Pokémon controversy: Difference between revisions

→‎Gambling: Lottery is not gambling, and I'm not sure if these two count either.
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In the [[Virtual Console]] re-releases of the [[Generation I]] and {{gen|II}} games, however, the Game Corner was left completely untouched, although the games did receive the higher-than-usual age rating of twelve and up by PEGI (compared to all other contemporary main-series titles, which PEGI gave a rating of seven and up).
In the [[Virtual Console]] re-releases of the [[Generation I]] and {{gen|II}} games, however, the Game Corner was left completely untouched, although the games did receive the higher-than-usual age rating of twelve and up by PEGI (compared to all other contemporary main-series titles, which PEGI gave a rating of seven and up).


There are other gambling methods such as the [[Pokémon Lottery Corner]], the [[Cram-o-matic]] and the [[Item Printer]] that continue to exist through out the games. But the difference with the Cram-o-matic and the Item Printer versus other methods is the player will always be rewarded with random items or pokéballs.
There are other gambling methods that exist in later games, such as the [[Cram-o-matic]] and the [[Item Printer]]. The difference is that instead of having a chance to reward the player, these machines always provide the player with items instead of money, the only luck-based factor being the rarity of the obtained item.


In {{wp|Saudi Arabia}}, the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game|TCG]] was blocked for a while<!--from when to when?--> because it “promoted gambling and Zionism”.{{fact}}
In {{wp|Saudi Arabia}}, the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game|TCG]] was blocked for a while<!--from when to when?--> because it “promoted gambling and Zionism”.{{fact}}
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