How do you tell when an opponent's natural cure activates?

Question

I think in Generation 4, there are Poke balls in the top right corner of the touchscreen, and one of them changes color whenever an opponent gets a status condition. When natural cure activates, the Poke ball goes back to its regular color. I don't think these Poke balls exist in every game where natural cure exists, so how do you see natural cure in those games? Please don't question my curiosity.

Comments

I know. In which games do those Poke balls not exist?

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I think Gen 6 onwards didn't display them in online battles? Don't quote me on that.

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Are you sure that's true? If it is, why does Showdown! display messages of natural cure activating?

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Does it matter? Showdown! isn't an official game, afterall.

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Some people take Showdown! seriously. They complain about extremely minor mechanics like whether a Tapu Lele's electric seed would activate before psychic surge changes the terrain. When Showdown! does something that's so obvious and so obviously not a bug, there's almost certainly a good reason.

Answer 1

All gens.
Gen 3 has the opposing party lineup appear for a few seconds just before a Pokemon is sent out for you to keep track of: http://i.imgur.com/lECVyeS.png
Gen 4 has the same thing, but it's also on the bottom screen while you select an action between turns: http://i.imgur.com/mA6qNIO.png
Gen 5 only has it on the bottom screen between turns: http://i.imgur.com/RPvIv0T.jpg
Gen 6 only has it on the top screen between turns: http://i.imgur.com/iZEHUgh.png

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Comments

Huh, I was wrong. Apologies~