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Minior Meteor Pokémon メテノ Meteno #0774 Meteor Form Red Core Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Rock Flying Unknown Unknown Red Core Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Ability Shields Down Cacophony Red Core Cacophony Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Red Core Cacophony
Gender ratio Gender unknown	Catch rate 30 (8.8%)
Breeding Egg Group Mineral Hatch time 25 cycles
Height 1'00" 0.3 m Meteor Form 1'00" 0.3 m Red Core 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 88.2 lbs. 40.0 kg Meteor Form 0.7 lbs. 0.3 kg Red Core 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 154	Leveling rate Medium Slow
EV yield Total: 2 Meteor Form 0 HP 0 Atk 1 Def 0 Sp.Atk 1 Sp.Def 0 Speed Red Core 0 HP 1 Atk 0 Def 1 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint Red Core
Pokédex color   Brown Other forms may have other colors.	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Minior (Japanese: メテノ Meteno) is a dual-type Rock/Flying Pokémon introduced in Generation VII.

While it is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon, Minior can change forms during battle, due to its Shields Down Ability, depending on its current HP. When Minior's HP is below half, it changes from Meteor Form to a form where its core is exposed. Exposed core Minior will revert back to Meteor Form if its HP is restored above 50%.

Minior's exposed core can be one of seven colors, which are non-interchangeable and correspond to the colors of a rainbow. These forms are Red Core, Orange Core, Yellow Core, Green Core, Blue Core, Indigo Core, and Violet Core.

Biology

The Minior wallpaper in Pokémon HOME

Minior is a spherical Pokémon with two forms: one form with a rocky outer coating and the other with its core exposed. When it sheds its rocky coating, its exposed core form is both the lightest Rock-type and Flying-type Pokémon. Both of its forms tie with Carbink and Dwebble as the shortest Rock-type.

In its Meteor Form, Minior resembles a modestly sized rock. Its rocky exterior is formed by four large plates separated by two large cracks. The cracks encircle its body both horizontally and vertically. Five white spikes extend just above the rocky surface, giving it a star shape. Two large, black spots on its front resemble eyes, and there is a third spot in the center of its back. Rings of dark brown triangles surround the holes its spikes protrude from and the spot on its back, pointing outward. One of the triangles surrounding the spot on its back is replaced with a small, brown dot. The eyespots have a half-ring of triangles resembling eyelashes. One eye has a small, brown dot in the corner. Even while apparently at rest, Minior tends to spin slowly in place.

When its core is exposed, Minior loses its rocky shell. The core is a bright, pastel color. Depending on the color of debris and food it absorbed and ate while in the stratosphere, Minior's core can be Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, or Violet. A handful of darker triangles are also visible on its body in random places. Minior's eyes and mouth are formed from energy that floats in front of its body like a two-dimensional mask. The eyes are two large swirls and the mouth is a smaller line. Its face tends to stay level regardless of how Minior spins the rest of its body. The colors of Minior's forms are determined by the composition of the dust it consumes.

Minior forms in the stratosphere from an aggregation of mutated nanoparticles, where it absorbs particulate matter from which it builds its core and shell. When touched in Meteor Form, Minior will react when touched or called to, it is unknown if these responses indicate its consciousness. Eventually, this process makes it too heavy and it falls towards the surface of the planet. When its shell breaks from landing, Minior becomes lighter and capable of attacking quickly. However, it cannot survive for long with its core exposed, and will eventually die if not placed inside a Poké Ball quickly enough. Despite this, many fallen Minior will attempt to return to space, sadly being unable to return to space. Despite their their wish to return home, all they can do is fade away without their shells. The cute, pastel coloring of Minior's core often inspires designers to use it as a motif for clothing and accessories.^[1] While in the ozone layer, it serves as food to stronger Pokémon such as Rayquaza. Minior's diet consists of eating dust. Places where Minior falls are few, Alola being one of them.

Minior is the only known Pokémon that can have Shields Down as an Ability.

Forms

Minior has two forms: Meteor Form and the seven colored forms for its core that are otherwise identical.

