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 * The [[Pokémon League]]s feature a [[Pokémon League Conference|tournament]] rather than just battling five Trainers straight to become Champion. Trainers may just also challenge the current Champion, as seen in several of [[Cynthia]]'s battles in the anime.
 * In the anime, there can be more than the 8 usual [[Gym]]s in each [[region]]. However, Ash only ever faces the ones from the games, with the others challenged by Rivals.
-**In the [[Best Wishes series]], the one slight difference to this was [[Drayden]], the only Gym Leader from the original [[Pokémon Black and White Versions|Black and White games]] whose Gym Ash never challenged. Instead [[Roxie]] from [[Pokémon Black and White Versions 2|Black 2 and White 2]] was used in his place for Ash to acquire his eighth badge.
+**In the {{series|Best Wishes}}, the one slight difference to this was [[Drayden]], the only Gym Leader from the original {{game|Black and White|s|Black and White}} whose Gym Ash never challenged. Instead [[Roxie]] from {{game|Black and White|s 2|Black and White 2}} was used in his place for Ash to acquire his eighth badge.
 * Multiples of each [[legendary Pokémon]] have been sighted. In the games, it's only one per game. This also states that the legendary Pokémon in the anime have the ability to {{pkmn|breeding|breed}}, contrary to the games.
 **However, game canon seems to imply that more exist, but the player only ever encounters one, while breeding in captivity, rather than the wild, may be awkward for legends much as it is for some species of animal, such as {{wp|echidna}}s or {{wp|panda}}s.
 * [[Starter Pokémon]] can be found in the wild in the anime. In the games, players can only receive one from the regional professor. They must [[trade]] to obtain others. An exception occurs in {{g|X and Y}}, where Kanto and Kalos starters can be found in a [[Friend Safari]] and caught.
 * In battles in the anime, moves can be used together to make a totally [[Moves not in the Pokémon games|new move]].
-* In the anime, characters change their clothes when they go swimming. However, when a player {{m|Dive|dives underwater}} in the games, the player is still wearing their normal outfit.
+* In the anime, characters change their clothes when they go swimming. However, when a player {{m|dive}}s underwater in the games, the player is still wearing their normal outfit.
 * In the anime, [[Pokémon Contests]] have an appeal round where Contestants show off a combination of moves, while in the games, there isn't one. The second round is different as well. Contestants battle each other in the anime while in the games, Contestants show off only one move to the judge and are able to affect the other Contestants' Pokémon (Hoenn Contest only).
 * In the anime, the Trainer can order their Pokémon to dodge attacks, regardless of the accuracy of that move in the games. Additionally moves that normally cannot miss in the games, such as {{m|Swift}}, {{m|Shock Wave}} and {{m|Aerial Ace}}, can miss.