Jessica is a writer for Game Rant with a background in language-focused content. She is fluent in Japanese and got her start writing articles teaching about the culture and language. She graduated ...

Before we list every Pokémon, the grand total as of generation 9 in 2025 is a whopping 1,025 Pokémon. This is according to the National Pokédex that excludes variants on the same Pokémon, such as ...

Pikachu is very much the face of the franchise, thanks to its marketability and design. But if it had been called, say, Elemouse, would it have had quite the same staying power? I posit not, as that ...