Why does my game slow down when I encounter a horde of Koffing?

Question

I've been trying to find a shiny in the Fiery Path via hordes, and I've noticed that whenever I encounter a horde of Koffing, my game slows down a lot.

Does this happen to anyone else? Does anyone know why it happens?

Comments

Lag I'm guessing?

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spinda hordes always lagged mine

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Is it only Koffing hordes or hordes in general? If the latter than it's just general lag, the Pokemon games have only just gone into 3DS and giant multi-Pokemon battles. If the first, then I'm not sure.

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It's only Koffing. All other hordes are at normal speed

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glitch i guess?

Answer 1

The frames of the game drop whenever a specific number of Pokemon are in a battle, causing there to be lag in the battle.

tl;dr: The game cannot handle a 5-man Pokemon battle well, causing lag.

Comments

But it only happens with Koffing. All other horde battles don't lag at all.

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It's still the same thing. The game lags for certain Pokemon in XY as well.