All Minior have the same Meteor Form regardless of the color of its exposed core, which can be any of seven colors corresponding to the colors of a rainbow. The color of a Minior's core cannot be changed.

Meteor Form	Red Core

Red Core

Orange Core

Yellow Core

Green Core

Blue Core

Indigo Core

Violet Core

In the anime

A Meteor Form Minior in the anime

A Red Core Minior in the anime

Major appearances

Multiple Minior debuted in Showering the World with Love!, appearing in all of their forms. Ash's Poipole befriended a Minior with an Orange Core, but was later forced to say goodbye to it. All of the Minior reappeared in a flashback in Securing the Future!.

Minor appearances

Three Minior appeared in their Meteor Forms in Getting More Than You Battled For!.

Pokédex entries

In the TCG

Main article: Minior (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Meteor Form Minior in the Alola Pokédex	Red Core Minior in the Alola Pokédex	Minior in the Blueberry Pokédex

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Games		Held items
Sun	Moon	Star Piece (5%)
Ultra Sun	Ultra Moon

Stats

Base stats

Meteor Form

Core

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Minior is available in Scarlet and Violet Version 3.0.0+.

By leveling up

By TM

Generation IX Other generations: VII - VIII

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM001 TM001 Take Down Normal Physical 09090 085}}85% 20 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM014 TM014 Acrobatics Flying Physical 05555 100}}100% 15 TM017 TM017 Confuse Ray Ghost Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM023 TM023 Charge Beam Electric Special 05050 090}}90% 10 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM028 TM028 Bulldoze Ground Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM032 TM032 Swift Normal Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM036 TM036 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 06060 095}}95% 15 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM051 TM051 Sandstorm Rock Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM059 TM059 Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 08080 090}}90% 15 TM060 TM060 U-turn Bug Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM074 TM074 Reflect Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM075 TM075 Light Screen Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM076 TM076 Rock Blast Rock Physical 02525 090}}90% 10 TM079 TM079 Dazzling Gleam Fairy Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM086 TM086 Rock Slide Rock Physical 07575 090}}90% 10 TM099 TM099 Iron Head Steel Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM101 TM101 Power Gem Rock Special 08080 100}}100% 20 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM116 TM116 Stealth Rock Rock Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM120 TM120 Psychic Psychic Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM129 TM129 Calm Mind Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM133 TM133 Earth Power Ground Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM149 TM149 Earthquake Ground Physical 100100 100}}100% 10 TM150 TM150 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100100 080}}80% 5 TM152 TM152 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM163 TM163 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM168 TM168 Solar Beam Grass Special 120120 100}}100% 10 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM178 TM178 Gravity Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM180 TM180 Gyro Ball Steel Physical 0000— 100}}100% 5 TM204 TM204 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120120 100}}100% 15 TM205 TM205 Endeavor Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 5 TM215 TM215 Scorching Sands Ground Special 07070 100}}100% 10 TM220 TM220 Meteor Beam Rock Special 120120 090}}90% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Minior Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution or an alternate form of Minior Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Side game data

Meteor Form

Pokémon Shuffle Rock Attack Power: 60 - 120 10 #792 Nosedive Sometimes deals a lot more damage.

New Pokémon Snap Photodex entry #130 It’s said that this Pokémon arrived here from the night sky. It sure looked beautiful flying back up to the sky over the desert.

Pokémon GO File:GO774.png Base HP: 155 Base Attack: 116 Base Defense: 194 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Rollout, Take Down Charged Attacks: Ancient Power, Acrobatics, Power Gem

Core

New Pokémon Snap Photodex entry #130 Minior is usually covered in a hard shell, but this is its true form. They normally aren’t so active when they’re exposed like this. I wonder if that could be related to the Illumina phenomenon somehow.

Pokémon GO File:GO774C.png Base HP: 155 Base Attack: 218 Base Defense: 131 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Rollout, Take Down Charged Attacks: Ancient Power, Acrobatics, Power Gem

Form data

Minior has two forms: Meteor Form and the seven colored forms for its core that are otherwise identical. It changes between them with its Ability Shields Down. It will always have its core exposed outside of battle. In battle, wild Minior start in Meteor Form, while other Minior start with their core exposed but are immediately transformed into Meteor Form by Shields Down after being sent out. If Meteor Form Minior's HP is at or below 50% of its maximum HP at the end of a turn, its shell breaks and it has its core exposed. It changes back into Meteor Form at the end of a turn if its HP is above 50% of its maximum HP.

