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==Infection== | ==Infection== | ||
When infected, a Pokémon's status screen will indicate it much as it does any other status condition, as <span style="background:#8822BB; color:#FFFFFF"><sup>P</sup><sub>K</sub><sc>rs</sc></span>. When another normal status condition, such as {{status|Sleep}}, affects the Pokémon, this will be displayed instead. As long as the Pokémon is infected with Pokérus, it can spread the virus to the other Pokémon in the player's party. The infection will spread if the infected Pokémon is in the main party after a battle. Pokémon that are put into the [[PC]] will keep the status indefinitely. | When infected, a Pokémon's status screen will indicate it much as it does any other status condition, as <span style="background:#8822BB; color:#FFFFFF"><sup>P</sup><sub>K</sub><sc>rs</sc></span>. When another normal status condition, such as {{status|Sleep}}, affects the Pokémon, this will be displayed instead. As long as the Pokémon is infected with Pokérus, it can spread the virus to the other Pokémon in the player's party. The infection will spread if the infected Pokémon is in the main party after a battle. Pokémon that are put into the [[PC]] will keep the status indefinitely. | ||
===In Generation II=== | ===In Generation II=== | ||
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Any Pokémon on the player's party at the moment the system clock reaches midnight after a certain number of days in that position (number of days depends on the strain and generation) will become immune. An easy way to keep a "vessel" for future spreading is to always send the infected Pokémon to the PC, {{pkmn|Daycare}}, {{pkmn|Stadium 2}} (in [[Generation II]]), {{pkmn|Box}} (in [[Generation III]]), or [[My Pokémon Ranch]] (in [[Generation IV]]) before midnight. The game also recognizes immunizing if the system is turned off and on again on the next day. | Any Pokémon on the player's party at the moment the system clock reaches midnight after a certain number of days in that position (number of days depends on the strain and generation) will become immune. An easy way to keep a "vessel" for future spreading is to always send the infected Pokémon to the PC, {{pkmn|Daycare}}, {{pkmn|Stadium 2}} (in [[Generation II]]), {{pkmn|Box}} (in [[Generation III]]), or [[My Pokémon Ranch]] (in [[Generation IV]]) before midnight. The game also recognizes immunizing if the system is turned off and on again on the next day. | ||
In [[Generation II]], if a Pokémon with any stage of Pokérus, active or cured, is traded back to [[Generation I]] or withdrawn from Stadium 2 by a Generation I game, all traces of that Pokémon having had the Pokérus will disappear. | In [[Generation II]], if a Pokémon with any stage of Pokérus, active or cured, is traded back to [[Generation I]] or withdrawn from Stadium 2 by a Generation I game, all traces of that Pokémon having had the Pokérus will disappear. This is because a Pokémon's Pokérus status is not saved in any form in the Generation I games. | ||
==In the anime== | |||
In ''[[H008|Oaknapped]]'', [[Professor Namba]] explained to [[Professor Oak]] that the mysterious viral lifeform Pokérus is an important component of the Pokémon Power Acceleration Project (PPAP), is a secret project that aims to infect Pokémon with Pokérus to evolve at a faster rate. However, all of his specimens have died out. Later, Professor Oak began researching about the Pokérus. | |||
[[Category:Game mechanics]] | [[Category:Game mechanics]] | ||