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This notice should be removed for these Pokemon. Gastly, Koffing, Misdreavus, and Unown were the ones that immediately stuck out.

I forgot this was a thing. I'd say it is just as important as showing that something is exclusive to Friend Safari in X/Y.

White Forest requires you to gain new occupants from Black City, which requires a copy of Black and another (3)DS. You cannot gain new occupants any other way. So it would appear that for certain Pokemon it requires another game and DS in a similar way as Friend Safari does (But not to the same extent, since Friend Safari is based on Friend Code and would be nightmarish trying to track down specific 3rd slot Pokemon using it)

Some Pokemon show as catchable with their Hidden Ability when they technically are not for specific games.

Since Tangela was catchable in Black/White, when merging in the Hidden Ability data for Gen 5 it was considered "catchable with Hidden Ability", but it is only catchable with its Hidden Ability in Black2/White2 as the Hidden Grotto was exclusive to Black2/White2.

There are other Pokemon as well, like Musharna, which are specifically denoted as only being catchable in Black/White with their Hidden Ability. The data used by this application currently does not differentiate for this.

Gen 6 and 7 data likely has similar issues.

The main thing to consider with this is how breeding effects Hidden Ability inheritance, many Pokeball combinations or even the Hidden Ability itself could only be possible in a game where breeding mechanics would not allow passing it down, but in later games it could.

This mainly would effect:

1. Genderless Pokemon
2. Pokemon that cannot breed anyway
3. Pokemon that are only a single gender

From Bulbapedia:

Since Generation V, it has been possible for female Pokémon to pass down their Ability. In Pokémon Black and White, if a female Pokémon has its Hidden Ability and is bred with a male Pokémon, it has a 60% chance of passing it down. In Black 2 and White 2, a female Pokémon bred with a male Pokémon has an 80% chance of passing down its Ability slot (regardless of whether it is a Hidden Ability or not). From Generation VI onward, a female Pokémon has an 80% (60% for Hidden Ability) chance to pass down its Ability slot, regardless of whether it is bred with a male Pokémon or Ditto.[1]

Since Generation VI, it is possible for male and genderless Pokémon to pass down their Ability. From Generation VI onward, if a male or genderless Pokémon has its Hidden Ability and is bred with Ditto, it has a 60% chance to pass down its Hidden Ability. Ditto's Ability is always irrelevant to inheritance.

If an Egg does not inherit its Ability from a parent, it can only be born with one of its non-Hidden Abilities.

https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_Pok%C3%A9mon_with_released_Hidden_Abilities_(Generation_V)

https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_Pok%C3%A9mon_with_released_Hidden_Abilities_(Generation_VI)

https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_Pok%C3%A9mon_with_released_Hidden_Abilities_(Generation_VII)

Since Gen 7 you can basically breed whatever Pokeball you want from any breedable Pokemon provided the the mother has the Pokeball you want or you breed with a Ditto. This allows you to pass Hidden Abilities around to a new Pokeball.

One day I need to implement this.

A lot of Hidden Ability data is included in the chart now. Some Pokemon can only be caught via the Friend Safari in X/Y, but others like Ferroseed can be caught in a few different places. Ferroseed can only be catchable with its Hidden Ability via the Friend Safari though (It isn't in any Horde Encounters), so denoting that in cases like this could be helpful. Especially for areas like the Friend Safari or White Forest or Trades with White Forest/Black City members where it takes a lot more preparation in order to capture them that way.