Lucario (, Rukario?) is one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise—a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards, and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. As do all Pokémon, Lucario fight other Pokémon in battles central to the anime, manga, and games of the series. The name Lucario is used as both a singular and a plural noun when referring to the species.

Known as the Aura Pokémon it can track energy called Aura, which is given off by all living creatures. It is a unique combination of both Fighting- and Steel-types. Lucario evolves from Riolu during the day if its Happiness has reached a certain point.

It specializes in attacks that use Aura energy, like Dark Pulse and a can't-miss technique, Aura Sphere. It is featured on the boxart for Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia, as well as the film Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew. Lucario is also featured as a playable character in Super Smash Bros.

Brawl. The design and art direction for Lucario was provided by Ken Sugimori, a friend of the creator of the Pokémon games, Satoshi Tajiri. The species first appeared in the Nintendo DS games, Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, released in Japan in 2006.

The species in the Pokémon video games are portrayed by a two-dimensional sprite, although the Lucario appearance has been conveyed by 3D computer graphics. The species has been portrayed with no spoken dialogue. In the Pokémon anime, they use facial expressions, body language and makes noises that repeat syllables of their name, using different pitches and tones.

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. Lucario is a bipedal, jackal-like Pokémon that is around four feet in height. Lucario's forepaws are black and have one white spike on each arm on the upper-side of its wrists.

In addition, there is a third spike on Lucario's chest. Lucario's snout and ears have also grown longer since its evolution from Riolu. Lucario also has a furry yellow torso, and its thighs are in the shape of what looks like blue shorts.

It has the ability to sense the aura in all living things, and the one featured in the film is capable of telepathic human speech, similar to Legendary Pokémon of past films. It can read the thoughts and movements of other beings by sensing the Aura that they emit. A trained Lucario is able to sense aura and identify the feelings of creatures up to half a mile away.

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