Trade machine
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First appearing in the Generation I games, a trade machine is the in-game device that players use to trade Pokémon between game cartridges, in addition to the real-world Game Link Cable that actually connected information between the games. Players could access these machines at any Pokémon Center in the game by speaking with said Pokémon Center's Cable Club receptionist.
The trade machine is also a device located underneath Pokémon Centers in Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD. It allows the player to trade Pokémon between Orre and the faraway regions of Kanto and Hoenn.
In the games
In the anime
The first trade machine was seen aboard the St. Anne in Battle Aboard the St. Anne, where Ash traded his Butterfree for a Gentleman's Raticate. However, he soon came to regret the trade, and it was reversed by the end of the episode.
In Tricks of the Trade, a trade machine appeared at Palmpona's Pokémon Swap Meet. At one point, Jessie was accidentally sent flying into one, where Benny had already placed his Wobbuffet's Poké Ball, so when Jessie's Lickitung's Poké Ball slipped out of her pocket and into the machine, it was traded for Wobbuffet behind her back.
In Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid, the Magikarp salesman was revealed to be in possession of a portable trade machine. He offered to trade Team Rocket his Weepinbell, and after a process of elimination, Jessie and Meowth forced James to trade his beloved Victreebel for it.
Another trade machine appeared in Throwing the Track Switch, where two Trainers were seen trading their Ponyta and Munchlax. Later, Ash and Dawn used the machine to perform a trade, with Ash sending his Aipom to Dawn in exchange for Dawn's Buizel.
A trade machine belonging to Professor Juniper appeared in Evolution Exchange Excitement!, where she and Bianca traded their Karrablast and Shelmet, respectively, in order to evolve them.
A trade machine belonging to Count Pumpka appeared in A Festival Trade! A Festival Farewell?. He wanted Jessie to trade him her Pumpkaboo so that she could marry his Prince Pumpkaboo. Jessie refused at first, but soon accepted the trade when Count Pumpka offered her a Mawile, a Pokémon capable of Mega Evolution, in return. However, Jessie's Pumpkaboo ended up evolving into Gourgeist as a result of the trade, causing Price Pumkaboo to lose interest in her. As such, the trade was reversed immediately afterwards.
Yet another trade machine appeared in the Vermilion City Pokémon Center in JN033, during a Pokémon Trade Event. It was first used by a Gentleman and a girl to trade their Farfetch'd and Spearow. Later, Goh used the same machine to trade his newly caught second Pinsir with Koromi's Heracross.
A trade machine in Battle Aboard the St. Anne
A trade machine in Tricks of the Trade
The Magikarp salesman's trade machine in Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid
A trade machine in Throwing the Track Switch
Professor Juniper's trade machine in Evolution Exchange Excitement!
Count Pumpka's trade machine in A Festival Trade! A Festival Farewell?
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga, trading doesn't require machinery to complete, as seen in A Tale of Ninetales, where Red and Blue dropped some of their Poké Balls and unintentionally traded their Pokémon, and in You Know...Articuno!, where Misty traded her Gyarados for Red's Krabby by simply leaving her Gyarados with him and taking Krabby's Poké Ball from his belt. Trading has also been shown to be possible through Pokédexes, as first seen in Ampharos Amore, although this form of trading is exclusive between Pokédex holders.
In other languages
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