Black out: Difference between revisions

:''If you were looking for TCG theme deck, see [[Blackout (TCG)]].''

:''For the glitch screen, see [[Glitch screen#Blackout|Blackout]].''

[[File:Blackout DP.png|256px|thumb|Blacking out from a wild battle in {{2v2|Diamond|Pearl}}]]

The player will '''black out''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|目の前が真っ暗になる|めのまえがまっくらになる}}''' ''lose hope'', lit. ''plunge into darkness'') when all the {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} on the player's team [[Fainting|faint]]. In the [[Generation]] {{gen|II}} and {{gen|III}} games (in Western release), or the Generation II games and {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}} (in Japanese releases), the player will instead '''white out''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|目の前が真っ白になる|めのまえがまっしろになる}}''' ''plunge into white''), although there is no difference from blacking out.

This is comparable to a {{wp|game over}} screen for the [[Pokémon games]]. It generally occurs in {{pkmn|battle}} but it can also occur in the overworld due to the effects of {{status|poison}} prior to [[Generation V]].

The player will lose a sum of [[Pokémon Dollar|money]]. In {{pkmn|Trainer}} battles, the money will be paid to the winner, but in battles with [[wild Pokémon]], the money will be dropped in panic. Before [[Generation IV]], half of the money on hand was lost and this loss was not explicitly stated to the player. In {{2v2|FireRed|LeafGreen}} and the Generation IV games, however, the money lost depends on the level of the player's {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} and the number of [[Badge]]s he/she has earned. In these games, the player receives a message about how much was lost. Prior to Generation IV, if a Pokémon that would [[Evolution|evolve]] via level up achieves this [[level]] in the battle, but the player blacks out, the Pokémon will not be given the opportunity to evolve.

Furthermore, the player will rush back to the last visited [[Pokémon Center]] to restore their Pokémon's health. This will not occur in special occasions such as the player's initial battle as a Trainer in [[Pokémon Red and Blue Versions|Red, Blue]], {{v2|Yellow}}, [[Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed, LeafGreen]], {{v2|Platinum}}, [[Pokémon Black and White Versions|Black, White]], [[Pokémon Black and White Versions 2|Black 2, White 2]], or in [[Pokémon battle|Link Battles]] and facilities of the [[Battle Frontier]]. In FireRed, LeafGreen, and from Generation IV and on, a cutscene plays featuring a description of the player's rush back to the Pokémon Center and protecting the [[party]] from harm. If the player blacks out during a [[Sky Battle]] but still has usable Pokémon in their party which were ineligible for the battle, they will not be returned to a Pokémon Center.

If a Pokémon Center has not been used at all before the party has fainted, the player's [[mom|mother]] will revive the party and remark about stocking up on [[Potion]]s.

{{DL|List of glitches in Generation I|Pokémon Storage System healthy party deposit|A glitch}} in [[Generation I]] causes a black out to occur in the overworld and without {{status|poison}}ed Pokémon by storing all party Pokémon in the [[Pokémon Storage System]] except for the ones that have [[Fainting|fainted]].

===Formula for money lost===

Prior to {{2v2|FireRed|LeafGreen}} and in {{game|Emerald}}, the amount of money lost was simply half of the money the player had. In FireRed and LeafGreen and from Generation IV on, the money lost is calculated using the following formula:

Where ''Level'' is the level of the player's highest-level Pokémon and ''Base Prize money'' is looked up using the following table:

{| class="roundy" style="text-align:center; border:3px solid #333; background:#909090; margin-left:5px; margin-bottom:5px"

! style="background:#595959; {{roundytl|5px}}" rowspan=2 | Badges

! style="background:#595959; {{roundytr|5px}}" colspan=4 | Payout

|- style="background:#898989"

! FRLG

! G4

! G5

! G6

| colspan="2" | {{pdollar}}8

| colspan="2" | {{pdollar}}8

| colspan="2" | {{pdollar}}16

| colspan="2" | {{pdollar}}16

| colspan="2" | {{pdollar}}24

| colspan="2" | {{pdollar}}24

| colspan="2" | {{pdollar}}36

| colspan="2" | {{pdollar}}36

| colspan="2" | {{pdollar}}48

| colspan="2" | {{pdollar}}48

| colspan="2" | {{pdollar}}60

| colspan="2" | {{pdollar}}64

| colspan="2" | {{pdollar}}80

| colspan="2" | {{pdollar}}80

| colspan="2" | {{pdollar}}100

| colspan="2" | {{pdollar}}100

| style="background:#FFF; {{roundybr|5px}}" colspan="2" | {{pdollar}}120

For example, if the player has seven Badges and loses a battle with only a Level 96 {{p|Venusaur}} in their party, {{pdollar}}9600 will be lost. The minimum amount of money that the player can lose is {{pdollar}}8 (if the Pokémon with the highest level in the player's party is level 1 and the player has 0 Badges; 1×8=8), while the maximum is {{pdollar}}12000 (if the Pokémon with the highest level in the player's party is level 100 and the player has 8 Badges; 100×120=12000).

If the player is currently holding less money than the amount calculated, they will simply lose all their money when they blacks out.

== In other generations ==