Pokémon Showdown (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Pokémon Showdown" in English language version.

Last modified: 07:44:30, 5 October 2026 (UTC)

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1410smogon.com

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73kotaku.com

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53gamerant.com

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51substack.com

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44web.archive.org

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43pokemonshowdown.com

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33worldcat.org

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22doi.org

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11ign.com

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11biz-tech-insights.com

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11umass.edu

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11destructoid.com

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11escapistmagazine.com

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11cbr.com

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11shanethegamer.com

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11si.com

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11thegamer.com

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11killscreen.com

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11theverge.com

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158^th place

11mit.edu

476^th place

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11vulture.com

234^th place

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biz-tech-insights.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

tech-info.biz-tech-insights.com

Vinberg, Sander; Overson, Jarrod; Woods, Dan; Ghosemajumder, Shuman; Boddy, Sara; Pompon, Raymond; Koritz, Alexander (9 February 2021). 2021 Credential Stuffing Report (PDF). p. 3. Retrieved 23 January 2026.

cbr.com (Global: 329^th place; English: 202^nd place)

Johnson, Blake (11 April 2022). "Why Pokémon Showdown Is a Great Tool for Competitive Play". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 29 October 2025.

ceur-ws.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

Arnold, Nathan; Fluty, Nicholas; Flores, Ryan D; Goldsmith, Judy; Harrison, Brent (19 November 2024). Evaluating the Stability of the Smogon Tier List for Competitive Pokémon Battling (PDF). CEUR Workshop Proceedings (Thesis). pp. 1–6. ISSN 1613-0073.

destructoid.com (Global: 869^th place; English: 560^th place)

Arthurs, Sam (18 January 2023). "What is Pokémon Showdown? How to play the free browser-based Pokémon game". Destructoid. Archived from the original on 17 April 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2025.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Lee, Scott; Togelius, Julian (22–25 August 2017). "Showdown AI competition". 2017 IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games (CIG). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. pp. 191–198. doi:10.1109/CIG.2017.8080435. ISBN 978-1-5386-3234-5. ISSN 2325-4289.
Huang, Dan; Lee, Scott (20–23 August 2019). "A Self-Play Policy Optimization Approach to Battling Pokémon". 2019 IEEE Conference on Games (CoG). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. pp. 1–4. doi:10.1109/CIG.2019.8848014. ISBN 978-1-7281-1884-0. ISSN 2325-4289.

escapistmagazine.com (Global: 2,427^th place; English: 1,473^rd place)

Fairfax, Zackerie (13 March 2024). "How To Play Pokemon Showdown: Best Formats & How To Build a Team". The Escapist. Retrieved 29 October 2025.

gamerant.com (Global: 1,457^th place; English: 904^th place)

Santi, Blaise (16 August 2022). "Pokemon: Smogon Tiers, Explained". Game Rant. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
Taguiam, Rhenn (8 September 2021). "Everything You Need To Know About Pokemon Showdown". Game Rant. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
Warnock-Estrada, Amber (4 March 2025). "Pokemon Champions May Finally Be an Official Take on a Great Fan Project". GameRant. Retrieved 29 October 2025.

ign.com (Global: 48^th place; English: 38^th place)

Bailey, Kat (8 October 2013). "Inside the Twisted World of Competitive Pokemon Battling". IGN. Retrieved 25 January 2026.

killscreen.com (Global: low place; English: 9,034^th place)

Groot, Justin (19 August 2016). "Inside the battle for the soul of competitive Pokémon". The Meta. Kill Screen. Archived from the original on 26 September 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2025.

kotaku.com (Global: 460^th place; English: 318^th place)

Sledge, Ben (7 October 2019). "A Fan-Made Browser Game Is Pro Pokémon Players' Secret Weapon". Kotaku. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
Shepard, Kenneth (18 January 2023). "The Pokémon Tier List Everyone Is Waiting On For Scarlet And Violet". Kotaku. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
Shepard, Kenneth (14 May 2026). "After Decades, Pokémon Finally Got Me To Look At It In A New Way". Kotaku. Retrieved 1 July 2026.

mit.edu (Global: 476^th place; English: 340^th place)

dspace.mit.edu

Wang, Jett (February 2024). Winning at Pokémon Random Battles Using Reinforcement Learning (PDF) (Thesis). MIT. pp. 1–46. Retrieved 31 October 2025.

pokemonshowdown.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Credits". Pokémon Showdown. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
Luo, Guangcong (18 September 2017). "The hacking on September 17". Pokémon Showdown. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
"How the ladder works". Pokémon Showdown. Retrieved 1 November 2025.

shanethegamer.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Ibnu, Dimas (30 March 2026). "Pokemon Showdown Vs Pokemon Champions, Will They Coexist After Release?". STG Play. Retrieved 1 July 2026.

si.com (Global: 186^th place; English: 107^th place)

Michael, Cale (27 February 2025). "The Future of Pokémon VGC is Mobile - What We Know About Pokémon Champions". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 4 March 2025. Retrieved 30 October 2025.

