No.332Gen 3 (Hoenn)
Cacturne in Japanese
ノクタス
Nokutasu
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ノno
クku
タta
スsu
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
If a traveler is going through a desert in the thick of night, Cacturne will follow in a ragtag group. The Pokémon are biding their time, waiting for the traveler to tire and become incapable of moving.真夜中の砂漠で旅人の後をつけ、疲れて動けなくなるのを待ちます。
The Japanese text is a translation of the English entry, written with kanji, hiragana and katakana. Try to spot the katakana words!
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