No.989Gen 9 (Paldea)
Sandy Shocks in Japanese
スナノケガワ
Sunanokegawa
✍️ Read the name kana by kana
スsu
ナna
ノno
ケke
ガga
ワwa
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
No records exist of this Pokémon being caught. Data is lacking, but the Pokémon’s traits match up with a creature shown in an expedition journal.捕獲記録は存在しない。資料は乏しいが、探検記に描かれた生物の特徴と一致している。
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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