Wild Pokémon: Difference between revisions

[[File:XY Prerelease wild battle.png|thumb|right|A battle against a wild Pokémon in [[Pokémon X and Y]]]]

In the games, wild Pokémon will appear to the player in a variety of locations, most often when the player is walking through [[tall grass]], but also within caves, abandoned buildings, {{m|surf}}ing on water, [[fishing]], {{m|Rock Smash|smashing rocks}}, {{m|headbutt}}ing small trees, using {{m|Sweet Scent}}, slathering [[honey]] on certain trees, by [[Phenomenon|phenomena]]. Occasionally, wild Pokémon will also hide within objects, natural and unnatural, such as TVs, trash cans, and roadside bushes and trees, and jump out when their hiding place is discovered or approached too closely. Depending on the location, the Pokémon may be different species, and are typically at higher [[level]]s in areas only accessible later in the game.

[[File:Wild double battle BW.png|thumb|left|A wild Double Battle in {{game|Black and White|s}}]]

There are several ways to alter the wild Pokémon encounter rate. One of these, introduced in Generation I, is the use of [[Repel]], which will avoid encounters with any Pokémon of a lower level than the [[party]]'s lead Pokémon. The {{DL|Out-of-battle effect item|Cleanse Tag}} was introduced in [[Generation II]], which lowers the encounter rate. Pokémon March and Pokémon Lullaby in [[Generation II]], played on the [[Pokégear]], will raise or lower the encounter rate respectively, while {{cat|Abilities that affect appearance of wild Pokémon|certain Abilities}} do the same since {{v2|Emerald}}. The White and Black [[Flute]]s can be used for this in [[Generation III]] and [[Generation IV]]. In [[Generation V]], two types of [[Entralink#List of Pass Powers|Pass Powers]] (Encounter Power ↑ and Encounter Power ↓ ) take over this function, while in [[Generation VI]], two [[O-Power]]s (Encounter Power and Stealth Power) inherit the same properties.

| bushes on Routes {{rtn|6|Kalos}} and {{rtn|18|Kalos}}

| ''Whoa! A wild <Pokémon> leaped out of the tall grass!''

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| {{pkmn|X and Y}}

Typically, wild Pokémon are not a central feature of the {{pkmn|anime}}, which focuses mostly on the Pokémon belonging to {{Ash}}, {{ashfr}} and other Trainers he encounters. Most of the Pokémon belonging to the group were shown in the wild at some point, but are usually captured at a later point in the same episode, most often at the end. Despite this, there have been several [[recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|recurring wild Pokémon]] who appear over a length of time and are not captured. Of all of these Pokémon, [[Ash's Aipom|an Aipom]], [[Ash's Gible|a Gible]], [[Ash's Krokorok|a Krokorok]], [[Ash's Froakie|a Froakie]], and [[Clemont's Dedenne|a Dedenne]] went on to be captured several episodes after they appeared. As demonstrated in a number of occasions, {{MTR}} is also a wild Pokémon.

In the [[EP001|first anime episode]], Ash's Pokédex states that wild Pokémon tend to be jealous of human-trained Pokémon, this being one of the reasons that the {{AP|Spearow|Fearow#In the anime}} Ash hit with a rock attacked {{AP|Pikachu}} instead.