There are now over 1000 species of Pokémon
After 26 years and nine generations of Pokémon games, there are now more than 1000 distinct species of Pocket Monsters available to capture and battle.Today marks the official launch date for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, and with them another 140 distinct species for the franchise's overarching National Pokédex.Scarlet and Violet's new species count brings the series as a whole to a grand total of 1010 unique species - although there are plenty of caveats here.
It's also worth noting how Pokémon's numbering of species has never counted the many alternate forms of existing creatures as separate Pokédex entries. Then there are the many regional varieties - such as Scarlet and Violet's new Paldean Wooper. This isn't counted as a new species, just as Alolan Raichu was not in Sun and Moon.
Pokémon with gender differences are not counted as separate species - with the exception of Nidoran, whose male and female variants are treated separately.
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