Rules & what counts
Who's That Pokémon? — Silhouette Rules
Every sprite in this quiz is hidden — you're naming Pokémon from pure memory, and each one only appears once you've named it. It's the classic "Who's that Pokémon?" bit, except nobody shows you the silhouette answer.
This is the hardest way to play: the pictures normally do half the remembering for you, and now they're gone.
How to play
- Type Pokémon names from memory — each correct name reveals its sprite and counts it.
- Spelling is forgiving, and the timer counts up from your first keystroke.
- Give up at any time to reveal everything you missed — often the most educational part.
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.