History VideoGame / PokemonTrozei

* PowerUpLetDown: Some abilities in ''Shuffle'' are fairly useless, like Ampharos having Dancing Dragons (powers up all Dragon-types in a combo, but since Dragons are only super-effective against other Dragons, why would you use the Electric-type Ampharos alongside one?) or Sylveon having Mega Boost like the rest of its family (there are no Fairy-type Megas in the game and it doesn't seem likely that this will change unless Gardevoir or Diancie is made a Fairy-type upon their introduction to the game rather than their other type. As of version 1.1.11, Leafeon and Flareon have no use for their Mega Boosts either, but at least both of their types have Mega Evolution-capable Pokémon already in the game.)

** Speaking of Pokémon that can be fought once per day, the "One chance a day!" events can be this. So, you want that Pinsir (capable of Mega Evolution) and that Jirachi (a mythical [[ExtraOreDinary Steel-type]] Pokémon with 70 base power at level 1)... but you can only fight them in their respective event once a day, and it usually goes on for 4 days, meaning '''4''' tries. And... remember the fact that ''capturing'' the Pokémon itself is a LuckBasedMission as well, unless the capture rate is at maximum. Not to mention that if you're not really good at the game or if the RandomNumberGod hates you, you'll simply waste an opportunity anyway.

** ''Shuffle'' introduces new Legendary pokemon, usually a new one each month, before moving onto the next one. There are so many legendaries in the series already, and the game hasn't existed long enough to even get close to reusing old ones that have already been cycled out. As of July of 2015, Mew, Groudon, Rayquaza, Keldeo, Giratina, Manaphy, Celebi, Dialga, Shaymin, and Regirock have already come and gone.

** ''Shuffle'' requires getting an S rank on 200 stages to unlock Mewtwo, the final Pokemon unlocked in the Expert stages. You'll obtain Mewtwonite Y long before you fight Mewtwo himself.

* BonusBoss:
** ''Shuffle'''s EX Stages, where you get the chance to fight Legendary Pokemon, fully-evolved Starter Pokemon, or otherwise powerful or popular Pokemon. The difficulty between stages can vary (Swampert won't give a seasoned player much trouble, [[ThatOneBoss Blaziken]] can be pure hell), and you may need to get adjusted to the [[UnexpectedGameplayChange fast-paced time format]].

* AntiPoopSocking: Like many free to play games, ''Shuffle'' utilizes a "Hearts" system where you spend one Heart to play a stage. The Hearts recharge over time, and you can hold a maximum of five rechargeable Hearts at any one time. However, you can spend Gems to get more Hearts, allowing you to exceed the five Heart cap.
* BossInMookClothing: In ''Shuffle'', Milotic, full stop. All outside tiles and the four tiles in the middle are frozen when you start the stage, giving you very little room to move. Good luck.

* BonusBoss: ''Shuffle'''s EX Stages, where you get the chance to fight Legendary Pokemon, fully-evolved Starter Pokemon, or otherwise powerful or popular Pokemon. The difficulty between stages can vary (Swampert won't give a seasoned player much trouble, [[ThatOneBoss Blaziken]] can be pure hell), and you may need to get adjusted to the [[UnexpectedGameplayChange fast-paced time format]].

* DifficultySpike: ''Battle Trozei!'' starts using Legendary Pokemon as bosses in world 3.
** Mega Mawile in Pokémon Shuffle.
** Mega Ampharos in Pokémon Shuffle, too. The stage is 90% frozen tiles, and they're refrozen as quickly as you can thaw them.

* EasyLevelsHardBosses: ''Shuffle'' demonstrates this quite well. Many of the standard Pokemon Main Stages are fairly simplistic, being mildly challenging at worst. The Mega Evolved Pokemon, on the other hand, tend to be magnitudes more difficult than most of the other levels[[note]]Except the first few Megas, which are mostly there to give you a few starting Megas to work with[[/note]], with [[ThatOneBoss a particular few]], like Mega Mawile and Mega Glalie, being a mix of NintendoHard and LuckBasedMission with a dash of CharacterSelectForcing.

* InterfaceScrew: Bosses in ''Trozei'' can use a "Jammer" move that temporarily turns all Pokémon shapes into silhouettes. Some of the expert stages in ''Shuffle'' such as Blaziken include puffs of black smoke hiding certain tiles from view.

