So, you think you’re a fan of Pokémon, do you? Well, we have news for you unless you know the following facts, you can’t truly call yourself a genuine fan! It’s time to brush up on your Pokémon knowledge so you can impress your friends and even yourself with what you know.
Wailord has strange physics
The first thing you want to know about Wailord is that it has some of the strangest physics of any fictional character ever created for a digital property. Many players don’t realise it, but Waylord is actually less dense in air, even though it is the largest Pokémon of all time.
You can calculate this by taking Wailord’s volume based on its official height and weight. When you do, you will see that the creature itself is less dense in air, which means that if it were real, it would float like a blimp in the sky. It is not clear whether the Pokémon creators intended this to be a real feature of the creature, but that is what the math shows.
There are dozens of TCG set symbols
If you haven’t heard of a Pokemon TCG set symbol, then you can’t really call yourself a massive fan of the game. These sets are fundamental for monitoring card prices. What’s nice about these set symbols is that you can track real-time market trends and analyse your portfolio’s growth over time. You can also figure out how much your cards are worth and work to collect all of the sets and symbols to improve the chance of building a real collection in the future.
Azurill had a 25% chance of changing its identity in some game generations
Did you know that Azurill had an identity crisis in Pokémon generations 3 and 4?
In those games, Azurill had a 25% chance of changing its gender when it evolved into Marill. The reason was that Azurill itself had a 3:1 female-to-male gender ratio, while Marill had a 15% female to 85% male ratio. Female Azurill that fell into that initial 25% range would often switch to male upon evolution.
The legendary bird names are just Spanish
Did you ever notice the legendary bird names in the Pokémon games? If you did, you might have noticed they were just the Spanish words for 1, 2, and 3: Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres. It’s a shame there wasn’t a quattro thrown in there just for good measure.
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Focus energy was broken in the original Pokémon Red and Blue
Did you know that Focus Energy was actually broken in the original Pokémon Red and Blue? The original idea was to increase the critical hit ratio, a key stat for Pokémon in the game. When you applied the buff, you actually ended up decreasing critical hit ratio by about 75%. You thought you were strengthening yourself against your enemy, but you were really nerfing your character and undoing a lot of hard work.
So there you have it. Those are some Pokémon facts that you should know if you consider yourself a fan.
