To my knowledge the rules for both changed, for Sleep in 1997 and Confusion in 1999, but I can’t figure out how as I don’t understand Japanese. Thank a lot for any help in advance!
Edit: This Information comes fromhttps://wiki.xn–rckteqa2e.com/wiki/ポケットモンスターカードゲームBased on Google translate, it seems like sleep worked exactly the same as paralysis - making Base Set Haunter a very powerful card. But I was hoping someone could confirm I understood this correctly.
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[number] At the end of each other’s [number] , time to activate / invalidate the effect and [number] to check the special state .
So, essentially, they had to flip a coin on their turn; if heads, they’d cure Sleep; if tails, they wouldn’t. This is definitely still more unbalanced than the Sleep status now, as it allows you to possibly cure Sleep between turns.
Source: my best interpretation ofThis Page.
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