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(→‎Rules: Added various rules that are commonly used today, rearranged in a way that's reverse-chronological, with exceptions made for omnipresent clauses. I feel like this section may need to be cleaned up in general, it's very clunky. I haven't even seen "recoil moves clause" be named anywhere except in posts made by the person who added this to the page in the first place.)
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In the first of these tournaments, Nintendo Cup '97, [[Full Battle]]s did not take place due to time constraints, instead, each player selected three Pokémon to battle after showing their party of six to their opponent. The battles took place in the Game Boy.
In the first of these tournaments, Nintendo Cup '97, [[Full Battle]]s did not take place due to time constraints, instead, each player selected three Pokémon to battle after showing their party of six to their opponent. The battles took place in the Game Boy.


The event consisted of 14 regional tournaments. At the end, the 14 champions and one runner-up competed in a national tournament to determine who was the best trainer. The national event took place during the Nintendo Space World '97. Toru "Miyasawa" won the tournament thus becomming the first national champion in Pokémon History; on the other hand, Hiroki Yoshi was the runner-up, while the third place was a tie between Yojiro Yuki and Yusuke Suzuki.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19980224224633/http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n12/report/112302.html</ref><ref>http://pokemon.s20.xrea.com/historia-single.html#1997</ref>
The event consisted of 14 regional tournaments. At the end, the 14 champions and one runner-up competed in a national tournament to determine who was the best trainer. The national event took place during the [[Nintendo Space World]] '97. Toru "Miyasawa" won the tournament thus becomming the first national champion in Pokémon History; on the other hand, Hiroki Yoshi was the runner-up, while the third place was a tie between Yojiro Yuki and Yusuke Suzuki.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19980224224633/http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n12/report/112302.html</ref><ref>http://pokemon.s20.xrea.com/historia-single.html#1997</ref>


The players of the national tournament were depicted as opponents in the {{jap|Pokémon Stadium|first}} Japanese Pokémon Stadium game, with eight out of the 15 players being randomly selected to appear on any given playthrough. In addition, most of the [[Pokémon Stadium (Japanese)#Pokémon|Pokémon that appeared]] in Pokémon Stadium were selected due to their tournament performance.<ref>[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_npsj/qa/qa.html] Pokémon Stadium Q&A</ref>
The players of the national tournament were depicted as opponents in the {{jap|Pokémon Stadium|first}} Japanese Pokémon Stadium game, with eight out of the 15 players being randomly selected to appear on any given playthrough. In addition, most of the [[Pokémon Stadium (Japanese)#Pokémon|Pokémon that appeared]] in Pokémon Stadium were selected due to their tournament performance.<ref>[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_npsj/qa/qa.html] Pokémon Stadium Q&A</ref>

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