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! Early '99 Build
! Final Game
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|[[File:PKMN GS rpgamer 1999-11-08 screenshot 7.gif|160px]] [[File:PKMN GS rpgamer 1999-11-08 screenshot 10.gif|160px]] [[File:PKMN GS rpgamer 1999-11-08 screenshot 9.gif|160px]]
||[[File:PKMN GS rpgamer 1999-11-08 screenshot 7 FINAL.png]] [[File:PKMN GS rpgamer 1999-11-08 screenshot 10 FINAL.png]] [[File:PKMN GS rpgamer 1999-11-08 screenshot 9 FINAL.png]]
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Interestingly, this Venusaur has the Poké Ball symbol beside its name, indicating that it's a wild Pokémon the player already caught. Given how little sense it would make to have a fully evolved starter Pokémon be a wild Pokémon, it's likely this Pokémon was hacked in as to give the readers a familiar face in one of the battle screens. Unsurprisingly, in the final games Venusaur cannot be found in the wild.