Pokemon games removing slot machines

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Y stops the left reel, B stops the middle, and A stops the right.Īs the game is played, occasionally a Poké Ball will roll up on the Touch Screen. Reels will start spinning either when the D-pad is pressed down or the X button is pressed again. There are sixteen slot machines in the Game Corner, with four of them having people already seated at them.Įach spin of the machine takes 3 Coins, which are inserted by pressing the X button. The music played here is similar to the one heard in real-life pachinko parlors. These changes were later also made in European releases of Pokémon Platinum, as a result of changes in the classification standards at PEGI, including in the United Kingdom English version.

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TM64 ( Explosion) is instead given away at random by the Game Corner attendant as part of a TM promotion.

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The dialogue and other text was also altered to remove references to the slot machines and their functionality. In Korean versions of Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, due to the illegality of gambling in South Korea and the classifications standards of the Game Rating Board, the slot machines were replaced with game machines.

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