

ĭue to an unintentional leak on Nintendo's official Super Smash Bros. Lucario also appears as an NPC in PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure and its sequel, PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond. While holding Lucarionite, its Mega Stone, it can Mega Evolve into Mega Lucario during battle. Lucario is one of the few Pokémon in Pokémon X and Y that can use the new Mega Evolution mechanic. Lucario appears as a boss Pokémon in Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia, as the guardian of the Blue Gem. However, in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Sky and Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, its pre-evolution form Riolu may be played as the main character or be chosen as the partner Pokémon. Lucario can be found and befriended in Lost Wilderness dungeon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Darkness, but it has no particular main role. While the player never meets Lucario, Alakazam tells the player that his goal is to become closer to Lucario's greatness. After reaching a certain number of points, a Lucario statue will be displayed outside the rescue base. In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Lucario is perceived as the greatest rescue leader of all time, and his adventures have become legendary.

Lucario is used by notable trainers Maylene, the third Sinnoh Gym Leader a tag team partner known as Riley Cynthia, Sinnoh's Elite Four Champion and by Bruno, an Elite Four member of Johto.

Riolu evolves into Lucario when it reaches a sufficiently high level of happiness. It then appeared in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, where its pre-evolved form, Riolu, can be obtained as an egg from Riley. Lucario's debut and video game appearance is in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team and Red Rescue Team, though it only appears as a Statue Cameo when the player gets 15,000 points and the Lucario rank (the highest rank in the game). When it opens its mouth wide enough, sharp fangs can be seen. The coloration of Lucario's fur is predominantly blue and black, although its torso features buff-colored fur slightly shaggier than the rest of its body. It also has a large snout and ears, red irises with vertical slit pupils, an "hourglass"-shaped figure with leering thighs significantly thicker than the rest of its body, iron rings incorporated into its shoulders and waist, and a raccoon's "mask" that loosely resembles a khakkhara with four small dreadlock-like appendages on the back of its head that are used to sense Aura. Its chest and the exterior of its wrists each feature a single, white spike. Lucario is a canid-like Pokémon partly based on Anubis, the jackalheaded god of death from Egyptian mythology that is a bipedal digitigrade with finger-like digits on its forepaws. In an interview, Pokémon Diamond and Pearl director Junichi Masuda noted Lucario's name as one of the most difficult to create, due to an effort to make it appealing to both Japanese and American audiences. The design and art direction for Lucario was provided by Ken Sugimori, a friend of the creator of the Pokémon games, Satoshi Tajiri. Brawl.ĭaisuke Namikawa and Sean Schemmel, the actors who voiced Lucario in Japanese and English, respectively Lucario has also been featured as a playable character in the Super Smash Bros. Since its debut, Lucario has received critical acclaim, and has been featured in several forms of merchandise, including figurines, plush toys, and the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Known as the Aura Pokémon, Lucario can sense and manipulate Aura ( 波導, Hadō), a special kind of energy emitted by Ash in the anime, and some special Lucario users who have a special and strong bond with their Lucario creatures. Lucario is voiced by Daisuke Namikawa, Daisuke Sakaguchi, Rikako Aikawa and Kiyotaka Furushima in Japanese, and Bill Rogers and Sean Schemmel in English. Created by Ken Sugimori, Lucario first appeared as a central character in the film Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, then a cameo in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team and Red Rescue Team, and later appeared in the video games Pokémon Diamond and Pearl and subsequent sequels, also appearing in various merchandise, spin-off titles and animated and printed adaptations of the franchise. Lucario ( ルカリオ, Rukario, / l uː ˈ k ɑːr i oʊ, l ʊ-/) is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise.
