Rules & what counts
Pokémon Quiz — Rules & What Counts
This is the full National Pokédex challenge: name every Pokémon there is — all 1,025 species, from #0001 Bulbasaur to #1025 Pecharunt, across nine generations of games.
The grid shows every official sprite in Pokédex order, with a tab for each generation. Most players tear through the region they grew up with, then hit a wall two generations later — clearing the whole board is a genuine badge of honor.
Not up for 1,025 names in one sitting? Focused modes carve out the highlights: Legendary, Mythical, Mega Evolutions, and a sprite-hiding Who's That Pokémon? run for experts.
How to play
- Just start typing — the answer bar catches your keystrokes, and a correct name reveals its sprite instantly. No submit button, no confirmation.
- Spelling is forgiving: capitalization, accents, and punctuation are all ignored, so "farfetchd", "mr mime", and "flabebe" count just fine.
- The timer starts on your first keystroke and counts up. Your run autosaves as you go, so an accidental refresh won't wipe your progress.
- Use the generation tabs to jump around the grid — if you name a Pokémon from another generation, the view jumps there so you see the reveal.
- Give Up ends the run and shows you everything you missed, sorted by Pokédex number.
What counts in this quiz
- All 1,025 species in the National Pokédex, #0001 through #1025 — Kanto to Paldea, nothing skipped.
- One answer per Pokédex number: name the species and its card flips, no matter how many forms it has.
- Legendary mode asks for 78 Pokémon — this dataset counts Type: Null, Silvally, the Cosmog line, and the original seven Ultra Beasts among them.
- Mythical mode has 22 answers, including debated picks like Phione and Pokémon GO's Meltan and Melmetal.
- Mega mode covers the 48 species capable of Mega Evolution — you answer with the base name, so typing "Charizard" covers both Mega X and Mega Y.
What's not included — and why
- Alternate forms are never separate answers: Mega Evolutions, Gigantamax forms, and regional variants (Alolan, Galarian, Hisuian, Paldean) all live under their species' single Pokédex number.
- Form-heavy Pokémon like Rotom, Deoxys, and Vivillon each count exactly once, however many appliances, formes, or wing patterns they come in.
- Japanese names and fan nicknames don't match — the quiz checks English names, with sensible alternates like "Nidoran F" for Nidoran♀.
Good to know
- The Pokédex crossed four digits with #1000 Gholdengo — a surfer built from exactly 1,000 coins, which is no coincidence.
- Only one Pokémon in the entire dex is both Mythical and capable of Mega Evolution: Diancie.
- Every region maps to a real place: Kanto is the actual Kanto region of Japan, Unova is New York City, Kalos is France, Galar is Great Britain, and Paldea is the Iberian Peninsula.