From: charmander6000 | #062
Banning a character that's been allowed for quite a few years just seems like a silly idea to me. <_<
Smogon banned Salamence, years after the release of Pokemon DPP.
To be fair, wasn't this the result of other things being banned slowly, some of which were due to HG/SS adding new moves to said pokemon? I don't really pay attention to competitive pokemon, but that's how I understood it at the time.
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