Question

1. What is it?
2. Can it be obtained
3. Is it even real?
4. How did it come about?

Answer 1

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1. It is Lugia that has been corrupted by Cipher, so it is evil now. You may purify it or turn it back to normal.

2. Only in Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness. You can not transfer it out of the game as Shadow Lugia, only as normal Lugia.

3. It is a side-game. If you mean is it fan-made or something, no, it is real.

4. Shadow Lugia (Japanese: ダークルギア Dark Lugia), codenamed XD001, is a Lugia corrupted by the criminal organization Cipher. It is believed to be the ultimate Shadow Pokémon, completely immune to purification; to reflect this, the "XD" in its codename stands for "Extra Darkness". As a sign of its corruption, unlike other Shadow Pokémon, Lugia's appearance changes from that of a normal Lugia. Shadow Lugia has only been seen in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness.

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I've owned this game before and have played it many times.

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Credit to Dark Goku for link to picture and answer 4.

Answer 2

I think this is all you need to know.

Sorry could'nt give it in detail.