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*** Which is how it's been working in every 3D Pokémon game sice ''[[Pokémon Stadium]]''. Yes, Game Freak ignored ''the very own rules they created'' so they could make things more unfair to the player! |
*** Which is how it's been working in every 3D Pokémon game sice ''[[Pokémon Stadium]]''. Yes, Game Freak ignored ''the very own rules they created'' so they could make things more unfair to the player! |
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** In R2 mode of the ''Stadium'' games, this happened a lot. But ''Pokémon Stadium'' had a special way of ruining your day. "100% accuracy" moves in ''Red/Blue/Yellow'' really had an accuracy of 99.6% (255/256). When pitted against Gamblers in R2 who'd be using one-hit knockout (OHKO) moves, you can guarantee that your Flamethrower/Surf/Thunderbolt would miss and the Gambler would KO your entire team with OHKO moves. |
** In R2 mode of the ''Stadium'' games, this happened a lot. But ''Pokémon Stadium'' had a special way of ruining your day. "100% accuracy" moves in ''Red/Blue/Yellow'' really had an accuracy of 99.6% (255/256). When pitted against Gamblers in R2 who'd be using one-hit knockout (OHKO) moves, you can guarantee that your Flamethrower/Surf/Thunderbolt would miss and the Gambler would KO your entire team with OHKO moves. |
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** The ''Stadium'' games deserve special mention, where the most common (read: in all but a handful) method of loss for someone with a decent team is cheating |
** The ''Stadium'' games deserve special mention, where the most common (read: in all but a handful) method of loss for someone with a decent team is cheating AIs. |
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** The Mewtwo that serves as the [[Final Boss]] of the first ''Stadium'' ([[No Export for You|or second, if you're Japanese]]) has infinite PP. |
** The Mewtwo that serves as the [[Final Boss]] of the first ''Stadium'' ([[No Export for You|or second, if you're Japanese]]) has infinite PP. |
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* ''[[Pokémon Colosseum]]'': |
* ''[[Pokémon Colosseum]]'': |