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'''Rayquaza''' is a [[bulbapedia:Legendary Pokémon|Legendary]] [[bulbapedia:Dragon (type)|Dragon]]/[[bulbapedia:Flying (type)|Flying]]-type [[Pokémon]] from the ''Pokémon'' series. It is the cover-mascot of the game ''[[bulbapedia:Pokémon Emerald Version|Pokémon Emerald]]''. It appears in the [[Super Smash Bros. Brawl#Subspace Emissary|Subspace Emissary]] of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''.

In Subspace Emissary, it suddenly emerges from a lake after hearing [[Diddy Kong]], who had been looking at the nearly destroyed [[Arwing]] nearby. It attacks the Arwing with Dragonan Pulseenergy ball and snatchesgrabs Diddy in its clawsKong. Diddy screams for help, whereasso [[Fox McCloud]], who manages to escape the damaged [[Arwing]], leaps from the Arwingit and breaks Diddy free of Rayquaza's grasp using [[Fox McCloud#Fox Illusion|Fox Illusion]]. Rayquaza, furious, endslaunches upanother usingenergy Dragonball Pulse onat Fox, who deflects it back at Rayquaza with his [[Fox McCloud#Reflector|Reflector]], flingingcausing it back at Rayquaza, whoto fallsfall back into the lake.

Fox and Diddy engage in a fight with Rayquaza, resulting in the second main boss fight of the Subspace Emissary. Some of its attacks involve burrowing into the ground and then bursting upwards. It also flies with great speed horizontally over the stage and sometimes drops a Thunderlightning attackbolt. The player can beatdefeat it by attacking it around the head. When Rayquaza uses Dragon Pulse, the player can use Fox's Reflector to counter it.

Although Rayquaza does not appear to have any connections with the [[Subspace Army]], it is fought again in [[The Great Maze]]. Rayquaza is also theappears onlyas non-playableboth Pokémona and non-[[PokéTrophy Ball]](Super PokémonSmash toBros. getseries)|trophy]] itsand owna [[Sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|Stickersticker]], making it the only Pokémon that is neither playable nor summoned from a [[Poké Ball]] to have its own sticker.

Rayquaza also appears in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' as a stage hazard foron the [[stage]] [[Kalos Pokémon League]] stage. It sometimes appears atin the Dragon-type chamber, where it damagesperiodically flies from one side of the screen to another, damaging anyone that it comes into contact with. InIt ''also appears a [[trophy (Super Smash Bros. Ultimateseries)|trophy]] in '',Super RayquazaSmash alsoBros. appearsfor Wii U'' and as a [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''.

|JapM=PossibleA a puntransliteration of "ray" and "quasar", the astronomic energy source. Also is the literation of 「烈空座, which 」(means "the one in the violent sky".)

|KorM=Rayquaza; transliteration from Japanese name.

|ChiM=Same as the Japanese name.

|RusM=Same as the Japanese and English name.

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*Unlike other bosses of theThe Subspace Emissary mode, Rayquaza never interacts with characters from its own series.

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