* LastLousyPoint: Legendaries in the original are this, if one wants to complete the National Pokédex. They only appear very rarely, and only under very specific circumstances.

* NotCompletelyUseless: Many of the Pokémon from Wacky Workshop in ''Shuffle'' are already outclassed by the fully-evolved Pokémon from earlier areas. Feebas in particular is extremely weak, as is to be expected from a [[MagikarpPower Magikarp]] {{Expy}}. Now scroll back up to the entry on BossInMookClothing. That's Feebas's evolved form and the majority of those frozen spots are filled with Feebas. While Water-types resisting themselves further weakens the already pitiful damage Feebas can do, bringing Feebas to open up the level is the easiest way to handle Milotic without having to shell out coins for either Complexity -1 or Mega Start.

* InterfaceScrew: Bosses in the original can use a "Jammer" move that temporarily turns all Pokémon shapes into silhouettes.

** Pokémon that have two types in the main games only have one type in ''Battle Trozei!'', which can be disorienting since type matchups play a crucial role in the gameplay.

* NotCompletelyUseless: Many of the Pokémon from Wacky Workshop in ''Shuffle'' are already outclassed by the fully-evolved Pokémon from earlier areas. Feebas in particular is extremely weak, as its to be expected from a [[MagikarpPower Magikarp]] {{Expy}}. Now scroll back up to the entry on BossInMookClothing. That's Feebas's evolved form and all of those frozen spots are filled with Feebas. While Water-types resisting themselves further weakens the damage Feebas can do, bringing Feebas to open up the level is the easiest way to handle Milotic without having to shell out coins for either Complexity -1 or Mega Start.

* CrutchCharacter: Mega Kangaskhan in ''Shuffle.'' It's available early on, easy to catch, and sees a lot of use in the beginning-to-mid stages for its nifty effect that clears large chunks of tiles, but is eventually left in the dust by other Megas, owing to its Normal-type (meaning no super effective hits), its slow power creep (struggles to get past 60 attack power when other Pokémon with 70-80+ are available at ''level 1''), and the conditions that its effect requires to work properly (it has to be lined up in a column to erase five columns to the left and right, which is extremely unhelpful when trying to beat a level with frozen tiles).

* CrutchCharacter: Mega Kangaskhan in ''Shuffle.'' It's available early on, easy to catch, and sees a lot of use in the beginning-to-mid stages for its nifty effect that clears almost the entire field, but is eventually left in the dust by other Megas, owing to its Normal-type (meaning no super effective hits), its slow power creep (struggles to get past 60 attack power when other Pokémon with 70-80+ are available at ''level 1''), and the conditions that its effect requires to work properly (it has to be lined up in a column to erase five columns to the left and right, which is extremely unhelpful when trying to beat a level with frozen tiles).

* CrutchCharacter: Mega Kangaskhan in ''Shuffle.'' It's available early on and sees a lot of use in the beginning-to-mid stages for its nifty field-clearing effect, but is eventually left in the dust by other Megas, owing to its Normal-type (meaning no super effective hits), its slow power creep (struggles to get past 60 attack power when other Pokémon with 70-80+ are available right off the bat), and the conditions that its effect requires to work properly (it has to be lined up in a column to erase five columns to the left and right, which is extremely unhelpful when trying to beat a level with immovable barriers that has very little free space to work with).

* CrutchCharacter: Mega Kangaskhan in ''Shuffle.'' It's available early on and sees a lot of use in the beginning-to-mid stages for its nifty field-clearing effect, but is eventually outpaced by other Megas, owing to its Normal-type (meaning no super effective hits), its slow power creep (struggles to get past 60 attack power when other Pokémon with 70-80+ are available right off the bat), and the conditions that its effect requires to work properly (it has to be lined up in a column to ears five columns to the left and right, which is extremely unhelpful when trying to beat a level with immovable barriers such as frozen tiles).

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Lucy Fleetfoot, the protagonist of ''Trozei!'', does not reappear in ''Battle Trozei'' or ''Shuffle''.

* AIIsACrapshoot: Among all the [[ThatOneBoss hard bosses]] in the game, some Pokemon start out by disrupting your board by transforming your Pokemon, which can often lead to them effectively [[EpicFail defeating themself.]] Raichu is a hilarious example if you bring Pikachu and Pichu into your party.