<p>^A dramatic change. Advance was dominated by stall, whereas DP introduced the physical/special split (meaning Pokemon like Gyarados finally had a chance) and the metagame became centered around heavy, fast offense. Not to mention Stealth Rock…</p>
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<p>If I’m not mistaken, it halves all stats when the Pokemon’s HP is below 50%.</p>
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<p>You stopped playing? W T F is wrong with you?</p>
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<p>This shouldn’t come as a surprise to you. Pokemon has a huge fanbase in the 13-18 and 19-26 demographic. And there’s no reason it shouldn’t: it’s a game that was originally targeted at younger children, but the gameplay is so strategically involved (at least, this is true in competitive play) that many who played the original games stay with the franchise well into adulthood. Smogon, for instance, is one of the most popular Pokemon sites on the internet, and most of its members are in their late teens or early to mid-twenties.</p>