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The more Badges, the more items that become available for purchase, with more expensive items generally appearing after more Badges are obtained.If the character is male and the respective NPC is present: In Generation V only, Badges are not needed to use HM moves in the overworld.įrom Generation IV onwards, the number of Badges a Trainer possesses affects which items Poké Marts sell. While Trainers can teach their Pokémon HM moves and use them in battle, Trainers require the appropriate Badge to use them in the overworld in Generations I through IV as well as Generation VI. Such uncatchable wild Pokémon are described as being 'very strong-looking' upon encounter, and attempting to use a Poké Ball displays the message, 'You can't throw a Poké Ball! It won't let its guard down!' In Pokémon Sword and Shield, the player cannot catch wild Pokémon above a certain level without appropriate Badges. In the anime episode The Problem with Paras, Lacy mentioned this when Ash's Charmeleon refused to obey him. In Generation IX if a Pokémon is received in a trade, the level at which it was traded instead becomes the level it was met at, even if traded back to its Original Trainer. This prevents a Pokémon from suddenly becoming disobedient once it exceeds a player's current obedience level (listed below), as long as it was caught at or below that level. Starting in Legends: Arceus, this applies even to non-outsider Pokémon, but is based on the level the Pokémon was met at when caught (as displayed on the Summary screen), rather than its current level. In Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, and Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, obedience is determined by the number of Badges, not which specific Badges the player has. Outsider Pokémon over a certain level will refuse to obey the player without the appropriate Badge. Just like stat boosts, type boosts are not applied in link battles.īadges affect a Pokémon's behavior. These boosts work similarly to the way same-type attack bonus (STAB) boosts work, and are, in fact, calculated in-between weather modifiers and STAB. The type strengthened matches the type theme of the Gym (for example, Zephyr Badge boosts the Flying type) despite the Viridian Gym no longer having a type theme in Generation II, the Earth Badge boosts Ground-type moves. In Generation II, every Badge boosts the power of the moves of a certain type by 12.5% (1/8), despite never being referenced in the games. Note that in Generation I, the game states that the Thunder Badge raises Speed and the Soul Badge raises Defense, but these are not the actual effects caused. In Generation II, if the attack is a critical hit and the attacker's used offensive stat stage is less than or equal to the opponent's defensive stat stage, all Badge boosts are ignored. In Generation I, this boost is reapplied whenever the player's Pokémon's stats are raised or lowered, allowing boosts to be stacked (this stacking effect is lost if the Pokémon levels up). This boost does not exist from Generation IV onward. In Generations I and II, the stat or stats are increased by 12.5% in Generation III, the stat or stats are increased by 10%. This boost is applied only in internal battles, not link battles.

In Generations I-III, some Badges boost a certain stat or stats of the player's Pokémon. The latter Badge's resemblance to the Cascade Badge was most likely a coincidence, given it is a stylized drop of water. However, given the nature of this illustration (the designs were made specifically for this cover and weren't intended to be used in the franchise ), it is likely that these designs were chosen randomly.

Other instances of embroidered 'Badges' can be seen in the cover art for the Games That Stand Out Collection magazine, with the male Trainer's rock or diamond badge and the female Trainer's teardrop badge, which shares a resemblance to the Cascade Badge. While some of these patches do resemble Badges seen in the final game like the Cascade Badge, the Volcano Badge or even the Rainbow Badge, others don't appear to be based on anything, and may have only been made for the sake of aesthetics, much like real-life embroidered patches, such as Red's ' Leaf Badge' or Silver's ' Artsy Badge'.

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It appears that the original concept of Badges was more similar to an embroidered patch than the pinned badge they are portrayed as in the anime and subsequent game entries. 5.1.1.10 Gallery of unidentified BadgesĪ selection of familiar and unfamiliar Badges can be seen in early character artwork by Ken Sugimori.Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.

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