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protect and hidden power are more universal than the other near-universal moves
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* In [[Generation II]], after the "[Pokémon's name] protected itself!" message appears, there is another message saying that the opponent's move missed. This is caused by Protect's effect internally leading moves with an accuracy check to miss, and was changed in [[Generation III]] to omit the second message. | * In [[Generation II]], after the "[Pokémon's name] protected itself!" message appears, there is another message saying that the opponent's move missed. This is caused by Protect's effect internally leading moves with an accuracy check to miss, and was changed in [[Generation III]] to omit the second message. | ||
* Protect is the most common move among the movesets of Video Game World Championships team's winners. | * Protect is the most common move among the movesets of Video Game World Championships team's winners. | ||
* Protect is tied with {{m|Hidden Power}} as the move learned by the most Pokémon species. | |||
==In other languages== | ==In other languages== | ||