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Obscure Pokémon game trivia

In the original RSE, there is a scientist in Mossdeep who is observing rocket launches. Most of the time he says that it failed, but there is a small chance that the launch will be successful

(This has no bearing on the gameplay, despite what videos from 2007 saying "HOW TO GET JIRACHI (NOT A HOAX) (REAL)" will tell you)
 
Pokémon Legends: Arceus has several anime references hidden in its "Path of Solitude" challenge, where Ingo will fight any single Pokémon you choose with a single, predetermined Pokémon of his own.
  • Manaphy and Phione's opponents are Chatot and Parasect, respectively, both of which are Pokémon owned by Phantom the Pirate from the Manaphy movie.
  • Darkrai's opponent is Lickilicky, a reference to how Baron Alberto fights Darkrai with his Lickilicky in the Darkrai movie. As an added bonus, this Lickilicky knows Hyper Beam, just like Alberto's Lickilicky does.
  • Shaymin's opponent is Magnezone, referencing how the Giratina movie's antagonist, Zero, used a Magnezone in an attempt to capture Shaymin.
  • And finally, Pikachu's opponent is Onix. You can probably guess what that references.
 
Arven's entire team is themed around food, with the exception of his ace Pokemon and personal pet Mabostiff. There's Cloyster (shellfish), Toedscruel (mushrooms), Garganacl (salt), Scovillain (peppers), and Greedent (who is a very big eater).
Flying is the only type that currently does not have a Gym that can be challenged in a Pokemon game released for the Switch.
Paras and Parasect were the only Pokemon to have had three 4x weaknesses at one point in time, as in Gen 1 Bug was weak to Poison.
The critical hit ratio was determined based on the Pokemon's speed stat in the Gen 1 games.
All of the Gym types of the Paldea region are in a position that they were in previous Pokemon games with the sole exception of Ghost, which had never been the 6th Gym Leader before. Bug was 1st in Kalos, Grass was 2nd in Sinnoh, Electric was 3rd in Kanto and Hoenn, Water was 4th in Sinnoh (DP only), Normal was 5th in Hoenn, Psychic was 7th in Hoenn and Kalos, and Ice was 8th in Kalos.
Larry is the first character to simultaneously be a Gym Leader and Elite 4 member, and the first character to specialize in two types at the same time, specializing in Normal types as a Gym Leader and Flying types as an Elite 4 member. He is the third character known to have had multiple specialty types, after Jasmine and Bede. Him using Normal and Flying types is a reference to Normal/Flying being the most common dual type combination in the series, making it a rather plain and bland typing, fitting for a generic businessman like Larry.
 
Here is something I've learned from gameplay experience years back.

In Pokémon Conquest, the leading warlord of opposing armies can get kicked out of their own army. Let's say you're the player character and the leading warlord of Viperia is Nene. Nene can get kicked out of her own army.

This can only happen to AI warlords and never the player. It only happens when warlords have the maximum amount of warriors they could have in their army but every other warrior has a stronger Pokémon than them. If they try to recruit another warrior with a Pokémon stronger than them, they will be replaced by the new warrior. None of their warriors become the leading warlord.

When the leading warlord is kicked out of their own army, their army cannot attack any kingdoms unless their warlord is in a kingdom adjacent to them, whether through being in a new army or living off in wild facilities. You can recruit said warlord into your army, and fight their own army off with them.

tl;dr if Nene gets kicked out of her own army, you can still recruit Nene into your own and fight Nene's own army with Nene herself.

You can also just move the warlord you recruited somewhere far away from their kingdom so their army will never be able to attack.

Additionally, AI warlords can often recruit whatever the heck is out there regardless of what you're facing. I had Oichi in a neighboring kingdom somehow manage to recruit Tadakatsu + Dialga with just Jigglypuff, while the rest of her army had Starly, Minccino, Audino, and maybe a Bidoof. A little absurd. I took some advantage of this and ended up creating a challenging yet fun matchup.

