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Did this Pokémon first appear in the 5th or the 6th generation?

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Pokémon: 5th or 6th generation?

Gen 5 (Unova) 30

  • Victini Right Wrong

    Number 494 in the National Pokédex, Victini is one of the 156 Pokémon of Generation 5, discovered in Unova. This Pokémon brings victory. It is said that Trainers with Victini always win, regardless of the type of encounter.

  • Snivy Right Wrong

    Number 495 in the National Pokédex, Snivy is one of the 156 Pokémon of Generation 5, discovered in Unova. They photosynthesise by bathing their tails in sunlight. When they are not feeling well, their tails droop.

  • Serperior Right Wrong

    Number 497 in the National Pokédex, Serperior is one of the 156 Pokémon of Generation 5, discovered in Unova. They raise their heads to intimidate opponents but only give it their all when fighting a powerful opponent.

  • Tepig Right Wrong

    Number 498 in the National Pokédex, Tepig is one of the 156 Pokémon of Generation 5, discovered in Unova. It can deftly dodge its foe’s attacks while shooting fireballs from its nose. It roasts berries before it eats them.

  • Emboar Right Wrong

    Number 500 in the National Pokédex, Emboar is one of the 156 Pokémon of Generation 5, discovered in Unova. It can throw a fire punch by setting its fists on fire with its fiery chin. It cares deeply about its friends.

  • Oshawott Right Wrong

    Number 501 in the National Pokédex, Oshawott is one of the 156 Pokémon of Generation 5, discovered in Unova. The scalchop on its stomach is made from the same elements as claws. It detaches the scalchop for use as a blade.

  • Samurott Right Wrong

    Number 503 in the National Pokédex, Samurott is one of the 156 Pokémon of Generation 5, discovered in Unova. One swing of the sword incorporated in its armour can fell an opponent. A simple glare from one of them quiets everybody.

  • Watchog Right Wrong

    Number 505 in the National Pokédex, Watchog is one of the 156 Pokémon of Generation 5, discovered in Unova. They make the patterns on their bodies shine in order to threaten predators. Keen eyesight lets them see in the dark.

  • Purrloin Right Wrong

    Number 509 in the National Pokédex, Purrloin is one of the 156 Pokémon of Generation 5, discovered in Unova. Opponents that get drawn in by its adorable behaviour come away with stinging scratches from its claws and stinging pride from its laughter.

  • Blitzle Right Wrong

    Number 522 in the National Pokédex, Blitzle is one of the 156 Pokémon of Generation 5, discovered in Unova. Its mane shines when it discharges electricity. They use the frequency and rhythm of these flashes to communicate.

  • Excadrill Right Wrong

    Number 530 in the National Pokédex, Excadrill is one of the 156 Pokémon of Generation 5, discovered in Unova. It’s not uncommon for tunnels that appear to have formed naturally to actually be a result of Excadrill’s rampant digging.

  • Audino Right Wrong

    Number 531 in the National Pokédex, Audino is one of the 156 Pokémon of Generation 5, discovered in Unova. This Pokémon has a kind heart. By touching with its feelers, Audino can gauge other creatures’ feelings and physical conditions.

  • Darumaka Right Wrong

    Number 554 in the National Pokédex, Darumaka is one of the 156 Pokémon of Generation 5, discovered in Unova. It derives its power from fire burning inside its body. If the fire dwindles, this Pokémon will immediately fall asleep.

  • Yamask Right Wrong

    Number 562 in the National Pokédex, Yamask is one of the 156 Pokémon of Generation 5, discovered in Unova. The spirit of a person from a bygone age became this Pokémon. It rambles through ruins, searching for someone who knows its face.

  • Cofagrigus Right Wrong

    Number 563 in the National Pokédex, Cofagrigus is one of the 156 Pokémon of Generation 5, discovered in Unova. There are many depictions of Cofagrigus decorating ancient tombs. They’re symbols of the wealth that kings of bygone eras had.

  • Zorua Right Wrong

    Number 570 in the National Pokédex, Zorua is one of the 156 Pokémon of Generation 5, discovered in Unova. Zorua sometimes transforms into a person and goes into cities to search for food. When Zorua does this, it usually takes on the form of a child.

  • Zoroark Right Wrong

    Number 571 in the National Pokédex, Zoroark is one of the 156 Pokémon of Generation 5, discovered in Unova. This Pokémon cares deeply about others of its kind, and it will conjure terrifying illusions to keep its den and pack safe.

