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 [[File:Pokédex interface GSC.png|thumb|200px|Johto's regional Pokédex, a predecessor (note lack of numbers).]]
-A '''regional Pokédex''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|地方図鑑|ちほうずかん}}''' ''regional Pokédex'') is a [[Pokédex]] order specific to a certain [[region]] of the Pokémon world. Rather than chronicle all known Pokémon as does the [[National Pokédex]], a regional Pokédex serves to list those Pokémon native to the region, usually starting with the {{type|Grass}} [[starter Pokémon]] and its evolutions, followed by the {{type|Fire}} starter and its evolutions, and the {{type|Water}} starter and its evolutions, then continuing through the rest of the Pokémon native to the region. [[Legendary Pokémon]] of the region are typically placed near the end, while the very last slot or few slots are occupied by [[Event Pokémon|special Pokémon]] not normally encountered.
+A '''regional Pokédex''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|地方図鑑|ちほうずかん}}''' ''regional Pokédex'') is a [[Pokédex]] order specific to a certain [[region]] of the Pokémon world. Rather than chronicle all known Pokémon as does the [[National Pokédex]], a regional Pokédex serves to list those Pokémon native to the region.
+==Overview==
+A regional Pokédex usually starts with the {{type|Grass}} [[first partner Pokémon]] and its evolutions, followed by the {{type|Fire}} first partner Pokémon and its evolutions, and the {{type|Water}} first partner Pokémon and its evolutions, then continuing through the rest of the Pokémon native to the region. [[Legendary Pokémon]] of the region are typically placed near the end, while the very last slot or few slots are occupied by [[Mythical Pokémon]].
 [[File:Pokédex RS.png|thumb|200px|{{p|Corphish}} in the Hoenn regional Pokédex]]
-A regional Pokédex will often place newly released evolutions and pre-evolutions near their base form, no matter how much distance is between them in the [[National Pokédex]]. For example, in the National Pokédex, {{p|Aipom}} falls at #190, with its evolution {{p|Ambipom}} at #424. In the [[Sinnoh]] region's Pokédex, however, they are #063 and #064, respectively. Capturing all Pokémon in a regional Pokédex will cause the [[Game Freak]] developers in-game to award the player with a [[diploma]] in [[Generation I]], [[Generation II]], and [[Generation III]]. Completing the National Pokédex awards another diploma in [[Generation III]]. In [[Generation IV]], seeing every Pokémon in the [[Sinnoh]] region's Pokédex allows the player to receive the upgrade to National mode from [[Professor Oak]].  In later Generations, the [[Oval Charm]] and the [[Shiny Charm]] are awards for seeing and catching all non-[[Event Pokémon]].
+A regional Pokédex will often place newly released evolutions and pre-evolutions near their base form, no matter how much distance is between them in the [[National Pokédex]]. For example, in the National Pokédex, {{p|Aipom}} falls at #190, with its evolution {{p|Ambipom}} at #424. In the [[Sinnoh]] region's Pokédex, however, they are #063 and #064, respectively. Capturing all Pokémon in a regional Pokédex will cause the [[Game Freak]] developers in-game to award the player with a [[diploma]] in [[Generation I]], [[Generation II]], and [[Generation III]]. Completing the National Pokédex awards another diploma in [[Generation III]]. In [[Generation IV]], seeing every Pokémon in the [[Sinnoh]] region's Pokédex allows the player to receive the upgrade to National mode from [[Professor Oak]]. In later generations, the [[Oval Charm]] and the [[Shiny Charm]] are often rewards for seeing and catching all non-[[event Pokémon]].
 [[File:Pokédex Pt.png|thumb|200px|The Sinnoh Pokédex allows players to switch between regional and national views.]]
-So far, only the [[Sinnoh]] region's original Pokédex does not naturally include all of the new Pokémon released in that generation. In {{2v2|Diamond|Pearl}}, new evolved species of Pokémon such as {{p|Gliscor}} and {{p|Leafeon}} were excluded from the listing, despite having been introduced in that game. This may have been because those Pokémon (and their pre-evolved forms) were not obtainable until after obtaining the National Pokédex in-game; however, it caused the odd outcome of many Pokémon new to Generation IV not being in any regional Pokédex at all. This was remedied in {{v2|Platinum}} with its updated Sinnoh Pokédex, which added all new Generation IV-introduced evolutions as well as their relatives, leaving out only certain Legendary Pokémon.
