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They have been officially known as '''{{j|{{tt|生まれつきの強さ|うまれつきのつよさ}}}}''' ''innate strengths'' in Japanese since at least {{game|Gold and Silver|s}}. In English, recent media from [[The Pokémon Company International]] has called them '''individual strengths'''.<ref>[http://www.pokemon.com/us/strategy/training-battle-ready-pokemon/ Training Battle-Ready Pokémon!]</ref><ref>[http://www.pokemon.com/us/strategy/the-details-of-discovering-pokemon-eggs/ The Details of Discovering Pokémon Eggs]</ref> In the games, the term '''potential''' is often used to allude to IVs, such as by the [[stats judge]]. [[Shigeru Ohmori]] has stated that the reason {{EV}}s and IVs are hidden is because he prefers to think of {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} as "real, living creatures".<ref>[http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-12/11/pokemon-interview Pokemon's Junichi Masuda: 'We weren’t explicitly targeting children' (Wired UK)]</ref> | They have been officially known as '''{{j|{{tt|生まれつきの強さ|うまれつきのつよさ}}}}''' ''innate strengths'' in Japanese since at least {{game|Gold and Silver|s}}. In English, recent media from [[The Pokémon Company International]] has called them '''individual strengths'''.<ref>[http://www.pokemon.com/us/strategy/training-battle-ready-pokemon/ Training Battle-Ready Pokémon!]</ref><ref>[http://www.pokemon.com/us/strategy/the-details-of-discovering-pokemon-eggs/ The Details of Discovering Pokémon Eggs]</ref> In the games, the term '''potential''' is often used to allude to IVs, such as by the [[stats judge]]. [[Shigeru Ohmori]] has stated that the reason {{EV}}s and IVs are hidden is because he prefers to think of {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} as "real, living creatures".<ref>[http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-12/11/pokemon-interview Pokemon's Junichi Masuda: 'We weren’t explicitly targeting children' (Wired UK)]</ref> | ||
Each of the six battle stats has an IV associated with it, with that IV coming into calculation alongside the Pokémon's [[base stats]], [[Nature]], and {{EV}}s to determine the actual stat number. A Pokémon's IVs are determined when it is [[Pseudorandom number generation in Pokémon|generated by the game]] | Each of the six battle stats has an IV associated with it, with that IV coming into calculation alongside the Pokémon's [[base stats]], [[Nature]], and {{EV}}s to determine the actual stat number. A Pokémon's IVs are determined when it is [[Pseudorandom number generation in Pokémon|generated by the game]]---when it is obtained as an {{pkmn|Egg}} from the [[Pokémon Day Care]], [[wild Pokémon|encountered in the wild]], or [[Gift Pokémon|given to the player by an NPC]]. | ||
==Generation I and II== | ==Generation I and II== | ||