Concept
How alternate dex numbers (ADN) are created
Alternate dex numbers are all composed of 6 digits. They are grouped as follows: 1-1-3-1.
The fist digit is the category:
- 1 = normal
- 2 = special
- 3 = legendary
- 9 = mythical
The second digit is the sub-category:
For normal pokémon:
- 1-1 = starter
- 1-2 = pikachu and eevee families
- 1-3 = normal
- 1-9 = pokémon with more than 10 forms
For special pokémon:
- 2-1 = fossils
- 2-2 = rotoms
- 2-3 = ultra-beasts
For legendary pokémon:
3, then generation number. For example: Mewtwo is gen 1, so 31.
For mythical pokémon:
- 9-1 = normal
- 9-2 = arceus
The 3rd, 4th, and 5th digits are the family number inside the subcategory. For most pokémon, these are just continuous numbers (001, then 002, then 003, etc). In some cases, I purposedly left some blanks in case more pokémon are coming later (mainly in the 1-4 category).
The last digit is to distinguish pokémon of the same family.
About selected forms
Here are the concepts behind the forms selected to appear here.
This dex is mainly meant for the main series, therefore forms specific to Pokémon Go or other peripheral games are not included.
Mythical Pokémon obtainable with the help of peripheral games, such as Jirachi, Manaphy, Melmetal, etc, do appear.
This dex is mainly aimed at having a living dex in Pokémon Home. Therefore, all forms that are not transferable to Home do not appear. This includes:
- In-combat only forms: all mega evolutions, all gigantamax forms, individual forms such as Sky Forme Shaymin, Noice Face Eiscue, Hungry Morpeko, etc.
- Forms that require an item to be maintained: all the forms of Sylvally and Arceus, Crowned forms of Zacian and Zamazenta, etc.
- Combined forms of Kyurem, Necrozma and Calyrex.
- Generation exclusive forms, such as Spiky-eared Pichu or Cosplay Pikachu.
- Unobtainable forms, such as Eternal Flower Floette.
Due to the overwhelming number of Pokémon with very minor male vs female differences, male and female differences are only registered if they fall under one of these conditions:
- Male and Female are registered as different species: namely Nidoran and Illumise families.
- Male and Female have different statistics and/or learnset: namely Meowstic and Indeedee.
- Male and Female have different colours: namely Hippopotas/Hippowdon and Frilish/Jellicent.
- Male and Female have obvious different physical traits: namely Unfezant and Pyroar.
Specific cases:/p>
- Pumpkaboo & Gourgeist and Sinistea & Polteageist: considering the closeness of their forms, only the base forms have been selected to appear.