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As Pokemon fans, we pride ourselves in our ability to remember the names of so many different creatures. With visual clues, it is quite easy to name every single Pokemon if you've played the games and/or watched the show for an extended period of time.
However, how many Pokemon would you be able to name by heart if all you get is a list with Pokedex numbers?
I've decided to put my knowledge to the test by doing a series of quizzes on Sporcle to name all Pokemon from Gen 1 to Gen 7 and here are the results. I will also leave the links for each separate quiz in case you guys want to try it out for yourself. If you do, please share your results below! (Also I hope I posted this in the right section)
Generation 1 ー 99% (149/151)
Almost a perfect score, but the Cubone line just completely slipped my mind. I was kind of frustrated afterwards because I feel like it's one of the more memorable Pokemon of Gen 1 because of the mini story arc it gets at the Pokemon Tower. I was going through the games while filling this out, but when I got to Lavender Town, I just thought 'ghosts!' and moved on. Sorry Cubone and Marowak.
Generation 2 ー 95% (95/100)
The only ones I'm upset about here are Aipom because it's one of my favorites and Unown because of its appearance in the third movie. The other three are extremely forgettable and I would probably still not remember them if I were to fill out this quiz a second time.
Generation 3 ー 96% (130/135)
Generation 3 is when I started playing the games, so I'm happy I could get a good score for this generation. I still can't believe I forgot about Feebas/Milotic, but the other three I've never paid much attention to so I can understand why I would forget them.
Generation 4 ー 91% (97/107)
This is where things started to get tricky because I haven't played the gen 4 games that much. I actually did better than I expected, although I'm still kicking myself for forgetting about obvious Pokemon like Rotom and Weavile. There's just so many evolutions to older Pokemon, I knew I was missing some but I couldn't think of them at the moment.
Generation 5 ー 90% (140/156)
Generation 5 has such a large Pokedex, I knew this was going to be a tough one. I was focusing so much on the more obscure Pokemon like Accelgor and Druddigon that I ended up forgetting about obvious ones like the Pidove line (confirmed worst bird) and the Vanillite line.
Generation 6 ー 89% (64/72)
Generation 6 was hard because there's such a large variety of wild Pokemon in X/Y and so little actual Kalos Pokemon, they just become forgettable. I definitely should have remembered about the Fairy type version exclusives but the time limit (which was only half of the other ones) really got me towards the end. The names of these Pokemon don't come to mind as easily as the other 5 gens, so sometimes I wasted a few seconds just trying to link the mental image in my head to the actual name of the Pokemon.
Generation 7 ー 83% (73/88)
I knew Generation 7 would be my worst score because this is another generation where I felt like Pokemon from other generations were more present in the games than actual Alola Pokemon. Overall, I think I did better than expected, especially with remembering the names of the UBs. Oricorio and Pyukumuku are two Pokemon I should have remembered and I also drew a blank on the name of Cosmog's evolution. I knew it existed but just couldn't recall it.
However, how many Pokemon would you be able to name by heart if all you get is a list with Pokedex numbers?
I've decided to put my knowledge to the test by doing a series of quizzes on Sporcle to name all Pokemon from Gen 1 to Gen 7 and here are the results. I will also leave the links for each separate quiz in case you guys want to try it out for yourself. If you do, please share your results below! (Also I hope I posted this in the right section)
Generation 1 ー 99% (149/151)
Almost a perfect score, but the Cubone line just completely slipped my mind. I was kind of frustrated afterwards because I feel like it's one of the more memorable Pokemon of Gen 1 because of the mini story arc it gets at the Pokemon Tower. I was going through the games while filling this out, but when I got to Lavender Town, I just thought 'ghosts!' and moved on. Sorry Cubone and Marowak.
Generation 2 ー 95% (95/100)
The only ones I'm upset about here are Aipom because it's one of my favorites and Unown because of its appearance in the third movie. The other three are extremely forgettable and I would probably still not remember them if I were to fill out this quiz a second time.
Generation 3 ー 96% (130/135)
Generation 3 is when I started playing the games, so I'm happy I could get a good score for this generation. I still can't believe I forgot about Feebas/Milotic, but the other three I've never paid much attention to so I can understand why I would forget them.
Generation 4 ー 91% (97/107)
This is where things started to get tricky because I haven't played the gen 4 games that much. I actually did better than I expected, although I'm still kicking myself for forgetting about obvious Pokemon like Rotom and Weavile. There's just so many evolutions to older Pokemon, I knew I was missing some but I couldn't think of them at the moment.
Generation 5 ー 90% (140/156)
Generation 5 has such a large Pokedex, I knew this was going to be a tough one. I was focusing so much on the more obscure Pokemon like Accelgor and Druddigon that I ended up forgetting about obvious ones like the Pidove line (confirmed worst bird) and the Vanillite line.
Generation 6 ー 89% (64/72)
Generation 6 was hard because there's such a large variety of wild Pokemon in X/Y and so little actual Kalos Pokemon, they just become forgettable. I definitely should have remembered about the Fairy type version exclusives but the time limit (which was only half of the other ones) really got me towards the end. The names of these Pokemon don't come to mind as easily as the other 5 gens, so sometimes I wasted a few seconds just trying to link the mental image in my head to the actual name of the Pokemon.
Generation 7 ー 83% (73/88)
I knew Generation 7 would be my worst score because this is another generation where I felt like Pokemon from other generations were more present in the games than actual Alola Pokemon. Overall, I think I did better than expected, especially with remembering the names of the UBs. Oricorio and Pyukumuku are two Pokemon I should have remembered and I also drew a blank on the name of Cosmog's evolution. I knew it existed but just couldn't recall it.
