Darkness: Difference between revisions

If you were looking for the the TCG type, see Darkness (TCG).

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Darkness is an overworld obstacle in several games. This usually hinders the player's progress as they can't properly see how to navigate dark places, unless the darkness is removed in the game.

In the core series

In the core series, most dark places are caves, although there some other dark places as well. In most cases (except when stated below), darkness can be removed by the field move Flash or the Secret Technique Light Up.

In Pokémon Yellow, the starter Pikachu can also very shortly remove darkness even if it does not know Flash. This happens if the player interacts with the starter Pikachu in the Rock Tunnel (the only dark place in Generation I games) shortly after it learned Thunder or Thunderbolt (either by leveling up or by TM). This interaction causes Pikachu to shock the player. If they are in the Rock Tunnel (and Flash has not been used yet, so the cave is still dark), the darkness will be shortly removed as a result of the electric shock. However, the darkness removal is part of Pikachu's interaction, so the player will still be unable to move around with the darkness removed. Once Pikachu's interaction ends and the darkness is restored, the player will be able to move normally again.

Removing darkness is never required to advance gameplay, as darkened areas are still navigable.

Kanto

Johto

Hoenn

Sinnoh

Unova

Kalos

Main article: Flash (move) → Zoom out

There are no dark places in X and Y. Instead, Flash can be used to zoom out the player's perspective in certain caves.

Alola

There are no dark places in Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

Galar

There are no dark places in Sword and Shield.

In spin-off games

Mystery Dungeon series

In Red and Blue Rescue Team, the darkness cannot be removed with Flash. Darkness limits field of vision to 1-2 tiles in hallways.

Gallery

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