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	Games - Latios

Latios (ラティオス Ratios in Japan, also Latios in Germany and France) is a fictional character in the Pokémon franchise. He is one of only two Legendary Pokémon to have a gender. The other is his sister, Latias.

Latios' name might have been derived from the Latin word" 'latere' (as in latent), which means 'to lie hidden', 'to be invisible'. The first person singular form of this word is lateo, which, when mispronounced in English, sounds exactly like this Pokémon's name, thus making it translatable as 'I lay hidden'. Also, the 'o' in Latios' name could be a masculine point, hence Latios being a male Pokémon.

Characteristics

Latios is a blue-and-white dragon/bird like creature with small arms and feet, and spiky wings on its back. It appears to have white flesh underneath the blue carapace. It has a traingle shaped red marking on it's belly that is similar of a Togepi/Togetic marking. It appears extremely similar to Latias, only male.

Latios’ intelligence allows it to understand human languages. It has a docile temperament and dislikes fighting. Latios will only open its heart to a trainer with a compassionate spirit. Like Latias, Latios can render itself invisible like a Chameleon.

Latios, compared to Latias, has enhanced telepathic powers, which is the language of the mind, speaking through his mind and other humans hearing it in their mind (much like Mewtwo). In addition, Latios has the ability to make others in its area see an image of what it has seen or imagined recently. Even in hiding, it can detect the locations of others and sense their emotions through telepathy. It may be able to shapeshift like Latias, but it has not been seen doing so.

Availability

In Pokémon Ruby, after beating the Elite Four, your downstairs television will flash and display a news broadcast of a blue Pokémon soaring the skies. Latios will then appear anywhere in Hoenn except caves. He runs away after every encounter, similar to the Legendary beasts of Pokémon Gold and Silver. He moves in a pattern around Hoenn, and can be tracked on the Pokedex. Using any HM except Surf causes Latios to move far from his point at that moment. You can continuously attack Latios every encounter, eventually making him weak enough to capture. He is level 40.

In Pokémon Sapphire, Latios does not appear during normal gameplay, unless you acquire the e-card of the Eon Ticket, allowing you to access Southern Island where you can catch Latios at level 50, and holding the Soul Dew.

In Pokémon Emerald, after beating the Elite Four, the television simply mentions a flying Pokémon. Your mother asks what color it was, and if you say blue, then you will find Latios. In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, you can trade Latios from R/S/E after fixing the network machine.

Anime appearances

Latios and his sister Latias appeared in the fifth Pokémon Movie, Pokémon Heroes, as guardians of Altomare, a city modeled after Venice, Italy. Latios lives in the Secret Garden of Altomare and rarely ventures out unless his sister, Latias, comes with him. He is very overprotective and hates that Latias seems to be trusting toward all humans, for he finds most humans impure and incapable of keeping their secret. However, if Latias finds them pure and good, Latios will also. He seems to always agree with Latias.

At the end of the film, Latios sacrifices himself to protect Altomare from a tremendous tidal wave. It is notable that Latios marks the first actual Pokémon death in the entire North American series.

In the Trading Card

Latios has made the following appearances in the card , in each case as a Basic Pokemon with his partner Latias.

EX Dragon (Colorless, as Latios EX)
EX Deoxys (Colorless, as Latios "star")
EX Delta Species (Steel-Lightning dual-type)

In addition, packed within the DVD release of the fifth Pokemon movie, Pokemon Heroes, is one of two possible promotional cards, either a Latios or a Latias card.

Category:Legendary Pokémon

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