Hakuryuu - Porygon

Porygon

Porygon (ポリゴン, Porigon?) is the first man-made Pokémon, the product of extensive research by Silph Co. It consists entirely of programming code, allowing it to convert itself entirely back to program data. This allows it to move freely in cyberspace. This code is copy protected to prevent duplication. This code is fairly restrictive, limiting Porygon to certain pre-programmed motions, actions, and reactions. As it does not need to breathe, it is used in various environments, even some normally considered inhospitable.

In the video games, Porygon is only available as a prize from slot machines. As a result, a large number of people have taken to playing the slots seeking to win a Porygon. These gamblers are especially visible in the towns of Kanto and Johto. Porygon are not available in Hoenn at all. However, Porygon actually run wild in Mr. Backlot's Trophy Garden, found in Sinnoh. The reason for this is that Mr. Backlot, the owner, is so proud of his Trophy Garden that he will often brag about certain Pokémon (like Porygon) living there when they don't. In response to this, his loyal butler actually searches for these Pokémon and releases them into the garden. Porygon is cheaper to obtain in some games than in others.

Porygon makes several cameo appearances in the Super Smash Bros. series of crossover fighting games. Porygon first appears in Super Smash Bros. as one of the five Pokémon that appears from the door on the Saffron City stage, and later appears in one stage of Super Smash Bros. Melee as a moving platform. Porygon's most significant appearance in the Pokémon anime to date is "Dennō Senshi Porygon", an episode notorious for having caused hundreds of children in Japan to have epileptic seizures during its initial broadcast in 1997. Following subsequent public outcry, the anime went on a hiatus and was almost cancelled. Even though Pikachu's Thunderbolt attack caused the 'seizure attack', Porygon and its evolved forms Porygon2 and Porygon-Z have never been featured prominently in any Pokémon episodes or films since.

GamesRadar described Porygon as "outdated as Nintendo 64 graphics" due to its subsequent evolutions. IGN described its evolutions as appearing "much more smoother and lifelike" than its initial design.