Pokémon Battle Revolution: Difference between revisions

Due to the lack of clauses in online random multiplayer, Trainers with [[legendary Pokémon]] ran rampant on the system, attracting a fair amount of controversy as to why [[Nintendo]] was not using official Nintendo tournament rules, which ban legendary Pokémon, on their service. However, on July 3, 2007, legendary Pokémon (referred to as "exotic" Pokémon by the game) became banned from the system. Although it was originally speculated to be a [[glitch]], a [[Global Terminal#Temporary legendary Pokémon ban|similar incident]] occurred on the same date regarding {{game3|Diamond and Pearl|two other games|s}}. The banning of these Pokémon has received a large amount of controversy from the community. A Nintendo representative later [http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=934033&topic=36507640 stated] that the ban was a technical difficulty. The similar GTS problem was not addressed.

It seems that the ban was lifted sometime later, as legendary Pokémon can currently be used.

Something similar happened to the American {{DL|List of local English event Pokémon distributions in Generation IV#Toys "R" Us Darkrai|Alamos Darkrai}} given out at Toys "R" Us events. While the [[M10|Japanese Movie]] [[List of local Japanese event Pokémon distributions in Generation IV#Movie Darkrai|Darkrai]], the {{p|Darkrai}} obtained from [[Newmoon Island]] by hacking and [[Ranger Net#Liberate The Tower.21|Darkrai]] from [[Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia]] worked fine, Alamos Darkrai was not allowed in online random multiplayer. This was fixed later on, and Alamos Darkrai are now freely usable.