An ESPEON is extremely loyal to any trainer it considers to be worthy. It is said to have developed precognitive powers to protect its trainer from harm.
Biology[]
Physiology[]
Espeon is a quadruped, mammalian Pokémon with slender legs and dainty paws. It is covered in fine, lilac fur. Its ears are large, and it has purple eyes with white pupils. There are tufts of fur on its cheeks, and a small, red gem embedded in its forehead. It also has a thin, forked tail that quivers when it predicts its opponent's moves.
Special Abilities[]
Espeon's velvety fur is sensitive enough for Espeon to sense minute shifts in the air, thus allowing it to predict the weather. Its gem boosts the psychic powers that it gained to protect its Trainer from harm.
Behavior[]
Habitat[]
Espeon is rare in the wilderness, and is more commonly found in urban areas.
Eevee's evolutions have different priority levels. One must remove items required to evolve an Eevee into Leafeon, Glaceon, or Sylveon from an Eevee in addition to removing all Nuclear-Type Pokemon in the player's party for the Eevee to evolve into Espeon.
Sprites[]
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Egg sprite
Shiny Prior to 1.2[]
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Trivia[]
Design Origin[]
According to Motofumi Fujiwara, a key person at Game Freak, Eevee was based on a vague childhood experience he had, He described seeing an "indefinable creature" and that Eevee was based on a drawing of all that he could remember of it.
Each one of Eevee's evolutions are based on the same design but are made to resemble their type.
Name Origin[]
Espeon comes from ESP and eon (an immeasurably long period of time, presumably in reference to the concept of evolution). Eon is also a suffix shared by all Eeveelutions and was Eevee's prototype English name.
In Other Languages[]
Language
Title
Meaning
Spanish
Espeon
Same as English name
Brazilian Portugese
Simplified Chinese
太陽伊布 Tàiyángyībù* 太陽精靈 / 太阳精灵 Tàiyángjīnglíng*
From 太陽 / 太阳 tàiyáng and 伊布 Yībù From 太陽 / 太阳 tàiyáng and 精靈 / 精灵 jīnglíng
German
Psiana
From Psi and -a (common suffix for all Eeveelutions in German)
French
Mentali
From mental and -li (common suffix for all Eeveelutions in French)
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