Pokemon: Five Weird Items That Exist in the Anime But Not the Games

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From its earliest iterations, Pokemon has been a cross-media platform par excellence. With media ranging from an anime with over eleven hundred episodes and over twenty films, to eight generations of mainline games, a popular trading card game, and one of the most downloaded mobile games ever, it’s safe to say that Pokemon has earned its place as one of the most successful cross-media franchises of all-time. One of the most fascinating things about the series has always been the cross-platform synergy that exists not only with the collectible Pokemon themselves, but the items, locations, and battle strategies found between the different parts of the franchise.

With all of that said, creating the world of an anime or manga is a lot different from the more technical rules and objectives of a video game. For all the faithfulness they show in many aspects, the Pokemon anime and manga were still never afraid of taking some sizable, sometimes outlandish liberties from their video game counterparts. This can be most seen in the various items used by Pokemon or their trainers, which in the games follow very exact rules and usage opportunities. But in the anime, items can often take on stupefying new powers and purposes well outside what’s seen elsewhere in the franchise. As such there are a few different items found in the anime that can’t be replicated in any of the series games, and their wide-reaching powers make for a unique, somewhat odd class all their own.

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