: -12%	IQ Group: H
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Group:	Poké Assist:	Field Move: None
It lets loose strange orbs. It attacks by spitting orbs of psychic power.

Evolution

	Does not evolve
	Cresselia  Psychic

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II.
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation III.
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum			Back

For other sprites and images, please see Cresselia images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• When Cresselia is encountered, the music is the same as an ordinary wild Pokémon. She shares this trait with Shaymin. However, in Cresselia's case, this may be intended to catch the player off-guard.
• Cresselia can be seen as an opposite of Darkrai, as Darkrai causes nightmares, where Cresselia prevents them. Also, their islands are shaped and named opposite of each other, and their types are frequently known as opposites.
  • Furthermore, in the TCG, one of the attacks on Darkrai 3/106 of Great Encounters, Darkness Pursuit, has a base damage of 100 if Cresselia is the opposing Pokémon. Otherwise, it deals 50 damage.
• Cresselia is one of three legendary Pokémon that has a definite gender.
• Cresselia is the last Psychic-type Pokémon in National Dex order.
• Cresselia's three main colors (pink, yellow and blue) are the same as the main colors of the Lake trio.
• Cresselia is the second Pokémon with information about it relating it to an aurora, the first being Deoxys.
  • In Deoxys case, it can project aurora-like light patterns, as shown in Destiny Deoxys, while in Cresselia's case, it can release aurora-like particles from its tail, and can learn Aurora Beam

Origin

Cresselia is based after a swan with features of heavenly bodies such as a crescent moon-shaped head and rings like Saturn's around its body. She is also the same as the Sarimanok, a colorful Filipino being with the same trait as Cresselia.

Name origin

Her name is derived from crescent, referring to a phase of the moon.

In other languages

• German: Cresselia
• French: Cresselia
• Korean: ??? '

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon as a species.