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Gemini 3 Pro invents a named strategy to win Pokémon 8x faster

development2025-12-16

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Gemini 3 Pro beat Pokémon Crystal eight times faster than its predecessor using a self-devised resource-exhaustion strategy it called Operation Zombie Phoenix.

Reported metric: 8x faster

Reporting date: 2025-12-16 (not necessarily the event date)

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Gemini 3 Pro invents a named strategy to win Pokémon 8x faster
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Reporting date: 2025-12-16
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2025-12-16-operation-zombie-phoenix
Claim: Gemini 3 Pro beat Pokémon Crystal eight times faster than its predecessor using a self-devised resource-exhaustion strategy it called Operation Zombie Phoenix.
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- Welcome to December 16, 2025 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-december-16-2025
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