No.769Gen 7 (Alola)
Sandygast in Japanese
スナバァ
Sunaba
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スsu
ナna
バァba
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Sandygast mainly inhabits beaches. It takes control of anyone who puts their hand into its mouth, forcing them to make its body bigger.海岸に生息。口の中に手を入れた者を操り、自分の体の一部にしてしまう。
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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