How many Gen 1 Pokemon can you name? Post your results!
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Hilariously I did it twice and missed different ones
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I got 146 in 5m 30s then gave myself until 10m. Didn’t get the remainder: Meowth, Persian, Slowpoke, Slowbro and Lickitung.
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Took a long while after the first ~125-130..
Tbf, I’ve done this same quiz like three times before in the past, as in halve a year ago or so, and I did a lot worse the first few times. Some Pokémon like Tangela; Lickitung; etc. are pretty forgettable.
I am curious how you guys are systematically trying to come up with the names, though. 
After I’ve done this quiz three times now, it seems my method stays roughly the same:
After all the easy one, I personally go through the gen 1 gym-leaders and trainers of the anime and try to remember all their Pokémon (e.g. Koga’s Zubat; Erica’s Vileplume; Misty’s Goldeen, Staryu, Starmie, etc. etc.); then I do the same for the first movie (which is usually how I remember the female trainer’s Dewgong, which is otherwise also pretty forgettable); then I try to remember by card collection for the Base Set, Jungle, Fossil, Team Rocket, etc.; then some memorable moments in some episodes of the anime (e.g. Sandshrew in that Samurai-kid’s place; Pinsir that almost cuts Ash’s Metapod in halve; Porygon and Tauros in the banned episodes; Tentacruel that destroyed the city; etc. etc.)
I’m curious what parts of your memory you guys/girls try to remember the Pokémon from after the first 100 or so are done.
Greetz,
Quuador
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My pattern typically is this: I can do through vileplume by memory, then backwards mew to ditto by memory, then all the single stage mins at the end (magmar jynx etc). Then gym leaders mons, and pray that that gets me close
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I have the order memorized. I’m attempting to memorize the order of the entire national Pokédex and am taking it one generation at a time. So far I can make it through Gen 4.
I’ve recently finished completing the national Pokédex in every Pokemon game. I think this helped me memorize the order of the Pokemon since the Pokedex order loosely follows what order you encounter the Pokemon in game. So as I’m memorizing I basically go through all of the routes and dungeons in the game.
Gens 1 and 2 Pokedex are a bit more sporadic. For example, Jigglypuff follows Clefairy in the Pokedex and are found around the same area but for some reason Vulpix and Ninetales separates them despite not being able to encounter Vulpix until way later.
Generations 3 and 4 definitely follow the appearance order a lot more and were actually quite easy to memorize
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I maintain we will be forever limited by the way that gen 1’s dex was organized. As an example every Pokémon should have its dex number reduced by 1. If gen 1 was released today both nidoran would occupy a single dex slot and then just evolve into different mons like wurmple
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Tried doing it in Pokedex Order as well, got to like Raichu, and then went rogue! Probably could of done it quicker
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Interesting question! I actually am remembering the pages from an old handbook of the 151 lol.
As in, when I think of what’s next I am trying to think of the illustrations used in that book. It’s all Sugimori key art anyway I think. So it’s normally dex order but yeah, kinda funny now that I think of it.
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I go in dex order personally
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Wow just under 5 minutes is insane now i have actually took the quiz, i thought it would be easy, not the case!
I managed to do up to Beedrill in order and then went completely blank and just started thinking of different Route’s in Pokémon Red and what Pokémon appear in those routes until i got them all eventually lol Also had some trouble spelling Exeggcute 
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Just wanted to comment further on the dex orders and such in a more appropriate thread.
Gen 1 and 3 are 2nd and 3rd in number of new Pokemon. I didn’t play Gen 5 so can’t speak to how the order matches the game, though I think there were no old gen Pokemon, so it probably fits as well.
I honestly think there are too few Pokemon in the other gens to be able to remember orders well in relation to the game. I’m sure it doesn’t actually work out even in Gens 1/3/5 but honestly every area/route/place needs to have at least 1 new Pokemon.
Going through Gen 1, you go through Viridian Forest, Mt. Moon, Cerulean City etc.
For Gen 3, I basically remember me going through the game from Wingull to Sableye to Electrike and so forth.
When there are so many old gen Pokemon, it becomes hard to remember or place them all. How many places does Pikachu belong to? It is a blur.
Given Gen 3 was 130 Pokemon, I’m gonna say that’s the minimum amount a Gen should have and not be tiny like 70-90 which I think all of 6789 are. And 120 of those should not be legendaries or cross-evos.
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