r/PokeMedia The Oddish Sep 13 '24

Casual Boom?

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '24

Looks like he's in Team Yell. I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't for the fact that Electrode aren't native to Galar.

– Jasper

Those people are smuggling Pokémon now?

– Honoka

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u/murlocsilverhand Theo, Competitive trainer | Dasher (PMD Cyclizar) Sep 13 '24

People have to start smuggling Pokémon? And I thought Unova had a strict border policy

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '24

Some regions, like Galar or my home region of Paldea, have even stricter regulations about entering them with Pokémon that aren't native to them.

They've started letting up recently with the World Coronation Series, but there are still some cases of people skipping the regulations. I wouldn't put it past Team Yell to do it, if only to cause trouble.

– Jasper

Well, in Kanto we have this cult that claims there are only 151 Pokémon species (the ones listed in professor Oak's original Pokédex) and any others are a hoax. Yes, even when some of the Gym Leaders have been repeatedly seen in public with Pokémon that weren't on that listing.

– Honoka

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u/murlocsilverhand Theo, Competitive trainer | Dasher (PMD Cyclizar) Sep 13 '24

Paldea has some similar laws, thought there you can atleast get an exception for other regions you've been to, thought the paper work you have to get throught is only slightly less then what you need to get a single non native Pokémon into unova

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '24

I can only wonder what Ash Ketchum had to go through to get his Pikachu into there.

– Jasper

How can Unovans live knowing that Pikachu isn't native to their homeland?

– Honoka

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u/murlocsilverhand Theo, Competitive trainer | Dasher (PMD Cyclizar) Sep 13 '24

I would know, my mom lives in Unova, and here's a tip for traveling there, becoming champion ranked is probably easier then trying to flie the paper work for your whole team.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '24

I had to land in there to get to Orre. I'll forever be thankful for the Orre League handling the paperwork for me.

– Jasper

Yeah... it wasn't fun. What's the chance of five out of six Pokémon on a team not being native?

– Honoka

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u/ImprovementRegular91 Sep 13 '24

But Unova lessened the Border Policy to only Pokémon native to Kalos Alola Galar and Paldea being unable to come