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*Starting with [[Pokémon X and Y]], Pokémon games began receiving digital patches from the [[Nintendo eShop]] or [[Nintendo Network]]. These are required to play online, and some of them patch glitches that would allow the player to cheat (for example, the patched Exp. Candy glitch in [[Pokémon Sword and Shield]]; which also allowed for illegal Pokémon such as a {{p|Persian}} or [[Eeveelution]] evolved from an event Gigantamax {{p|Meowth}} or {{p|Eevee}}, a female {{p|Vespiquen}} evolved from a male {{p|Combee}}, or a {{p|Shedinja}} [[Pokémon egg]]) | *Starting with [[Pokémon X and Y]], Pokémon games began receiving digital patches from the [[Nintendo eShop]] or [[Nintendo Network]]. These are required to play online, and some of them patch glitches that would allow the player to cheat (for example, the patched Exp. Candy glitch in [[Pokémon Sword and Shield]]; which also allowed for illegal Pokémon such as a {{p|Persian}} or [[Eeveelution]] evolved from an event Gigantamax {{p|Meowth}} or {{p|Eevee}}, a female {{p|Vespiquen}} evolved from a male {{p|Combee}}, or a {{p|Shedinja}} [[Pokémon egg]]) | ||
*[[The Pokémon Company]] and related parties decided ''not'' to patch old glitches in the Generation I and Generation II games, such as the [[old man glitch]].<!--Confirm first. Additionally in the terms of service, Nintendo say that they are not responsible for glitches, although they do not endorse cheating.--> | *[[The Pokémon Company]] and related parties decided ''not'' to patch old glitches in the Generation I and Generation II games, such as the [[old man glitch]].<!--Confirm first. Additionally in the terms of service, Nintendo say that they are not responsible for glitches, although they do not endorse cheating.--> | ||
*Restore Points are disabled in the Virtual Console games. It is believed this measure was added so that players cannot restore a backup savestate containing Pokémon or items that were removed via link trade, in order to prevent [[ | *Restore Points are disabled in the Virtual Console games. It is believed this measure was added so that players cannot restore a backup savestate containing Pokémon or items that were removed via link trade, in order to prevent [[cloning glitches]]. | ||
===Generation VII onward=== | ===Generation VII onward=== | ||
* In {{g|Sun and Moon}}, there were two separate banwaves for players that connected their game to [[Game Sync]] with detectably modified save data, in January, 2017,<ref>https://projectpokemon.org/home/index/news/online-ban-wave-%E2%80%93-almost-6000-people-affected-r24/</ref> and March, 2017,<ref>https://projectpokemon.org/home/index/news/online-ban-wave-strikes-again-%E2%80%93-almost-8000-people-affected-r29/</ref> respectively. This ban prevented players from using Game Sync, entering in [[Battle Stadium#Ranked Battle|Rated Battles]] and [[Battle Competition]]s, and participating in [[Festival Plaza#Global missions|Global missions]]s, giving an error message with the error code "090-0212" when affected players attempted to connect. | * In {{g|Sun and Moon}}, there were two separate banwaves for players that connected their game to [[Game Sync]] with detectably modified save data, in January, 2017,<ref>https://projectpokemon.org/home/index/news/online-ban-wave-%E2%80%93-almost-6000-people-affected-r24/</ref> and March, 2017,<ref>https://projectpokemon.org/home/index/news/online-ban-wave-strikes-again-%E2%80%93-almost-8000-people-affected-r29/</ref> respectively. This ban prevented players from using Game Sync, entering in [[Battle Stadium#Ranked Battle|Rated Battles]] and [[Battle Competition]]s, and participating in [[Festival Plaza#Global missions|Global missions]]s, giving an error message with the error code "090-0212" when affected players attempted to connect. | ||
* Beginning with {{g|Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!}}, [https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/41208/~/how-to-download-save-data-cloud-backups Save Data Cloud Backups] are not permitted for Pokémon core series games released on the Nintendo Switch. It is believed this measure was added so that players cannot restore a backup savefile containing Pokémon or items that were removed via link trade, or deposited into Pokémon HOME, in order to prevent [[ | * Beginning with {{g|Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!}}, [https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/41208/~/how-to-download-save-data-cloud-backups Save Data Cloud Backups] are not permitted for Pokémon core series games released on the Nintendo Switch. It is believed this measure was added so that players cannot restore a backup savefile containing Pokémon or items that were removed via link trade, or deposited into Pokémon HOME, in order to prevent [[cloning glitches]]. | ||
===Generation VIII onward=== | ===Generation VIII onward=== | ||