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Shiny Pokemon
This fan-made term was made official in Gen IV. It is used to described rare alternate colorations of pokemon.
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Masuda Method
This specialty shiny hunting method is fan-named after the the director of GameFreak who introduced it to the game. It is also called "International Marriage" in Japanese.
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Dark and Steel
These two types were introduced in Gen II, bringing the total to 17.
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! and ? were introduced in Gen III
Gen II was the first generation to introduce a Pokemon with multiple forms. This was shown in the Unown which were introduced with 28 forms taking on the shapes of the Latin alphabet as well as two punctuation marks.
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Gorochu
This cut Pokemon was revealed in a 2018 interview with Ken Sugimori. It was intended to be an evolution for Raichu in Gen I
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Mega Evolution appeared in Gen VII as well in SM USUM and LGPLGE
Pokemon has had a recent trend of introducing gimmicks in a generation that is exclusive to that generation, and being removed by the next. Examples include the DreamWorld in Gen V, Mega Evolution in Gen VI, Z-Moves in Gen VII, and it is anticipated Dynamaxing will be exclusiv=ve to Gen VIII
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Azure Flute
This unreleased Gen IV item was discovered due to datamines. It was revealed later that it was originally intended to be the key item to summon Arceus.
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Nidoran (Male)
The glitch "Pokemon" MissingNo. pulls data from all over to create a full encounter. Generally, it also pulls the cry of this Pokemon that plays when it appears.
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