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'''Cheating''' refers to the process of playing the [[Pokémon games]] through third-party devices to alter the game's data, usually to give the player advantages that would not be available through normal gameplay. Cheating is most frequently used to obtain or duplicate rare Pokémon or [[item]]s, particularly those which would otherwise require attending a [[Nintendo]] {{pkmn2|event}}.

[[Glitch]]es and the games' [[Pseudorandom number generation|pseudorandom number generator]] may also be exploited to circumvent the restrictions of normal gameplay without explicitly cheating.