Default Meteor Form Minior  Rock  Flying

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Activate Shields Down Red Core Minior  Rock  Flying

Minior has different stats based on whether it is in Meteor Form or if its core is exposed. Meteor Form Minior has higher Defense and Special Defense, while exposed core Minior has higher Attack, Special Attack, and Speed. Due to its Ability Shields Down, Meteor Form Minior cannot be afflicted by status conditions or become drowsy due to Yawn.

Minior Meteor Form  Rock  Flying  Shields Down HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spe 60 60 100 60 100 60

Minior Red Core  Rock  Flying  Shields Down HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spe 60 100 60 100 60 120

Minior's core can be one of seven different colors, each corresponding to one of the colors of a rainbow. These forms are purely cosmetic and are non-interchangeable. Bred Minior will always have the same color as their parent. In Generation VII, and also in the Nintendo Switch version of Pokémon HOME, all colors of Minior's core share the exact same Shiny appearance.

Red Core

Orange Core

Yellow Core

Green Core

Blue Core

Indigo Core

Violet Core

Evolution data

Unevolved Minior  Rock  Flying

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VII.
Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back
This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation VIII.
Cross-Generation HOME

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

Other sprites

In older versions of Pokémon HOME, Shiny forms of Minior had a slight tint that indicated their form. This was reverted in newer versions of HOME, with all forms appearing identical, with no apparent tint.

Trivia

• Minior was designed by Hitoshi Ariga.^[2]
  • The concept of Minior came from Masafumi Nukita, which also involved writing their Pokédex entries.^[3]
• Prior to the release of Pokémon HOME, Minior was tied with Alcremie as being under the most Pokédex color groupings, with a total of six. The distinction is now held by Vivillon, with nine Pokédex color groupings.
• Minior is the only Flying-type Pokémon to consist only of a head.
  • Minior is also the only Flying-type Pokémon in the Mineral Egg Group.
  • While Fan Rotom also consists of only a head, it was not Flying-type when it was introduced.
• Excluding Mega Evolutions, Minior is the only Rock-type Pokémon introduced prior to Generation VIII that cannot be obtained in any Generation VIII game.

Origin

Minior is likely based on a meteor, which are colloquially known as "falling stars" or "shooting stars". The colors of its exposed core roughly correspond with those of a classic rainbow, or ROYGBIV. Additionally, Minior's exposed core design may take inspiration from the Portuguese and Japanese star-shaped candy konpeitō, while its Meteor Form could be a reference to gashapon machines, which dispenses toys in capsules — the toy it gives is random each time, and the capsule must be opened to see it, just as Minior must break its outer shell to reveal which colour it is.

Name origin

Minior may be derived from meteor, and may involve any mixture of the words mini, minor, junior, armor, ore, and core.

Meteno may be a combination of meteor and nano.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese メテノ Meteno From meteor and nano French Météno Same as Japanese name; may also involve noyau Spanish Minior Same as English name German Meteno Same as Japanese name Italian Minior Same as English name Korean 메테노 Meteno Transliteration of its Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 小隕星 / 小陨星 Xiǎoyǔnxīng From 小 xiǎo and 隕星 yǔnxīng Cantonese Chinese 小隕星 Síuwáhnsīng From 小 síu and 隕星 wáhnsīng

More languages Hindi छोटुल्का Chhotulka From छोटा choṭā and उल्का ulkā Russian Миниор Minior Transcription of English name Thai เมเทโน Metheno Transcription of Japanese name

Meteor Form

Language Title Japanese りゅうせいのすがた Ryūsei no Sugata Chinese Cantonese 流星的样子 Làuhsīng-dīk Yeuhngjí Mandarin 流星的样子 / 流星的樣子 Liúxīng-de Yàngzi French Forme Météore German Meteorform Hindi मीटियोर फ़ॉर्म Meteor Form Italian Forma Meteora Korean 유성의 모습 Yuseongui Moseup Brazilian Portuguese Forma Meteoro Spanish Forma Meteorito Thai ร่างดาวตก Turkish Meteor Formu

