Back in the Gen 2 games, wild Phanpy could escape once a turn has passed. Which means that if you tried to get its shiny, you would lose that shiny anyways since it would be out of your control.
A whole bunch of Pokemon had the ability to do that in GSC. They've abandoned that feature and haven't used it since outside of roaming legendaries.
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That sounds horrible. It's a good thing they removed that and the dodge mechanic from Red & Blue.
Did they really remove a dodge mechanic? I figured dodge was the same thing as attack missed.
Yup, that's the one. Thanks to that mechanic I spent three years believing the Pokémon at the Cerulean Cave couldn't be caught since a Chansey dodged all the Ultra Balls I threw at it.
Ooooooh... forgot that was a thing.
I feel like Go's dodging mechanic was slightly less offensive, since it doesn't happen as frequently as the original version and you get to actually see it dodge instead of just reading about it. Well, at least that's how I see it.
To be fair, not every pokemon is will to go along with to be a happy team member. It's kinda realistic
Pokemon are jacknobs who like to tease trainers = canon. XD
Pokemon are wild animals. Of course they're defending territory.
My point wasn't "Pokemon don't act like this"-it's that behaviors like trying to steal resources or defending territory only make sense if the Pokemon actually tries to fight. Showing up for a second and then immediately turning tail isn't going to scare anything away from their territory.
