Technical Machine (TM)
Technical Machine is an item that teaches a move to any compatible Pokémon
Red and Green had 50 TMs, and each was used up when taught. Black and White made TMs reusable. Scarlet and Violet returned to single-use TMs that the player makes from materials at a TM Machine.
Main-series games; introduced in Generation I, Red and Green.
3 later changes
- Black and White made TMs reusable.
- Sword and Shield added single-use Technical Records alongside reusable TMs.
- Scarlet and Violet made TMs single-use again and made from materials.
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- 4 timesBlack and White: Unova, 156 new species and no older ones until the credits
- 3 timesComing back after leaving during Generation V
- 2 timesHeartGold and SoulSilver: Johto and Kanto, sixteen badges and a walking partner
- onceColosseum: Orre, Shadow Pokémon and double battles
- onceComing back after leaving during Generation I
- onceComing back after leaving during Generation III
- onceComing back after leaving during Generation IV
- onceComing back after leaving during Generation IX