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Most games contain items capable of healing specific status effects, or rarer items which can heal all of them. Many games also include magic spells that can eliminate status effects. Status effects are often removed at the end of a battle or once the originating enemy is defeated, however some may persist until they are explicitly cured.
Pokémon can learn up to four moves, including attacking moves, healing moves, and moves that inflict status conditions on the opponent. [12] They have six stats that affect battle performance: maximum hit points (HP), Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense, and Speed. Attack and Special Attack are distinguished from Defense and ...
Some types have special properties unrelated to the damage chart; for example, certain types cannot be affected by certain status conditions. [18] Poke Balls are used to capture Pokémon. Players can catch Pokémon in the wild, engaging with them in a Pokémon battle.
The eighth generation (Generation VIII) of the Pokémon franchise features 96 fictional species of creatures introduced to the core video game series, including 89 in the 2019 Nintendo Switch games Pokémon Sword and Shield as of version 1.3.0 and 7 further species introduced in the 2022 Nintendo Switch game Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
Throughout development of Red and Green, all Pokémon were designed by Ken Sugimori who was a long-time friend of Tajiri, and a team of fewer than ten people, [14] including Atsuko Nishida who is credited as the designer of Pikachu. [15] [16] By 2013, a team of 20 artists worked together to create new species designs.
Pokémon [a] [b] is a Japanese media franchise consisting of video games, animated series and films, a trading card game, and other related media.The franchise takes place in a shared universe in which humans co-exist with creatures known as Pokémon, a large variety of species endowed with special powers.
Pokémon will appear in the game's overworld, and which Pokémon can appear will depend on weather conditions in the Wild Area, [7] which changes every real-world day. [8] The Wild Area's Pokémon fluctuate wildly in terms of their in-game level, and players will be unable to catch Pokémon of a certain level until they obtain certain Gym ...
The Pokémon themselves spawn randomly, with some conditions; nocturnal Pokémon have a higher chance to spawn at night, and water type pokémon may spawn close to water. Gyms are used to battle and train Pokémon against other players in the area, and nearby PokéStops give free items when spun (they have a 5-minute cooldown per use).