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* The categories present in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}} are cut off in early English releases of the games, most specifically those made up of more than one word with a space in between. This causes Pokémon like Pidgey to be listed as "Tiny Pokémon" rather than "Tiny Bird Pokémon". {{OBP|Pokédex data structure|Generation III|Internal game data}} lists the category the same as it appears in {{game2|Ruby|Sapphire|Emerald}} and other games, indicating a glitch in the Pokédex where a blank space is confused for the terminating byte for the name. This was addressed in later releases of the game. | * The categories present in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}} are cut off in early English releases of the games, most specifically those made up of more than one word with a space in between. This causes Pokémon like Pidgey to be listed as "Tiny Pokémon" rather than "Tiny Bird Pokémon". {{OBP|Pokédex data structure|Generation III|Internal game data}} lists the category the same as it appears in {{game2|Ruby|Sapphire|Emerald}} and other games, indicating a glitch in the Pokédex where a blank space is confused for the terminating byte for the name. This was addressed in later releases of the game. | ||
* The previous term, "species", should not be confused with a [[Pokémon (species)|Pokémon species]], since several different Pokémon can be identified by the same category in the Pokédex, no matter how distantly related. This term should also not be confused with the real world definition of {{wp|species}}. | * The previous term, "species", should not be confused with a [[Pokémon (species)|Pokémon species]], since several different Pokémon can be identified by the same category in the Pokédex, no matter how distantly related. This term should also not be confused with the real world definition of {{wp|species}}. | ||
* Eight species of Pokémon are known as the Dragon Pokémon, making it the category with [[List of | * Eight species of Pokémon are known as the Dragon Pokémon, making it the category with [[List of categories by abundance|the most Pokémon species]]. | ||
* {{p|Porygon}} is the only Pokémon to have its category changed in Japanese. Its category in {{game|Red and Green|s}} is シージーポケモン ''CG Pokémon'', which was changed to バーチャルポケモン ''Virtual Pokémon'' from [[Pokémon Blue Version (Japanese)|Pokémon Blue (Japanese)]] onwards. | * {{p|Porygon}} is the only Pokémon to have its category changed in Japanese. Its category in {{game|Red and Green|s}} is シージーポケモン ''CG Pokémon'', which was changed to バーチャルポケモン ''Virtual Pokémon'' from [[Pokémon Blue Version (Japanese)|Pokémon Blue (Japanese)]] onwards. | ||
* {{p|Deoxys}} is the only Pokémon whose Japanese category name is written with characters from a foreign alphabet. | * {{p|Deoxys}} is the only Pokémon whose Japanese category name is written with characters from a foreign alphabet. | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[List of categories by abundance]] | |||
* [[List of categories in other languages]] | * [[List of categories in other languages]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||