  • Gothita Right Wrong

    Number 574 in the National Pokédex, Gothita is one of the 156 Pokémon of Generation 5, discovered in Unova. Even when nobody seems to be around, Gothita can still be heard making a muted cry. Many believe it’s speaking to something only it can see.

  • Vanillite Right Wrong

    Number 582 in the National Pokédex, Vanillite is one of the 156 Pokémon of Generation 5, discovered in Unova. Unable to survive in hot areas, it makes itself comfortable by breathing out air cold enough to cause snow. It burrows into the snow to sleep.

  • Elgyem Right Wrong

    Number 605 in the National Pokédex, Elgyem is one of the 156 Pokémon of Generation 5, discovered in Unova. It controls tremendous psychic power. Most reports of alien sightings are actually just people mistaking Elgyem for an alien.

  • Litwick Right Wrong

    Number 607 in the National Pokédex, Litwick is one of the 156 Pokémon of Generation 5, discovered in Unova. The flame on its head keeps its body slightly warm. This Pokémon takes lost children by the hand to guide them to the spirit world.

  • Haxorus Right Wrong

    Number 612 in the National Pokédex, Haxorus is one of the 156 Pokémon of Generation 5, discovered in Unova. While usually kindhearted, it can be terrifying if angered. Tusks that can slice through steel beams are how Haxorus deals with its adversaries.

  • Hydreigon Right Wrong

    Number 635 in the National Pokédex, Hydreigon is one of the 156 Pokémon of Generation 5, discovered in Unova. This brutal Pokémon travels the skies on its six wings. Anything that moves seems like a foe to it, triggering its attack.

  • Volcarona Right Wrong

    Number 637 in the National Pokédex, Volcarona is one of the 156 Pokémon of Generation 5, discovered in Unova. Volcarona scatters burning scales. Some say it does this to start fires. Others say it’s trying to rescue those that suffer in the cold.

  • Reshiram Right Wrong

    Number 643 in the National Pokédex, Reshiram is one of the 156 Pokémon of Generation 5, discovered in Unova. According to myth, if people ignore truth and let themselves become consumed by greed, Reshiram will arrive to burn their kingdoms down.

  • Zekrom Right Wrong

    Number 644 in the National Pokédex, Zekrom is one of the 156 Pokémon of Generation 5, discovered in Unova. When the interior part of its tail spins like a motor, Zekrom can generate many bolts of lightning to blast its surroundings.

  • Kyurem Right Wrong

    Number 646 in the National Pokédex, Kyurem is one of the 156 Pokémon of Generation 5, discovered in Unova. It appears that this Pokémon uses its powers over ice to freeze its own body in order to stabilise its cellular structure.

  • Keldeo Right Wrong

    Number 647 in the National Pokédex, Keldeo is one of the 156 Pokémon of Generation 5, discovered in Unova. Cobalion, Terrakion, and Virizion taught this Pokémon how to fight. It dashes across the world, seeking more opportunities to further its training.

  • Meloetta Right Wrong

    Number 648 in the National Pokédex, Meloetta is one of the 156 Pokémon of Generation 5, discovered in Unova. Its melodies are sung with a special vocalization method that can control the feelings of those who hear it.

  • Genesect Right Wrong

    Number 649 in the National Pokédex, Genesect is one of the 156 Pokémon of Generation 5, discovered in Unova. Over 300 million years ago, it was feared as the strongest of hunters. It has been modified by Team Plasma.

Gen 6 (Kalos) 30

  • Chespin Right Wrong

    Number 650 in the National Pokédex, Chespin is one of the 72 Pokémon of Generation 6, discovered in Kalos. The quills on its head are usually soft. When it flexes them, the points become so hard and sharp that they can pierce rock.

  • Chesnaught Right Wrong

    Number 652 in the National Pokédex, Chesnaught is one of the 72 Pokémon of Generation 6, discovered in Kalos. Its Tackle is forceful enough to flip a 50-ton tank. It shields its allies from danger with its own body.

  • Fennekin Right Wrong

    Number 653 in the National Pokédex, Fennekin is one of the 72 Pokémon of Generation 6, discovered in Kalos. As it walks, it munches on a twig in place of a snack. It intimidates opponents by puffing hot air out of its ears.

