There are now 1008 Pokemon in the wild

Have you caught them all?

The Pokemon Company has released a video commemorating the merchandise of 1008 Pokemon.

Yes, determination are present 1008 Pokemon moving astir the spot acknowledgment to the merchandise of Generation 9 successful Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, which added 103 caller Pokemon. It besides added caller moves, bringing the full to 898, and 31 caller abilities bringing the full to 298 (thanks, Bulbapedia).

You tin look implicit a broad database of the caller Pokemon added with Scarlet and Violet done this handy database from IGN. It adjacent shows each Pokemon’s evolution, if it tin evolve.

Developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo, the archetypal Pokemon titles were released for the Game Boy handheld strategy successful February 1996. This archetypal procreation began successful Japan with Pocket Monsters Red and Green, and the Special Edition Pocket Monsters: Blue was released aboriginal that year. The games were released arsenic Pokemon Red and Blue extracurricular of Japan successful 1998 arsenic a operation of the Red/Green/Blue releases.

An improved version, Pokemon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition, oregon Pokemon Yellow arsenic it’s known, was released successful Japan successful 1998 and different regions successful 1999 and 2000.

The bid went connected to spawn the precise fashionable Pokemon Trading Card Game, a manga, an animated series, films, soundtracks, mobile offerings, apps, assorted crippled spin-offs, toys, and different merchandise.

Fast guardant to 2022, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet came connected the country and was the archetypal crippled successful the bid to diagnostic an unfastened world. The games are acceptable successful the Paldea portion and diagnostic 3 stories the subordinate tin take. Along with the caller Gen 9 Pokemon, the crippled features 2 caller determination forms and besides introduced Paradox Pokemon and the Terastal signifier that allows a Pokemon to alteration into a Tera Type.

Despite selling implicit 10 cardinal copies astatine launch, making it the biggest Nintendo motorboat of each time, Scarlet and Violet received mixed reviews owed to the graphics and method issues.

Still, the bid remains a deed with fans, and arsenic of March 2022, the bid has sold implicit 440 cardinal units worldwide. It is the 3rd best-selling video crippled franchise down Nintendo's Mario franchise and Tetris.