Red Core

Language Title Japanese あかいろのコア Aka-iro no Core Chinese Cantonese 紅色核心 Hùhngsīk Hahtsām Mandarin 紅色核心 / 红色核心 Hóngsè Héxīn French Noyau Rouge German Roter Kern Hindi रेड कोर Red Core Italian Nucleo Rosso Korean 빨간색 코어 Ppalgansaek Core Brazilian Portuguese Núcleo Vermelho Spanish Núcleo Rojo Thai แกนสีแดง Turkish Kırmızı Çekirdek

Orange Core

Language Title Japanese だいだいいろのコア Daidai-iro no Core Chinese Cantonese 橙色核心 Cháangsīk Hahtsām Mandarin 橙色核心 Chéngsè Héxīn French Noyau Orange German Oranger Kern Hindi ऑरेंज कोर Orange Core Italian Nucleo Arancione Korean 주황색 코어 Juhwangsaek Core Brazilian Portuguese Núcleo Laranja Spanish Núcleo Naranja Thai แกนสีส้ม Turkish Turuncu Çekirdek

Yellow Core

Language Title Japanese きいろのコア Ki-iro no Core Chinese Cantonese 黃色核心 Wòhngsīk Hahtsām Mandarin 黃色核心 / 黄色核心 Huángsè Héxīn French Noyau Jaune German Gelber Kern Hindi येलो कोर Yellow Core Italian Nucleo Giallo Korean 노란색 코어 Noransaek Core Brazilian Portuguese Núcleo Amarelo Spanish Núcleo Amarillo Thai แกนสีเหลือง Turkish Sarı Çekirdek

Green Core

Language Title Japanese みどりいろのコア Midori-iro no Core Chinese Cantonese 綠色核心 Luhksīk Hahtsām Mandarin 綠色核心 / 绿色核心 Lǜsè Héxīn French Noyau Vert German Grüner Kern Hindi ग्रीन कोर Green Core Italian Nucleo Verde Korean 초록색 코어 Choroksaek Core Brazilian Portuguese Núcleo Verde Spanish Núcleo Verde Thai แกนสีเขียว Turkish Yeşil Çekirdek

Blue Core

Language Title Japanese みずいろのコア Mizu-iro no Core Chinese Cantonese 淺藍色核心 Chínlàahmsīk Hahtsām Mandarin 淺藍色核心 / 浅蓝色核心 Qiánlánsè Héxīn French Noyau Bleu German Hellblauer Kern Hindi ब्लू कोर Blue Core Italian Nucleo Azzurro Korean 옥색 코어 Oksaek Core Brazilian Portuguese Núcleo Azul Spanish Núcleo Azul Thai แกนสีฟ้า Turkish Mavi Çekirdek

Indigo Core

Language Title Japanese あおいろのコア Ao-iro no Core Chinese Cantonese 藍色核心 Làahmsīk Hahtsām Mandarin 藍色核心 / 蓝色核心 Lánsè Héxīn French Noyau Indigo German Blauer Kern Hindi इंडिगो कोर Indigo Core Italian Nucleo Indaco Korean 파란색 코어 Paransaek Core Brazilian Portuguese Núcleo Anil Spanish Núcleo Añil Thai แกนสีน้ำเงิน Turkish Çivit Mavisi Çekirdek

Violet Core

Language Title Japanese むらさきいろのコア Murasaki-iro no Core Chinese Cantonese 紫色核心 Jísīk Hahtsām Mandarin 紫色核心 Zǐsè Héxīn French Noyau Violet German Violetter Kern Hindi वायलेट कोर Violet Core Italian Nucleo Violetto Korean 보라색 코어 Borasaek Core Brazilian Portuguese Núcleo Violeta Spanish Núcleo Violeta Thai แกนสีม่วง Turkish Mor Çekirdek

Related articles

• List of Pokémon with form differences

References

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