Venusaur
| Venusaur | |
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| First game | Pokémon Red and Blue |
| Designed by | Ken Sugimori |
| Voiced by (English) | Michael Haigney (4Kids) Craig Blair (TPCI) |
| Voiced by (Japanese) |
Ryūzaburō Ōtomo (TV series episode #51, first animated film) Unshō Ishizuka (TV series episode #112) Kenta Miyake (TV series episode #437) |
Venusaur (/ˈviːnəˌsɔːr/), known in Japan as Fushigibana (フシギバナ?), is a Grass/Poison type Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. Created by Ken Sugimori, Venusaur first appeared in the video games Pokémon Red and Blue and subsequent sequels, later appearing in various merchandise, spinoff titles and animated and printed adaptations of the franchise. Venusaur is capable of Mega Evolution, which allows it to transform into Mega Venusaur. It is evolved from Ivysaur, then came from Bulbasaur.
Venusaur was one of 151 different designs conceived by Game Freak's character development team and finalized by Ken Sugimori for the first generation of the Pokémon games Red and Green, which were localized outside Japan as Pokémon Red and Blue. Venusaur was originally named "Fushigibana" in Japanese, which is a combination of the words fushigi and hana, which mean mystery and flower, respectively. Unlike its pre-evolutions, there is a difference between the male and female Venusaurs. The female has a seed in the center of its flower, while the male does not. Nintendo decided to give the various Pokémon species "clever and descriptive names" related to their appearance or features when translating the game for western audiences as a means to make the characters more relatable to American children. As a result, it was renamed Venusaur, which the gaming website IGN wrote was a combination of "venus" from the plant venus flytrap and "saur" from dinosaur.
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