Rules & what counts
Gen 9 Pokémon Quiz (Paldea) — Rules & What Counts
The newest generation: 120 Pokémon from Scarlet and Violet and its two DLC chapters, running from #0906 Sprigatito all the way to #1025 Pecharunt — the current end of the National Pokédex.
Paldea's headline gimmick doubles as this quiz's trickiest stretch: the Paradox Pokémon, ancient and futuristic echoes of older species with two-word names like Great Tusk and Iron Bundle. Add the hyphenated Treasures of Ruin and a full slate of DLC newcomers — Ogerpon, Archaludon, Terapagos — and staying current has never mattered more.
How to play
- Type a name and its card reveals on the spot — chain answers as fast as you can recall them.
- Spaces and hyphens are optional: "greattusk", "ironvaliant", and "chien pao" all match their formal spellings.
- The timer starts counting up at your first keystroke, and autosave keeps the run safe.
- Hidden-sprite mode asks for all 120 from memory — brutal for a generation this new.
- Give Up ends the quiz and lists every Paldean you missed.
What counts in this quiz
- All 120 species numbered #0906–#1025, including both The Teal Mask and The Indigo Disk DLC additions.
- Every Paradox Pokémon counts as its own species — Roaring Moon is an answer in its own right, not a form of Salamence.
- New evolutions of old Pokémon count: Annihilape, Clodsire, Farigiraf, Dudunsparce, and Kingambit all hold Gen 9 numbers.
- The box legendaries Koraidon and Miraidon, the Treasures of Ruin, the Loyal Three, Ogerpon, Terapagos, and Pecharunt are all answers.
What's not included — and why
- Paldean forms of older Pokémon aren't separate answers: Paldean Wooper shares Wooper's #0194 — though its new evolution Clodsire counts at #0980.
- Paldean Tauros's three breeds, Ogerpon's four masks, Squawkabilly's plumages, and Koraidon and Miraidon's travel modes are all forms of single answers.
Good to know
- Paldea is the Iberian Peninsula — its central Great Crater roughly matches the position of Madrid.
- Gimmighoul evolves into #1000 Gholdengo only after you collect 999 of its scattered coins across the map.
- Pecharunt, #1025, is a poisonous peach spirit that controls others with toxic mochi — a dark inversion of Japan's Momotaro folk tale.
- Tandemaus evolves into Maushold, a "family of three" or "family of four" — the litter size is random and the four-mouse version is rarer.