Introduction to the Pokémon Game Series Pokédex Page

Okay, now here’s the introduction, when players play Pokémon games on the Nintendo video gaming system, they play as either a Pokémon trainer boy or a Pokémon trainer girl, but remember a Pokémon trainer girl protagonist was only introduced in the “Pokémon Crystal Version” Game Boy Color game. They obtain Pokémon by capturing them into the Poké ball, evolving them into new forms, having their friends trade them to their games, etc. So here is the list of Pokédex data structure explanation below:

• National Pokédex No. - A number of Pokémon taken from the National Pokédex.
• English Name - A name of Pokémon in the English.
• Japanese Name - A name of Pokémon in the Japanese, remember that it would be used only in Rōmaji.
• Species - What kind of species the Pokémon is.
• Elemental Types - A property for Pokémon and their moves. Here are the first fifteen moves introduced in this generation.
  • Normal - an elemental type that is standard.
  • Fire - an elemental type that is fiery.
  • Water - an elemental type that is aquatic.
  • Electric - an elemental type that is electrical.
  • Grass - an elemental type that is botanic.
  • Ice - an elemental type that is icy.
  • Fighting - an elemental type that are martial arts.
  • Poison - an elemental type that is poisonous.
  • Ground - an elemental type that is made of ground, earth and soil.
  • Flying - an elemental type that flies.
  • Psychic - an elemental type that is psychic.
  • Bug - an elemental type that is an insectoid and an arachnoid.
  • Rock - an elemental type that is mineral.
  • Ghost - an elemental type that is ghostly.
  • Dragon - an elemental type that is draconic.
  • Dark - an elemental type that is evil or criminal. Introduced in the Generation II games.
  • Steel - an elemental type that is metallic. Introduced in the Generation II games.
• Pronounciation - The way to pronounce a Pokémon name.
• Height - How tall or long the Pokémon is.
• Weight - How heavy the Pokémon is.
• Gender Ratio - A ratio of a Pokémon, which may be male, female or even genderless, most Pokémon are either male or female, some of them are only male, some of them are only female, and the others genderless. Introduced in the Generation II games.
  • 100% ♀ - Pokémon that only appear as female.
  • 75% ♀/25% ♂ - Pokémon that usually appear as female, but can be male.
  • 50% ♀/50% ♂ - Pokémon that are equally likely to be either male or female.
  • 25% ♀/75% ♂ - Pokémon that usually appear as male, but can be female.
  • 12.5% ♀/87.5% ♂ - Pokémon that normally appear as male, rarely female.
  • 100% ♂ - Pokémon that only appear as male.
  • Genderless - Pokémon that aren't assigned a gender. Some of them can be bred only with a Ditto, and others cannot be bred at all.
• Pokédex Descriptions - A brief information that tells all about a Pokémon.
• Evolution Family - A chain of how Pokémon evolve into new forms by various evolution types. Some Pokémon evolve into two stages, some of them evolve into one stage, and the others don’t evolve.
  • Evolution Type - A species that a Pokémon evolves into.
• Vital Statistics - A Pokédex data structure that determines certain aspects of battle.
  • HP (Hit Points) - A statistic that determines how much damage a Pokémon can receive before fainting.
  • Attack - A statistic that determines how much damage a Pokémon can deal using a Physical Attack.
  • Defense - A statistic that determines how much damage a Pokémon receives when it is hit with a Physical Attack.
  • Speed - A statistic that determines how quickly a Pokémon can act in battle.
  • Special* - A statistic that determines how much damage a Pokémon both receives and deals in regards to Special attacks. The Special stat was divided into Special Attack and Special Defense in Generation II.
  • Sp. Attack - A statistic that determines how much damage a Pokémon can deal using a special move.
  • Sp. Defense - A statistic that determines how much damage a Pokémon receives when it is hit with a special move.
  • Total - A statistic mixed into all the other statistics.
• Type Effectivness - How well the Pokémon battle move type works against the target.
  • Weakness - When the Pokémon battle move type is effective against the target.
  • Normal Effectiveness - When the Pokémon battle move type is semi-effective against the target.