+Most regional Pokédexes include all of the new Pokémon released in that generation. [[Sinnoh]]'s original Pokédex is an exception to this, as in {{game|Diamond and Pearl|s}} and [[Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl]], {{p|Rotom}} and certain [[List of cross-generational evolution families|cross-generational evolutions]], Legendary Pokémon, and Mythical Pokémon introduced in Generation IV are absent from the regional Pokédex. {{game|Platinum}}'s expanded regional Pokédex adds Rotom, {{p|Giratina}}, and all of the cross-generational evolutions, though it still lacks several of the other Legendary and Mythical Pokémon. [[Generation VIII]] is another exception, in which all Pokémon introduced in [[Pokémon Sword and Shield]] are included in at least one of [[Galar]]'s three regional Pokédexes, while Pokémon introduced in [[Pokémon Legends: Arceus]] are featured exclusively in the [[Hisui]] Pokédex. In [[Generation IX]], {{p|Walking Wake}} and {{p|Iron Leaves}} are absent from the [[Paldea]] Pokédex.
-Generally regional Pokédexes are in the order of how the developers intend the player to meet the included Pokémon within the main game, except for the Kanto and Johto Pokédexes which do not seem to match this pattern.
 [[File:Pokédex BW.png|thumb|200px|{{p|Scrafty}} in the Unova regional Pokédex of Black and White]]
-The Pokédex order for the seven main regions of the Pokémon world are as follows:
+==List of regional Pokédexes==
+The Pokédex order for the nine main regions of the Pokémon world are as follows:
 * [[List of Pokémon by Kanto Pokédex number|Kanto Pokédex]] ({{gameabbrev1|RBY}}{{gameabbrev3|FRLG}}): #001 {{p|Bulbasaur}} - #151 {{p|Mew}}
 ** [[List of Pokémon by Kanto Pokédex number|Kanto Pokédex]] ({{gameabbrev7|PE}}): #001 {{p|Bulbasaur}} - #153 {{p|Melmetal}}
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 * [[List of Pokémon by Hoenn Pokédex number (Generation III)|Hoenn Pokédex]] ({{gameabbrev3|RSE}}): #001 {{p|Treecko}} - #202 {{p|Deoxys}}
 ** [[List of Pokémon by Hoenn Pokédex number (Generation VI)|Hoenn Pokédex]] ({{gameabbrev6|ORAS}}): #001 {{p|Treecko}} - #211 {{p|Deoxys}}
-* [[List of Pokémon by Sinnoh Pokédex number|Sinnoh Pokédex]] ({{gameabbrev4|DP}}): #001 {{p|Turtwig}} - #151 {{p|Manaphy}}
+* [[List of Pokémon by Sinnoh Pokédex number|Sinnoh Pokédex]] ({{gameabbrev4|DP}}{{gameabbrev8|BDSP}}): #001 {{p|Turtwig}} - #151 {{p|Manaphy}}
 **[[List of Pokémon by Sinnoh Pokédex number#Platinum expansion|Enhanced Sinnoh Pokédex]] ({{gameabbrev4|Pt}}): #001 {{p|Turtwig}} - #210 {{p|Giratina}}
-* [[List of Pokémon by Unova Pokédex number|Unova Pokédex]] ({{gameabbrev5|BW}}): #000 {{p|Victini}} - #155 {{p|Genesect}}
+* [[List of Pokémon by Unova Pokédex number (Black and White)|Unova Pokédex]] ({{gameabbrev5|BW}}): #000 {{p|Victini}} - #155 {{p|Genesect}}
-**[[List of Pokémon by New Unova Pokédex number|New Unova Pokédex]] ({{gameabbrev5|B2W2}}): #000 {{p|Victini}} - #300 {{p|Genesect}}
+**{{OBP|List of Pokémon by Unova Pokédex number|Black 2 and White 2|Unova Pokédex}} ({{gameabbrev5|B2W2}}): #000 {{p|Victini}} - #300 {{p|Genesect}}
 * [[List of Pokémon by Kalos Pokédex number|Kalos Pokédex]] ({{gameabbrev6|XY}})
 ** {{DL|List of Pokémon by Kalos Pokédex number|Central Kalos Pokédex}}: #001 {{p|Chespin}} - #153 {{p|Volcanion}}
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 ** [[List of Pokémon by Alola Pokédex number (Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon)|Ula'ula Pokédex]]: A subset of 160 of the Alola Pokédex's 403 Pokémon