smogon.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Oglemi (27 December 2012). "Interview with Zarel". Smogon. The Smog (Issue 23). Retrieved 29 October 2025.
HoeenHero (30 March 2025). "Put the downloadable version back pls". Smogon Forums. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
Flora (17 January 2014). "Interview with Joim". Smogon. The Smog (Issue 32). Retrieved 29 October 2025.
Shaymin (28 September 2014). "Ask the Admins". Smogon. The Player (Issue 3). Retrieved 29 October 2025.
Jimbo; Sarenji (13 May 2009). "The Smog Interviews chaos". Smogon. The Smog (Issue 1). Retrieved 22 January 2026.
"OverUsed | SV | Smogon Strategy Pokedex". www.smogon.com. Archived from the original on 2026-07-20. Retrieved 2026-07-30.
Reflect Suicune. "Effort Values and Individual Values". Smogon. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
unfixable (2 December 2014). "The Teambuilder". Smogon. The Player (Issue 5). Retrieved 1 November 2025.
scalarmotion (8 June 2015). "Elo Hell-o: Rating Systems on Showdown and You". Smogon. The Smog (Issue 43). Retrieved 1 November 2025.
Alter. "The Beginner's Guide to Pokémon Showdown". Smogon. Retrieved 29 October 2025.

substack.com (Global: 1,915^th place; English: 1,028^th place)

johto.substack.com

"Interview with Smogon University". Johto Times. Substack. 12 December 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2026.

thegamer.com (Global: 1,573^rd place; English: 924^th place)

Sledge, Ben (27 February 2025). "Has Nintendo Announced An Official Pokemon Showdown?". TheGamer. Retrieved 29 October 2025.

theverge.com (Global: 208^th place; English: 158^th place)

Castello, Jay (2 December 2021). "The quest to make an AI that can play competitive Pokémon". The Verge. Retrieved 31 October 2025.

ua.es (Global: 7,693^rd place; English: low place)

rua.ua.es

Ballester, Luis Pérez-Brotons (June 2023). Reinforcement learning para videojuegos (Thesis) (in Spanish). University of Alicante. p. 17. Retrieved 30 June 2026.

umass.edu (Global: 3,436^th place; English: 2,060^th place)

rlj.cs.umass.edu

Grigsby, Jake; Xie, Yuqi; Sasek, Justin; Zheng, Steven; Zhu, Yuke (April 2025). Human-Level Competitive Pokémon via Scalable Offline Reinforcement Learning with Transformers (PDF). Reinforcement Learning Journal (Thesis). pp. 1–35.

vulture.com (Global: 234^th place; English: 137^th place)

Gularte, Alejandra (4 October 2023). "Pokémon Showdown Uses Truth on Love Is Blind's Milton". Vulture. Retrieved 6 November 2025.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

"OverUsed | SV | Smogon Strategy Pokedex". www.smogon.com. Archived from the original on 2026-07-20. Retrieved 2026-07-30.
Arthurs, Sam (18 January 2023). "What is Pokémon Showdown? How to play the free browser-based Pokémon game". Destructoid. Archived from the original on 17 April 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
Michael, Cale (27 February 2025). "The Future of Pokémon VGC is Mobile - What We Know About Pokémon Champions". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 4 March 2025. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
Groot, Justin (19 August 2016). "Inside the battle for the soul of competitive Pokémon". The Meta. Kill Screen. Archived from the original on 26 September 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2025.

worldcat.org (Global: 4^th place; English: 4^th place)

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Arnold, Nathan; Fluty, Nicholas; Flores, Ryan D; Goldsmith, Judy; Harrison, Brent (19 November 2024). Evaluating the Stability of the Smogon Tier List for Competitive Pokémon Battling (PDF). CEUR Workshop Proceedings (Thesis). pp. 1–6. ISSN 1613-0073.
Lee, Scott; Togelius, Julian (22–25 August 2017). "Showdown AI competition". 2017 IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games (CIG). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. pp. 191–198. doi:10.1109/CIG.2017.8080435. ISBN 978-1-5386-3234-5. ISSN 2325-4289.
Huang, Dan; Lee, Scott (20–23 August 2019). "A Self-Play Policy Optimization Approach to Battling Pokémon". 2019 IEEE Conference on Games (CoG). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. pp. 1–4. doi:10.1109/CIG.2019.8848014. ISBN 978-1-7281-1884-0. ISSN 2325-4289.

Pokémon Showdown (English Wikipedia)

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escapistmagazine.com (Global: 2,427th place; English: 1,473rd place)

gamerant.com (Global: 1,457th place; English: 904th place)

ign.com (Global: 48th place; English: 38th place)

killscreen.com (Global: low place; English: 9,034th place)

kotaku.com (Global: 460th place; English: 318th place)

mit.edu (Global: 476th place; English: 340th place)

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escapistmagazine.com (Global: 2,427^th place; English: 1,473^rd place)

gamerant.com (Global: 1,457^th place; English: 904^th place)

ign.com (Global: 48^th place; English: 38^th place)

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kotaku.com (Global: 460^th place; English: 318^th place)

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si.com (Global: 186^th place; English: 107^th place)

substack.com (Global: 1,915^th place; English: 1,028^th place)

thegamer.com (Global: 1,573^rd place; English: 924^th place)

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ua.es (Global: 7,693^rd place; English: low place)

umass.edu (Global: 3,436^th place; English: 2,060^th place)

vulture.com (Global: 234^th place; English: 137^th place)

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worldcat.org (Global: 4^th place; English: 4^th place)