  • Resistance - When the Pokémon battle move type is ineffective against the target.
  • Immunity - When the Pokémon battle move type has no effects against the target.
• Location - A structure that tells the player where to obtain a Pokémon available in the game.
  • Game - When a Pokémon is available in this game.
  • Rarity - A structure that tells how many Pokémon players obtain them.
  • Area - Where players obtain a Pokémon in a game.
• Held Item - An item held by wild or trainers' Pokémon. Introduced in the Generation II games.
• Egg Goup - A category which determines which Pokémon are able to interbreed. Some of them have one egg group, the others have two egg groups. Introduced in the Generation II games.
  • Group Name - The name of the egg group.
  • Breeding Compatibility - A list of species, which is Pokémon can mate.
    • None - An egg group of Pokémon that can't be bred very well, a Nidorina and a Nidoqueen even belongs in this group for unknown reason.
    • Plant - An egg group of Pokémon that are plant-like in appearance.
    • Fairy - An egg group of Pokémon that are petite and considered very cute.
    • Flying - An egg group of Pokémon that are avian (bird-like) in appearance.
    • Ground - An egg group of Pokémon that are terrestrial in nature.
    • Humanshape - An egg group of Pokémon that are fully bipedal.
    • Monster - An egg group of Pokémon that are dinosaurian/kaijuu-like in appearance and nature.
    • Dragon - An egg group of Pokémon that are draconic in appearance.
    • Bug - An egg group of Pokémon that are insectoid (bug-like) in appearance.
    • Mineral - An egg group of Pokémon that are crystalline or silicon-based.
    • Indeterminate - An egg group of Pokémon that are amorphous, having no definite form.
    • Water 1 - An egg group of Pokémon that are aquatic species, besides the piscine and aquatic invertebrate-like ones.
    • Water 2 - An egg group of Pokémon that are piscine (fish-like) in appearance.
    • Water 3 - An egg group of Pokémon that resemble aquatic invertebrates.
    • Gender Unknown - An egg group of Pokémon that are genderless.
    • Ditto - This is not an egg group, but a Ditto, which can be bred with the Gender Unknown egg group Pokémon, and all male or female Pokémon belonging in all other egg groups, except for None egg group Pokémon.
• Pokémon Move - A move used by Pokémon to battle against foes during battle, removing obstacles and exploring new areas.
  • Power - A strength of the Pokémon battle and field moves.
  • Accuracy - A substructure that determines the move's accuracy. Divide this value by 100 to get the actual accuracy. In Generation I, this value was 0-255 and divided by 256, which explains why sometimes attacks like Swift missed. This value is also set to 0 to reach 100% accuracy.
  • PP (Power Points) - the energy that a Pokémon requires in order to perform a move.
  • Level-Up Move - A move learned by Pokémon, which has raised their experience levels.
  • Technical Machine - A machine used by Pokémon trainers to teach Pokémon a new move used for during battle.
  • Hidden Machine - A machine used by Pokémon trainers to teach a Pokémon a new move used for removing obstacles and exploring new areas.
  • Egg Move - A parent Pokémon's move inherited by a Pokémon that hatched from an egg. Introduced in the Generation II games.
  • Tutor Move - A move tutor's move learned by Pokémon. Introduced in Pokémon Crystal Version.
• Biology - The science of life or living matter in all its forms and phenomena, esp. with reference to origin, growth, reproduction, structure, and behavior.
  • Physiology - A description of the Pokémon's physical structure, possible related Pokémon based on similarities, and any physical adaptations the Pokémon.
  • Special Abilities - A description of any unusual or elemental abilities the Pokémon often displays, such as those related to its elemental type
  • Behavior - Observable activity in a Pokémon, both in the wild and after being captured.
  • Habitat - A description of regions where the Pokémon is commonly found.
  • Diet - food or feed habitually eaten or provided by Pokémon.
• Origin -
  • Design Basis - How a Pokémon species is based on.
  • Name Origin - Where a Pokémon name came from.

*Generation I Only

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