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This was 3 years ago. This was set up by me just simply going for 100% completion of the game and getting bored. When you have a warrior + Pokémon in your army, you can have them dissatisfied enough to leave your army. When they leave they will continue roaming around with what they had before they left, allowing for opposing armies to get some busted pairs if you tossed them out.
 
Steel has currently gone the longest without a new Gym, not having once since DP. Steel, Ground, Flying, and Poison are the only four types to not have new Gyms in the "3D era" of the series.
The Elite 4 in SV all share their types with the Titan Pokemon.
Geeta is the third Champion to not be a rival and not use a Psuedo Legendary against the player. The first is Wallace and the second is Alder, although the latter wasn't the final boss of BW. Instead Ghetsis, who used BW's Psuedo Legendary (Hydreigon) was. Lance used Dragonite, Steven used Metagross, Cynthia used Garchomp, Iris used Hydreigon, Diantha used Goodra, and Leon used Dragapult.
Wallace and Lance are the only Champions to have monotype teams, those being Water and Flying respectively (although Lance is officially considered to be a Dragon-type specialist).
The names of the Team Star Bosses are all named after stars in the constellation Cassiopeia, which is also the code name of their leader.
Primeape's new evolution Annihilape being a Ghost type is a reference to one of Primeape's dex entries in the Alola games, which state that Primeape can get so angry that it actually dies. Fittingly it evolves by using a new Ghost-type move called Rage Fist 20 times, and that move notably gets more powerful the more damage the user takes in battle.
Finizen evolves into Palafin at Level 38. Fitting for the line's basis on superheroes, this is a reference the the year that the first Superman comic released in, that being 1938.
 
In Gen V the only way to get the alternate forms of Tornadus, Thundurus and Landorous is through the Dream Radar. And, soon, you won't be able to download the Dream Radar at all, as the E-shop is closing. This is also the game Professor Burnet is originally from.

You could also catch Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Ho-oh and Lugia if you had D/P/PT or HG/SS inserted into your 3DS and the only way to get these Pokemon without having to play the Pokemon Transporter Mini game to migrate from generations 4 to 5.
 
Unlike the other legendaries and mythicals in Legends Arceus, you can catch more than one Phione, up to three in fact. This implies that Manaphy breeds in the wild, implying that Phione wasn't necessarily the result of humans trying to breed Mythical Pokemon but rather, a natural offshoot of Manaphy instead.
 
I mean the dex has never indicated Phione is due to human intervention, it's always been pretty clear that the difference is whether Manaphy breeds in warm or cold water.
 
In Pokémon Emerald, there is a very long list of codes that, after obtaining a specific glitch-Pokémon, can be executed by renaming the pc boxes in order to make certain events occur (e.g. getting the Aurora Ticket, getting a Johto Starter...)

Some of these codes have a secondary effect : they divide by 2 the amount of money you have.
 
Just found out two funny names for Pokémon in other languages.

Deerling is Sesokitz in German (and in Spanish "seso" means brains, especially when cooked)

Squawkabilly is Tapatoes in French (in Spanish it kinda sounds like "zapatotes" or "big shoes")
 
New Pokémon Snap features the return of Todd Snap, and it's made clear the player's vehicle is based on that one Todd used to ride on Pokémon Island years ago. The original pod's designer, Professor Oak, is also indirectly hinted at a couple times. But there are also a couple references that are very subtle and easily missable:
  • In one of her menu dialogues, Rita mentions she saw some of Todd's old photographs, and described them having "all the colors of the rainbow". I take this as a reference to the Rainbow Cloud, the final stage of the original Pokémon Snap.
  • One of Todd's requests is to photograph a Metapod hanging on a string. Once the player is successful, he comments he used to take photographs like this too, referencing how you could find Metapod hanging in a similar way on the River stage of Pokémon Snap.
  • Todd remarks that Mightywide River, an area added to New Pokémon Snap as DLC, feels nostalgic to him. This is most likely a reference to the Valley stage in Pokémon Snap, which is very similar to this area.
 
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