Every Gym Leader in Pokemon Generation 9 (Paldea)
In 1996, every badge run began the same way: Brock, in a stone-floored room in Pewter City, waiting for you because the game gave you nowhere else to go. The eight Kanto gym leaders... Read More →
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Every Trial Captain and Island Kahuna in Pokemon Generation 7 (Alola)
Pokemon Sun and Moon arrived in November 2016 with no Gym in them anywhere. No badges, no row of buildings each holding a puzzle and a specialist and a handshake, nothing resembling the circuit... Read More →
Every Gym Leader in Pokemon Generation 6 (Kalos)
Pokemon X and Y went on sale in Japan, Europe and the Americas on the same day, October 12, 2013, the first time the series had launched everywhere at once. Nintendo counted more than... Read More →
Every Gym Leader in Pokemon Generation 5 (Unova)
Black and White reached Japan in September 2010 carrying 156 Pokemon nobody had ever seen and not one that anybody had. Junichi Masuda explained the decision to Nintendo Power the following March: he had... Read More →
Every Gym Leader in Pokemon Generation 4 (Sinnoh)
No two trainers in the Sinnoh League use two of the same species of Pokemon as each other. Single overlaps happen – Champion Cynthia and Gardenia both keep a Roserade – but a matching... Read More →
Every Gym Leader in Pokemon Generation 3 (Hoenn)
Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire reached Japan on November 21, 2002 with a wall built into them. The Game Boy Advance used a different link connector from the Game Boy and Game Boy Color, so... Read More →
Every Gym Leader in Pokemon Generation 2 (Johto)
Johto’s Gym Leaders deal in Flying, Bug, Normal, Ghost, Fighting, Steel, Ice and Dragon. Kanto’s eight Gym Leaders had already claimed Rock, Water, Electric, Grass, Poison, Psychic, Fire and Ground, which left exactly seven... Read More →
Every Gym Leader in Pokemon Generation 8 (Galar)
Four of Galar’s eight Gyms have two people attached to them, and they arrive there by two different routes. Two are split by cartridge – buy Sword and you fight one person, buy Shield... Read More →
Every Gym Leader in Pokemon Generation 1 (Kanto)
Pokemon Red and Green were meant to be a Christmas release. Game Freak had the code finished in October 1995 and the launch was set for December 21 that year, then it slipped, because... Read More →
All 37 Cut Pokemon Designs From Red and Green
The Pewter Museum of Science keeps two skeletons behind glass, and in the code both of them are Pokemon. The Kabutops fossil and the Aerodactyl fossil hold index slots 182 and 183, one along... Read More →