 ** [[List of Pokémon by Alola Pokédex number (Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon)|Poni Pokédex]]: A subset of 130 of the Alola Pokédex's 403 Pokémon
+* [[List of Pokémon by Galar Pokédex number|Galar Pokédex]] ({{gameabbrev8|SwSh}}): #001 {{p|Grookey}} - #400 {{p|Eternatus}}
+** [[List of Pokémon by Isle of Armor Pokédex number|Isle of Armor Pokédex]]: #001 {{p|Slowpoke}} - #211 {{p|Zarude}}
+** [[List of Pokémon by Crown Tundra Pokédex number|Crown Tundra Pokédex]]: #001 {{p|Snom}} - #210 {{p|Calyrex}}
+*[[List of Pokémon by Hisui Pokédex number|Hisui Pokédex]] ({{gameabbrev8|LA}}): #001 {{p|Rowlet}} - #242 {{p|Darkrai}}
+*[[List of Pokémon by Paldea Pokédex number|Paldea Pokédex]] ({{gameabbrev9|SV}}): #001 {{p|Sprigatito}} - #400 {{p|Miraidon}}
+**[[List of Pokémon by Kitakami Pokédex number|Kitakami Pokédex]]: #001 {{p|Spinarak}} - #200 {{p|Ogerpon}}
+**[[List of Pokémon by Blueberry Pokédex number|Blueberry Pokédex]]: #001 {{p|Doduo}} - #243 {{p|Pecharunt}}
-The National Pokédex, which catalogs every Pokémon currently known, is as follows:
+==Comparison with other number systems==
-* [[List of Pokémon by National Pokédex number|National Pokédex]]:
+The [[National Pokédex]] includes all known Pokémon.
-** {{cat|Generation I Pokémon}}: #001 {{p|Bulbasaur}} - #151 {{p|Mew}}
-** {{cat|Generation II Pokémon}}: #152 {{p|Chikorita}} - #251 {{p|Celebi}}
-** {{cat|Generation III Pokémon}}: #252 {{p|Treecko}} - #386 {{p|Deoxys}}
-** {{cat|Generation IV Pokémon}}: #387 {{p|Turtwig}} - #493 {{p|Arceus}}
-** {{cat|Generation V Pokémon}}: #494 {{p|Victini}} - #649 {{p|Genesect}}
-** {{cat|Generation VI Pokémon}}: #650 {{p|Chespin}} - #721 {{p|Volcanion}}
-** {{cat|Generation VII Pokémon}}: #722 {{p|Rowlet}} - #809 {{p|Melmetal}}
-In the {{ga|Pokémon Ranger}} series of spin-off games, Pokémon information is stored in the Browser, which acts similarly to a Pokédex for {{OBP|Pokémon Ranger|Ranger series}}s. It is as follows:
+In the [[Pokémon Ranger series]] of spin-off games, Pokémon information is stored in the Browser, which acts similarly to a Pokédex for {{OBP|Pokémon Ranger|Ranger series}}s. It is as follows:
 * [[List of Pokémon by Fiore Browser number|Fiore Browser]]: R-001 {{p|Bulbasaur}} - R-213 {{p|Mew}}
 * [[List of Pokémon by Almia Browser number|Almia Browser]]: R-001 {{p|Pichu}} - R-267 {{p|Regigigas}}
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 From Generation III onward, Pokémon not native to a region which are obtained (such as through [[trade|trading]]) before a game's regional Pokédex has been upgraded to National Mode will be displayed with ??? as their Pokédex number in the status screen instead of a regional Pokédex number. If caught from the wild (through hacking the game), the Pokédex registration screen will display different numbers dependent on the game: Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald display a number between 203 and 386, corresponding to the Pokémon's position in the National Pokédex minus those Generation I and Generation II Pokémon native to Hoenn (for example, {{p|Bulbasaur}} is the first Pokémon not in the Hoenn Pokédex so its number appears as #203, while {{p|Arbok}} is #226, but Pikachu, Raichu, Sandshrew, and Sandslash appear in the Hoenn Pokédex and are skipped, making {{p|Nidoran♀}} #227). Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen state only that the Pokémon's data has been registered, then skip straight to nicknaming the Pokémon, never displaying the Pokédex.
