Character: Red Genesect 6b6i6l

Genesect is known as the Paleozoic Pokémon. It is a purple mechanical bug-like Pokémon with a cannon on its back, modifiable with Drives that change the type of its signature move, Techno Blast. Genesect was a skilled and ruthless hunter from over three hundred million years in the past. It is revived from a fossil by Team Plasma and outfitted with cybernetics in an attempt to create the most powerful Pokémon in existence. According to a scientist that appears in Team Plasma's old laboratory on Unova's Route 18, provided the player has an event Genesect in the party, N cancelled the project out of his belief that a Pokémon would lose its purity if it were modified by science. Angry that N denied him his talent, the scientist continued to work on Genesect in secrecy.

Genesect was first revealed by the Pokémon Company on July 14, 2012, and was released to Japanese players of Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 from August 11 to September 14, 2012, by Nintendo. It was released to international players of Black 2 and White 2 from October 7 in North America, October 11 in Australia, and October 12 in Europe, to November 12, 2012.

Genesect will debut in the sixteenth Pokémon movie, ExtremeSpeed Genesect.