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Exit has the same function in {{3v|Diamond|Pearl|Platinum}}, and is portrayed as an reddish circular arrow.  The menu can also now be closed by pressing X instead of Start (however, through tinkering with the options, it is still possible to allow the Start button to open and close the menu).
Exit has the same function in {{3v|Diamond|Pearl|Platinum}}, and is portrayed as an reddish circular arrow.  The menu can also now be closed by pressing X instead of Start (however, through tinkering with the options, it is still possible to allow the Start button to open and close the menu).


In {{2v|HeartGold|SoulSilver}}, the Exit is absent due to the menu being accessible via the touch screen at all times, not unlike the [[Pokétch]] in {{3v|Diamond|Pearl|Platinum}}. It doesn't appear either if the player opens the menu with the X button (to use the D-pad to navigate).
In {{2v|HeartGold|SoulSilver}}, the Exit is absent due to the menu being accessible via the touch screen at all times, like the [[Pokétch]] in {{3v|Diamond|Pearl|Platinum}}. It doesn't appear either if the player opens the menu with the X button (to use the D-pad to navigate).


===Generation V===
===Generation V===

Revision as of 04:02, 8 January 2011

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The Exit option at the bottom

Exit was the final selection in the menu accessed by pressing the Start button (or the X button in IV, though the options can be adjusted to allow Start to bring up the menu as well) in all handheld main series Pokémon games, as well as Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD. The Exit command was always the last selection to appear on the menu, regardless of the game. Due to its redundancy, it was removed in HeartGold and SoulSilver and later games.

Functioning

Generations I-III

When selected, quite simply, Exit closes the menu. However, the fact that pressing the B button also achieves this makes the Exit command rather redundant. It can also be closed by pressing Start.

Generation IV

Exit has the same function in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum Versions, and is portrayed as an reddish circular arrow. The menu can also now be closed by pressing X instead of Start (however, through tinkering with the options, it is still possible to allow the Start button to open and close the menu).

In HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions, the Exit is absent due to the menu being accessible via the touch screen at all times, like the Pokétch in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum Versions. It doesn't appear either if the player opens the menu with the X button (to use the D-pad to navigate).

Generation V

Similar to HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions, the Exit function is removed. The reasoning of this is unknown, as the menu is still opened via the X button, onto the touch screen.

Trivia

  • The Exit command was the only command on the menu whose purpose can be served by a means other than actually selecting the command and pressing A. In other words, the Exit command was the only redundant command on the menu, hence its removal in HeartGold and SoulSilver.
  • The Exit command was one of the few commands to always be present on the menu from the very beginning of the game, along with Bag, the player's name, Save, and Options.