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* Every [[player character]] in all Generation IV games has a [[Wii]] in his/her room, referencing its status as the current Nintendo console during the generation. Previously, in [[Generation III]], {{ga|Brendan}} and {{ga|May}} had [[Nintendo GameCube]]s in their rooms, {{ga|Red}} and {{ga|Leaf}} had an NES, and Red in [[Generation I]] had a [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Nintendo]]. | * Every [[player character]] in all Generation IV games has a [[Wii]] in his/her room, referencing its status as the current Nintendo console during the generation. Previously, in [[Generation III]], {{ga|Brendan}} and {{ga|May}} had [[Nintendo GameCube]]s in their rooms, {{ga|Red}} and {{ga|Leaf}} had an NES, and Red in [[Generation I]] had a [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Nintendo]]. | ||
* Generation IV is the only generation in which two game names have the same first initial in English ( | * Generation IV is the only generation in which two main series game names have the same first initial in English (Pearl and Platinum). However, other languages have had the same initial in their game names, with Spanish Azul and Amarillo for Blue and Yellow, and German Saphir and Smaragd for Sapphire and Emerald. | ||
* Generation IV is the only generation that is compatible with the generations before ''and'' after it, as it can connect to the [[Generation III]] games through [[Pal Park]], and the [[Generation V]] games with the Poké Transfer. | * Generation IV is the only generation that is compatible with the generations before ''and'' after it, as it can connect to the [[Generation III]] games through [[Pal Park]], and the [[Generation V]] games with the Poké Transfer. | ||
* Generation IV is the first generation | * Generation IV is the first generation in which level 1 Pokémon are legitimately obtainable in the main series. | ||
* Generation IV is | * Generation IV is the only generation to have all its games released in the spring in North America, and in the fall in Japan. | ||
* Generation IV is the longest Pokémon generation in Japan, falling only 10 days short of being four years long. | * Generation IV is the longest Pokémon generation in Japan, falling only 10 days short of being four years long. | ||
* Generation IV introduced the [[List of Pokémon with cross-generational evolutions|largest number]] of [[evolution]]s for Pokémon of previous [[generation]]s, at 29. | * Generation IV is tied with [[Generation III]] for the largest number of main series games, with five each. | ||
* Generation IV introduced the fewest | * Generation IV introduced the [[List of Pokémon with cross-generational evolutions|largest number]] of [[evolution]]s for Pokémon of previous [[generation]]s, at 29. At the same time, it introduced only 78 species not related to a previous generation by evolution, the lowest of any generation. | ||
* Generation IV introduced the fewest Pokémon [[List of Pokémon that are not part of an evolutionary line|that are unable to evolve]], with a total of five. | |||
* Generation IV introduced the largest number of [[legendary Pokémon]], with 13{{tt|*|14 if Phione is included, but Phione's status is disputed}}. | * Generation IV introduced the largest number of [[legendary Pokémon]], with 13{{tt|*|14 if Phione is included, but Phione's status is disputed}}. | ||