  • Delphox Right Wrong

    Number 655 in the National Pokédex, Delphox is one of the 72 Pokémon of Generation 6, discovered in Kalos. Using psychic power, it generates a fiery vortex of 5,400 degrees Fahrenheit, incinerating foes swept into this whirl of flame.

  • Froakie Right Wrong

    Number 656 in the National Pokédex, Froakie is one of the 72 Pokémon of Generation 6, discovered in Kalos. It protects its skin by covering its body in delicate bubbles. Beneath its happy-go-lucky air, it keeps a watchful eye on its surroundings.

  • Greninja Right Wrong

    Number 658 in the National Pokédex, Greninja is one of the 72 Pokémon of Generation 6, discovered in Kalos. It appears and vanishes with a ninja’s grace. It toys with its enemies using swift movements, while slicing them with throwing stars of sharpest water.

  • Talonflame Right Wrong

    Number 663 in the National Pokédex, Talonflame is one of the 72 Pokémon of Generation 6, discovered in Kalos. Talonflame dives toward prey at speeds of up to 310 mph and assaults them with powerful kicks, giving the prey no chance to escape.

  • Flabébé Right Wrong

    Number 669 in the National Pokédex, Flabébé is one of the 72 Pokémon of Generation 6, discovered in Kalos. When it finds a flower it likes, it dwells on that flower its whole life long. It floats in the wind’s embrace with an untroubled heart.

  • Florges Right Wrong

    Number 671 in the National Pokédex, Florges is one of the 72 Pokémon of Generation 6, discovered in Kalos. It claims exquisite flower gardens as its territory, and it obtains power from basking in the energy emitted by flowering plants.

  • Pancham Right Wrong

    Number 674 in the National Pokédex, Pancham is one of the 72 Pokémon of Generation 6, discovered in Kalos. There’s no point to the leaf in its mouth, aside from an effort to look cool. It’s mischievous, so it’s not well suited to inexperienced Trainers.

  • Furfrou Right Wrong

    Number 676 in the National Pokédex, Furfrou is one of the 72 Pokémon of Generation 6, discovered in Kalos. There was an era when aristocrats would compete to see who could trim their Furfrou’s fur into the most exquisite style.

  • Meowstic Right Wrong

    Number 678 in the National Pokédex, Meowstic is one of the 72 Pokémon of Generation 6, discovered in Kalos. The eyeball patterns on the interior of its ears emit psychic energy. It keeps the patterns tightly covered because that power is too immense.

  • Honedge Right Wrong

    Number 679 in the National Pokédex, Honedge is one of the 72 Pokémon of Generation 6, discovered in Kalos. Apparently this Pokémon is born when a departed spirit inhabits a sword. It attaches itself to people and drinks their life force.

  • Aegislash Right Wrong

    Number 681 in the National Pokédex, Aegislash is one of the 72 Pokémon of Generation 6, discovered in Kalos. Its potent spectral powers allow it to manipulate others. It once used its powers to force people and Pokémon to build a kingdom to its liking.

  • Tyrantrum Right Wrong

    Number 697 in the National Pokédex, Tyrantrum is one of the 72 Pokémon of Generation 6, discovered in Kalos. Thanks to its gargantuan jaws, which could shred thick metal plates as if they were paper, it was invincible in the ancient world it once inhabited.

  • Aurorus Right Wrong

    Number 699 in the National Pokédex, Aurorus is one of the 72 Pokémon of Generation 6, discovered in Kalos. The diamond-shaped crystals on its body expel air as cold as -240 degrees Fahrenheit, surrounding its enemies and encasing them in ice.

  • Sylveon Right Wrong

    Trap: Sylveon evolves from Eevee, a Pokémon from Kanto, but its number 700 places it in Generation 6, the Kalos generation. It emits a soothing aura from its ribbon-shaped organs. It wraps these appendages around quarrelers to instantly restore calm to the situation.

  • Dedenne Right Wrong

    Number 702 in the National Pokédex, Dedenne is one of the 72 Pokémon of Generation 6, discovered in Kalos. It sneaks into people’s homes and steals electricity from their outlets. When your electric bill seems off, it’s the handiwork of this rascal.

  • Goodra Right Wrong

    Number 706 in the National Pokédex, Goodra is one of the 72 Pokémon of Generation 6, discovered in Kalos. It gets picked on because it’s meek. But then, whoever teased it gets to feel the full force of its horns and a good swatting from its thick tail.

