No.372Gen 3 (Hoenn)
Shelgon in Japanese
コモルー
Komorū
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コko
モmo
ルru
ーlong vowel
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📖 Pokédex entry in English and Japanese
Shelgon ignores its hunger entirely, never eating any food. Apparently, Shelgon will evolve once all its energy stores are used up.空腹を無視して食事をせず、蓄えたエネルギーを使い果たすと進化します。
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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