-If a player can’t obtain the [[National Pokédex]] in Ruby or Sapphire, it is possible to store non-regional [[Pokémon (species)|Pokémon]] in [[Pokémon Box: Ruby and Sapphire]], though their Dex numbers won’t be shown. If a game with the National Dex is used with Box, Box’s [[Pokédex]] Mode will be upgraded to the National Mode, so one can see their Dex numbers that way.
+It is possible to store non-regional [[Pokémon (species)|Pokémon]] from Ruby or Sapphire in [[Pokémon Box: Ruby and Sapphire]] without having acquired the [[National Pokédex]], though their Dex numbers won't be shown. If a game with the National Pokédex is used with Box, Box's [[Pokédex]] Mode will be upgraded to the National Mode so non-regional Pokédex numbers will be displayed from then on, regardless of whether a Ruby or Sapphire player has acquired the National Pokédex or not.
 Generation IV games instead display the registered Pokémon as #000 if it is outside of that game's regional Pokédex.
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 Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire will display an empty Pokédex entry upon catching a non-native Pokémon.
-In Generation VII games, due to the lack of a National Pokédex, non-native Pokémon that are caught will completely bypass the Pokédex, skipping straight to nicknaming; these Pokémon have no Pokédex numbers.
+In games from Generation VII and onward that lack a National Pokédex, non-native Pokémon that are caught will completely bypass the Pokédex, skipping straight to nicknaming; these Pokémon have no Pokédex numbers.
+==Trivia==
+* The first regional Pokédex of a [[generation]] usually, but not always, puts newly debuting Pokémon in the same order as the National Pokédex. Specifically:
+** The [[Kdex|Kanto]], [[Hdex|Hoenn]]{{sup/3|RSE}}, [[Udex|Unova]]{{sup/5|BW}}, and [[Adex|Alola]]{{sup/7|SM}} Pokédexes all match the order exactly, with no exceptions. (For example, taking the Hoenn Pokédex order and removing the 67 Generation I and II Pokémon leaves 135 Pokémon that exactly match the National Pokédex order between {{p|Treecko}} and {{p|Deoxys}}.)
+** The [[Sdex|Sinnoh]]{{sup/4|DP}} Pokédex matches when skipping over the Generation IV Pokémon in the National Pokédex that do not appear in the original Sinnoh Pokédex.
+** The [[List of Pokémon by Kalos Pokédex number|Kalos]] Pokédexes match if the Central, Coastal, and Mountain Pokédexes are joined in that order, except for the three [[Mythical Pokémon]] (which appear at the end of the Central Kalos Pokédex instead of the end of the Mountain Kalos Pokédex).
+** The [[Newdex|New]] (Johto) and [[Gdex|Galar]] Pokédexes do not match the order. For example, {{p|Hoothoot}} (#015/#163) appears before {{p|Sentret}} (#019/#161) in the New Pokédex order but after it in the National Pokédex, and {{p|Blipbug}} (#010/#824) appears before {{p|Rookidee}} (#021/#821) in the Galar Pokédex but after it in the National Pokédex.
+** Regional Pokédexes that do not debut at the beginning of a generation tend to not match the order, with the exception of [[NHdex|Hoenn]]{{sup/6|ORAS}} and [[Kdex|Kanto]]{{sup/7|PE}}. For example:
+*** The [[Sdex|Sinnoh]] Pokédex expansion in {{v2|Platinum}} puts {{p|Probopass}} (#156/#476) before {{p|Gallade}} (#160/#475).
+*** The [[Jdex|Johto]]{{sup/4|HGSS}} Pokédex cannot match due to being based on the non-matching New Pokédex order.
+*** The [[NUdex|Unova]]{{sup/5|B2W2}} Pokédex puts {{p|Purrloin}} (#012/#509) before {{p|Lillipup}} (#022/#506).
+*** The [[NAdex|Alola]]{{sup/7|USUM}} Pokédex puts {{p|Poipole}} near the middle of the ordering.
+*** The [[IoAdex|Isle of Armor]] Pokédex puts {{p|Applin}} (#019/#840) before {{p|Chewtle}} (#056/#833).
+*** The [[CTdex|Crown Tundra]] Pokédex puts {{p|Wooloo}} (#003/#831) before {{p|Skwovet}} (#005/#819).
 ==In other languages==