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An individual Pokémon may be encountered in the wild, caught, trained, and battled with. In the games, individual Pokémon have many characteristics including [[stats]], [[DVs]], | An individual Pokémon may be encountered in the wild, caught, trained, and battled with. In the games, individual Pokémon have many characteristics including [[stats]], [[DVs]], specie, [[Level]], [[Effort Values|EVs]], [[Nature]], [[personality value]], [[Experience]], and known [[moves]]. | ||
=Species= | =Species= | ||
'''Pokémon species''' are "kinds" of [[Pokémon]], such as {{p|Bulbasaur}} or {{p|Zubat}}. Individual Pokémon of certain species can change into some other species by [[evolution|evolving]], such as a Bulbasaur evolving into an {{p|Ivysaur}}. There are currently 388 official Pokémon species. | '''Pokémon species''' are "kinds" of [[Pokémon]], such as {{p|Bulbasaur}} or {{p|Zubat}}. Individual Pokémon of certain species can change into some other species by [[evolution|evolving]], such as a Bulbasaur evolving into an {{p|Ivysaur}}. There are currently 388 official Pokémon species. | ||
Species have certain characteristics inherent to each one. Examples include [[elemental types]], how many [[Effort values|EVs]] are awarded when a Pokémon of the | Species have certain characteristics inherent to each one. Examples include [[elemental types]], how many [[Effort values|EVs]] are awarded when a Pokémon of the species is defeated, [[base stats]], sprites and [[alternate color]] sprites, [[moves]] it learns by [[level|leveling up]], moves it can learn by [[Technical Machine|TMs and HMs]] and by [[Move Tutors]], [[experience|base experience]], experience required to level up, and evolution. | ||
Oftentimes, a | Oftentimes, the name of a species can refer to an individual Pokémon of that species instead. For instance, "Bulbasaur is a Grass-type" refers to the Bulbasaur species, but "Bulbasaur uses Vine Whip" refers to a single Bulbasaur. In the [[National Dex|National ID]] system, they are numbered from 1 to 151. | ||
Initially when the [[Generation I]] games [[Pokémon Red]], [[Pokémon Green]] (in Japan only), [[Pokémon Blue]], [[Pokémon Yellow]], and [[Pokémon Stadium]] were released, there were 151 Pokémon species. | Initially when the [[Generation I]] games [[Pokémon Red]], [[Pokémon Green]] (in Japan only), [[Pokémon Blue]], [[Pokémon Yellow]], and [[Pokémon Stadium]] were released, there were 151 Pokémon species. | ||