Pokémon Showdown

Pokémon Showdown
Language	English
Status	Active
Run	2011 - Present
Date opened	October 2011
Creator	Zarel
Current owner	{{{owner}}}
Forum	PS Forums
Mascot	Meloetta
Website	Main Page

Pokémon Showdown, also often formatted as Pokémon Showdown!, is a popular Pokémon battle simulator, currently peaking close to 10,600 users. As of July 2, 2012, it was adopted by Smogon and became one of the first battle simulators to support the changes brought about by Black 2 and White 2. In addition to standard modes of play, Pokémon Showdown! includes unique features such as the emerging tiers "Hackmons" and "Balanced Hackmons," which encompass Pokémon of normally illegal movesets and abilities and are not supported by any other popular simulator.

Pokémon Showdown is web-based and works on all major browsers. It is written in JavaScript and Node.js, and it is free and open source.

Features

Pokémon Showdown was the first simulator to support animated battles. It is currently the only simulator that supports one-click replay sharing, and reconnecting to disconnected battles. Pokémon Showdown supports single and double battles in Generation V, Generation VI, and Generation VII, and also has support for single battles in all other generations.

Development

Pokémon Showdown was created by Zarel, and the current development team also includes bmelts. The project is open-source and has many other development and graphical contributors as well.

Administrators

• Antar (Technical)
• bmelts (Technical, Advisor)
• chaos (Policy, Owner)
• Jasmine (Policy)
• Joim (Technical)
• The Immortal (Policy, Technical)
• V4 (Technical)
• Zarel (Technical, Owner)

See also

• Smogon

External links

• Main Page
• Replays
• Ladder
• Pokédex

References

This article is a part of Project Fandom, a Bulbapedia Project that aims to write comprehensive articles on every aspect of the Pokémon Fandom.