  • Phantump Right Wrong

    Number 708 in the National Pokédex, Phantump is one of the 72 Pokémon of Generation 6, discovered in Kalos. According to legend, medicine to cure any illness can be made by plucking the green leaves on its head, brewing them, and boiling down the liquid.

  • Pumpkaboo Right Wrong

    Number 710 in the National Pokédex, Pumpkaboo is one of the 72 Pokémon of Generation 6, discovered in Kalos. The light that streams out from the holes in the pumpkin can hypnotise and control the people and Pokémon that see it.

  • Gourgeist Right Wrong

    Number 711 in the National Pokédex, Gourgeist is one of the 72 Pokémon of Generation 6, discovered in Kalos. Eerie cries emanate from its body in the dead of night. The sounds are said to be the wails of spirits who are suffering in the afterlife.

  • Noibat Right Wrong

    Number 714 in the National Pokédex, Noibat is one of the 72 Pokémon of Generation 6, discovered in Kalos. After nightfall, they emerge from the caves they nest in during the day. Using their ultrasonic waves, they go on the hunt for ripened fruit.

  • Noivern Right Wrong

    Number 715 in the National Pokédex, Noivern is one of the 72 Pokémon of Generation 6, discovered in Kalos. Although it has a violent disposition, if you give it a nice ripe fruit that it loves, Noivern will suddenly become tame.

  • Xerneas Right Wrong

    Number 716 in the National Pokédex, Xerneas is one of the 72 Pokémon of Generation 6, discovered in Kalos. Legends say it can share eternal life. It slept for a thousand years in the form of a tree before its revival.

  • Yveltal Right Wrong

    Number 717 in the National Pokédex, Yveltal is one of the 72 Pokémon of Generation 6, discovered in Kalos. When this legendary Pokémon’s wings and tail feathers spread wide and glow red, it absorbs the life force of living creatures.

  • Zygarde Right Wrong

    Number 718 in the National Pokédex, Zygarde is one of the 72 Pokémon of Generation 6, discovered in Kalos. This is Zygarde’s form when it has gathered 50% of its cells. It wipes out all those who oppose it, showing not a shred of mercy.

  • Diancie Right Wrong

    Number 719 in the National Pokédex, Diancie is one of the 72 Pokémon of Generation 6, discovered in Kalos. A sudden transformation of Carbink, its pink, glimmering body is said to be the loveliest sight in the whole world.

  • Hoopa Right Wrong

    Number 720 in the National Pokédex, Hoopa is one of the 72 Pokémon of Generation 6, discovered in Kalos. In its true form, it possess a huge amount of power. Legends of its avarice tell how it once carried off an entire castle to gain the treasure hidden within.

  • Volcanion Right Wrong

    Number 721 in the National Pokédex, Volcanion is one of the 72 Pokémon of Generation 6, discovered in Kalos. It lets out billows of steam and disappears into the dense fog. It’s said to live in mountains where humans do not tread.

With Pokémon Black and White, the 5th generation took a gamble: 156 new creatures in Unova, the biggest batch in the series. Three years later, X and Y moved to 3D in Kalos and added only 72. For each card, say whether the Pokémon belongs to the 5th or the 6th generation. The National Pokédex number decides: numbers 494 to 649 are Gen 5 and numbers 650 to 721 are Gen 6. Keep your eyes open, as these two generations are often less well known than the first ones. This is a fan-made quiz. It is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by Nintendo, Creatures, GAME FREAK or The Pokémon Company.

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Frequently asked questions

Which games belong to the 5th and 6th generations?

The 5th generation includes Black and White, released on Nintendo DS in 2010 in Japan, then Black 2 and White 2 in 2012. The 6th brings together X and Y, released on Nintendo 3DS in 2013, along with Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire in 2014.

Why does the 5th generation have so many Pokémon?

Black and White wanted to offer a fresh start: during the main story, only new Pokémon appear. That called for enough creatures to fill a whole region. The result was 156 species, the largest number added by a single generation.

What did the 6th generation change?

X and Y moved fully to 3D, added the Fairy type and invented Mega Evolution, a temporary transformation in battle. The Fairy type was created partly to rebalance battles against Dragon types.

Where do the Unova and Kalos regions come from?

Unova is based on the New York area, a first for a region so far from Japan. Kalos is based on France, with a capital, Lumiose City, that recalls Paris and its great tower.

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