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:'''''Slot''' and '''Slots''' redirect here.  These terms can also refer to positions in a player's [[party]].''
A '''game machine''' is a game found at the [[Veilstone Game Corner]] exclusively in European versions of {{game|Platinum}}, replacing [[slot machine]]s.  Only the European versions of Platinum have game machines; versions of Platinum released in most other parts of the world, as well as all versions of {{game|Diamond and Pearl|s}}, retains the slot machines. As playing slot machines is integral to obtaining [[TM64]] in all other versions, European versions of Platinum will occasionally reward the player with the TM while talking to the Game Corner's receptionist.
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A '''slot machine''' is a standard game at Game Corners in the Pokémon games, having appeared in every generation to date.


All slot machines can be played for 1, 2, or 3 [[coin]]s. Playing slot machines for 1 coin allows payouts only on the center line.  Playing for 2 coins allows payouts on all three horizontal lines.  Playing for 3 coins allows payouts on all three horizontal lines as well as two diagonal lines.
Game machines allow players to interact with the machine and find anywhere from 5 to 20 [[coin]]s in a machine each day. This is the only extent of the interactivity with game machines; there isn't really a game to be played.  However, NPCs seem to be able to play the game, as [[Looker]] protests when the machine he is at displays "Game over".


Slot symbols and their payouts tend to vary between generations, but the highest single payout is 300 coins for three same-color sevens in the first three generations (this is reduced to 100 coins in [[Generation IV]]).
==Trivia==
*According to a notice on the wall in the Game Corner, Game Machines can be damaged by [[Lemonade]] and [[Drink#Soda Pop|Soda Pop]].
*In addition to removing the slot machines, European versions of {{game|Platinum}} seem to have removed all references to slot machine gameplay.
*It is possible that removing the slot machines from the game was done to prevent the possibility of encouraging gambling among young players.
*A somewhat similar anti-gambling action was taken in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}} in changing the name of the trainer class Gambler to [[Gamer]].


==[[Generation I]] and {{2v2|FireRed|LeafGreen}}==
==External links==
Slot machines in the first generation and their [[Generation III|third generation]] remakes consist simply of inserting coins and stopping the reels with the A button.
*[http://members.optusnet.com.au/itoshiki/gamecorner-textchanges.html Hiroshi Sotomura - Game Corner text changes]
 
==[[Generation II]]==
Slot machines in the second generation are similar to the ones from the first, except that certain combinations of two symbols may cause something special to happen when stopping the third reel, increasing the chances of a payout.
 
=={{3v2|Ruby|Sapphire|Emerald}}==
The third generation is where slot machines began to become more complex. While fundamentally the same as in the first two generations, the third generation introduced bonus games to the slot machine experience. Bonus games in the third generation allow for better odds of landing big payouts during the duration of the bonus game.  Getting the biggest payout in a bonus game in this generation immediately ends the bonus game.
 
==[[Generation IV]]==
Slot machines in the fourth generation control slightly differently than in the past three generations.  Instead of simply stopping the reels from left to right with one button, reels are now stopped with their own buttons:  the left reel uses the Y button, the center reel uses the B button, and the right reel uses the A button.  The bonus game in this generation involves trying to keep a Pokémon happy.  The Pokémon can be a normal-colored {{p|Clefairy}}, an [[Alternate coloration|alternate-colored]] Clefairy, or a {{p|Ditto}} pretending to be a Clefairy.  In the bonus game, each time the slots begin to spin, the Pokémon will point at a wheel.  If the player stop the wheels in the order Clefairy points out, the player will land on three Replay symbols and automatically win fifteen coins.  Keeping the bonus game going as long as possible involves strategy, and it ends when the Pokémon leaves the scene.
 
Slot machines are not playable in the European versions of {{v2|Platinum}} for an unknown reason. Instead, they have been replaced by [[game machine]]s.
 
==In the anime==
Typical slot machines have only appeared in the backdrop of [[Neon Town]] in [[EP045|''The Song of Jigglypuff'']].  There, one slot machine was shown to stop on two {{p|Vulpix}} symbols and then a {{p|Psyduck}} symbol. 
 
However, a slot machine of a different variety is an integral part of a standard [[Professor Oak's lecture]], displaying Pokémon silhouettes prior to the featured Pokémon being revealed.
 
==Trivia==
*Slot machines also appear in [[Pokémon Colosseum]] and [[Pokémon XD:  Gale of Darkness]], in the room at [[Realgam Tower]] that would house [[Battle Bingo]] in the latter game.  The slot machines in those games are noninteractive, however, probably due to the fact that the [[Coin Case]] does not exist in those games.


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Revision as of 08:29, 1 June 2009

A game machine is a game found at the Veilstone Game Corner exclusively in European versions of Pokémon Platinum, replacing slot machines. Only the European versions of Platinum have game machines; versions of Platinum released in most other parts of the world, as well as all versions of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, retains the slot machines. As playing slot machines is integral to obtaining TM64 in all other versions, European versions of Platinum will occasionally reward the player with the TM while talking to the Game Corner's receptionist.

Game machines allow players to interact with the machine and find anywhere from 5 to 20 coins in a machine each day. This is the only extent of the interactivity with game machines; there isn't really a game to be played. However, NPCs seem to be able to play the game, as Looker protests when the machine he is at displays "Game over".

Trivia

  • According to a notice on the wall in the Game Corner, Game Machines can be damaged by Lemonade and Soda Pop.
  • In addition to removing the slot machines, European versions of Pokémon Platinum seem to have removed all references to slot machine gameplay.
  • It is possible that removing the slot machines from the game was done to prevent the possibility of encouraging gambling among young players.
  • A somewhat similar anti-gambling action was taken in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen in changing the name of the trainer class Gambler to Gamer.

External links

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