* Phione is banned from the [[2016 World Championships|2016 Video Game Championships]] due to being a Mythical Pokémon.
* Phione is banned from the [[2016 World Championships|2016 Video Game Championships]] due to being a Mythical Pokémon.
* Phione is listed as a Mythical Pokémon in a [http://www.nintendo.co.uk/News/2016/September/From-Mew-to-Magearna-discover-Mythical-Pokemon-in-our-feature-news-1138664.html September 2016 Nintendo feature story on Mythical Pokémon].
* Phione is listed as a Mythical Pokémon in a [http://www.nintendo.co.uk/News/2016/September/From-Mew-to-Magearna-discover-Mythical-Pokemon-in-our-feature-news-1138664.html September 2016 Nintendo feature story on Mythical Pokémon].
* In the [[Generation VII]] [[Global Trade System]], if the player chooses to exclude people seeking Mythical or Legendary Pokémon, people seeking Phione will not be displayed.
* In the [[Generation VII]] and [[Generation VIII]] [[Global Trade System]], if the player chooses to exclude people seeking Mythical or Legendary Pokémon, people seeking Phione will not be displayed.
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* Phione's [[List of Pokémon by base stats (Generation VII-present)|base stat total]] is 480. No other fully evolved Mythical Pokémon has a base stat total less than 580.
* Phione's [[List of Pokémon by base stats (Generation VII-present)|base stat total]] is 480. No other fully evolved Mythical Pokémon has a base stat total less than 580.
* The [[Pokémon Ultra Sun & Pokémon Ultra Moon: The Official Alola Region Strategy Guide]] has two separate pieces of conflicting information about Phione's Mythical status within itself. It lists Phione as Mythical, but also states that Manaphy is the only Mythical Pokémon that can breed.
* The [[Pokémon Ultra Sun & Pokémon Ultra Moon: The Official Alola Region Strategy Guide]] has two separate pieces of conflicting information about Phione's Mythical status within itself. It lists Phione as Mythical, but also states that Manaphy is the only Mythical Pokémon that can breed.
* [[Pokémon HOME]] also has two pieces of conflicting information. In the [[Global Trade System]] of the game, if the player chooses to exclude people seeking Mythical or Legendary Pokémon, people seeking Phione will still be displayed. However, Phione, like all other Mythical Pokémon, cannot be traded over the Global Trade System through normal means.
Phione is a blue Pokémon with a round head and a tiny body. Phione's head is crowned by a flotation sac with a long, ribbon-like antenna. Its mouth is small, and its eyes are large with blue sclerae and gray irises. Above its eyes are two blue, circular markings connected to the eyes by a thin black line. Its long, flipper-like arms have rounded tips. Phione has a red, oval gem on its chest and a single rudimentary foot spike.
Phione inflates the sac on its head to drift in the water and search for food. When the water grows warm, it will drift in packs with other members of its species. No matter how far it has drifted, it will always return to the place where it was born.
Three Phione debuted in Hold the Phione! as residents of Chocovine Town. One of them became attracted to Dawn's Buneary, and became jealous upon realizing that Buneary had feelings for Pikachu. This Phione was also temporarily caught by Team Rocket, but it managed to escape.
Phione, the Sea Drifter Pokémon. Phione lives in warm oceans. It inflates the flotation sac on its head, allowing it to float on the waves and look for food.
Phione's status as a Mythical Pokémon is disputed, with several pieces of evidence and even official statements often contradicting each other.
Evidence for
Proof from the 2011 Style Guide
Pokémon.com's mailbag was once asked[dead link] if Phione was Legendary. The official answer was initially no, but was quickly changed to yes; the whole mailbag section has since been taken down with the restructure of Pokémon.com.
Phione is listed under the Mythical Pokémon section in the Pokémon 2011 Style Guide.
Phione Eggs can be received at Day Cares and the Nursery, and it can breed to produce another Phione. This is impossible with any other Legendary and Mythical Pokémon.
However, Manaphy can also breed to produce Phione, and Manaphy is a confirmed Mythical Pokémon.
In Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, Phione has a 100% recruit rate, is never battled, and the player is not allowed to recruit more than one to their team, all of which are traits otherwise only exhibited by Legendary and Mythical Pokémon.
In Super Mystery Dungeon, Hoopa is able to summon Phione as an ally. Only Legendary and Mythical Pokémon are able to be summoned in this way.
In Pokémon Rumble Blast, Phione can only be unlocked once a certain number of customers have shopped at the Toy Shop, a trait otherwise exclusive to Legendary and Mythical Pokémon.
Phione was featured in Pokémon.com's 2012 Pokémon Power Bracket, a single-elimination tournament where all other Pokémon in the bracket were Legendary and Mythical Pokémon.
Phione's base stat total is 480. No other fully evolved Mythical Pokémon has a base stat total less than 580.
Phione is probably based on sea angels, specifically clione. Clione are remarkably popular in Japanese documentaries, especially in Hokkaido, on which Sinnoh is based. This may also explain their appearance in Chocovine Town.
Name origin
Phione may be a combination of the final syllable of Manaphy and clione (sea angels). Like clione, Phione is pronounced in three syllables.
In other languages
Language
Title
Meaning
Japanese
フィオネ Phione
From a combination of final syllable of Manaphy and clione (sea angels)
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