As I had brought up in my annual "Hoppip Report" at the beginning of this year, I wanted to discuss the Pokédex in Pokémon Go, which has had a big change. That big change is actually quite old by now, being that I mentioned it close to a year prior when discussing gameplay vs. visual changes in the game. With that, it's got to be addressed, for it is actually a fascinating topic to make a discussion out of it, and I've chosen this very moment to do that.
So, with the new Pokédex, when one opens it, one is presented with a list of regions for the origin of each species, as well as a selector at the bottom for the various kinds of forms that the new Pokédex keeps track of. Choosing one of these regions (which will have a silver border when "complete") jumps to the section for that region for the selected form index, for which the Pokémon are now listed by rows of four instead of five as in the previous version, due to the larger rectangles used to display the entries, a rather nice visual improvement.
When a Pokémon entry is selected, the caught forms for that Pokémon are displayed in a tab of their own, which as shown by the Hoppip entry, also contains the ones for 100%, Lucky, XXS, XXL, Shadow, and Purified. Of course, not all Pokémon will have these (specifically, ones that haven't become Shadow obviously can't become Purified either, and those that can't be traded can never become Lucky), so it depends on the species. The Info tab has the usual description and size stats, while the Battle tab has type matchup information and the list of moves (even special ones) that a given species can learn. It has become rather informative as a result.
The new changes absolutely invite Trainers to register as many forms as possible, and in fact that is what happens: capturing a new Shiny form and obtaining a "special" form (Mega Evolution, Max forms) will also bring up the form registration screen, which also now contains the numerical and regional indicator. As well, an alert can be set for a particular species through their entries, which will bring up notifications if that species happens to be present in the wild somewhere nearby. These extra changes are not only functional but also assistive.
It's been a year since the aforementioned changes to the Pokémon Go Pokédex, and it may be safe to say that the quality of the feature has improved overall and somewhat helped Trainers out, even me. While much can still stand to be improved in other gameplay areas for this game, some of the improvement may be (or have been) helped by the new improvements to the Pokédex, and they might just bring on other improvements in gameplay.
One year ago: Give Me Five
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Three years ago: Pokémon Go Community Day, 1/7/2023
Four years ago: A Movie-Watching Dream
Five years ago: Previous Plus One
Six years ago: The Substitute Being (or Doll)
Seven years ago: Family Affairs
Eight years ago: Rethinking Salt
Nine years ago: Tournament: Local Friendly, 1/7/2017
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